the countries,. >> yes. east asia, not just the south china sea, but all of east asia is a part of the world where american hard military power, where the u.s. does not have to apologize. it does not have bad connotations the way it might have in the middle east or the way that it might even have, at least until recently post's national europeans. the japanese want us there. they want our ships there. the vietnamese, a former enemy of the united states, are refurbishing the naval station in order to lure and more u.s. warships. the vietnamese told loveless, but they see us as very useful, as a counterbalance to chinese power. >> let me zoom in on one level spec. there are hundreds if not thousands of line islands in the south china sea, some of them barely above water. most of them uninhabited, of them or nearly all of them disputed. there is a philippine ship that has been grounded on one of the islands in the and the handful of troops there. china has been making it difficult to resupply that ship. it is a sign of philippine sovereignty over are worthless piece of rock. perhaps not so worthless. what are the

the 1990s. nato expanded east into the old warsaw packet. parts of the empire joined the union. china became washington's banker buying a prod i knigious amount american debt but was not in a world power like the world meant it in the days of the cold war. now, it's the u.s. having trouble working its will in the world, china making new friends and buying new friends in africa and latin america and russia undergirding its economic by selling natural resources for top dollar. >> it took 10 years to cut a deal, but china and russia, two world powers and formerly bitter rivals came together when their energy and political interests merged. they both got what they wanted and needed including the visual message that the u.s. is not alone in dominating the world stage. vladimir putin called it epic. >> this will be the biggest construction in the world without any exaggeration, it is gas production and chemistry, a helio factory. >> the 30-year agreement between russian gas giant gazprom and china's national petroleum corporation is involved at $400,000,000,000. a pipeline will move gas eve

the university of dpen ver's center for u.s.-china cooperation. in the washington studio, david sedney. he was deputy secretary of defense for east asia from 2007 to 2009. in moscow moreno, a research fellow at harvard's geopolitics of energy project. professor, can china and the united states remain rivals and not enemies long-term? >> i don't think neither of the countries want to be enemies to each other, because the second largest economies have to work together. but the current international environment from the chinese perspective, they're so worried that they have a hidden agenda. the u.s. will not want to see china rising as a peer power. so we have a lot of concerns about the u.s. intentions. in this case these kind of deals with russia really put russia in the forefront to confront the united states. they could have policies with the united states. on the one hand working with the united states, and on the other end try to stop u.s. containment against china. that's why chinese people see putin as a hero. china has so many domestic problems they have to handle about pollution, the corruption, economics, all the problems

like also to hope that the united states could hold an objective view on the issues of the south china sea and the east china sea because we believe the ones that are provoking those issues in the south china sea is not china but a certain country that are 10 -- attempting to gain their own entrance because they believe that china is now a developing economy and the united states is adopting this rebalancing strategy. [speaking chinese] >> translator: i believe it's very important that we view those issues in an objective manner because if we do not do that there is the possibility that these issues could affect or disturb the relationship between the two countries and two militaries which actually i believe serve the broader interest of oath nations. thank you. >> ladies and gentlemen we have time for questions today. [speaking chinese] >> my question is on vietnam first for general fang. as the pla to finding the oil rig for the long-term or did the daily protests in vietnam is china ready to pull the rig back and take steps to de-escalate and lastly you spoke about the asia pivot. do you think u.s.

the ministers are meeting at a time of heightened tensions. many are concerned about china's maritime activities in the east and south china seas. >>> chinese officials have accused pilots from japan's self-defense forces of reckless behavior. a defense ministry spokesperson was commenting on an incident last week involving planes from the two countries. officials in tokyo say at least one chinese jet on saturday came as close as 30 meters to an sdf plane over the east china sea. they launched a protest with china, and sate it was an extremely dangerous action. beijing announced an air defense identification zone over the sea in november. a defense ministry spokesperson says japanese aircraft have pursued and obstructed chinese plane morse than ten times since then. he also says two sdf jets came within about ten meters of a chinese plane in november. >>> u.s. officials have criticized the chinese action. a state department spokesperson says any attempt to interfere with freedom of aviation and international air space raises regional tensions. >>> and we have a series of economic data out of japan today, ron madison has the latest from the business d

itsunori onodera was speaking about an incident on saturday over the east china sea. the pilots of chinese fighter jets flew unusually close to japanese self-defense force airplanes. onodera says japanese officials have been urging chinese authorities to discuss setting up a hotline for emergencies involving ships and planes. but he said the chinese have not responded. >> translator: one option would be to establish a multinational code of conduct for aircraft, similar to the maritime code adopted by nations in the pacific region. >> japan and china are two of the countries that agreed last month to the maritime codes at a symposium in the chinese city of change dow. >>> thailand's military leader has been boosted by the king and now he's warning thais not to cause any trouble. prayut seized power last week in a coup. he says on sunday king bhumibol adulyadej authorized him to head power and order. he says the military will supervise media outlets and anyone responsible for reports that could cause chaos. he warns he'll take tough and prompt legal action from those who

china and japan. both in a maritime dispute, claiming ownership of a group of islands in the east clipa see. adrian brown has more. >> the chinese's governments push for sovereign di over islands in the south china see put it on a collision course with vietnam. it's squaring off against another neighbour, japan, over the ownership of i would say in the east china sea, administered by japan, but claimed by china. beijing reinforced its claim, declaring an air defense identification zone over air space. since then military jets have been harassing one another, sometimes metres apart. japan is growing more assertive as well, emboldened by support from president obama. last month he said he would oppose any moves to undermine japan's control of the islands. two weeks ago prime minister shinzo abe appeared to raise the stakes, hoping for a change in the passivist constitution, allowing them to defend an ally under attack, like the united states. china fears the change could mark the first step towards on era of jap yeses federalism -- japanese federalism. both fought a war. china came off worse. t

clear, four times he has said he is committed to the alliance in japan -- with japan and that the east china sea issue is explicitly a part of that. they needed to hear that. it was very important in the meeting all the way through. the japanese liked it. the philippines happy with an expanded security relationship announced by the united states just before obama's visit. malaysia, south korea, he hit all the right notes. it's not a pivot, but he said the united states is not going anywhere from these countries and he didn't offend the chinese. he made it important to say how close it was to work with the chinese. >> charlie: and had no ambition in trying to contain the chinese. >> yes, and obama is credible in saying he has no ambition to contain the chinese. so the fact you've both made the allies in the region happier and the chinese feel no reason to overrespond with their own saber rattling is about as much as he's done on this trip. >> charlie: why is a trade agreement important. >> when the trance pacific partnership was first announced the chinese response is this is containment, we

that will be played out in joint naval exercises taking place in the east china see during the next couple of address. it will symbolize how russia and shipa are moving closer -- china are moving closer toot. acting as a counterglands to united states -- counterbalance to united states growing influence. >> results suggest nouri al-maliki will win a third term in office. his state of law coalition looks to have the most seats. negotiations over the formation of a new government are expected to take months. there is growing international concern about the security situation in libya. saudi arabia, the united arab emirates and algeria closed embassies in tripoli, and the u.s. increased aircraft in italy ready to evacuate u.s. citizens and embassy staff. >>> there are fears that the company could slide into civil law, the latest for officers to swif sides. we have -- switch sides. we have this report. >> a dramatic twist in libya as the commander of special forces switched sides. speaking in benghazi, he's i don't knowing forces with -- joining forces with retired general khalifa haftar. >> b

the coast in areas that both countries say are theirs. china claims a you-shaped swath, overlapping with areas claimed by other countries, including vietnam, indonesia, malaysia, brunei, the philippines and tai wap. in the east china sea, japan and taiwan are over a group of islands, sack u in japan and diaoyu island in china. china requested all aircraft in the areas identify themselves, from march. that overlapped japan's air zone. dr evan resnick is a foreign policy and security expert. he joins us live from singaore where the summit is happening, a summit that chuck hagel is attending. and we have heard strong words from chuck hagel there, but will it be followed up by strong action. tell us what can the u.s. actually do to stop china's aggression? >> well, thank you for having me. theoretically the u.s. has plenty of military assets in the region capable of dealing with chinese provocation. the u.s. continues to be the dominant military power, and that is set to increase over the next half a decade as the air force and navy re-orient the resources from the navy to the pacific. the u.s. has ample capabilities to make good on pledges, but it is whether it has the resolve to do so. >> will there be a confr

china finding the sales together. xi jinping and vladimir putin put their signatures to deals on transportation and infrastructure. today also sees the start of joint naval maneuvers in the east china sea. >> cooperation between our two ministries and militaries is very important. cooperation is significant in maintaining regional and global peace and stability. >> but the crowning deal was still missing, a contract for russia to supply gas to china for 30 years is being held up on a disagreement over price. moscow's state run gas company could provide energy until 2018. they want to finish the deal quickly. but that gives beijing leverage. china's minister did not go into specifics. >> we attach importance to practical operation between china and russia. we will begin operating on more large-scale projects to improve our two nations' power and competitiveness. >> it would allow russia to diversify its products against -- away from europe and help china move away from dependence on coal. it would be a defective alliance between the countries. >> credit suisse as pleaded guilty to charges of helping rich americans avoid taxes. the u.s. bank accused them of destroying records.

but the larger point here that china does somehow think that they have sovereignty over the whole east. the islands in dispute with the japanese over them they have separate disputes with mall labor a and brunei. the dispute with stwawn and the united states has said we will defend taiwan in the straits if china intervenes there. the larger point is, you know, we have had a re-set with russia. we have said that we were going to do better with china. china remains locked in its own mind set and bully in that neighborhood. >> charles, if that's the case, is the message of the 19 gun salute and all this stuff, the wrong message for china? >> well, the message from china is knowing that we're going to have a visit they went ahead and put the oil rig in vietnam memorials water. sort of defying everybody. you could hear their general. he said we're not looking for trouble. we're not afraid of it the american is talking about international law. dialogue, kerry speaks about 21st century norms. i mean, we are living on a different universe. we have, i mean, this administration, doesn't have a g

i think they are very aggressive and the east china sea and the south china sea and i think ultimately they want to drive the united states navy out of the western pacific to the second third chain. >> to resolve this and move on, despite obama's denials, the u.s. policies one of de facto containment to china. encourage china to pursue its territorial disputes in an international legal form instead of through military force. >> the u.s. strategy is not to turn all of asia over to china, but have a presence there. >> does president obama's asian trip succeed with its primary objective? washington can be counted on in a crisis? yes or no? >> to a degree, yes. >> yes. >> to a limited degree, yes. >> to an extensive degree. issue three, world stage weary? >> just as the u.s. is embroiled in a dispute in russia over ukraine. a new poll reveals that americans may be wearying of the world stage. a majority, 47%, say that the united states should be less active in world affairs. as compared to 19% more active. 30% believe the current level of activity is about right. the 47% who want the u.s.

their navy is taking part in joint exercises in the east china sea sending a direct and blunt message to japan. >> thank you. that's our correspondent adrian brown joining us from beijing. >> we are a little over three weeks until the world cup kicks off in brazil. some of the stadiums are unfinished. daniel schweimler visits some of the new stadiums to see how much work feeds to be done. >> reporter: the new 540 million home of corinthians club, a venue for six world cup games, including the opener between brazil and croatia, and a semifinal. it's not finished. there was plenty to cause concern at the trial match, 25 days before the counter starts. this man said he was in charge, but couldn't tell us where to find press accreditation. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: "we should have faith in god", he says. these are the main steps which the dignitaries will be climbing for the opening game of the 2012 world cup. what you don't see is what i can see from another angle. building materials and unfinished work. it will be finished at the last minute, say f.i.f.a. officials. no,

participating in these juicy and nine of the season is just a mile from the japanese the year to see and the east china sea and is optimistic i think this is not a very posh new farm park for the in the sino russian prime minister competition at the same. maintaining peace and stability and also in the dear to me than on traditional french for them and if i receive. for the maritime security site to the cinema and parking for the two countries to show their determination to cop a team unity the traditional red and non traditional threats in relevant areas. so i've been a week we'll even have bread to summon up into produces by the western media and by japan but by japanese media now miss the babies that there might be tiny dad to go diamond dispute and that might be time to head the new crises. i don't think he sees that men prefer to support china and the russian to carry out such a nuanced view. nino maritime to us thanks alot for joining us on the show mr town appreciate being here. take a sharp break with a back after this. fan. the is. steve china has demanded by the non seen as disruptive actions

sea and japan in the east china sea and those are both u.s. treaty allies. in the event of a war in either of those countries, the u.s. is beholden to those countries. especially in the asean countries. lolong standing strategic partnerships in this area. most of these countries that are now in the middle into the arms of the united states, which is much further away than china and therefore, much less of a threat to the countries of the region. >> the u.s. state department says an american has carried out a suicide bombing in syria for the first time. believed to have detonated his explosives in idlib province earlier this week. staying his orders from a group l.connected to al qaeda. >> we are concerned about the fighters in and out of syria. we are engaged in a focused outreach effort regarding our concern of flow of fighters to the syrian conflict. >> let's bring in glefn glen ha, joining us from the u.s. state department. intelligence officials glenmoore said there are other 40 fighting against bashar al-assad and his government. is there

. >>> to give you a better understanding of the area, the south china sea stretches from singapore in the south to taiwan in the north-east. it's a huge source of natural gas. brunei, china, indonesia, malaysia philippines and vietnam are drilling in arse -- in arse within their boundaries. china claims this area, and india, which is not on the map, said it will support vietnam in a dispute against china. mr wu, assess choopa is moving simultaneously on several fronts that should concern the u.s. >> the important thing for us is for sure, the passage of international shipping through that area. what china has claimed is host of the south china sea up to the door substance of each of the countries -- door steps of each of the countries. in recent period chinese have not only increased the public commitment of the south china seas, they have increased, introduced an air defense zone in the east china sea that cowers the i would say under dispute. >>> that was wayne wu, president of the institute on south-east asia on the situation in south-east asia. >>> heavily armed gunmen stormed libya's building in parliament in tripoli

chinese have not only increased their public commitment to control of the south china sea, but have introduced an air defense zone in the east china sea that covers the islands under dispute with japan >>> what the possible options to easing the conflict? >> i think there'll have to be serious regional resolution of the entire south china sea issue, meaning that asea have to sit together and talk with china. china resisted that saying we should negotiate bilaterally instead of multinaturally. the philippines accused china of building an airstrip on some islands under dispute. the chinese are moving on a number of fronts. >>> a conflict that is ongoing. we'll see how it plays out in the coming day and weeks. we appreciate your time today. thank you. >>> heavily armed gunmen stormed libya's parliament building after attacking it with weapons and grenades. you see smoke billowing from the building. gunmen shut down streets. former general khalifa haftar is claiming responsibility for the attacks, saying his lynnian arm -- libyan army is committed to wiping out militia group. >> translation: today the battle that the army had to

china was pushing aggressively in the south and east china sea. re, we have the issue of red lines that were announced. china has watched what has happened in the ukraine and crimea very carefully. the u.s. was not willing to do what many thought it would be. they signed an agreement in budapest in 1984 saying we would respect the borders of ukraine. now they are saying they're going to push into the south china sea and what are you going to do? the answer has been not so much. >> the best example i can think of is what is happening with vietnam. china put in offshore oil platform in the vietnamese waters. over night, they ram a fishing vessel. >> same issue. china is challenging vietnam. they are not an ally of the united states, but a friend of the united dates. china is asserting its rights in the south china sea, letting vietnam now --and everyone else know, it isn't going to do much to help you. there are enormous natural resources underneath the sea. what china is doing is putting everybody in the region on notice. deal with us. forget the un

and talk about, the one pushing china out into the south china and the east china sea. that's remarkable to see. the one that's harder to see when you live on the ground and talk to people in china is their ambition in their personal and private lives and their families which is to transform themselves through this economic metamorphosis that the country is going through. >> charlie: you have been interested in the individual life for a while since you got to china. >> that's right. that surprised mow when i got there. everything i always studied was about the collective experience. it's a confucius society, a socialist country, and i found out people weren't talking about groups, that they were talking about themselves. and that forced me to really re-think how i understood the way that the society was organized. >> charlie: so you look at the profiles and it's part of the week book which is the idea of the people. let me talk about the broader picture. this book says something about china. you and your publisher obviously looked into the idea of the book being publishe

the exercises, what goes on? guest: we have our normal land exercises land a year or two in advance. like amething comes up couple months ago when china announced a zone over the eastchina sea and the u.s. directed the b-52's to fly through that to demonstrate to china it could not unilaterally impose rules on the rest of the world in that region. host: in essence, china laying claim to this portion of the sea? guest: it is an interesting question. air defense identification zone's are common throughout the world. the united states has one that surrounds all of north america. japan has one as well. china has not previously extended these zones. they announced the zone not covering the entire periphery, but this one check -- section of the east china sea. air defense zones are common throughout the world. appeared to have significance as it extended over a set of islands in dispute between china and japan. host: what does it say that they and its, about china military strength? that hasis is an issue achieved new salience the last couple of years dating back to 2012 when the japanese thesement was concerned islands controlled by japan would be sold by the private ow

four times he said he is committed to the alliance with japan and that the east china sea issue is explicitlya part of that. prime minister shinzo abe needed to hear that. it was a very good -- there was a lot of bon ami in the meeting all the way through. the japanese liked it. very happy with the expanded security relationship announced by the united states just before the -- before obama's visit. korea and everything else, he hit all the pivots. and at the same time, he did not actually offend the chinese. he made a point at every stop to talk about how it is so important to work closely with the chinese. be i think obama can credible in saying he has no ambition to contain the chinese with this administration. the fact that you have made both your allies in the region happier and the chinese feel there is no reason they have to over respond with their own saber rattling is about as much as he could have done on this trip. i give him high marks. but how important is this trade agreement? -- >> how important is this trade agreement? >> the reason it is so important is when the tpp was first

the idea of going to war with china is ludicrous. are we going to borrow money from china to fight them? this is insanity. we can invade small countries in the middle eastnd we cannot even when those wars -- win those wars. this is insanity here. guest: i don't disagree with you about the insanity part. economicy the interdependence between china and the u.s. is a double-edged sword. china is more dependent on the u.s., particularly as an export them., than we are to many people have likened the situation to be in economic equivalent of mutual assured destruction. we are talking about the economic consequences of a war between china and the u.s. it would be devastating for both economies. we cannot count on potential adversaries being perfectly rational in all instances. there may be cases where chinese leadership would feel it had no choice but to use force because their hold on power was under threat. i hope we never have a war. i believe the best way to prevent such a war is to make sure we have the military capabilities to prevail in overwhelming fashion should one occur. host: what does it mean to you when you see headlines like we saw this week ab

islands in the south china sea has already put it on a collision course with vietnam and further north it is squaring off against another neighborhood, japan, over the ownership of islands in the east sea, administered by japan but claimed by china. beijing reenforced its sovereignty claim last november declaring an identification zone over air space surrounding the islands. since then military jets from both countries have been harassing one another, sometimes just meters apart. the muscularity of the posture can be overblown and japan has declining defense budgets for the last ten years and a resent increase, moderate increase under the current administration. but japan is growing more assertive by support from president barack obama. last month he said he would oppose any moves to undermine japan's control of the islands. >> u.s. interests are not directly involved it will look to allies so that strengthens the japan/u.s. role in southeast asia to deal with vietnam and china aggressiveness in pushing sovereignty claims. >> reporter: two weeks ago the prime minister appeared to raise the stakes still further. he said he hoped for a change in japan's constitution that would enable

first of all, if you look at the declaration of the east china sea, you look at the development of their aircraft carrier, you look at their mission action, some of the exercises they have done that have gone significantly further out to what they call the second island chain. the first island chain obviously been a closer and one. they have continued to expand their ability to operate farther and farther away. we see that all the time. the same thing in the south china sea with their ability to operate farther and farther south. think the territorial disputes in the way they're being handled is one that we have concern over. i think the ability to solve that in a useful manner within the international norm is one that we clearly think about. we have not really seen -- and i am not a lawyer, so i won't make any comments, but the legal basis, not sure that a lot of people understand where the legal basis is if it exists there. with respect to that there is -- china is continuing to move to be able to solve those disputed islands. so that part of it is concerning with respect to what they'

the south china sea. >> in his speech, the defense secretary broad ended out from these territorial disputes in southeast asia as well as the easthina sea. he talked about thailand and the united states's concern over the military coup over the last two weeks and what that could mean for the population in thailand. >> we will respond when nations retreat from democracy as in thailand. we urge the royal thai armed forces to release those on who have been detained, end restrictions on free expression, and move immediately to restore power to the people of thailand through free and fair e elections. >> secretary of defense hagel ntunderline the united states's pivot or rebalancing to asia as it draws down forces in afghantistan and earlier in ira. they are looking to the united states to have a bigger foot printing diplomatically and militarily. he underlined the military shifting of forces. 60% of air force and navy will operate out of this region in just six years underlining how important the administration sees this region. >> that was scott heidler in singapore. >> an international monitoring group says it may pull out of ukra

the south china sea. >> the singapore forum comes as tensions grow between china, vietnam and the philippines as china's ties with japan are strained over disputed islands in the easthave two high-profile resignations to report from washington. they took place on friday. president obama's embattled chief of veterans affairs, eric shinse shinseki, he stepped down, follows a growing scandal involving secret wait lists at va hospitals and widespread misconduct. hours later the president announced the upcoming departure of a familiar face, white house press secretary jay carney. deputy press secretary josh earnest will take his position. >>> severe storms hit parts of the u.s. on friday, leaving damage in some areas. meteorologist ivan cabrera is at the cnn weather center with more. >> errol, in fact damage across central florida yesterday as a result of a twister that touched down. certainly not out of the question for this to happen in florida. sometimes the severe thunderstorms we get in the middle of the summer do turn severe and you get twisting of the wind. sea breeze collision developing yesterday, responsible for the storm that spawned the twister and actually

defense secretary is warning china against taking aggressivetions in the south and east china sea. k hagel says the u.s. will not look the other way when china ignores the international rules. he says china is destabilizing the region. a leadership shake-up in the veterans affairs department, the deputy secretary of temporarily taking over after eric shinseki resigned friday. the va has been under fire. hospital staff covered up wait times and dozens of veterans died while waiting for care. the obama administration shifts its attention towards new energy regulations. president obama devoted his weekly address to a plan to cut carbon pollution. the new guidelines target harmful plugs from power plants that put thousands of american lives at risk. coal ash, the toxic waste that comes from a coal power plant has contaminated more than 200 water sites across 37 states in the u.s. one place struggling with contamination is watigan, illinois. a report: residents are worried the dangerous waste could threaten their drinking water. >> you know, everything from right to the east to the south

v vietnam it's squaring off against another neighbor, japan, over the ownership of islands in the east china sea administered by japan but claimed by china. beijing reinforce did the sovereignty claim declaring an identification zone over airspace surrounding the islands. since then, military jets from both countries have been harassing one another, sometimes just meters apart. but japan is now growing more assertive, as well, emboldened by sport from president barack obama. last month, he said he would oppose any moves to undermine japan's control of the islands. two weeks ago, prime minister shinzo abi and to raise the stakes further. he said he hoped for a change in japan's path of the constitution that would enable japan to defend an ally under attack like the united states. china fears the proposed change could mark the first step towards a new era of japanese militarism. both countries fought a war in these waters 120 years ago. china came off worse. and while the prospects of another conflict are remote, analysts fear a dangerous pattern is starting to emerge. adrienne brown, al jazee

want to be able to have a lot of leverage over what rules of the game are off the chinese coast, the east china and the south china sea. >> woodruff: for economic reasons. >> economic and security reasons, both. this has been an area where the united states navy has been able to move virtually not violating china's territorial waters but beyond the territorial limit, has had a lot of freedom of movement and the chinese are trying to push back on that. i agree with gordon that they want the resources that they think would be rich mineral resources in the south china sea. >> woodruff: gordon chang what do the vietnamese want out of this. do they want to live in peace with china or do they have their own territorial ambitions? >> nobody wants to start a war with china much less the vietnamese. now of course the vietnamese and the chinese have been mixing it up for about a thousand years. the current government of vietnam doesn't want a conflict. what they want is china out of its schoofer economic zone which is that band of water between 12 and 200 nautical miles. of course the chinese want the pa

it has to do with the east china islands upe see the for dispute. these are very complex regional issues. lingering tensions, remnants of the world war. japan it appears wants to have a firmer military posture. the foreign ministry in beijing reacting, saying the international community must maintain high alert on japan's intentions. we have seen cautious reaction and theicials in seoul china daily newspaper out with an editorial saying abe moves forward. the public constitutional rights have been stripped. a counter offensive by regional powers. certainly this ratcheting up tensions between japan and its partners in the region. thank you very much, zeb eckert joining us from hong kong. >> just ahead, indian stocks jumped the most since 2009. the rupee is having a pretty strong week, over 2%. modi in the lead. details next. ♪ >> time for today's company news. rupert murdoch's 21st century fox plans to form a tv production venture. murdoch would combine fox's shine group with apollo's core media group under the agreement. core media owns american ido

the united states and china. defense chuck hagel accused china of destabilizing the south china sea. china called his comments full of incitement, threats, and intimidation. the dispute looks likely to heighten tensions in the eastof asia where china has recently been involved in disputes with a number of neighbors, including vietnam and japan. the islands are at the center of a long-running dispute. officially controlled by japan, china also lays claim to the uninhabited territor. the real issue is not the rocky terrain, but the oil, gas, and fish below the surface. speaking at a conference in singapore, the u.s. defense secretary was critical of beijing. >> china has called the south china sea ac of peace, friendship, and cooperation. that is what it should be. but in recent months, china has undertaken the stabilizing -- destabilizing unilateral actions staking its claim. >> the islands are not the only bone of contention. beijing has laid claim to parts of the south china sea shown by the red line. it has caused anger by putting up an oil rig in vietnam's waters. tokyo has indicated it will provide vietnam with patrol boats. the japanese prime minister is also calling for dialogue with china. we do not welco

this is being increasingly challenged by china claim of historical rights to the entire south and eastchina sea. they are pressing claims generating coercion with military -- maritime assets and in the case of vietnam the navy vessels fostering the arms race. this is an unprecedented chinese move. china has never placed one of its rigs in the exclusive economic zone of another state without prior permission. this was accompanied by as many as 80 ships including seven people's liberation not something usually done in the undisputed waters. the countries were cited in the title of the recession and let me say a few words about the prospective and you can determine whether we have eventual interest. the degrees of competition and cooperation are inherent in everything from human interaction to business and international relations. a relationship with china has elements of both. the u.s. welcomes the riots and reintegration into the international system. we sponsor of a succession to the wto world trade organization in the 1990s. we have a strong economic relationship with china and so doe

, china is not under populated anywhere, and there are great fears of china expanding to the eastne is a new soviet union. >> we are very far from that. if you look at central asia, they are already supplying energy to china and directed to china and not toward russia. the baltic states have gone to europe. russia is a regional power. it is an important player on global energy, but it is not a global superpower. it is not a new cold war. >> our guest host is chris marangi of gabelli. should not aid nor what is going on ukraine and that is because the markets should ignore that putin is a rational player. >> some people have argued that this is part of a greater effort to protect russian speakers, so this suggests that russian speakers in the baltics and kazakhstan will be the next targets. player ined the wrong the class between the protesters and the president. he is now trying to make the best of a bad hand. he was able to cede crimea, which is a big win. but he does not want to escalate the crisis will stop however, he does not want a very stable ukraine either i would think. >

the ambition of china? >> it operates on two levels. you have the national ambition, the one we see every day over here. it is the one pushing china out into the south and east china sea. it is a remarkable thing to see. the one that is harder to see, the one you see on the ground when you live in china and talk to people is the ambition in their personal lives and private lives and their families which is to transform themselves to this economic metamorphosis. >> you have been interested in this for a while. the individual life. >> that's right. that is what surprised me when i got there. everything i learned about china and studied was about the collective experience. the confucian society, a socialist country. i got there and found that people were not talking about groups, they were talking about themselves. that forced me to rethink how i understood how the society was organized. >> you look at those profiles which is part of the book. let me talk about the broader picture first. this book, it says something about china. you and your publisher looked into the idea of the book being published in china. >> that's right. >> it's not being published in chin

. >> in a global world, when we are up against the real competition, china, the rising east, south america, being together in this club does work in britain's interest. we have to make that case. >> he will have to employ all of his powers of persuasion because the reforms he is promising first have to be sanctioned by all number states in brussels. year when the copenhagen zoo killed a healthy giraffe in front of visitors. it was then dissected and fed to the lions. the case made headlines all over the world. the zoo had only chosen to do in public what is common practice but usually done behind closed doors. in switzerland, employees told us this type of selection is necessary, however controversial that may be. >> in the zoo in switzerland, he is something of a surrogate father. he has raised lots of bears, but they were supposed to raise their own offspring. not a good idea. he caused the death of one of the cubs, probably out of jealousy. >> we lost one because he mauled it to death. we lost the second because misha played too roughly with it. we had to put it down to prevent it from

the simple answer, it leaves relations in flux. neither side knows exactly where it is now. we've got a fairly f lly new leadership in china. growing assertiveness in the south and easthina sea. regionally chinese take the view that the map has been drawn after the second war world according to a set of principles by the victors. this is not the eternal map of the region nor one they wish to live with that much longer. they're pushing for their own agenda. for the united states we've seen the pivot to asia or attempted pivot. this is a question how you deal both in the cyber issue we've seen in the last 24 hours but also widely with china's st strategic push. >> there was a grouping about the cyber fraissue. was that just an exercise? >> it's been obviously from the united states over the years. china's economy is growing, innovation is potentially growing. united states is the number one inno have a tore. china has risen to three overtaking germany. if chie and a half is able to innovate in infrastructures and critical markets at the same time bring up other innovation, that's obviously a concern. >> thank you very much for coming. >>> you're watching "gmt" on bbc w

the economy. they don't really trust china and the not that many russians and the parties and their concerned about the far easteir country being overwhelmed by china which has hundreds of millions of people right across the border. chilcote joining us from st. petersburg this morning and he will interview the ceo ofseversol, the biggest russian steelmaker. >> from st. petersburg, let's move south to kiev. ukraine will hold an election in four days and confusion and violence reign with no apparent leadership. marks as the latest on the ground but he has recent travels to eastern ukraine. >> it's a pretty chaotic part of the country. there is this new people's republic that is being formed a few weeks ago. the guys running that aren't interesting bunch of people and one of them is a moscow resident. he has been announced as the new prime minister there. there is a lot of military activity outside the main city. we heard this morning there are 11 ukrainian army soldiers found dead. quite a few of the checkpoints around the city and it was not there as to who is in charge of the city. >> what is the military might

we'll talk about how it could affect rain from the west coast to hurricanes in the east. >> china says it is under attack. >> there have been two deadly bombings rocking the same city in two weeks. we'll talk about the increasing violence in the region. >> when you don't have businesses that have jobs to keep people around, young people won't stay. >> how struggling american communities are turning to the peace corps to turn things around. >> a man catching a baby that fell from a second story window. we're going to talk about what led up to that fall. >> today's big number is $38.5 million. >> it's a piece of the kennedy family history that is on the auction block. we'll tell you how much it's worth. >> it is the momentum mother yell day weekend. this is traffic coming into new york city. we want to show you a traffic camera from philadelphia. not so bad now. >> that's flowing. >> this is traffic flowing into philadelphia and also out of philadelphia. maybe it's not a bad time to leave phillie. >> or take a train. >> john f kennedy's winter white house is up for sale. >> if you want t

that was the head of russia's direct investment fund saying they are looking at the middle east and chinaestment. >> ryan, let's leave that there. that is one of the themes that has come through in the past hour. well done. we look forward to more roaming coming from st. petersburg. "the pulse" is up at the top of the hour. mark barton joins us from the newsroom. more conversations to come from st. petersburg. >> it is all about ryan today. st. petersburg, the international economic forum takes front and center stage. we have a full lineup of guests. ryan is there. we have the ceo of the moscow stock exchange. the president of summer group. two big interviews coming up in "the pulse." in our new energy segment, it is a fascinating chat with the founder of a company that makes biofuel from waste coffee grinds. here is a fascinating fact for you. london coffee shops and instant coffee factories produce over 200,000 tons of coffee waste each year. with those 200,000 tons, you can make 1.3 million liters of biodiesel. how many of those tons are from manus cranny's coffee drinking habits? fina

line elements among them the people's liberation army the military in china that he's got to win over and that tough talk toward japan and the east china sea islands a lot of that is really geared toward winning over the hard line elements in his his country so he's consolidating his base and he's been doing that for a year and a half very effectively and he'll be around for ten years but i'm of the chinese people don't we know what one of a like. i have a chinese daughter that i'm raising so i wake up to china every day as she's fourteen years old we adopted her from an orphanage she was abandoned at two months of age and i've been trying to think through this very question for a lot of years thirty five years as a matter of fact and the chinese people are gracious and proud and steeped in history five thousand years worth we look at them as maybe a communist nation i look at the more as a confucius people they're more impacted influenced by confucius values than anything else that sense of hierarchy that sense of respect that filial piety that's what makes china china and then you layer over that that the mulcher was twentieth

ones are iran and it's nuclear program, but also it's political sub version throughout the middle east. and china with its aggression against all of its maritime neighbors and cyber aggression against the u.s. and these the islamist ideal that wants to unify mosque and state and an mates all terrorists, whether they're shiab or al-qaeda. >> professor, i don't want to put you in position for speaking to the other 7 billion people on the planet, but you do think about that as part of your economic specialty. how does that speech look like from outside of the united states? >> i think there will be disappointment and disagreement. let me say what i think the disagreement is going to be about. i think the selective use of force will be very useful, and as john said it's nothing new. but the media based on the white house leaks had set up an expectation that there would be a rebought here. we really didn't see a rebought here. the president says very uniformly that the united states must, all this lead in the world. because if it didn't, no one else would. i think a lot of people diswe with that. the