and even the possibility of war between south korea north korea and i think that's going to spill over into the next year in europe and i will defer to my colleague in london but you have to think that here bankruptcies of greece and problems in our law and so around the globe it's been an eventful year not a great year for the u.s. we didn't make progress on the israeli peace talks we did get the start treaty that's going to pass did pass and so you know some pluses and minuses but not a great year all around i would say well if i go to you steve i'm looking at domestic politics. president obama after the midterm elections some people are already calling him a lame duck president is that premature because ok we got to start agreement but he had to pay hugely for that hugely like a president has never had to pay before for arms control agreements that he in the past it's been bipartisan some differences of course but this was turned into a real test and show how much obama's going to pay to get something that actually everybody really agrees with. well charles i think actually the pres

on north korea's nuclear program. deputy secretary of state james steinberg will visit seoul tokyo and beijing over a three-day period january 26th. the announcement came shortly after north korea's leaders announced high-level military talks with the south on thursday. the north wants to explain its artillery attack on yeonpyeong island in november and its alleged sinking of a south korean ship in march. in response to the proposal, the south has suggested the two sides hold preliminary talks. meanwhile in washington, chinese president hu jintao expressed concern about north korea's uranium enrichment program for the first time during the summit with barack obama on wednesday. an nhk reporter says the united states wants to use the tour by the official to boost collaboration among the three asian countries and persuade north korea's government to take concrete action towards denuclearization. >>> japanese prosecutors have decided not to indict a former coast guard officer who leaked video footage of the conclusion be

of yeonpyeong island in south korea. we share an interest in the peace and stability on the korean peninsula. we share an interest in ensuring that the peninsula is denuclearized. the united states view is that when south korea faces an unprovoked attack in which civilians die from north korea that we have to be very plain in condemning that and insisting that such behavior stop. china's... and we want to say that publicly not just privately. china's preference often is to convey those messages privately. and on issues like that we sometimes file to find common ground. >> rose: is that because of their long-standing relationship with north korea or because they fear that if north korea collapses they will look at a level of refugees they've never seen before? >> i think it's both. and i think it's also a calculation about... and where we may have differing calculations about how best to influence north korea's behavior. >> rose: on the behavioral side, do you see in your contact at the united nations on the part of the c

her book nothing to indy, ordinary lives in north korea. how did you get access to north korea? >> i spent about seven years interviewing north koreans, not in north korea, but in south three of in their round the chinese border. you can't get to anybody in north korea. i found north koreans to be quite talkative when they get out of the country. painstakingly keeping together the story which in my mind, 1984. >> these number three is that you spoke with talented they escape? with a visiting south korea? >> everybody had to escape. basically it is a large prison. there are not allowed out of their country. these are people partially when they were starving to death crossed rivers the border china and tried to make new lives for themselves. the funny thing is that when they were in north korea although they were starving they had fed his propaganda that they lived in the best country in the world. we have nothing to indian the world. then they come out and realize that people eat rice and have television and can read whatever they want. >> you found that there were pretty unaware

>> well, the european union is a very important trade partner for china, south korea and japan. so whether the eu economy is healthy or not is crucial for the asian economy as well. now, this chart shows japan and china's export destinations by size. in 2009, europe was china's biggest export partner surpassing the united states. the eu is also japan's third biggest export destination after china and the u.s. japan and china aren't simply watching what's happening in the eu. they are offering to help. on january 5th, china's vice premier met with the spanish prime minister. lee said that china was willing to buy a large amount of spanish government bonds. china has also said that it intends to help greece and portugal. japan has pledged its help as well, offering to buy more than 20% of a bond issued by the eu. the eu will issue the bond at the end of the month in a bid to help ireland. >> translator: it would be appropriate for a large economy like japan to help boost market confidence in the euro zone's strength bond offerings. >> i asked professor shirai about her thoughts on

consulting with china, korea and japan as we have regularly with regard to north korea. i do expect that both during the secretary's discussion with foreign minister young tomorrow as well as the president's later this month it will be a topic of discussion. but what steve bossworth is doing is working through an assessment of where we are on the korean peninsula and a way forward. >> mr. bosworth said he is looking for serious negotiations with north korea at an earlier time. >> that's not exactly what he said. as he said, which is our policy, that we believe that serious negotiations must be at the heart of a strategy for dealing with north korea. we have made clear that we are open to dialogue with north korea, but as we have said many times, you know, we have to be assured that that dialogue will be constructive and we just don't want to have talk for talk's sake. we do want to see specific things from north korea, including a reduction of tension between north and south, an end to prove occasions and a seriousness of purpose with respect to its 2005 obligations unde

the two koreas will be reunited. china would be a lot better off from its own perspective to support reunification, and the expanded trade relations it will inevitably enjoy with a reunited korea. i think the chinese leadership is divided. i think the older generation still remembers those glorious days when the communist parties of china and north korea were as close as lips and teeth, as they used to say. good luck with that. i think the younger generation of chinese leaders, and by that i mean people in their 60's, take a different view of north korea. they see it as the baggage said it is. they see the-effected is having on stability in northeast asia -- the negative effect it is having on stability in northeast asia and china themselves. you do not move china on this issue easily quickly. it takes, i think, extended dialogue and pressure, and we're not doing that. that is the rection i would move in. >> i hope to see ronyon 2012. having said that, i want to get your thoughts on turkey. also, get your tughts on t

, japan, and russia joined together to condemn north korea's provocative missile and nuclear test. and with china's support last year we adopted enhanced sanctions in the security council. these efforts showed clearly when china plays a very constructive part we can produce results together that send an unequivocal message to north korea. and we have emphasized to our colleagues in beijing that china as a country with unique ties to north korea and chair of the six-part talks has a special role to play in helping to shape north korea's behavior. we fear and have discussed this in depth with our chinese friends that failure to respond clearly to the sinking of a south korean military vessel might embolden north korea to continue on a dangerous course. the attack on i i don't think pe i don't think island. as a result of intense engagement in recent weeks, we have begun to work together. we are building momentum in support of the dialogue that respects the legitimate concerns of our south korean ally and that can set the stage for meaningful talks on implementing korea's 2005 commitm

"bbc news," berlin. >> north korea has repeated its proposal for unconditional talks with south korea. it comes days after south korea dismissed calls. tensions escalated after an artillery barrage on an island near the disputed border killed four. as southern sudan prepares to vote on a referendum on independence, they have talked about the region. the ballot is part of a deal that ended sudan's 20-year civil war. it was a brutal conflict that cost two million lives. yet there are now fierce that this weekend's vote, far from solidifying peace, could spark a new round of fighting. here is our report. >> waking up with the cattle. now with peace in southern sudan, people can lovingly tend to their pressured animals. it's a ritual that goes back generations. but for most of the post colonial rule here, this land was ravaged by war. his wife was killed during the fighting. >> he tells me his herd was decimated and after years of suffering, he can't wait for south sudan's independence. two million people were killed during the decades of civil war . discovery of oil in sudan raised the s

they don't control north korea. they have a lot of influence over it. >> the same could be said with their very different but also dangerous relationship with iran. >> iran is much further away and influence in iran is much lower than it is in a place like north korea. their fundamental and north korea. it is right on their border. >> but they are getting with a nuclear power and a nuclear nnabe. wannabe. >> exactly. >> the chinese are pretty farsighted. do they see this as a threat not just to us but themselves? >> they see the mark near-term threat. it's not so much that you political -- the geopolitical out of south korea been on the border of china, it's the basic lady of instability. >> talk about the economic instability? >> absolutely. >> yield back the remaining four sends. >> thank you very much, mr. ackerman. i recognize mr. burton. >>hank you, madam chairman. or chair. thank you for -- >> prefer as your excellency. [laughter] >> thank you for having this hearing. i'm going to ask a couple of questions and

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because the bulk of north korea's population and industry is in the northern part of north korea. were you to have a collapse of the state you could have millions of north caribbean refugees flooding across the river into chinese manchuria itself. china is very much afraid of that. so why would it want a regime that is less tolerable than the current stalinist monstrosity. at the same time, china is very fearful of a collapse. so china is upholding the status quo in north korea, but my opinion is that a regime like this is ultimately not viable in the world that we live in today. were the north korean regime would unravel suddenly, you could have the mother of all humanitarian interventions. on one day the north korean people would be the semi starving north korean people with a population comparable to that of iraq. the responsibility of the north korean regime. the next day it could be the responsibility of the international community which, in effect, means the responsibility of the u.s. military, the chinese people's liberation army, south korean military. and if there is one

south korea would not exist if not for us. and, yet, we sign a trade agreement that is so bad a alcohol would -- a child would laugh at it. and it is absolutely insane what our leaders are giving away to other countries. absolutely insane. >>neil: do you think or openings are limited because of how much money we owe? in other words, we are in deep. and as a result we are in deep to these guys? >>guest: we get deeper and deeper and we get weaker and weaker and something has to happen now. we don't have the luxury of waiting years. something has to happen now. why did we send an entire fleet including one of the largest aircraft carriers of the world to forth korea to protect south korea without them paying us? why aren't they paying us? they make hundreds of billions a year on us and we just send our fleet over there to protect themst for what reason? why are we protecting them? let them pay for protection. >>neil: so, who gets, president hu gets off the lane, and say you were the president and someone was your vice president a

they don't control north korea. they have a lot of influence over it, but this is -- >> same can be said with their very different but also dangerous relationship with iran. >> iran is much further away, and their influence in iran is lower than in a place like north korea. they are fundamental in north korea, right on the boarder. >> they are dealing with a nuclear power and nuclear want-to-be. >> exactly. >> they are farsighted, but do they see this as a threat to themselves and the u.s. in >> the near term is more danger. it's the geopolitical element of south korea on the border of china. it's the full idea of instability. >> economic instability? >> exactly. it's bad for business. >> they are threatened more by that than nuclear stability? >> yes, sir, i think so. >> i recognize mr. burrton, chairman designate of the subcommittee on europe and euroasia. >> thank you, madam chair. >> i was referred to earlier as your exrens. [laughter] >> thank you for having this hearing. i'm going to ask a couple questions and

deported from the scandinavian country as an illegal immigrant born in the russian region of north korea came to norway in early teens and then published a book revealing corruption in its immigration system after that the order came for her to be kicked out laura emmott's picks up the story. this is a girl who is now known as maria amélie but riginal name was muddiness alarm of a she was born in body cars the capital of an office that the family felt when she was quite a young girl that they had to leave russia arrived in norway around about two thousand and two where they applied for asylum but their application was refused as the family decided that they would prefer to stay as a legal immigrant what seems to have happened is that she learnt to speak norwegian which is not a very easy language within a period of weeks and she was going to school here and she eventually gained most a degree and then she wrote a book which she has now had published which published publicizes the plight of illegal immigrants here in norway and she applied in her own right for asylum and the first that h

korea, that would have boggled anybody's mind. if the war with spain had been presented as, presented ahead of time as a war to conquer the philippines, it would have gotten absolutely nowhere. the only way americans could accept this projection of american power beyond american shores, the first time was a very minor exception, the early 19th century, the first time and americans had projected power much beyond american shores is 1898. and partly because we could afford to. and partly because it was only 90 most important it is some have said we ought to protect american power 9000 miles across the pacific, nearly everybody would've said you've got to have your head examined. even william mckinsey had to get a map to find out where the philippines were. do any of you remember when you heard of the invasion of grenada in 1983? and the first thing that everybody, all the newscasters had to figure out was that it's grenada, not cannot exactly where in the world it is. well, this is very much the reaction of america to the news that

on korea we got anymore -- we got a tougher chinese statements on north korea and its nuclear program than we've had before. and that has potential consequences. it looks like over the past month or so they've put a lot of pressure on north korea to back down and stop their provocations against the south and the negotiating table and if you're too earlier agreements. i do think that the issue that stapleton was talking about in engaging a serious, sustained, pragmatic, in-depth set of discussions with the chinese military, having chinese military offers coming to the u.s. economy for national defense university have our officers go there, establishing a really diverse, sustained set of relationships between our two militaries is absolutely critical. >> host: use the word saving face. >> guest: i used the word earlier saving face and he used the word saving face. this is approximate and the chinese military is in the early stages of getting comfortable with exposure to a much more cosmopolitan military establishment. when i go to international conferences, everyone speaks english. very

role to play in helping to shape north korea cost behavior. -- north korea's behavior. we fear that failure to respond clearly to the sinking of a south korean military vessel might and bold and north korea to continue on in dangerous course. the attack on yon peon soon followed. -- on yeonpyeong soon followed. we have begun to work together to restrain north korea's provocative actions. we're building momentum in support of north-south dialogue that respects the legitimate concerns of our south korean allies and it can set the stage for meaningful talks on implementing north korea's 2005 commitment to irreversibly and its nuclear program. it is vital that we work together with china. we need to make it clear to north korea that its recent provocation, including the announced uranium enrichment program, are unacceptable and in violation of not only security council resolution, but north korea's own commitments in the 2005 joint statement. until north korea demonstrates in conete ways its intention to keep its commitments, china, along with the international community, m

of afghanistan is only going to grow and grow and then around the globe political transition north korea how much longer will conjunct will live what will what will go on will we get another nuclear test from north korea this year and it's transition also in terms of and you don't want to skip ahead but often when you have elections in two thousand and twelve the process begins in two thousand and eleven and as we start this year whether it's elections in the united states in russia in egypt all around the world the process in north korea which is not an election but a process that's supposed to culminate in two thousand and twelve this is a year of transition and it's unclear how it's going to work out i think broadly speaking it's a year of transition in that unless they repeal the law of supply and demand the economies in the u.s. and europe should improve over the course of the year so. it's a big twixt in-between year i think jim if i can stay with you you're also an expert on iran what do you think of that ratcheting up more pressure another round of sanctions. the use of force is

got it. >> yeah, north korea has dialogue with south korea. they offered the dialogue to south korea in a continually more agenda -- [inaudible] >> as we've said, we are open ourselves to dialogue. we certainly are encouraging, you know, dialogue between, you know north and south korea, but the context of that dialogue malters, and there are still things that north korea must do to make it clear that that kind of dialogue would be productive. >> well, what about this statement that the north koreans put out over the weekend that, you know, on one hand it was very forward leaning emotionally that south koreans should open their heart and have talks, but then they also listed a number of measures to improve the atmosphere including opening up border crossing and putting red cross monitors at the series of borders. are those the kinds of steps that you think could improve the atmosphere and lead to a direct dialogue? >> i would say that first and foremost if north korea makes a public pledge, you know, not to attack south korea or undertake furth

troops it collectively with other countries to stop the invasion of south korea by north korea these are real realities this is what the u.n. is achieved the u.n. has sanctions now on both north korea and iran because that's the way of trying to prevent them from developing a nuclear capacities all these things don't answer.

former british prime minister tony blair is due to testify before the iraq war in korea later today the hearing caught up with a british m.p. an anti-war activist jeremy corbyn who was with the labor party when it was in power under blair stay with us. we are here as tony blair appears before the chilcote inquiry for the second time jeremy cotton thanks very much for talking to r.t. now this as i've said is not the first time that blair is appearing before the iraq inquiry can you just remind us what happened last time will he was very nervous to begin with came into the room and was asked some questions of a moderately robust way about the evidence leading up to his decision to recommend to parliament that we know very few to rock and then the latter part of the year it turned into a sort of tony blair lecture in defense of his policies on what he calls humanitarian intervention and then went on to warn the whole world about what he perceived to be the danger from iran and i thought the whole thing was a travesty because this is meant to be an inquiry looking into the absolute final de

persecuted church released annual watch list to the world's worst defenders, while communist north korea is the worth. here is ephram graham. >> for the 9th consecutive year, north korea tops the list when it comes to persecutors of christians. carl moelle. overwhmlying are islamic ones. after north korea is iran, afghanistan, saudi arabia, and somalia. >> worldwide, worst place is primarily in the muslim world. >> christian persecution increased significant in places like iraq jumping to no. 8 up from 17 last year. >> iraq has jumped specifically because of the inteional targeting of the christian community of extremist of the factionsof iraq. al-qaeda indicated on its websites, christians were quote, legitimate targets for their holy warriors. >> just before christmas, muslim waged attas including a massacre at a baghdad church. >> we are labelling it religiouside, they want to exterminate all christians from the country of iraq. >> the obama administration is condemning e attacks. state department is deeply concerned about what appears to be a rising number of attacks on christians in

troops it collectively with other foreign countries to stop the invasion of south korea by north korea these are real realities this is what the u.n. has achieved the u.n. has sanctions now on both north korea and iran because that's the way of trying to prevent them from developing a nuclear capacities all these things don't necessarily work all the time but there simply is no other organization that has the capacity to do these kind of a gentleman there's an incentive thank you see me jump in here i'm sure we can discuss the united nations and people will discuss united nations for a long time many thanks to my guest today in new york greensboro and in hong kong and thanks to our viewers for watching this here dark. see you next time and remember crosstalk rules.

role to play in helping to shape north korea cost behavior. -- north korea's behavior. we fear that failure to respond clearly to the sinking of a south korean military vessel might and bold and north korea to continue on in dangerous course. the attack on yon peon soon followed. -- on yeonpyeong soon followed. we have begun to work together to restrain north korea's provocative actions. we're building momentum in support of north-south dialogue that respects the legitimate concerns of our south korean allies and it can set the stage for meaningful talks on implementing north korea's 2005 commitment to irreversibly and its nuclear program. it is vital that we work together with china. we need to make it clear to north korea that its recent provocation, including the announced uranium enrichment program, are unacceptable and in violation of not only security council resolution, but north korea's own commitments in the 2005 joint statement. until north korea demonstrates in concrete ways its intention to keep its commitments, china, along with the international community,

. .. >> we have begun to work together to restrain north korea's provocative actions. we are building momentum in support of north/south dialogue that respects the legitimate concerns of our south korean ally and can set the stage for implementing the commitment to irreversibly end north korea's nuclear program. it is vital that we work together with china. we these to make it clear to north korea that its recent provocations, including the announced uranium enrichment program, are unacceptable and this violation of -- in violation of not only security council resolutions, but north korea's own commitments in the 2005 joint statement. until north korea demonstrates in concrete ways its intention to keep it commitments -- its commitments, china along with the international community must vigorously enforce the sanctions adopted by the security council last year. on taiwan we are encouraged by the greater dialogue and economic cooperation between the mainland and taiwan. as witnessed by the historic completion of the cross-strait economic framework agreement, our approac

on north korea, china's goal is two-fold. one, to maintain peace and stability on the korean peninsula. two, the demill tarization of the korean peninsula. these two goals i think the chinese are consistent with these two goals. and the u.s. on the u.s. side you have the same goals. so we share some common interests on these two issues. so we did cooperate in the past. we have having cooperation now. i think provided that we pursue the same goal, provided we develop cooperation on the basis of mutual interests so we can move forward, that will be a good news for everybody. >> charlie: but the united states has had a difficult time convincing the chinese with respect to iran to vote for proposals in the security council. >> for china with regard to the nuclear issue, our position is when iran should not possess nuclear weapons. two, iran should enjoy the right to peaceful use of nuclear energy. these two points, you know, china consistently defends these two points in our position with regard to the iranian nuclear issue. and

human rights envoy has criticized north korea for denying human rights of its citizens. he urged the north to improve its record on issues including abduction of foreign nationals. the after meeting with seiji maehara and families of japanese nationals who were abducted by north korea, he held a news conference on friday in tokyo. on the abduction issue he expressed regret as only five abduct he's have rushed home and no progress has been made since. he emphasized the abduction issue is an international concern and also referred to abduction victims from south korea and lebanon. >> i stress that the question of abduction is not only a bilateral issue between japan and dprk but one that concerns the international community at large and one that has strong links to the human rights situation in the dprk. >> prime minister kan has reject ed a court settlement with people seeking damages for fatal side effects linked to the cancer drug iressa. plaintiffs sued the government and pharmaceutical company for about $2.2 million in damages. kan said the lawsuit made him seriously

forces from south korea were sent to patrol a seized where the pirates have become an increasing mess. they demand millions of dollars in ransom thought to be secretly paid off most of the time. this was a risky operation. there was no guarantee ins -- innocent lives would not be lost. >> let's bring you up-to-date on the latest headlines. the former british prime minister has been facing his toughest questioning about the decision to go to war in iraq. three people killed in albania with protests against government corruption. the netherlands has been plunged into a debate over how to deal with violent psychiatric patients. the trigger for this was pictures of a teenage boy who has been tethered to a wall for three years. this is 18-year-old brandon filmed at the institution where he had been tethered to the wall for the past three years. the length of the leather strap allows him to move some but not much. this was done with the permission of a judge in 2007 after staff grew afraid of his violent moves. mental health experts say this is not an isolated case. there may be 40 patients

relationships between south korea and north korea threatened conflict. washington urged china and to exert pressure on north china. -- north korea. >> china has always played a constructive role in promoting peace on the korean peninsula. negotiations of the only way to achieve that goal. and the fact that northeast asia still enjoys peace has given the world a sigh of relief. to china's unwillingness keep in step with u.s. goals has made you -- america wary. and >> it is a relations with the united states that we certainly do not agree with that. china has become more confident over our economic growth goals. but china remains a del faux pas to a developing country -- in the fishing vote cost more than 4000 u.s. dollars. but it is the lifeline for these fishermen and their families. their biggest hope is for called seas and a good harvest. diplomacy,foreign we're joined by a former ambassador to germany. mr. ambassador, china has been blamed for its assertiveness. japans a dispute with over the islands. as the rest of the world become more critical or c

>> first and foremost, if north korea makes a public pledge not to attack south korea or undertake further provocations, that would be a significant step to improve them are meant and it would be one of many steps that north korea could take to convince south korea that the dialogue would be constructive. >> specifically in this -- you must have seen this statement that the north koreans put out. how do you view that statement? is it moving in the right direction? >> i understand that. we went through this last year. it was a provocative stage. we are now in the charm stage. but the charm stage has to be followed up with a real demonstration that north korea is prepared for sustained and constructive dialogue. so saying the right thing is helpful. but it is really what north korea demonstrates in its day- to-day activities. >> the these are specific measures. >> i aniston that. >> so are you saying that, if they implement those measures, it would be a positive thing? >> encouraging north and south dialogue, but we certainly are in favor of that. but we understand why south korea might hesi

and on the korean peninsula, we stand with our ally south korea, and insist that north korea keeps its commitment to abandon nuclear weapons. this is just a part of how we are shaping a world that favors peace and prosperity. with our european allies, we revitalized nato, and increased our cooperation on everything from counter-terrorism to missile defense. we have reset our relationship with russia, strengthened asian alliances, and built new partnerships with nations like india. this march, i will travel to brazil, chile, and el salvador to forge new alliances for progress in the americas. around the globe, we are standing with those who take responsibility -- helping farmers grow more food, supporting doctors who care for the sick, and combating the corruption that can rot a society and rob people of opportunity. recent events have shown us that what sets us apart must not just be our power. it must be the purpose behind it. in south sudan, with our assistance, the people were finally able to vote for independence after years of war. thousands lined up before dawn. people danced in

it has alienated korea, south korea, alienated japan, crossed with india. all of a sudden, these countries and this region are interested in the united states playing a larger role. >> that is not a sign of anxiety. that is a sign of aggressiveness of a rising power asserting itself, as it has in the south china sea -- >> military buildup. >> claiming areas where the philippines are against the claims of all the other places in the region. it tests a stealth aircraft while our secretary of state is on the ground in china as a way of demonstrating that it is going to challenge us and rival as in the western pacific. that is a rising power. >> that in and of itself is reason to give china a lot of attention. we ruled the skies. up until that still the aircraft materialized, there was no question that the united states ruled the skies. now we have to think about where we are going to go with this relationship. but you don't work on this problem by turning back. >> whose alternative to a state dinner is turning your back? >> elevating them to a level where it d

the coastal cities of china, south korea and japan. so the indian ocean is a geographical tool to connect political development in both the middle east and in china and east asia all at the same time. and another thing, my book is entitled month and appeared in when americans hear the word monsoon, they think of the storm or perhaps a catastrophe or disaster of some sort, but that's only a very narrow version of the truth. the monsoon is really a weather system. if the wind system that brings agricultural prosperity, development, the lifecycle. in india, when there's been a good monsoon and elections right afterward, the party in power 10 to do well because the monsoon directly affects the economy. another thing about the months to come them with another wind systems in other oceans is predictable it flows steadily for six year in the northeast southwest direction and after six months reverses the south by 180 degrees and flows in the other direction northeast southwest. and because this project will sailing distances can be calculated

take north korea, for example. they do nothing. they do nothing and the use north korea to their benefit. the relationship of iran. all they do is just boost iran. and everywhere we seem to have a voice. i look at south america and i see south america and many other businesses. i look at what they do in africa, the way they use in africa. i don't know, we just don't seem to get it. and i was just wondering, doctor, you've been a spokesman for human rights and the abuses that have gone on in china, do you still fear for your life or your family's life back home? >> yes. >> you still do. after all, these years. and some of the members that are here today, from so many other groups, i assume they also fear for their families. as they speak up against this, you know, this monster, that is developing before our eyes. i just wonder if you can comment on that. >> the chinese -- >> do your families still get threats back on? >> yes. my family members in china need to report to the authorities on the database is. >> they have to report to t