and most importantly the south china sea is the antechamber to the indian ocean. where china is building or helping to finance modern deep water ports along as part of their emerging commercial umpire , and the indian ocean covers the entire arc of as long from the sahara desert to the malay archipelago. so if the chinese sustained dominance of the south china sea it on mocks the world to them. it allots most of the maritime eastern hemisphere to them in a way that the caribbean on locked the world for the united states. >> if you are president, president of the united states to you might have to ask the basic question, if that is what china wants to what does that bother us, those that the and the united states? >> here is i put it in the book. the united states always needs and advantages ally with power in the asia-pacific, but it cannot have, going into the future decades, the kind of dominance that it exercised in the post world war ii decade because for decades there was no chinese navy to speak out. japan was. >> i pacifistic. the vietnam and malaysia were t

. >> china has called the south of peace,a sea friendship, and cooperation, and that is what it should be, but in recent months, china has undertaken destabilizing unilateral action's asserting its claims in the south china sea. >> the islands are not the only bone of contention. beijing has laid claim to parts of the south china sea, and caused anger by putting up an oil rig in vietnam's waters.

would not ignore action that could threaten long-term process. >> china called the south china sea a sea of peace, friendship and cooperation. that's what it should be. in recent months china has undertaken destabilizing actions asserting claims over the south china sea. we oppose any effort by any nation to restrict overflight of freedom or navigations, whether from military or civilian vessels, or countries big or small. the united states will not look the other way when if the add principles are being challenged. >> scott heidler has more. >> reporter: the lang im from the u.s. -- language from the u.s. secretary of geps, chuck hagel - -- defense, chuck hagel, the united states seeing this as possibly having having international ramifications. chuck hagel welcomed a move by japan, where they said they want to be more involved in peace in the region. they are an ally of the united states. they are upping the pivot to asia. in six years 60% of air force and navy will operate out of the region, it's something important moving forward. >>> china's territorial claims led to tension with

sea region have drilled actually many oil wells in south china see, but china has never drilled even one. for the single fact we can see how much restraint china has exercised. ask the purpose of the restraint is to keep -- maintain the stability of the south china sea region. we have -- enjoyed putting aside disputes but while china is held in this position other nations are drilling oil wells in this region so that's the status quo, and i have to underscore it is under this brown we are conduct that exploration activity near the island. [speaking chinese] [speaking chinese] >>> there are, it is a very normal behavior for china to conduct this drilling activity within our own territorial waterment and under that background vietnam has sent ships for disruption of that activity, and that is something that we are not able to accept. what we are going to do is to make sure the safety of the oil rig and ensure the operation keep going on. i think i've made my point quite clear, and i think it's quite clear to know that who is conducting normal activity and who is disrupting it. [sp

defense secretary chuck hagel has taken aim at china over its actions in the south china sea. agel accused china with this. carried out a coup last week and the dividing factor is the former you prime minister, tak shinawatra. ta tak you shinawatra. it is a personal matter for noy who sold snacks here for decades and watched the customers grow up including tacsin and yin luck shinawatra pnl, detained by the army for five days in the mass arrests that fold the military coup. >> we have to wait and see if the army general who staged the coup can deliver what he promises in bringing people together with no colors of shirts. i wonder how he can make it happen. >> there are hardly any soldiers to be seen in shanghai's streets. scratch the surface and the nature of the political battle becomes apparent. >> the military here have so far refused to say how many people they've actually detained as part of the crack down. still, the military's going ahead with a seemingly contradictory campaign. they're offering basic medical services to people in so-called red villages. nobody seems ver

defense secretary chuck hagel accuse china of, as he put it, destabilizing the south china sea and china responded by describing the comments as full of incitement, threats, and intimidation. the dispute looks to heighten further tensions in east asia, where china has recently been involved in disputes with the number of neighbors, above all, japan and vietnam. >> the senkaku islands are at the center of a long-running dispute. although officially controlled by japan, china also lays claim to the uninhabited territory. the real issue is not the terrain rising from the sea, but the oil, gas, and fish, deep below the surface. see -- speaking at a conference in singapore, the u.s. defense secretary had some tough words for beijing. >> china has called the south of peace,a sea friendship, and cooperation, and that is what it should be, but in recent months, china has undertaken destabilizing unilateral action's asserting its claims in the south china sea. >> the islands are not the only bone of contention. beijing has laid claim to parts of the south china sea, and caused anger by putting up

patricia has more. >> stretching from the strait, the south china seas reefs and even rocks are contested by six nations. vietnam, the philippines, malaysia, brunia, and china. >> one of the world's busiest international sea lanes as much as half of the shipping and oil tanker traffic passes through this patch. each country laying claim has the approved exclusive economic zone, giving them rights to national resources extending 200 gnawed 8:00-miles from their coastlines. the most controversial boundary, show, is china's nine dash line. they have never really explained what the nine dash line stands for. they say they don't claim every drop of water in it, but they haven't say what they do claim. >> that am big utety is a major source of tension, given the south china sea potential energy reserves. the government estimates the sea contained 11 billion barrels of oil, but china's estimates are nearly ten times higher, 125 billion barrels of oil, more than kuwait's proofen reserves and 500 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. asia's demand for energy is pushing exploration further offshore,

placement of the oil rig is just one of many recent attempts by china to push its claim on the south china sea and looking for richer fisher grounds and oil and gas reserves. but vietnam claim parts of the area, too. police said 400 people have been arrested since the protest began. china's foreign ministry said it's shocked by the arching against its nationals and urge vietnamese government to protect them. >> manila released these military surveillance photographs showing chinese land reclamation on one of the south china seas. >>> south korea has charged four crew members of the capsized ferry with manslaughter. the accident last month killed more than 300 people, most of whom were high school students. 11 other crew members have been charged with negligence. they have been under criminal investigation accused of escaping the sinking vessel leaving passengers to drown. >>> 11 bodies have been pulled from the ferry that sank in a river south of the bangladeshy capital. they were traveling from dekka. at least four managed to swim to safety. >>> two palestinians have been killed and four

defense chuck hagel accused china of destabilizing the south china sea. hina called his comments full of incitement, threats, and intimidation. the dispute looks likely to heighten tensions in the east of asia where china has recently been involved in disputes with a number of neighbors, including vietnam and japan. the islands are at the center of a long-running dispute. officially controlled by japan, china also lays claim to the uninhabited territor. the real issue is not the rocky terrain, but the oil, gas, and fish below the surface. speaking at a conference in singapore, the u.s. defense secretary was critical of beijing. >> china has called the south china sea ac of peace, friendship, and cooperation. that is what it should be. but in recent months, china has undertaken the stabilizing -- destabilizing unilateral actions staking its claim. >> the islands are not the only bone of contention. beijing has laid claim to parts of the south china sea shown by the red line. it has caused anger by putting up an oil rig in vietnam's waters. tokyo has indicat

haven't said exactly what they do claim. >> that ambiguity is a major source of tension, given the south china sea's potential energy reserves. the u.s. government said that the sea contains 11 billion barrels of oil and 1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, but china's estimates are ten times higher. 125 billion barrels of oil, and natural gas. asia's insatiable quest for energy is taking it around the islands and the scarborough show. >shoal. >> countries don't want to compromise on what they see as their lands. they believe they have sovereignty over the land and over the waters. >> the most recent clash between china and vietnam, squaring off in disputed areas. most of the shipping vessels and law enforcement vessels. but with players beefing up capability to extend over the china sea, it's bound to remain vital and volatile. >> in ukraine, pro russian separatists shot down a ukrainian helicopter today, passengers are dead. and rebels have kidnapped security monitors elsewhere. reporting from done effect, the heart of the opposition in the east. >> ukraine's president has confirmed that th

south seas. chuck hagel accused china of destabilizing the region. >> china has called the south china sea a sea of peace, friendship, and cooperation. and that's what it should be. but in recent months china has under taken destabilizing unilateral actions, asserting it's claims in the south china sea. we also oppose any effort by any nation to restrict over flight or freedom of navigation, whether for military or civilian vessels, from countries big or small. the united states will not look the other way when fundamental principles of the international order are being challenged. >> well, china has claims on both of the south china sea but that territory overlaps areas claimed by other countries including vietnam, indonesia, brunei, the philippines and taiwan. japan and china are in a dispute over a group of islands known as senkaku in japan and diaoyu in japan. the area overlaps japan's air space. >> what language from u.s. secretary of defense in chuck hagel and china and how it's hand 8ing the territory dispute. the u.s. sees this as destabilizing that could have international ramification.

we begin with the south china sea. there are vast deposits of the oil and gas beneath the waters. resources of several nations, the source of tension - recently between china and vietnam. anti-china protests led bm to evacuate -- beijing to evacuate its citizens from vietnam. >> reporter: after daying of often violent anti-chinese protests the vietnamese appear to contain the disurpss. police -- disturbances, police broke up the protest in ho chi minh city. it's all over relevance by china to halt deep see oil exploration. >> translation: the intention was to show support for the government's efforts to chase the rig from our waters. >> reporter: the squirmishes in the waters have gone on for two weeks. the worry is it could get out of control. vietnam's government is communist, like china, and tends to keep a lid on dissent. it was unable to stop days of violence. some attacked chinese factory - many were taiwanese owned - a distinction lost on the rioters. >> it's all about islands occupied by china, claimed by vietnam. beijing is involved in another sovereignty tussle with the p

the trouble began after china moved an oil rig to the parasol islandsle further south beijing is involved with the philippines over the spratly islands. for now, the focus for china's government is getting nationals out of vietnam. the government is sending warships to speed up the efforts. >> translation: we are sending experienced people to vietnam. >> reporter: more than 3,000 chinese citizens fled the country, worried about the economic fall out, vietnam's government is promising to protect investors - china and taiwan are among the biggest. whether they remain so is in doubt. the response of china's government to the attack on citizens have been restrained. there's no counter demonstrations and there could be a good reason - authorities are unwilling to allow protests close to the anniversary of the student led protests almost 25 years ago. >>> to give you a better understanding of the area, the south china sea stretches from singapore in the south to taiwan in the north-east. it's a huge source of natural gas. brunei, china, indonesia, malaysia philippines and vietnam are drilling i

fuelled by beijing's disoigs deploy an -- decision to delay an oil reg in a disputed area of the south china sea. there has been reports of chinese ships and taiwanese vessels running into each other. it's an attempt by china to push its claim on the south china see and the sprattly islands, looking for richer fishing grounds and a their in the oil and gas reserves. aside from vietnam, others claim parts of the area. police said on wednesday that more than 400 people have been arrested since the protest began. china's foreign ministry issued warnings to citizens, urging vietnam's government to help protect them. >>> anti-government protesters in the thai capital bangkok forced the acting prime minister to abandon a meeting with the election commission. they were trying to finalise a day for fresh elections. a court ruling removed yingluck shinawatra from office last week. the protesters want her parties entering government as a whole to quit. earlier unidentified gunmen killed three anti-government protesters in bangkok. more than 20 were wounded. here is veronica pedrosa. >> in a sign of ho

they are locked in this dispute in the south china sea. china brushing it off. the overall pie chart, you can the miners and the overall impact. up by 1.8% currently. financials to check to industrials to basic materials. that, great gaining ground for the last hour and a half. it opened lower and has taken off 2048. best performance in the last two months. >> let's turn to japan. what is holding the nikkei back? >> the current account surplus narrowing. the yen jumping up on that. look at to the individual stock, which is why it is holding it back. some significant decliners there. the forecast is a big concern for the company. olympus in the same space after the close of trade on friday. 32 -- 03 ¥.2its of 3.2 billion yen. have this grain. forecasters have cut their forecasts. individual stocks on the nikkei is really holding it back. >> start of trading in india as well. 12 minutes to go before mumbai gets underway. in the face of an election that is finally winding up today, the polls are crisscrossing the country for five weeks. it is the last phase of poll

didn't know vietnam cannot make any concessions to tiny as this would affect other countries in the south china sea the chinese foreign ministry rejected an announcement. do you think you know you're here to read the eatery where this incident took place has always been on chinese territory to launch in china should of course with god and his territorial sovereignty and other core interests and geelong vfl should be aware of this but i believe china and vietnam. i should be able to resort to maintain the friendship another operation between the two nations. you can get us assistant secretary of state daniel ross know if his team handling it. he expressed concern about the intent of time that the devotees and security. you use when are you coming on all the countries in the region hard to refrain from unilateral actions that are can jeopardize peace. and on and raise tensions sis. what moves him to be speaking south china sea contest a week of the u s president obama about his war cabinet in the nation. they being signed daniel a pre agreement with the states. o'neill was before obama is keep th

chinese officials say they'll discuss a standoff in the south china sea, but only if vietnamese ships leave the area first. >>> a huge blast destroys a hotel in syria. fighting between government forces and the opposition has intensified ahead of a presidential election. >>> and people who look after china's world heritage sites face a growing challenge, visitors who are leaving behind more than just footprints. >>> chinese authorities have accused the crews of vietnamese ships of intentionally colliding with their vessels. last week a state-owned chinese company parked an oil rig in disputed waters in the south china sea, and now dozens of boats from both sides have gathered around it. the chinese are urging the vietnamese to pull out so they can begin talks. the crews are facing off near the paracel islands. their ships have collided several times. vietnamese police are trying to stop the chinese from drilling. but the crews of chinese government ships are keeping watch. >> translator: vietnamese ships have intentionally rammed chinese boats to disturb the company's operations. >> y

with gordon that they want the resources that they think would be rich mineral resources in the south china. >> woodruff: gordon chang what do the vietnamese want out of this. do they want to live in peace with china or do they have their own territorial ambitions? >> nobody wants to start a war with china much less the vietnamese. now of course the vietnamese and the chinese have been mixing it up for about a thousand years. the current government of vietnam doesn't want a conflict. what they want is china out of its schoofer economic zone which is that band of water between 12 and 200 nautical miles. of course the chinese want the para some l waters. they want a constructive dialogue. they tried to send a delegation and the chinese wouldn't talk to them. that shows a problem in the chinese capitol right now. >> woodruff: finally kenneth lieberthal where is this headed in the short storm. >> i think vietnam will try to rein in the demonstrations but i don't know where this is headed in the maritime areas. gordon is right they sought to negotiate with the chinese over this. they actually ha

qaeda, but the foreign minister saying they can't do it alone. >>> it's monday morning over the south china sea, and the dispute between china and vietnam over oil and gas rages on. the dispute lanes send everything from food to electronics to the u.s. an evacuation of chinese nationals is under way after two were killed and 140 injured in anti-china protests. adrian brown joins us live. i understand you see a strong u.s. connection. >> reporter: china's actions in the south china sea is a direct response to president obama's decision to reengage with south-east asia, some say. a p l.a. general warned that it was america's actions which were inflaming tensions in the region, and warned washington to mind its own business. for now, the focus for beijing is getting the nationals out of vietnam. >>> after days of often violent anti-chinese protests, the vietnamese authorities appear to be containing the disturbances. police broke up the protest in ho chi minh city. demonstrators are angry over china's refusal to halt the deep sea oil operators in waters claimed by vietnam. >> translation: the

chinese workers have reportedly been killed in vietnam during violent protests over a dispute in the south china sea. >>> and prosecutors in south korea have indicted the captain of a sunken ferry for homicide. >>> japanese prime minister shinzo abe's advisory panel has submitted a report that says the government should re-examine japan's interpretation of the constitution. the report says the government should enable the country to exercise its right to collective self-defense. that would enable japan to use armed force to defend countries it has close relations with under attack. now, the japanese government has traditionally interpreted the war renouncing constitution to mean the country cannot exercise that right. now, in the discussions, the panel took into account security and defense issues in the region. the report points out china's rising maritime assertiveness as well as north korea's development of its nuclear capabilities and missiles. it says the japanese government cannot respond adequately to those threats under the current constitution's interpretation to maintain peace. the key

lou: coming up next, gunfire in the south china sea. x news national security >> lou: the vietnamese prime minister says he was considering various defense options against china after the deployment to the south china sea. china evacuated more than 3,000 citizens from vietnam's sending ships to retrieve more violent protests leading to the death of six chinese citizens. joining us now we have k.t. mcfarland. this combined with martial law in thailand carried out with the military now looks like a real hot spot. >> selfie stage a we have not paid attention to that but now it bubbles up. why? in part to because china opposite -- pushes the situation rather china claims the south china sea territory where they claim basically rocks that have no real significance except what is around the island which is all the resources. >> the vietnamese are sending very strong signals it is quite to the opposite. >> they did not anticipate that. they will not be a problem that there is over 100 ships in the region. there reallyshl)@ aren't fishing votes

china claims most of the south china sea believes to be rich in natural resources. e philippines, malaysia, vietnam and typay claims part of the sea. there are photos of chinese reclaiming land and suggests china may be building an air strip. two thirds of the poachers caught here are chinese nationals but they also point out that it's not easy to patrol a vast sea given their limited capabilities. china is committed to a peaceful solution but government authorities here remain cautious and they are concerned that the dispute in the south china sea is a major conflict, western philippines. >>> you are watching the news hour in doha and still to come. >> translator: there was a fighter, a tall one pointing out women and telling the others to rape them. >> a call for justice in south sudan by those forced out of their homes because of the fighting there. ambitious project which is meant to promote economic growth but it's threatening fishermen's income and the french open decides to change his name to stan and is knocked out in the first round. ♪ the leaders of india a

middle boost the us banking concerns and can get the troops access to energy facilities in the south china sea. as a noun from both countries to help skills of those seventies. he has seen the hulking beast mankind today has an upcoming compete for the routines the philippines and china the dispute over maritime boundaries. chinese foreign ministry spokesperson says china hopes the us and the philippines to what constructively to maintain peace and stability to the tenant us. officials in their beds and have demanded that the chinese to the bus stop killing for oil in a disputed creation of the south tennessee the sea that i'm an to one company has set up an anti pork and drink legally. in the steam on the ds antennas that can seat administration nations it is. the sauce from approaching the evening until the middle of august the site is close to the assignments which are claimed by both countries nice foreign ministry spokesman said hi and then ascended the alliance with dean and vietnam's exclusive economic sound just to run a twenty km from its coast the announcement on oil and gas comp

has has perhaps a measure of the deepening official anger that china's maritime ambitions in the south china sea. china not only violates vietnam's territory but shows its ambitions to invade the entire sea. shaky video shows a recent confrontation in these troubled waters. a chinese ship rams a vietnamese coast guard vessel. there have been skirmishes going on for more than a week. they began after china parked a deep water oil rig close to the paiparparasol islands. >> we have no choice but to increase our security. this extremely restrain. our only aim is to guarantee our reasonable legal, normal drilling operations. >> china claims sovereignty over almost all of the south china sea, putting it in conflict with not only vietnam but the fill philippines as well. the spot is are said to be rich in oil and gas deposits and the shipping lanes. the worry now is high sea brinksmanship could get out of control. >> there is a possibility of miscalculation, things getting out of hand, a rogue general or mistakes being made by someone who is trigger happy. >> the issue has overchad owed a group of

perhaps the measure of the deepening official age are that china taps maritime ambitions in the south china sea. >> china not only violates vietnam's territory says this territory but it also shows its ambitions to invade the entire sea. shaky video shows a recent confrontation in these troubled waters. a chinese ship rams a vietnamese coast guard vessel. there have been skirmishes going on for the past week. they have been going on since a deep water rig was parked in the waters. beijing insists the oil rig is staying put. >> we have no choice but to increase our security. this extremely restrain. our only aim is to guarantee our reasonable legal normal drilling operations. >> china claims sovereignty almost over all of the south china sea, putting it in conflict with not only vietnam but the philippines as well. this area is thought to be rich in oil deposits. the worry is high seas brinksmanship could get out of control. >> there is a possibility of miscalculation. things getting out of hand. a rogue general or a mistake being made on the ground by someone who is a bit trigger happy. >>

in the south china sea. these are the burnt remains of the chinese-owned factories in vietnam. mobs have burned and looted followingfinal -- china's installation of an oil rig in disputed waters. beijing summoned the vietnamese ambassador and demanded protection for chinese interests and citizens. the bone of contention is the rig's location in the south china sea, near the disputed islands over which the two countries have contesting claims. on monday, chinese and vietnamese ships exchanged water cannon fire. >> it is hard to deny that vietnam is the provoker. we urge vietnam to stop all provocative action, come to their senses, and stop all acts intended to create disturbances. >> tensions have spilled over. local media reported 19,000 workers took part. this taiwanese businessmen said he barely escaped the country -- businessman said he barely escaped the country by disguising himself as a vietnamese worker. >> i never felt so scared in my life. i still have lots of friends who could not escape to the airp

. >> china has called the south china sea a sea of peace, friendship and cooperation. that's what it should be. but in recent months china has undertaken destabilizing unilateral actions asserting it's claims in the south china sea. >> the broad bed disputes in southeast asia and the china sea. he talks about thailand and the military coup and what that could mean to the population in tie. >> and we also respond when nations retreat from democracy, as in thailand. we urge the royal thai army to release those who have been detained in restrictions of free expression and move immediately to restore power back to thailand through free and fair elections. >> secretary hagel went on to underline the pivot or rebalancing to asia as it draws down forces in afghanistan and earlier in iraq. they're looking at the united states to have a bigger footprint in the region includes diplomatically and militarily and underlined the shifting the forces. 60% of air force and navy will operate in just six years. >> a truck loaded with explosi explosives blew up a restaurant frequented by g

in the united nations, in the south china sea, in venzuela, cuba and sub is aharan africa. foreign policy intellectuals have been talking about a multi-polar years. does that picture that shot around the world of a toasting shi and putin signal that it's here? joining us to discuss the significance of russia and china's gas deal are, from don ver, professor su shun jow, director for the center for china corporation. david sedny, deputy secretary of defense for east asia from 2007 to 2009 and in moscow, a research fellow at harvard's geo politics of energy project. david, let me start with you. i mean we have a state department spokes woman talking about this as a routine busy deal and the president of china talking about asia realizing its glory. how should we understand this? >> it certainly is a business deal, but it's a business deal with huge strategic implications. we have got a situation here where there is a fund mentioned realignment of the great power structure going on. and this deal is an inflection point in that. it's important for russia, because it gives it a

. >> the chinese's governments push for sovereign di over islands in the south china see put it on a collision course with vietnam. it's squaring off against another neighbour, japan, over the ownership of i would say in the east china sea, administered by japan, but claimed by china. beijing reinforced its claim, declaring an air defense identification zone over air space. since then military jets have been harassing one another, sometimes metres apart. japan is growing more assertive as well, emboldened by support from president obama. last month he said he would oppose any moves to undermine japan's control of the islands. two weeks ago prime minister shinzo abe appeared to raise the stakes, hoping for a change in the passivist constitution, allowing them to defend an ally under attack, like the united states. china fears the change could mark the first step towards on era of jap yeses federalism -- japanese federalism. both fought a war. china came off worse. the prospects of a clon flict is re -- conflict is remote, a dangerous pattern is feared to emerge. >> a senior fellow at a

. >> china has called the south china sea a sea of peace, friendship, and cooperation. that's what it should be. but in recent months china has under taken destabilizing unilateral action asserting it's claims in the south china sea. we also oppose any effort to restrict flight or navigation whether be military or civilian vessels. the united states will not look the other way when fund mental principles of the international order are being challenged. >> while china claims an u-shape swath of the south china sea but that territory overlaps by an area claimed by a number of other countries including vietnam, malaysia, indonesia, brunei, philippines and taiwan. well, in november china respected all aircraft in the area to give their flight plans and identify themselves but that overlap's japan existing air zone. we have more from sin singapore. >> secretary of defense chuck hagel when it comes to china and how it's handling territorial disputes. they see this could possibly have international ramification. the secretary of state said china needs to back off this. and the

philippine officials say china has been moving earth to the johnson south reef in an effort to expand the spratlys. the islands are claimed by china, the philippines, and others. the philippine officials say china's leaders may be attempting to turn the reef into a military foothold to increase their control of the area. and tensions are rising in other parts of the sea, as well, after china moved a large oil rig into an area claimed by vietnam. a state-owned chinese company parked the oil rig near a group of disputed islands two weeks ago. since then, vietnamese and chinese crews have been facing off in the sea. vietnamese maritime police say a chinese ship has rammed another vietnamese boat. now this picture taken on tuesday shows ships sailing alongside each other. the crew of a chinese vessel is seen spraying water. chinese government officials did not say their crews were using water cannons. but they said they have to take the necessary steps to ensure the safety of people on the rig. the chinese want to drill near the paracel islands. both countries lay claim to them. more than

embattled east. >>> chinese authorities are moving ahead with a project that has raised tensions in the south china sea. they say they've completed the first stage of an oil drilling operation near the paracel islands. the plan has triggered a standoff between china and vietnam. both countries claim the islands. officials with a unit of a state-run oil company say equipment is in place for the next stage. they say the second phase will be completed in august. vietnamese officials say the area's within their country's exclusive economic zone. crews on fishing boats from the two countries have joined the standoff between government ships. vietnam state-run tv says a chinese fishing ship rammed and sank a vietnamese fishing boetd on monday. but china's official news agency says the vietnamese boat was harassing the chinese vetle. xinhua says it capsized after colliding with a chinese boat. japan's defense minister says the leaders of pacific nations should work together to avoid trouble in the skies. he says they should consider setting up a code of conduct for aircraft. itsunori onodera was speaking

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the standoff continues between chinese and vietnamese vessels in disputed waters in the south china sea. >>> chinese authorities are detained a pro-democracy journalist ahead of the 25th anniversary of the tiananmen incident. >>> and producers have adopted an innovative strategy to promote japan and japanese products overseas. >>> the standoff between chinese and vietnamese maritime police continues in disputed waters in the south china sea. vietnamese officials reported collisions between vessels there wednesday. vietnamese officials askused chinese of ramming their ships and firing water cannons. they said the encounters took place near the paracel islands. both countries lay claim to the territory. earlier this month a chinese state-run oil company began drilling in the seabed in the disputed waters. vietnamese government officials say the area is in their exclusive economic zone. that i have been demanding that china remove the oil rig. they say that about 80 chinese str vessels remain in the area. some 20 vietnamese ships are believed to be on guard. vietnamese representatives plan

but to assert and suspend claims over the south china sea this stretch of ocean is likely to remain as volatile as it is vital. al jazeera. >> well, china's hunger for energy has slide collided with s desire for energy. china rolled out an air pollution action plan that started closing coal, steel, and cement plants but a new report says that that's hurting china's economy. last month it expanded at its slowest rate since march of 2009 which is not long after the financial crisis. we'll explore what further declines could mean for china's economic power. this is a tricky one. china has been under pressure from both the world and it's own citizens to deal with rising pollution. it's a heavily industrialized country using more coal than anywhere else on earth, and they've got to deal with this. give me the implications. >> reporter: yes, well, i think 2013 is the year we have the tipping point. of people being set up with oversocial media. people doing selfies with the masks on. it's not just awareness but outrage. that's the problem for the government in terms of civility. a big worry t

tension boils over drilling in the south china sea. plus, the death toll in saudi arabia closing in on 1 sent people sfou a third case diagnosed right here on american soil. a day after a group of western and african couldn't trees declare tounite, nigerian residents say they may launch their search party to help find girls. mohammed adow has more. >> they have warmly welcomed the declaring of war on boko haram. they say boko harammez will have nowhere to hide in cameroon, chad and nijer. the long and porous border, they have been picking up supplies. france is crucial to the implementation and brings together former colleagues that are neighbors of nigeria, particularly camerron which doesn't have a good diplomatic relationship with nigeria. people fear the threat would not accident happen as long as the government does not deal with the core issues. this include grinding poverty, unemployment and the unfair distribution of the country's wealth. >> the husband of a pregnant sudanese woman who has been sentenced to death says he will a

china riots taking place in vietnam. a certain number have died. we can try to talk to malcolm cook, a security expert from the south-east asian studies in singapore. can you hear me? >> yes, i can. >> all right. there's a delay on the line. so i'll try to keep it simple. this is another front, another hostile front for china, in terms of its territorial ambitions, which is upsetting its neighbours. >> yes, and particularly for the vietnamese, because they thought they had managed relations with china well and had downplayed the territorial dispute, and china moved an offshore rig into territories which the vietnamese claim as theirs, explaining why the riots are large and destructive. >> anything that looks as they they are chinese is being attacked in vietnam, obviously a tightly controlled country normally. can we infer that authorities are approving of the actions carried out. >> as you note there's rarely public demonstrations in vietnam and ones that are allowed to last long. the fact that the taiwanese businesses are suffering the most is not something the vietnamese government would want, because taiwan is the first or largest foreign inves

particularly over japan and also into portions of south china, dealing with a lot of heavy rainfall. and you can see the stationary front indicating the area where the persistent rainfall is taking place. meanwhile, looks like there's a front responsible for the rain in tokyo on tuesday, has now shifted further toward the east, now high pressure is coming in, bringing in a little bit of an improvement when it comes to sunshine as we head into wednesday. here's a look at the forecast. on wednesday, 27 for tokyo, 25 in seoul. a little bit wetter over shanghai with a high of 23. hong kong, you're going to yet again see another day of wet conditions, and manila, you'll also see a very warm day. highs in the mid 30s, with a chance of rain and thunderstorms. let's take a look at the americas. we told you about a system that was responsible for bringing snow in the rockies. and some strong thunderstorms in the central plains. and also into the midwest. you can see the clouds associated with this front is continuing to persist. we're going to see the system sliding toward the east, and that'

. >> china and vietnam are at adds over the south china sea. vietnam's prime minister said china is acting dangerously in the pursuit, placing a giant oil rig in an area claimed by vietnam. each accuses the other of ramming its ships. the south china sea is sounded by several asian nations and several laid claim to it. some of also american allies. >> more than 2.5 miles of cracks to repair after being damaged in an earthquake. a live report from the memorial hours ahead of the official reopening. >> the sterling family battling it out in the war of public opinion. >> today's big number is $900 million, what it reveals about problems with the upcoming word cup in brazil. >> taking a live look now at snow. snow falling on this may day. may 12, castle rock, colorado, that is. >> the world's most widely viewed sporting event is only a month away, but the upcoming world cup in brazil is tainted with allegations of corruption. that's the subject of today's big number, $900 billion, how much the new soccer stadium in rio reportedly cost, triple the or

this is being increasingly challenged by china claim of historical rights to the entire south and eastchina sea. they are pressing claims generating coercion with military -- maritime assets and in the case of vietnam the navy vessels fostering the arms race. this is an unprecedented chinese move. china has never placed one of its rigs in the exclusive economic zone of another state without prior permission. this was accompanied by as many as 80 ships including seven people's liberation not something usually done in the undisputed waters. the countries were cited in the title of the recession and let me say a few words about the prospective and you can determine whether we have eventual interest. the degrees of competition and cooperation are inherent in everything from human interaction to business and international relations. a relationship with china has elements of both. the u.s. welcomes the riots and reintegration into the international system. we sponsor of a succession to the wto world trade organization in the 1990s. we have a strong economic relationship with china and so doe

hopefully thus deterring china from military adventurism, crimea, in the south china sea. >> question, is the u.s. philippines defense back the achievement of obama's asian summit? >> the truth is, you know, this is a good thing. but the philippines military is so weak, that america is not going to go out on a limb to stand between the philippines and china. i think the biggest deal involved japan, some of the stuff president obama said in terms of extending his treaty obligations to islands. japan has a really serious military and could have a serious fight with china. the philippines are totally -- >> hold on. do you think the philippines going along with this idea is going to inspire other countries to do the same thing? that is to turn to the united states? >> they are already doing that. but the philippines are too weak to be a big player. >> let me tell you this is outrageous for this reason. at the end of the cold war, if the united states defended all these countries, they kicked us out of subik bay and the famous clark field that the japanese bombed at the time of pearl harbo

a dispute over oil drilling in south china spills over. thousands of chinese nationals have been evacuated in the wake of violent andy chinese protests. devastating flooding in serbia and bosnia where tens of thousands of people are packing buses, boats, even helicopters just it get out before even more water is expected to rise today. more than 100 countries are celebrating international museum day, which could be a great way to learn about "tours from all around the world." but getting kids excited about learning, well, that isn't always too easy. al alexio brian reports on musems re-inventing themselves for a younger audience. >> it's 5:15 early evening and a body discovered in london. who committed this murder is a mystery and the clues are hidden in the egyptian collection. >> to see things are better than to read things, for me anyway. >> young adults often noticedly ab is not among the museum-going population. they try to get hard to get them in their doors. they were once full of glass cases with silence and tupping forbidden, now

start with a dramatic escalation of tensions and the south china sea. vietnam is accusing beijing on sinking one of his ships. what do we know so far? >> we do not know a lot of details. the details we know tells a fairly clear story of what happened. let me take you through this morning. the vietnam and newspaper in the country reported that a ship carrying 10 people was attacked by a chinese vessel. been confirmed by the chinese foreign minister that indeed that fishing boat was around and 10 people were rescued -- was graham -- was mmed and 10as ra people were rescued. they were not fired upon. it was on monday. a bureaud out by chief, we do not have any details about what type of chinese vessel it was. if it was a fishing vessel or government vessel or military? we do not know. that area where the incident took place if i remember 10 or 12 miles from the coast. side ofg try to get the the chinese government and they have yet to make a statement on this. >> the key thing is the location. near that oil rig. the waters claimed by the vietnamese. whynd

vietnam says the incident happened close to a chinese oil rig near the disputed islands in the south china sea. china state media reported that they were harassing the chinese craft. there's been a standoff in the area between rival ships since the rig was installed in early may. beijing says relations with hanoi could be damaged. adrian brown has more. >> reporter: this is a reminder that tensions between vietnam and china aren't going away. in this latest incident there are different versions of what happened. china says that a vietnamese fishing vessel simply bumped into one of its fishing vessels, capsized and sank. hanoi says that's not the case. they accuse beijing of attacking the vietnamese fishing vessel and causing it to sink. now, this all happened in an area where china has been drilling for oil close to islands which are claimed by both china and vietnam. the drilling operation began at the beginning of month and china deployed a sizable armada there to protect it. of course, two weeks ago we had those serious anti-chinese riots in vietnam that affected a third of the country'

when he came aboard, he dressed for the south china sea at that time of year, dressed in a sports coat, tie, and he had 45 automatic in a shoulder holster. and captain jacobs said to him, i'm not used to having armed civilians come aboard my ship in the dead of night, upon which armitage anged in a very gruff voice, i'm not used to coming aboard armed in the dead of night but i have a job to do. i work for the secretary of defense. armitage then outleonides what would be a secret mission for the kirk. the remnants of the south vietnamese navy, 32 ships in all, would gather just off the south vietnamese coast. their job would be to rendevous with the ships at dawn the following day and escort them across the south china sea, to safety in the philippines. the following more than as the kirk pulled into view of the island, the sun was just coming up, and what was evident all around them, the 32 ships they expected but what they hadn't expected was what appeared to be a humanitarian disaster in the making. lieutenant hugh doyle likened what he saw to a bun of hershey bars dropped on a hot

we can't try to resolve problems in the south china sea when we have refused to make sure that the law of the sea convention is ratified by our united states senate, despite the fact that our top military leaders say that the treaty advances our national security. that's not leadership. that's retreat. that's not strength. that's weakness. it would be utterly foreign to leaders like roosevelt and truman, eisenhower and kennedy. i believe in american exceptionalism with every fiber of my being. what makes us exceptional is not our ability to flout international norms and the rule of law. it's our willingness to affirm them through our actions. that's why i will continue to push to close gitmo, because american values and legal traditions do not permit the indefinite detention of people beyond our borders. that's why we put in place new restrictions on how america collects and uses intelligence, because we will have fewer partners and let perceptive if an effort takes hold we conduct surveillance against ordinary citizens. we stand for the more lasting peace that comes through opportunit