beijing's subway network now stretches 340 kilometers. the city plans to add another 200 kilometers by 2015. >>> things are looking up for at least one sector of japan's energy business, its solar energy. concerns about the environment are increasing demand for more efficient methods and companies are responding with a multitude of solutions. >> reporter: this looks like a contemporary art insulation, but these clover shaped mirrors are actually designed to generate solar energy. japanese power plant companies are intensifying their focus on solar thermal generation. their target market, however, is not jo pan, but overseas. solar thermal plants are made from thousands of mirrors that reflect light into a huge storage unit. the heat activates its turbine that generates the electricity. the energy source is naturally limitless. it's sunshine. but up until now, generating power this way has been more expensive than conventional oil fired power stations. solar thermal generation accounts for less than 1% of the world's electricity production

nhk world's lisa komiya has the story from beijing. >> reporter: a fair held in beijing this month attracted many visitors. companies and farmers hoping to boost their sales gave discounts of nearly 50% or even more. at exhibitions like this are not new in china but with skyrocketing prices, consumers are finding the events more useful than they expected. >> translator: i am so happy. the prices are really cheap. ma jianmae is 38 and lives with her husband in beijing. she's one of the many people who are struggling to cope with soaring inflation. she tried to do most of her shopping at fairs like these. >> translator: i have found that the products here are useful and cheap. i can cut back on expenses. prices are soaring everywhere, and people like me will shop anywhere as long as it's cheap. >> reporter: ma teaches yoga on weekdays. she doesn't earn much but it helps to support her family. she and her husband make 10,000 yuan or about $1,500 a month. an average income for a middle class family in beijing. ma used to enjoy shopping after her lessons. but nowadays, she goes straight home. she

george thomas reports from beijing. >> [singing]. reporter: on a recent sunday morning, a few blocks from beijing's financial district, hundreds of christians gathered to worship god. twenty years ago we would have never permitted you to film our meeting. today china is changing, and the church needs to change as well. >> one of the largest underground churches, this is the first time since founding his church 17 years ago, he has opened a service to cameras. >> we worship in secret spread out around the city meeting in different homes. >> then the church decided to come out of hiding. they began meeting together in one location. ugan is an elder in the church. >> we brought the small house churches in one place. this was an important first step. >> next they went puck lick. public. >> we felt god was calling us to be a light on a mountain top. >> they invited non believers to the meetings. some 1,000 people regularly attend the weekly service and often it is standing room only. >> in my church, they gather so many members of christi

they are bringing faith to the big cities like beijing and shanghai. my colleague george thomas has that story from beiji. >> wednesday just at 7:00 in an apartment not too far from the city center, a group of men and women in late 20s discuss how to thrive in rapidly changing nation. new privilege class, highly educated, cosmopolitan and urban professionals and all christians. >> we have never had it so good in china toy. more to life than money and materialism. >> john works for one of beijing's largest operators like young urban professionals, he and his peers live in high rise apartment buildings, they own a car, sometimes 2, tech savvy, travel and money to succeed. the competition to thrive is fierce. >> status is everything, how much you make, how big is your apartment, wht kind of car you drive, this is what people focus on. >> the government makes it possible for us to have money and have a good life. how do we handle the pressures? the government doesn't have answers. >> religion, especially christianity finds itself filling a spiritual void.

that was our beijing director-general yoshio nishikawa. i'm lisa komiya in beijing. >>> major japanese financial group resona holdings has decided to raise $8 billion in additional funds through stock offerings to pay down its public debt. resona received more than $36 billion in taxpayer money by 2003 to pull itself out of financial trouble. it still hasn't paid back nearly $20 billion of the debt. the financial group decided to issue up to 1.3 billion new ordinary shares this month and in february it plans to use part of its past profits and sebd a total of more than $10 billion back into the state coffers this time. resona says it will pay back all of the debt over the next five years. >>> japan's defense ministry launched a process to select a new generation of mainstay combat aircraft by the end of 2011. defense minister toshimi kitazawa attended the first meeting of a team set up within the ministry to select the next mainstay fighter for japan. the midterm defense buildup program endorsed by the government last month called for japa

china's military capabilities also stoke beijing's competence. china's him stridently complained about operations and the western pacific. beijing failed to condemn north korean attacks on south korea and strongly objected to a joint military exercises in the region between the united states and south korea. in military operations beijing continues to circumscribe the range of discussions between china and the u.s. refusing to address strategic issues such s cyber warfare and space operations. i'm pleased to see that secretary gates get to visit the second until record and there was some discussion of nuclear doctrine during his visit. despite his noticeable -- a noticeable improvement in relations across the taiwan strait beijing continues to insist on the right to use force should it interprets taiwan's activities as moving toward independence. across straight military balance increasingly favoring china, and beijing has deployed over 1100 short-range ballistic missiles opposite the island. in my view taiwan's most pressing need is for new or m

that was our beijing director-general yoshio nishikawa. i'm lisa komiya in beijing. >>> major japanese financial group resona holdings has decided to raise $8 billion in additional funds through stock offerings to pay down its public debt. resona received more than $36 billion in taxpayer money by 2003 to pull itself out of financial trouble. it still hasn't paid back nearly $20 billion of the debt. the financial group decided to issue up to 1.3 billion new ordinary shares this month and in february it plans to use part of its past profits and sebd a total of more than $10 billion back into the state coffers this time. resona says it will pay back all of the debt over the next five years. >>> japan's defense ministry launched a process to select a new generation of mainstay combat aircraft by the end of 2011. defense minister toshimi kitazawa attended the first meeting of a team set up within the ministry to select the next mainstay fighter for japan. the midterm defense buildup program endorsed by the government last month called for japa

day in beijing alone. that might be hard to imagine,o but ticket from a guy who makes thte commute daily. my travel time is almost double in the last year. the challenge now is, where doln we go from here?from we are moving in a similarg inai direction. the question is, how do we is ho ensure a common pathway for botw the yen states and china. united states and china and that puts us back to where i started to read these cooperative efforts will only work if we have the public behind us. we have to be relentless in demonstrating the benefits and speaking honestly about the challenges. in closing, let me suggest three ways we can broaden the public understanding of the importance of the relationship with china and the need for greater cooperative efforts. first, we need to continue to expand and promote mutual understanding country to country and people to people. we are already moving toward our goal to send 100,000 u.s. students to china which is perhaps the greatest investment long term that this country

images likely to go down well in beijing. it is a meeting of titans. u.s. president barack obama representing what is the world's most powerful country despite its faltering economy. chinese -- and the chinese premier hu jintao, leading of the emerging superpower that is the motor of the global economy. obama chose to underline the importance of ties with beijing and address the concerns of many americans who are wary of china's growing influence. commercial ties are taking center stage at the talks. another sign of china's soaring economic confidence and clout. beijing has so far taken its line on crucial issues such as global trade imbalances and measures to combat climate change. the outcome of this state visit will have a big impact on the future course of the world's two most powerful nations. >> max joins us fromashiton. can you tell us about what the ader had to say during a press conference? >> it was not easy to understand at the beginning because there were some technical issues, some transition issues. there was no simultaneous tren anslation. pr

really it's in this sense of beijing and vice versa during this this is. what i think the visit the visit went quite well given the constraints that i mentioned earlier there was nobody was expecting a major breakthrough and also this is a president whose last visit to the united states it's a transition in china pretty soon and he will he will finish his term you know as president so even if he wanted to deliver sort of a major breakthrough there were questions here about whether or not he could so i think in that way you know in that way the visit did much better and more guarded it's much better than president obama's visit to beijing in november two thousand and nine that you version recently that america has to find a new sign a strategy what the basic elements of such a strategy be. yeah well i wrote that i think in last summer and i think there have been shifts in u.s. strategy in that it. period and i think they've gone sort of in the direction that i would have hoped and basically what i was what i was writing then was that the united states neede

she said her husband to a factory job in a faraway beijing to bring in more money, and then, she built an extension, more room for lodgers. but a demolition crew knocked it down. in theory, only the government and its approved developers are allowed to build in the new city. in practice, many people get away with it. they use their connections. in chinese -- she does not have them. [speaking for language] -- [speaking foreign language] >> of of the city, her lodgers are blasting their way towards the outside world. they are building a chain of bridges and tunnels through the mountains that have kept what was village isolated for so long. china plans to match the entire american highway network within 10 years. amidst all the turmoil of change, it is one man's job to keep the show on the road and the villagers on board. this has been the communist party secretary for 20 years. ♪ >> the villagers have been allocated subsidized new apartments. the party secretary is developing an eye for real estate. he will get one of these, and his family already invested in another two. mr. jin spent

beijing's moves to rein in inflation may be beginning to pay off. the pace of inflation appears to have slowed last month, coming in at 4.6%, compared to 5.1% in november. >> the chinese economy cast a shadow over european markets on thursday. we have this report from the frankfurt stock exchange >> the speculation that china is putting the brakes on its economy and price inflation caused some profit-taking on stock markets in europe, especially shares of countries -- of companies that have close ties with china, such as automakers and luxury goods producers like hugo boss or puma. earnings reports also came in. the small numbers and the optimistic outlook caused demand of shas amongst investors. the ock price of the french technology conglomerate rose significantly this thursday. >> you can see the dax taking a bit of a dip. it fell and closed almost 1% lower at 7024. stoxx 50 ended slightly up. on wall street, the dow industrial is lending some what to 11,819. the euro is trading for $1.34. the spanish government is working on a second round of re

you talk about secretary gates to travel to beijing. in both the first administration and the clinton administration in an event at the nixon center in which he touts about the military to military relationship between our two countries. here is part of a statement. back in the upper talking about multiple relationships as though it can somehow resume to deal as an equal under these circumstances with the world's best come without losing face. much of what you described is what you would expect from somebody who hasn't yet proven themselves. the chinese navy has been a coastal defense force. now they are over there in the gulf of aden, but they're getting miniscule experience. their senior leaders are largely what we would call potential in terms of their world outlook because they haven't had the exposure for the contact with the advanced militaries of the rest of the world that you would expect. so my own defenses if we want this military to military relationship to develop, we can have a great leap forward. we have to make incrementa

so in the coming years, beijing wants incomes to rise sharply, which would generate massive consumer demand. >> many of china's 1.3 billion people have yet to benefit from the country's rise to economic power. our number cruncher reveals more. >> 700 million, that is how many people in china live in rural areas today. that is more than half the total population. farmers have seen little of the benefits of the country's rise as a global economic power. the government hopes to change that in the coming years. beijing wants to help millions move from the countryside to urban areas so they can enjoy more prosperity. >> over the last decade, the economy of turkey has grown faster than any other here in europe. in the second quarter of last year, the country posted growth of 10%, equalling tha of china. we have this report. >> pretzels in the pedestrian zone are a bargain. around 50 euro since. turks are now earning four times as much as they did eight years ago. as a result, they are spending much more as well. >> that has been good news for the country's retailers. >> the economy continu

just about freezing in seoul and beijing. dry skies but cool for you. 6 degrees in shanghai, partly cloudy skies also. a few showers in chongqing, hong kong seeing a fine day. okay, into north america we go. it is going to continue to be fairly warm in the southwest, but cold will be spreading elsewhere, even coming down into the lower plains here. out to the pacific northwest we have another storm moving through. this one is going to pour down the rockies with snow, as much as 20 centimeters up in the mountains. then out to the east, temperatures will really be coming down through the great lakes region. i'll show you that in just a second. snow moving up through the northeast and into eastern canada. you can see about 30 centimeters in parts like maine and new brunswick. the wind is also going to be very intense. it's a fast-moving system but a pretty intense one at that. here is your corridor of heavier snow moving into the northeast where you see gray and heavier amounts in the intermountain west. here are the temperature

minus 2 in beijing. 2 degrees in shanghai. quite chilly four as well. 17 degrees in hong kong. for australia we're still keeping an eye on the western end here. we got this system, this will be severe tropical cyclone bianca packing winds of over 150 kilometers per hour while gusts are hitting 220 kilometers per hour. it's a powerful storm system but does remain offshore. looks like the gale force winds will remain away from land. that is good news. warning are no longer issued for the area. however, there's still the chance of some strong winds developing as well as at times being a little bit higher than normal. looks like the system is now going to weaken and hopefully become a low as we head into the weekend. however, still a couple of showers will impact those of you along the coastline so do watch out if you are going to be in the area. as for north america today largely settled for the united states. finally looking a little bit calmer today even in the northeast. all that snow is finally pulling away. just edges of new england and canadian maritime is looking at that re

beijing, just 1 degree for the high. 1 also in seoul. comparatively warm in tokyo, 11 degrees forecast for tuesday. just 6 in shanghai. also single digits for chongqing and as we head to the tropics, staying very hot in bangkok and also in manila, in the low 30s there. all right, let's head now to north america. well, what's going on in short not very much. very settled and clear here, lots of high pressure keeping things clear. but there are a few areas to watch. one is going to be a small low down in the southwest. this will be producing some rain in lower lying areas, probably about 30 centimeters up to maybe even 60 in the upper elevations. and then over the great lakes, another small low here brings some light snowfall, not anything too serious. then our next system comes in to bc actually from the pacific here. of course, that's going to be mostly rain at the coast, but you will see plenty of mountain snow over the next few days. temperatures are just around about seasonal averages. we got a nice day in new york city, 2 degrees for

beijing's leaders are walking a fine line. allow the currency to appreciate too slowly and risk rising domestic inflation and international anger and if the yuan rises too fast, factories risk losing waiver-thin profits throwing millions out of work, ultimately risking china's social stability. china's government insists it will allow its currency to slowly appreciate over time. that's not fast enough to satisfy many in the united states who say they need a level playing field now. ceila hatton, cbs news, beijing. >> couric: now to a different issue involving big money. late today the new republican- controlled house voted to repeal health care reform. congressional correspondent nancy cordes is on capitol hill tonight. nancy, there is no chance this repeal will succeed. it's a largely symbolic measure, so what's the point? >> reporter: well, katie, republicans will contend that this was absolutely not for show, that it was just the first step in their long-term effort to wipe this health care law off the books. >> on this vot

how do you spell beijing. personally don't know very much about it do you think china is a threat to the united states of course can you tell me one interesting fact about china that you know an interesting fact. to have an appalling or human rights. policy in china you know that you know how do you spell beijing b. b i g q tell me one interesting fact about china that you know. if. you. i am horrible i guess i can do it here's a picture of the chinese president hu jintao is on an official visit to the united states for an entire week he of course is covering this event which means americans were bound to see him on t.v. at least once let's see if we can tell this is if i show you this picture can you tell me who it is. to be honest i don't know if you know the name of the chinese president. showing to say what. you know the capital of china know nothing about china can you name the chinese president. yes and no i will be forgotten. the media's negative message about china is obviously reaching the viewers one

gates was speaking to reporters in beijing on tuesday. he said north korea will develop an intercontinental ballistic missile within five years. this type of missile could reach the u.s. mainland. referring to north korea's lethal attack on south korea's yeonpyeong island in november, gates said another provocation would lead to pressure on the south korean government to react. asked about north korea's recent offers of interkorean dialogue, gates said there are several areas where the north could take concrete actions first. he suggested that north korea freeze its missile and nuclear testing. >>> during the meeting with chinese president hu jintao on tuesday gates proposed the two countries should create a framework for strategic security dialogue. gates said a new framework should cover discussions on nuclear and missile defense, space development, and measures against cyber attacks. hu agreed to consider the proposal seriously. he said he hopes thaex panneded dialogue and exchanges by defense officials will boost mutual trust. >>> chi

he was the butcher of beijing. he's the one, the operational commander who ordered the bloodletting that occurred at tiananmen square. he was invited to the white house. he was given a 19-gun salute under the clinton administration. i held a hearing. emergency put it together real quick because he said nobody died at tiananmen square so i brought in dissidents who were there that day, "time" magazine correspondent and others including people's daily editor who went to prison for reporting accurately what he saw and they all gave testimony, of course, people died, they died -- many died and many died thereafter so his statement was way off base. sorry, but i see a little deja vu here. we have a man who is the president of china who has had a very poor human rights record. as i mentioned at the opening, let's not forget he was there in tibet when the huge crackdown right before tiananmen square occurred and large numbers of people were murdered, killed, beaten to a pull that and then sent to the prison camps where th

policymakers in beijing are divided as they are in washington about exactly how you do that how quickly you do that so i think actually the. solution for americans rise at home other than blaming the sort of thing on the chinese they are running a extraordinary large deficit they have an extraordinary large debt most of which is owned by china and they need to get their own house in order which is basically the message given to obama by chinese and european leaders that at this so twenty summit last november. and just one three three it's impossible to soak up something that seems about mentioning human rights and not subject on down to the balance of common how willing do you think china is now to listen to this axes me and does america cause any sway that almost if you off human rights. well that's a very interesting question you wrote rose is actually necessary to raise human rights for the chinese every time you have this kind of meeting i mean obviously she writes issues in china of enormous concern to many people in the west and to many chinese not least those who suffer from huma

especially in the central portions of the uny. 15 degrees in taipei today, 8 in chongqing, minus 1 in beijing and minus 2 in seoul. here it remains bitterly cold out here. rth america, widespread snow developing across the lower midwest of the u.s., two systems ing , e wa t southeast bringing thundershowers as well as snow in north carolina and then one mi o othceraplns is going to be gaining a bit more energy as it moves across the mississippi valley, and then bringing widespread and heavy blowing snow. out towards the west, the dry conditions generally that snow easing over the northern rockies but from the pacific a new syst wl ri, inng more rain in the days to come here. los angeles coming in at 19 degrees, chilly towards th north, seattle, and 1 in vancouver, minus 2 in chicago and 8 degrees in houston, chilly down here as well. heading into europe finally, still going to see scattered snow showers, places like scandinavia, western russia and the mountainous areas of poland and germany, seeing the change in the weather here with milder air coming in from the west, osngheigesp, temperatur

day in beijing alone. that might be hard to imagine but take it from a guy that makes the commute daily. my travel time is almost doubled in the last year. the challenge is where do we go from here? we are moving in a similar direction. the question is how do we ensure a common pathway for both the united states and china and that puts us back to where i started to read these cooperative efforts will only work if we have the public behind us. we have to be relentless in demonstrating the benefits and speaking honestly about the challenges. in closing, let me suggest three ways we can broaden the public understanding of the importance of the relationship with china and the need for greater cooperative efforts. first, we need to continue to expand and promote mutual understanding country to country and people to people. we are already moving toward our goal to send 100,000 u.s. students to china which is perhaps the greatest investment long term that this country could be making. and i know we are working ov

china's military capabilities also stoke beijing's competence. china's him stridently complained about operations and the western pacific. beijing failed to condemn north korean attacks on south korea and strongly objected to a joint military exercises in the region between the united states and south korea. in military operations beijing continues to circumscribe the range of discussions between china and the u.s. refusing to address strategic issues such s cyber warfare and space operations. i'm pleased to see that secretary gates get to visit the second until record and there was some discussion of nuclear doctrine during his visit. despite his noticeable -- a noticeable improvement in relations across the taiwan strait beijing continues to insist on the right to use force should it interprets taiwan's activities as moving toward independence. across straight military balance increasingly favoring china, and beijing has deployed over 1100 short-range ballistic missiles opposite the island. in my view twan's most pressing need is for new or mod

we go live to beijing to get the viewpoint with our correspondent. perhaps a slice of america. this was immortalized. we of all the market. >> >> last night we were there. it is an exact replica of that. a group of chinese students are watching this. if you look across my shoulder, you can perhaps see pictures of american films in the cast of "friends. american culture is incredibly popular here in this copy shop. there has been tensions between america and china on a range of issues including trade and currency as well as how to handle north korea. president hu jintao stressed in an interview that this trip was about finding common ground between the two countries. he went on to say that neither china nor the u.s. would benefit from any confrontation. >> it does seem to lie they are watching "friends." how less china managed to be so successful when it comes to trade negotiations and the economy? this seems to be the word internationally. china appears to be very dominant at the moment. quite the chinese economy is built on the export model. it can produce the goods which can

and chinese and american leaders agree the two superpowers still differ on the sensitive issues beijing's growing influence in the u.s. is making making people there look east again the report coming up. this is r.t. work and if you just joined us it's now ten pm here in moscow my name's kevin though in our top story tonight for you a woman who was voted norwegian of the year is being 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 see

bbc news, beijing. >> the turkish fence along the border. greek opposition parties have condemned the plan as in human and ineffective, and the european commission says that the bars were only short-term measures which will not tackle the problem of illegal immigration. an investment by goldman sachs and a russian investment firm, and they have valued facebook at $50 billion, which is more than the bay. it is created and run by mark zuckerberg. he has always maintained -- the u.s. democrat jerry brown has been sworn in as california's 39th governor, returning to the office that he left years ago. he is inheriting a much different in trouble state than the one he had then. succeeding arnold schwarzenegger, he warned of sacrifices needed ahead. we have this report. this land is your land ♪ >> it started with this modest singing. arnold schwarzenegger. next to him, gray davis, the man whose governorship he terminated. the new one took the pledge for the third time. >> i, jerry brown -- in 1975, it was the ending of the vietnam war and a reces

you weren't there to borrow money or lend money. >> i'm on the mayor's council in beijing. there's no business there. but it's a chance to share ideas and talk about what are some of the things they can do, either to educate their people or build certain businesses. years ago i went and they had a speech on technology. they had a whole sector out of shanghai, i think it was. so there was no business there in the short term, but in the long term, those trips, those meetings, it helps us do business. there's no question about that. >> rose: do you, that these meetings that took place in washington made a difference? >> in the long run it will make a difference because the focus-- listen, i'm sure this is all shown on television back in bag, shanghai, all of china. >> rose: it was actually seen by many people, a lot of the ceremony was shown, in order to suggest as somebody once said, the view the chinese are getting is much more abouticism blim than it is about context. symbol here is the president of china standing next to the president of the united states and these are the

defense secretary at the flight confirmed to him by his chinese counterpart in a meeting in beijing. there are concerns about the growing military potential, especially the potential to develop new weapons. >> the plain that china hopes any future enemy -- plane that hopes -- that china hopes any future in me will not seek. it is designed to evade enemy radar just like the most modern u.s. and russian jets. but the chinese played down the significance of this new aircraft. >> as technology develops, it is normal for countries to upgrade their weapons. developing weapons for china is a completely defensive means. it does not pose a threat to other countries or any entity. >> the test coincided with a visit of the u.s. defense secretary robert gates. that was certainly not a coincidence. mr. gates was hoping to restart military to military contact with china, halted by beijing almost a year ago. ed china's growing capability, especially its expanding air and naval power, is worrying not just washington, but also its friends and region. inevitably the u.s. fears it will face as strategi

beijing raised its key interest rates twice since autumn. experts watching to see whether the chinese government can manage to keep inflation under control without cooling the economy too much. >>> u.s. housing starts fell 4% in december unable to continue the uptrend seen in the previous month. on wednesday the department of commerce said new home construction in the final month of 2010 was about 530,000 units in annualized terms. the worse than expected figure marks as 4.3% decline from november. there was growth in new building permits, an indicator of the outlook for the housing permit. permits were up nearly 17% from november beating market forecasts. despite recent signs of improvement, the sluggish housing market continues to cast a shadow over america's recovery. >>> the tokyo stock exchange has held a seminar for venture companies in an effort to boost their listings on the market. about 100 firms took part in the seminar in tokyo on wednesday. officials from the exchange briefed them on a plan to ease regulations by march to smooth

china's military capabilities also stoke beijing's competence. china's him stridently complained about operations and the western pacific. beijing failed to condemn north korean attacks on south korea and strongly objected to a joint military exercises in the region between the united states and south korea. in military operations beijing continues to circumscribe the range of discussions between china and the u.s. refusing to address strategic issues such s cyber warfare and space operations. i'm pleased to see that secretary gates get to visit the second until record and there was some discussion of nuclear doctrine during his visit. despite his noticeable -- a noticeable improvement in relations across the taiwan strait beijing continues to insist on the right to use force should it interprets taiwan's activities as moving toward independence. across straight military balance increasingly favoring china, and beijing has deployed over 1100 short-range ballistic missiles opposite the island. in my view taiwan's most pressing need is for new or m

new data released in beijing today showed chinese growth topping 10% last year. at the same time, economic tensions have grown with u.s. charges that china keeps its currency artificially low and has made it harder for foreign companies to sell in china. today, hu focused on greater cooperation. >> ( translated ): china-u.s. relationship is not one in which one side's gain means the other sides loss. rather it should be a relationship in which the two sides respect each other and endeavor to deepen strategic mutual trust. it should be a relationship that highlights common interests and cooperation in all fields. on wednesday, president obama raised one area of disagreement -- human rights-- and hu acknowledged china has more work to do. today, white house press secretary robert gibbs said the u.s. wants chinese actions to match those words, but he welcomed hu's statement. >> i think you would all have to strain your recent memory to find a leader from china traveling outside his country, or in, after meeting with the president on number of occasions making such a

from beijing, a report. >> it is the same story across much of southwestern china, snow and freezing rain paralyzing the transport network. the authorities here have been trying everything to get the trains moving. on the road, there is also gridlock. thousands of motorists have been stranded because of the bad weather. many people spent the night in their vehicles or at service stations in nearby villages after roads were closed. no one is going anywhere fast. authorities say thousands of emergency staff were deployed to ease the travel chaos. power supplies were also affected by the cold snap. while conditions are slowly improving, the weather is set to worsen again by the end of the week. bbc news, beijing. >> it has just emerged in the past hour that the chief executive of northern ireland has resigned from his post. lord mackenzie has been under fire for his company's handling of a recent water crisis. there are still many without water, but that is down from tens of thousands of the christmas holiday. the scottish singer jerry rice for the has died at age 63. he was most -- jer

images likely to go down well in beijing. it is a meeting of titans. u.s. president barack obama representing what is the world's most powerful country despite its faltering economy. chinese -- and the chinese premier hu jintao, leading of the emerging superpower that is the motor of the global economy. obama chose to underline the importance of ties with beijing and address the concerns of many americans who are wary of china's growing influence. commercial ties are taking center stage at the talks. another sign of china's soaring economic confidence and clout. beijing has so far taken its line on crucial issues such as global trade imbalances and measures to combat climate change. the outcome of this state visit will have a big impact on the future course of the world's two most powerful nations. >> max joins us from washington. can you tell us about what the leaders had to say during a press conference? >> it was not easy to understand at the beginning because there were some technical issues, some transition issues. there was no simultaneous tren anslat

cbc news, beijing. >>> hungry for a little competition? a restaurant in contra costa county that is serving up a challenge. >>> clear skies across the bay area tonight. the forecast. your pinpoint outlook as ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,s continues right california coast. large waves >> surf is up in hawaii. large waves showing up on our coast as well. top surfers from around the world were there hoping for a chance to attack the waves in the contest known as the eddy. name for a legendary surfer who died in 1978. that contest only held when the waves reach 20 feet or more. >> big surfs around here? >> surf expected up to 25 feet this weekend. everybody is excited about it but organizers of maverick say no green light. they are hoping for bigger swells come february, march. we have a high surf advisory in effect from tonight all the way through sunday morning as the swells possibly build all the way up to 25 feet, use caution if you're heading on out just to take a good look at the conditions. meanwhile, outside right now we do have a very gentle and non

clarissa ward, abc news, beijing. >>> nine years after the savage murder of daniel pearl, the "wall street journal" reporter who was beheaded in pakistan, we're learning more about what happened, thanks to some determined college students. the pearl project has just released its findings about the killing and martha raddatz spoke with the interns who insisted on answers. >> reporter: danny pearl was a young, wickedly smart reporter, about to be a father, when he was kidnapped in 2002. his beheading put on the internet by his captors for the world to see. there have been many investigations since and a hollywood movie, but nothing compares to this. 32 journalism students at georgetown university spent three and a half years uncovering the truth. >> it took waking up in the middle of the night to make these phone calls to pakistan. we slept on the floor at the office, in the classroom and in our professor's office. >> i learned the true definition of a cold call. >> reporter: khalid shaikh mohammed, the master mind of the 9/11 attacks, had confessed to slitting danny pearl's throat, but only

by a cabal oppressions his chinese counterpart to death beijing's currency that's facing crease among americans and missed an economic heavyweights grammy night. and israel's ollie's and it is on the east report on one of the world's largest spying facilities capable of intercepting every phone call and an entire hemisphere . well britain's inquiry into why it went to war in iraq won't get to see the prophet correspondence between former prime minister tony for american president george w. bush it's thought it might shed light on exactly why the u.k. got dragged into the invasion when one of the politicians whose party was in power at the time now gives his insight to r.t. . today i'm in london with jeremy corbyn who's a member of parliament with the labor party and also an antiwar campaigner 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 while he was very nervous

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as chinese out american leaders agree that sue superpower is still differ on the sensitive issues beijing's growing influence in the u.s. is making people look east. and is all is in the middle of the joke there's a list of how one of the world's largest spying basically caged in israel went on notice and for decades nothing till an investigative journalist will sit on a front lines have it. now the inquiry into why the u.k. went to war in iraq will not draw on the private correspondence between former prime minister tony blair and former american president george w. bush the letters will be able to shed light on exactly why the u.k. got involved with the invasion one of the politicians in the party was in power at the time now gives his insides an interview with our city. today i'm in london with jeremy corbin he's a member of parliament with the labor party and also an antiwar campaigner we are here as tony blair appears before the chilcote inquiry for the second time jeremy cope interacts very much for talking to r.t. now this as i've said is not the first time that blair is appearing be

counterpart barack obama and anxiety sweeps washington over beijing's growing influence of the global stage. next one of america's leading civil rights activist talks to r.t. the reverend jesse jackson explains why his country is on the verge of moral and spiritual bankruptcy what needs to be done to save it. archie sitting down with a renowned american civil rights activist prominent political and religious figure in the united states reverend jesse jackson sr good idea good for joining us today sir my first question to you is about the wall street projects economic summit that you are hosting here in new york right now as we speak what is the main goal of this gathering is what are you looking to do is it hold wall street accountable try to find a situation where you can try to create more jobs for millions of people who don't have them right now and who do you hope this message will reach out in the quest for economic justice and racial justice. are the days policy is we bail out the banks who when tool prices because. the cost of greed because of marco oversight and sort of a bill

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