hq was a vietnamese designation. she saw the number and suddenly she began -- she got very agitated, started crying, and said, that's the ship we came over on. they escaped on that ship. she said she remembered a small navy ship coming alongside and delivering rice and water and medical care, and that ship, of course, is the uss kirk. but doyle says today, in utter amazement, what are the odds that this family would have escaped from vietnam? what are the odds they would have gotten aboard a ship and gotten to the island, what are the odds they would have made it from the island across the south china sea to the philippines. and then from the philippines to a refugee camp in guam. what are the odds one i got in country i visited the joint chiefs of staff in saigon. the chairman was a friend of mine, '68 and '69 when i was there. and i was getting briefed and i asked him, general, who is creating all of the violations of the peace treaty? and interestingly he didn't answer me but he said, i have a record of every viol

the remnants of the south vietnamese navy, 32 ships in all would gather just off the south vietnamese coast glued to their job would be to rendezvous with these ships. at dawn the following day. and escort them across the south china sea to safety in the philippines. following morning as the kirk cool into view, the sun was just coming up and what was evident all around them, the 42 ships they expected but what they hadn't expected was what appeared to be a humanitarian disaster in the making. lieutenant hued oil like and what he thought to a bunch of hershey bars dropped on a hot summer sidewalk and all of them crawling with pants. the ceo recalled the scene. some of them were anchored, some were not, some were adrift, they were loaded with people all the way up to the bridge. i estimated 2,000 to 3,000 people, i said oh my god, this is going to be an insurmountable problem. how are we going to pull this off? just how u.s. as kirk pull off the rescue of estimated 30,000 refugees aboard those 32 ships is the real story. the subject of my book the lucky few. in 2009 i was completing a

so the vietnamese then and the vietnamese now, we value the values of the u.s. and the universal values which is human rights, dignity and justice for all. that's one. you is said that vietnam doesn't -- you said that vietnam doesn't -- [inaudible] that's not true. the vietnamese communists maybe. but the vietnamese in the south who fought against the communists, we like the values. secondly, in 1974 china did invade seat fam. you said that would -- vietnam. you said that would not happen. and china has repeatedly -- >> and now your question? >> and recently in 2009, even now, with the fishing vessels. so that's a clarification. my question to you is your title, "the end of a stable pacific." i would like to ask you -- [inaudible] and all the policymakers here -- [inaudible] and i believe that the u.s. has a role in it, the u.s. is the leader of the world. how do we avoid the end of a stable pacific so then come back to the institutional? how do we -- >> okay. >> -- form a new -- [inaudible] where china can sit down and sign this code of -- [inaudible] and where

some 20 vietnamese ships are believed to be on guard. vietnamese representatives plan to take up the issue at a meeting of the association of southeast asian nations starting saturday. they're seeking the cooperation of the philippines and other countries that are having territorial disputes with china. but the standoff could continue as china is giving no sign that it's willing to compromise. now, japan's top government spokesperson says his country sees the latest incident as part of a series of unilateral and provocative maritime activities by china. >> translator: we are deeply concerned that china has heightened regional tensions by unilaterally starting to drill for oil in an area where demarcation is being contested. >> suga said china should clearly explain to vietnam and the international community the grounds for its activities and provide details. >>> a veteran chinese journalist has been detained by authorities in beijing on suspicion of leaking state secrets. it's just one of several arrests ahead of the 25th anniversary of

she meant the vietnamese. who is telling the truth?i think both sides think they're telling the truth. f rankally i think the chinese side acted assertively here not a very good situation. having said that, this is disputed waters. it falls within the exclusive economic zone of islands that china claims. and so simply pointing fingers and saying it's the other side fault isn't going to get us very far. >> woodruff: don't they know putting these in the waters would get them them upset. didn't they realize the people of vietnam. >> i cannot imagine they thought vietnam would accept this without a lot of protest and they thought the people of vietnam would not be very angry about this. >> woodruff: in that case, gordon chang, why were the chinese prepared to go ahead and do this if they knew the vietnamese were going to react this way. >> i think there are a couple thing at work here. first of all you got a chinese political system in distress that's falling back on nationalism to bolster law gist mother see and the best way to show natio

other vietnamese boats in the story thatding to a came out in the newspaper in vietnam, the vietnamese ship operating was encircled by force chinese fishing vessels. what vietnam regards as its exclusive economic zone. it is not a lot -- we are following the story. we have a chinese ship ramming a vietnamese fishing boat at about 4 p.m. yesterday. four people were onboard. we have more information coming from the foreign ministry in vietnam. that is all we know so far. we will follow the story. >> malaysia airlines is carrying out a full review of its business following the disappearance of flight 370. it has been following up with losses but it aims to break the next year. bankruptcy is not an option, we are told. are we buying into this turnaround story or not? is tough for malaysia airlines reeling from mh370 zero. . malaysia looking like a less attractive tourist destination. if you take a look at the financial woes, they go back way before the incident. this is the country's national airline. it is long relied on the government for funds. it has had a long restructurings. it has b

vietnamese police are trying to stop the chinese from drilling. but the crews of chinese government ships are keeping watch. >> translator: vietnamese ships have intentionally rammed chinese boats to disturb the company's operations. >> yi says chinese officials are ready to talk. but he says the vietnamese have to leave first. >> unilateral decision by china to introduce its oil rig into these disputed waters, the dangerous conduct and intimidation by the vessels, is concerning, and certainly is representative of provocative actions. >> psaki urged those involved to talk so they can resolve their dispute. >>> japan is also expressing concern. foreign minister fumio kishida said his country is deeply worried that china's attempt to drill for oil is increasing regional tension. >> translator: we think the incident is part of a series of unilateral and provocative maritime activities by china. china should explain to vietnam and the global community the legal basis and details of its activities. >> kishida says the global community should urge china

vietnamese vessels have been doing what they can to harass that operation. two weeks ago we had anti-chinese riots, leading to the arrest, detention of 1,000 protesters. several hundred of those will be put on trial or fined. two have been convicted and gaoled. the issue for china now is compensation, because up to 16 taiwanese and chinese factories were set on fire, and men others damaged. >> the data that was used to determine the path of missing malaysian airlines flight mm-hmm 370 has been released. relatives of the 239 passengers had been calling for the information to be made public. it includes 14 pieces of data sent between a satellite and the plane. in the hours after it disappeared on march 8th. >> a satanic mass - that was how pope francis described the sexual abuse of children by priests. that was after flying back. he said he was shown zero tolerance in the roman catholic church. >> reporter: pope francis greets the faithful in jerusalem. christians hold that jesus christ said "suffer the little children to come unto me." it has been tarnished.

rammed and sank a vietnamese fishing boat. it is an area that is very tense.we do know is that at the time of the incident, 40 chinese ships and circled vietnamese fishing boats. once we do not know it's if they were fishing boats or military or coast guard boats from the chinese side. bloomberg has put in question as to the chinese government for clarification of their side of the story and that is yet to come. iscan you tell us how it playing out on the land right now? we saw citizens rising up. we saw protest industries and violence against chinese companies, or companies seen as being chinese affiliated here. this sinking that really escalates tensions to a whole new level. what are you hearing on the land? >> definitely. analysts say this is the worst incident to hurt the relationship. there was an incident in 2007 when the one crew member was killed, one vietnamese. nothing to this extent has happened since then which really escalated tensions. vietnam is looking at options. said it will stay in these waters on till august. until that point, when i was o

some were vietnamese, but the majority are believed to be chinese. it's a rare outbreak of disorder in a tightly controlled country. >> in recent days we've seen looting and arson, and it's directly related to vietnamese indulgence of anti-chinese forces within its territory. he urge the chinese government to conduct investigation. >> chinese are escaping the violence through border posts. many mistakenly attacked japan's government expresses concern of its businesses in the country. and south koreans have also been caught up in the violence. the anger has been fueled by beijing's decision in disputed area of the south china sea. in the past week there have been reports of chinese, vietnamese ship in the area ramming each other and using water canons. >> we have determined to fulfill our duty which is to protect the sovereignty of vietnam's economic zones and prevent the violation of an outside force especially chinese forces. >> the placement of the oil rig is just one of many recent attempts by china to push its claim on the south china sea and loo

vietnamese maritime police say a chinese ship has rammed another vietnamese boat. now this picture taken on tuesday shows ships sailing alongside each other. the crew of a chinese vessel is seen spraying water. chinese government officials did not say their crews were using water cannons. but they said they have to take the necessary steps to ensure the safety of people on the rig. the chinese want to drill near the paracel islands. both countries lay claim to them. more than 80 chinese ships and more than 20 vietnamese vessels are reported to be in the waters around the islands. >>> u.s. president barack obama has been hosting syria's main opposition leader at the white house. and he promised to keep supporting the group. obama says president bashar al assad has no place in the country's future. obama set syria national coalition's jarba at a difficult time for the opposition. assad's forces have retaken control of the city of holmes a one-time insurgent stronghold. white house officials say obama criticized assad's plan to hold a presidential election next month.

they accuse beijing of attacking the vietnamese fishing vessel and causing it to sink. now, this all happened in an area where china has been drilling for oil close to islands which are claimed by both china and vietnam. the drilling operation began at the beginning of month and china deployed a sizable armada there to protect it. of course, two weeks ago we had those serious anti-chinese riots in vietnam that affected a third of the country's provinces leading to the arrest and detention of more than 11,000 protesters. 700 will be on trial or fined. two have already been convicted and jailed. the issue for china now is compensation, because up to 16 taiw taiwanese and chinese factories were set on fire and many others damaged. >>> the prime ministers of india and pakistan have committed to moving forward with peace talks. we describe the meeting in new delhi as a historic opportunity for the south asian neighbors. we have more from the indian capital. >> reporter: this is the most significant handshake for over a decade on india soil. the prime minister welcomed his pa

does china care about the vietnamese being upset? >> i don't think they care about the vietnamese being upset, because they say vietnam has no reason to be upset - which no one else believes. the fact that chinese citizens are losing their lives and fleeing vietnam, that will be a concern to the chinese government and the vouching countries. -- surrounding counties. >> malcolm, great, we finally got to speak to malcolm cook in singapore, and the days of technology triumphing. >>> late night vim ills have been held in abuja for the safe return of more than 200 school girls missing, the event marking 30 face since they were kidnapped from chibok, in the north-east of borno. they are being held by the armed group boko haram >>> meanwhile boko haram fighters killed four soldiers in an ambush outside of city of mydogar jirks. several rebels were killed. elsewhere dozens of boko haram fighters were killed in callet ball ga. villagers fought back, they were thought to be planning another mass kidnapping. >>> time to go to the weather now. h

it seems the vietnamese authorities are trying to put a lid on the responses. china's response has been restrained. they said this they'll dig off the slattery islands. it seems they do not want to allow counter-demonstrations in china. at the moment both countries want to put a lid on this, and take the sting out of it. >> we are getting reports that companies are caught up by the protests because people think they are chinese companies, but they are not. what sort of impact will it have on the vietnamese economy and the level of investment there. >> that's right. a number of factories attacked were taiwanese owned but displayed signs that had chinese characters, and the mob didn't make the distinction. it's not just taiwanese businesses, but korean owned businesses and hong kong businesses. this will have an enormous economic impact for vietnam, because taiwan is a large foreign investor, and 200 factories, remember, were attacked and the taiwanese have been pulling out nationals. thousands have left in the last few days, this will have a big economic impact.

beijing summoned the vietnamese ambassador and demanded protection for chinese interests and citizens. the bone of contention is the rig's location in the south china sea, near the disputed islands over which the two countries have contesting claims. on monday, chinese and vietnamese ships exchanged water cannon fire. >> it is hard to deny that vietnam is the provoker. we urge vietnam to stop all provocative action, come to their senses, and stop all acts intended to create disturbances. >> tensions have spilled over. local media reported 19,000 workers took part. this taiwanese businessmen said he barely escaped the country -- businessman said he barely escaped the country by disguising himself as a vietnamese worker. >> i never felt so scared in my life. i still have lots of friends who could not escape to the airport. they did not dare come out because if they did, they would be beaten. public unrest is rare in the country. some say it could pose a risk to the economy and political stability. threats include other causes like social discontent and workers -- greater workers' rights

then immediately the vietnamese surrounded it, and there has been a lot of tension in that area. just to kind of go forth with the timeline, then the vietnamese government apparently tacitly allowed protests because they're illegal in vietnam. it spiralled out of control last week. two chinese citizens were killed, several severely injured. now we're in the state where the chinese government appears to be taking the threat to the citizens very seriously in vietnam. two more ships have arrived in vietnam. some 4,000 chinese nationals will be evacuated. this is a very large-scale evacuation. many thousands already have left by boat and by plane, and it appears now also the chinese are turning the economic screws on vietnam in this current spat. so certainly a tense time, and this isn't the end of the story by any means. rosemary? >> david, it's worth pointing out vietnamese rely on chinese investment in the country, and it's asked people to stop protesting, but will that be enough to satisfy china, do you think? >> what will satisfy china, frankly, is that vietnam allows it to dril

that is what the chinese have done with the vietnamese. >> and i think the chinese have figured thatwill send our oil breaks down and we will go to this comment error just a bunch of vietnamese fishing boats, the chinese put over 100 ships in the region and they are really not fishing boats the real chinese navy individuals. i think they were quite surprised that the vietnamese then have the demonstration in the the demonstrations got out of him. so this is oiling up to be a crisis, but it could be. >> it is if the united states and our allies want to deny us about everything as if they had no consequences. vladimir putin china, $400 billion as a gas deal with china and russia, strategically advantaged. the sanctions pending in terms of impact. >> it a lot more than a deal of china buying russia's natural gas, it is potentially an alliance between the two. they were economical, political, military. so for 40 years we have enjoyed the united states economic political and military dominance in the world. it's about to change because of russia and china get together not only selling eac

china says a vietnamese fishing vessel bumped into one of itses are vessels and capsized and sink and they said they that attacked it and caused it to sink. this happened in a place where they are drilling for oil on lands that are claimed by china and vietnam and this began at the beginning of the month and they protect the drilling

vietnamese officials say the area's within their country's exclusive economic zone. crews on fishing boats from the two countries have joined the standoff between government ships. vietnam state-run tv says a chinese fishing ship rammed and sank a vietnamese fishing boetd on monday. but china's official news agency says the vietnamese boat was harassing the chinese vetle. xinhua says it capsized after colliding with a chinese boat. japan's defense minister says the leaders of pacific nations should work together to avoid trouble in the skies. he says they should consider setting up a code of conduct for aircraft. itsunori onodera was speaking about an incident on saturday over the east china sea. the pilots of chinese fighter jets flew unusually close to japanese self-defense force airplanes. onodera says japanese officials have been urging chinese authorities to discuss setting up a hotline for emergencies involving ships and planes. but he said the chinese have not responded. >> translator: one option would be to establish a multinational code of conduct for aircra

. >> reporter: after days of often violent anti-chinese protests, the vietnamese authorities appear toe containing the disturb answers. police broke up this small protest in ho chi ming city sunday morning. protesting to halt deep-sea oil in vietnam. efforts to chase the chinese rig away from the waters. the skirmishes have been going on for almost two weeks. the worry is that it could soon get out of control. like china, vietnam's government is communist and tends to keep a lid on dissent but it was unable stop days of violence in a third of the country's provinces. some attacked chinese-run factories although many were taiwan ease-owned, a distinction that was lost on the rioters. the trouble began after china moved an oil rig close to the contested pariselle islands claimed by vietnam t further sounds, beijing is involved in another sovereignty tulsa ovwit the philippines over the paracel islands. now, china is getting nationals out of vietnam, sending five war ships to speed up evacuation efforts. >> we are sending some very experienced people to vietnam. >> reporter: more than thr

the vietnamese see that as an aggressive act. and given the general defensiveness of china in vietnam because of historical reasons, it's easy to understand why the general public reacted with fury the way that they have in the last few days. >> if we can go a little deeper, you mentioned there has been an uneasy relationship between vietnam and china. >> i assumed the level way to think of it is what ho chi min in the internal meeting after the vietnamese communist party. the french have been here for 200 years, but the last time the chinese came, they stayed for a century. so during the vietnam war, the chinese where with the vietnamese, shortly in 1979 china sent in a force so punish vietnam, which was then engaged in conflict in cambodia, and china supported others in cambodia. >> the u.s. expressed serious concern. what is the u.s. interest in the region? >> well, the important thing for us is for sure the package of international shipping through that area. because what china has claimed is most of the south china sea up to

we don't know if the vietnamese government were unable to contain the protests. slowly they are containing the situation, but what the vietnamese government worries about is perhaps the protests turn into antegovernment demonstrators. >> adrian brown, life from budget, thanks for that. >>> north korea has offered a rare public apology to people whose relatives were killed after an apartment building col a.s the official -- collapse, the official agencies says irresponsible supervision was to blame. it doesn't specify how many were killed, but that it happened last views in pyongyang. around 92 families were living in the 23-storey building. >>> in south korea around 10,000 people held a candle-lit vigil for the victims of last month's ferry disaster and demanded those responsible should be punished. 279 were killed, most high school students. >>> in mali 30 separatists have been kidnapped, according to the local governor. there are reports that one soldier was killed and 23 wounded in the gunbattle with the rebels. fighting on saturday happened as the new prime m

vietnamese don't like it. >> a number of difficulties there.tunately. it's very interesting. thank you very much indeed. >>> now at the start of the year, a safe baby hatch was opened in the southern chinese city to give parents a place to put anonymously children they couldn't care for. the government had to close the site because it was overwhelmed with 262 children, all facing serious health problems. we travel to find out why parents feel abandoning their children is their only option. >> if all had gone according to plan a few weeks ago, these parents would have given away their only child. he was born with serious spine deformities. a hole in her mouth makes it hard for this family. hard for this family. ó their daughter or hand her over to the state where in theory she'd receive treatment. they decided to take her to an orphanage. >> no one wants to abandon your child. if we gave her away, at least she would have a slim chance at life. >> i wanted to look at her myself, but my husband asked what if our daughter dies because we can't care

some vietnamese, the majority chinese. it's a care outbreak of public disorder in the tightly controlled country. for many companies, they were not chinese, they were taiwanese or sian. this taiwanees man fled in fear of his life. >> translation: all i can say, i never felt to squared. i didn't sleep all night. i had a lot of friends that can't escape. they didn't dare to come out. they were afraid if they came out they'd be beaten. >> the anger has been fuelled by beijing's disoigs deploy an -- decision to delay an oil reg in a disputed area of the south china sea. there has been reports of chinese ships and taiwanese vessels running into each other. it's an attempt by china to push its claim on the south china see and the sprattly islands, looking for richer fishing grounds and a their in the oil and gas reserves. aside from vietnam, others claim parts of the area. police said on wednesday that more than 400 people have been arrested since the protest began. china's foreign ministry issued warnings to citizens, urging vi

the vietnamese bopt, says the chinese media, harassed the chinese craft before colliding with it. >>> the data used to check the math of mh370 mass has been released. relatives had been calling for the information to be made public. it includes 14 pieces of data sent between the satellite and the plane in hours after it disappeared on march the 8th. >> the leaders of india and pakistan held face to face talks in over a decade. pakistani prime minister nawaz sharif met his indian counterpart narendra modi in new delhi. we go live to new delhi. we are not expecting a real announcement from this meeting. how is it being played out in india? >> well, with great anticipation. when mr narendra modi, then the prime minister elect announced that he had made invitations to all the south asian associations for regional cooperation, the countries that surround india and form part of the economic group took time for the pakistani prime minister nawaz sharif to make up his mind. he arrived, as seen on monday, all the leaders, congratulating him on his group. this is roughly an idea of all the nati

vietnamese coast guard vessel is mild from the rig. have created three perimeter rings around the rig. the mission of this boat is to get as close as possible. typically what happens is chinese vessels give chase. this is what has happened behind us today. while the governments are locked in a diplomatic standoff, the turf battles at sea are likely to continue. >> what is the latest on these affect uh and of chinese people in the country? has said it has ever actuated about 3000 citizens from vietnam. it says it is sending five ships to pick up another 1000 on top of that. the first of those ships is due to arrive in vietnam sometime today. china also said that it is suspending parts of exchange plans with vietnam. and analyst we spoke to said the moves are political considering that vietnam has maintained their security at this point and there are plenty of flights out of the country. that china wants to shift the spotlight and criticism to vietnam and away from china and its oil rig. we have been reporting, anti-china protests did tu

. >> maybe you could explain to me why the vietnamese are burning chinese and taiwanese businesses. >e are clearly deep seated nationalism and perhaps reconsentment for when china had gone to war with vietnam back in 1979. but that was so long ago. and relations had actually become much more positive in recent years. and so it is very strange that it would take such a dramatic 180° turn you know in recent months. >> i was just trying to figure out how a sea dispute comes from the sea to the streets of hanoi. >> that is exactly the question i think people who want to find out should be asking. because as i said, protests of this magnitude don't just spontaneously happen. they're generally organized by folks behind the scenes. and i would say that this probably took months to put together. because if you think about it, the average person is too busy just going to work and making a living -- >> to put together a protest. >> absolutely. >> how much influence does china actually have on vietnam? >> they have obviously economic levers and they would want to resolve this peacefully and talk

it goes there every day. >> reporter: after that first warning from the vietnamese, the malaysians andtnamese exchanged several questions on the plane's whereabouts. >> classic confusion that happens in these situations. "a" says to "b" have you seen the plane? "b" says to "d" where's that plane? "d" says back to "a" i thought you saw it. >> reporter: the second big question raised by this report, why did it take four hours for the malaysians to launch a rescue operation from the time they knew it went missing? was this the biggest mistake by malaysian authorities? >> four hours. it is an absurd amount of time before you start to launch a search operation. that's ridiculous. this is -- i've got a commercial airliner that's lost. >> reporter: analyst jeff wise says it would be tough to justify a cost did i rescue operation that soon when so little was known. wise says in that period, malaysian officials had to make as many calls as they could. that takes time. and wise says, it may not have made a difference anyway. >> even if they had done it qui quickly, by the time they had gotten in

this clash occurred last week as a vietnamese boat got close to the rig.e coast guard said their boat was idle in the water when the chinese vessel rammed it. there was minimal damage, but nobody aboard was hurt. chinese government says its boats have also been rammed while legally protecting the rig's operations. a radar screen shows there are about 60 boats in the area. that is more than double the number of vietnamese coast guard ships and fisheries surveillance boats. this one are daily occurrences as both sides blast horns and blair recordings ordering the other side to lease. vietnamese vessel is about seven nautical miles from china's exploration rig, which you can see in the background behind the. chinese ships have created three perimeter rigs -- rings around the rig. what happens, chinese vessels give chase, and this is exactly what has happened behind us today. while the two governments are locked in a diplomatic standoff, the turf battle at sea is likely to continue. remarkable video from our hanoi bureau chief. let's get more on this. our corr

the company says no vietnamese or taiwanese workers were hurt. some vietnamese demonstrators have attacked other foreign factories in the southern part of the country. protesters appear to have targeted factories with signs using chinese characters. but the damaged buildings included those owned by taiw taiwanese, japanese and south korean firms. a taiwanese bicycle parts worker says the body of a chinese engineer was recovered from its factory that was burned in a demonstration on tuesday. police have detained over 600 protesters and say they will take tough action against those who engage in violence. the vit na meez government is using state-run media to call on people to remain calm, stressing that it will peacefully resolve all territorial disputes with china. >>> south korean prosecutors have indicted the captain and three crew members of the ferry that sank last month. they've been charged with homicide through willful negligence. captain lee joon-seok and three other crew members were among the first to flee the ship and board coast guard

the plane didn't check in with vietnamese air traffic control. it was then detected by malaysian military radar flying west before heading out towards the indian ocean. this was the last time flight 370 was seen. malaysian officials have now released raw data that show why they believe the plane was lost at sea. this 47-page report focuses on 14 signals sent between inmar sat satellite and the aircraft in the final hours of the flight. but it doesn't indicate the exact location of the aircraft. investigators have relied on this limited information to determine where the plane went after it disappeared from radar, but there are doubts about their calculations. under pressure, the malaysian government has released the raw data to show it is not hiding anything. frustrated families of the missing passengers are not yet convinced. >> what we want is a full version of inmar sat report including the data and also the way how you calculate, the formula that you use. that is also very important. data means nothing. >> reporter: after weeks of fruitless s

china says a vietnamese fishing vessel bumped into one of itses are vessels and capsized and sink andsaid they that attacked it and caused it to sink. this happened in a place where they are drilling for oil on lands that are claimed by china and vietnam and this began at the beginning of the month and they protect the drilling operation and vietnamese have been doing what they can to harass the operation and two weeks ago we had anti-chinese riots in vietnam and effecting the provinces and leading to arrest, detention of more than a thousand protesters, 700 of those, says vietnam will be put on trial or fined, two have been already convicted and jail but the issue for china now is compensation because up to 16 chinese factories were set on fire and many others were damaged. >> reporter: disputes in the south china sea give seen anti-china sentiments rising among neighboring countries and we have more now from palawan in the western philippines. >> reporter: in a rare show of solidarity vietnam and philippines agreed to join the opposed, china's resent actions in a disputed air of the

i was on the vietnamese coast for three days and we were chased i larger chinese boats on each of those days. chinese and the enemy's ships have been locked in a tense can mouse chase about 140 miles off of vietnam's coast since china hauled in this billion dollar expiration rig earlier this month. both countries claim territorial rights to these waters. both sides have called and boats to the area. chases are common. [sirens] this crash occurred last week as a boat got close to the rig. there was minimal damage but no one aboard was hurt. the chinese government said that boats have been rammed while legally protecting the rig's operation. a radar screen shows about 60 boats in the area, more than coast the vietnamese ships and fishing surveillance boats. chases like this when our daily experiences as both sides last horns and blair recordings ordering the other side to leave. vietnam coast guard vessel is about 70 miles from the chinese expiration rig. they have created three perimeter rings around the rate. the mission of this vote is to get close to the rig as possible. shiny's vesse

fox news national security >> lou: the vietnamese prime minister says he was considering various defenseptions against china after the deployment to the south china sea. china evacuated more than 3,000 citizens from vietnam's sending ships to retrieve more violent protests leading to the death of six chinese citizens. joining us now we have k.t. mcfarland. this combined with martial law in thailand carried out with the military now looks like a real hot spot. >> selfie stage a we have not paid attention to that but now it bubbles up. why? in part to because china opposite -- pushes the situation rather china claims the south china sea territory where they claim basically rocks that have no real significance except what is around the island which is all the resources. >> the vietnamese are sending very strong signals it is quite to the opposite. >> they did not anticipate that. they will not be a problem that there is over 100 ships in the region. there reallyshl)@ aren't fishing votes there are real chinese navy. that they had said demonstrations nobody wants this to be a crisis. lou: wh

they named the group after a bombing campaign against the north vietnamese called operation rolling thunder. the story from the associated press is that president obama is in afghanistan right now, paying u.s. troops a surprise visit, flying there overnight. base in u.s. afghanistan, he is spending a night. the u.s. is withdrawing most of its forces with the year-end deadline. this is the president's fourth trip to afghanistan as president. [applause] >> taking a look at rolling thunder, a nonprofit group, more than 90 chapters across the country. many members are veterans, their mission is to account for all service members for prisoners of war. 2500ed in 1987 and 1988, motorcycles convened in washington. we hear about 4000 convening this weekend. this month c-span is showing commencement addresses from graduation ceremonies around the country. take a look at john thompson at his alma mater, florida a and m in tallahassee. each speeches about 15 minutes. [applause] >> hello. [applause] it is really great to be back. thank you for the opportunity. this is a special day. a special day for al

they named the group after a bombing campaign against the north vietnamese called operation rolling thunder. the story from the associated press is that president obama is in afghanistan right now, paying u.s. troops a surprise visit, flying there overnight.

a chinese ship rams a vietnamese coast guard vessel. there have been skirmishes going on for more than a week. they began after china parked a deep water oil rig close to the paiparparasol islands. >> we have no choice but to increase our security. this extremely restrain. our only aim is to guarantee our reasonable legal, normal drilling operations. >> china claims sovereignty over almost all of the south china sea, putting it in conflict with not only vietnam but the fill philippines as well. the spot is are said to be rich in oil and gas deposits and the shipping lanes. the worry now is high sea brinksmanship could get out of control. >> there is a possibility of miscalculation, things getting out of hand, a rogue general or mistakes being made by someone who is trigger happy. >> the issue has overchad owed a group of southeastern why asian groups in myanmar, nothing matters month to southeast why asia. it is noarp nowhere near a war but not peace either. adrian brown, al jazeera, southeast asia. >> abdullah al shami has been on hung

the vietnamese foreign ministry confirmed it took place late monday.ernoon local time. some 14 chinese fishing vessels circled a group of boats from vietnam. one boat was rammed. it wasn't shot at. 10 people onboard were eventually rescued. fortunately no one died, otherwise tensions would be higher. the chinese responded. they said vietnam sent these ships to disturb a chinese firm's operations in the area. china has adopted firm measures to deal with these things and the fishing boat china claims simply just overturned and has asked vietnam to stop this disturbing behavior. let's leave it there. anna, back to you. >> thank you. coming up, britain's biggest mortgage lender says it will t.s.p. % stake in its consumer bank in a public offering next month. we'll be looking further into that story when we come back. >> welcome back. i'm anna edwards. let's head to jonathan ferro for the fx check. >> flat on the day. second day of that e.c.b. forum over in portugal. draghi speaks at 2:30 u.k. time. that is one to watch out from that comprehensive speech ye

-- a vietnamese fishing boat according to the vietnamese foreign minister spokesman.on is performing. david and zeb will join me for the morning stock exchange. ♪ >> i am angie lau. ethier top stories. ellisdership -- malaysia have rolled out of bankruptcy. stocks have plunged since the disappearance of one of his plight -- one of its flights. been facing rising competition as falling fares led some investors to leave it to f ail. military leader seven nationwide curfew could remain. general promised to pay $3 billion in rice subsidies to recession.looming the new indian prime minister modi will meet his counterpart from pakistan. they were among a group of heads of states. india and pakistan are nuclear states and have had clashes since independence. relationsimproving with neighboring countries is high on his agenda. welcome to the stock exchange. let's check in what our reporters are watching. trading underway in asia. lg displays. >> lg displays is working. for the moment, i will tell you about it. lg display co. is up in the session as far as i know. i checked th

yesterday, a wooden vietnamese fishing bolt was sank by a chinese vessel. the 10 fisherman were rescued. it happened near where china built an oil rig. china claims the fishing bolt was the aggressor, vietnam said the fishing bolt was rapidly. >> we are seeking additional information. we remain concerned about dangerous conduct and intimidation by vessels operating in this area by the chinese. we continue to call on all parties to exercise restraint and take steps to lower the tensions. >> countries have long fought over the china sea and its natural resources. joining us is author of the coming collapse of china. thanks for being with us this morning. let's talk about the area that we're looking at and look at a map. the red line that we see on this map denotes the area claimed by china, which is most of the sea. the oil rig and the sunken vietnamese fishing boat were near the paracel islands, but the rig was in vietnam's exclusive economic zone as defined by the united nations. how would you characterize china's recent moves? >> this is clearly aggressive

some were vietnamese, but the majority believed to be chinese. it's a rare outbreak of public disorder in a tightly controlled country. >> in recent days, the beatings, loot i go and arson that were targeted at chinese companies and personnel are directly related to vietnam's indulgence of anti chinese forces within its territory. we urge the vietnamese government to ernest live take responsibility, conduct a thorough investigation and compensate our losses. >> hundreds of chinese reported to have been escaping the violence through border posts. so many nationals have been mistakenly attacked, japan's government has expressed concern for its people and businesses in the country and south korean and taiwan he's nationals have been caught up. >> we are determined to fulfill our duty, to protect the special zones and territories. >> the placement of the oil rig is just one of many recent attempts by china to push its claim on most of the south china sea, looking for richer fishing grounds and a share of the oil and gas reserves. several others claim

. >>> dramatic new video shows a chinese coast guard ship ramming a vietnamese ship in the south chinad tuesday. the "associated press" reports the two ships have been in a standoff since early this month after beijing placed an oil rig near a disputed island chained that vietnam claims its own. the u.s. called the -- the shipping lane is rich with oil and gas reserves. the chinese government claims vietnamese ships have rammed chinese boats more than 150 times since the standoff began. >> steelworkers they forced pro-russian separatists from government buildings in east ukraine. the steelworkers have been patrolling the city after their boss, ukraine's richest man, urged them to help police row store order. take a look at our wall. this is all happening in the second largest city in ukraine's dough net -- don net can. a new report shows human rights violations are on the rise in eastern ukraine. u.n. observers say police and russian authorities have been helping the pro-russian militants and there's been a wave of kidnapping, targeting journalists, activists, politicians and other off

. >> that is malaysian air traffic control telling 370 to check in with vietnamese air traffic control. but that never happened. the report shows that as controllers realized communication was lost there was a four-hour gap until an official search for flight 370 was launched. let's take a look at the timeline. and we'll highlight some of the newest information. the plane departed from kuala lumpur at 12:41 a.m. we already knew that the plane's on-board system, acars sent its last communication. at 1:19 a.m., the last verbal communication from the cockpit is made as we just heard. at 1:24, the last communication was heard. 19 seconds later, flight 370 disappeared. and thailand spots an unknown aircraft apparently flying from the opposite direction from flight 370, scheduled flight path. 1:30 a.m., they radio that they never established contact. this is key, it is not until 5:30 a.m. that malaysian authorities activate a search. finally, the last satellite handshake from the jet was picked up from a ground station. they fail to tell them what role the military played, if any. also it wa

it was after the vietnamese boat approached an oil rig in the south china sea.hina has put the giant oil rig in the area that is also claimed by vietnam. >>> anti-government proceedtets or in thailand are celebrating buddha's birthday in bangkok. hundreds chaventd as they prayed for the senate to install a neutral prime minister. demonstrators are demanding the current government step down. they want a new prime minister to oversee electoral reforms before a vote in july. now, scientists are warning that vast glaciers appear to be thawing. it is based upon satellite measurements for the last 20 years. the details >> reporter: for years, we have been warned the mighty frozen continent is melting. now, two separate studies paint a sobering picture of what's being described as an irreversible, unstoppable thaw. a gracier system in western antarctica previously started to be stable has started to retreat. this shows the six big glashiers that are affected. the reason say researchers is global warming. it is blow sea level. more water causing ice along the coast to t

the vietnamese protests were against a china -- against china in erecting an oil rig in these disputed waters. ships have been ramming this oil rig. spoken out against those actions and asked vietnam to stop interfering with its actions and what it claims -- in what it claims is its own territory. >> give us more background about these waters and what makes them so contentious. >> these are some of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. they are also incredibly rich in oil and natural resources, as we just discussed. china has built an oil rig in these waters, and these waters are not just claimed by china and vietnam. they are kind by -- claimed by many nations in asia. china also has a dispute with the philippines about these waters. china says it has the right to build anything it wants on this island because the island belongs to china. this is an ongoing dispute. i don't think we will see an end to these simmering tensions for some time. >> thank you for that report from beijing. the latest from the trial of oscar pistorius. the double amputee athlete is accused of intentionally

being half white, half vietnamese, it was not fun. >> i never knew you were a complete orphan.my mind, you would have been with her mother. mother. were >> for now on, neither intends to let the other go. >> amazing story and an amazing find. that brings the program to a close. on our see so much more website and any time. they do so much for watching. do tune in tomorrow. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, newman's own foundation, giving all profits to charity and pursuing the common good for over 30 years, and union bank, >> for nearly 150 years, we believed the commercial bank owes its clients strength, stability, security. we believe in keeping lending standards high, capital ratios high, credit ratings high. companies expected it then. companies expect it now. doing right, it is just the business. union bank. >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet, los angeles. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: the pentagon said today reports of sexual assaults within

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