, it's not just about chili and sichuan pepper.ke french sauces. >> eric: yes. >> fuchsia: and there's one of them called -- strange flavor. >> eric: strange flavor. >> anthony: yeah. because it's a mixture of sweet, sour, salty, spicy, numbing, and nutty all together. and this is strange flavor noodles. so, it's just like a real traditional sichuan dish but done in a very refined way. then some soup. a rich, slow-simmered chicken and pork stock, a raft of chopped meat floats on top to clarify the broth. a small bundle of impossibly thin hand-cut noodles made with duck egg yolks, a western sichuan specialty. [ chef speaking chinese ] >> fuchsia: okay. [ chef speaking chinese ] >> fuchsia: okay. so he's saying, um, first have a smell of this and then a taste of the broth. >> anthony: oh, that's beautiful. >> fuchsia: and just gently press the noodles and then lift them up and eat them. >> eric: yeah, very refined. >> fuchsia: you know, some of these dishes, the character is very similar to what you'd get on the street, but it's just

lu and her students used gps to map the sacred mountains in the ganzi district of western sichuan province they found an average of three sacred mountains near each monastery in the district. in the united states, the protected area would be about the size of vermont and new hampshire combined. nearly one third of the land is in sacred areas. translator: who will protect the envivironment in the westt and in c china? it is governrnment respsponsibibilities. but the titibetans don't ink k f it that way. if you think of it that way, you are not buddhist. you are the protector. no matter if you are a newborn or 80 years old, you arere all protector. you have r responsnsibilities. all lives should be protected. fred: in some e districts, local gogovernments are recognizizinge sacreded mountains, and some a e en hiring tibetans to take care of the national nature reserves. translator: the cultural values of buddhism are very comforting to the scholars of conservation. i felt at last we found a way, and i began toto gain confidence in humananity. these tibetan people are not wealthy, yet they ca

the panda, called chee yee, lives at the chengdu base of giant panda breeding in southwest china's sichuans could be reaching its conclusion. in a few hours time a constitutional court will hold its final hearing on president park's impeachment. ms park is accused of allowing a close friend to profit from her connections with the presidency. thousands of south koreans took part in rival protests in seoul on saturday over the impeachment of president park. our correspondent in seoul, steve evans explains what to expect today. what we are not expecting is president park to appear. she has told the court through her lawyers she will not appear in person for today's final session hearings. we expect a decision in a months time. she said this is not important. she has said consistently she wants to help the enquiry. she denies any wrongdoing, but she is very keen to help. but when push comes to shove today, she is not going to appear. this thing, sharanjit, is a sign. let us strip it back a bit. there is a criminal investigation into the companies alleged to have given money. and president park

the panda, called chee yee, lives at the chengdu base of giant panda breeding in south—west china's sichuane in the united nations general assembly, after failing to pay its annual fee. the pacific nation needs to pay the un at least $180,000 to regain voting rights. the government of papua new guinea is currently struggling with a debt crisis, with electricity recently cut off to its national parliament. eric tlozek is abc australia's correspondent in the country. he told me more about the government's financial problems. well, it comes at a very bad time for papua new guinea, which is going to host the apec leaders summit next year, the asia—pacific economic to operation for and at a time when papua new guinea is trying to be seen as a regional leader in terms of its political stability, in terms of its political stability, in terms of its political stability, in terms of its economic growth, but u nfortu nately of its economic growth, but unfortunately it is being blamed now internally on an administrative error and a change in the process in how the department of foreign affa i rs how t

i like sichuan. man, i love the food here. you know what else i like?ow why, maybe it's because he's so damn nice. you high, man? you look high. >> eric: i am. but i liked it. >> man: yeah. >> anthony: you can pretty much tear his toenails out and he'd still find something nice to say about you. he's so polite, yet, if you look closely, and i do, his discomfort can be exquisite. >> eric: he's the devil. look at him. ♪ i took a walk