and nays in various forms appear from north africa all the way to western china in very many differentds of forms. and the nay that i play is associated with turkey. it is this shape, this profile here, that is said to give the turkish nay its particular tonal timbre. but the real place where timbre lives is inside the instrumentalist's heart and head. if the instrumentalist doesn't hear the timbre in the instrument and the music, then the audience won't hear it either. (narrator) while materials and construction are critical in determining the timbrel capabilities of an instrument, it is the musician who makes the instrument come to life. in essence, the instrument becomes the unique musical voice of the player. (redman) i think the connection that you feel with an instrument is oftentimes beyond literal or verbal description. but i think one thing that really attracted me to the sound of the tenor saxophone was its incredible emotional range. [saxophone plays jazzy staccato music] the tenor saxophone can be a very, very tender and sensitive instrument. [resonating, mellow melody] or

it's going to be very wet and the higher elevations will possibly see snow in western china moving to eastern areas. another rainmaker will taper off by midnight hours and it will linger here for a little while longer in northeastern china and the north korea border. we're looking at rain coming in here actually and tokyo metropolitan region is seeing rain moving in in the daytime. 16 degrees for the high today in tokyo metropolitan region and that's not that different from wh and a winter storm warning and freakish storm 30 centimeters of sneefl in nevada and the higher elevations and a halloween storm coming in on tuesday likely to see a similar areas hit with this possibility of severe thunderstorms which could spawn only tornadic activity. denver in single digits and oklahoma city looking at, perhaps, thunderstorms and -- thunderstorms and severe weather. here's the rest of your weather. >>> and that is all for this edition of nhk. i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks very much for joining us. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ >> the wilson forum is the living memorial t

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circulating this leaflet to local hotels asking for information about men in vehicle from a region in western china. it's home to the muslim uighurs and many members of this ethnic group complain of cultural and religious repression. frustration has turned to violence, rioting there in 2009 cost the lives of 200 and this summer saw a large number of violent incidents. the police stepped up security in and around the capital today on the lookout for future attacks. such incidents are rare in beijing but they serve as a reminder of instability and vulnerability at the world's most populous state. >> woodruff: in syria, the world health organization has now confirmed ten cases of polio in the northeast, and it's warning the disease could spread across the region. the w.h.o. also urged the syrian government and rebels to allow access to some 500,000 children who need to be immunized. we'll have more on this story a little later. the first underwater rail link between europe and asia was opened today in turkey. the eight-mile tunnel runs beneath the strait of bosphorus, connecting the european and asian

china. locals ofaccused the major markets. they have blind faith in starbucks and other western brands. >> in china, starbucks is often a placeo see. you have to pay for comfort in these coffee shops. dollars, that is much too expensive. the conclusion, starbucks is profiting unfairly from the chinese customers. in places like the u.k. and not the first time cctv has placed a foreign corporation under the the controversy has generated 40 million on china's version of twitter. the overwhelming response is annoyance and anger with cctv for sending so much time and energy. he could be dealing with much more serious issues affecting chinese people like the shocking air pollution. next time, focus on the increasingly common need. cuba has announced it is going to scrap the dual currency. they have been paid in currency and found an increasing number of goods and services. it is all going to change. >> one of the principles of the ballet went on trial in moscow stance accused of mounting an attack on the artistic director, which he denies. our correspondent is in court today. this is the district court in moscow. there are lots of

china. locals ofaccused the major markets. they have blind faith in starbucks and other western brands. >> in china, starbucks is often a placeo see. you have to pay for comfort in these coffee shops. dollars, that is much too expensive. the conclusion, starbucks is profiting unfairly from the chinese customers. in places like the u.k. and not the first time cctv has placed a foreign corporation under the the controversy has generated 40 million on china's version of twitter. the overwhelming response is annoyance and anger with cctv for sending so much time and energy. he could be dealing with much more serious issues affecting chinese people like the shocking air pollution. next time, focus on the increasingly common need. cuba has announced it is going to scrap the dual currency. they have been paid in currency and found an increasing number of goods and services. it is all going to change. >> one of the principles of the ballet went on trial in moscow stance accused of mounting an attack on the artistic director, which he denies. our correspondent is in court today. this is the district court in moscow. there are lots of

or western governments china is now tackling with real fundamental reform. and restructuring of the economy to head off any local government debt issues in the future whereas in the us we just continued to we're going to print more money we're going to give more money to banks and we're going to raise debt ceilings until somehow jobs magically appear are let me let me ask you this question let's contrast to economies here in the u.k. the economy is flagging george's broad or and brought in help to buy their reinflating the real estate bubble and now the prices are up ten percent in a month it's clearly a bubble it's going to popular cause huge problems whereas in china when they real estate markets start to get a bit frothy they increase the mortgage requirement they raise interest rates they're managing things in a much different way they put an emphasis on savings. is it a good contrast these two approaches and ultimately how can the west knock on the american the u.k. hope to compete with china if their solution to stimulate growth is to increase debt and

china. ngos and western countries have tied aid to greater transparency, but china has up-ended the system.g is known to give aid and sign trade deals with no strings attached. instead, it's priority is to extract commodities at the best possible price, and that in turn has led to the commodities boom which has fueled growth in africa. according to a new york university study, trade between china and africa has risen from $10 billion in 2000 to $166 billion in 2011, a 16-fold increase. china is now africa's largest trade partner, and as i reported last week, china's total aid budget has surged as well from $1.7 billion in 2001 to more than $189 billion in 2011, a substantial chunk of that aid goes to africa. in the short term, africa's leaders may rejoice at having struck a good deal. they no longer need to listen to western criticism because china and other countries like brazil and india are willing to trade no strings attached, but africa's dictators should be aware. all they need to do is look north to the arab world and they will see what happens when leaders suppress freedom and stick

with them political costs. >> margo has more on that story now and she joined me from southern china. westernes would give their left arms for a growth rate of 7.5, 7.8. but there is dispayment i disapn china as not figures, why is that? >> reporter: well, there is actually more hope as it were. china was on a [inaudible] over last month and indeed the last few year old, so the fact that the growth rate has gone up to that point is being portrayed here by the government as still an optimistic sign. that that down slope may, indeed, be over. in some way the economy here is beginning to stabilize what they are hoping to do is further encourage small, and medium enterprise to his thrive also lessening the influence of the larger state-run corporations. now what is disappointing obviously china has been really driven by export industry as well there is a very small dip in that, but, again, reflective of the global slow down and the fact that the demand and the wider market is still really not as big as they would like it to be because of the difficulty still be experienced by the he emergencying

with atumal temperatures, widespread showers will be remaining across the central regions of china. western areas will likely see some snow in the higher elevations. considering the prefecture, we're looking at the beautiful pictures across this hour. let me give you this video of today for you. mountains are aflame with autumn colors. leaves started to become gold enand reddish a couple of weeks ago at the top of the mountain and the change has now reached the foothills. the seasonal change is about ten days later than usual because the weather stayed warm until mid october. many hikers are enjoying this beautiful scene. and the fall colors will continue until early next month. so we'll likely enjoy this for a little while longer. let's move over to the european continent. we have been talking about that wind storm, if you can recall a couple of days ago. it was a deadly gusty condition that killed more than a dozen people. the gusty conditions, i can't tell you that it has been completely worn down. we have another system into the scandinavian peninsula. a sudden burst of showers as the g

china. it also tiring. free open-source development engine being used by western games. china now has more than 330 million smart phones in use, exceeding all of the cell phones of any kind active in the united states. this is a wonderland that -- so it is no wonder that they are setting the agenda when it comes to the mobile space. when they want to expand to the united states, he helps them bridge the gap. >> in the path, it has always been people who get a u.s. business model in china. but now you have game development, application and sometimes you have china develop a little early and have the model come back to the u.s.. >> this conference has a yearly sister event held in beijing and many u.s. mobile players will attend. strategies are very different from their american ones, recognizing that knowledge of the local market is critical to any cripple expansion overseas. -- critical to any expansion overseas. >> preparing for the end of the world and or the zombie a cop... -- zombie apocalypse. the prep spurs -- the preppers and their take on armageddon. >> live in ho

. >> now to a bbc investigation in china that has uncovered evidence that organized prostitution inside a number of well-known western branded hotels in china. our investigation shows sex has been bought and sold from third- party businesses operating from within some hotel premises. the ramada, intercontinental, and other hotels will deny any knowledge of the practice. prostitution is illegal in china. here is our correspondent in china. zedong oncemao claimed to have driven prostitution from the streets. in today's communist china, it is around almost every corner. shows,our investigation inside the international hotel trade, too. hotel,basement of this we find a small independently run business with more than 10 prostitutes for hire. one of them tells me she is 20 years old and has sex with up to three clients per day. spas in dozens of international hotels across china and found evidence of prostitution in around seven percent of them. , also in the city, is managed by a british-based intercontinental hotels group. the signs here make clear the spot is under independent management, and legitimate massage is the m

it might go towards western japan, eastern coast of china or or taiwan. we'll keep a very close eye on this system for you. another system developed over far out in the pacific. this looks like it will be reaching towards the nairian that islands as we prokbresz through today and into tomorrow. it looks like it has a high chance of becomes a transport storm status in the near future. the storm system which passed through this region is now in the east of ho kye da. it's still packing gusts quite strong and bringing heavy downpours, about 18 mill meres of rain has been falling in the past 24 hours. so additional rain could trigger flooding. and also due to the high tied, both combined with the high waves up to about 3 to 4 meet ares, could affect the eastern coast. but elsewhere high pressure is predominant across much of the regions and yesterday we saw a beautiful rainbow. yesterday this is the picture coming out from the tokyo metropolitan region. it was actually a double rainbow. you can kind of see the double one right here. beautiful picture. now her

chancellor george osborne is sending on a trade mission to china this week he told students at a beijing university that unlike some other western countries he doesn't want to resist china's economic progress or put up trade barriers but he wants britain to share in the economic progress that means seeking chinese investment in british infrastructure such as ports and water in energy and eight hundred million pound deal for a chinese company to develop manchester airport has already been unveiled george osborne said that he's determined to open a new chapter in u.k. chinese relations and make britain's see that the chinese economy is no longer a low wage or low tech one of my tasks this week is to explain to the british people just how far china has come sophisticated your businesses how would rants you are in the fields of high tech and science and one of my principal goals this week is not just to increase british investment in china but to increase chinese investment in britain the u.k.'s current visa regime for the chinese has been criticized as colonial because of excessive red tape and application forms the u.k. is estimat

crisis regular pin corporations and brands lining china's mighty manufacturing industry with some western know how. and syria's chemical disarmament is on track with the u.n. plan as it's progress is praised by the u.s. and russia at the asia pacific summit in barley. by the very warm welcome if you just joined us this is our team it's just past four pm now here in moscow and developing story this russia's president is demanding an official apology from the netherlands over the treatment of a russian diplomat in the hague police reportedly beat up the official and detained him overnight now the news comes against the backdrop of a nother spat between the two countries that is going to more on this. take us through what happened overnight that in the hague allegedly. having the nerve the netherlands gave no explanation of their actions so far russia put forward an ultimatum if you will to explain the incident and apologize until six pm moscow time dad is in two hours from now now also did not elaborate on what happens if the dutch don't respond by six pm but the russian president already c

western observers compare them to social democrats. glinchaccording to china'sibes capitalism is a prerequisite for capital development and they also want to see political reform. jirkjierks[speaking foreign lan] ththe right to free speech is something china's liberals marxist and independents all emphasize. for them an for half a billion china nice, the internet has become a vital way of expressing their opinion. >> we need our space. a bigger space, i mean for the public fee bait and the discussion. that is very important. the media situation is not great. the first, we know that there is sensor ship issues. but it's not only the sensor ship. media on one hand links with the power and another hand is linked with the interest groups. they want the certain sayings to making money. >> in the su summer of 2011 twof the country's high speed trains collided in a high speed crash, that was embarrassing to say the least for the chinese government. between the accident happened, you know, people didn't really respond so happily initially. but some of the local internet

now the other storm, the typhoon, is leaving the philippines leaving on the western side towards the south chinaea. it will regroup and this storm will impact vietnam. we're seeing a storm system make its way across the northern planes. this has brought damage in terms of winds and flooding as it made its way up here to the north. we've seen storms and bismarck is at 51. minneapolis is the 74, and it's that comin contrast of temperats that make the storm so strong. over the next several days the cool air will move in behind the storm. we do have tornado watches and warnings, and that is where the storm, that will continue on for the next several hours. here across the east, well, a lot of the same. this storm system as you see right here has been hovering here for days. we've seen a lot of rain. most of it over here towards new jersey, pennsylvania, west virginia. new york, you've seen a couple of showers but we've been very lucky here over the last couple of days. we thought we would see more but most of the rain has pushed over towards the east. that's a look at your national weather. your hea

western negotiators include eu foreign policy chief katherine ashton and envoys from the u.s., britain, france, russia, china, and germany. they praised the iranian proposal, but no details have been released. the western powers believe iranian scientists are getting closer to enriching uranium to weapons grade. leaders in tehran said their nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, and they want u.s.-led economic sanctions eased. the british foreign secretary william hailing hague has welcomed dip the maic efforts. he spoke to reporters after meeting with the foreign minister. heying did not rule out a lifting of sanctions on iran, but he said he wants to see real actions from the country. >> any decisions about sanctions must be related to decisions on actual developments, positive developments in the way that iran pursues its nuclear program. >> hague urged iran to seize this opportunity to make negotiations a success. >>> lawmakers in washington are striving to quickly break the fiscal impasse as the thursday deadline for raising the u.s. borrowing limit draws closer. democratic and republican leaders in

china has a huge population with a need for infrastructure. i hope the market for construction equipment keeps growing. >> translator: i think that the development of the country's western areas will go ahead, and the construction industry will benefit. >> reporter: china, giant equipment shovels away mountains. it also helps reclaim coastal areas for new cities and industrial projects. time and again, this has been the story behind the country's growth. but economic growth has recently slowed. as a result, not enough tenants for the new buildings. the city of tangshan is a two-hour drive east from beijing. here, authorities are trying something different. they're building a massive industrial park. the site on the course of the bohai sea takes up 310 square kilometers, the same size of the u.s. city of detroit. the park will be one of northern china's largest industrial hubs. it's 2/3 completed. the port is 36 meters deep. large enough for 300,000-ton supertanker. the project cost $30 billion. some of china's largest steel producers already operate here. but the park needs a lot more tenants. in september, city authorities hosted the promotional event for foreign compa

china is growing. they are doing whatever they can. and enough to avert a slow down really depends on what the western countries will look like in chinacan manage the property issues without a major blowup. meanwhile another thing china is doing to control the risk following the accumulating goal is to backup what they are importing 2000 tons of wood in hong kong and may have a crisis. >> we have to leave you there and thanks so much. saudi arabia rejected the seat in the council a day after being elected as nonpermanent member and accused the body of having double standards regarding wars and conflicts and the security council said they are divided over syrian crisis. a series of explosions across iraq killed at least 60 people. the bombs targeted residential areas including a children's hospital and playground and 12 car bombs in baghdad killed 48 and injured more than 100. northern iraq 12 people were killed when a truck blew up in a residential area east of malsa. officials in louse lack the commitment and man power to find the missing bodies in wednesday's plane crash and 17 bodies have been found so far, none of which could be i

finest to snapping up crisis right european corporations and brands lining china's mighty manufacturing industry with some western know how we got a report on that. and syria's chemical disarmament is on track with the u.n. plan as it progresses praised by the u.s. and russia but the asia pacific summit in bali. this is a tease could have you company our top story russia's president is demanding official apology from the netherlands over the treatment of a russian diplomat in the hague police reportedly beat up the official and detained him overnight the news comes against the backdrop of another spot between the two countries what is going to cannes got more on this for us now let's catch up with her when we spoke earlier on there was a six o'clock moscow deadline for this what's happened that's right kevin the netherlands responded to russia's demand for an explanation and apology by saying they're investigating the incident and if they prove that the dutch line foresman violated in international law only they will apologize international law with regard to courts diplomatic status and how diplomats must be tre

finest to snapping up crisis rag european corporations and brands lining china's mighty manufacturing industry with some western know how we got a report on that coming up. and syria's chemical disarmament is on track with the u.n. plan as it progresses praised by the u.s. and russia at the asia pacific summit in bali. which is join us for a good afternoon it's kevin i would hear r.t. today five pm here in moscow first russia's president is demanding an official apology from the netherlands over the treatment of a russian diplomat in the hague police reportedly beat up the official and detained him overnight the news comes against the backdrop of another spat between the two countries and he's got a teacher can call the latest the netherlands gave no explanation of their actions so far russia put forward an ultimatum if you well to explain the incident and apologized until six pm moscow time now moscow did not elaborate on what happens if they don't respond by six pm but the russian president said this. at the good be sure sure you can see. this is a flagrant violation of the vienna convention we are awaiting c

beijing's fun to snap up prices regular paid corporations and brands lining china's mighty manufacturing industry with some western know how. and syria's chemical disarmament track where the u.n. plan is its progress is praised by the u.s. and russia at the asia pacific summit in bali.

finest to snapping up crisis right european corporations and brands lining china's mighty manufacturing industry with some western know how we got a report on that coming up. and syria's chemical disarmament is on track with the u.n. plan as it progresses praised by the u.s. and russia at the asia pacific summit in bali.

by the clock's ticking towards the u.s. a default a but some western nations always saying no time in turning east china is catching of the eyes on america as close as ally britain has been sending the country's top brass to. china earlier called on the world to stop to quote the americanize reports on the shifting attitudes. this week a cheer leading british chancellor took to beijing on a bridge building trade mission one of my tasks this week is to explain to the british people just how far china has come how sophisticated your businesses are how advanced you are in the fields of high tech and science and one of my principal goals this week is not just to increase british investment in china but to increase chinese investment in britain westminster's criticism of china's human rights record has up until recently blighted relations it could be hitting the treasury as well according to some estimates the british economy has been missing out on billions of pounds of cash from the people's republic germany's been far more proactive in terms of promoting trade so for instance germany exports some seventy

western japan and central regions as well. already in the hazardous level across much of eastern china. now, to europe where the windstorm has been creating gusty conditions. in fact, deadly gusts. it's moving toward northwestern russia. another incoming system from the atlantic will be dominating much of the british isles. so over 100 kilometers per hour winds could still be likely into tomorrow. we have a low-pressure system, and due to the humid moisture combined, very unstable conditions. across northwestern africa, all the way up toward the alpines. in between the two aforementioned systems, we have high-pressure system covering and dominating. do enjoy that weather while you can in london, 14 degrees with plenty of sunshine on wednesday before that system moves in. paris at 15 degrees. lisbon looks a at 19 degrees with clear skies. bucharest with foggy condition at 22 degrees. americas. take a look at the winter storm will be impacting the four corners region. this is due to a jet stream meandering all the way down toward the south pulling all the cold air. the precipitation up in

western canada's liquefied natural gas a year. that's equivalent to one-tenth of japan's annual imports. japan currently gets most of its supply from the middle east. people in china are buying more and more new cars and japanese automakers are celebrating a surge in demand there after disappointing sales last year. officials with china association of automobile manufacturers say sales of new cars last month came in over 1.9 million units. that's an increase of more than 1 19%. >>> south korean government officials are grappling with a growing challenge. they try to help incomers who say they've escaped from the north. but more and more of those people are not genuine defectors but north korean spies. justice ministry officials told lawmakers about their efforts to capture north korean agents. they say the number of arrests they've made has grown sharply in the past few years. the officials say they've detained 49 north korean spies in the past decade and they say 21 had pretended to be defectors. they say the spies are members of north korea's state security and intelligence agencies. and say those agents entered the south to get classified information and take d

china's most powerful women in the fashion world. seth, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, gayle. 25 years ago there was not a single western fashion magazineenter stage. designers want her attention because where she turns her focus so do 640,000 chinese readers. angelica cheung is the editor of "vogue china." >> nice to have valentino dressing you for a night out. >> i need to have these high heels. >> china's fashion business tops $65 billion. by 2020 that's expected to triple to $200 billion. known for spotting a fashion trend, "vogue" began publishing here in 2005 with cheung as the editor. she helped put chinese designers on the map by putting them on the pages of her magazine. this fashion editor who studied to be a lawyer has seen the transformation in her own life. this is you. >> i just got it in. >> reporter: this photograph shows her as a 4-year-old standing in a patriotic pose. she holds the book of quotes from communist china's founder mao tse-tung, a leader determined to destroy differences between rich and poor. >> that was how i grew up the culture revolution where everybody was dressed the same and luckily i had a grandma