china is seen as the big, bad wolf, always pouncing on tibet, but when you go to tibet, a lot of theme han, and the chinese government comes back with, i guess, too much force, too much pressure. second, one thing that americans should focus on is that it is not a bit -- it is not that chinese are just going to go into tibet and say, just listen to us. it is an uprising and the chinese are responding -- guest: those are very valid points. there are problems in china betweenç people, different ethc minorities that don't get along, particularly true in tibet, but also in other places. there is a problem with the relationship between the people on the government, often local governments, where there is a lot of tension asç well. tibetans there have a lot of pent-up resentment against the han, and i think they are inclined, some of them, to violence. if there were greater confidence in the local police forces, many -- maybe some of these things would not get so out of control, as they did in 2008, one of violence spilled over into the streets. but the origin of all of this come in my vi

then you had tibet where they threatened to injure the american economy.n taiwan they publicly said they might sanction u.s. companies for selling arms to taiwan. they have never done that before. you know, clearly over the last six months china has been more assertive. i think it's partfully response to what they saw as american policy, they were testing the president. and also there may be some problems inside the regime in beijing. succession problems, things like that. it makes it more difficult to compromise with the u.s. when people are jockeying for power. >> brown: do you see that, susan shirk? a more aggressive stance? >> well, i do see greater assert iveness in china's public statements. and i myself attribute that to domestic developments in china, especially because china recovered first from the global financial crisis, the global financial crisis was caused primarily by problems with the u.s. financial system. and this has led to a misperception on the part of many people in china that the chinese economy is already the strong nest the world.

to the tibetans living in tibet.hould include even the power to determine if the institution of the dalai lama should continue to exist. the dalai lama's commitment to develop a democratic polity for tibet is based on his belief enunciated in a lecture is sponsored by n.e.d. in 1998 that the old system was "outdated and ill-equipped to face the challenges of the contemporary world." this commitment to democratic reform and modernization, important as is, is but one çódimension of the dalai lama's contribution to democracy. . . without which, they cannot exercise the right of self- government or realize the promise of democracy. this commitment to impart knowledge as the foundation of democracy is at the court at we meet today. it is also inspired -- it has inspired the children's village and the our rate of other tibetan educational institutions established throughout india, including the dalai lama institute for higher education, inaugurated a year ago this week. another dimension of the dalai lama's contribution ha

to the tibetans living in tibet. exist. the dalai lama's commitment to develop a democratic polity for tibet is based on his belief enunciated in a lecture is sponsored by n.e.d. in 1998 that the old system was "outdated and ill-equipped to face the challenges of the contemporary world." this commitment to democratic reform and modernization, important as is, is but one çódimension of the dalai lama's contribution to democracy. . . without which, they cannot exercise the right of self- government or realize the promise of democracy. this commitment to impart knowledge as the foundation of democracy is at the court at we meet today. it is also inspired -- it has inspired the children's village and the our rate of other tibetan educational institutions established throughout india, including the dalai lama institute for higher education, inaugurated a year ago this week. another dimension of the dalai lama's contribution has been his forthright defense of democracy as a universal idea. in response to those asian leader

there was no one in the rtr that spoke tibet and.someone called at&t but didn't have an interpreter available. call back in an hour we were told. mr. tanden's blood pressure was low and his pulse was racing. indicating severe fluid depletion. his life was not in immediate danger but he needed urgent titration. when we approached him we could smell the rudy tandja ketoses on his breath. as the interim began to sterilize his arm he pushed his way. i tried hand signals to indicate in id in the fein influenced lowing in but he yelled something at me. it was obvious he didn't want our medical care. because of the serious nature of his condition it was imperative for us to assess his decisional capacity to refuse treatment. more important we want to convince him to accept treatment. i called back at&t, still no interpreter available. without an interpreter he was isolated in in in penetrable bubble. and orderly with the crew cut in football sized biceps strode over and listened to a gurney without a word. when nagourney moved people themse

we will not help insurgents in tibet. there is not even a government in exile. [unintelligible] there are many difficult issues with china in which they can do this to us because that is the nature of this system. it is their problem. >> china is less monolithic than if it appears. a great chinese scholar said some of what they do is for consumption on the internet. there is a channel where the chinese government gets pressure where people are saying why aren't you being tough on americans? they are sticking it in our i -- in our eye. there is an element of that. we do this thing in washington a lot. there are these experts but decisions are made by a small group of people, or by one person. lhis study like the soviet desire was to get a foothold in the middle east, we don't know whether they were smart enough to even think about that. i think there is a tendency to build up this structure of study to assume that you are dealing with a whole country. you are dealing with a small group. >> it is a different system. the military is deeply involved in the business

and that this was when the emperor of china and the king of tibet's son and daughter married.ears, maybe it's more than 700 years probably years that tibetans have been saying that it was basically they were signing a trade deal and the chinese have been saying that tibet agreed to become a state of china. and so a) this isn't something that we're going to resolve next week and b) he said, he asked this fellow this question, this fellow has been very active in the entire anit-partha movement in south africa. and he said "could this lead to the death of people, you know, will this create a crisis in china". he said "my understanding of economics is that you stop buying things people will be out of work, they'll be hungry". and the guy said "yes". he said "people died in south africa because of the boycotts and that's the price sometimes you pay for freedom". and his holiness said "well there is the problem". he said that "if one child dies because of the actions that we've taken us from, it's too higher price to pay". and that was the moment for me when that, circle in the sand

to the tibetans living in tibet.tdated and ill-equipped to face the challenges of the contemporary world." this commitment to democratic reform and modernization, important as is, is but one çódimension of the dalai lama's contribution to democracy. . . it gives people a sufficient understanding of their rights and responsibilities as citizens of a democratic society. hear, the dollar on mama -- hear, the dalai lama echoes john dewey, who said that the real heroes in a democracy are the philosophers and teachers who molded the citizens' intellectual ideals and social attitudes, without which they cannot exercise self-government or realize the promise of democracy. this commitment to imparting knowledge as the foundation of democracy is at the core of the library of congress, where we meet today. it is also -- it has also inspired the extraordinary tibetan children's village and the array of other educational institutions established throughout india, including the dalai lama institute for higher education, which was

i'd be happy to take any questions. >> as 1 who spent some time in tibet, i really enjoyed that piece. i would like to ask you a little bit about the experience that you see of foreign born physicians who come to the united states to practice, what you think their perspective is, an conversely, a number of american young people and maybe not so young if to caribbean, to go to medical schools there and the dynamics must be interesting as well, so i would be curious as to your views of becoming a physician, or in getting more training as a physician, in different cultural settings. >> that's a wonderful question. thank you. it's interesting. as i was writing this book, there was one section i was writing a little bit about religion, one day when patients just seem to always be asking and talking about religion, and our die that mix have shifted quite a bit to southeast asian and formerly it was entirely white, chinese or jewish and n.u. was often called ny jew or n.y.chu and that has changed and that creates a sort of comfort level with our patients, even patients of different descents.

2r,l çfor ai]i] boycott of chinesels until china stops trashing tibet.he pointedúoét that outsideç the instituteçç was0 year-oldç tower with four sides it is written on two sides and tibetan and two sides in chinese. çççqfor all of these hundredf koyearsq)ké)qç tibetans have sd that they were signing a tradet% ççóqdealçççóqq and china said to be a part of china. there were not going to resolve this in a week and he asked if this could lead to the death of people. would this create a crisis in china? i]çmy understanding of economis that if you stop buying things, people will go hungry. people died inside africa -- in south africa because of a boycott. xdhe said that that was the problem. if one child dies because of the actions that we take, it is too high a price to pay. that was the momentç that i was describing in that clip. çhe said that there is no us ad 3them, it is a giant we. we are all inç thhct(ç togeth. >> why did they consider the dalai lama to be wholly? >> the buddhists believe he is the reincarnationi] of a past hy man. i be

the group is still clinging to their separatist propositions including the so-called greater tibet regionl autonomy whose ultimate goal is to separate a quarter of chinese territory from china. this is

and we've been in tibet, for example, lately in september. and they make big efforts to keep the language to support the language, to support the tibet and culture. what they need and what the people and the government is fighting for is to have a balance between modernity and between history and the values of history. and that is not easy. and every single person, we all have to balance our life between what we want to achieve economically and what we want to achieve in our personal values. >> as to education, first of all, china has a literacy rate of 97%. because of the chinese have always put a premium on education. but their education system is almost totally wrote learning. and particularly those people on a course to go to universities, everything is talk to the exams. it's all wrote. it's all boring, but that's true of most, with this one exception, but most education systems in the world. all over the world, we are teaching, we are doing education. yesterday as we're trying to get through today, when we should really be at least teac

the question -- how far does it want its old wounds of taiwan and tibet to impact its long- term future? bbc news. >> iran's state news agency as saying nine people will be executed stand for their part in anti-government protest during last june's elections. in one of the opposition leader mousavi has made his harshest criticism yet of the government. he said the islamic revolution has failed because the roots of dictatorships the excess. american officials say nigerian man accused of the failed christmas day bomb plot is cooperating with authorities. he is providing useful, actionable, and current intelligence that is being actively followed up. it is alleged he tried to blow up a northwest flight with a bomb hidden in his underwear. a long-running dispute over the state of one of asia's -- the estate of one of asia's richest women has been settled. hong kong has rejted a claim over the bridges overnina wang. -- nina wang. she left a fortune valued at over $4 billion. the academy award nominations been announced. "avatar" and "the hurt locker" had each been nominated for nine oscars e

lu, this is not a sort of gut issue leash taiwan or tibet, is it? it's a sortf practical issue. i'm wondering if that message we just heard there is understood in china, and perhaps it is not in china's interest to keep the currency so undervalued because it means the chinese people cannot consume as much as perhaps they'd like to. >> yes. this is not a new issue. this is a long-standing issue. for years there has been arguments from the u.s. side that china need to revalue its currency. and also on the chinese side, there are people who are saying actually it may be in china's interests to do that. and the u.s. side at the moment is putting forward the argument that it's also in china's own interests to do that. but this is very complicated issue. you have different economists who do different calculations, you know, what would be the more realistic value and whether it will indeed benefit china as well or is going to cause huge economic damage to china. i think there is a lot of uncertainty there. and different people come out with different calculations. i think that makes it

china views the dalai lama as an enemy, accusing him of pushing for the independence of tibet from china. >>> in other news from china, the problem of tainted milk has again reared its head you may remember that in 2008, more than 300,000 chinese children were sickened by milk tainted with the chemical mel la mean. at least six children died. a recent investigation found that tainted milk was still being proced, the chinese government today launched an emergency crackdown pulling milk from the shelves in several provinces. the government is promising to put an end to the problem of bad milk, a promise it also made back in 2008. >>> today, america's top military commander, admiral mike mullin, told congress that gays should be allowed to openly serve in the u.s. military. but as you are about to learn in tonight's signature story, not every government fellow embraces homosexuals. take the caribbean island of jamaica. there, attacks and even the killing of gays is said to be commonplace but rather than trying to put an end to the attacks, some believe members of the government are actually

and i thinkçç for people insie tibet, we have to act according toç their wish. 30 years, iq think from inside tibet when people come to indiaç and here to the united statesxd, they sought a t(situationçç of the tibetan e communityç, and particularlyçe buddhist study. they expressed appreciation. this also is an important part of preserving tibetan political culture. ç tibetan culture, tibetan buddhist culture. buddhist culture, but as with a think is an important part, the mental quality, not just the declaration. it is mental. it is a true study, true learning. so we very much emphasize the study of learning of buddhism and buddhism here and used to make three parts. portis science remains in the science -- buddhist science, philosophy, like things are interdependent. and a lot of causality. these are very similar to darwinian a theory. sometimes these concepts are a sign carried -- buddhist practitioner. but the science and concept is in the universe. therefore, not more than 20 years, more and more people from the scientific community are showing intere

chinese leaders urged the president not to meet with the exiled religious leader of tibet. president obama told them he respects dalai lama as a religious and cultural leader. >>> president obama kicked off this morning with an appearance at the national prayer breakfast in washington. the annual event, which has been around 50 years, routinely draws controversy from the choice of speakers to those who say it conflicts with separation of church and state. this year the scrutiny was greater because of religious and gay rights group. they were upset with the group's long-standing sponsor known simply as the family. most recently the family has been linked to an anti-gay movement in uganda which proposed punishing and perhaps executing homosexuals. president obama addressed that and said it was unconscionable to target gays and lesbians in the united states and criticized uganda's recent stance against gays. >>> breaking news from capitol hill where the house has just approved a record $1.9 trillion increase for the government's so-called debt ceiling. if it's approved by the

see her live february 26th in new york at the annual tibet house benefit concert.

are aimed to spread religious teaching, he has never stopped defaming chinese government, selling tibetoposals and undermining relations between china and other countries. by the way, as an aside, he did say he is opposed to independence in our interview. this is well reflected, continued the chinese embassy and his remarks during the current visit, including those he made on cnn's "larry king

president obama will meet with the dalai lama-- the exiled spiritual leader of tibet-- next thursday.a presidential spokesman announced the white house session today. china had warned against any such meeting. it accuses the dalai lama of pushing for tibetan independence. the chinese have also complained sharply about u.s. proposals to sell more weapons to taiwan. ten american missionaries detained in haiti may be going home. a judge there recommended today they be released and not face trial on charges of child kidnapping. most of the americans are from an idaho baptist group. they were arrested in late january while trying to take 33 children-- ages 2 to 12-- to an orphanage in the dominican republic. some of the children had living parents. but some of the parents have since said they willingly handed over their sons and daughters. those are some of the day's main stories. i'll be back at the end of the program with a preview of what you'll find tonight on the "newshour's" web site. but for now, back to judy. >> woodruff: now the economy, the white house today released its annual r

obama really stayed away from the difficult subjects of taiwan and tibet, but he has to deal with themreally a form of international banditry. >> we are talking about the enforcement of existing rules and putting constant pressure on china and other countries to open up their markets in resipr anchscal ways. >> u.s. officials and china experts agree beijing is becoming more assertive. some chinese see the u.s. as bogged down in a financial crisis, and two wars. >> people are saying, a tit for a tat, don't take it any more. >> that's the danger. there are a lot of issues where we will have collisions, but we want to make sure they are the fender bender variety. kiran and christine. >>> toyota's chief executive is apologizing for the automaker's safety problems. at a press conference, the leader would only say toyota is committed to cooperating with safety regulators. >>> and then the morning after pill. the new policy was recommended by an independent group. it was approved in 2006 by the fda. >>> and then haiti is charging all ten jailed americans with kidnapping, and they could wait u

he was sort of adventurous and borrowed a costume in tibet to look tibetan and the methodology, who was19 years old. and that's why i lost a great friend and supporter and somebody who was -- back a picture with my sister and i drew. i true maps. this is not my map. this is a map of my daughter's. no maps that i true survived. i wanted to discover the world and my father indirectly told me when he came back it was much bigger than what i was taught in school. this was a picture when i went to school. the middle of the last century, for the first time, this is when the problems started because all of a sudden we were exposed to the political facts. at school we were told different than at home and today i am wondering how what was that parents would tell us not to talk about certain things and then we would start to make sense out of things because the first grade in second grade and third grade you works post to all the propaganda to become young pioneers and very excitedly this was what everybody should do. i am dealing with that in the world too and this is the picture of the influenc

option, which is dumping our bonds, basically threaten us this not do anything on trade reform on tibetnd taiwan. we've had two presidents in the white house now that have totally ignored this problem. bush's problem he was nero playing the fiddle while the manufacturing burned. between arlen specter and barack obama, which was just priceless, we've got neville chamberlain in the white house, who is cueless, this is important, job -- >> dan, got to get in here. >> the best job program right now, trade reform with china. >> you have a whole book of this. dan griswold, any counters to that? are you as worried? >> yeah, i'm afraid peter's wrong on every front. we'll have foreign policies conflicts with china. we have a trade relationship it would be a tragedy for people in the united states and china if this escalate flood a commercialer war. americans benefit, first as consume consumers. >> right, right dan. >> but secondly, china is the number three market for u.s. exports. it's virtually the only major mark where we've had rapidly growing -- it's the only one where -- >> politically. >>

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always is showing his genuine concern and including his visit to [unintelligible] and his concern about tibet and other global issues. i expressed my thanks to him. that is the main thing. >> he will be happy to answer questions after he comes back from his meeting with the secretary of state. his holiness will take questions this afternoon. thank you very much. >> make some preparations, some questions. good questions. do not ask silly questions. [laughter] [inaudible conversations] > >> the dalai lama will receive the democracy service metal. we will have that for you live at 10:30 a.m. eastern. now, kathleen sebelius unveils a new report on health insurance premium increases. it comes after lacrosse announced plans to raise rates on its california customers by as much as 39%. this is about 20 minutes. >> ok. good morning, everyone. i am kathleen sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, and i wanted to talk to you for a few minutes today about a new report that we are releasing. you can get hard copies here or visit our web site, healthreform.gov. the report documents some of t

we have problems with them with respect to tibet and our issue of human rights. we have very serious problems on trade. we have broader issues on human rights and china's emerging as a tremendous world power. we're challenged at every line. but i do believe that the logic of the situation is that it is in china's interest not to have a nuclear iran. our codel, after visiting in syria, went on to india, talked to prime minister singh who was emphatic in agreement that it is not in india's interest or the world's interest to have a nuclear -- an iran which is armed with nuclear weapons. so it is my hope that the action by the senate in voting for sanctions will increase the momentum for sanctions from the united nations. it can only be done in an effective way if china is persuaded to go along. mr. president, i renew my request that my full written statement be included in the record, and i ask that the "congressional record" recite the language i'm using now. usually when summary is concluded and a formal statement is put in the record, it just is changed. if anyb

in respect tibet's, i'm a father of two children i have a wide. i worked with rigorous hours.to 8:00 p.m. in the evening. when the numbers are down, you may have to work in the evening. that is 48 or 50 hours a week or more. it into a lot of stress for me and my woman to get through that. now they laid me up. since then, i've been on unemployment. now i find myself not confident in what obama is saying with the stimulus creating jobs. he is saying one thing. when you open a newspaper in new york city, bloomberg is saying it is inevitable that you have to let go of 19,000 city workers. it is hard to have confidence in the government's. you open a newspaper and what you see is the opposite of what the president just finished speaking about. guest: thank you. thank you for telling is what has been going on in your life. i am not an expert on the administration's stimulus plan our job creation. the only point i was making was as they continue in these efforts, and they see workplace flexibility as a critical element of that. host: our next call comes from tucson, ariz. on airline

lama his belief that he and the chinese continue to discuss the issues that they have relating to tibet and i assume we will have a read out after that. do you have anything? >> with the president's support eighth moratorium on the discharges of don't ask don't tell until the pentagon completes its review? >> i would point you to what the testimony from defense to date, gates and mullen -- the process that will take place over the course of the next year. yes, ma'am. >> on tuesday at the news conference the president talked about the jobs bill. back then he mentioned to read this incrementally. he used the word -- >> i'm sorry. i can't hear you. >> the news conference tuesday the president talked about the jobs bill mentioned to be done incrementally so even back then was he talking about splitting it or doing it -- >> again, they were ideas that were outlined, there were ideas the president outlined, again, the speech in december and in the state of the union ideas that the house didn't pass partly because the jobs package happened before the speech in december. there were different id

lama his belief that he and the chinese continue to discuss the issues that they have relating to tibet and i assume we will have a read out after that. do you have anything? >> with the president's support eighth moratorium on the discharges of don't ask don't tell until the pentagon completes its review? >> i would point you to what the testimony from defense to date, gates and mullen -- the process that will take place over the course of the next year. yes, ma'am. >> on tuesday at the news conference the president talked about the jobs bill. back then he mentioned to read this incrementally. he used the word -- >> i'm sorry. i can't hear you. >> the news conference tuesday the president talked about the jobs bill mentioned to be done incrementally so even back then was he talking about splitting it or doing it -- >> again, they were ideas that were outlined, there were ideas the president outlined, again, the speech in december and in the state of the union ideas that the house didn't pass partly because the jobs package happened before the speech in december. there were different id

not think there is enough but opposition to remove him, but i do not think it would take a lot to tibetipt the other way. >> what is mr.Ñi rangel saying? Ñi>> he feels that he has been exonerated. there are documents that say that he knew they were poorly funded -- were corporately funded. he is claiming that he is exonerated and that someone involved has now left his office. it is clear that he has not yet been exonerated and that the committee thought that he was responsible for violating the house get roles, even though it was his staff -- house gift rules, even though it was his staff. he was the only member the investigated to they took any action against. it is a major blow to him. it may not be enough to topple him, but it seriously undermines his support. if anything comes out of the ethics committee in the long term, and they are investigating a number of areas involving his personal finances, i think he is pretty much done. bet if he stays on as chairman of the women's -- >> if he stays on as chairman of the ways and means committee -- he is done? >> i am not saying he is done

belief that he and the chinese continue to discuss the issues that they have relating to -- relating to tibetnything else? >> with the don't ask, don't tell, until the pentagon completes the review? >> i would point you to what the testimony from gates and mullen in what that process will -- the process that will take place over the course of the next year. yes, ma'am? >> on tuesday, at news conference, the president talked about the jobs bill. back then he mentioned doing this incrementally. he used that word. >> i'm sorry. i can't hear you. >> on the news conference on tuesday, the president mentioned the job bill he mentioned it incrementally. even back then was he talking about -- >> again, there were ideas that were -- they were ideas that the president outlined in the speech and in the state of the union that ideas that the house didn't pass partly because their jobs package happened before the state in december. there were different ideas that the senate was considering, not all of which included the president's ideas. we didn't think then and we don't think now that this is a one-shot

in one of the themes that i think are determined to a very serious lee who was looking at tibet strategy is for areas where we are overpaying for various services and goods. overpaying in subsidizing private insurance companies for various kinds of medicare advantage programs. not taking fraud and abuse seriously which again returns money. we have are the in the less than one year i have been at the head of hhs, we have had over $4 billion returned to the medicare trust fund that based on various kinds of settlements and fraudulent activities that we shut down and. so we are taking all of that very seriously. i think that clearly if you have some significant reduction in and providers with the medicare system, there was really be a job loss but again the most imminent loss of jobs is 21 percent pay tied to that is facing medicare providers and congress doesn't fix the sgr rate. and that would be a dramatic job loss i think for seniors around this country. >> i have known that medicare needs more funds and i know that half a trillion dollars we're talking about could do to medicare to fix