china doesn't just have claims against these other nations in the south china sea. china feels the south china sea is core interest which it hopes to dominate. think of the south china sea as china's caribbean. in geographical terms the south china sea is called the marginal see. it is partly enclosed, partly open to the ocean. same as the caribbean is a. a chinese official said to me when i mentioned china considers core national interest and this is counter to what the united states and its allies and all the other countries in the area see it. chinese official said to me you americans in the nineteenth century and in the early 20th you recognize the caribbean was an international waterway but also made it clear that you intended to dominate it. and why should we chinese act any differently towards the south china sea that you americans do to the caribbean. south china sea is a coming issue. it is an issue that has a great future in the headlines as much as the persian gulf has had in the last few decades. let me close with this idea. military activity is often not

let me talk about the south china sea. as i said before, vietnam that is the boundary of the south china sea is emerging as one of the surest american allies in all of eurasia because united states defeated them in a war. they have no chips on their shoulders, no grudges to bear, no face to lose by openly entering into a military alliance of sort with the united states without needing to make explanations or apologies to its neighbors, and vietnam greatly fears china. vietnam, indonesia, other countries in east asia all have china as their largest trading partner, and therefore they require the united states as a kind of hedging power, a as a balancer against china. indonesia has only two submarines. china has many dozens. indonesia requires the presence of the united states navy to balance against china, but indonesia can't say this publicly because they don't want to alienate others in the islam uke world. remember, indonesia is 240 million people. let me just say a few words about the south china sea in which vietnam, i

also think of other ways and means to ensure that the process of asean china discussion on the south china sea continues in an urgent way. >> in october asean and china agreed to cooperate and draw up guidelines for solving the territorial disputes. last month, they failed to make significant progress because of china's lack of interest in the talks. the indonesian foreign minister did not elaborate what new action would be taken. but asean diplomatic sources suggest ministerial level talks should be considered instead of meetings between senior officials. >>> japanese scientists are preparing to analyze the first asteroid samples ever brought back to earth. the cosmic dust was collected by the hayabusa probe last year. the japan aerospace exploration agency said on monday it will provide samples to eight research teams. analysis will start as soon as friday and continue for several months. the team will use electron microscopes and other high tech probes to find out the composition of the particles and when they were formed. it's hoped the research will shed light on the origin of the solar s

formal approach that will lead to greater peace and stability and confidence associated with the south china sea. >> campbell's remarks are being seen as a bid to keep china in check. beijing had been largely passive about drawing up guidelines for solving disputes in the region. >>> the australian government is planning to impose a temporary income tax to finance reconstruction and redevelopment efforts in flood-damaged areas. prime minister julia gillard announced the tax proposal on thursday. flood victims would be excluded and the supplemental income tax would only apply to australians with annual income over $50,000. gillard said the flood tax would be in effect for one year from july, and the rate would be 0.5% to 1% according to level of income. >>> we put out a hand to the flood victims at the heart of the crisis when they needed us. >> the prime minister said the flood tax is designed to generate $1.8 billion australian dollars or about one third of the total cost to the federal government. her administration plans to cut spending to make up the difference. heavy rain has resulted in ma

the south china sea. china japan and shipping.and variety of other things so this summit in a way follows on from from all of those events and it's really an opportunity for president obama and president hu to sit down and to talk about the future of the u.s. and china relationship not sort of promising anything or are offering up the hope of a major sort of did it were a little like a major communique that would that will really offer a breakthrough on some of the core disagreements but really to try to lay the groundwork for for you know for the relationship to be more predictable and to have fewer surprise us maybe to manage the tensions over the next year or two when you talk just through some of the tensions this of really dominated the friendship in recent years that both the u.s. president and asian talent said that america and china have an enormous stake in each other's success but it is the u.s. really it's in this sense of beijing and vice versa during this this is. what i think the visit the visit went quite well given

but there was a concerted u.s.- led organized effort to challenge chinese claims in the south china sea and the east china sea. that is how it was framed in the debate and prompted what they characterized as a defensive response and what everybody else in the region sees as a much more assertive policy to reinforce and protect those claims. part of this was the issue is the impeccable in the south china sea when they harass of the u.s. navy ship operating there. but there has been a host of these kinds of things. the key is the resistance and the balance of power had shifted. there were no longer so bound by u.s. demand. they did not have to be so attentive to what other countries thought. that has prompted a shift in policy that has cost a lot of concern in the region and caused a lot of countries in the region to reach out to the u.s. and encourage the u.s. to play a more active role to balance the chinese policy. another way of thinking of that is that, 10 years or 15 years ago, a very skillful diplomacy, listening to what countries wanted, tried to frame their proposals in light of

that is a sign of aggressiveness of a rising power asserting itself, as it has in the south china sea-- >> military buildup. >> claiming areas where the philippines are against the claims of all the other places in the region. it tests a stealth aircraft while our secretary of state is on the ground in china as a way of demonstrating that it is going to challenge us and rival as in the western pacific. that is a rising power. >> that in and of itself is reason to give china a lot of attention. we ruled the skies. up until that still the aircraft materialized, there was no question that the united states ruled the skies. now we have to think about where we are going to go with this relationship. but you don't work on this problem by turning back. >> whose alternative to a state dinner is turning your back? >> elevating them to a level where it does nobelong -- >> i am elevating it to the level where the chinese appreciate and treated as a tribe and demonstration of equality with the united states -- a triumph and the assertion of equality with the united states. >> we don't even know r

it did improve their ability to miniaturized and it puts our fleet at risk in the south china sea. with better guidance system, aircraft carriers and battle groups. in advanced chinese missiles, and nuclear-tipped cruise missiles used with that technology have made the chinese into a very formidable force. i don't mean to paint the united states as backwards or incapable. but we have not kept up with some of their developments. we can catch up. that should be our business. we should tell americans that they can be defended and will be defended and should be defended. i believe the american people will rise to that challenge but the chinese are very hard working, very creative and mean to challenge us in the world. >> the immigration component. you mentioned the islamic immigration threat. what about the chinese american immigration threat. so much espionage had come out industrial and military. >> chinese-american immigration and potential for espionage. we live in a free society. i don't expect we keep many secrets. i don't expect us to keep many secrets. i think that is okay. it

intervention in the south china sea and other issues. the obama government reacted coldly and firmly to what secretary of state clinton called these tests that were manifestations of new assertiveness by china. it gave no ground on any of the chinese demands and also found chinese assertiveness with the united states and neighboring asian countries over various issues damaged china's efforts to portray a benign image in asia. these asian governments became more active in working more closely with the united states in an encouraging and active u.s. presence in the asia-pacific. the overall effect was a decline in china's position in the asia-pacific and rise in the position of the united states. meanwhile the obama government made clear to the chinese government and to the world that the united states is prepared to undertake military measures needed to deal with the buildup of chinese forces targeting americans and american interests in the asia-pacific. it also helped move china to curb north korea's repeated provocations by warning priv

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we owned the south china sea, all of the islands, the yellow sea, and threatened an awful lot of folks was a mistake by the military because end ya, vietnam, japan, taiwan, south korea all nervous are moving back -- >> what's the point? >> they are moving back the united states. the politicians are trying to regain control of the policy in china. >> they have a transition next year as well, a turnover in leadership. it looks as though they are leaving the long period of sort of inward growth and concentrating on economic growth which came under the father of modern china, and that they are getting more aggressive. i think what hu is looking for when he comes here next week is mostly respect. they want to be seen as a rival super power on the world stage. >> mm-hmm. >> and i think their miliry is -- >> let me get to arianna. what does obama what from hu? >> two things primarily. he would want them to liberalize them of the tradad policy and be able to -- >> and what, the remnant? >> and the second thing he would want is, you know, the continued staff of intellectual property is becoming

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but there was a concerted u.s.- led organized effort to challenge chinese claims in the south china sea and the east china sea. that is how it was framed in the debate and prompted what they characterized as a defensive response and what everybody else in the region sees as a much more assertive policy to reinforce and protect those claims. part of this was the issue is the impeccable in the south china sea when they harass of the u.s. navy ship operating there. but there has been a host of these kinds of things. the key is the resistance and the balance of power had shifted. there were no longer so bound by u.s. demand. they did not have to be so attentive to what other countries thought. that has prompted a shift in policy that has cost a lot of concn in the region and caud a lot of countries in the rion to reach out to the u.s. and encourage the u.s. to play a mo active role to balance the chinese policy. another way of thinking of that is that, 10 years or 15 years ago, a very skillful diplomacy, listening to what countries wanted, tried to frame their proposals in light of that has

hypothesis before we started this with this animal is probably going to go south and wind up in the south china sea a sort of a parallel circumstance with what's going on in the eastern grey whale population and i say eastern north pacific the ones that go down the north american coast go down to mexico to breed and get out and so not only is it not going where we thought it might but it's crossing of the bering sea it's been just almost like an arrow it's been within a few degrees of sixty five degrees in chile at the time of its shelf and we didn't realize these animals were capable of large open water deep water navigation they've always been thought of as a near shore animal so that's been surprising and now that he's south of the aleutian chain we've never seen the great whales cross the gulf of alaska they always have the shoreline and so there's just a lot of surprises here for us now how closely have u.s. researchers and russian scientists and researchers been cooperating in tracking this whale threat. oh this is very much a hand in glove operation so yeah the russians have done all the per

the question of the sale of weapons to taiwan, and meeting with the dalai lama, and of course, south china sea, yellow sea, something which have risen the last year. >> rose: some say that the message of this summit is that china is an equal of the united states on the world stage. >> it depends how you look at it. because the partnership is based on mutual respect, and mutual benefit, and of course what we hope is that we'll have relationships in which we will treat each others as equals. so in that sense, i think in the world, every country is equal. i know this is a very diverse world and diversity is-- it's diversity that makes the world so colorful. and countries, no matter the size of it, big or small, are all equal. >> rose: how would you characterize the difference in terms of the attitudes turns iran and north korea? is it strategy? is it tactics? is it-- what? >> they are not quite the same. in the case of of north korea, i think we have set up a mechanism of talks and it has proved to be a useful mechanism, so now the question is how to have the six-party talks to resume. and with r

seen over the past two years of china being very assertive about the maritime area around the south china sea, yellow sea, this type of thing. the net effect of this has really damaged china's position in the asia-pacific region. china is weaker today than it was a year ago because of this behavior. the u.s. is much stronger and the obama government has this strategy which feeds into. is what you're doing is reinforcing america's stature and strength in asia while retaining china. if i were as calculating person in china, i would say this s a dumb policy. we have to stop doing this type of thing. and so the thing to watch after mr. hu jintao's visit is will they stop, will he stop doing this kind of thing? is done. is hurting, i think this is not u.k.etention of the chinese leaders. it cost them. i think this topic i think about, has done a very good job very quietly intervening in various ways and saying, we're not going to allow this, it's not going to happen. and i think it's been quite effective. and so let's watch. let's see what happens. if we have a situation where the military is out

and beijing's growing assertiveness in asia, especially in the south china sea. >> i absolutely believe that china's peaceful rise is good for the world and it's good for america. we welcome china's rise. we just want to make sure that that rise is done... that that rise occurs in a way that reinforces international norms and international rules and, you know, enhances security and peace, as opposed to it being a source of conflict either in the region or around the world. >> ( translated ): china-u.s. cooperation has great significance for our two countries and to the world. the two sides should firmly adhere to the right direction of our relationship, respect each other's sovereignty, territorial integrity and development interests, promote the long term sound and steady growth of china-u.s. relations and make even greater contributions to maintaining and promoting world peace and development. >> brown: there were also talks with american and chinese business leaders. and, u.s. officials announced an array of new agreements for china to buy $45 billion in u.s. exports, including 200 b

gates, pretty forceful stands on ensuring a peaceful resolution of these disputed claims in the south china seaet me just note that this government which we have bolstered with policies that we knew would make that country stronger under the idea it was more prosperous it would be more peaceful, that strategy hasn't worked. and this country is now the head of an alliance of rogue nations that threaten the peace and freedom of the entire world. >> the gentleman's time has expired i would like to recognize mr. sears of new jersey for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chair. as i read the newspaper, so the accounts i'm always fascinated by the statement that the chinese simply have different interests in many parts of the world than we do. i think that that hides an awful lot. i do think that the chinese have a hidden agenda, and their agenda in my eyes is more like world domination. somehow, we go back 2000 years ago, and i think that they never lost that. but we seem to help them in their goals. they just fill a void where we are not. take north korea, for example. they do nothing. they do nothi

relationship is evolving, we still have maritime territorial disputes in the east china sea between china and japan in the south china sea between china and a the number of its neighbors that i think we really need to keep a close eye on and those are potentially emerging as more likely focal points for a crisis even then taiwan i am afraid. but again with that said i think if we can try to keep the military-to-military relationship on track, a lot of that rest on the chinese side because i think it is a safe bet it that some point in the future the united states will again have a visit with the dalai lama or sell arms to taiwan or do something that frustrates and upsets the chinese and it is going to be up to them at that point to decide if they believe there is enough value in maintaining that security of cooperation of military-to-military relationship to try to see it through the next ref spot in the relationship. and we can't really do very much but encourage them to cease the mutual benefit in that of hope that they will. >> i would say that when we were designing the east asian strategy in the pentagon 1

seen over the past two years of china being very assertive about the maritime area around the south china sea, yellow sea, this type of thing. the net effect of this has really damaged china's position in the asia-pacific region. china is weaker today than it was a year ago because of this behavior. the u.s. is much stronger and the obama government has this strategy which feeds into. is what you're doing is reinforcing america's stature and strength in asia while retaining china. if i were as calculating person in china, i would say this is a dumb policy. we have to stop doing this type of thing. and so the thing to watch after mr. hu jintao's visit is will they stop, will he stop doing this kind of thing? is done. is hurting, i think this is not u.k. detention of the chinese leaders. it cost them. i think this topic i think about, has done a very good job very quietly intervening in various ways and saying, we're not going to allow this, it's not going to happen. and i think it's been quite effective. and so let's watch. let's see what happens. if we have a situation where the military is o

gates took a forceful stand on ensuring the peaceful resolution of these disputed claims in theu south china sea and east china sea. china sea here i think it's very important that our military works with and backs up japan even though we don't take a position on the disputed claims. >> let me just note that this government which we have bolstered with policies that we knew would make that country stronger under the idea it was more prosperous it would be more peaceful, that strategy hasn't worked. and this country is now the head of an alliance of rogue nations that threaten the peace and freedom of the entire world. >> the gentleman's time has expired i would like to recognize mr. sears of new jersey for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chair. as i read the newspaper, so the accounts i'm always fascinated by the statement that the chinese simply have different interests in many parts of the world than we do. i think that that hides an awful lot. i do think that the chinese have a hidden agenda, and their agenda in my eyes is more like world domination. somehow, we go back 2000 years ago, and

just last month it reiterated claims to disputed waters in the south china sea and pressured countriesry country in asia has expressed alarm to the u.s. privately that they are becoming very worried about china. china has thrown its weight around, being more brusque, harder edged. that kind of thing. >> reporter: washington's been stung by china's assertiveness too. after president obama met tibet's exiled spiritual leader the dalai lama china scaled back purchase of u.s. treasuries. when the white house announced $6 billion in arms sales to china's taiwan they jinxed several military ties. the message to the outside world is clear but inside china there's a lively debate about how the government should wield its growing economic political and military might. >> the relative decline of the u.s. and the relative rise of china doesn't necessarily mean a power shift from one to the other claims political professor. indeed many argue china's facing many serious domestic problems, preventing its move from emerging power to super power. from choking environmental pollution to a rapidly aging

against our aircraft carriers can raise the stakes of a conflict in the south china sea that would notll for the united states. the chinese have studied american capabilities for the past 20 years and have built a sense of what weapons to mitigate our previous advantages. whether or not these chinese advances are effective is unknown. but what we do know is the united states has not taken, in my view, adequate steps to modernize our forces, to meet ballistic path of our enemies. the ss and 22 cruise missile called a sunburned cruise missile which was designed by the russians and iranians presents a technological challenge because of its mach three speed and enormous size. these are physical problems in time and space that very smart people try to figure out and do something about. they have thought about these problems. they have tried to solve these problems. that's at the level of capability. china has for sometimes carried out a policy of what has been termed the peaceful rise of china. they have no clear intent of being an aggressive power if that's what we've seen so far. while lo

against our aircraft carriers can raise the stakes of a conflict in the south china sea that would notll for the united states. the chinese have studied american capabilities for the past 20 years and have built a sense of what weapons to mitigate our previous advantages. whether or not these chinese advances are effective is unknown. but what we do know is the united states has not taken, in my view, adequate steps to modernize our forces, to meet ballistic path of our enemies. the ss and 22 cruise missile called a sunburned cruise missile which was designed by the russians and iranians presents a technological challenge because of its mach three speed and enormous size. these are physical problems in time and space that very smart people try to figure out and do something about. they have thought about these problems. they have tried to solve these problems. that's at the level of capability. china has for sometimes carried out a policy of what has been termed the peaceful rise of china. they have no clear intent of being an aggressive power if that's what we've seen so far. while lo

there is a dispute with the south china dispute -- is it with the south china sea. >> china's diplomacys serving world peace and stability. it is true that some countries are showing muscles. by conducting large-scale military maneuvers, everyone sees we are doing that. i do not think the world has become more critical toward china. it shows that some people believe the west is psychological out of balance because of the fact that china has done what an independent sovereign state should do and must do. >> there is an expectation that china can play a leadership role in international affairs. we know that china's diplomacy always serves its own domestic agenda. do you think china's born policy will be more proactive and aggressive in the future? >> china plays a responsible world according to its ability. i do not think china will adjust its foreign policy in order to be more aggressive. i think china will be more cautious and will do everything possible to serve its domestic agenda and also to serve peace and stability. >> thank you. the mother in -- the millennium- old household briti

sea. the fishermen's troubles are one of many challenges facing china's diplomacy. it's coming from all surrounding waters from the southns rising from a strong u.s. will to maintain presence in asia. they have cast the last frontier of the cold war into conflict. they exert pressure, yet china insisted on dialogue to help diffuse tensions. >> translator: china always played a constructive role in promoting peace on the korean peninsula. negotiations are the only way to achieve that goal. >> the fact that northeast asia still enjoys peace gives relief, but they cannot keep with the u.s. on the policy has made washington uneasy. >> there's some that say china has become ireland relations with the united states, but certainly we do not agree with that. yes, china has become more confident with our economic goals, but china remains a developing country. >> a fishing boat costs a little over 4,000 u.s. dollars, roughly 1/11th of the gdp in the u.s.. it's a lifeline for the fishermen and their families. the hope is for calm seas and a good harvest. cctv. >> we're now joined by chinese ambassador. mr. ambassador, china is bla

there is a responsible stakeholder declare that the south china sea is one of its core interests in openional and territorial not -- writes of a southeast asian neighbor? does a responsible stakeholder admonish the u.s. navy that it cannot operate in the yellow sea in the very waters where general douglas macarthur undertook the heroic landing which turned the tide of the war? would irresponsible stakeholder refer to the nobel peace prize committee as a bunch of clowns for awarding an honor to a distinguished chinese human rights advocate? would irresponsible stakeholder the arrests of the wife of a nobel peace prize winner as further respond -- retaliation for speaking the truth about the gross human rights violations in china? the u.s. took a big gamble when it voted for premier and normal trade relations for china over a decade ago in what some termed as the most important vote since world war ii. the vote was based upon what i see as a sadly mistaken belief that economic openings in a free-market reform would lead to democracy, respect for the rule of law, and a full array of politic

resources, they have a lot of missions around the world in places like afghanistan, iraq and the south china sea. although the arctic mission is important and president bush to put us on a path to having a stronger presence there and be able to take on these functions and president obama pick that up and has continued it, there are only so many dollars to go-round and at a time in capitol hill talking about budget cuts we are going to have to be smart about the investments we make and isn't this an area where bilaterally we can get more done together and share the cost, share the burdens were the benefit of taxpayers rather than wasting money fighting. >> i think we are going to try to work on the -- see together brown the broader issue we may agree to disagree and the united states doesn't look at waterways as a one off. they are making decisions on the other the straits of hormuz making decisions on waterways in a much broader security environment. so a lot of us would like to have just this one unique challenge on our sovereignty and how we manage it. but it is mark obligated for the united s

political assertiveness, demonstrated by really extraordinary claims to sovereignty in the east and south china seassputes over american military access, even to the yellow sea in connection with the recent problems with north korea. all of this is presenting an enormously complex series of the challenges to any american administration, but i think our administration has responded basically by turning away and worrying about china's currency policy. honestly, i would worry about our own currency policy more, as our deficit, according to the congressional budget office, this fiscal year will be a mere $1.50 trillion. is the president's response to say he is very concerned about it and to deal with that deficit will mostly freeze spending at current levels, except for a few areas where we will increase spending. so i want to say to all of you staffers who are just starting your careers, i want to thank you very much for taking on this that that you and your children will pay for the rest of your lives and consider the economic consequences for the country. because that is going to undermine our strate

political assertiveness as demonstrated by extraordinary claims to sovereignty in the east and south china seas and their disputes over american military access to the yellow sea in connection with the recent problems with north korea. all of this presents an enormously complex series of challenges to any american administration, but i think our administration has responded basically by turning away and worrying about chinese currency policy. i would worry about our own

political assertiveness as demonstrated by extraordinary claims to sovereignty in the east and south china seas and their disputes over american military access to the yellow sea in connection with the recent problems with north korea. all of this presents an enormously complex series of challenges to any american administration, but i think our administration has responded basically by turning away and worrying about chinese currency policy. i would worry about our own currency policy more. the deficit according to the congressional budget office will be a mere $1.50 trillion. the president's response is to say he is very concerned about it and deal with the deficit mostly with free-standing at current levels except for a few levels where we will decrease levels. all of the staffers in georgia starting your careers, i want to thank you for taking on this debt you and your children will pay for the rest of your lives and consider the economic consequences for the country. that is going to undermine our strategic projection capabilities beginning almost immediately. here we have a situation. it

resources, they have a lot of missions around the world in places like afghanistan, iraq and the south china sea although the arctic mission is important and president bush to put us on a path to having a stronger presence there and be able to take on these functions and president obama pick that up and has continued it, there are only so many dollars to go-round and at a time in capitol hill talking about budget cuts we are going to have to be smart about the investments we make and isn't this an area where bilaterally we can get more done together and share the cost, share the burdens were the benefit of taxpayers rather than wasting money fighting. >> i think we are going to try to work on the -- see together brown the broader issue we may agree to disagree and the united states doesn't look at waterways as a one off. they are making decisions on the other the straits of hormuz making decisions on waterways in a much broader security environment. so a lot of us would like to have just this one unique challenge on our sovereignty and how we manage it. but it is mark obligated for the united st

resources, they have a lot of missions around the world in places like afghanistan, iraq and the south china sea. although the arctic missi is important and president bush to put us on a path to having a stronger presence there and be able to take on these functions and president obama pick that up and has continued it, there are only so many dollars to go-round and at a time in capitol hill talking about budget cuts we are gointo have to be smart about the investments we make and isn't this an area where bilaterally we can get more done togeer and share the cost, share the burdens were the benefit of taxpayers rather than wasting money fighting. >> i think we are going to try to work on the -- see together brown the broader issue we may agree to disagree and the united states doesn't look at waterways as a one off. they are making decisions on the other the straits of hormuz making decisions on waterways in a much broader security environment. so a lot of us would like to have just this one unique challenge on our sovereignty and how we manage it. but it is mark obligated for the united states

political assertiveness as demonstrated by extraordinary claims to sovereignty in the east and south china seas and their disputes over american military access to the yellow sea in connection with the recent problems with north korea. all of this presents an enormously complex series of challenges to any american administration, but i think our administration has responded basically by turning away and worried about -- worrying about chinese currency policy. i would worry about our own currency policy more. the deficit according to the congressional budget office will be a mere $1.50 trillion. is toesident's response say he is very concerned about it and deal with the deficit mostly with free-standing at current levels except for a few levels where we will decrease levels. all of the staffers in georgia starting your careers, i want to thank you for taking on this debt you and your children will pay for the rest of your lives and consider the economic consequences for the country. that is going to undermine our strategic projection capabilities beginning almost immediately. here we have a situ

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south korean foreign ministers. japan-china relations soured in september after a chinese trawler collided with japan coast guard ships offer the senkaku islands in the east chainia sea. maehara reiterated china's position on this matter. >> translator: there is no territorial problem between japan and china. japan will continue to exert its control over the senkaku islands. >> reporter: he also referred to economic relations between the two countries. >> translator: it is vital for japan and china to build a win-win relationship. we can do this by advancing discussions on free trade agreements and by further boosting trade. >> maehara said he expects he and prime minister naoto kan will visit china in 2011 and chinese leaders will also come to japan. >>> south korea confirmed its first bird flu cases in chickens and ducks in more than two and a half years. the foreign ministry says the virulent h5n1 strain of avian influenza was discovered on friday at two poultry farms in the southern part of the country. local authorities have destroyed 7,000 chickens and 10,000 ducks. they have called more than 90,000 chickens at a nearby farm to prevent the flu from spreading. t

china stepping up activity in the east china sea including waters near japan will also be a focus of the talks. >>> south korean president, lee myung-bak, says he will step up security following north korea's shelling of a south korean island in november. he also said the south is ready to increase economic cooperation if the north is willing to work toward denuclearization. lee made the comments in a televised new year's speech on monday. >> translator: any military aggression would be met with stern and strong responses. we have to deter the north from acting provocatively. >> he urged the north to end its military adventurism. >> translator: the door is still open for dialogue. if the north shows sincerity, we are willing to give it more economic help together with the international community. >> president lee has taken a hard line toward the north since the artillery attack on yeonpyeong island. he's apparently changing his stance because the public is worried that continued tension could lead to an all-out conflict. an opinion poll published on monday by south korean newspaper "dong-a ilbo" showed t

referring to the south cure islands as the northern territory's so i believe that china had best prepared to defend itself because. u.s. military presence in areas like the yellow seathe east china sea and so forth ok rosso from the start may two organization thanks for your comments on all t. tonight. stay with us we've got business coming up next. for the full stop we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. which brighten if you are about song from stupid. t.v. don't. welcome to a business program i'm sure on a. russian bellerose have reached an agreement following their route over oil prices which led moscow halting supply to its neighbor on the first of january prime minister vladimir putin met with a counterpart. to trying are not the conflict our correspondent peter all over has the story. it's taken quite a while but it seems that russia and belarus have come to terms over the recent oil dispute that's come between the two nations a proposal has been put forward is accepted there's been no oil sent from russia to bellary since the first of january now it seems that we will see the resumption of oil transport from russi

china seas to the jealousies. complications test arise from the u.s. determination to maintain its influence in asia. relationships between southorea and north korea threatened conflict. washington urged china and to exert pressure on north china. -- north korea. >> china has always played a constructive role in promoting peace on the korean peninsula. negotiations of the only way to achieve that goal. and the fact that northeast asia still enjoys peace has given the world a sigh of relief. to china's unwillingness keep in step with u.s. goals has made you -- america wary. and >> it is a relations with the united states that we certainly do not agree with that. china has become more confident over our economic growth goals. but china remains a del faux pas to a developing country -- in the fishing vote cost more than 4000 u.s. dollars. but it is the lifeline for these fishermen and their families. their biggest hope is for called seas and a good harvest. diplomacy,foreign we're joined by a former ambassador to germany. mr. ambassador, china has been blamed for its assertiveness. japans a dispute with over the islands. as the re