first it was jay and his asian art museum right there, the shanghai commibblet. the second one obviously is this wonderful statue, and third will be san francisco week in shanghai. this shows that the bonds between our city and the vision of our mayor is really incredible to craft this whole year around our 30th anniversary. it is very well of respected in shanghai and clearly here i know we very much appreciate it. i will say without getting too much political i will miss him when he leaves san francisco. thank you. and i would like to pren -- i was at the opening ceremony of the world expo, and i would like to present an opening program from the world expo to the mayor. thank you very much. [applause] >> as he will soon find out, you never really do leave san francisco. all right. not only is this an incredibly important and spectacular work by one of the world's most important artists, but as my 4-year-old daughter who goes to day care in the basement of city hall said here, that is really could. and i think we can all agree. i am going to ask the artist to spe

the shanghai and san francisco. this is a 30 relationship that stretches back to win dianne feinstein was the mayor of san francisco. we premiered a new work of art here in san francisco called the three heads, six arms. welcome to san francisco. thank you for bringing your extraordinary sculpture. can you tell me about what inspired you to create this sculpture? >> this started with some trips that i took years ago. i went to to bed and i saw a lot of statues and i started to really feel the spiritual life of people in tibet. it really inspires me and i went back to shanghai and i started the creation of this. >> we see that one of the heads of the bullet it is your face. can you talk about the significance of that? -- we see that one of the heads of the buddha is your face. >> i started doing public art almost 10 years ago. what i want to express this as an extension of my our practice. this is an accumulation of my own experience as a performance artist. >> we see that the scale is very important. we have seen oth

. >> the bank of the gong, agricultural china made its debut in shanghai. but the bank failed to make a big splash in early trading, gaining 0.8%. the banks ipo comes after the worst quarter shanghai has seen it in two years. >> there is a lot of uncertainty on the stock market because of difficult marketonditions. th publi listing is just as important, even if the market prices fall. >> the debut was this most ain't among lenders and shanghai markets -- the baby was the smallest among lenders on the shanghai market's in four years. the bank already has 350 million customers. more the entire u.s. population. -- more than it the entire u.s. population. they also eloy 4,000 people and they bring in big profits, totaling 7.5 billion euros last year alone. experts are waiting with bated breath to see what tomorrow brings when ag bank makes its trading debut in hong kong. >>> german chancellor angela merkel was in beijing on the latest leg of her tore through asia. she was talking with the chinese prime minister and his president. chancellor merkel arrived in bei

place visually. ♪ shanghai >> reporter: in its heyday in the jazz age of the 1930s, shanghai was calledt today patrick koranly, a business consultant and part- time tour guide says shanghai's concentration of money and opportunity reminds him of another famous city. >> sounds a lot like new york city. a lot like new york. people come from new york to shanghai, feel it immediately when they get off the plane. the energy feels very natural. >> reporter: new york has always loved the news. but in the last 20 years, a newly rich shanghai has experienced a spectacular revival, akin to its golden age. west of the river old buildings have been restored. while on the east, former wetlands have been turned into a sky scraper metropolis. and the fastest train in the world links the airport to the city at speeds of up to 270 miles an hour. nowhere is this revival more glamorous than on its renown waterfront, the bundt. >> until ten years ago most of these buildings were dusty old almost derelict office buildings for a state-owned company. and then the city decided that it wanted to develop the bun

cinderella echen is the owner of the shanghai 1930 restaurant. and the san francisco icon and door man of the francis drake hotel fore the last 800 years. it's only been really 32. pillar from the newspaper, david from uncle vito's pizza, maggie baxter from abc channel 7. i must turn the page. deputy chief antonio para, san francisco police department, lynn bruney, director of consumer marketting for the san francisco convention and visitors bureau and wes tyler, general manager, chancellor hotel on union square and president of the union square association. let's hear it for all those judges, ladies and gentlemen. now, these judges have a very, very difficult job. they have to rate the competitors. each bell ringer will be judged on rhythm, originality, and style. today we're going to find out who has the it factor and before the amateur competition stuff starts, i'd like to bring up a former bell-ringing champion, mr. carl payne, ladies and gentlemen. not one, not two, not three, 10-time bell-ringing champion. the only bell-ringing champion who

the shanghai world expo. but businesses here are probably not reliant -- not aware of how reliant they are on foreign oil suppliers like iran. half the crude oil used inlg:xyñ china camp from overseas -- comes from overseas. >> the message to chinese government -- a message the chinese government knows only too well. oil is a national priority. iran is one of the most important sources. by the middle of this decade, more than half of china's population will live in cities. that will create huge opposition all demands for power, and that will mean countries like iran are more and more important to the future. bbc news, shanghai. >> in the u.s. state of arizona, key parts of the new immigration law have been blocked. there will be a relief for many, not least in mexico. many families and towns rely on money sent back from relatives in the u.s. our correspondent has been doing area and central mexico where tensions have been running high. >> it seems bound to become a ghost town. an estimated 60% of the town's or

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. >>> san francisco is a site of a huge sculpture celebrating the city's sister city relationship with shanghai entertainment reporter don sanchez reports. >> reporter: it is massive, it stands three stories high, and weighs 15-tons. yes, 35,000 pounds of copper and brass. the sculpture is called three heads, six arms. this man was inspired by broken frments of buddhist statues that he fod in tibet. >> and gave him lots of inspiration and then he start to understand the cultural and the people' spiritual life in tit. he said the mass the sculpture has, he like to create supernatural power and bring good wish to san francisco. >> reporter: he'considered one of the most influential and provocative contemporary artists working today. the artwork was presented as part of the shanghai-san francisco sisr city 30th anniversary. >> we want to do something bold. we were looking for something that wod be impactful. we knew size would be important. but fndamentally, weant to do identify an artist that had a powerful idea. >> reporr: then transporting it was an exerci in logistics. >> getting something thi

the shanghai key index for major blue chips is up 0.3% as well as the sse composite in shenzhen. >>> we'll be back with more news later. now back to the main news catherine. >> thanks very much, ines. >>> japan's space agency has signed an agreement with the asian development bank to cooperate in minimizing destruction from natural disasters in asia. many asian countries suffer annually from disastrous flooding caused by heavy rains. under the agreement signed in manila on wednesday the bank will financially support disaster control programs across the region. the japan aerospace exploration agency, or jaxa, meanwhile, will supply affected countries with data on rainfall and topographic changes from its earth observation satellite. the data will help improve the accuracy of flood monitoring in bangladesh and determine the best sites for building embankments and dams in indonesia, just two proposed uses. >>> an armed group attacked a hydroelectric power station in russia's north caucasus on wednesday, killing two security guards and blowing up generators. russian authorities suspect t

the shanghai for major blue chips, up 1.1%. and in the sse composite is above the 1,000 level, up 1.2%. >>> in japan, the ruling coalition led by democratic party lost its majority in the recent elections. looking ahead, what can we expect on japan's political and economic horizon? we spoke with the former vice minister and professor at a local university. >> taxation reform, including a consumption tax hike was one of the biggest issues in the latest upper house election. so how much of an impact did these discussions actually have on the results? >> i think it was quite significant. kan has made a strategic mistake. he probably shouldn't have talked about the consumption tax hike. you know, because he's not going to raise the consumption tax until after the next lower house election. he doesn't have to talk about that at this moment. one of the most powerful persons in the party, has resisted that. he said, you know, dpj should not talk about the consumption tax at this moment. i think heap turned out to be right. and mr. kan

the shanghai index for major blue chips, however-s down 0.1%. and in shenzhen the sse composite is down half a percent. we'll be back with more biz news later in the hour. back to the main news with catherine. >> thanks very much, ines. >>> the international court of justice says kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence from serbia in february 2008 did not violate international law. the court bases in the hague announced the judgment on thursday. the united nations had asked the court to rule on the issue. the icj said it considered that international law contains no applicable prohibition of a declaration of independence. nearly 70 countries, including the united states and japan, have recognized kosovo's independence, but serbia and other nations have not. the icj's judgment is not legally binding, but it could pave the way for more countries to recognize kosovo's independence. serbian president boris tadic dismissed the court's verdict, saying his country would never recognize the unilaterally proclaimed independence of kosovo. ethnic a

the shanghai key index for major blue chips is down .25%. and in shenzhen the sse composite is down just a fraction. >>> japan's unemployment rate in june rose from the previous month for a fourth month in a row. the internal affairs ministry reported on friday that the seasonally adjusted jobless rate for the month stood at 5.3%. that's up 0.1 percentage point from may. the number of people with jobs stood at just under 63 million, which was down 200,000 from the same month a year ago. meanwhile, the number of unemployed improved at 3.4 million, compared with a year ago. in a separate report, the ratio of job offers to seekers in june improved from the previous month. the labor ministry said there are 52 positions for every 100 job seekers. those figures confirm that jobs are still hard to come by in japan. and that's also true for new college graduates across the nation. japanese college students typically start looking for jobs in their junior year. as there are fewer opportunities for a mid-career job switch, students take their initial s

the shanghai key index for major blue chips is up half a percent. and in shenzhen the sse composite is up 0.3%. >>> japan's electronics maker panasonic is moving toward full ownership of two of its subsidiaries. its aim is to boost earnings with a new business in energy-efficient homes. sources say panasonic will launch a bid for all the remaining shares of its subsidiary sanyo electric and panasonic electricworks by april next year. it currently holds a majority stake in both firms. while earnings at panasonic are on the mend overall, profits in its mainstay home appliances such as tvs have been falling due to fierce price competition. that has raised the urgency for collaboration to capitalize on its subsidiaries' relative strength. sanyo electric will provide solar and other energy-related technologies, and panasonic electricworks will share its residential market expertise. >>> a top u.s. trade official has again urged japan to scrap its restrictions on u.s. beef imports. speaking to reporters in a briefing on wednesday, trade representative ron

the shanghai index for major blue chips is down 0.6%, and in shenzhen the sse composite is also down half a percent. >>> japan's mitsubishi electric will boost production of semiconductors with improved energy control features. it's in a bid to tap growing chinese demand for ecofriendly home appliances. the so-called power semiconductor is used in energy-efficient air-conditioners and hybrid vehicles. the chip cuts energy use by controlling electricity flow to a motor. mitsubishi plans to add new production lines to existing plants in western japan by march next year. that will burst current output capacity to about 2 1/2 times and at a cost of roughly $110 million. the company also plans to develop more advanced semiconductors to boost its chip sales by 40% in five years. a mitsubishi executive says china's chip demand is growing over 5% annually. >>> new condominiums for sale in tokyo have surged 27% in the first half of the year. that's the first increase in six years. the real estate economics institute says condo offerings hit 5,130 units in june, the fifth straight monthly incr

the shanghai key index for major blue chips is up 0.2%, and in shenzhen the sse composite is up 0.7%. >>> a japanese department store operator will soon start growing fruit and vegetables in china to meet increasing demand for japanese foods in the country. isetan mitsukoshi holdings will begin farming in tianjin next month on land leased by the city. the company will be the first major japanese department store operator to do agribusiness in china. the store will team one an agricultural cooperation in southern china to grow cherry tomatoes, japanese strawberries and radishes. they will sell the produce to their outlet in tianjin under its brand name. japanese foods are becoming popular in china as they are recognized for being safe to eat and for its high quality. china's import regulations ban most japanese proceeds except for apples and a few other items. the company says it can use selected japanese seeds and agricultural chemicals that meet japan's stringent safety standards in hopes to further stimulate demand for the products. >>> japanese electronics maker sharp plans to star

provided the shipping free from shanghai along with a lot of the management and paperwork. stand up, victor. they did an excellent job. [sirens] the torso was too big to fit in the container. they put it at the top of the ship. it was wrapped in red. i like to think of the buddha guarding the journey of this ship across the pacific. thank you so much, victor. [applause] i also want to thank the hus for giving us the expertise of their staff. scott. they didn't say ok, we will do this for you for free, but they actually had their staff work with us on a daly basis and help us really project manage the details and logistics and the complications of exporting a work of this scale and complexity. would you please stand as well diana, leslie and scott? i couldn't have done it without your expertise and guidance. we are total novices at bringing 30,000 pounds of a copper and bronze sculpture from shanghai. thank you so much. [applause] now that we had the shipping and the export taken care of, the project really gained tracks, and with that, our development director was able to a

yes for example, the shanghai belonged to the dailies. so that is a media group. but, the type of cover story is totally different. global times different than the dailies. that is big changes. i don't think he will get a lot of money. big changes. >> just to follow up, just to follow up, that i noticed very interesting phenomenon going on in china which of course have a lot of influence on the editorial policy and reports being done. once again they have two versions. one is the chinese version which is the most nationalistic paper in the country and they take pride in that. they are distinctioni in that sense. the english version is one of the most open-minded newspapers from china. by the way, i'm working for the english edition. but, also i love and enjoy reading the chinese version as well. so, i think there are sophisticated business calculations going on in the chinese media about what to cover and how to cover it and how to follow up on the stories. just to provide the more complications to the perceptions you have about the media. >> i have comments to th

the world. last month, we were in shanghai. ibm convened a forum with 100 civic business leaders in 40 countries from around the world. a large ccentration of our guests were from china. all the mayors of china were told to attend. our conference was also the shanghai expo. we have also held 100 conferences around the world, berlin, chancellor merkel was with us. we did it new york city, boston, across the u.s. when youook at the ambion, division, the innovation that is driving china -- the vision, the innovation that is driving china and the other emerging markets, it is breathtaking. the investments built out of the infrastructure, the modernization of society and economy, expanding like to quote grids, wireless technology, transportation and more, is attracting people. businesses and capital flows is a formal force in the world. it is no longer a low-cost manufacturing capita of the world. if you assume it is, that is a mistake. i know this is not news to you, but i would like you to ink about it from a personal stanoint. in

. >> the iranian president went to shanghai himself last month and saw how relations are cooling off period and none of the country's leaders came to meet him. chinese scholars said that the country's ties have been tested. but it won't be broken. >> we are not holding them close like a friend, but we are friendly. we hope that they can deal with the pressure from the un sanctions and we will do what we can to bring them back into the international system. >> there is perhaps one overwhelming reason why china continues to support iran. the country's huge and growing thirst for oil. this film celebrates the chinese oil industry. to the visitors here, they're probably not aware of how reliant their country is on foreign suppliers. half of the crude oil used in china today comes from overseas. >> these exhibits are designed to remind chinese people how important oil is to their country. searching for a stable and long term sources of crude oil has long been a national priority. iran is one of the most important sources. by the middle of this decade more than half of the chinese populatio

the 3wbs' chris hawk has details from shanghai. >> the clear-up is underway at the ports where the pipeline exploded. workers were offloading crude oil from a tanker when the pipe ignited. the fire caused a second pipeline to blow up. the tanker managed to leave the dock but the fire on land took hold. firefighters worked through the night to bring it under control but not before large amounts of oil had leaked into the sea. off-shore there is still a major cleanup underway, 11 square kilometers of sea is seriously pluletted, the spills affecting a far wider area, though. they're using floating booms to try to contain it and skimmers to collect the oil. monitoring it from the air and the sea in the area has been stepped up. the authorities say it's not clear yet what caused the accident or who is to blame. chris hawk, bbc news, shanghai. >> a gel under test in south africa has har of the the risk of h.i.v. infection among volunteers who routinely used it before having sex. it's the first to show a gel might be able to protect women from the deadly virus. the findings of the study are to be

here is an example of them busting down the headquarters in shanghai. women do not want toxic bad metals. in their $100 skin cream. unfortunately, the government and procter and gamble was freaked out about this. then it was announceable, just a little bit of toxic metals, don't worry. they put the products back on the shelf and back on the market. china is the no. 1 growth market for procter and gamble. have quotes where she says china is no. 2 mark and going for no. 1 and do it by marketing our products to millions of villages across china. that is the mentality of the company, all about growth and convincing us that we need more products. these are also in the most toxic categories and increasingly marketed to younger and younger girls. this is an example of a 5 or 7 year old on the cover of a skin, hair relaxer. these are ratings, that is the most toxic hair relaxers and no. 1 is a kid's product. then for hair dye, younger and younger girls are getting hair dye. "new york times", girls 10 and 11 are getting their hair dyed into the salon. it used to

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and friends of the cable car music, union square association, trophy masters shanghai restaurant, ghirardellie american automobile association and the $250 cash prize, deluxe sightseeing. let's bring up gilberto gad oy with the hand-crafted bell. and the winner is -- >> mr. leonard oates. congratulations. >> leonard oates. he retains the crown. [applause] that concludes the 47th annual cable car bell ringing contest. thank you, everybody, for coming. don't forget next year the 48th annual cable car ringing contest. stay tuned for details. >> welco" today we are visiting southern exposure in san francisco alison prepares to launch a fantastic new project called beautiful possibilities. we will send them on a two-year adventure crisscrossing the united states to investigate american history and contemporary culture. it is using a traveling road show as inspiration. she will sit down and talk with residents in search of stories and experiences that reveals exactly what makes us americans. >> beautiful possibility is a traveling research project that i will take on a five-month journey across the

city in may and newsome signed an agreement with the made their of are sustained they now join more than a dozen cities including sydney australia and shanghaihina. the sister city program off the screen in the 1950's to build relationships between the u.s. and other countries. there newsome is pushing for san francisco goes for the world's biggest sporting events. he was san francisco to hold the 34th america's world cup race. it suggested a race would bring in $1.4 billion it would also create nearly 9000 jobs. the 34th annual america's cup will be held in 2013 or 14 at the city of oracle ceo as see the golden gate yacht club holding america. when bay area city made travel and leisure dock, list of the city's for single people live. our web producer kimberly tells us where. >> just barely making it and that san francisco and the no. 9 spot trouble leisure uses what makes a good single scene sometimes it strumming locals are just a whole lot of bars. they put together a list of one of time to go for both. san francisco said locals are stylish and averse and not hard on the icy their pub crawling is easy and san francisco rank fourth in the

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reporter: travel a bit around asia and you start to notice some similarities in the hotel entertainment. whether it's shanghaiul, jakarta or kuala lumpur. the songs are always cheesy. ♪ >> reporter: the dance moves dodgy. the outfits skimpy. ♪ >> reporter: and the performers almost always are filipino. >> where are you from? >> philippines! >> reporter: 27-year-old anna lisa in western beijing has been singing her way across asia for years. >> india, malaysia, and then china, shanghai, here. taiwan. >> reporter: the philippines, it seems, is the world's leading supplier of lounge singers. and it's not exactly a surprise when you consider that singing is practically a national sport here. this is the homeland of the new lead singer of journey, discovered on youtube. ♪ i'm forever yours faithfully ♪ >> reporter: it can be soul or rock or pop. good or bad or just plain ugly. ♪ >> reporter: but someone here is always singing. ♪ >> i think that's because filipinos really, really love to sing. >> reporter: for many aspiring stars it all starts here. we've arrived at the center for pop here, which claims it can brin

our conference was also the shanghai expo. e also held 100 conferences around the world, berlin, chancellor merkel was with us. we did it new york city, boston, across the u.s. when you look at the ambition, division, the innovation that is driving china -- the vision, the innovation that is driving china and the other emerging markets, it is breathtaking. the investments built out of the infrastructure, the modernization of society and economy, expanding like to quote grids, wireless technology, transportation and more, is attracting people. businesses and capital flows is a formal force in the world. it is no longer a low-cost manufacturing capital of the world. if you assume it is, that is a mistake. i know this is not news to you, but i would like you to think about it from a personal standpoint. in all thoseeers nations are doing, with those leaders of the provinces, cities, states, whenever jurisdictional definition you select, what are they thinking about? this came from a conversation we had over there. what is the agen

if you're going to be the university i have described, put abu dhabi aside, if you're going to be in shanghai singapore, you cannot -- >> charlie: from turkey to china. >> yeah, you can't expect that the cultures with which you're going to be interacting are going to be carbon copies of new york city let alone greenwich village. >> charlie: nobody said new york was perfect. >> unless your going to create a university that has a study-away site in philadelphia and toronto but no place else, you're going to have to get people out of their comfort zone. getting people out of their comfort zone doesn't mean core values -- >> charlie: who is out of their comfort zone? >> the whole purpose of the global network university is to get our students -- >> charlie: you're saying having to accept certain things -- having to accept certain things about people and nations and institutions that are outside your own comfort zone as to where you would like to be. is that the idea? >> yes. and you engage -- look, this -- the whole notion of this university is you don't look through the window, you're looking at

and friends of the cable car music, union square association, trophy masters shanghai restaurant, ghirardelli chocolatesing, and the american automobile association and the $250 cash prize, deluxe sightseeing. let's bring up gilberto gad oy with the hand-crafted bell. and the winner is -- >> mr. leonard oates. congratulations. >> leonard oates. he retains the crown. [applause] that concludes the 47th annual cable car bell ringing contest. thank you, everybody, for coming. don't forget next year the 48th annual cable car ringing contest. stay tuned for details. >> i have been a cable car grip for 21 years. i am a third generation. my grand farther and my dad worked over in green division for 27. i guess you could say it's blood. >> come on in. have a seat. hold on. i like it because i am standing up. i am outside without a roof over my head and i see all kinds of people. >> you catch up to people you know from the past. you know. went to school with. people that you work with at other jobs. military or something. kind of weird. it's a small word, you be. like i said, what do people do when the

i had the pleasure of being in shanghai, china, and took a tour of their crude ship port of call, and it was absolute state of the art. it is a beautiful building, a landmark building for that city, and it functioned very well for an event space as well as different use. this is a non-action item, but i look forward to the next steps, and remind everyone that there is a workshop on july 21, correct? a public workshop. thank you. >> item 9c, informational presentation on the department of the city planning's nebraska embarcadero study -- nebraska -- northeast embarcadero study. commissioner fong: we're going to take a two-minute break and let the clout -- crowd clear the room. if you want to have conversations, kind of move them away from the front door here. two minutes. commissioner fong: ok, seeing that our next item has a lot of public comment, we will go ahead and get started. would you please read the next item? >> he wants you to read the item. >> i'm sorry. informational presentation on the department of city planning's northeast embarcadero study. >> good afternoon, commission