read and write us all positioned to china's recently announced a defense identification zone the united states neither recognizes nor accept. china is declared the east china sea ages. and the united states has no intention of changing how we conduct operations in the region future battles are referred to his beach and all you want and the east china sea which charge a nationalized in two thousand and twelve. it will be. it's not that we believe that we will respond calmly and with results. but despite the display of unity that had being strains in the alliance recently. prime minister shinzo abe's recent controversial visit to the us economy will slide which all those japanese war dead including convicted will watch the criminals was condemned by washington wolf i do believe. important ally and a great time being in asia. however we have been united states government as well as analysts who study. i was very troubled by some statements. coming out of the japanese government and people that are complete. has introduced a japanese comic across the board member gop hoisted to the claimed last week. nineteen thirty seven nanjing massacre of chinese of t

fundamentally the conflict between china and its southeast asian neighbors in taiwan in the east china sea is not really about the resources as much as it was about sovereignty and nationalism. and those are forces that are in some ways much more difficult to control and china has happened to them for purposes, for domestic purposes allowed them to sort of blossom at certain points and tamping them down. now they are at a point where it's very difficult. they have a pretty high setpoint so i think it's going to be difficult to find their way to take a step that from what is a pretty contentious in some ways attentional flashpoint kind of situation i think particularly with japan but also the philippines and vietnam. you can see this in rising nationalism in all these countries. so i think part of the problem too is international law here does not provide a very concrete guidance. it provides concrete guidance but unfortunately concrete guidance that supports at least two different claims in different ways. that is the united nations law of the sea so i think the concern is yes for the

and you see a lot of these challenges and vietnam and the philippines and the south china sea not to mention the east china sea as well. and there are a lot of security dynamics that are really quite challenging for china in many respects. the last thing i will mention is the overlay of the water issue, which we haven't touched on at which affects those with india or central asia and this includes how china controls the headwaters including the important rivers that are running through the region. and how it allocates how it manages its water resources which is absolutely critical with the water security and the development of all its neighbors here. and we have seen them being more willing to talk about things like water quality and monitoring and disasters and there are a lot of concerns that emanate from the region over the plan to dam the river is right now. planning 21 as well. it was quite significant that has enormous implications as well. so that is a huge issue including river diversion in that case including what seems to be overblown. it was a very interesting case for china where you had

china's ruling party. they are the first talks in more than six decades. some analysts believe a change in approach could have repercussions across east asia. during the years before this meeting, china and taiwan have been rapidly integrating their economies. direct flights between china and taiwan have increased and more people are traveling between the two sides. they have also signed a series of free trade deals and economic accords. as much as 40% of taiwan's exports now go to china and hong kong. despite their differing political positions, the two sides have taken the first step toward increased political ties. an analyst says this could affect the regional balance of power in east asia. we spoke to expert yasuhiro mats da of the university of tokyo. he points out for china the effort to improve ties for taiwan is significant. it happens at a time when relations between the country and neighboring nations are strained. >> china has very bad relations with japan now and also has very unstable relations with southeast asian countries. i think that having better unstable relations with china, china can enjoy much better international env

fundamentally the conflict between china and southeast asia and japan, taiwan and the east china sea is not really about the resources as much as nationalism. those are forces that are done with much more difficult to control and china has tapped into that. purposes -- for domestic purposes allowed them to bust a certain point in time intensive job. now there's a certain point they would have a pretty high setpoint. so i think it is going to be difficult to take a step back from what is a pretty contentious, in some ways potential flashpoint kind of situation, particularly with japan, but also the philippines in the non. you can see this in all these countries. so i think part of the problem is international law here does not provide very concrete guidance. it provides concrete guidance, but unfortunately concrete guidance supports at least two different claims in different ways. so i think the concern is the acerbic erasers is. not only that we would ask some of the have become particularly hot issue now, but also the issue of how it ties in to the site to your nationalist. >> , devi

the south china sea. authorities in beijing raised tensions last november by announcing a zone over the east china sea. assistant secretary of state for east asian and pacific affairs daniel russell spoke to reporters in washington. he said the u.s. does not recognize china's air defense zone, and warned leaders not to set up more. >> we urge china not to attempt to implement the adiz and certainly not to replicate it in other -- in other sensitive areas, including and particularly in south china sea. >> russell said the u.s. military has shown that china's air defense zone won't affect its operations. >>> a former senior u.s. defense official has also expressed strong concern over the country's rapid military buildup. michelle fourteenny served as undersecretary of defense during the first term of president barack obama. she commented on china's test flight last month of a missile that travels more than five times the speed of sound. >> do think that, again, one of our overarching concerns is lack of transparency on chinese technological development, and therefore, lack of explanation as to the intent

china last year and offered his analysis. the poa has been given the new task to be loosened up the short sharp war to destroy japanese forces in the east china sea baldwin can play only be expected. a seizure this conference or even the seven regions. tiny slices add in training to improve their ability to land on taiwan but now says they're now working hard and other areas he highlighted two and two sizes they conducted last year. troops trained to block the view as access to chinese colors and bomber crews flew their first reels off the philippines. the japanese government maintains the sink that the islands are an inherent part of japan's territory and turns and history and international law it says there's no tear to issue to be resolved japanese troops died gearing up to defend their country's remote islands personnel will do soon belong to an amphibious again. i'll be taking part in a landing email with the u s marines mendoza japan's ground self defense force and training in california a practice landing in rubber boats and they carry vehicles the shore on hover crafts. tissue to form the core of an amphibious big a japanese lea

chief says chinese commanders may be preparing a strategy for taking this in a couple islands in the east china sea then controls those islands china and taiwan claimed them our captain james saddle heads the u s navy's pacific fleet intelligence and information operations. he mentioned that i'm amphibious exercise the people's liberation army conducted in southern china last year and offered his analysis here the poa has been given a new task. to be able to conduct a short sharp war to destroy japanese forces in the east china sea. baldwin can play only be expected. a seizure this conference or even the southern regions. chinese forces have been training to improve their ability to land on taiwan. fennell say there's now a working harder in other areas. he highlighted two exercises the conduct of last year troops trained to block us access to chinese coast and bomber crews flew their first drills off the philippines the japanese government maintains the same cuckoo islands are an inherent part of japan's territory in terms of history in the international law. it says there's no territorial iss

the government is corrupt and not to be trusted to shoot cctv. china's ambassador to the us has refused and us criticism of chinese policies in the east china sea. trick and high court for constructive attitude towards sensitive issues in sino us relations statements by government officials and spokes person. sometime they using. cause and ambition and you couldn't not constructive. the statements that may start to its claim that no provision has taken on such issues. then follow continue with an essay accusations. which i did it ice. and from this. kerry made in response to criticism from us officials whether china's establishment of an air defense identification zone of the east china sea chinese ambassador speaking at the center for american progress. also expresses confidence on sino us ties last june the presidents of the two countries met in california and agreed to build a new partnership model as in u s army chief of soft gentle raya party umno has met with top chinese generals that china's defence ministry in beijing today. despite disputes and regional tensions both sides said they hoped the meeting would help boost by natural links an

the south china seen. our spokesperson has made it very clear china has the right to do this, as other countries have done. we will do this according to -- of the east china sea. we did not. we will not tolerate any threat from the region in the future. seniorn somebody, officials in the united states, made the remarks that based on -- the remarks or the news report --the i am just sort of annoyed. e are requiredr to make some remarks on some ,uestion that is hypothetical that is not true now, maybe something is not true, it is not relevant. why come to the idea in the united states? why so manyerstand senior officials start off to ake so much remarks -- it is very inconsistent position. gentlemens that the have a very pessimistic narrative that china -- been involved in the china-united states, asia-pacific dialogue for --eral years, that am very confident with more conversation from --na and united states [indiscernible] find resolutions to our disagreements, but it is thatrous to hear reports china is onbe that a collision course. i can never accept that. china and the united states are big powers. solvean find a way out to the conflicts. there m

> the strained relations are diverting attention from the real security threats, north korea and china's increasingly assertive behavior in the east china and south china sea. the u.s. is trying to get our allies to realize the closest wolf to the sled is the north korean threat and not each other. we are trying to overcome deep historic differences as well as a dispute between tokyo and seoul. >> thanks very much for coming in. thanks for the dose of realism. >> my pleasure. >> now to a side of north korea you have never seen. when you think of winter getaways the american rocky mountains beckon skiers. the world's most reclusive country has opened a new high end resort in the eastern mountains. a tour operator is billing it as the most exotic ski destination on earth. it is that and perhaps one of the most controversial. the correspondent lucy williamson now reports. >> there are not many ways to relax in north korea. here in the country's new ski resort fun is accessed by a military style checkpoint and a creeky 40-minute crawl up the mountain. there is plenty of room on the slopes. this is a hobby reserved for north korea's el

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officials in beijing will establish an air defense identification zone over the south china sea the country created one over the east china sea last year he denied any speculation colleague is baseless japan's ambassador to south korea has made comments on the so called comfort women issue in a leading newspaper in the country. the article welcomes the remarks as a positive gesture calling it one step further than japan's long standing position. many women from korea japan china and elsewhere were forced to work in brothels to serve japanese soldiers during world war two. the dome the ideal though. featured an interview with ambassador coral bay show. he quotes him as saying that he hopes the two countries can discuss the issue in explorer resolution embassy officials in seoul say their shows comments were in line with the government's stance they say japan regards the issue settled by a nineteen sixty five treaty. but from a humanitarian viewpoint does not rule out the occasional discussions. the article states that officials with the south korean presidential office would consider arranging a summit in japan shows

states would if you its security treaty with your promise applying to the disputed islands in the east china sea other words the americans to seem to be giving a warning try to prevent any kind of miscalculation happening setting out their position is that they would feel obliged to come to assistance. in the event of a chinese japanese military confrontation since the americans gave that warning it seems as if the scale of the confrontation seems to me. all right gentlemen we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussions on parallels to nine hundred fourteen stay with r.t. . sleazy. so. the. problem it was a little hard. to get along here there's a lot that are stacked with that. nobody's. going to. look at the end. of the. u.s. military was built to square off against the soviet union over western europe but when you take that conventional military and now try to read task it as a counter-insurgency force it creates a lot of gaps and that's the kind of private sector stuff. one of the wonderful strong arming a lot of these policies you know. a pl

states would if you its security treaty with your promise applying to the disputed islands in the east china sea other words the americans to seem to be giving a warning try to prevent any kind of miscalculation happening setting out their position is that they would feel obliged to come to assistance. in the event of a chinese japanese military confrontation since the americans gave that warning it seems as if the scale of the confrontation seems to me. all right gentlemen we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussions on parallels to nine hundred fourteen stay with r.t. . a problem it was a problem very hard to take on a problem to get the among a lot that has sat with. no legs let's play a. little i'm a little. while i'm. a little. welcome back across town for all things considered i'm peter lavelle true mind you we're discussing parallels to nine hundred fourteen. ok george michael back to you in new york i think we would all agree that the in two thousand and fourteen we don't have to worry about a major conflict between the great powers tod

states would if you its security treaty with your partner supplying to the disputed islands in the east china sea other words the americans to seem to be giving a warning try to prevent any kind of miscalculation happening setting out their position is that they would feel obliged to come to assistance. in the event of a chinese japanese military confrontation since the americans gave that warning it seems as if the scale of the confrontation seems to make. the right gentlemen we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussions on parallels to nine hundred fourteen stay with r.t. . new york london. the whole world is. a further one down the end. of the courts building at the end of the street another one a more transparent society gets the money or the proper tears become we see military and police forces mobilized against people who blend into the city the city the more people trust electronic devices the more defenseless the. fear that has a thousand on. no the playing. field limbic spirit travels with the flame from its birthplace in greece. joining

diplomat says china's unilateral establishment of an air defense identification zone over the east china sea is raising tensions with its neighbors. assistant sk tear of state daniel russel spoke on wednesday before a subcommittee on asia and the pacific. he described china's move as a serious step in the wrong direction. >> we neither recognize nor accept china's declared adas. >> russel says the islands are under the administration of japan. he says unilateral -- china's declared air zone covers the senkaku islands. they're claimed by japan but claimed by china and taiwan. it says there's no issue of sovereignty to be involved. analyst's review russel's remarks as a warning to china which claims most of the south china sea and say china could set up a defense zone there as well despite on going territorial disputes with several southeast asian nations. >>> the speed of military expansion in asia is outpacing that of the west. they warn increased capabilities and tensions in the regions could raise the potential for accidental conflicts. london-based think tank iiss launched the annual

states would if you its security treaty with your partner supplying to the disputed islands in the east china sea other words the americans to seem to be giving a warning try to prevent any kind of miscalculation happening setting out their position is that they would feel obliged to come to assistance. in the event of a chinese japanese military confrontation since the americans gave that warning it seems as if the scale of the confrontation seems to me to blow right gentlemen we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussions on parallels to nine hundred fourteen stay with r.t. . sleazy. in two thousand and seven one of the first things released by wiki leaks was a secret video recording that actually looked like a video showing two american action political actors opening fire of a dozen people in iraq this is going to institute in a society images of our lives have become normal this is what the sense of isolation lack of empathy look like. we try and experienced untold spectacle disassociate. and body and action. to believe we also have to say. c

the rise of a peaceful china that plays a positive role in world affairs. last week u.s. assistant secretary of state daniel russell criticized the country's unilateral creation of an air defense identification zone over the east china sea. he called it a serious step in the wrong direction. he also said the nation's claims of jurisdiction over most of south china sea would be inconsistent with international law. kerry apparently aims to urge officials to emphasize restraint in maritime affairs. >>> leaders in beijing say chinese soldiers will, for the first time, take part in a multinational drill in thailand led by u.s. forces. defense ministry officials say 17 military personnel will join the exercise code named cobra gold. they will engage in humanitarian relief activities. the 11-day drill will start on tuesday. japan, south korea, indonesia and other countries will take part. chinese commanders also plan to send a hospital ship and other vessels to a multinational naval drill off hawaii this summer. the u.s.-led biennial exercise is called rim-pac. analysts say the nation is trying to stress the transparency of its forces and the military buildup is raising concerns among neighboring countries. >>> the o

identification zone so over sensitive areas including the south china sea authorities in beijing raised tensions last november by announcing his own over the east china sea. on wednesday. assistant secretary of state for east asian and pacific affairs daniel russell spoke to reporters in washington. he said the us does not recognize china's air defense old and worn leaders not to set up more. we urge china not to attempt to implement the idiocy and certainly no two are replicated here and others see it in other sensitive areas including up and continually in the south china sea. russell said the us military has shown that china's air defense old won't affect its operations the former senior us defence official has also expressed strong concern over the country's rapid military buildup. michelle floor noise served as undersecretary of defense during the first term of president barack obama she commented on china's test flight last month of the missile that travels more than five times the speed of sound. i do think that again one of her overarching concern is his lack of transparency time. chinese technological developments and therefore a lack

two countries have not met since the japanese government nationalized the senkaku islands in the east china sea in 2012. japan controls the islands, china and taiwan claim them. japan insists the senkakus are its inherent territory, and that there is no territorial issue to be resolved. the poll says 57% of the japanese public approves abe's handling of foreign affairs, while 38% disapprove. asked about exercising japan's right to collect a defense, 29% said it should be permitted, and 22% disagreed. >>> new york state lawmakers will deliberate a bill that's being backed by korean-american groups. the legislation would require textbooks to refer to the body of water between the japanese archipelago and the korean peninsula as both the sea of japan and the east sea. the state senate and assembly will decide whether both names will be used in new public school textbooks. the bill's sponsor is state senator toby ann stavisky. she said in a statement that the widely used name sea of jan be was established when japan annexeds korean peninsula. she said the bill is intended to provide new york st

gets all the time has been turning up the volume about japan's claims to disputed islands in the east china sea. this is a rare move to indirectly stay and also with korea japan continues to be repeated claims that the berea control of the island. oh well they kiss and all the phone trade show is in full swing over in barcelona on the first day of the mobile world congress monday the tech industry's biggest names for their big gift guides with some electronics being no exception. the car and take time rolled out its galaxy as five smartphone complete with a larger display and sixty two megapixel camera. it also unveiled a new smart lots and fitness and in a clear indication that the battleground for the smaller worlds is shifting from the hand to the risks. the united states is reviewing its really since it with uganda today after the country signed into law a bill that the allies as homosexuality. despite protests from western donors and a warning from the eu well as uganda president at your weary move said bonnie signed the law and monday meeting some homosexual acts are now punishable by

being a major pacific power wants to keep freedom of navigation open, the east china sea has so much l and gas and the u.s. is trying to tamp down these high tensions between china and japan which could set off an accidental confully relation which is what the u.s. is worried about. >> thank you the. u.s. economy is off to a slow start this year. most americans face colder than normal temperatures and slow growth in jobs and wages. joining us now with a closer look chief economist and our economic senator joining me in studio. the u.s. saw decline in retail sales last month. the drop was.4. it was the most since june of 2012. what do does it say about the health of the american consumer? >> most of us which are experiencing the hibernation in the polar vortex, that has really disrupted, deferred and delayed a lot of economic activity. ifed the only been a few days, we would think about it being transitory. what i'm worried about are some of the losses that are very heavily in foot traffic like vehicle sales and department stores, restaurants got hit too. on the other side of it things

that being said, the disputed areas in the east and south china sea's remain important flashpoints. cement in a member of the chinese are establishing an error identification zone over portions of the east china sea rays regional tensions particularly with japan and increase their risk of incidents that could undermine peace and security in this vital region. although all sides wished to avoid serious complex these tensions raised the prospect for further incidents that could lead to escalations involving military force. as you know we have the broadest customer base in the intelligence community. customers run the gamut from the president of the yen's states and congress to war fighting combatant commanders. the most important customers reserve where soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines who stand in harm's way around the world how. with that in mind let me turn to the budget environment. .. i have no doubt that he's placed men and women of our armedded services at risk and will cost harm to lives on future bat 8 fields. i hope he recalls all material not already disclosed for the safe

i mean, if you had another incident in the east china seas where some japanese boat captain goes into what is considered chinese waters and it spirals out of control, things can get pretty rough. >> i think that's right. i think the chinese run the risk at this point of not simply antagonizing all of their neighbors, but what we're beginning to see is their neighbors form their own alliances. not simply the united states now is the dominant force within the region and the rising china, but you're having japan, you know, undertake military exercises with india and vietnam with australia, a lot of cross-cutting appliances are developing within the region designed to counter china's rise. >> do you think, evan, when the chinese look at this, do they resent all this and say look, we're rising power, naturally we're going to have a slightly more expansive view of our interests? what do you think -- what would somebody from the chinese government, if you will, if they were to ever, you know, talk frankly, what would they say? >> you know, the chinese government is facing a moment when it re

i get to the united states for china's neighbors and east asia the committee. japan's for the good peeps you say that but we see right now. other worries about a credit bubble in china about how you make the economy slowed down we have such a strong bargaining position you think in a year's time well able to eat depends on how you call me go we don't we know what happened i do not buy into the island that china the sole exception nobody can sustain cool. at any level and played generation that has meant that happens in human history. on the other hand i feel that you can bet the games. chinese economic growth and stability in the last twenty years old stay at the polls the single all i knew he'd call me go she was the one she came into being in trouble. he called me and needing something i told my son grow. just not the only state or impossible to achieve. the groom to be polite the shia. stay on message. steve sanger thank you for joining us from nottingham a comment from one of our viewers that this is from b for another time the real fight says penny between

fundamentally the conflict between china and southeast asia and china and japan and east tennessee isot really about the resources as much as it was about the sovereignty internationalism. and those are forces that are in some was much more difficult to control. in china has tapped into them for the purposes -- for domestic purposes allow them to blast at certain points in tampa and down, but now there's a certain point, i think, were it is very difficult, a pretty high set point. and so i think is going to be difficult to find a way it take a step back from what is a pretty contentious, you know, in some ways potential flashpoint kind of situation is not particularly with japan, but also the philippines and vietnam. you can see rising nationalism from these countries. so i think part of the problem is that, you know, international law does not provide very concrete guidance unfortunately concrete guidance supports two different -- at least two different plans, the law of the sea. .. jim is is china trying to move into say the latin america or poor countries like brazil because they c

the state department says kerry would visit seoul and beijing and jakarta starting on thursday amid heightened tensions between china and the smaller neighbors in the east south china seas after indough -- indonesia he will fly home. >> and now premature babies can catch up, premies exposed to more adult speech develop higher language skills evidenced by 1.5 years of age. researchers captured what the babies hear and the sounds they make with recordings, and the parents should talk to the brenham miles when they still in the hospital. >> it is not unusual when another starbucks open but a new coffee shop called dumb starbucks is causing a stir. it is nearly identical to a typical starbucks and serving free coffee yesterday. the mock store was selling dumb cd standards a legitimate coffeehouse but it is calling hit self parody art to skirt trademark laws and is the talk on social media a spokesman is aware of the parody but delined to see if legal action would be pursued. this could be some "hot water." >> they should make it dumb box. >> looking to leak on the new bay bridge with reassurance from caltran after the latest storms. >> the bay area is getti

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daily tally and we have figures from the government saying cases of h7n9 have been discovered in china. two of those have died. they are in the south and south east of china. they announce the cases as they come out. they want to stay on top and ensure it doesn't spread, particularly through major hubs like in hong kong and through transport eights systems, which is how this occurred. another gentleman died here yesterday. he picked up his strain across the border. it's important that they keep open the lines of communication. with the straps, particularly the new one, h7n9, the human to human ability to breach the barrier and ipp effect humans is what causes concerns. they have to keep a lid on that, and that means communication between the boarders. >> good to talk to you. >> 30 people have been killed in a bomb afac targetting baghdad's heavily fortified peace stone. two targets went off. the suicide bomber apply himself up in a restaurant, leaving four dead. another car bomb afac targeted a -- attack targeted a market near, killing three people. >> egyptian prison authorities released an al jazeera staff member. cameraman mohammed badr has be

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the east and south important also remain flashpoints. the announcement in november that the chinese are stop wishing and air identification zone over portions of the east china sea raise regional tensions with japan and increase the risk of incidents that could undermine peace and security in this region. although all sides wish to avoid ia's conflict, it can lead to an escalation involving force. dia has the broadest customer base in the telogen community. they ran the gamut from the president of the united states in congress to our war fighting combatant commanders. the most important customers we airmen, marines, and civilians who stand in harms way around the world. let me turn mind, to the budget environment. though there is increasing pressure to reduce defense spending, we are to address our nation's fiscal situation. i would note the demands on the intelligent systems has skyrocketed in recent years. these demands are only expected to increase in the years to come. there one have to be deductions, defense intelligence must be contained to provide timely and actionable intelligence across the entire threat spectrum. i look forward to working with you

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he's hoping to diffuse interpretations between american allies and budget in the east and south china sea. we'll be looking at ways of starting efforts to rid north korea of its nuclear weapons program. >> the americans to hold tritalks with syria. they'll try to breathe life into the failing talks. the russian foreign minister and a syrian counterpart met. they have come to a mutual understanding on how to advance dialogue. it follows the resumes of a u.n. backed humanitarian operation. some have been allowed to leave the city. >> international aid groups are warning that the fighting in the central african republic amounts to ethnic cleansing. the u.n. chief ban ki-moon said the violence could split the country and appealing for france to send in help. >> a grim discovery in the capital bangui. african union peacekeepers uncover a mass grave at a military camp believed to have been used by muslim seleka rebels. >> translation: i smelt it and told myself it couldn't come from a small animal. i reported it to my superiors and they told me to search. i found this. >> seleka militia, ba

that should scare us a bit about a world in which china and japan have so much tension over the east china sea have to nuclear powers. jon: japan is covered by defense treaty by the united states. does this suggest they are nervous about our abilities are our commitment? >> you take something like a pivot including the marines in asia. this guy single marine in northern australia. the pivot has been fictional. there's a lot of doubt amongst our allies about the strength of american security. jon: the history of nuclear proliferation is no guide to the future, you said. >> typically nuclear states develop nuclear industry. now you have the nuclear proliferators, north korea building a nuclear reactor in syria financed by the iranians. all these pathways for the countries off shoring. jon: we know the north koreans have the technology and are desperate for cash will be happy to sell it to somebody who has the money, right? >> it is one thing to talk about the states selling to other states com, but what is to prevt north korea from soy technology to hezbollah for example? expanding further a

the virus as it mutates and spreads to other humans. we had a warning that there were eight new cases in china. a person died a week ago. they announced they'd ban live poultry in the east coast of the china. they culled the chickens in the live markets here, 20,000 killed last week as a precaution. information is flowing and the chinese authority is keep for that to happen. they can head off the virus and provide information as needed. >> the ukrainian today tonight is meeting the european union's foreign policy chief to discuss unrest. anti-government protesters say they don't expect much to come from the talks, and will continue their fight against viktor yanukovych. >> the latest live from the ukrainian capital kiev, and neve barker. talks with the president at the moment. >> that's right. it's the foreign policy chief's third visit to ukraine during the crisis. she's here to broker an end to the dispute. she met with members of the opposition late last night and now with president viktor yanukovych. what is the situation now? well, the e.u., and the united states, say that they are preparing some sort of financial said package to ease the economic instability in th

china continues with great concern on their cyber policy and in the east china sea. beijing's so-called "air defense identification zone," which would require u.s. forces to identify themselves and their mission to chinese forces as they fly near or over certain tiny islands, is a troubling power and land grab. it is also an affront to international law. these moves increase the risk of misunderstanding and miscalculations between washington and china, making the role of intelligence that much more important. in russia, our athletes, and athletes from around the world, will be convening in just a few short days to compete in the 2014 winter olympics. in the past month, we have seen some troubling terrorist activity, and we must keep up our guard. in afghanistan, 2014 marks the year in which combat operations end-but we know our vital national security interests there will not cease. we need to maintain our intelligence efforts there, even after the military withdraws. core al qaeda and the taliban will continue to represent a threat; but we must not forget that afgha

china still a marked increase in passenger numbers on tuesday. about seven million tilt trains to embark on their return journeys. it has paid the provincial capital of east china's um why problems. passenger numbers exceeded seventy thousand on tuesday the station prepared one hundred and thirty five trains to cope with the surge of which hundred and sixteen was scheduled and nineteen of them would temper eight the same situation was repeated in north china's kanji municipality the number of passages that leading be challenging railway station exceeded eighteen thousand a massive twenty percent increase for monday. this year's holiday that began on friday will end on thursday. and does some thai couple of hours ago we was speaking about postponed the lean and mean shanghai about the spring festival travel russian she told us three hundred thousand people were expected to ride in the east chinese coastal city today. railway stations there have been making one out habits to cut with the influx of returning passengers us yes we will weigh stations in shanghai and the willfully hundred thousand people a life that leads to the right in the city of lights and

the foreign minister in washington on friday. he will visit seoul, beijing and jakarta starting on thursday amid heightened tens between china and the small are neighbors over territorial disputes in the eastudy shows an effective way for proem -- premies to catch up with their peers by while in the hospital >> a new coffee shop called "dumb starbucks," nearly identical to the typical starbucks and serving free coffee to people yesterday. the flyer says it is calling itself parody art to skirt trademark laws. a spokesman for star publics decline to say if they will pursue legal action. >> sochi security and a top congressman who says russia is on the brink of a terror attack. >> what the weekend is revealing about the new bay bridge. >>> a hollywood actor with a brown paper bag on the red carpet. >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. the pay area is getting a break from the heavy rain but our meteorologist, mike nicco is ahead with when the wet weather returns. >>> rain water is bringing to light a new issue for the problem plagued bay bridge and caltran is responding. >>> campaign problem, the governor brown's election team is admitting a mistake involving a republi

were surrounded by western colonial powers, america, britain, china and the netherlands, japan has a perfect right to defend its interests in east asia and that includes china and sell lawn and surrounded by western powers that didn't want japan to have its moments in the sun so they were driven by economic boycotts and that kind of thing. we could also talk about that, the americans, the americans forced their hand. >> the encirclement from a classic explanation for many of the region's, germany and world war i, if that was very much on the japanese mind as well. the fact that low wartime government may use of that narrative told you -- a speech on the day of the pearl harbor attack that japan was reluctantly -- prime minister tojo, japan into the war reluctantly despite the nation's past efforts at trying to achieve peace, the concept that the japanese were taken by but in this end and in effect abused, was quite useful at the time as well and useful to make some cells believe they were fighting for the right cause too. that narrative was quite strong and who would want to die for the wrong cause? you want to believe that, if

the east, i think that was a very unfortunate word pivot because it has a totally military message and the chinese interpreted it as signaling we want to be preempt innocent in the far east and contain china. >> rose: yes. one last question about the ukraine, i mean, can you imagine that -- what do you think is the most likely scenario? that somehow, probably some continued chaos because i think yanukovich will weave and dodge unless he is forced out and i am not sure we can force him out quickly and i think there is going to be some unrest continuing, the russians will do whatever he can to destabilize any successful government even if we cut some sort of verbal deal with the government so i think we are in for a period of insecurity and uncertainty but we have to stick to our guns and realize this is a big, big stake, i think the stake in the final analysis is whether russia becomes a european partner or whether it remains semi hostile. >> rose: i will leave it as that. >> charlie, as always good to talk to you. >> rose: back in a moment stay with us. >> so how long did it take you to get here? >> i don't know. we got sort of waylaid in rapid city, that's where -- >> how long total? >>