that is for there to be a grand strategic bargain between china and the u.s. out how the korean peninsula is to be governed in the future. what is the base line chinese concern? that american troops south of the parallel will find themselves north, bordering mainland china. a unified korean peninsula. one thing that is toxic to chinese is the idea of the u.s. being on a land border with china. that has to be dealt with. if you can arrive at a compact which deals with the security of kim and his regime, the condition of which is the denuclearization of asia of the weapons program, of which the quid pro quo is the withdrawal of american forces, you might able to cook with gas. >> a southern expression. >> i have used it at harvard and they just look at me. >> it is harvard's problem, probably. >> they say, please explain. if you are looking for an overall strategic concept, that is possibly it. there's having about xi jinping's leadership style and his authority within the system that says big strategic thinking like that should not be discounted. he sees himself

but when you are dealing with china and the u.s., you cannot really expect that. hen it is fair to say the relationship went into a series of problems between june and november past. which centered around the east china sea and south china sea. but i find interesting, in the most recent summit in beijing the two later spent at least eight hours or nine hours talking to each other with a limited number of people around. my advice is that the two leaders got down to thin a tacks, on these questions of are you trying to destabilize us domestically? are you containing us? frankly, i know enough about international relations to know that unless you get down to 10 tin tacks unless you are dealing with those, you cannot get to the second levels of cooperation. my sense is there is a working level of respect now between the two bank presidents. -- the two presidents. which i hope we can turn into something more. >> what are they prepared to do to make it better? >> the first priority is to see the president's priority to bring about a global agreement on climate change. th

u.s. and china. so finally the two militaries are able to come together on that, and i think that is potentially one of a number of stabilizing elements which lie ahead of us, for the u.s.-china relationship. >> rose: how do they view russia? >> well, as tip o'neill famously reminds us here in this country, all politics is local. and i imagine an active conversation between xi jinping and vladimir putin is about what they would both describe as the color revolutions of eastern and central europe. and the extent to which they have concluded that either the europeans or the americans or the collective west were explicit in that. in order -- complicity in that. in other words, aimed at toppling governments and their political systems. that is an active element of the conversation. i think that's true as are their respective attitudes towards the sense org of censoring of the internet in their respective countries as well. i think the relationship between china and russia is a deeper complexity. and some

u.s.-china relations if we broadcast in mandarin about human rights and democracy in various things in chinat want to give all these organizations names. the u.s. chamber of commerce has reseller joined up. they issued a report about the king street station of american companies in china. trade secrets being stolen. chinese companies treated in a very favorable way. american companies not. the china dream seems to be quite comprehensive. they thought a lot about it. they say don't worry. china will not be a hegemon will not be a terrific quote company enrolling the way america has been. i want to mention a couple chinese names i hope you will all remember and keep with you. they are in the book and are important to understand chinese thinking. they are both in the force told. one of them is bob. everybody say that. a hegemon. it also means tirade. it is the way america leads the world. the china when it has double work trip will economy today surpassed us according to world inc. last month. the chinese economist writing about 2030 will be double as part of the chinese dream. they will be dou

if china catches up with the u.s. in terms of economy, how will it contribute and how will it look like in terms of global institutions and power structure? thank you. >> so, as i see it china is pretty well embedded in the current set of global institutions. it is an important member of the imf and world bank and world trade organization. in those groups, the economic groupings which i'm more qualified to talk about there is power, the voting shares, et cetera, they should be shifting away from the developed economies toward the developing economies. i emphasize the point that the u.s. can aspire to keep roughly its share of gdp, which i think is a realistic aspiration, but that's not realistic frankly for europe or japan because of their demographics and other factors, europe and japan are likely to be a slightly declining share of the world economy and developing countries are likely to be a gradually increasing share of the world economy and that has a lot of positives. for the terms of those institutions, it makes

when it comes to china-u.s. relationship, this is a relationship between the largest developing country and the largest developed country in the world. we have proposed that china and the united states work together to build a new model of major country relationship wagering mutual respect and no conflict or confrontation. this year, the president will visit the united states, boosting chinese ties. premier li: [speaking mandarin] translator: admittedly, there are differences between china and the united states. more importantly, the two countries share common interests. when differences are properly held, the two sides can have more extra energy to further expand their interests. one highlight in the china-u.s. relationship is that the two sides are advancing negotiations of an investment treaty. this is built around pre-establishment of national treatment. this in itself is to break the ceiling over china-u.s. business cooperation and will open up more new diner mentions for the growth of china-u.s. ties. natur

u.s.-china bromance. last week, a canadian mom posted a message to facebook asking social networks to send your son, odin, a message on his birthday. odin has asperger's and when he sent invites to classmates for a birthday party, no one rsvp. his mother reached out to web users and they got them party started. thousands posted messages last friday under the #oaten birthday -- #odinbirthday. many wanted to let him know he was not on his own. a massive show of solidarity. the people who posted these clips to youtube celebrated his birthday in song. >> ♪happy birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday dear odin ♪ collect and in addition, the shout outs on virtual networks and birthday cards popped up in person to celebrate his 17th birthday. several hundred people showed up on friday night to celebrate with the birthday boy at a bowling alley. he was taken aback and over the moon. his mom truly succeeded in giving him a birthday to remember. new yorker and journalists for the buzz feed found some

when it comes to china/u.s. relationship, this is a relationship between the largest developing country and the largest developed country in the world. we have proposed that china and the united states work together to build a new model of major country relationship featuring mutual respect and no conflicts and no confrontation. this year president xi jinping will pay state visit to the united states at the invitation of his u.s. counterpart. i believe this will give a strong boost to china/u.s. ties. >> [speaking chinese] [speaking chinese] [speaking chinese] >> translator: admittedly, there are differences between china and the united states, but what's more important is that the two countries share extensive common interests. when differences are properly held the two sides can have more extra energy to further expand the convergence of their interests. one highlight in the china/u.s. relationship is that the two sides are advancing negotiations of a bilateral investment treaty and this is built around pre-est

when it comes to china/u.s. relationship, this is a relationship between the largest developed country in the world. we've proposed that china and the united states work together to build a new model of country relationship featuring new respect, no conflicts and no confrontation. this year the president will give a strong boost to china/u.s. ties. [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] >> translator: admittedly there are difference ps between china and the united states. but what's more important is that the two countries share extensive common interests. when differences are properly held, the two sides can have more extra energy to further expand the convergence of their interests. one highlight in the china/u.s. relationship is that the two sides are advancing negotiations to an investment treaty. and this is built around preestablishment of national treatment and a negative list. this in itself is to break the ceiling over china-u.s. business corporation and

in 1969, 1970, china was one of the u.s.'s arch enemies. the world was shocked when nixon went on television in july 1971 saying that henry kissinger had just finished completed a trip to china and that nixon would go to china several months later. ? how did that get organized? we did not have? diplomatic relations -- how did that get organized? we did not have diplomatic relations. >> first, there was the public signals that had to be sent, both so china would pick up the signals and other countries would get used to the idea that we were moving in a different direction. as has been pointed out, we relaxed trade and travel restrictions. but we did other things. the president, with a toast with the romanian out-of-state, had said "the republic of china." they did not require a response from the chinese. we were not negotiating in public. but they could get noted by chinese leaders as well as other organizations. the other was to get touch of them. we had no direct contact besides charles de gaulle of france briefly. which ride romania which

u.s.-china relations, given the new regime in china? try to become a very constructive bridge between the two, if i can. i think the current status -- like every -- u.s.-china relations are always full of challenges and opportunities. emily: when it comes to security, and cyber security and the privacy of american citizens, who is more of a threat, china or the united states? to our own security. john: i think everybody is spying on everybody. i would think it is equally a big threat inside our country as outside our country. emily: what the nsa has been doing, as far as we know, fair or unfair? john: if the intentions are truly for national security, i think it is fair. because we don't want another setback. now, this is only a personal view. this is not a blackberry view. emily: if the nsa wanted a backdoor to blackberry, would you open it? john: we don't have backdoors but we would not do that. from time to time, the government wanted information from us, ok? first of all, we don't keep it around. that is number one. you need to know

u.s./china strategic and economic dialogue or the world bank. li noted chinese ministers they hope they approve the international monetary fund as soon as possible. this would allow leaders in experts say it would allow for china to have more influence in the organization. li's remark apparently reflects his government's dissatisfaction with the existing u.s.-led international monetary order. >>> so to join or not is a focus of the global markets. ai how does this affect the markets? >> analysts do say that asian markets could get a boost from this financial institutions. that would be because the infrastructure industry could expand. that could boost the value of related companies, but there's a lot investors still don't know. we did see gains overnight, but those have to be credited elsewhere. on wall street we saw both the dow jones and the nasdaq rise the dow jones up about 1.5% the nasdaq up 1.1%. the dollar was also up as many expect the federal reserve to raise key interest rates this year, but across the world, which is sparking anticipa

it is the second largest creditor to the u.s. china, 1.2 4 trillion. n could overtake china as the biggest u.s. bond buyer. that takes us back to the 1980's, when japan was buying assets like rockefeller center. angie: that is right. sony buying a bunch of new interests and down. zeb: different this time, very different. angie: much of it a search for yield. thank you so much for that. coming up next, from spice girl to entrepreneur, victoria beckham making her mark on the fashion world and has her eye on asia. an exclusive interview when first up continues. ♪ angie: it is 10:30 in sydney and 7:30 in hong kong. shares in australia starting the week with declines. perhaps a word of warning about china's slowing growth. are 30 minutes away from the open of trading in japan and south korea. "ou are watching "first up. threading the needle. will strengthen role of the government was supporting the chinese economy. a --te of emergency at vanuatu as it is devastated by a monster storm. vladimir putin says he warned the west not to intervene in crimea. good mo

director of u.s. chinae of -- asia society. >> he was the last of that generation when every country, out of a big signature leader -- and so this really represents the end of an era where leaders who were larger-than-life branded their countries. alix: how did he open up his country in such a way? a totally different option to the west, right? >> it was really a city state. after an ill-fated alliance, they really had nothing. we don't even have water. and it was out of that nothingness that he wrote this amazing fabric of this cross -- prosperous together state with a good deal of control. adopting the political system and values to bend that task. remember that he himself initially did not speak mandarin. he had to get an organ transplant for all of this chinese culture and language. alix: do you think that signature still lives on today? we see the party he represented sorted being challenged. is it time for a new model shift? >> probably. singapore is prosperous, better developed, and less challenged b

u.s./china strategic dialogue or the world bank to develop asian infrastructure. chinese authorities say founding members of the bank will have a say in its lending practices and other policies analysts say countries are joining the aiib hoping to improve ties with the world's second largest economy. they say some may also be trying to keep china's influence in check. >>> demand for new homes in japan is falling compared to last year. but government officials say the downtrend is weakening. land ministry officials say housing starts in february fell to about 67,500 units. that's down about 3% from a year earlier. housing starts have declined for 12 straight months. however, the pace of the decline has slowed. the officials say the number of houses and condos built by people planning to live in them was down nearly 9%. rental housing dropped by 7.5%. residential units built for sale rose more than 11%. this is due to construction of large-scale condominium projects in the greater tokyo area. the officials say the effect of the consumption tax rise last year is sett

you think that china is clearly turned to catch up with the u.s. : we know that the military spending numbers in every country in the world are not to be believed. there is too much black budget on defense. i'm sure that is true in china as well. if their gdp number is 8% or 9% give them a break, that is not excessive. tom: let me ask you the money question for institutions. when do china and emerging markets get a better representation in the international monetary fund? donald: i don't think they do. they already have significant representation in imf. i think most of the other members are not really interested in increasing the weight that they have in that body. olivia: coming up, new minutes from the fed's meetings show that policymakers might think laughter might be the best medicine. janet yellen has some pretty good one-liners. this is "bloomberg surveillance ." we are streaming on your tablet your phone, and bloomberg.com. good morning from a snowy new york. ♪ tom: good morning. just about one hour away from that euro meeting in cyprus. the

u.s. consumer is about to fire. the chinated, but i think the patterns, improving exports to the u.s. and eu, that is something we saw in the malaysian trade figures last week. that are numbers overstated, but it is consistent with a return to domestic or external demand emerging from europe and the u.s. there is a little bit of cyclicality returning to the global economy and that would be consistent with an inflection point upwards. if we had into march, what are some new murray's -- what are some new worries we are seeing? >> the overlay continues to be one of policy the virgins. we have a range of central banks meeting this week from new zealand, thailand. growth momentum appears to be moving sideways more than anything else. i suppose you are seeing much more evidence of policy divergence. it is clearly laying the ground for a midyear move from the u.s. federal reserve and we have the commencement of the ecb quantitative easing program from march 9. that is highlighting the very divergent growth path at this stage in the

the aunt the u.s., china, or asia, i truly believe that we really need investment in europe and connectivityat we need for growth in europe. so investment and consolidation will add the ability to do that. you have seen the consolidation yesterday. >> how many players doing need across europe? you have two or three of each in each country. when do we see european winners? >> i do not see any reason why we would not have that in the united states or china and the endgame has a european scale in many countries and some smaller players in that area with competition. they cannot invest and everyone knows collinson -- consolidation and regulation allows that. it is an adjunct memento for regulation in order to let the consolidation play. meanwhile keeping players and competition in the middle of investment in europe. >> where do you see investment in europe picking up the most? >> listening to all of germany and the u.k. with the new consolidation and big plans and italy with telecom italian. you listen to what the companies have announced and they all say they want to increase investment. the fi

u.s.-china relationship.as he pointed out there are certainly many areas of competition, but there's also many areas and independence. i think that writ large you can actually look at the u.s.-china nuclear relationship as a access to a certain extent. there is modernization going on. if you were to have predicted china's capability is based on their economic and technological base and assume that they were rivals, one could imagine a counterfactual world where they have built far more than they have. they are certainly modernizing. but it's far less they are certainly capable of. my sense is absolutely one wants more interaction. in some ways you haven't seen the action reaction cycle in the u.s. and china that use of. to your question there's lots of people working on how low can you go? what deterrence of low numbers. so what is -- what is the minimal amount. there is a big debate about this. i would say how you answer the question depends on how you answer some of the questions that i laid out in my remar

u.s.-china relations and the ukraine conflict. this portion is courtesy of china central television. >> with huffington post, in under the dome, a documentary the filmmakers complain about big oil companies like petrol china have been a block to the introduction of policies on environmental protection and law enforcement in this field. for example, in the subject -- setting of quality standards of gasoline consumed as well as introduction of wider use of natural gas. my question is, if it is, it is it true that these companies are posing an obstacle to enforcing environmental protection laws and policies? if so, what steps will the chinese government take to remove such an obstacle? premier li: [speaking chinese] translator: i understand the focus of all your questions is about tackling environmental pollution, especially smog. this is a concern uppermost on all people's minds. i want to tell you that the chinese government is determined to tackle smog and environmental pollution as a whole and tremendous efforts have already been

questions about china's role on a cyber attack on a u.s. site. github has been attacked. helming the victim's site. the wall street journal saying they may have originated in china that links to site linked -- banned by beijing. mercedes-benz has plans to develop a midsized pickup truck by 2020. "the wall street journal" said talks with the nissan are in process and it would be produced in a nissan. those are your top corporate headlines. i am sherry in. -- sherry and. angie: there is a magic number that breaks ipo's in china. david is here with the magic number. magic number. david: 23. [laughter] angie: was it hard to figure out to the code? david: you have to look through 147 ipo prospectus. it is a great story. you can see it on the website. ss there is a -- it says 23 print the threshold which authorities in china, not a formal directive, not public. anything above 23, a multiple of 23 gets rejected when you want to list your company. you see this clearly when you look at the data across 147 plus companies. look at where the valuations are between 22 and under 23. mor

u.s. and china who find it convenient to shop in europe. we see a good development in china. a price differential between the u.s. and china that is substantial. it is growing well in japan, which is a stable economy. it is not a booming economy. as it is right now, there are no countries or territories where we do not manage to have positive growth. mark: getting breaking news. european car sales growth accelerating. sign of strengthening expansion -- signs of strengthening expansions and dealer discounts encouraging purchases. registrations climbing 7% from one year earlier to more than 958,000 the calls -- vehicles. the deliveries rose to 1.99 million cars, following january's gain. all five of the auto markets grew in february. the strongest gain was in spain. a government program encouraged trading in vehicles for scrap. it propelled a surge. sales jumped in italy and the u.k.. in germany, we saw a growth of 6%. folks like in v -- volkwagen expanded. registrations are up. bmw is higher. daimler also registering gains. fiat gains 11%. quite a month. the resurgence of the e

. >> it's the u.s., france, britain, china, russia. >> the u.s. has been a reluctant member of the group. >> it's not so much a question of the u.s. isolating israel and the rest of the community going in a direction, and israel not having strong concerns about the deal. israel saying we want to go it alone, and we want to change the democratic process in the u.s., which is how to make the foreign policy so you, washington, come with us, leaving behind, france, britain, china. >> you can't make the countries do what they want to do. >> is there a legitimate expectation. after, as noted. sticking its neck out for israel. that the streets somehow open as a 2-way streets. distance. >> i don't agree with the republican friends. i think they will continue to do that. but i differ with heather on the talks. these are the talks between the united states and iran. united states pushed the concessions. including concessions allow iran to operate 6,000 centrifuges, rich enuranium that it can make in weapons grade in 3 months. this is why israel is so concer

china does not want to be faced with an u.s.-backed alliance of its asian neighbors. >> history and territorial issues made reasonable politics very complicated. >> the increasing number of chinese tourists in south korea as in japan are a reminder of the growing power of the chinese economy, and the importance to each other's economic futures. such considerations may prove stronger than national sentiments, strong enough to bring their leaders to a summit for a real diplomatic break through. ron mcbride al jazeera, seoul. >> for decades myanmar closed itself off from the outside world and it's former capitol fell into disrepair. now they're trying to get people to appreciate the city. >> a guide leads visitors through the streets of yangon to the next destination. the house on the third floor nondisscript from the outside. once inside guests cannot help but marvel. antique furniture and yellow photographs fill the space. they're standing in a home that has been in the family for generations. >> i thought that it was messy and d

lew will be in china just before that deadline and will discuss economic relations between the u.s. and china when he meets officials. he told a congressional hearing that he's worried about whether the aiib will operate in line with the high standards of existing institutions such as the world bank. >>> investors have been selling asian shares causing losses throughout much of the region. many people were spooked by what happened on the nasdaq which suffered the biggest slide in nearly a year. and they were concerned about tech shares. the nikkei is down 1.4%. 19,471. some investors sold shares to lock in profits from recent gains. the kospi snapped two days of gains. it finish the down nearly 1% 2,022. electronics shares were dumbed causing samsung to fall. in shanghai, they're recovering from yesterday's losses. many people are hoping the government will increase the stimulus and that helps to lift the market. >>> more business people in japan have looked to natural gas as a stable energy source since the nuclear crisis in 2011. tokyo gas and sumitomo corporation have tied up with

it is the second tallest building in the u.s. chinalargest arms supporter passing germany for the first time. is increasing exports of military equipment. the u.s. and russia are the two top sellers of weapons worldwide. lenovo group's largest shareholder is planning a new opipo. it would be one of asia's biggest listings this year. we are approaching 5:00 in the east coast and that means happy hour. rather than opening a can of beer, uncork some wine, all about some powdered alcohol? a new product called palcohol just got regulatory approval last week and it is already stirring a lot of controversy. joining me now is alcohol creator, mark phillips. mark, how do you do it? tell me. mark: do what? make top all -- palcohol? alix: what is that mean? mark: if you can imagine a shot of liquid vodka on the counter and you can make it into powder. there comes four flavors -- powdered rum, powdered vodka which would mix with mixers like orangenge jews and coke. -- juice and coke. you had water to it and it is an instant cocktail. alix: if we t

involved in negotiations the u.s., china, britain, france, germany and russia to reach an agreement by. >> we are here because we believe a deal can be done. it's in everybody's interest that a deal does get done. it has to be a deal that puts the bomb beyond iran's reach. there can't be compromise about that. if we are going to get this done. iran has to take a deep breath and make decisions to ensure the lines can be met. >> reporter: monday night, there were a number of hurdles remaining. the length of restrictions. the relaxing of u.n. sanctions against them and how quickly they will be lifted. what happens if they don't comply with the deal. a glance at the press room makes it clear, this matters to the rest of the world. some observers are optimistic about the chances of a deal being reached. even if a deal emerges, some doubt that it will stop iran from developing nuclear weapons. they say that could lead to any such deal blocked by politicians. >> if there's an agreement, aran will be allowed to enrich uranium and it will hurt the united states. we can have bipartisan support f

u.s. futures point higher the day after the dollar strength weighed on sentiment. the fed gives only conditional approval for capital plans and volkswagen with a major extension in chinaecord full year profits. let's have a look at european markets. they were strong in contrast to u.s. markets. today they're giving up gain across continental europe. the ftse 100 has underperformed the rest of continental europe in the last couple of days because it's not involved in the bond buying and partly because oil prices have been weak. >> let's look at u.s. futures a lot of this has to do with global cross currents. discussions about where the fed is going next. dow up about 45 points in premarket trade. the euro gaining a bit of ground against the u.s. dollar. still hovering around 12 year lows but trading at 105. parity could be in the near future. we want to hear from you on this viewers. are you taking advantage of the weaker euro? join in on the conversation here at worldwide exchange. you can tweet us. i have to say i have definitely been taking advantage of the weaker euro or just being in london. you're two hours away from paris. hour and a half from italy. i have been

u.s. and china. the rail authority what kind of financing terms will china offers so i can make sure we are competitive? he said they said, what would you like,, 10 years, 15, 20 years? that is a very different way of doing business. that is not how a rules based system operates. francine: thank you so much for joining us. the chairman of the u.s. export import bank. guy: that is at four "the pulse ." the talks go for this weekend in europe. " surveillance with tom keene" next. francine: we are back in two next hour. we will talk a lot about oil. guy: that brings us to our twitter question of the day. some european airlines have already and some are adopting u.s. style rules, a single pi cannot be left alone in thelot cockpit. would you fly with an airline that does not change it rules? tweet u we will take a breaks. ♪ >> this is bloomberg "surveillance." tom: a sunni arab coalition continues its assault on yemen. reporting from iran talks in switzerland. will the dollar strike resume? greek banks ru

what we need to understand is this is not just the u.s. chinassia, other countries are doing the same things. we need to look at this and decide what we want. the nsa is filling a vacuum by collecting everything. we need to step in and put rules in place. amy: and what most surprised you? you have been looking at this for decades, bruce schneier. what most surprised you in your research for "data and goliath?" >> how little is surprising about nsa surveillance. there was nothing in there that said the nsa is made of magic. there's nothing in there that if you watch a movie where the villain was the nsa they didn't do -- it is pretty much what you expected. but seeing it in stark reality is surprising. sing the details of nsa programs of fbi collection programs, of these license plate capture programs, or what the data brokers know, the sheer detail i think is surprising. while i recognize data is being collected, we often don't understand the analysis. i think that surprises most people. it surprised me. amy: do you think political liberty and j

u.s. and i think this, on a broad respect is recognition of china's growing economic clout and also the u.s foot because china has been pushing hard to get a bigger say in matters of state at the world bank and the imf. and the u.s. does wield a lot of influence in both those institutions. and so far china has been denied getting that power it deserves when you think it is the second biggest economy behind the u.s., but it's not given that amount of weight. so it's setting up its own infrastructure bank. and the u.s. doesn't like that, obviously, because they don't want to see the power going away from the washington-based multi-national operations there. but there's nothing they can do about it. as you say, the writing's on the wall. there's a place for this bank, and they're going to join in. >> so it's recognition for china, validation in a way, too, as you just said, making some of the points they've been pushing for accurate. you know, the u.s. delay on pushing for a form on the imf, that preceded all of this, as the u.s. criticism of this investment bank. publicly, are we hearing any

. >>> tech remain ascii focus in the -- tech remains a key focus in the u.s. chinang the list approved for state purchases. leaving off key names like apple and cisco. and this week in a reuters interview, president obama criticized new laws which would force tech companies to give the chinese government surveillance access. which companies could be hit the hardest? let's bring in managing director dan. always good to see you. >> great to be here. >> we known this has been going on, it seems like it's ramping up now. in terms of how you see the impact, what is the number? is there a dollar figure? >> yeah, i mean this is $140 billion market for tech purchases. this terms much lost revenue, especially when you're looking at apple, cisco, ibm, microsoft, we're looking at three to five billion over the next few years. i think that could be conservative. this is republican a game of high stakes poker, and you know, obama really called the bluff last night in terms of what china's going to do. now we have to see what their cards are. and this is really tech executives ar

. >> joining us now on the phone, cnn's finest graduates -- the u.s. china institute and the secret service agent and cnn global affairs analyst james reeser retired delta force member. >> they say this man cut the ambassador with a knife. to do that you can't bemore than an arm's length from your victim. it's a personal attack. the amount of security ambassador travels with doesn't protect against that kind of vulnerability, it seems like in this case. >> good evening. you're right. you know my concern is that the ambassador represents the president much the united states. they have this way they have to go through what they're going to protect and what they're going to not. the man that represents the president of the united states i got to believe have an agent in charge that is right there within arm's reach unless something happens. the threat came from the ambassador, so i think it's -- i think really the security has to take a hard look at their -- how they're going to do these with other countries around the world. >> dan, particularly given the thre

china highlight the growing demand. it said 10,000 chinese women went to the u.s. in 2012 to have a baby.. >>> iraqi forces are trying to encircle islamic state militants in the heart of their stronghold. they're engaged in a major offensive offensive. they report government forces are shutting down roads to counter the militants' key supply lines. a news agency quotes an iraqi official saying they're trying to surround them suffocate them and then pounce. they began the offensive on monday. they've taken control of some areas. military leaders see the operation as a step toward retaking mosul, the militants' largest stronghold in iraq. they are retaliating with roadside bombs and fire from rooftop snipers. >>> rescuers in a rebel held part of eastern ukraine are searching for survivors of a coal mine accident. an explosion killed at least 17 miners. they say 15 others are hurt and 15 are missing. the accident happened at a mine in donetsk. it's believed a methane gas fire caused the blast. they say they're conducting their own rescue operations. >> translator: my

u.s. dollars. >> china's neighbors are already concerned by beijing's push to grow its army, air force and navy. today's announcement can only add to those worries. >> the announcement that china is beefing up its military budget has jangled nerves around the region. china is engaged in a number of territorial disputes over the resource-rich spratly islands in the south china sea with japan over a strategically important group of islands, which both countries claim as theirs. at the same time, beijing is drawing up a new antiterrorism law as it faces an insurgency at home as well as the risk of cyberattacks from without. >> in essence, it should reflect our concern to prevent terrorism . >> as to the military budget, the leadership has not revealed which parts of the armed forces are to receive more money. experts expect much of the cash to go towards beefing up the navy and modernizing cyber security capabilities. what's more, china's actual military budget may in fact be much larger than its declared budget. the pentagon estimates beijing spends 50% more than it declares because the offi

u.s. has receded thankfully, russia, china and north korea all have the capability to inflict terrible casualties damage on the u.s. and our allies over the course of several hours with nuclear weapons. russia and china are pursuing aggressive modernization. senior russian leaders have recently restated their commitment to their own nuclear deterrence. i have been a bit surprised by the amount of nuclear saber rattling the russians have been doing. nuclear weapons formed the basis of deterrence in india and pakistan. north korea openly advertises its possession of nuclear weapons and works on ballistic missiles that will deliver them against the regional allies and the united states itself and overtly threatened to use them as a most famously did back in 2013. as you see in the press, negotiations continue with iran and the outcome remains to be seen. others to include some of our allies can acquire nuclear weapons depending on the behavior of their neighbors. there is a simple reason why many of our adversaries and potential adversaries see nuclear weapons as essential to their security. after w

u.s. stance remains unchanged. >>> representatives from across china have begun their talks at the national people's congress. we go live from the great hall of the people in beijing, about 3,000 representatives have gathered here. premier lee is to announce the government's plans for the year. he's said to announce an annual growth target down half a percent from last year. government leaders have included that target in their budget. government leaders have increased spending on defense by 10.1% bringing it to about 886.9 billion or about $141.4 billion. the defense budget has been posting a double didn't increase every year except for 2010 since 1989. "newsline" will have announcements and live reports from beijing throughout the 11-day congress. >>> in other news japanese government officials have launched a protest with their chinese counterparts over a website. officials in beijing added english and japanese versions of their official position on a group of islands in the east china sea. the news agency reports that china's state oceanic administration launched the site in december an

u.s. and china.nna's incremental growth our industry will be greater than we are seeing in the united states. to last year end in mainland china, hong kong, taiwan. we started this year strongly. i am quite bullish. we had the third-largest market after the u.s. and u.k., 16,000 people in eight years. in cities around the country. we will see about $1.6 billion plus of revenue in china this year. yvonne: you talk about a third of your business coming from fast growth economies. there have been people doubting the 7% growth target, saying it will be hard to achieve. roubini saying he could see growth heading towards 5%. how does this impact industries and your clients? guest: if you think about the worldwide economy, it is going about 5.5%. a 7% growth rate is still superior to what we are seeing in the u.s. and u.k., around 2.5%. in the u k budget, the chancellor lowered the gdp forecast by a smidgen. the latest forecast in the united states have been lowered a little bit. a 7% growth rate for china,

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u.s.-china relations the tower board's investigation of iran-contra scandal the limitation of the 1981 gulf war and the decision to attack iraq in 2003 where many of his former colleagues and allies were working for george w. bush. i want to focus on scowcroft's role in less well-known way such as the reform of the intelligence community after disclosure of the cia's family family -- 1974. in 1976 korean treaty and cynthia's government imf rescue of the collapsing found in the 70s. departing from the example set by mentor and friend which in a sense you want to follow and how scowcroft's role in pioneering the development of high-ranking government officials turning to business consulting after serving in office niches that didn't effectively exist in the 70s. the other decision role for these chapters was to be as definitive as possible given the archival records now available even if some have not been released new scholarship by journalists and historians political scientist and the ability to interview many participants in these events. son of my interviewees have already passed. here w