. >>> candidates in taiwan are ready to go one month before presidential election. a key factor is the island's new relationship with its political rival, china. president ma yingow of the ruling nationalist party is competing against tsai ing-wen and song chu-yu of the people's first party ahead of the january 14th election. res ent polls such ma and tsai are running neck and neck. ma said the economy grew rapidly through closer ties with china under his one china policy. >> translator: the number of tourists to taiwan surpassed 5 million last year and is expected to reach 6 million this year. it's clear who should be the next president for the island. >> tsai says the one-china policy undermines taiwan's sovereignty and democracy. chu says the policy has deepened taiwan's economic inequality. >> translator: we must have a fair society. then the people of taiwan can unite and move forward. >> official campaigning kicks off on friday. >>> while china enjoys rapid growth, many rural farming villages are being left out of the boom. one journalist is seeking to change

still to come, taiwan and elects a new president a month from today. the result could have an impact on relations with mainland china. we have a special report. >> we look into how the car market has opened up for the first time in cuba since the revolution. in the u.k., there has been a slight fall in the rate of inflation. the consumer prices index -- inflation in november was down to 4.8%. >> for hard pressed households in the "countdown" to christmas is the key question -- what is the cost of living? it was up 4.8% over the year. what is happening in this sheffield, a remake illustrates the problems caused by inflation. costs including energy and metals have gone up a lot. the company feels it cannot pass this on to companies so it wages.freeze staff workers have suffered. the cost of living has risen 5% annually. back at home, he and his wife had been finding it hard to make the sums add up for their family budget. >> i do go to the supermarket. if something has jumped by 20 pence, i do not buy it. >> the annual rate of inflation has fallen, partl

obviously a growing imbalance in the taiwan strait. but that only tells part of the story, because as my colleagues also know, as this chart indicates, the incredible shrinking taiwan air force, that much of taiwan's combat aircraft are f-5 aircraft, which america has previously sold to taiwan but which are now becoming older and more obsolete as time goes by, as well as french mirage 2000 aircraft. as this chart indicates, roughly over 20-close to 20/20, maybe more, these aircraft are becoming obsolete. it exacerbates the disparity between communist china and our democratic ally taiwan. this f-16 sale would be an export-driven job machine for our country at a time when unemployment is at 9% and when the number-one issue on america's agenda is job creation. people without jobs can't pay their mortgage and they lose their home due to foreclosure. why in the world, when this sale would support jobs in 32 different states and the district of columbia, would anyone object to this amendment? and, indeed, as i indicated, i believe there is s

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taiwan's voters go to the polls to elect their president a month from today. the election could have an impact on the relationship with china. beijing sees taiwan as its province even though it has been separate since the end of a civil war in 1949. relations with beijing could take a turn for the batter or the worst. >> the president was swept to power in a victory in 2008. four years later, he is facing a tougher fight. his main rival, the first elected female leader of the progressive party, has been gaining ground. polls suggest the candidates are neck and neck. the president wants another term to cement the achievements he has made so far. ties with china are the best they have been since they stopped fighting. deals were signed in 2010. thousands of chinese tourists are allowed to visit the island each day. as some voters are concerned, that he is too focused on china and his policies will pave the way for unification with the mainland. that is not their only worry. the global downturn has seen exports suffering the worst recession in decades. she blames

mitsu plans to take part in the world masters athletics championship in taiwan next november. what do you get from running? >> mitsu turns 90 in two years, her goal is to set a world record then. i wouldn't bet against her. and that's all for today's sports. >> shomai shoji is up next with weather. >>> let's take you through your weather update. here in japan, the sea effect snow has been affecting much of the japan side of the northern japan. especially in western hokkaido. additional 30 centimeters may be accumulating in those areas. but by tuesday, it looks like the high pressure will be dominant in much of the country and looking clear and dry for much of the country. except for tokyo and the pacific coast. southeasterly winds will be picking up the moisture we may see some precipitation starting tuesday overnight. however, looking at much of the rest of eastern continental asia, we see that it's going to be very clear and dry. some snow precipitation, patches in northeastern china, nothing too significant. taiwan and the philippines will be looking at widespread showers t

other taiwan ese media outlets say it will happen sometime in the first three months of the new yearorkers who helped to assemble i-pads are being asked to work overtime during the lunar new year. >> if you got an i-pad for christmas, it will be old, and out of date. there is a new one coming up. >> i would take one, though. >> i'm holding out for 20. >> hold out for 3. >> i will wait a few more years. >> how is the weather? you can see it behind me. a blanket of fog across the bay area. and a bay bridge behind the blanket of fog somewhere. some parts are starting to clear and still foggy across the bay and the coastline. a couple of hours in some parts for this to clear. and the temperatures right now, we're warming up a bit. and mostly in the 40s and as and looks like 50 right now in san francisco. and one of our cooler spots, 44 out in oakland. and by the way, there are delays because of all of the fog out there at sfo and arrival delays, about an hour and a half. and by this afternoon, we should clear somewhat. still seeing some hazy sunshine across the bay, and partly cloudy ski

protect from having your gold stolen which would come in handy if you won this prize officials in taiwan have come up with and really inventive way to clean up their city dog and you know hooper take a look and so i want dog poop on the streets is such a big problem that the government began giving away lottery tickets in exchange for picking up after your pick the winner will take home gold nuggets worth two thousand u.s. dollars. that is a really good prize and as a result more than four thousand people collected fourteen thousand bags of excrement a woman in her fifty's won the top prize of gold worth twenty two hundred dollars so they can gold really not only benefit aliens but really clean up the streets of major cities we love to cover girl in the show and you know the developing world as we've covered the indian car company that created the car gold and in general people in asia india love gold they know it's it's not people just in asia and it is all over coveting gold more and more these days absolutely but the people in the east are particularly in there with gold we had that g

fog and icy conditions caused driver to lose control. >> taiwan.rations are in full swing. the mounted police led the provession . they handed out candy children. there is no snow and they brought in a snow machine to give the crowd a taste of a white christmas. thos the wrap in 80 seconds. >> speaking of white chris nas. there is all sorts of displays. folks in the count reap deck the halls with colorful sights and sounds. this is different entirely. why one woman said the decorations could help her find a job. >> thousands celebrating with the ones they love. and now generous americans are shipping in to make sure they all have a merry christmas. >> wish you could see them huving to the tune. little taste of the home for men and women serving in afghanistan this christmas. they deserve it. the marine corp released the video. chefs preparing the christmas dinner and they are working hard to put that meal together. they want to bringg holiday share to heros far from home. >> christmas came early for troops in south. they were arriving home i want i

super typhoons in the philippines, vietnam, taiwan. earthquakes in samoa, christchurch, new zealand, chile, operation in japan. on average, what we are seeing in the ring of fire is about every six to eight weeks, a calamity, a natural disaster. in the case of operation tomodache, the reference point that i it would be very helpful for those who want to study this is to go back and look at what nova and the public broadcasting service has done in terms of collecting now scientific measurable data, and one of the points that comes out in that 60-minute documentary is that in terms of instrumentation, scientists now know exactly what happened, where it happened. and then, in your case study sort of approach, you can now test the earthquake response plan that you have with the sort of scenarios and the variables that we were having to contend with in this crisis. the account weren't signs of the fleet were represented by the pictures, and typically we focus on the right-hand side of the charge, but what is embedded inside this group is an

in general, it is the same in taiwan and china. it is basically a logo design for the tapioca of business. >> public comment is closed. comissioner moore: we have spent quite a lot of time talking about japan down, and since this area does not have a fully authorized neighborhood planning effort, it has been done by volunteers who have produced amazing results triggered an -- amazing results. i see the japan towne mall almost as the community's main street. that is where things are happening. that is where you meet your neighbors and friends who do not live in the city anymore. when we all started the application for the store which originally met resistance, and as we were listening and guiding discussion, it was interesting to see that it was a large community of participation and warm up to the way we are seeing it. i feel the biggest mistake is in the questionable application by which this project was brought forward. how was it scratched out not to fit, and that bothers me. i could not be more clear about it, because even when

that's for these eight countries and territories first off asean-4, plus china, hong kong, taiwan as. along with outside pressure from europe and the u.s. policies and events within the region have definitely been slowing down growth, for example, china, tightened its monetary policies like raising those bank reserve requirements to fight inflatio , gdp has since slowed and the floods that caused many factories to close now it's forecast to be 1.5% down from a 4% expectation and also in hong kong as well as singapore they're seeing slower global trade pull down numbers. in the report as of the third quarter, as of the third quarter kind's gdp was the highest at 9.1, the asean-4 are 5.1 and ashake's four were here at 3.8. the takeaway here is that early 2010 these gdp growth numbers have been falling across the board. if europe doesn't solve its debt crisis we should expect steeper d gdp drops. >> given the asian growth remains tied to the u.s. and europe, how bad could it get for asia. >> good question. if you live in these places in hong kong, china, singapore and taiwan today's rep

the taiwan cult mur organization loaned her the violin.hiladelphia police say that instrument can be returned to them no questions asked. we sure hope it is. >>> tis the season for cough and his colds and stuffy noses. how about natural remedies? we'll have a holistic holiday health alert. >>> and it is going to be a cold night to bundle up. a look at your almanac, cooler today and breezy. that is still above the high of 45. we did pick up almost three tenth dollars of an inch of rain. >>> up next an unusual emotional family reunion in a hockey arena full of fansful look at that. hi, i'm amanda currently stationed in guam. i wanted to say hi to my family in virginia. happy holidays to everyone, i miss you and i'll see you soon. >>> a military dad's surprise return from kosovo scores big with his christmas loving hockey loving family after weeks of preparation sargent thomas lawler pulled off a surprise in front of a packed arena. check it out. >> the bobcats game they are going to take my girls out on the ice and let them try to shoot a pu

down towards the south we do continue to see scattered showers across areas like taiwan. then we do have a tropical depression in the south china sea, that will be the remnants of tropical storm washi that worked its way across the philippines over the weekend. it is continuing to dissipate but we still look at a little bit more moisture for areas like vietnam then across areas to the south, malaysia and indonesia will be looking at more showers. for the philippines, the northeast monsoon continues to move in bringing in a little bit more moisture, it is mostly heaviest towards the north right now. and we are starting to see heavy rain amounts being reported here. looks like you'll see more especially along this eastern side of the country and even across mindanao, showers not out of the question today. grounds are very saturated. you want to be on the watch for that. tuesday eehighs look like this. 's' highs look like this.s highs look like this. 22 in taipei. expecting to get up to 11 in shanghai. now over towards the americas, the midsection here looking at the clouds.

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meanwhile a light shower will gradually ease across the southeastern corner of china, but taiwan should remain wet throughout the day. temperatures are looking like this. cold air continues to sag southward, pushing down temperatures and you are looking at minus 20 and zero degrees in beijing. tokyo is expected to be 10 degrees. heading over to the americas, the eastern seaboard is wintry and the front is producing heavy snow across the central and northern appalachians and heavy cold precipitation across the north eastern states. the system is moving quickly to the northeast so things are getting drier across the eastern u.s. by thursday afternoon, however eastern canada should remain wet throughout thursday. more than 45 centimeters of snow are possible and winds could exceed 100 kilometers per hour. snow will develop over the great lakes, but it's a different story for the rest of the u.s. and canada. a high pressure system will continue to produce nice and dry weather. temperatures are looking like this. we are expecting minus 15 degrees in winnipeg and minus 3 in denver about 10 de

further to the south, thunderstorm ace cross taiwan as well as the philippines. still looking quite wet for vietnam. rain has been really continuing here. so you do want to watch out for those well-saturated grounds. 31 expected in manila. 21 for hong kong. colder towards the north. 1 in beijing. highs remain at minus 16 in ulan. heading to the americas and looking at a wet picture for the eastern u.s. long frontal system here continues to produce plenty of rainfall. especially across the mid-mississippi valley. it is, however, on its way out. that is going to head for the coastline. so mid-atlantic region, new england states watch out for heavy precipitation. the canada region, more snow will drop in from the north. and it's going to bring in gustier conditions as well. for the southern rockies, snow right now. but that should ease as we head into tuesday. denver's high remains below zero at minus 3 degrees again tuesday. and 2 in oklahoma city. it's actually going to be colder here. and houston remains in the single digits. overall it does stay quite cold for t

. >> mitsu plans to take part in the world masters athletic championships in taiwan next november. what do you get from running? >> mitsu turns 90 in two years. her goal is set a world record then. i wouldn't bet against her. that's all for today's sports. >> just an impressive lady there. hiro morita with the latest. >>> sunny and dry here in tokyo. but quite a different picture for southeast asia. we go to sakai ochi now who has the weather forecast. >> welcome back to your weather update. getting a look at the weather conditions in asia. there is quite a bit of activity in the southeast here. especially in the south china sea. we've had a tropical depression that formed and it is showing signs of strengthening. call for potentially organized within the next 24 hours. we'll keep an eye on its developments. for now, though, we are looking at rain that's starting to impact a little bit more of vietnam today. it may start spreading along the coastline here of southern vietnam. things could look a little wet per. but otherwise dry picture for the indochina peninsula. just the souther

bullet but it was a down day for the bench marks in taiwan and thailand and most other asian markets are off. >>> if you're worried about the economy, you're not alone. a new survey fines 57% of americans say the economy is the most important issue facing the country right now. and unemployment is the country's biggest economic problem. according to 51% of those that were surveyed. >>> a 22-month-old san jose boy survived a 20-foot plunge out of a second story window. and somehow, he got away with only minor injuries. it happened yesterday morning, christmas morning, at an apartment complex on alden way on the city's west side. the mercury news says lupeda cortez's family called 911 after she locked herself in a room with her son nathan. when police got to the room, they discovered cortez had dropped the toddler out of the window and jumped herself. and nathan cortez landed on a small patch of dirt and rushed to valley medical center where he was treated for bruises and other minor injuries. >> this is a relatively quiet neighborhood. you know, a couple of blocks from san tanya row.

. >> he was born in taiwan three and a half months early. the amount of oxygen given to him blinded him. >> people don't usually live. basically i was put in an orphanage and adopted at a year old. >> reporter: having a gpa or 4.0 and playing several musical instruments is only a start of what he wants to accomplish. >> i keep calling him sight impaired. he said i'm blind, coach. everybody got a good laugh out of that. >> reporter: he fits outside the gym as well. people in high school are shallow about how i look. i think it's an advantage for me to not see that. i can accept them for who they are. >> reporter: the coaching staff got around it. >> we have a coach come over, waum through it with him, guide his hands or feet. listen for the other person's foot. >> reporter: despite his blindness, he's discovered advantages to his disability. >> paul follows the body movements. he follows the head and the hips. hips don't lie. >> reporter: the idea of movement, he started winning. >> it was not about technique as much as feel iing for me. that

most of eastern china and taiwan are looking at wet conditions. winds could pick up tonight. and the wet and windy conditions could develop and affect the southern islands of japan tonight. up to the north and northwestern flank of japan is con tedding with a mix of rain and snow. in hokkaido we are anticipating 30 sent meters of snow by thursday morning. the eastern coast may see a mix of rain and snow today. down in the south remaining very wet avoss vietnam. we are concerned additional risks of flooding and landslides. temperature wise we are expecting 13 degrees in tokyo and 6 in seoul and 31 in manila with a chance of showers. in the americas we are seeing a long rain band from the deep south region all the way up to eastern canada spreading heavy rain. we are expecting 50 millimeters of rain in the next 24 hours. the system has been moving slowly. the rainfall total could be significant. across the lower appalachians you could see heavy snow up to 20 centimeters or more. in northeastern canada and new england it will continue to see a mix of rain and snow as well as fre

scattered showers across taiwan as well as for the philippines. then in towards the indochina peninsula. it's vietnam that's looking particularly wet in central sections will be at risk for some locally heavy downpours. as for highs on monday, really starting to look seasonal. 3 for your high in beijing. remaining at 6 in seoul. 14 for tokyo, though, with some nice sunshine during the daytime. 15 in shanghai and expecting 21 for taipei. north america, it is the eastern side of the u.s. and canada will be looking at wet weather. long frontal system in here right in towards eastern canada. along it we will be talking about ample amounts of moisture, especially for this southern-central sections, talking about especially heavy rainfall. downpours could trigger flash flooding so risks will be high tonight. keep an eye on local watches and warnings. behind this rain band we're looking at snow falling over the rockies and that could get heavy at times. west coast here fine and dr although california, especially southern california, will need to watch ou

when i worked for the san jose mercury news i took a trip to taiwan to taipei and families there even knew what school boundaries to live then in silicon valley in the city called cupertino because there was such a well trod path back and forth and as you describe in your book, there is this borderless idea, the seamlessness of people traveling back and forth not only with their family connections and for education but for business and i would love it if you could give some examples. >> i will give you the example of a chinese woman who came to america couple of decades and with that outsiders i. she made a couple of observations. she notice that americans throw out a lot of waste paper, mountains of old catalogs and heaps of junk mail and fast piles of unread copies of the edition of "the new york times." and she thought that is interesting and the other thing she noticed were also ships coming from china to the u.s. but going back half empty because you know the things that america exports to china tend not to be very bulky, things like movies and intellectual property and things fr

according to a report out of taiwan, apple could announce the ipad 3 as soon as january. until this rumor, most were expecting the version in march or april. get ready, whit. >> i still don't have the first one. but anyway. stick around for there story, alexis. i have here in my hand the annual list of words and phrases that somebody at a college in northern michigan wants to ban from the english language. the list of overused terms includes baby bump. i guess we can thank beyonce for that one. then the neanderthal with tv phrase man cave and ginormous and occupy. the word that got its most bandit votes this year, amazing. they blame day time tv talkers for wearing that one out. no surprise there. >>> just ahead on the "morning news," a risky rescue on a california cliff. plus, wild wind causes havoc on a colorado highway. this is the "cbs morning news." that keep accuracy high, along with training and other benefits, like being able to work anywhere in the u.s. with my current license. it's good to know you're working with the best. and that's good for our veterans. (ann

where we see some heavier rain is going to be taiwan in toward the philippines and we see the lingeringrs for parts of vietnam, as well as laos and cambodia. 17 in hong kong and taipei. just 7 in shanghai. 0 in seoul, 1 in beijing. a chilly day in the capital. minus 12 for the high in ulan bator. let's take a look in north america. many of you seeing clear sunny skies, it will be very chilly for many of you. especially in the mountain states and in towards the four corners here. out towards the east, we've got a few showers, probably snowshowers across the great lakes region. and we're just starting to see the last of the well-developed storm system that brought quite a lot of snow to new england and also the mid-atlantic area. that's going to be heading up into maritime canada. and in its place, high pressure, so that means clear skies for you, although it will be seasonably chilly. 8 degrees in new york city, 7 in d.c. on thursday. we also have 2 in chicago, minus 3 for the high in denver. meanwhile, 18 in l.a., a nice warm day. 14 in houston, it will be a little bit chilly for some o

down towards the southeast, showers lingering across taiwan. for philippines today, central-southern sections will be looking at more showers coming on in. as for the indochina peninsula, it will be central vietnam that picks up a few light showers. otherwise it stays quite fine and dry. 20 expected in taipei. 11 shanghai. 2 for seoul. getting back up from sub-freezing levels. tokyo at 8, about the same as monday. although we're going to expect a little more sunshine. so things may feel a little warmer during the afternoon. as for the americas, looking at this batch of clouds really spreading across the mississippi valley. we've got this low that's been trekking inland. it will continue to head in towards the northeast, bringing with it plenty of precipitation. as that heads into more of these northern areas, the midwest, mid-atlantic region, we'll start seeing it turn into icy stuff. chances of freezing rain to snow will be possible. it really combines with a separate area of snow moving through eastern canada. this entire corner of canada and

and then in taiwan looking at light showers. the same also for the southern islands of japan but a largely dry picture for much of east asia across china and the korean peninsula things do look quite nice and dry. as we head into the evening hours, then on to wednesday, you can see a little bit more precipitation forms in the northeastern corner of china. that could be including some snow flurries. keep an eye on that. as for japan enjoying widely sunny skies for the most part today. a little bit of snow showers lingering in tohoku area, but that's on its way out. then in the evening and on into wednesday a little bit more rain starting moving up from the north or from the south, i should say, so the pacific coast may start to seattle bit more unsettled weather. tuesday's highs meanwhile looking at 12 in tokyo, 6 expected in seoul, getting up to 12 in shanghai, then 19 degrees expected in taipei. now over towards the americas, it's this southwest corner of the u.s. that we're really concerned about. there is a slow moving low th

down towards the south we do continue to see scattered showers across areas like taiwan. then we do have a tropical depression in the south china sea, that will be the remnants of tropical storm washi that worked its way across the philippines over the weekend. it is continuing to dissipate but we still look at a little bit more moisture for areas like vietnam then across areas to the south, malaysia and indonesia will be looking at more showers. for the philippines, the northeast monsoon continues to move in bringing in a little bit more moisture, it is mostly heaviest towards the north right now. and we are starting to see heavy rain amounts being reported here. looks like you'll see more especially along this eastern side of the country and even across mindanao, showers not out of the question today. grounds are very saturated. you want to be on the watch for that. tuesday highs look like this. ' highs look like this highs lo. 22 in taipei. expecting to get up to 11 in shanghai. now over towards the americas, the midsection here looking at the clouds. we do have active

down towards the southeast, showers lingering across taiwan. for philippines today, central-southern sections will be looking at more showers coming on in. as for the indochina peninsula, it will be central vietnam that picks up a few light showers. otherwise it stays quite fine and dry. 20 expected in taipei. 11 shanghai. 2 for seoul. getting back up from sub-freezing levels. tokyo at 8, about the same as monday. although we're going to expect a little more sunshine. so things may feel a little warmer during the afternoon. as for the americas, looking at this batch of clouds really spreading across the mississippi valley. we've got this low that's been trekking inland. it will continue to head in towards the northeast, bringing with it plenty of precipitation. as that heads into more of these northern areas, the midwest, mid-atlantic region, we'll start seeing it turn into icy stuff. chances of freezing rain to snow will be possible. it really combines with a separate area of snow moving through eastern canada. this entire corner of canada and

when i was there looking for the news, i took a trip to taiwan, to taipei, and they knew what school regions to live in because it was such a well-trod path back and forth, and as you describe in the book, there's a boardlessness, a seamlessness of people traveling back and forth not only for family connection and education, but for business. do you have some examples? >> guest: sure. i have an example of a chinese woman to came to america a couple decades ago with an outsider's eye. she made a couple observations. she noticed that americans throw out a lot of waste paper, mountains of old catalogs and, you know, heaps of junk mail, and vast piles of unread copies of the sunday edition of the "new york times," and she thought, okay, that's interesting, and the other thing she noticed is there was a lot of ships coming from china to the u.s. fully laiden, but going back half empty because, you know, the things that america exports to china are not bulky. it's more intellectual property and iou's from the government. she thought, i'll load the waste paper on the half empty ships, send

markets in taiwan, singapore, and indonesia also fell this morning. >>> the iraqi government says it's confident security forces can take up where the u.s. left off. the last american troops pulled out of iraq yesterday. the convoy included about 110 vehicles and 500 soldiers. they withdrew under the cover of darkness and in strict secret city to prevent any final insurgent attacks. >> i think we have done a good job. >> because the u.s. troops have gradually pulled out from all their bases from more than 1.5 years ago. we have taken over responsibility for all of bases. the iraqi army and police have been conducting -- >> the u.s. will maintain a heavy presence. the largest embassy in the world is located in baghdad with 16,000 people. most of them u.s. contractors. a deal to keep several thousand troops to stay and train iraqi soldiers fell threw over the i ewe of legal immunity for the americans. >>> a touching home coming reunited loved ones with bay area soldiers that have spent the last year if a war zone. last night we were at the airport with one of the largest groups in milita

see chances of heavier downpours throughout the day and we look at some showers also moving across taiwanwell as the southern islands of japan, but otherwise across much of china, the korean peninsula, and even the indochina peninsula stay dry as does japan, for the most part it is going to be looking at the quite a bit of sunshine over the course of today. it's just this northwestern flank here that will see moisture coming in off the sea of japan and that will be cold rainfall as well as snow, although it does look like it's going to taper off as we head into the evening hours. as for highs on monday, expecting 14 in tokyo, so warm sunshine should make you feel pretty mild in the afternoon. as for seoul, highs in the single digits at 6, also the same in beijing. shanghai at 10 and 20 degrees expected in taipei. towards the america, things are going to get more active out towards the west. we have this low set to move on to southern california that's really going to show signs of developing in the next couple of days. we can see it spreads into the four corners region and this will inclu

google has similar centers in hong kong and taiwan, which reflects the industry. google says the new center will provide high-speed fiberoptic connections and support for other data services. steady or rising? that's the word on land prices in bangkok and nearby provinces despite the devastating recent floods. a representative of the city's real estate investment said the construction of five rail projects and expressways are driving the trend. one survey shows land prices in bangkok's inner areas have surged about 17%. the rains hit the property market hardest in october when real estate transactions dropped as fast as the floodwaters rose. >>> sri lank a'lanka's presidend the first art facility. they have a movable stage and several rehearsal halls. the main auditorium has a seating capacity of about 1300. the complex also features a library and a big parking lot. >>> western europe and southeast asia are seeing stormy conditions. let's go to si amori now who has the global forecast. >> hello. welcome back to the weather update. let's talk about tropical storm w

and as for china, showers will gradually taper off across the southeast corner of the country, but taiwanl remain wet all day. down towards the south, the central, and southern portions of the philippines are remaining wet. thunderstorms are also possible here, and that will develop, in effect, on friday, and out west vietnam, cambodia, as well as southern thailand are still dealing with ongoing rain. temperature-wise, very cold air continues to sag southward pushing down temperatures. minus 20 degrees and zero degrees in beijing, and tokyo will be coming up 10 degrees. heading over to the americas. the eastern seaboard is still struggling with wintry weather. a long frontal line is producing very heavy snow across the central and northern appalachians, and heavy cold precipitation to the northeast states. the system is moving very quickly to the north, so things are getting dryer across the eastern u.s., but eastern canada will remain stormy throughout thursday. we're expecting more than 45 centimeters of snow and winds could exceed 100 kilometers per hour. meanwhile, snow will develop o

the foreign ministry says it was not until the 1970s when china and taiwan raised questions of sovereignty. that's around the time they petroleum rights in the east chinese sea were discussed. >>> kim jong-un reportedly issued his first military order just before his father's death was announced. south korean officials say kim jong-un said to stop exercises and return to their bases short before noon on december 19th. the north korea military was conducting annual drills on that day. around 8:30 a.m. two short-range missiles were launched to the sea of japan from a base on north korea's eastern coast. the military canceled another test launch scheduled for the afternoon and soldiers returned to their bases after kim jong-un's order was issued. south korea military officials concluded there was no connection between the missile launch in the morning and the late north korean leader's death. kim jong-un was appointed four-star general in december september 2010. south korean government officials viewed his order as a concrete sign he has complete control over the military, an indication he's

the foreign ministry says it was not until the 1970s when china and taiwan raised questions of sovereignty. that's around the time they petroleum rights in the east chinese sea were discussed. >>> kim jong un, the heir of the late korean leader, kim jong il, reportedly issued his first military order just before his father's death was announced. south korean officials say kim jong-un said to stop exercises and return to their bases short before noon on december 19th. the north korea military was conducting annual drills on that day. around 8:30 a.m. two short-range missiles were launched to the sea of japan from a base on north korea's eastern coast. the military canceled another test launch scheduled for the afternoon and soldiers returned to their bases after kim jong-un's order was issued. south korea military officials concluded there was no connection between the missile launch in the morning and the late north korean leader's death. kim jong-un was appointed four-star general in december september 2010. south korean government officials view kim's order as a concrete sn he has comple

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the international trade commission has ruled that taiwan-based htc infringed on a feature that allows a user to tap on a phone number in an email and be connected immediately. this is the latest development in apple's fight against android the software made by google that powers htc phones. >>> this is somewhat of a phenomenon coming across the country this christmas season. they are called layaway angels. strangers paying off thousands of dollars in someone else's layaway debt now taking off in the bay area. angels paid the money and most of the donors aren't rich. >> he told me, i'm not rich, don't take me wrong. but i have a little extra to give so i want to give. >> the idea seems to have started in the midwest last week and has gained nationwide he would mentum. >>> a lot of people feel like there aren't enough hours in the day to finish christmas shopping. count me. >> probably too many hours of the day. >>> toys 'r us has a solution to. that start, at 6 a.m. today, toys 'r us will be open for 112 hours straight up until 10 p.m. on christmas eve. this is the second year they are

when i was working for the san jose mercury news, i took a trip to taiwan, to taipei. and families there even knew what school boundaries to live in silicon valley in the city called cupertino pause there was such a well-trod path back and forth. and as you describe in your book, there is this borderless sort of idea, the seamlessness of people traveling back and forth not only with their family connections and for education, but for business. and i'd love if you can give some examples. >> guest: sure. well, okay, i'll give you the example of a chinese woman who came to america a couple of decades ago. um, and with a sort of outsider's eye she made a couple of observations. um, she noticed that americans throw out a lot of waste paper, you know, mountains of old catalogs and, you know, heaps of junk mail and vast piles of unread copies of the sunday edition of "the new york times." and, um, and she thought, okay, that's interesting. and the other thing she noticed were that there were lots of ships coming from china to the u.s. fully laden. but going back half empty be