she is actually half chinese and half mexican, so my grandfather immigrated from southern china to southern mexico, and i grew up with a merchant family. when we emigrated to the u.s., my family also had family businesses, but even though i had all that preparation, opening my own business and working in a family environment, i was not prepared for the obstacle and challenges of having my own business. this is where the women's initiative program really helped me to develop actually technical training, business plans -- all of the things that i have not done because my mom had a very old school way of is this mentality, which was basically sink or swim. my company -- i have four full- time staff and two part-time in the low season, but in the high season, that can expand up to five or three part-time employees that all live and work in the mission district, so this is really, to me, about grass roots economy, rebuilding this country, and the recession gives us an opportunity to reevaluate our relationship with community. they have been very helpful to me, and i described them as the strap t

and then over towards the south, southern china and indochina looking at scattered showers as well. but nothing heavy. now, in terms of temperatures, stays mild again today. 19 in hong kong. 17 in chongqing. then 16 degrees in shanghai. very pleasant in seoul again. double-digit figures again. 12 degrees. then 12 in tokyo. right, then. as for north america, we have a winter storm moving into the united states. a fairly strong system going to be producing significant snow for the northern rockies, the cascades, a couple of systems in place, in fact. that's going to be heading into the northern plains. we're look at a fairly widespread snowfall into your wednesday. over towards the south, dry just now. but we expect to find some showers and thunderstorms popping up for you on your wednesday. and then in terms of temperatures, stays very chilly out towards the northwest. we've got 2 in vancouver. only 4 in seattle. it stays on the cool side for los angeing a bit milder for the midwest. 4 in chicago. and then 4 in new york. and stays very pleasant down toward the south. 18 in atlanta an

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pandas face a food shortage in southern china's sichuan province. about 60 animal consume about 2,000 kilograms of bamboo a day. the recent heavy rainfall and snowfall in the province affected supplies and the nearest bamboo reserve is now a construction site. the food shortage could worsen as the number of pandas is being increased with the help of artificial insemination. to deal with the crisis, authorities plan to grow more bamboo plants and improve their quality. >>> thailand's deputy prime minister is refusing third party mediation to resolve the country's border dispute with cambodia. the announcement came thursday, a day after france offered to help resolve the dispute by providing maps it made when it ruled indochina. border clashes between the neighbors flared up earlier this month resulting in the deaths of three people, including a civilian. 22 others have been injured in the skirmishes. >>> hi there. it's time now for another world weather update. i'm eva gardener. let's begin in eastern arab where we desperately need moisture across ch

i grew up in a small town in southern china and learned my english by listening secretly to voice ofamerica. was a dangerous thing to do when i was growing up because it was illegal. i could have sent my parents to jail. one day i was playing when i was 11, playing this transistor radio that i got from my sister who got it from my grandfather's and suddenly i came up on this point where in a manly slow voice in english rank out, this is the voice of america broadcasting in special english because it was special english. it is tokens lower. about two thirds of the pace of normal english. therefore nonnative speakers can try to follow. so i started picking up english from their well also studying, learning more from this radio program and then i went to university as an english major. it was 1989 that dashed my hopes for my own intellectual future in china. so i came to america. i learned of all places in alabama. i just came back from their. i tried -- it was a real story of why alabama. simply starts with a. when i went -- when i made up my mind to leave china after i graduated i wen

bright conditions, lots of sunshine across places like eastern china up into mongolia, korean peninsula and japan. we see showers for southern portions of china. heavier rain unfortunately continuing in southern portions of the philippines. so we're going to see more potential for flooding and landslides into the weekend. here are those temperatures. 10 degrees in beijing, 9 in seoul, and tokyo seeing 9 also. we've got 19 in taipei, 16 in hong kong, and 34 roasting in bangkok. let's head now to north america. well, things are going to be, i'm afraid, very miserable for many of you across the west. this big snowstorm continues to move. you can see what a mess we're looking at here. it's going to be rain up the coast, particularly for you in california. could even see some flooding problems with rainfall. and lots of heavy snow, as well, you can see where it's going to be heaviest in the upper elevations where the deepest shades of gray are. and then out to the east, another snowstorm, and that'll bring you about 30 centimeters. in much of ontario, the gray there. the northern great lakes dealing with heavier snow. just south

the red dragon conspiracy, a conspiracy to launch a revolution, carving out two provinces of southern china to make their own republic. absolutely incredible. they approached american businessmen for funding and finance. too risky a proposal. it just so happened that homer lea turned to be in office. in 1909 he read a very successful book discussing american defense and principally have the japanese might invade and possibly attack california. out talk about that a little later. it's called "the valor of ignorance." it came out in 1909 to rave reviews. in 1910 when the red dragon conspiracy was foundering homer reputation wind up to the offices but the revolutionary on the right. he wanted to overthrow the entire manchu dynasty and take control of all of china. a number of revolutionary attempts. he became the principal foreign adviser. in the summer -- excuse me, in the fall of 1911, actually the anniversary of this month in october. october 10th of 1911 revolution started that actually would overthrow the manchu dynasty. returned to china in late 1911 to become the first president of the

there was a good book written by berkeley anthropologist on working conditions in southern china, ande said in sort of classical economic turns, many of these people don't even receive their wages. they cannot be considered as labor. and the message that is being delivered to the american working class is, you have to be competitive. you have to be competitive with prison labor. and so, yes, you're right. i speak at the end of the book about climate change and how it is twinned with this magical thinking, this divorce from reality, from fact. of course courtesy of exxon mobile. how many millions of dollars to they spend to confuse people about the science of climate change? wait for the microphone please. go ahead. >> a little scary. thank you so much for your talk tonight. you have written a lot recently about losing hope and suddenly have spoken quite a bit about that tonight. i understand, as has been told to be by my veterans for peace friends that you are planning on joining the action in december on december 16th in washington, the veteran lead action against the current wars th

china. light snow flurries in and around beijing but further south for the southern sections of china lots of rain. this rain band is then going to be heading into the east china sea and then into japan later today, so although it does look dry right now along the pacific side of the country, we will start to see that very cold rain and snow spreading over the region from tonight into your friday. here is the outlook into your friday morning, you can see many areas picking up snow, up to 40 centimeters is possible up in hokkaido, down towards the west looking at 20 centimeters and even in central portions including kanto we're looking to receive up to 10 centimeters so looking at substantial amounts of snow to really affect a wide area and that's going to last throughout your friday. we've got 9 degrees in tokyo today and cold in seoul and beijing, temperatures struggling to rise and 5 degrees in shanghai so rather chilly here as well. now we take a look at the americas as well, the cold arctic air starts to shift towards the east but still dominating much of the u.s. and certainly going to s

in east asia, we're going to see a little bit of snow for western china today here and then southern areas, too, will see rain spreading in, again from the south china sea. japan this morning looking at pretty heavy showers for central and northern sections of the country. but that's going to be heading out at a pretty good pace. should be looking drier into the evening. as for highs, 14 in tokyo today. 6 in seoul. 18 degrees in taipei. now for north america, it is pretty messy again out towards the west. systems continuing to trek on in and talking about a lot of snow in to friday night. widespread area of intermountain west, rockies and western canada picking up the snow. the sierras in particular seeing the heavier snows. 15 centimeters or more possible here and the snow area for eastern and central sections of canada, too, and some of this parts of ontario expect 15 centimeters of or more of this heavy stuff, as well. great lakes area, though, you won't be looking at too much snow in the forecast because we are looking at warm temperatures again on friday. 13 degrees for your high

as for southern asia looking at scattered showers across the philippines again, looking generally dry for indo china peninsula, although along the malay peninsula, pockets of showers are possible and that could worsen the flooding situation out here and in fact, we've got some pictures coming out of malaysia, so let's take a look, taking a look at the recent footage here, taken on monday in the southern end of malaysia, you can see floodwaters are still very high in many areas. tens of thousands of people are remaining in evacuation centers. cleanup efforts have started, though. the weather conditions aren't too bad as you can see but there is that risk of isolated thundershowers especially in the afternoon that could certainly, the additional rain could certainly keep floodwaters high as well. another area of concern is of course sri lanka, dealing with more on and off showers, afternoon thunderstorms to watch out for as well. taking a look at your temperatures then, we've got 24 degrees in hong kong today, 24 in taipei, so stays mild here, but further north, things certainly cooling down, 3 degree

to project to win markets in china and india however i like southerners out of fermentable doubts that these plans will come to anything more least for the time be. on one hand there are good very good perspectives for. point of view of gas for expansion. business but at the same time current situation on the global energy market is not so favorable for a you know making new energy plans and current trend is the major global energy producers are postponing or canceling its new capacities production get us to. projects saw basically i don't think the timing knell for expansion of oil and your plan is certainly. the best time. to take a look at the stock markets first in the u.s. markets are uneasy indices are standing near two and a half year high it's barely changed now that actually losing like point one percent this is as investors are assessing the impact of the interest rate hike in china which could eventually slow down the global economy european markets have managed a recovery in late trading known as off fooling after that rate hike in china but engineering inside like group in

china as well as the korean peninsula. for the philippines it's been wet here. the southern end has been seeing torrential rainfall.hat will continue today although not quite the locally heavy downpours we've been seeing. as for highs, 11 in shanghai, 5 in seoul, 6 degrees in beijing. relatively mild on wednesday. as for the united states, it's been really messy across a wide area of the eastern half of the country has been dealing with all of that wintry precipitation. that's looking set to continue again today for you. the eastern areas of well developed storm system here right in the midwest that's going to be heading northeastward. but still bringing in all of the rain and ice and snow. here's the outlook all the way into wednesday night. still wide area picking up on some very heavy snows here across the upper midwest and into the new england states. heavy snow amounts. whiteouts could be seen up over 30 centimeters. but some of this will include areas that could pick up to 45 to 50 centimeters. a lot of travel disruptions and delays are anticipated. do take precautions if you are going to be traveling here. a

china. it's going to be a little rain falling across tie sxwan that starts spreading into the southern islandsjapan today. otherwise, some heavy showers impacting the southern end of the philippines and manila. a high of 31 today. 17 expected in hong kong. and 7 in beijing. so rather mild. 4 degrees in seoul. back up from those subfreezing temperatures. now australia. we've been keeping an eye last week on western australia. well, now we are keeping an eye on the east. in the coral sea we have this very well developed system. this will be tropical cyclone ayasi that did develop yesterday. we are looking at it heading westward right toward the northern end of queensland and it's moving at a pretty good pace too. 40 kilometers per hour and wind speeds at 155 kilometers per hour. wind gusts are even topping 200. this is a strong storm system that and it's still in fact intensifying and forecasts are calling for it to become a category 4 cyclone in the next 12 to 24 hours. it will start approaching the coastline. winds will start getting pretty high here during wednesday and into the afternoon hou

china that are being manufactured. a lot of them used to be manufactured in southern virginia and now are being manufactured in china. i would much rather have them take those things manufactured here and purchase them. the president was right when he said we need to make things again in america. we are less towards the manufacturing industry. we have to get back to that. >> you have a question from online. >> this is from one user. he would like to know where do we think a job growth will be in 2015-2020? what should our colleges be doing to prepare today's americans? >> that is a crystal ball. >> that is a great question because we are examining it this year. i have asked for major reforms in our higher education system. there is a bill that passed unanimously because there it will now be a link between higher education and economic development. you cannot grant degrees without a sense of what the jobs of the future will be. when you look at some of the pacific rim countries like china and japan, they are doing a marvelous job. we are way behind in the number of engineers and scientists that we graduate. that is a

i mean, we know there's a flood of goods in china that are being manufactured, frankly, a lot that used to be manufactured in southerne now manufactured in china and being sold back to people in virginia. i'd many rather have them take those things that are manufactured here and purchase. i think the person was right the other day when he said we need to make things again in america. wee are much more slanted towards the service industry, less towards manufacturing industry, and i think we have to get back to that. >> you have a question from online? >> i do. >> this is from a user named ck. where doing the job growth will be in 2015-2020? what should our colleges and high high schools be doing to prepare today's youth for capitalizing on these segments? >> you know, that's a great question. that's something i know we're examining this year. i asked for major reforms in the higher education system this year. the bill passed unanimously in both houses for the first time, the greatest strategic length between higher education and economic development. you can't just grant degrees without a sense of what are going to be

peninsula as well as japan, so southern areas of south korea and japan will both be seeing that wet weather start up in the evening hours today. otherwise staying dry for northern chinad then for the philippines in the south looking at scattered showers again today across the country, but looking especially like we might see some heavier downpours in the south of the country. as for highs on wednesday, 12 in tokyo and 5 for seoul and 9 in shanghai and then 16 degrees for taipei. north america today will remain really messy and stormy out west. multiple systems are going to be creating that wet and stormy weather with plenty of snow for the upper elevations. it looks like northern california may see some of the heaviest snowfalls in upper elevations and that rain is in fact now starting to spread into southern portions as well. snow will also really extend into the inner mountain west and aim for the rockies over the next few days. also for canada, looking at the snowy area that moved quickly into eastern canada, so overall pretty unsettled if you are going to be across the southern tier of canada today. midwest of the united states, a couple of quick showers showing

southern tip of the korean peninsula is going to be joining up with a separate system, and together will be producing plenty of showers across western and eastern japan starting this afternoon. meanwhile, china'sking quite cloudy as well for inland areas. we expect to see widespread showers later on today. some light snow flurries up in the northeast. but beijing stays dry and sunny. meanwhile, for taiwan and the northern philippines contending with some more showers. indo-china not too bad. dry weather for the most part. but for places like sri lanka we are going to be seeing more on and off showers over the next few days with a low pressure system that lingers nearby. here's a look at the latest -- a look at the situation out here. major flooding in the area. and over 1 million people said to be affected. and just in the last 24 hours receiving more than 100 millimeters of rainfall. and the military has been deployed to assist the situation as well. so very serious situation. additional rainfall not good news. 22 degrees in hong kong today. we've got 15 degrees in chongqing and then 7 up in beijing. let's take a look at north america, then. the east is looking at quite wet conditions tonight

china, across the korean peninsula into japan. there is going to be snow impacting the northwest flank this morning but that tapers off, as well. looks like scattered showers and thunder showers impacting the southernsland but it should remain away from mainland areas. for the philippines, the south has been seeing a lot of heavy rain. central and southern portion also see off and on showers throughout the day today. flooding risk, landslide risk will remain high. 28 for your high in manila. 20 in hong kong. 14 chongqing, 8 degrees in beijing, 6 in seoul. nice and warm in tokyo, as well. a quick taste of spring here. now for australia, of course, queensland has been dealing with that storm system. yasi has now weakened, it's a tropical low but gathering quite a bit of strength. winds are still going to be gusty for parts of the northern territories today. gusts could hit about 95 kilometers per hour. watch out. that could cause some damage. and then there's the rain to contend with. in the next 72 hours, seeing the bulk of the heavy rain move into the central areas of australia and coastal areas of queensland will remain unsettled into the weekend. perhaps not as heavy as when the storm hit, but it

we know that there is a flood of goods from china that used to be manufactured in southern virginia and are being sold back here. i would much rather than those things be manufactured here. the president was right the other day when he said that we need to make things in america again. we are much more inclined towards the service industry rather than manufacturing and we need to get back to that. >> i have an online user that would like to know, governor mcdonald, where will the jobs be in 2020? what should we be doing to prepare today's youth? >> that is a great question. >> you would need a crystal ball. [laughter] >> i have asked for major reforms in higher education system. for the first time there is a strategic link between higher education and economic development. you cannot grant degrees without a sense for what the jobs of the future will be. scientists and engineers, we are on a bad long-term trend for the manufacturing industry. defense contract in of virtually all flavors and some of the , part ofindustry's the incentive is for college presidents and visitors to create tha