bbc news, tibet. >> from tibet to one of the most isolated tropical forests in east africa. a team has begun exploring in has -- in has discovered a quarter of kenya's butterflies. our correspondent joins them in a mountain range of northern kenya. >> he knows this man range as well as any creature here. he has been coming here since he was a child, learning about the value of the forests to life itself. he is searching for a special treat, one with barkeep will boil -- a special tree, one with bark he will boil and give to a sick villager. this is the first comprehensive scientific survey of the mountains in northern kenya, and the researchers are digging deeper. this is what makes the matthews range so special. i am not just talking about the view. this is what scientists call us got island, tropical mountains surrounded by a red -- arid lowlands. scientists are only now starting to find out what is up here. >> with such a long time of seclusion, they expect to learn much about evolution in one of the last pristine patches of non force in east africa. today, they found a v

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 other works where a limb of this culture is on the floor but everything is very big and large scale. what are you trying to accomplish with expanding the scale of these images to such a great size. >> i wanted to make large scale art and see how this plays a role in contemporary society. i think that is the mission of contemporary art, to serve as a social critique. >> when the mayor knew some -- when mayor newsom join you in dedicating this, they wanted to find a work that was big and bold. he wa

this man was inspired by broken fragments of buddhist statues that he found in tibet. >> and gave himspiration and then he start to understand the cultural and the people's spiritual life in tibet. he said the mass the sculpture has, he like to create supernatural power and bring good wish to san francisco. >> reporter: he's considered one of the most influential and provocative contemporary artists working today. the artwork was presented as part of the shanghai-san francisco sister city 30th anniversary. >> we wanted to do something bold. we were looking for something that would be impactful. we knew size would be important. but fundamentally, we want to do identify an artist that had a powerful idea. >> reporter: then transporting it was an exercise in logistics. >> getting something this monumental in size across the ocean on time for this event was a feat. >> reporter: because it recreates fragments of statues on a grand scale, it's a work that the mayor hopes will cree controversy, especially about its size. in a city known for its difficulty in getting projects approved, the ma

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 other works where a limb of this culture is on the fl

community who causes aids have come into sharp focus in vienna in advance of a conference on the disease tibet and by twenty thousand democrats in the city over two thousand doctors have been attending a separate gathering are challenging the established that the h.i.v. virus is the only cause of aids some of them say their views are ignored by the mainstream backed by big pharmaceutical companies. has more of the capital there questioning the validity of the common assumptions that are often associated with hiv and aids and they also question the traditional means of treatment. with drugs treatment not some of the more specific questions that they've raised in the last couple of days prior to the official conference and they've been holding their own talks things like the accuracy of the hate hiv test a person's defined as having a if they develop one of the twenty nine a finding diseases those are things such as pneumonia and. and as well as that test positive for hiv so a positive or negative hiv test can mean the difference between so on being diagnosed with pneumonia or being diagnosed wi

does this administration care about the plundering and persecution in tibet. i visited tibet. i have been there. i have seen -- i've seen what's taken place in the prison, i've seen them and talked to monk who was told me about their times. i have seen cameras on all the buildings. i have seen the areas bulldozed and large areas where they've taken away the tibetan culture. i've seen that. does not this administration care about that? that message is not inconsistent with a message that the white house sent last year in declining to meet with the dalai lama when he was visiting washington, the first time since 1991 that the nobel prize recipient and spiritual leader was not afforded a meeting with the president of the united states. in closing, the complexities of foreign policy do not escape me. i'm well aware there are multiple dimensions to our bilateral relations with countries around the globe. if the united states of america cannot be relied upon to speak out on behalf of those whose voices have been silenced, then it is indeed a dark day for millions around the world ye

broke the news of the peaceful protest by tibetan monks in the capital of tibet in 2008 and provided extensive coverage, used by major international media outlets of the chinese crackdown on the monks. but permanent -- by permanently authorizing r.f.a. we will enhance the efficiency of the r.f.a.'s operations and send a powerful signal of our country's support for a free press in asia and throughout the world. according to article 19 of the universal declaration of human rights, everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression. this includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers, unquote. r.f.a.'s mission is to do just that, to bring news and information about their own countries to populations denied the benefits of freedom of information by their governments. r.f.a.'s broadcasts through the radio and internet are devoted to the very idea to that notion of enlightenment. radio free asia provides a vital voice to hundreds of millions of people in asia and i strongly

you're not allowed to talk about tibet, you're not allowed to talk about taiwan, you're not allowed to talk about the uighers, a minority group in western china. china is certainly a lot freer than it was, say, in 1979 but it still has one of the most repressive state apparatuses in the world. host: queens, new york. you're on with the managing editor of foreign policy. good morning. caller: thank you for having me. i have a comment and a question. my quhent is, first we need to define the words that we are using. and a dictator is a strong leader with a firm hand who can get their country through a crisis or turbulence. examples is back in ancient rome was a dictator. and also after helping out ancient rome. it's interesting today that we have leaders who are forced to either please the west and reconstitute their economy by liberalizing it to the negative impact of their people, or to not please their people and be voted out. an finally, my question is, i know you said that these failed states, most of them only have parts of colonialism. but that's not true. the top five are in afri

all you have to do is if you get stopped for a taillight, a tibet, in any way that you might be caughtere illegally, if the threat that you may never become a u.s. citizens ever might detour some people. what are your thought on that? guest: i think you are right. again, i think the principle that's involved here ought to be you reward people for good behavior. you don't reward people for bad behavior. and certainly, and not rewarding mean we could escalate that a we would punish you for bad behavior. so if somebody is caught here illegally, just depends on what the punishment should be befitting the crime. whether that is to deport them, put people at the back of the line. or say because we have caught you here you will no longer be eligible for any kind of end to the country orksf or any potential for citizenship. again, i think that's part of the discussion ought to happen. that's part of the discussion we're going to be having in utah as far as us looking at whatever our be combgration law should be, lack of federal enforcement of the current federal laws on the books. again, i'm a

you're not allowed to talk about tibet, you're not allowed to talk about taiwan, you're not allowed to talk about the uighers, a minority group in western china. china is certainly a lot freer than it was, say, in 1979 but it still has one of the most repressive state apparatuses in the world. host: queens, new york. you're on with the managing editor of foreign policy. good morning. caller: thank you for having me. i have a comment and a question. my quhent is, first we need to define the words that we are using. and a dictator is a strong leader with a firm hand who can get their country through a crisis or turbulence. examples is back in ancient rome was a dictator. and also after helping out ancient rome. it's interesting today that we have leaders who are forced to either please the west and reconstitute their economy by liberalizing it to the negative impact of their people, or to not please their people and be voted out. an finally, my question is, i know you said that these failed states, most of them only have parts of colonialism. but that's not true. the top five are in afri

all you have to do is if you get stopped for a taillight, a tibet, in any way that you might be caught here illegally, if the threat that you may never become a u.s. citizens ever might detour some people. what are your thought on that? guest: i think you are right. again, i think the principle that's involved here ought to be you reward people for good behavior. you don't reward people for bad behavior. and certainly, and not rewarding mean we could escalate that and we would punish you for bad behavior. so if somebody is caught here illegally, just depends on what the punishment should be befitting the crime. whether that is to deport them, put people at the back of the line. or say because we have caught you here you will no longer be eligible for any kind of end to the country orksf or any potential for citizenship. again, i think that's part of the discussion ought to happen. that's part of the discussion we're going to be having in utah as far as us looking at whatever our be combgration law should be, lack of federal enforcement of the current federal laws on the books. again, i

i spoke to people from a variety of faith traditions from buddhism with the wonderful tibet program we have at emory. i spoke with people from judaism, christianity, hinduism. i discovered there is remarkable agreement about it. at this point, they are unconcerned. the fundamental objections and concerns with those of all of us in the room about the potential harms, what might happen if these are released into the environment. they expressed a concern that it keep its eye on maximizing human good and reducing human suffering. if it does that, it is acceptable. that was shown in the vatican response to synbio where they said that the recent creation of cells can be a positive development of correctly used. there was a warning that scientists afterwards guest-- te was a warning afterwards that scientists should remember that only god can create life. we looked at the traditions. we focus often too much on them to sanction what science is doing. i do not think that is the right question should be asking of religious traditions. it is not where they can make the greatest contributions and