met in new delhi on wednesday after reaching an agreement to jointly develop oil fields in the south china sea last month. vietnam apparently hopes to keep china in check on territorial issues by strengthening ties with india. vietn vietnam's president truong tan sang and indian prime minister manmohan singh on wednesday exchanged documents outlining oil fields in the south china sea and other matters including crude oil refining and agricultural issues. >> a strong india-vietnam partnership is a factor of peace, stability, and development in the asia pacific region. it is a partnership that stands on its own merits. >> meanwhile, china has taken a strong stance against the development. general secretary of the communist party gen fu chong visited beijing the next day and met with chinese premier hu jintao. state-run china central television reported that while discussing the territorial disputes between the two nations hu gave a stern warning about vietnam and india's joint project. hu told wen that vietnam should not make any moves that complicate or expand the disputes. some southeast asian

met in new delhi on wednesday after reaching an agreement to jointly develop oil fields in the south china sea last month. vietnam apparently hopes to keep china in check on territorial issues by strengthing ties with india. vietnam's president and indian prime minister manhoman singh on wednesday exchanged documents discussing oil feels in the south china sea and other matters, including crude oil refining and agricultural issues. >> a strong india partnership is effective of peace, stability and development in this region. it is a partnership that stands on its own merits. >> meanwhile, china has taken a strong stance against the development. general secretary of the communist party visited beijing the previous day and met with chinese premiere hu jintao. state run china's central television reported that while zutsi i discussing the territorial disputes between the two nations who gave a stern warning about vietnam and india's joint project. hu said that vietnam should not make any moves that complicate or expand the disputes. some countries including vietnam and the philippines are trying

let's get a look at a tropical storm system that is moving through the south china sea. you can see the clouds here starting to gather over hainan island. and this will be tropical storm nalgae showing signs of weakening, but it is taking its time, working its way across the south china sea. and it looks like it's still going to be a few more days before it makes landfall which then it is expected to weaken. until then, we'll be talking about strong winds for the area. you can see hainan island is largely covered by the tropical storm force winds and then that will start spreading into parts of central vietnam as well as southern china. in terms of rainfall, there is going to be still a lot more rainfall to contend with. this is the 48-hour forecast. and you can see really things don't dry out, especially for areas like hainan island, southern areas of china, too. and then in towards the northern areas of vietnam will all continue to look at plenty of rainfall over the next few days in hainan island in particular will be hard hit. but there's plenty of moisture in the ar

moving across the south china seas. slowed down at the moment, not moving a whole lot. it will likely maintain quite a bit of slow speed as it heads into mostly westerly direction, brushing past thailand, then making landfall somewhere along central vietnam in the next couple days. it is currently a severe tropical storm system. some winds weak end. now 90 kilometers per hour. plenty of stormy conditions. as it is a fairly slow moving system, we'll be talking about plenty of rain in the gulf area in the next 72 hours. you can see rain will continue to move across hinan island and impact vietnam. the same system effecting that monsoon. talking plenty of rainfall across the philippines and indo china peninsula. southern china looking at additional moisture thanks to the tropical storm system. taiwan having pretty heavy fog. looking to continue today. southern islands of japan for you, too, downpours are going to be a possibility throughout monday. for japan, northern areas with cold rain, even upper elevation. monday's high, 21 in tokyo. 19 in seoul, and getting cool in s

let's get a look at a tropical storm system moving through the south china sea. ouds here trying to gather over the island. this is showing signs of weakening, but it is taking its time working its way across the south china sea. it looks like it is still going to be a couple more days before it makes landfall, which then it is expected to weaken. until then, we'll be talking about strong winds for the area. you can see the island is largely covered by tropical storm winds. that will start to spread to parts of central vietnam and southern china. in terms of rainfall, there is going to be still a lot more rainfall to contend with. this is the 48 hour forecast. you can see things don't dry out, especially for areas here, southern areas of china. and towards the northern areas of vietnam, will will continue to look at plenty of rainfall the next few days. there's plenty of moisture in the area, the philippines will see showers. taiwan and southern japan have been experiencing heavy falls and looking to continue again today. north of that, high pressure is dominating

this video was taken in june last year in part of the south china sea. where indonesia and china have a territorial dispute. >> reporter: china sent a giant war ship turned fishing patrol boat to the area to try to force an indonesian patrol boat out of the area. the indonesian boat was there to keep an eye on chinese fishing boats. china's patrol boat was equipped with weapons. engine-mounted and the situation reached a flashpoint. the incident was finally settled when indonesia released chinese fishermen it had detained and china withdrew from the waters. >> reporter: after the incident china met an about-face, dropping its strong-arm tactics toward indonesia and taking a flexible stance. china is now trying to strengthen cooperation with indonesia. this year, china began providing indonesia with high-performance guided missiles at a competitive price. in june, the two countries held their first joint military exercise, including hostage rescue drilling by special units. >> translator: we are in a position to move freely and actively, we can cooperate w

china's navy has begun conducting drills on coastal waters in the east and south china seas and pacific ocean. china is aiming to secure sea lanes which are vital for economic growth. they also say china is trying to protect marine resources, including natural gas. the increased maneuvers have been causing friction between china's and japan's self defense force. japanese destroirs and chinese aircraft came dangerously close in the east china sea. five such cases in the past 18 months. against this backdrop, the self defense forces are strengthening their fleet and stepping up collaboration with the u.s. navy. japan and u.s. have staged several drills in the waters near okinawa. two long time allies are uniting to face the challenge of china's power. >>> we have some background on the stand off between japan and china. >> what is the reason behind the naval expansion by china? >> translator: with its economy growing, china was able to allocate larger budget for the navy. it is believed china is doing this to protect is maritime rights and regarding taiwan, china wants to avoid interventi

china's navy has begun conducting drills beyond its closer waters in the east and south china seas in the pacific ocean. china is aiming to secure sea lanes which are vital for economic growth. they also say china is trying to protect marine resources including natural gas. the increased maneuvers have been causing friction between china's mercury and japan's maritime self-defense force. japanese destroyers and chinese aircraft have remained close it each other in the east china sea. there have been five such cases over the past 18 months. against this backdrop, the self-defense forces are stre strengthening their fleet and stepping up their cooperations with the u.s. navy. japan and the u.s. have staged several large-scale drills in the waters near okinawa. the two longtime allies are uniting to face the challenge of china's burgeoning power. nhk world. >>> gene otani has some background on the standoff between japan and china. >> what is the reason behind the naval expansion by china? >> translator: with its economy growing, china became able to allocate a larger budget into buildin

south china sea do you think china is a country that actually could envisage a conflict now. but it wouldn't i mean it's too smart to you can't win wars anymore so why would china really start a war which would be destructive for china itself so while there is a lot of posturing on the political side economically you know it's it's much too much integrated to release start a war on on either side so no there's posturing there's a lot of. posturing because of internal reasons to show strength to its people but but you know we don't we don't think this what do you think china strategies for russia they've been very good friends and they've been not so good friends i think they are seeking an alliance they are seeking trade but they are very close neighbor us so i think china in general wants to optimize relationships whether it's russia or america or europe doris nice thank you very much for this interview . a very warm welcome to you this is your news today protesters on the. streets they have. ladies and gentlemen to try to get good links to the status of the human experiment

agreement comes as china increases dispatch of naval vessels and fishery patrol boats in the south china sea. the philippines is reportedly eager to discuss regional territorial disputes in indonesia next month. >>> the united nations says the world population will mark a milestone next week. come monday, 7 billion people will be sharing the earth's resources. the u.n. population fund released an annual report on wednesday. the number of the people on the planet has more than doubled in the past 50 years, from 3 billion in 1959. forecasters say the figure will surpass 10 billion this century. asia, the world's most populated region, is expected to reach 5.2 billion people by the middle of the century. africa's population will triple and climb to an estimated 3.6 billion by 2,100. developed countries including japan and european nations are expected to see their populations shrink. falling birth rates are largely to blame. the u.n. reports say the global population increase will accelerate urbanization and spread poverty mainly in developing countries. it also says water shortages will worsen

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in the city of dunan on the coast facing the south china sea. >> reporter: vietnam has never experienced a tsunami before. after what happened in japan, its holding the first ever tsunami evacuation drill. more than 5,000 people took part in the drill. many of them live near the coast. after a tsunami siren sounds, they follow directions from the police. and evacuate on foot to higher ground and buildings. resc workers conduct search operations for the missing. troops and firefighters rescue people trapped. they worked out ways to cooperate with doctors. >> translator: it was horrible to see media reports about the damage done by the march tsunami in japan. i'll use lessons from this drill to flee safely if a tsunami comes. >> translator: i think we'll make sufficient preparations thanks to this drill. we'll be able to evacuate residents swiftly. in case of a tsunami. >> reporter: a u.n. report released after the march disaster warned that 8.6 earthquake was to strike off the coast of the philippines. vietnam could be hit by a tsunami measuring 3 to 10 meters high. nhk world, danang. >>>

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. >>> vietnam had a tsunami drill tuesday on the coastline facing the south china sea. it is a sign of how this year's disaster in japan has made ocean facing communities everywhere more alert. dao van hung has more. >> reporter: we never experienced a tsunami before, but what happened in japan was the worst tsunami evacuation drill. more than 5,000 people took part in the drill. many of them live near the coast. after a tsunami siren sounds, they follow directions from the police and evacuate on foot to higher ground and taller buildings. rescue workers conduct search operations for the missing. troops and firefighters rescue people trapped in boats and cars. they worked out ways to cooperate with doctors. >> translator: it was horrible to see media reports about the damage done by the march tsunami in japan. i'll useless ons from this drill to flee safely if a tsunami comes. >> i think we'll make sufficient preparations thanks to this drill. we'll be able to evacuate residents swiftly, in case of a tsunami. >> a u.n. report released showed a magnitude 8.6 was to strik

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we've got a lot of moisture coming up from the south china sea and the northeast monsoon will continue to be quite active. you can see where, the eastern coast of indochina, that's going to be vietnam and across the south, cambodia into southern parts of thailand dealing with the ongoing showers and thunderstorms. bangkok, that's going do include you, the potential for thunderstorms and 34 degrees. so a hot day coming to you. 25 in hong kong. and should be mostly dry, maybe just a couple of early-morning showers. 19 degrees in shanghai and then we'll be back down to 19 in tokyo today. it was about 27 i think for the high. and back down to about 19 tomorrow on wednesday. 8 degrees in ulan bator and you should be staying dry. let's check on our hurricane, still a category 2 system, this is rina, moving six kilometers per hour, west-northwest and the winds are sustained at 160 with stronger gusts. we now have the warnings and watches across the coast of the yucatan peninsula now. it's expected to make landfall probably between thursday and friday overnight local time. that's going to be,