rob mcbride has more. >> the meeting between the leaders of china and taiwan picks up a relationship virtually on hold since the founding of their predecessors. in 1949 after a bloody civil war mao zedong declared the republic of china on the mainland. and chiang kai-shek and his followers created their own government. >> translator: the taiwan strait became a cold war frontier until 1979 when china said it wanted dialogue. >> reporter: as the cold war ended and mainland china transformed itself economically the gulf between the two had opened markedly. the preliminary differences remain. china's one party system and its strong state control versus taiwan's multi-party politics and its vibrant free speech, the two leaders come together knowing their differences, even how they address each other is a problem with neither recognizing each other as the president of china. at this meeting they will simply be mr.. the fact that the two sides at least acknowledge each other's presence is progress. >> translator: as long as the confrontation is over china is effectively unified, this is not

rob mcbride has more. >> reporter: this will be an historic meeting with leaders along the road since the time of their founding predecessors. in 1949 after a bloody civil war mao zedong against chan chiang kai-shek. , set on very divergent paths. >> the soviet union supported china, and the taiwan strait became a cold front frontier. until 1979 when china said it wanted dialogue. >> reporter: as the cold war ended and mainland china, helped by much closer business transparent and communication lings. but the differences remain. versus taiwan's multiparty politics and its vibrant free speech, the two leaders come together knowing differences even how they address each other is a problem with neither recognizing each other as the president of china. at this meeting they will simply be mr.. the fact that the two sides at least acknowledge each other's existence counts as progress. >> translator: as long as the confrontation is over, china is effectively unified and this summer is part of this process. this is not how other countries solve the process. the process is very chinese. >> rep

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rob mcbride reports. >> reporter: with low opinion ratings back home, what francois hollande achievesa could go a long way in securing his political survival. or at least the survivorral of his legacy as a climate hero. hollande is leading french effort to his win support for the upcoming climate conference in paris. aimed at limiting global warming. and china's support is crucial. >> france values this summit and considers it a diplomat i go goal china shares the same goal and is make ago biggest to reduce emissions but of course, china has what the love difficulties. >> reporter: hollande's visit comes after a spate of very uncharacteristically blue days in beijing but as winter sets in residents know it's only a matter of time before the smog returns to northern china. as the world's biggest producer of carbon disulfide oxide china is the biggest producer second coming in second is the united states. reducing dependence on cheap dirty coal have helped china turn a corner. >> the good news is the coal use in china has seen decline last year for the first time in a century. and it's

rob mcbride reports. >> reporter: with low opinion ratings back home, what francois hollande achievesgo a long way in securin securis political survival or at least these legacy as a climate hero. he's trying to get china's efforts i'veed at limiting global warm and china's support crucial. >> translator: france really values his climate summit and considers it a diplomatic goal. china shares the same goal and is making a biggest to reduce he mentioned but of course thine uh-huhs a lot of difficulties. >> reporter: ho hand's visit comes after a spate of uncharacteristically blue sky days in beijing way as winter sets in and heating increases demand on coal-fired power stations residents know it's only a short time until smog returns, at the world's biggest producer of carbon dioxide, china's he mix emissions are te those of the united states which is the second highest producer. reducing dependence on cheap dirty coal have turned a corner for china. >> the good news is the coal used in china has seen decline in last year for the first time in a sen tire i. ani -- century and it's stil

rob mcbride reports. >> reporter: with low opinion ratings back home, what francois hollande achievesuld go a long way in securing his political survive. or at least the survival of his legacy as a climate hero. hollande is leading french effort to his win support for the upcoming climate conference in paris, aimed at limiting global warming. and china's support is crucial. >> translator: france really values his climate summit and considers it a dim pat i believe goal. china shares the same goal is is making a biggest to reduce he minute buzz of course, kline huh al jazeera has a lot of difficulties. >> reporter: hollande action talks come off a spate of uncharacteristically blue days but as winter sets in, residents here know it's only a matter of time before the smog returns to this northern part of china. as the world's biggest producer of carbon dioxide, china's emissions are twice those of the united states which is the second highest producer. but environmental assists say recent efforts at reducing dependence on cheap, dirty coal have helped china turn a corner. >> the good ne

rob mcbride, al jazeera, eastern china. >>> that is all of our time for this news hour. thanks for watching. i'm tony harris in new york. if you'd like the latest on any stories from this news hour, head over to the website, aljazeera.com. happy thanksgiving, everyone. randall pinkston is back with today's news right now. >>> thanks, tony. we begin with a new flare-up between turkey and russia. turkey is blaming russia for an air strike that hit one of its aid convoys today in the syrian border town of azaaz. seven people were killed and ten wounded. moscow is not commenting. a u.s. defense official confirms the convoy was struck and says the u.s.-led coalition has not carried out any air strikes near that area over the past day. this follows yesterday's downing of a russian war plane by turkey. the turkish military says it warned the russians repeatedly and released an audio recording today.

rob mcbride. thank you. >> cuban president raul castro complete with his are counterpart in mexico, enrique pena nieto. he thanked mexico for its solidarity with his island. >> translator: the reestablishment of diplomatic ties with the united states and the recent demand almost unanimously, on the united nations glig of the unfair illegal and immoral embargo imposed against our country are victories of global solidarity especially between latin america and the caribbean of which mexico has played an important role. >> the agreement signed including complea academic and diplomatic being channels. in venezuela parliamentary elections are a month away. opponents of the ruling party are trying to redistrict areas in their favor. the elections are expected to be a big test in against president nicholas maduro and his predecessor hugo chavez. al jazeera's virginia lopez has the story. >> the legacy as a charismatic leader moves on. two years after his office, cracks in his leadership has been shown. >>

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the summit and china was the world's largest carbon e mitter and successful to an agreement and rob mcbrideve from beijing and rob tell us more about this meeting, it's being rahailed as a success. >> that's right he was a 21 point declaration from the two leaders which sets up china and france as being partners in the fight against climate change and it may be short on backs but certainly hit the right tone and gave the right message and he will go back to france ahead of the talks claiming he had a china on board which is the biggest producer of greenhouse gasses of carbon and also very important for those talks. as we said they have both committed themselves to taking on climate change, describing it as one of the biggest challenges now facing humanity. >> translator: the climate is the biggest question facing us all. it will determine peace in the coming decades. it will equally decide the quality of life and even life. we would like president xing and myself to make a declaration ahead of the up coming paris summit and it will commitment both countries to a deal and also seen as a foun

rob mcbride reports. >> reporter: with low opinion ratation at home.hat francis hollande achieves in china could go a long way to secure pit call survival, or as a climate hero, he is leading efforts to win support for the conference in paris. china's support is crucial. >> france values his climate summit and considers it a diplomatic goal. china shares the same goal and is making a big effort to reduce emissions. child has a lot of difficulties. >> francis hollande's visit cams after a lot of blue-sky days. as winter steps in and increases demand, residents know it's a matter of time before the smog returns to the northern part of china. >> as the world's biggest producer of carbon dioxide, china's emissions are twice those of the united states, which is the second highest producer. environmentalists say recent efforts at reducing dependence on cheep dirty coal helped china turn a corner. >> the good news is the goal use in china has seen a decline in last year, for the first time in a century, and is continuing. as a result, carbon emissions stalled

east biggest polluter and negotiations is crucial for a global deal at the summit in paris and rob mcbride from beijing. >> reporter: with low opinion ratings back home what francois hollande is talking about is survival or survival of his legacy as a climate hero and francois hollande has support for the up coming conference in paris aimed at limiting global warning and china's support is crucial. >> translator: france really values the climate summit and a diplomatic goal and china is sharing that and trying to reduce emissions but of course china has a lot of difficulties. >> reporter: this visit is after uncharacteristically blue sky days in beijing and as winter sets in and heating increases demand on coal-fired power stations residents know it's a matter of time before smog returns to the northern part of china. as the world's biggest producer of carbon dioxide the emissions are twice those of the united states which is the second highest producer but environmentalists say resent efforts at reducing dependent on cheap, dirty coal helped china turn a corner. >> the good news is the co

al jazeera's rob mcbride has more from beijing. >> reporter: this will be hugely historic for both mainlandhina and taiwan, and is the culmination of a process that has been going on for several years now, especially under the starred wardship of the president of taiwan who has been pushing for closer ties. we have seen those closer links in business terms, communication and transport. millions of tourists now travel back and forth between taiwan and mainland china. what we haven't seen is a closeness in diplomat -- terms. it adds an interesting dimension to the presidential elections in taiwan in january. the main opposition party is expected to win those elections. they are opposed to closer ties, so this was seen as the last best chance of this historic meeting taking place. both sides are cautioning that there won't be any agreements signed, it is purely symbolic, but as symbolism goes in terms of cross strait relations it doesn't get much bigger. >>> the white house saying it welcomes that meeting, saying it could reduce tensions, and we're going to have much more on this story in our

. >> rob mcbride sent us this update from beijing. >> it was a 21-point declaration from the two leaders which really now sets up china as being partners in the fight cleans climate companying. the declaration may have been short of facts but it high the right tone, gave the right message, and they will be able to go back to frabs now ahead of the paris talks claiming he has china onboard. for those talks, as we said, they have both committed themselves to taking on ever climate change, describing it as one of the biggest challenges now facing humanity. china has been accused of watering down agreements now we are seeing a maturer stronger more comfortable china being able to sign up as the world's environment thousands of people have been displaced by flooding connected to tropical cyclone the storm hit just west of the city. residents say many homes have been destroyed. it saw more than a year's worth of rain in more than 24 hours and forcing many people to higher ground. knob there have been protests and violence since president pierre ran for a third -- controversial third term in of

rob mcbride in eastern china. >> very skilled kids. more on that and everything else that we have been covering on our website. the address, aljazeera.com. >>> hello i'm richard gizbert. you're at the listening post. one new story, various interests, multiple narratives, examining the coverage of the russian air disaster over egypt. pakistan is leaning on the media telling them not to cover certain groups. we look at the growth injury that is row pa bottle journalism. advertising agencies saying no. >> first you pay then you eat >>> when that russian airliner came apart 33,000 feet killing all 224 on board what followed was a war of interpretation fought through the global news media. with no access to the site the investigation has been challenging for reporters to cover. various governments have big geopolitical stakes in this story over what happened and what did not. for egypt's president sisi this disaster needed to be something about something else other than a bomb on board and a security breach at sharm el-sheikh airport so as

as rob mcbride reports, enterprising north korean traders are doing good business. >> it's the unofficialay through north korea's back door with one of the growing number of chinese tour groups taking a boat trip along the river, which separates china and north korea. this one goes right into north korean territory. >> just a couple of minutes from the chinese bank of the river, we're in the north korean part of the river with north korean territory on either side. >> the chinese tourists have a chance to peer to the lives of their reclusive neighbors, largely oblivious to the passing boats, daily live continues. we haven't escaped the attentions of the traders who make a living from these relatively rich visitors selling from their small boats. they didn't want to be filmed. this section of the river has become a floating market, and all under the gaze of border guards who don't seem to care. the north careens don't have much to sell, but our boat load of tourists seem to want what they do have, from food to cigarettes, we are soon stocked up. then, announced for sale, north korean bank

. >> rob mcbride sent us this update from beijing. >> reporter: it was 21-point declaration from theders. it sets up china and france as being partners in the fight against climate change. the declaration may have been short on facts but hit the right tone, gave the right message, and hollande will be able to go back to france claiming he has china on board, which is the biggest producer of greenhouse gases of carbon, is obviously going to be very important for those talks. as -- as we said, they had both committed themselves to taking on climate change, describing it as one of the biggest challenges now facing humanity. china has been accused in the past possibly because of its own vested interest in driving the growth of its economy of scuttling talks, watering down agreements, now we possibly are seeing a maturer, stronger, more confident china being able to sign up as a protector, if you would like, of the world's environment. >>> beijing is one of the most polluted cities in the world, but it's air is only half as toxic as new delhi. faiz jamil reports on efforts to clean up the

rob mcbride has more. >> reporter: the meeting between the leaders of china and taiwan picks up a relationship virtually on hold since the time of their founding predecessors. in 1949 after a bloody war, mao tse tung and his communists declared the people's republic of china in beijing. china's people created the republic of china on taiwan. competing governments republic of china on taiwan. set on divergent paths. >> translation: the soviet union supported china, taiwan sided with america. it was a cold war frontier. both sides remained on war footing until 1979 when china said it wanted dialogue. >> reporter: as the cold war ended and mainland china transformed itself economically, the gulf between the two changed helped by communication and transportation links. political differences remained. china's one party system and strong state control versus taiwan's multiparty politics and vibrant free speech. the two leaders come together, each how they address each other is a problem, with neither recognising the other as the president of china. at this meeting they'll be mr. the fact of the two

rob mcbride reports now. >> reporter: it's the unusual way through north korea's back door with one ofwing number of chinese tour groups taking a boat trip along the river which separates china and north korea. this one goes right into north korean territory. just a couple of minutes from the chinese bank of the river, we're in the north korean mart of the river with north korean territory on either side. but chinese tourists, a chance to peer into the lives of their reclusive neighbors, largely oblivious to the passing boats, daily life continues. but we haven't escaped the attentions of the traders who make living from these visitors, selling from their small boats. this section of the river has become a floating market. and all under the gaze of border guards who don't seem to care. the north koreans don't have much to sell, but our boat load of tourists seemed to want a what they do have, from food to cigarettes, we are soon stocked up. and then announced for sail, north careen bank notes, the perfect souvenir on a trip across a border that a little free enterprise seems to be maki

rob mcbride has more from beijing. >> reporter: this will be hugely historic for mainland china and taiwanand is the culmination of a process that has been going on several years now, especially under the stewardship of the president of taiwan, who has been pushing for closer ties. we have seen those links in business terms, in communication, in transport, millions of tourists now travel back and forth. what we haven't seen is a corresponding closeness in diplomatic terms. that's obviously been far more fraught. so this is hugely significant. and adds a interesting dimension to presidential elections in january. the main opposition party is expected to win those elections. they are opposed to closer ties, so this was seen as the last best chance of this -- historic meeting taking place while the president is still in power. both sighs say there won't be any agreement signed 59 the meeting, it is purely symbolic, but it doesn't get much bigger in terms of symbolism. >> ann leah is a professor of finance at new york university. thanks for being with us. symbolic, but how significant is this

both our countries to a deal, but will also be seen as the foundation of an agreement in paris >>> rob mcbride joins us now. tell us what you have been hearing. has this visit been a success. >> reporter: well, that is the culmination of this two days of talks at this 21 point declaration which hallande will no doubt see as being a success. he can go back to france saying they have the support of china which is the world's biggest carbon producer behind it. so that will counted for a lot. there is not a huge amount of detail in this said declaration. we are seeing the kinds of things are being said before as climate change is the biggest challenge facing humanity, et cetera. we are seeing some specifics. for example, the costs of fixing climate change. one of the declarations says that a hundred billion u.s. dollars per year should be found by the with developed world for funds to help the developing world fix carbon emissions. we're also seeing a bit mr detail about the-- more detail about the system by which countries will be held for the amount of carbon they price and the way that they cap

there are suspicions on both sides about these talks azamat rob mcbride reports from beijing. >> reportermit comes as the culmination of the taiwan president to draw closer to china. meeting his counterpart has always been the ultimate goal. but almost as significant as the summit itself, is it's timing as taiwan prepares for presidential elections in january. with his ruling party trailing in the polls, many see this as china's way of giving his party support. >> chinese are trying to boost up the fortunes, ironically of their old enemy, the party with whom they fought in the 40s and 30s. >> reporter: the main opposition, democratic progressive party is wary of getting too close to mainland china going as far as favoring independence. >> translator: i have to point out that the president's is the president who is going to finish his term of office soon. people will not allow the president to compromise taiwan's future for his own personal political career. he has no right to make promises on behalf of taiwan. >> reporter: china has exerted pressure in past taiwan elections with the stagi

. >> rob mcbride has more from beijing. >> h it was a 21 points declare reaction from the two leaders, setting up china and france as partners in fighting climate change. the declaration may have been short on facts, but certainly hit the right tone, gave the right message and holland will be able to go back to france now ahead of the all important paris talks, claiming he has china onboard, which is the biggest producer of greenhouse gases, of carbon is obviously going to be very important for those talks. as we said, they have both committed themselves to taking on climate change, describing it as one of the biggest challenges now facing humanity. china has been accused in the past, possibly because of its own vested interest in driving the growth of its economy, of stuttering talks, watering down agreements. now possibly we are seeing a mature, stronger, more confident china being able to sign up as a protector, if you like of the world's environment. >> a rare cyclone with winds of up to 60 kilometers an hour has made landfall in yemen. it has killed three people and injured at le

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. >> rob mcbride has more from beijing. >> reporter: this will be hugely historic for both mainland china taiwan, and is the culmination i've process that's going on for several years news and especially under the stewardship of the president of taiwan who has been pushing for closer ties. we have seen those closer links in business terms, in communications, in transport, millions of tourist for example now travel back and forth between taiwan and mainland china. what we haven't seen a crnding close someones diplomatic terms that's been far more fraught. this is hugely significant. it also adds a very interesting dimension to the president elections in taiwan in january. now, the main opposition party is expected to win those elections, they are opposed to closer ties. so this was seen as the last best chance of this historic meeting taking place why he is still in power. both sides are caution that go there won't be be any agreement signed at this meeting it's purely symbol i go but as symbolism goes in terms of cross straight relations it doesn't get much bigger. >>> the tensions over c

rob mcbride, al jazeera, beijing. >> there is still much more to tomorrow for you.eet one of the creative the top honors. >>> and in sports. what chelsea's captain had to say in reports of revolves against the manager. >> at 9:30 - "america tonight" - top investigative reporting, uncovering new perspectives. >> everything that's happening here is illegal. >> then at 10:00 - it's "world news tonight". >> let's take a closer look. >> antonio mora gives you a global view. >> this is a human rights crisis. >> and at 11:00 - a full news wrap-up of the days top stories. clear... concise... complete. >> welcome back. a recap of top starts. britain suggesting that the crash in egypt was caused by a bomb. and suspended flights while further investigations are carried out. romania's prime minister resigned after a nightclub fire. demonstrators blame the strategy on government construction. >>> and a factory under construction in pakistan collapsed. kamal hyder is tracking the story. he joins us on the phone now. what do we know about the rescue operation and the number of dea

and as al jazeera's rob mcbride reports, the talks could be crucial to derek holland's political future. >> with a low opinion rating back home, from francis hollande achieves in china could go a long way. at least the survival of his legacy as a climate hero. >> francis hollande is leading french efforts to win support for the climate conference, aimed at limit itting global warming, and china's support is crucial. france values the summit and considers it a diplomatic goal. china shares the same goal and is making a big effort. china has. there are characteristically blue sky days, as winter sets in. residents know that it's a time of the it will return to the northern part of china, as the world biggest producer. emissions are twice those ofiates. the second highest producer. ghest producer. recent efforts at reducing dependence on cheap dirty coal have helped china turn a corner. the good news is the coal used in china has seen decline in last year for the first time in a century, and it's still continuing an a result emission has stalled in last year. >> reporter: while china might

rob mcbride, al jazeera, china. >>> defense secretary ash carter visited the demilitarized zone. carter says it's important to continue six-party talks on north korea's nuclear program. >> we also spoke candidly today about north korean threats, nuclear weapons, ballistic weapons, cyber, conventional military threats. those threats continue to put at risk the peace and security of the peninsula, the region and the united states. >> carter also said the tunisians made sure to address the north korean threat. >> the supreme court begins hearing several new cases tomorrow. up ahead in the week ahead segment, from racial bias to online privacy. we break down which decisions could carry the most weight. ost weight. >> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the soundbites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. >> it's sunday night and time for a closer look at the week ahead. the supreme court begins tackling six cases this week, raging from chide fo pornograph, black defendant was tried by an all whi

rob mcbride has more from beijing. >> this will be historic for mainland china and thigh wan. it's a culmination of a process. they have been pushing tore closer ties. we have seen it in business terms, communication, transport, millions of tourists travelling back and fourth between taiwan and mainland china. we haven't seen a closeness in diplomatic terms. it is hugely significant and adds a dimension to presidential elections in taiwan. the main party is expected to win the elections. this was seen as the last best chance of the historic meeting taking place while he was in power. both sides are cautioning that there will not be any agreement signed at the meeting, it's symbolic, but as symbolism goes, it doesn't get bigger. >> rob mcbride reporting from beijing. the whitehouse welcomes the meeting saying it could reduce tensions. >> ash carter will be boarding a navalship. he is visited u.s.s. "theodore roosevelt", with his malaysian counter part. the pentagon is not saying where it will sail. it's been on patrol in the south china sea. several countries, including china h

rob mcbride reports from eastern china. >> as he works, paleontologists are watched by local media.'s about to discover a new dinosaur. >> it is probably a small meat-eating dinosaur. so we're going to excavate it and bring it back to the lab and prepare a the fossil to see if ther it is a new species. >> this excavation site has a concentration of dinosaur fossils. this has become a mass dinosaur tomb. >> the fossils have always been here but it's only recently that china has had the resources and infrastructure to excavate them. it has led to the fossil equivalent of a gold rush. >> in sites around northeast china and remote locations in the gol bi desert, a surging interest in china's past has led to more dinosaur hunting. the museum chronicles these and other discoveries like this dinosaur, excavated by the curator, and proving for the first time the existence of the triceratops dinosaurs outside of the united states. >> when we began we didn't know what to expect. it was only when we finished we realized it was so big and important. >> there can be few places better to work as

rob mcbride reports. she has the kind of school day nanny 9-year-olds envy.ore than half of it is spent in the gym. lee was en rolled at this school six months ago but has been practicing her body bending feats for as long as she can remember. >> sdmfrp i started when i was 5 years old, sometimes practicing the whole day. i prefer acroba tics to gymnastics. >> they are closely related but while gymnastics is more mainstream education, acroba tics is taught with work in mind. acrobatic troops recruit from schools like this one. [acrobats can make about $2,000 a month, about the same as an office job. >> in this poor part of eastern china, young people have traditionally become acrobats out of necessity. it has led to the proliferation of acrobat schools. >> for the students, it's a punishing schedule that begins at 6:00 in the morning, four hours of acrobatics followed by three hours of regular classes, six days a week. >> reporter: living and eating together, it is also a life spent away from their families but considered worth it if it leads to work. normal

rob mcbride reports from beijing, and talks about symbolism than substance. >> this will be an historic moment along a troubled road. the meeting between the leaders picks up a relationship on hold since the founding of predecessors. in 1949 after a bloody would. mao tse tung and his communists declared the people's republic of china. the taiwanese and the nationalists created their answer republic of china on taiwan. competing governments on divergent paths. >> the soviet union supported china. taiwan sided with america. they became a cold war front here. both remained on war footing. >> as the cold war ended, the gulf between the two closed markedly. helped by closer business, traps and communication links. but the political differences remain. >> the one party systems, and strong state control versus taiwan's multiparty politics and describant free speech, the leaders come together knowing their differences, how they address each other is a problem. either recognising the others. this meeting they'll be mr. >> the fact that the two sides acknowledge each other's existence counts as p

rob mcbride reports from beijing. >> this summit comes as the culmination of a policy by taiwan's president to draw closer to mainland china. under the leadership is this, and transport links are stronger than before. and meeting his counterpart has been the ultimate goal. but almost as significant as the summit is its timing as taiwan prepares for elections. with the ruling party or kmt trailling in the polls, many see it as china's way of giving his party support. chinese are trying to boost up the old enemy, the old party with whom they fought in the 40s and 30s. >> the main opposition democratic progressive party is wary of getting too close to mainland china, going as far as declaring independence. >> i have to point out that the president is a president that will finish his term of office soon. people will not allow the president to compromise his future for his personal/political career. he has no right to make promises that he's enable to take responsibility for. it exerted pressure in the past with the staging of well-timed military exercises, to remind voters that it's prepared to

. >> rob mcbride sent us this update from beijing. >> it really now sets up china and france of being partners in the fight against climate change. the declaration may have been short on facts, but it hit the right tone, gave the right message, and they'll be able to go back to france now read of the all important paris talks claiming he has china on board, the biggest producer of greenhouse a gas and carbon. it will be very important for those talks china has been accused in the past possibly because it's invested interest of growing economy of scuffling talks and watering down agreements. now we are possibly seeing a more secure confident china being able to sign up as a protector, if you can, of the world's environment. >> the decision on the future of a controversy oil pipeline from canada to the gulf coast should be made by experts and not politicians. in a surprise move the company buil building the canadian pipeline has asked the u.s. to suspend its review. they have little support from the u.s. government. >> another potential delay. this time from a surprising source. the pro

rob mcbride has more from hong kong. >> a goalless draw here in hong kong, but you wouldn't know it frome celebrating being done by some of the hong kong fans in the streets afterwards they regard this as a victory. if this match means an end to giant rival china's world cup. the china coach is arriving here in hong kong. he needed four straight wins from his remaining qualifying matches. well, he didn't get that here in hong kong tonight. it was a fairly ill tempered affair. a number of yellow cards. of course this match comes against the backdrop of worsening relations between hong kong and mainland china. many people here feel they are being overwhelmed economically and politically by their much bigger neighbor, but on the soccer pitch they are their equals. hong kong fans were warned not to make this a political event to believe their placards at home, but there is the chapteric booing we've heard when the chinese national anthem is played. people have booed in the past. they've been warned not to do so again. a number of fans turned up. they didn't boo but they remai remained silent

rob mcbride reports. >> for taiwan's president, and his chinese counterpart, the watch word for theiring summit is pragmatism. he told journalists despite the differences that separate them, this meeting recognizes the realities of their two systems drawing closer together. there will still be no official recognition of each other's government, but recognizing the other exists a start. >> translator: we're trying to be as transparent as possible. we want to show our dignity and equality. on this matter the meeting is a good thing for both sides. it will also help to maintain regional peace and world stability. >> reporter: coming at the end of his time in office, he is hoping this sets up a mechanism whereby the leaders of both countries can meet on a regular basis. >> translator: we made this meeting for any happiness of the next generation. we hope both countries will move forward and take the first steps towards normalizing ties. >> all he can really do is stake -- >>> all right. we want to bring you now the press conference between the leaders of the british government and the egy

china only ever reached the world cup finals once and for more on this we are joined by al jazeera rob mcbrideoutside the stadium in hong kong and rob a lot of tension in the lead up to this match, tell us about that. >> well, there has been an incredible build up to the match and a real feeling of tension in what might happen in a few hours or so and comes after a couple of years and has seen a deteriorating relationship between hong kong and bay land china and with last year and animosity to people and they have a status and meant to enjoy a certain amount of autonomy in china but people here are increasingly feeling overwhelmed by the might of china and the political power and diplomatic influence here but except and in sport and soccer in particular they feel they are on a more even playing field with mainland china, sorry hong kong has been playing soccer a lot longer than mainland china and it is lower in the rankings but did hold them with a goalless draw in september and people are beginning here to wonder what if, what if they can cause a huge upset by defeating china and as we know t

rob mcbride reports from beijing. >> with low opinion ratings back home, what francois holland he didchina could go a long way. at least the survival of his legacy as a climate hero. hollande is leading french efforts to win support for the upcoming climate conference in paris aimed at limiting gomez warning and china's support is crucial. >> france really values the climateci summit. china shares it and is making a big effort to reduce emissions. china has a lot of difficult sglishingz holland's blue sky days in bay ching. as heating increases demand on coal powered stations. residents know it's only a matter of time until the smog returns thouo the northern part china. >> as the world's biggest producer of carbon die objectionide, they are twice those of the units, the second highest producer. environmentalists say reducing dependence on cheap, dirty coal have helped china turn a corner. >> the good news is the:used in china has seen decline in last year for the first time in a century. and it still is continuing. as a result, carbon emission has stalled last year. >> while china mi

high on their agenda, climate change, as al jazeera's rob mcbride tells us, the french president hasg on the visit. >> with low opinion ratings back home, what francois hollande achieves in china could go a long way in securing his political survival, or at least the survival of his legacy as a climate hero. president hollande is going to paris and china's support is crucial. >> france really values this climate summit and considers it a diplomatic goal. china is making a big effort to reduce emissions, but china has a lot of difficulties. >> president hollande's visit comes after uncharacteristic blue sky days in beijing. at winter sets in and demand increases on coal fired power stations, it's only a matter of time before the smog returns to this northern part of china. >> as the world's biggest producer of carbon dioxide, china's emissions are twice those of the united states, the second highest producer. recent efforts on that reducing efforts of coal has helped china turn a corner. >> the good news is the coal used in china has seen decline in last year for the first time in a c

countries to a deal, but will also be seen as the foundation of an agreement in paris >>> rob mcpr arcs di teachings-- mcbride joins us. it looks like this meeting has been' success. -- a success. >> he will be able to go back to france claiming so. this gives him encouraging signals ahead of these all important talks. the statements are all saying the right kinds of things. the biggest thing facing humanity and so. the other things that we have heard before. when it comes to facts and figures, it is lacking. there is knoche time for-- enough time for meetings to add the detail. we are hearing, for example, facts like a hundred billion dollars per year being the price tag that the developed nations will have to set aside from 2020. this is a figure that had been previously set in previous climb change talks that the developing world says that they have now reneged on. that figure is back on the table again. they will have to stick to it, but there still seems to be a certain amount of writing in this declaration that does make you think there is possibly too much wriggle room for the people taking part, the c