taiwan does -- china does not want to have our war over taiwan. if they want it to fall into its lap and they will do that by threatening hostilities and seeing how the united states react. when they worked up the pressure on taiwan in the clinton administration, president clinton sent two carrier battle groups and i was the end of the problem. how many in this room think barack obama would send two carrier battle groups to the taiwan strait if taiwan were threatened? exactly what i thought. i have posed that question to a wide variety of audiences. if i were living in taiwan, i would be nervous. what china was to be able to do is to be able to project power out p.m. the famous first island chain, and make it very hard for the united states to come to the defense of taiwan's -- defense of taiwan. to the point, president obama would say i would rather worry about health care than to what -- taiwan. then, the chinese would achieve their objective of getting taiwan back. that is the scenario they would like to see played out. one has to say that the

cuba and taiwan. won an island prison and the other a bastion of democracy surrounded by a fortress of tyranny. we will start with cuba. given china's involvement, i will throw this chart for al-shabaab -- larry wortzel. give us your thoughts about china's geopolitical intentions in cuba. and what is china up to with regards for oil drilling given information published regarding company involved in oil drilling and having a nexus with iran. generally speaking china's geopolitical interest in cuba specifically with regard to oil drilling? >> thanks for the question. china has taken over the entire signal intercept complex that the soviet union had in cuba. there is a out question a military and intelligence purpose for the relationship. part of it is also support for another socialist state and you can link chinese activities with venezuela. and their support in cuba and for cuba. with respect to resources. they would be happy to extract resources any way they could get it. but if you look at the visit

and -- >> if i could, your comments on taiwan. one thing, first, yes have been problems perhaps with a due process, but my god, the charges against him that have been proven are very damaging. the fact that he's in j-lo seems to make a lot of sense to someone like me. >> how long has he been in prison that? >> two years maybe. a little less than two years. >> family members in j-lo as will? >> i'm not sure where she is right now but she has been convicted. this is the corruption. and so i think the charges are worth looking at carefully. on the military side, just keep in mind with one reservation i have about this, one of the most important ones, is taiwan willing to buy? taiwan, their gdp, their military budget is less than 3% of their gdp. you are not dealing with a country that really wants to militarize itself or build itself up militarily. >> i only have five seconds. that was one of the frustrating part. we kept pushing them to buy the -- >> thank you. recognize mr. marino of pennsylvania, who will be yielding has done to m

the other place i'd like to mention is taiwan. there are 270 commercial flights a week between taiwan and mainland china. at the same time, there are many hundreds of missiles from china focused on taiwan. china is gradually enveloping taiwan, you know, into its system so to speak. if things go the way they are, they will not need to plan an invasion on taiwan. they have to keep developing their military and they taiwan economy. there's a iran report saying by 2020 the united states even with f-22 and bases in japan will not be able to defend taiwan in a cred l manner, -- credible manner, and once it's clear there's a perception the united states cannot defend taiwan, then you would have china able to divert attention from taiwan and concentrate on the first style and chain in the pacific, concentrate on the indian ocean, kind of a rough comparison one could make between the united states at the closing of the western frontier and the building of the panama canal. it's no coincidence the last battle of the indian war was proceeded

i'm going to ask about to either nations, cuba and taiwan.tion we will throw out for doctor wartsilla. given china's involvement in cuba, i wonder if you could, it was -- give us your thoughts as to china's geopolitical intentions in cuba, perhaps as establishing another beachhead in latin america, generally you can specifically what you believe china is up to with regard to oil drilling given information that has been published regarding the companies involved in drilling also have a a a nexus. so generally speaking, china's geopolitical interest in cuba, and specifically with regard to oil drilling. >> thanks for the question. first of all, china has taken over, as i understand it, the entire signals computer complex that the soviet union had in cuba. so there is, without question, a military and intelligence purpose for their relationship. i think part of it is also support for another socialist state. and i think you can link chinese activities with venezuela and support there. there's support in cuba and for cuba. with respect to resourc

>> yes, go ahead. >> your comments on taiwan. one thing about the -- first on the government side, yes, there have been problems perhaps with the due process, but the charges against him that have been prune are very damning. the fact he's in jail makes sense to someone like me. >> how long has he been in prison? >> two years maybe? little less. >> family as well? >> yes. i don't know where the wife is. she's been convicted. this is big corruption, sir, and so i think the charges are worth looking at carefully. on the military side, just keep in mind for the one reservation i have is taiwan willing to buy? taiwan, their gdp and military budget is less than 3% of their gdp. it's not a country that wants to build up militarily. >> that's one of the frustrating parts. we pushed them to buy the weapons system and the legislature couldn't find a way to do it. >> thank you, and we thank ms. bass of california for yielding her time and recognize mr. marino who is yielding his time to mr. smith. >> i yield my time to mr. smith. thank you

and -- >> if i could, your comments on taiwan. one thing, first, yes have been problems perhaps with a due process, but my god, the charges against him that have been proven are very damaging. the fact that he's in j-lo seems to make a lot of sense to someone like me. >> how long has he been in prison that? >> two years maybe. a little less than two years. >> family members in j-lo as will? >> i'm not sure where she is right now but she has been convicted. this is the corruption. and so i think the charges are worth looking at carefully. on the military side, just keep in mind with one reservation i have about this, one of the most important ones, is taiwan willing to buy? taiwan, their gdp, their military budget is less than 3% of their gdp. you are not dealing with a country that really wants to militarize itself or build itself up militarily. >> i only have five seconds. that was one of the frustrating part. we kept pushing them to buy the -- >> thank you. recognize mr. marino of pennsylvania, who will be yielding has done to m

the other thing i would like to mention is taiwan. there are 270 commercial flights a week between taiwan and mainland china. at the same time there are many hundreds of missiles from china focused on taiwan. china is gradually inexorably in developing tie one. into its system so to speak. if things keep going as they are going china will never need to contemplate an invasion of taiwan. it will keep developing its military capacity, keep him in developing the taiwanese economy. there was a 2009 rand report that said by 2020 the united states even with the f-22 ins and bases in japan will not be able to defend taiwan in a credible manner. once it is clear that there is a perception that the united states cannot defend taiwan, then you have china able to diverts attention from taiwan and concentrate on the first island chain in the pacific, concentrate on the indian ocean. kind of a rough comparison one could make between the united states at the closing of the western frontier and the building of the panama canal. it is no coincidence

arms sale to taiwan. >> translator: we are against u.s. weapons sales to taiwan. it has undermined china's core national interest. >> following the bilateral defense talks, u.s. president barack obama and chinese president hu jintao will meet in washington next week. >>> myanmar's transfer to civilian rule is expected to take place as early as february. the country held a general election in november, the first in 20 years. but the international community has criticized the election as unfair. the military government announced on radio on monday the two-chamber parliament will hold its first session on january 31st. they will be inaugurated after the country elects a president. myanmar will transfer power from military to civilian rule for the first time in 23 years. however, the general election has been criticized for favoring pro military powers and excluding aung san suu kyi. one quarter of military seats were allotted to military nominees regardless of the vote. more than 80% of the seats are held by military personnel. european countries and the united state

wolf from china focused on taiwan. china is gradually inexorably enveloping taiwan, you know, intuit system so to speak. if things keep going if they're going, china will never need to contemplate an invasion of taiwan. you know, it will just keep developing its military capacity, keep enveloping the chinese -- the taiwanese economy. there was a 2009 rand report that said that by 2020, the united states, even with f-22's, even with bases in japan, will not be able to defend taiwan in a credible manner. and once it's clear that there's a perception that the united states cannot defend taiwan, then you would have china able to divert attention and concentrate on the first island chain in the pacific, concentrate on the indian ocean, kind of a rough comparison one could make between the united state at the closing of the western frontier and building of the panama canal. it no coincidence that the last battle of the indian wars is just preceded by a short period of time the building of the panama canal and the emergence o

and china when the administration decided to sell weapons to taiwan.hina apparently wants to demonstrate through the visit ties have improved to the u.s. hu will also visit obama's hometown of chicago. >>> a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 has hit southwestern pakistan. the u.s. geological survey says the quake struck baluchistan province near the border with afghanistan at 1:23 a.m. on wednesday. the u.s. agency initially reported the magnitude at 7.4 but later downgraded to 7.2. the depth of the quake was also revised to 84 kilometers from the initial report of 10 kilometers. the extent of the damage remains unknown. >>> four cabinet ministers resigned of tunisia's caretaker government on tuesday to protest members of the former administration have retained key posts. the new government was formed on monday and included opposition members and labor union leaders for the first time. but a number of ministers from the old government were retained. prime minister mohamed ghannouchi kept his post along with the defense, finance and interior m

during that defense consultative talks, there was a sharing of viewpoints on the arms sales to taiwan. the second question was whether the u.s. china relationship is on a more stable ground? yes. the more interaction we can have at all levels with the people's republic of china, the more there is a shared understanding, the more we can reinforce our joint activities or even our independent activities, and areas where we agree and thereby minimize the difficulties we have in areas where we disagree and the third as to whether we are one taiwan arms sales away, that is up for others to decide. >> could you tell me -- [inaudible] [inaudible] >> to the first part of the question, we are aware that after a long period of discussion covering ears, that the japanese have, are about to come out with new national defense program guidelines that move away from a posture that was really inherited from the cold war days to one that is different from that. to the question whether the united states is somehow leading japan into a posture that is altering their military with regard to china, no. we

rescuing women from taiwan and china forced into a life of prostitution. our george kitiyama spoke to neighbors who had no idea sex slaves were struggling in their own backyards. george. >> reporter: right across the street is where one of the brothels was. it was sandwiched between this pizza hut and restaurant on the other. it was one of the many brothels in the sex ring. agencies are reaching out to women who were forced to be prostitutes. for eight years mike and his family thought there was something strange going on in a home next to the restaurant. >> come inside the house. usually come knock, strange people, different hours. >> reporter: guys? >> yeah, guys. all guys. >> reporter: when police raided the place on thursday, he finally found out it was part of a major bay rare sex ring. brothels with women from taiwan and china forced into prostitution. >> it's not good. the high school is right here, junior high right here, the library's right here. it's a small community. >> reporter: more than 100 officers from 14 different agencies cracked down br

he described it to bed and taiwan as court chinese interests. -- tibet and taiwan as core chinese interests>> this morning to a president's hu jintao to capitol hill, saying that no matter which political party is in charge, there are always strong views on china. >> i did express my concerns about religious liberty. i expressed my concerns about intellectual property, and the issue of north korea appeared >> other lawmakers repeated the message that mr. hu has been hearing -- your currency is artificially week, your markets are against us, and you are taking our intellectual property. all of this was in george's stoically by mr. hu. -- endured stoically by mr. hu. lunchtime and mr. hu's only policy speech of the entire trip. more of the reassuring messages that emerged on wednesday. he had a broader message, too. >> we do not in days in an arms race. china will never seek to dominate or to institute an expansionist policy. >> it was a conciliatory tone meant to call on the concerns felt in america and southeast asia about china's presence in the china seas. while statements like this are d

-china communiquÉs and the taiwan relations act.appreciated china's growth on the korean peninsula and we agree north korea must avoid further provocations. i also said that north korea's nuclear and ballistic missile program is increasingly a direct threat to the security of the united states and our allies. we agreed the paramount goal must be to complete denuclearization independent. in that regard, the international community must continue to state clearly that north korea's uranium enrichment program is in clear violation and in international obligations. with respect to global security, i'm pleased for moving ahead with president hu's commitment pilasters nuclear summit were china to establish the center of excellence, which will help secure the world's foldable nuclear materials. to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, we agreed that iran must unfold this international obligations and that the u.n. security council sanctions on iran must be fully enforced. along with our p5+1 partners, will continue to offer dialogue and in

taiwan does -- china does not want to have our wa over taiwan. if they want it to fall into its lap and ey will do that by threatening hostilitiesnd seeing how the united states react. when they worked up the pressure on taiwan in the clinton administration, president clinton sent two carrier battle groups and i was the end of the problem. how many in this room think barack obama would send two carrier battle groups to the taiwan strait if taiwan were threatened? extly what i thought. i have posed that question to a wide variety of audiences. if i were living in taiwan, i would be nervous. what china was to be able to do is to be able to project power out p.m. theamous first island chain, and make it very hard for the united states to come to the defense of taiwan' -- defense of taiwan. to the point, president obama would say i wouldather worry about health care than to what -- taiwan. then, the chinese would achieve their objective of getting taiwan back. that is the scenario they would like to see played out. one has to say that the risk and th

last year after the obama administration decided to sell arms to taiwan. in retaliation, china suspended military exchanges with the u.s. the two countries recently agreed to resume military contact. however, differences remain between the two countries over the yuan/dollar exchange rate and how to deal with north korea. ♪ >>> year after year, china prominence has been increasing in the international community and it looks as if this year as well the country will remain in the spotlight. on the economic front, china is projected to see an annual growth rate of about 9% this year, and will continue to be a driving force behind the world economy. this will become quite clear later this month when chinese president hu jintao will visit the united states for talks with president barack obama. but domestically there is growing public discontent arising from an economic divide that is presenting a major challenge to the chinese government, which will have to work out solutions to pressing domestic issues. nhk world's lisa komiya is in beijing with more about thi

last year after the obama administration decided to sell arms to taiwan. in retaliation, china suspended military exchanges with the u.s. the two countries recently agreed to resume military contact. however, differences remain between the two countries over the yuan/dollar exchange rate and how to deal with north korea. ♪ >>> year after year, china prominence has been increasing in the international community and it looks as if this year as well the country will remain in the spotlight. on the economic front, china is projected to see an annual growth rate of about 9% this year, and will continue to be a driving force behind the world economy. this will become quite clear later this month when chinese president hu jintao will visit the united states for talks with president barack obama. but domestically there is growing public discontent arising from an economic divide that is presenting a major challenge to the chinese government, which will have to work out solutions to pressing domestic issues. nhk world's lisa komiya is in beijing with more about thi

taiwan does -- china does not want to have our war over taiwan. if they want it to fall into its lap and they will do that by threatening hostilities and seeing how the united states react. when they worked up the pressure on taiwan in the clinton administration, president clinton sent two carrier battle groups and i was the end of the problem. how many in this room think barack obama would send two carrier battle groups to the taiwan strait if taiwan were threatened? exactly what i thought. i have posed that question to a wide variety of audiences. if i were living in taiwan, i would be nervous. what china was to be able to do is to be able to project power out p.m. the famous first island chain, and make it very hard for the united states to come to the defense of taiwan's -- defense of taiwan. to the point, president obama would say i would rather worry about health care than to what -- taiwan. then, the chinese would achieve their objective of getting taiwan back. that is the scenario they would like to see played out. one has to say that the

arms sales for taiwan. but gates' visit with premier hu didn't go smoothly.st leaders rebuffed gates' request for broad ranging bilateral talks on security issues and on nuclear weapons. then officials upstaged the defense secretary with a test flight of china's version of a stealth fighter, the j-20, which u.s. officials say is specifically designed for combat against the u.s. f-22. gates canceled production of the f-22 in 2009 after concluding wrongly it seemed that china would not produce a stealth aircraft until at least 2020. moreover, the chinese premier was unaware of china's provocative timing of china's j-20 tell am test flight according to u.s. officials present when gates met hu. it raises the question whether hu, who is on his way out is really in charge or has already become a lame duck. question, who's in charge in china? the communist body or the military general staff and china's nationalistic hard- liners? i ask you, monica? >> h who's on first? look, you are still dealing with a communist government in beijing so there is a tight relationshi

allies such as japan, south korea and taiwan. and had a new administration coming into office that was determinedded to not make the mistakes of their predecessors, not spend the campaign talking tough to china and spend the first year in office repairing the damage. instead, this administration, a the obama administration, was careful what they said in thete campaign and thought strategically about how they wanted to engage china, and can the focus of that engagement, as vago said, was on recognizing china's importance as a potential player in solving regional and global problems including global warming and then quickly including the global financial crisis. ask is so you had -- and so you had an administration coming into office that reached out its hand, wanted china to play a greeter regional -- greater or regional role, was willing to facilitate china's entry andese expansion of chinese voting rights in some of those institutions. and wanted to make china a cooperative partner on a range of issues. that's a very good positi

what we are talking about in the short term is taiwan. they do not want to have a war over taiwan. china will threaten hostilities s.a. engines -- and see how the united states reacts. when china tort up the pressure during the clinton administration, president clinton sent to carrier battle groups to the taiwan straits. and of problem. how many people think president obama would send two carrier groups to the straits if taiwan were threatened? that is exactly what i thought. in a pose that question too many people. if i was living there, i would be nervous. china was to be able to project power out beyond the famous first island chain and make it very hard for the united states to come to the defense of taiwan. barack obama would rather worry about health care than taiwan. then china achieves its objective with no hostilities at all. that is the kind of scenario that would like to see played out. one has to say, as the risk and cost to the united states of potentially defending taiwan grow, you can see in congress and increasing lobby of people who would say, "let it go." when tha

they have not gotten anything on taiwan. what we saw were shifts in timing so that the president did not meet with the dollar llama in one trip, but he did meet inth -- with the dali lama bu one trip, but he did meet with him and another. it has created a lot of tension in the region, a lot of concern in the u.s.. as we have seen, some of the modernization efforts pay off, assertiveness coupled with the abilities payoff and what does that mean for the u.s.? i think that is the context in which strategic dialogue between the u.s. and china is important. you have a china that is now a big player, certainly within the region and sometimes at a global level, whose nuclear capabilities, whose space and counter-based abilities, it's expanding cable operations, whose cyber capabilities are things that affect regional military balances and directly affect the u.s.. that has prompted an effort to take china more seriously. it does give them face in some ways. but it also potentially makes them a target. this is a key question. from t

clearly there is a fusion going on between taiwan and china. there was some question marks about 45 years ago but it has become so intertwined economically with china to the point where most of the technology manufacturing has gone to the greater shanghai area, a lot of the capital infusions that have been american have been taiwanese. and i think there's increasing recognition on the part of taiwan that its economic future really relies on a fusion with mainland china. whether that takes the form of the hong kong system i.e. some autonomy with some joint integration, who knows? budgets on that pathway. japan is an interesting one. japan's economic growth the past few years has been totally derivative of china. so when china was buying -- japan imports more than china, then imports from china. so that china has a negative trade balance. it has high power equipment and earthmovers and high-end steel. so when china is building and buying, japan is doing okay. when china isn't, japan collapses. the problem is japan hasn't solved a their domestic c

he's from taiwan. he's a massive star in china.an actor, singer, song writer, he's like the me of china. sand we get a lot of chinese tourists here in l.a. we thought it would be fun to send him and a key board out onto hollywood boulevard to pretend he's a street musician. just to start playing and see what would happen. and, well, here's what happened. ♪ ♪ ♪ yankee doodle went to town ♪ riding on a pony ♪ stuck a feather in his hat ♪ and called it macaroni ♪ yankee doodle went to down ♪ riding on a pony ♪ stuck a feather in his hat ♪ and called it macaroni ♪ yankee doodle went to town ♪ riding on a pony ♪ stuck a feather in his hat ♪ and called it macaroni ♪ stuck a feather in his hat ♪ and called it macaroni [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's good. he didn't get any money but it did work out fine. yes? >> jimmy -- ah, i just -- >> jimmy: oh. oh, thank you. >> i don't think you should interact -- i think in french cinema, you interact with yourself. when i was a little boy, we play with the camera and, the great french dire

dozens of women were brought in from taiwan and china and place in bay area brothels. at least eight children were arrested. at crucial in san francisco, this plan that left today and to tugboats will accompany the it ship. they say the ship will be on schedule to accept passengers for the next cruise february 20th. it was towed to the city about terminal. it cut the ship's power and stranded about 4000 passengers for a few days. >> i'll look at our extended forecast. it is windy out there. coming back to the forecast is fog away or to talk about in just a bit. details tonight. congressman give birds is now in treatment to recover from the gunshot wounds to the brain. she has shown a great deal of progress. that has a long way to go. >> congresswoman deborah l. gifford stakes of long term for. it was lined with well- wishers. she was transferred from tucson hospital soon at memorial hospital in houston after two weeks of being shot in the head. >> she is not quite ready for communication yet. we will do a thorough assessment. >> they will attend to give birds and they

he took the yacht -- took the effort to call many of us very early in the morning from taiwan. if he sincerely wanted to be successor mayor -- he currently serves as the city administrator. after the conversation, and other conversations with my colleagues, i am ready to support his nomination for the following reasons. i have known him since he was a managing attorney over 20 years ago. many of us know him as a strong community leader. he is from an immigrant family. i knew him when he joined the administration in 1989. i was strongly support of other candidates who would have made great success for mayors. i think ed lee as the head of the human rights commissions of more rigid supported so many local businesses in the city and civil rights and immigrant rights in our communities. he has been an amazing affordable housing leader as well, with a strong background in chinatown and other areas. through this difficult budget season that we will find ourselves and, my staff and i will pledge to work with him to be sensitive to community-based services, and to work together to crea

these two students from taiwan are studying abroad. tonight they have been invited to eat dinner with a french family. even though theyen don't know them. >> it's great to be invited into the house, and look like we will and also to can't wait for the locals to understand what their daily life is. >> daily life in the jado family is usually fairly routine. but not tonight. they are hosting a dinner for six people they've never met. they are preparing brazed beef . they want their guests to enjoy a tra dibble french dinner. >> i wanted to introduce this dish to my guests. it's a dish that takes a long time to cook and has to be prepared with a lot of love. i hesitated at first, because there are so many delicacies. and i didn't want to make the traditional fish the -- >> i didn't want to resort to cliches. >> an hour later, the two arrive at the family home. [phone ringing] the other guests have already arrived. one person from scotland, two from germany, and one from elsewhere in france. they kick off the inc. with drinks and hors d'oe

for example, on taiwan, you know, you could look at it with the -- what's happening with taiwan. you could look at a lot of the capabilities that the chinese are developing are completely pointless. if you think there's going to be unification or whatever you want to call it. and the other thing is on the surveillance, we're the super power. so as the super power, if you tell me you do not want me near your coast, i'm going to have to do it -- like i may not have planned it. now i have to do it. your carrier can't come into the south. you are messing up my deployment because i have to send a carrier to steam. it's just one the things, you know, -- it's a perk of super power. the thing is -- >> it's an obligation. >> you got to show everybody, wait a minute, i can't take it sitting down. you know, and when people said how would you feel about chinese surveillance over the united states, you know, well, you know, i grew up in new york city in the cold war. there were, you know, bombers that were sometimes off of long island. you know, i -- you know, submarines surfaced on fire and

so when the government was approached in taiwan for possibly taken the ashes can i bring them over. this is great. so the big ceremony to take homer lays ashes. they currently entered in taiwan and the plan at the time, at least according to shanghai shout when they were reunited, he would take the ashes to the mainland. as it stands of course, he is long since gone and homer leaves family would very much like to see homer lays ashes taken back to the mainland. so with that said, that's my quick overview of home early and the boat. and if you're interested in someone like that to shape world events, although he's been largely forgotten since then, i would recommend it. now, what they want to also add a space. minus the second book ever published about home early, the fact that the first was writ in the 1980s and the author has since died, that book was a good starting point and it used the papers donated to the hoover institution. prior to the 1960s, there was never enough material to even think about writing a scholarly biography of home early. so i've been working on this often on

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they have not gotten anything on taiwan. what we saw were shifts in timing so that the president did not meet with the dollar llama in one trip, but he did meet inth -- with the dali lama bu one trip, but he did meet with him and another. it has created a lot of tension in the region, a lot of concern in the u.s.. as we haveeen, some of the modernization efforts pay off, assertiveness coupled with the abilities payoff and what does that mean for the u.s.? i think thais the context in which strategic dialogue between the u.s. and china is important. you have a china that is now a big player, certainly within the region and sometimes at a global level, whose nuclear capabilities, whose space and counter-based abilities, it's expanding cable operations, whose cyber capabilities are things that affect regional military balances and directly affect the u.s.. that has prompted an effort to take china more seriously. it does give them face in some ways. but it also potentially makes them a target. this is a key question. from the u

from taiwan and china. those women are getting support services now. >> the only american maker of a key lethal injection drug said it is discontinuing produck shouldn't. illinois based hospera makes sodium pithentol. the italian government demanded the drug not be used for u.s. executions. most u.s. states rely on that. >> pipeline that burst had several cracks and defects in the wells that held it together, coming from a federal report released tonight and these are photos of the segments of pipe reviewed by the ntsb. a former ntsb board member who read the agency's report said it provides evidence of poor welding quality. initially, pg & e said that the pipe was seamless. this report, first of a series does not identify the cause of the blast. pg & e said they are implementing all of the ntsb popsies to boost safety. >> it has been four days since a four-year-old boy disappeared. talking to an expert on the likelihood of that kidnapping ending positively. >> reporter: a couple of things to think about. t

from taiwan and china and forced to work as prostitutes at the bay area brothels. today's sweeps resulted in eight arrests. the investigation began last year in hayward where residents complained of suspected prostitution inside a house. police say their investigation uncover add larger ring, and we'll have more on this story coming up at 6:00. >>> well, more drama at the edge of a stan is slaf county canal. we're live in the town of patterson right now where another car was pulled from the waterway and more relief after th that. >> reporter: you're right, tom. this is the third car the deputies have pulled from this canal this week. even though it wasn't the car they were looking for, they still say searching this canal is their top priority. as this red ford mustang was pulled from the canal this afternoon in patterson, there was both heartbreak and hope. helen mellow felt relief. >> we decided to come out and hopefully make sure that it wasn't the car, and we're glad it wasn't. >> reporter: this is the third vehicle sheriffs deputies have pulled from the canal i

we're already trying these into other markets such as singapore, taiwan, hong kong. >> australia has been suffering from record-breaking amount of rain. but reid's farm located in southern tasmania has not been affected. here is the weather forecast in saki ochi. >> welcome to your world weather update. we take a look at east asia first where we continue to see those active clouds developing in and around the if philippines. the region has been seeing a lot of rain the past few weeks. it's ongoing yet again today. meanwhile, southern china, too, has been dealing with snow rather than rain here. heavy amounts for the past few days. slowly that snow area is working towards coastal regions. and today we're looking at that to really impact the central and parts of the southeastern corner of china. now, as we get closer to the coastline, it does turn over to rain, but still this large area looking to pick up on snow today and even heavy snow for some of these areas and this will likely include shanghai. could be causing travel disruptions today. northern areas of china as well as the kore

unsettled outlook for taiwan, and the southern philippines contending with heavy bursts of rain. torrential rains are recorded in the last 24 hours, looks like that's going to continue over the next couple days, so increasing the risks of flooding and landslides in the area. 30 degrees in manila today, 6 in shanghai and 5 degrees in seoul. a bit cold out here. now, as for the americas, the focus today is going to be this low pressure system down in the southeastern corner producing hefty showers and strong thunderstorms during the overnight hours. it's quickly going to be developing as it makes its way up the eastern seaboard over the next 24 hours. and with the cold air in place, it will be producing widespread snow all the way from the lower mississippi valley all the way up into the northeast. we could well see snow and sleet in new york city during wednesday as well. watch out for that if you're going to be out and about. out toward the west, generally dry, snow to contend with along the northern and central rockies, over the overnight hours. that will be tapering off wednesd

they have not gotten anything on taiwan. what we saw were shifts in timing so that the president did not meet with the dollar llama in one trip, but he did meet inth -- with the dali lama bu one trip, but he did meet with him and another. it has created a lot of tension in the region, a lot of concern in the u.s.. as we have seen, some of the modernization efforts pay off, assertiveness coupled with the abilities payoff and what does that mean for the u.s.? i think that is the context in which strategic dialogue between the u.s. and china is important. you have a china that is now a big player, certainly within the region and sometimes at a global level, whose nuclear capabilities, whose space and counter-based abilities, it's expandincable operations, whose cyber capabilities are things that affect regional military balances and directly affect the u.s.. that has prompted an effort to take china more seriously. it does give them face in some ways. but itlso potentially makes them a target. this is a key question. from the u

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i reaffirmed our commitment to a one china policy based on the taiwan relations act. we appreciate china's role in reducing tensions on the korean peninsula. we must avoid further provocations. tai's nuclear and ballistic program -- the nuclear and ballistic program is a direct threat to be united states and our allies. the international community must continue to state clearly that north korea's uranium enrichment program is in a violation of north korea's commitment and international obligations. with respect to global security, i am please we are moving ahead with president hu's commitment to establish a center of excellence, which will help secure the world's vulnerable nuclear materials. iran must uphold its international obligations. the u.n. security council sanctions on iran must be fully enforced. along with our p-5 partners, we will continue to offer the government of iran the opportunity for dialogue, but only if it meets its obligations. i reaffirmed america's fundamental commitment to the universal rights of all people. that includes basic human rights li

washing machine with plastics that are initially made in malaysia and circuit boards produced in taiwan and some cloth that was sourced from cambodia with initially having been grown in texas, but then gets assembled partly in a plant in southern china and then shipped to a plant in northern china via hong kong which is a chinese export to hong kong and then an export to china, and then sent to the united states, where was that thing made? by a company who shares trade on the new york stock exchange. if there's a phone and you have the same thing, it's sent to the united states for a company that is incorporated in canada who shares trade on the new york stock exchange. the national trade statistics do a bad job in capturing that reality. they do a bad job of capturing capital emotion. you can see this more as a system. i want to do a brief thought experiment and talk quickly partly for effect. the numbers i'll give are not actual, but they are representative. one of the only sources of growth from about 2003 until 2008 that wall street investment banks saw other than mortgage-backed se

in taiwan to possiblys taking the ashes, bring it over, this is great.so there was a big cinema, big military someone to take homer lea's ashes. they are at the uninsured in taiwan and the plan at the time at least according to chang kai-shek, he would take the ashes over to the mainland. as it stands of course shane kai-shek is long since gone, and homer lea's family would very much like to see homer lea's ashes taken back to the mainland. so with that said, that's my quick overview of homer lea and the book at if you're interested in someone like that who shape world events, although he has been largely forgotten since then, i would recommend it. now, one of want to also add is this. minute is the second book ever published about homer lea. the fact that the first was written in the 1980s and the author has since died, that book is a good starting point, and use the papers that were donated to the hoover institution. prior to the 1960s, there was never enough material to even think about writing a scholarly biography of homer lea. so i've been working

over the world from the famous silicon valley to taiwan in southeast asia. well the time come to build up this kind of center in russia the resoundingly answer from moscow right now that's see idea at the heart of the skolkovo project an international city of science and technology set to fan out over the next decade in all directions from this spot just outside of moscow so the next time technology update brings you a high tech success story it might just be born and raised right here in till then enjoy the right. i hope that school concept is going to cover these. to take scientific groups which i did hers to give them kind of in kuwait the conditions like could get it and i missed a factory but we discussed with you when we were there and set up a small manufacturing in order to develop you all for a sample or a prototype and get custom attraction. and this part has to be done in russia immediately otherwise we would never you know cross the breach between science and manufacturing would be because between science and avoid a manufacturing there is a huge

officers were able to arrest eight people for their role in the operation along with women from taiwan and china who police believe were prostitutes. >> in this instance, 10 women were identified and all but one were taken into custody. >> reporter: those kinds of things left unchecked, those kind of things if you aren't able to get underneath them and put a stop to them can often lead to crimes of violence, things that degrade a neighborhood. >> reporter: now this is an ongoing investigation. officers are still checking out a few other cities. on a side note, district attorney in alameda county and former secretary of state rice will be addressing this issue in a conference in 20 minutes. >>> a federal judge this morning ruled that a number of formal probaseball players can testify in barry bonds' perjury trial. bonds' attorney down played the significant of the other baseball players saying they are not the ones on trial. >> this trial is about barry bonds. at least what i heard up there was that the evidence which the government wants to use about barry bonds will continue to be imp

instead that rain really spreads across areas like taiwan and the southern islands of japan.wet picture for you but that doesn't look like it's going to be lasting for too much longer. meanwhile, japan, the rest of japan or northern areas, in particular, have been dealing with massive amounts of snowfall. here was the scene on thursday in northern japan. lots and lots and lots of snow has been hampering traffic conditions in particular. blowing snow has stopped trains and also made traveling quite difficult. workers have been quite busy getting that snow off the streets. now today in the morning hours, still a lit bit more snow continuing. but that should ease a little bit more as we head into the afternoon hours. however, that's not going to be lasting for too long. by saturday, that storm system is expected to pick up again. more snow will be headed your way. meanwhile, tokyo today coming in at 8. we've got 17 expected in taipei. and also the same in hong kong. over towards the americas, north america looks at a pretty messy picture out towards the east. a couple of systems

taiwan. four marks for trying. while japan did its own thing. traditional prayers by monks ringing in the year of the rabbit, and thousands of silver balloons trailing notes with people's hopes for the future. myanmar was muted. its nobel peace prize winner, aung san suu kyi, freed from seven years house arrest last month, sharing her hopes. >> we hope we will see a year that is happier for all the people of the world, including the people of burma. >> reporter: and in moscow, the emphasis was on security. 5,500 police for 1.5 million people. in germany, a million people came together at the brandenburg gate that once divided east from west. it's all a pleasant piece of escapism for a world that needs it. here in london, we just finished now with midnight and the fireworks display lights up the river behind me. london's colorful mayor promises it will be glittering and primal. i can't wait. kate? >> okay, martin, have fun. thank you. >>> when "nightly news" returns, a very special "making a difference" report. what's happened to some of those wh

they are critical of china's economic and political manipulation of taiwan and want china to respect taiwanese freedom and democracy. china's president was greeted with pageantry and fanfare in washington today. hu jintao says it begins a new era of cooperation. they are buying $19 billion worth of aircraft from boeing. president obama touched on china's record on human rights. >> nations are more successful and the world is more justice when the rights and responsibilities of all nations and all people are upheld, including the universal rights of every human being. >> tonight, president obama will host a white house state dinner, the first for a chinese leader in 13 years. >>> and oakland mayor jean quan is in washington, d.c. for that dinner along with san francisco mayor ed lee both newly inaugurated of chinese did he sense sent. they descent. >>> how soon representative giffords could be released from the hospital, coming up. >> plus hundreds of thousands of dollars down the drain. you won't believe how some state workers have been wasting your money. >> the simple that's could

e silicon contracts all of its manufacturing to a company in taiwan but all of the research and designone here. >> we might be the silicon innovation valley these days as opposed to just silicon valley. >> reporter: intel says it is investing 6 to $8 billion in u.s. manufacturing facilities but the company says its dollars go farther in other states. >> real estate prices here are very, very high and so there are very few tax incentives or incentives from government to try to encourage more investment in actual manufacturing. there is lots of r&d and good incentives for r&d. >> reporter: even the silicon valley manufacturing group changed its name to silicon valley leadership group but they said it isn't dead in the valley it has a ray of hope. >> there is an abundans in silicon valley but rather than being solely in companies that we usually associate silicon, a semiconductor it is an ingredient in solar energy. >> reporter: they are using silicon's properties to products the world is waiting for. the switch is on from silicon valley to solar valley. >>> another method of mass transit