the event comes amid disputes between vietnam and other countries and china over islands in the south china sea. three days before the official visit, china test launched its first aircraft carrier as part of its military build y up. it had been refurbished. >>> the sri lanka government is carrying out a major study of wild elephants in an effort to protect the animals. workers are now going over data from a recent consensus. it exists of elephant and farmers that's become serious in the country. there are an estimated 500 wild elephants in sri lanka. about 250 of them are killed every year mostly by farmers defending their crops and villages. sri lanka's three day survey ended on saturday. nearly 4,000 government employees and wildlife workers checked more than 1500 locations including watering holes. they also gathered information about the elephants' age and gender. one chased after a car that was carrying researchers. they aim to complete the study by the end of this month. reduce conflicts between animals and humans once they determine where the elephants feed and which farms are most

the event comes amid disputes between vietnam and other countries and china over islands in the south china sea. three days before the official visit, china test launched its first aircraft carrier as part of its military build y up. it had been refurbished. >>> the sri lanka government is carrying out a major study of wild elephants in an effort to protect the animals. workers are now going over data from a recent consensus. it exists of elephant and farmers that's become serious in the country. there are an estimated 500 wild elephants in sri lanka. about 250 of them are killed every year mostly by farmers defending their crops and villages. sri lanka's three day survey ended on saturday. nearly 4,000 government employees and wildlife workers checked more than 1500 locations including watering holes. they also gathered information about the elephants' age and gender. one chased after a car that was carrying researchers. they aim to complete the study by the end of this month. reduce conflicts between animals and humans once they determine where the elephants feed and which farms are most

sea because china has the disputes with several countries include vietnam, south korea, japan, indonesia, etc. and also u.s. want china's cooperation regarding north korea nuclear proliferation an also iran. for china, particularly concerned about weapons sales to taiwan and china hope that the u.s. should reduce or even stop weapons sales to taiwan and also concerned about the military exercise. economic issues will also be an important part of the discussion, china is concerned about the investment, particularly china has $1.21 trillion of treasury bond in the u.s. it's very much concerned about security. for u.s. want china to be more more cooperative and continue to buy the u.s. treasury bonds and also to have more banners that trade, rather than hoping that the china will appreciate its r&b. >> so, chang li, you mentioned about the south china sea disputes and the u.s. armed sales with taiwan, indeed a cause of tension for both sides. the hope that they'll be able to resolve these issues during this meeting. >> well, but of course both sides should listen to each other. and

it will be deployed in the south china sea where there are territorial claims over the islands. the acquisition of the warship demonstrates the challenge faced with the philippine armed forces as they attempt to match china's might. nhk world, manila. >>> and that wraps up our bulletin for today. >>> japan's welfare ministry says about 55,000 cases of child abuse were reported last year. that's the highest number ever. now people from all over japan are responding to a manga series about child abuse and its prevention. based on true stories, the manga educate the nation's youngsters. >> reporter: a parent's rage against her child turns to violence. the story follows a rookie social worker who helped abused children. the manga sheds light on child abuse and shows readers how to deal with it. after publication, the magazine received more than 300 e-mails and letters from readers of all ages nationwide. former newspaper journalist launched the series last autumn. he's been reporting on child abuse for 20 years. after writing many articles about the problem, he decided that society h

training well of course it's not it's meant to try to countries in the region especially in the south china sea where china's claims the entire body of water is an internal chinese lake and of course china wants to project power not only southwards but northwards towards mongolia and russia they talk about the last territories clearly wants to get the use territories in a later day so it's threatening its neighbors but is it itself feeling threatened. well no country right now threatens china and that really is what is bothering the countries in the neighborhood and the united states because no country. war against fiji basically what's going on is there is this military buildup which really is the big sis in the world today and clearly you've got vietnam japan south korea india the united states all very concerned about what's going on i'm seriously thinking that china may well invade these areas you've been talking about. well clearly china would like to we we have out fighting but clearly we have seen some very belligerent tactics on the south china sea not only against the united states

downgrades itself into a tropical depression, but the ample moisture will still bring lots of rain to south china, as well as southeastern china and as it travels inland it will bring probably about 80 millimeters to fujian provinces. maybe in fujian where it will make landfall again could probably build up to about 150 millimeters of rainfall accumulation so heavy rain will still continue into the end of the week. heavy rain and storm surges as well as high waves are still continuing in taiwan and southwest monsoon is enhanced by this typhoon, the tropical storm, excuse me. so still, northern luzon looking at very high waves and heavy rain. we do really want to prepare for this one, as well. this is typhoon talas heading to the pacific side of japan. i think it's going to make landfall friday evening around kanto, pacific coast of japan. also already struggling with very strong winds. the waves are up to about 8 meters high. strong winds, we're talking about what would make people difficult for driving on the streets. and that is going to maintain its intensity and head towards us into our weeke

picking up a lot of moisture from the south china sea as well as the east china sea, especially in and around shanghai. could experience some pockets of heavy rain as well as thunderstorms breaking out there. so that's something to watch out for. across the korean peninsula, light showers will touch the west coast of the peninsula here. meanwhile for japan, lots of humid air coming in from the sea of japan. that could certainly trigger sharp showers along the west coast of the country. but otherwise, looking at fair amounts of sunshine. to the south of japan, we are seeing a bit of development in the rain clouds here. it is a tropical depression. in fact, soon to become a tropical storm by the end of the night. but at this point, it doesn't look like it's going to be having a huge impact on pan. it may bring some high waves in the days to come. temperatures will stay hot across much of japan today. tokyo rising to 35 degrees. elsewhere looking at temperatures in the mid 30s. again, especially for the contour areas, you could really be experiencing that intense heat and humidity today.

picking up a lot of moisture from the south china sea as well as the east china sea, especially in and around shanghai. could experience some pockets of heavy rain as well as thunderstorms breaking out there. so that's something to watch out for. across the korean peninsula, light showers will touch the west coast of the peninsula here. meanwhile for japan, lots of humid air coming in from the sea of japan. that could certainly trigger sharp showers along the west coast of the country. but otherwise, looking at fair amounts of sunshine. to the south of japan, we are seeing a bit of development in the rain clouds here. it is a tropical depression. in fact, soon to become a tropical storm by the end of the night. but at this point, it doesn't look like it's going to be having a huge impact on japan. it may bring some high waves in the days to come. temperatures will stay hot across much of japan today. tokyo rising to 35 degrees. elsewhere looking at temperatures in the mid 30s. again, especially for the contour areas, you could really be experiencing that intense heat and humidity today

china. the rest of japan will be looking at clear skies. to the south we've got this very large powerful high pressure system. that continues to bring a lot of moisture in from the south. south korea as much as -- watch out for isolated heavy rain of course. flooding and landslides not out of the question. temperatures stay hot in chongqing today. 37 degrees. tokyo rising to 34 degrees. in fact across much of japan, things really hotting up here. 33 in aomori. and coming in at 36 in kyoto. for the americas we've got widespread thunderstorms impacting the great lakes regions. that's really impacting the northeastern corner of the u.s. as well as southern ontario, canada, throughout the night. also some thunder clouds organizing themselves over the central plains. cool air ushering from the north and that's colliding with the humid air from the gulf of mexico. that will be creating this widespread thunderstorms in and around nebraska into kansas as well. watch out for strong to damaging winds, large hail, severe thunderstorms as well as intensive rain. it

china. the rest of japan will be looking at clear skies. to the south we've got this very large powerful high pressure system. that continues to bring a lot of moisture in from the south. south korea as much as -- watch out for isolated heavy rain of course. flooding and landslides not out of the question. temperatures stay hot in chongqing today. 37 degrees. tokyo rising to 34 degrees. in fact across much of japan, things really hotting up here. 33 in aomori. and coming in at 36 in kyoto. for the americas we've got widespread thunderstorms impacting the great lakes regions. that's really impacting the northeastern corner of the u.s. as well as southern ontario, canada, throughout the night. also some thunder clouds organizing themselves over the central plains. cool air ushering from the north and that's colliding with the humid air from the gulf of mexico. that will be creating this widespread thunderstorms in and around nebraska into kansas as well. watch out for strong to damaging winds, large hail, severe thunderstorms as well as intensive rain. it

the country has been at odds with china over territory i can't tell issues in the south china sea. hanoi officials issued a statement saying officials at home and abroad are attempting to disrupt disorder by taking advantage of people's patriotism. they stress people should not organize demonstrations that undermine vietnamese/chinese relationships. in hanoi there have been demonstrations every week for the past three months after a chinese patrol boat -- the vietnamese government has allowed the protests until now. it's believed it's about concerns about further aggravating ties with china and fears that public dissatisfaction would be going towards domestic authorities. however, the sudden order by the government could cause confusion as postings on the internet are already calling for participation in a demonstration this sunday. >>> the indian government is going to aim low an activist to hold a hunger strike for 15 days. trying to diffuse tension after the jailing of hazare. police arrested hazare on tuesday for staging a hunger strike in new delhi. the government ordered his

the country has been at odds with china over territory i can't tell issues in the south china sea. hanoi officials issued a statement saying officials at home and abroad are attempting to disrupt disorder by taking advantage of people's patriotism. they stress people should not organize demonstrations that undermine vietnamese/chinese relationships. in hanoi there have been demonstrations every week for the past three months after a chinese patrol boat -- the vietnamese government has allowed the protests until now. it's believed it's about concerns about further aggravating ties with china and fears that public dissatisfaction would be going towards domestic authorities. however, the sudden order by the government could cause confusion as postings on the internet are already calling for participation in a demonstration this sunday. >>> the indian government is going to aim low an activist to hold a hunger strike for 15 days. trying to diffuse tension after the jailing of hazare. police arrested hazare on tuesday for staging a hunger strike in new delhi. the government ordered his

well of course it's not it's meant to try to intimidate countries in the region especially in the south china sea where china is claims the entire body of water as an internal chinese lake and of course china wants to project power not only southwards but northwards towards mongolia and russia they talk about the last territories clearly beijing wants to get these territories in a later date but no country right now threatens china and that really is what is bothering the countries in the neighborhood and the united states and basically what's going on is there is a military build up which really is the big sin the past is in the world today its most recent white paper it talked about information technology and cyber war also clearly they're putting money into their navy and to their air force the only laggard really is the army the army used to get almost all the money but now clearly china wants a big air force and a big navy so that's where a lot of the money is going into as well as strategic forces in other words nuclear capable missiles well china has probably more debt than the united

. >>> the ninth south china sea fishing festival opened on monday with a ceremony on heiling island in china's guangdong province. the festivities began with more than 10,000 fishing vessels participating in a sailing ceremony. other highlights included the release of fry into the sea and the performance of local marriage customs. in the so-called dan family wedding ceremony, the groom wears a black wedding suit, an ethnic hat and a red flowered sash. the bride wears a glittering wedding dress and wraps her head in red scarves. >>> and welcome back to your weather update. we're looking at that storm system we have been monitoring. and here it is. you're seeing a clearly formed eye now. it's still maintaining that strength as it is still a very strong typhoon, packing winds well over 160 kilometers per hour, still moving at a fairly slow place. gradually veering towards the northwest. looks like it will move through the okinawa islands within the next couple of days and then start aiming for more northerly areas and possibly the central coast of china into northern areas. possibly the y

amount of trouble because they have been rather high handed with some of the smaller nations in the south china sea i am not strong streak of nationalism in as well and that is allowed the united states to step in and aid vietnam in. in the philippines and taiwan and korea etc and so some of it is that there is a little bit. sick strong streak of nationalism under any sort of threat no ok i could talk to you a lot more on this but sadly we're out of time thank you very much indeed for your thoughts on how an expert with a foreign policy in focus think tank joining us live in the usa thanks for your time thank you for having. a devoted has come to a close in the cars here which is electing a new leader following the death of its president so he passed away in may having led his country for more than six years during which time it managed to gain international recognition tom barton is in the coliseum capital for us. three candidates have stepped in to try and take his place the vice president the prime minister and the former vice president all of them at the moment strong contenders it's not kn

china and the fila peens. it's all about -- philippines. it's all about an island. south of china.st of the philippines. beijing government's newspaper warns there will be consequences if the territorial dispute is not resolved. chine now claims the south china sea and all of the islands belong to them. >>> republicans are leading a new surge in legislation for school vouchers. as of mid-july, at least 30 states had introduced bills that would use tax payer bills that would send kids to private schools. the only one that passed in 2010 was in oklahoma. critics say money spent on voucher programs will hurt public schools. >>> back-to-school shoppers who use their smartphones may get some extra deals this year. american eagle is testing google wallet. it's also offering special discounts to shoppers who use the digital path and pay system. target is sending special back- to-school coupons to smartphone workers. and staple has an app that will let you download a teacher's supply list and tell you the nearest store with all of the items. >>> leonardo dicaprio and john they depp tops th

. >> at the same time joe biden wants to push back on some of their claims on the south china seas. na. we need china on iran if the security council, on libya, certainly on syria where they have not been as helpful. we're not happy about some of the militarism they've been expressing. >> i think there's debate within the chinese leadership about the overreach of the past year. over the past year there's a lot of aggressiveness by the chi nez military and leaders expanding their territorial claims. they've had so much resistance from the japanese, the vietnamese, the indonesians flocking to the u.s. for help. they're raelding they went too far for that. >> your article, what are you seeing in terms of human rights crackdown and censorship? >> what's been surprising is this past six or eight months it's been the most intense crackdown. it's not to the scale of the tin men square repressions. the debate is whether the chinese officials know something important about thediscontentmey or overreacting by reflex, and we will see that play out. >> jim faller, you have lived in china for fou

ever pay but the cost of building the pipelines to the point where it has to be extended to south korea to china south korean market. let's take a look at the markets will start with gold this been a rather volatile period for the precious metal it has plunged the most since two thousand and eight after reaching an all time holiday earlier this week this could become one of the battles of worst days are over in terms of the sense of right now it's losing more than three and a half percent and analysts say the sharp decline is a result of profits take it and holds for new badgers to help recovering in the u.s. let's move on to or oil corridors next this hour of us following reports saying stockpiles the klein in the u.s. right now that we as losing thirty cents right to say they had close to one hundred ten dollars per barrel when they last stops are in the fall after investors are weighing a larger than anticipated rise in orders for durable goods against worries about the global economy the dow is up more than half a percent the nasdaq is gaining point three percent over in europe markets close

also there may be a rise of nationalism in china, south korea. japan is involved in nuclear disputes with all three of these countries so his abilities will definitely be put on a test. >> before we let you go mr. noda has been talking about ways to raise the income tax to fund reconstruction efforts. will he be able to address that issue any time soon? >> i don't think so. noda is also in favor of a tax hike to finance increasing social security costs but finding a consensus within the dpj won't be easy. you know, more than half of the dpj members might come out against the tax hike if their minds turn to the possibility of a general election in the near future. that is possible. >> thank you very much for coming in. that was nhk world's political commentator. >> u.s. president barack obama says he is looking forward to working with japanese prime minister yoeshihiko noda to tackle the various economic and security issues facing both countries. obama made the remark in a statement on tuesday and congratulated noda on his election as prime minist

this rain will head towards south eastern china. good news because it's been dry and hot and will bring down the temperatures. when it's dry and hot, it can result in flash flooding. that will be a concern the next 24 hours. chongqing 31. it's been 40 for quite a while. 31 in tokyo. we head now into north america. check on what's happening with irene, which is the hurricane that has formed now. we've been looking at it. it was affecting puerto rico as a tropical storm. it's now a hurricane. looks like it will be heading towards hispanola and starting to affect the dominican republic. winds at 120 with gusts that will see significantly stronger than that. looks like it will just head up towards florida through the bahamas in towards the weekend. after it leaves the bahamas, expected to become a stronger system once again this. could be a major storm. we will be tracking it for you. lots of heavy rain to come. you can see as the storm moves up towards the tip of florida, this is 72 hours, so the three-day precipitation forecast. we ar

it's improved since one thousand ninety's north korea needs more and does not come from south korea any more china provides as much as it can and probably it's time for use for the bell and between relations and china and north korea china or north korea and russia so i think it's a p.r. exercise for to make sure that people still believe next year two thousand and twelve. as promised is going to be strong and careful and state that all of russia probably very significant. poll will talk about the economic and political landscape in the region in more detail a little later before is out there i'd like to ask you a question about the media coverage of this visit i mean because what's interesting though it's very unusual this time it's very publicized we usually see a few pictures photos of after the event and not for media coverage during it so what should we read into this change in approach in your opinion. so there is some change in approach. in china just three four months ago probably learned from this chinese. maintain his positive image not only among his own people but also aboard the fourt

the major exchanges in south korea and china both closed down 3.8%. nikeii and hong kong's hang seng fell 2.2%. getting painful out there. >> 190 sounds good after thursday. it went down 500 and something. we will keep an eye on that all day for you. 6:58. we have to talk to this guy, and find out about traffic and weather. >> temperatures are down. stocks are down. fog outside. >> we will see some sunshine. we will talk about that this morning, we will see some sunshine in the valleys. but it will take some time for the gray skies to break up. 80s in many valleys. 60s and 70s as you make your way arn the bay. pretty gloomy out to the coastline with the patchy fog. and some drizzle. the next few days, it looks like high pressure will begin to slowly slide back into california. and allow the temperatures to warm up. at least in the interior valleys. not going to be able to get away from the low clouds and fog entirely. but i think by the end of the week, maybe mid-90s in the hottest spots inland. elizabeth? >> sounds good. thanks, lawrence. let's go ou

>> expected to hold summit talks with china, the u.s., and south korea this year. already held up by further political change. all of these countries as well as russia will have presidential elections. or a transfer of power in 2012. on top of this, noda will need to deal with the rise of nationalism in china, russia, and south korea. japan is involved to reduce disputes with the countries. so the new foreign policy abilities will definitely be put on test. >> and before we let you go, mr. noda has been talking about raising the income tax in order to fund reconstruction efforts. will he be able to address that issue any time soon? >> i don't think so. noda is also in favor of consumption tax hike to finance increasing social security costs. but finding a consistent within the democratic party won't be easy. more than half of the dpj members might come out against the tax hike if their minds turn to the possibility of a general election in the near future. and that's possible. >> thank you for coming in. >>> tokyo electric power company has discovered five active f

china hopes to establish an epa involving the ten asean members plus japan, china and south korea. japan is calling for a broader framework that would also include india, australia and new zealand. china and japan have agreed to delay making a final decision on the number of countries to be included in the framework. that's so that discussions on the epa can proceed smoothly. the 16 ministers are expected to issue a statement after the talks. >>> china says an offshore oil spill in bohai bay spread now to more than 5500 square kilometers. the state oceanic administration said on friday that leaking oil had been confirmed in two more locations in the country's largest oil field. the spill was first confirmed back in early june. it is being jointly developed by the china national offshore oil corporation and u.s. energy company conocophillips. state run central chinese television says the oil slick has reached swimming beaches. it took about one month before the chinese government officially acknowledged the spill. the delay sparked criticism of a possible coverup among chinese blogge

japan, china, south korea were down. they were down strong because of some numbers that were released in china and then all of a sudden, the european markets start to push up. same thing today. we have to see if the u.s. traiteders when they come into the office, if they push it back down again. it feels heavy to me. >> absolutely. can we put the graphic up to show what the asian markets have been doing. china, 2.3 and south korea down 3.6. they are still less than what we lost yesterday when you give the number they lost yesterday and the number they lost so far. >> something interesting going on. right now, oil, another on top of a $4 slide yesterday, another $3 slide in overnight trading. oil is trading all of a sudden, $77 a barrel. better news. but for the wrong reasons. >> that's black gold. when it comes to actual gold, actual gold took off yesterday, too. people were looking for some sort of safe haven although ultimately it looks like -- and it's kind of ironic, the day that the market opened after the s&p downgr

most of their contracts into renminbi as opposed to dollars ok let's talk about what happens when china south some stuff to america it ends up in wal-mart. they use the dollars however china to make sure that these dollars tell inflate their currency back home they end up printing their l r a baker act to sterilise this transaction to some degree can you walk us through because the in other words time is printing a lot of r. and b. as part of that lesson ship with the u.s. they're the biggest export or us of the biggest consumer yeah absolutely what happens basically is a chinese factory here a company will export something to your example walmart the company here in china will receive u.s. dollars though. dollars then go back to a bank in china in a converted back in a room and be. china then takes us dollars and in the past few years past decade really has been buying us treasuries with it. and that's really as you're exactly right china has to print renminbi to soak up those dollars and that's what's really led to the high inflation here in china you know official inflation rate in china a

we're competing with china, south korea, singapore. i think our children are as smart, creative, talented, entrepreneurial, as children anywhere in the world. i just want to give them a chance to compete on a level playing field. the brutal truth is that countries that are out-educating us today will out-compete as down the road. >> earlier today, you're talking about governor rick perry. you said you felt sorry for the children of texas because of some of the decisions he made. do you want to elaborate on that? >> we've seen 45 states raise standards. that has not happened in texas. they have a high dropout rate. their student population is growing with lots of immigrant children and their standards of education are going down. as a country, we need to make sure every single child has access to a world-class education. where you have low standards or high dropout rates, where you are investing less and have more students, that is a challenge. >> do you think education will be a part of this election? >> i hope that whether it is presi

china could replace the u.s. as the world's biggest economy within four years markets were again trotted down by these e.u. debt could spread to the. north and south korea and china. over a disputed maritime border in the yellow sea raising fears of fresh talks on the north's nuclear program will stall again last november deadly exchange centered on the same border killed. with both sides blaming each other. there's the headlines coming up next we'll follow the journey of two colombians as they try to find the true.

>> el south china grows economically the military capacity is bound to grow. is inherent in what is going on. what we have to watch is at what point does the chinese military capacity go from beyond defending its country to its capacity to intervene all over the world and challenge existing institutions. at that point, we are in a probe of potential confrontation then it could slide into a confrontation. they have not yet reached that point. but they certainly are increasing their we certainly have to be sure that we maintain the edge or the balance that has characterized the situation before that. if they conduct the early policies, we should have a clear notion of the national interest challenge but assertive we will take measures to protect, and so when the chinese conduct of foreign policy to the cooperation i would have to say then american interest comes first. if they conduct an open mind policy then we should have a discussion of our who positions and see where progress can be made. but it is always necessary that any foreign country dealing with us sh

south. >>> china just unvailed their first ever aircraft carrier. there it is, it's about 1,000 feet long and now the trip of the ship will be brief. it needs extra work done. china bought that ship from the ukraine in the 1990s, beijing has spent almost a decade refurbishing the vessel. china announced the aircraft carrier, calling it true. >>> a woman from missouri says that she was so angry about the nation's credit downgrade that she hired a plane to send a message to wall street and congress. she paid to have a banner flown over manhattan yesterday that reads, "thanks for the downgrade, you should all be fired." she wanted to fly it over washington, d.c. to protest the fighting that lead to the downgrade, but she was told that was a no fly zone. >> i thought that was something that i could do that probably, you know, wouldn't cost $1 million and maybe somebody would listen to me. >> the company called fly sign liked what she was doing so much that they gave her a discount and only charged her $900. a single mom and broker hopes that they will b

asia have pretty much a fall in indian markets were down two percent today the markets in south korea japan china new zealand and australia all fell today this wasn't a huge shock to most people most people predicted that this dog would fall most of the markets have been tumbling for days now in reaction to the often peak credit down grade of the u.s. economy so not a huge surprise especially after the us debt ceiling debate last week and the american dollar which has been tumbling for weeks now so all the markets are down here asia's reacting very strongly we're hearing strong words from chinese political leaders as well one chinese newspaper actually said the u.s. government has to realize that the good old days when it used to borrow its way out of masses is over so everyone's watching this very closely india is the third largest economy in asia and asia as a whole actually hold three trillion dollars of the united states china being the number one u.s. debt holder in japan being number two so they have a huge interest in what's going on over in the united states actually some analysts are say

the unity of the region with respect to the south china sea is very important. we need those disputes to be settled peacefully. that is what we are focused on. >> to go back to that question. could you give us more details of who will be in charge of the negotiations with the iraqi government? do you think the chinese mission can last for more than two years? the training mission can involve, yes contractors without u.s. troops. i think obviously general austin who sheding our forces there and the ambassador are going to be the ones that will be the primary position. >> i have a question about growth action. some in the procurement sector felt he lacked power as undersecretary and where will his replacement come from? having worked with him in the time i've been here, but in past capacities as well i just find him to be someone who is serious minded and very capable and a good manager for the department. that is the primary interest that i have is making sure a deputy understands his department and can help me manage this department and i think ash will do an ou

reinvest in their economies sounds like a great deal for them unfortunately whether it's south korea india china mexico whatever anywhere in the world we don't get the same great deal in return. they say sure you can come sell your stuff over here but you have to meet this long list of regulations you have to pay this much in tariffs and you can only sell this much stuff now good luck competing with our domestic industries they don't have to meet any of those requirements of course there's a way to get around those regulations american c.e.o.'s just have to ship all their factories overseas and start hiring foreign workers to build stuff that's how they avoid all the import taxes now only that c.e.o.'s also have access to much cheaper labor which in turn maximizes profits this is what ross perot learned about us about in one thousand nine hundred two. and you don't care about anything but my canady there will be a job sucking sound going south and yet as our economy tanks more and more american c.e.o.'s are doing just that shipping their operations overseas to economies that unlike here in ameri

. >> the temporary suspension of hostilities that took place in south korea and north korea in 1954 were signed by china north korea, the united states and south korea. want china's role of now in this whole effort with north korea, number one? and number two, what's the relevance of that document that was signed in 1954? >> great question. first of all, there was a nation that the general did not mission and that was the republic of korea. they refused to sign a document, which is always been a key thing the north koreans keep bringing up as you know. and what was the rest of the question? >> well, the first part that with china's role because they were a signature. >> people have asked me about this a lot, especially the past year or so. how effective, how strong of a role does china play with north korea? and i would say it's fairly simple. china has more influence on north korea than anybody else at that is to say, not a lot. the north koreans really do -- the north koreans really do -- interesting. the north koreans really do have a very close relationship with the chinese, and it's -- i don't know

party talks now of course korea withdrew from the six party talks which include north korea south korea russia china and the u.s. and japan and continued with its nuclear experiments defiant in its continuation of its nuclear program that of course caused outrage within the six party community but also within the international community so the fact that the russian president is meeting with his north korean counterpart and that visit is being publicized in the media definitely leads many to believe that korea is preparing some sort of statement on but of course it's not the only subject matter that is likely to arise during the discussions various economic debates are also bound to make their way on to the table. trilateral trade with russia south and north korea and also bilateral trade relations and north korea exported six million dollars worth of goods to russia in two thousand and eleven alone so definitely a lot of things on the agenda and the very usually secretive north korean leader has lowered the veil of secrecy for this visit so everyone here is very eager to find out exactly what is goi