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rob mcbride met a man on a mission to restore his home. >> leaving behind the high-rises of hong kongs, these are bound for their homes and a day of work in a rice paddy. issued with gear. then straight to work. overseeing the harvest, villager david sang saw rice cultivation as a boy. >> both of them. the village schools long since closed - he was part of the exodus during the '70s, and '80s. now he's moved back, trying to reverse the fortunes of his village. >> i was the first in my house. after 30, 40 years. and now everybody has seen my house and want to come back and make the house liveable. in his restored home. an aerial photo showing the rice. now it could hold the key to the future, if it succeeds. we can provide for it. it's good educational materials. if you ask the kids, they don't know where the food come from. more terraces have been cleared and will be under administration. villages are like this with a few elderly residents remaining. it's hoped they can breathe new life into them. for this trip it's a lessen in a bygone way of life. >> you have to learn where the rice

rob mcbride, al jazeera, pyong pyong pyn. >> ethiopia for a conference to include prose pair pi in the developing world. the aid for financing for development is just that to finance development in poorer countries beyond aid relief. santa maria from counting the cost program explains how money turns into overseas development aid. >> how do you encourage the world's richest nations to fund growth in the world's poorest ones? this is something the united nations has been struggling with. it's tougher with governments tighting en their built. when the gobbeled junety said rich countries should spend on overseas development aid but only 5 nation actually exceeded that target. the united kingdom, norway sweden denmark and luxembourg. over all money from reach nathsz has increased. it was at 84 billion in 2013 although it does suggest it could fall again for 2014. but the thing is overseas development aid cannot pay for all of the work that needs to be done. alternative roots are required. that's where some invasion comes into it take the solidarity levy on airline tickets. countries can ch

only two cities come pete finally, let's go life now to hong kong and rob mcbride. a massive victory for beijing. any idea what might have given them the edge over almaty? >> a widespread sense of satisfaction with this decision. as we can see, the party has now begun around beijing and will continue for some time. you know when beijing first announced it was bidding for the winter olympics it was treated almost with disdain, as a joke in some quarters. it is not a natural winter sport location. but as time has gone on and there are other more natural contenders dropped by the wayside, there has been a defendant growing realization of how much china wants this. i think what really per schwade the olympic committee in the end was just the political will power and the guarantee that china will mobilize the resources to build the infrastructure not least of course put in place all of the facilities that will be needed to create the huge amounts of artificial snow to make sure all of these events will be able to take place and on time. so, a you said it came down to two

rob mcbride has more. >> they came with their slogans and banners and a year of political fighting. angry shouting matches between the demonstrators and much smaller groups of pro-aging protesters and accuse the democracy campaign of squandering the chance of political development by blocking reforms in the way hong kong selects its leader. those pushing for full democracy for hong kong can claim this as something of a victory parade and did reject the reforms being put forward by beijing which they claim are a fake democracy and it's tempered by the knowledge that 18 years after this city passed from british colonial rule that people here are still as far away from running their own affairs. it's led to a very small minority and carrying the old colonial flag and calling for independence. the hong kong authorities, the only flags that mattered were being raised at a morning ceremony marking the handover back to mainland china. all talk of political reform are now put on hold with the government instead making the economy and people's livelihoods the priority. but the protesters, th

chinese american fighter and actor commands a big following and rob mcbride takes a look. >> reporter: his statute overlooking hong kong's harbor is a big draw as legacy has from a generation ago. where his particular brand of kunfoo is practiced they look at his lightning moves. >> icon of konfoo. >> reporter: a master who learned his skill from a master who learned directly from bruce lee, it provides a living link not only with the unique fighting style lee developed but also the accompanying philosophy. >> facing life as a human being. >> reporter: jeff has grown up with that philosophy since seeing the first bruce lee movie in san francisco and he faced discrimination but lee taught him it was suddenly okay to be chinese american. >> although that period was short it was in 1973 it was like magic like overnight chinese males became the big man on campus. >> reporter: coming to hong kong for the opening of his exhibition hundreds of exhibits chart the all too brief career of lee, from the autographed marshal art handbook by lee in 1963 through his eventual break in the movies that

rob mcbride is live for us in hong kong. how have the protests been shaping up so far rob? >> reporter: well, people are stream until here to the starting point it's called victoria park, a large open space in the middle of hong kong from where they will start the march and go to government office says. it has to be said this is a day i think of the mixed emotions. those who are still campaigning for full democracy can claim some some respects this is a victory parade. after all they have forced the rejection of the reforms that were proposed by beijing which pro-democracy groups here have branded them as fake democracy. but it's tinged by the knowledge that 18 years after being passed over from british colonial rule this city it still as far way as ever from being able to rule its onaown affairs. last year as we mentioned over half a million pima tended this july 1st rail. this year the organizers are telling me maybe 100,000. it is just out the time when the rally is due to start. these soccer pitches have been furnished to holding pens should by now be full of people and

rob mcbride, al jazeera, hong kong. >>> time for the sports news with andy. >> thank you so much. world futbol body set to announce the latest plan to built corrupt reputation and blatter expected to name the date when his successor will be chosen. seven fifa executives arrested two months ago as u.s. looks into money corruption and money laundering and blatter said he would be standing down after 17 years in the top job just four days after being reelected and correspondence lee weldings is there where the fifa meeting is taking place and blatter to speak in an hour's time and just how tense is this likely to have been and is blatter definitely going to step down? >> i have no doubt at all that the meeting is extremely tense and i spoke to a key figure to push through reforms before the meeting started and premeeting on sunday and likely to get done but expecting it to be done by now and said these things with fifa and doing it a long time and they are never easy and where we expect already to have word from fifa about if reforms have gone through or a date for the new presidenti

rob mcbride reports. >> the demonstrators and the opposition groups brief this is an attempt by the long time prime minister to try to stifle dissenting voices ahead of national elections a few years from now. they are saying they are merely trying oregulate and unregulated sector which consists of hundreds of ngos. the european parliament passed a motion condemning the introduction of this law a couple of days ago and there is a feeling that after billions of dollars spent by the international community here, that cambodia is still falling far short of the ideal of a liberal democracy in the heart of southeast asia. >> rob mcbride reporting from cambodia. malasian police are calming it economic sabotage, a leak of documents that said $700 million were funneled to the prime minister. the documents were supposedly part of an internal file investigating a state investment fund. said he did not receive money for political gain but didn't deny he received this money. >>> romania is suffering its own issues. victor ponta has been charged with corruption. >> victor ponta denied any wrongdoing

. >> i'm rob mcbride in the rice paddies of hong kong with the townies being farmers for a day. >> in sport, double olympic champion mo farah questioned by the u.s. anti-doping officials. those details coming up. >>> now, n.a.t.o. is to hold an emergency meeting on tuesday to discuss turkey's air strikes against i.s.i.l. and p.k.k. turkey blames the p.k.k. for a roadside bombing killing two soldiers, and launched air strikes against the group. the latest at the p.k.k. headquarters in the mountains of northern iraq. activists say turkish jets hit fighters in the syrian city of aleppo, and also a town close to the turkish border. we have this report from istanbul, the complex landscape in tuckey is adding to tensions. >> reporter: in turkey, another attack. this time a car bomb targeted a military convoy in the south-eastern province. two soldiers were killed and another four were wounded. no group has yet claimed responsibility turkish officials believe the p.k.k. to be behind it. it's the latest jolt in a volatile 48 hours full of fun dimensional shifts in military strategy. a country

. >> let's go life to rob mcbride. how are the protests shaping up there. >> there's a certain disappointment about the numbers turned out. we are at the finish of this protest rally, the government headquarters. they began marching a few hours ago. a sizeable crowd, it has to be said nothing compared to the crowds last year. over half a million people took part. organizers would tell you this year the numbers are in the tens of thousand. the reasons many came out last year is reforms that pro-democracy said was nothing like democracy, the city rented them. there is a deadlock here and many question what is the reason to come out on to the streets. it's combined with a find of protest fatigue. that had been a time-out use year of protests on the treat. there's a sense of disillusionment amongst many about what the protests achieve. it's dissolutionment, but despite lower numbers, residual anger about the divisive issue. people have been calling for teme okay rahsy, and there has been -- democracy, and there is has been

. >> rob mcbride joins us live from hong kong. we saw the pictures from beijing, the delegates are over the moon at this victory but china was the favorite to win wasn't it? >> it was i think ultimately considered to be the safer pair of hands at the end of the day. it is shown in 2008 with the staging of the summer olympics what a nation and mobilize and motivated can achieve. we saw the evident at those games. chain 2345 has said it will do the same again with the 2022 winter olympics. beijing i guess not a natural winter sports location, but if china says there will be snow, you can belt there will be snow. they have committed themselves to putting in all of the infrastructure deluding the fake snow mans to make sure that the olympics go off without a hitch. more in practical terms as we heard there these were resources, the infrastructure will be spread over northeast china. because it's not a natural resort location, some facilities will be in downtown beijing some hill skiing facilities, a good couple of hundred kilometers o

as rob mcbride reports, there is a man on a mission to restore his boy hood home there. >> leaving behind the high rises of hong kong, these volunteers are bound for one of its forgotten corners. and a day of work in a rice paddy. i should with gear and given a lesson, then straight to work. overseeing the harvest, this villager last saw rice cultivation as a boy. >> the village schools, long since closed, he was part of the exodus during the 1970's and 1980's. now he's moved back and trying to reverse the fortunes of his village. >> i was the first to own a house after 30 to 40 years. now everybody sees my house and they want to come back and make their house livable. >> in his restored home, an aerial photo from the 1960's shows the extent of the rice terraces. now as then, rice could hold the key to the village's future, if this pilot project succeeds. >> of course, we can provide for it, but at the same time, it's a very good education materials. kids nowadays don't know where their food comes from. they all think it comes from super markets. >> more terraces are being cleared. >> vil

rob mcbride has more from the capital. >> reporter: tight security around the national assembly means this is as close as the demonstrators are allowed to get police are all around this area, the demonstrators and the opposition groups believe that this is an attempt by the long-term prime minister to try to stifle decenting voices ahead of national elections a few a years from now the government denying that saying they are trying to regulate an unregulated sector that consistent of thousands of n.g.o.s and associations. passed a motion condemning the it's ducks of this law a couple of days ago. and there is a feeling that after billions of dollars spent by the international community here that cambodia is still falling far short of the idea of a liberal democracy in the hearts of south cease asia. >>> muslim groups in india threatening to take legal action over traditional islamic schools. as they are called. the state says that children in 2,000 schools aren't getting proper evening education and has stopped recognizing them. critics say it's religious discrimination. >> reporter:

rob mcbride has more. >> reporter: as people stream in for the start of this march, it's a day of mixed emotions. some claim that this is a victory parade they did, after all, force the rerejection of the proposals from beijing, which they say helicopters nearly to a fake form of democracy, that is tinged with the knowledge na 18 years after hong kong was passed back from british colonial rule this city is as mar away as ever from running its own rules. it feels like a colony. that sense of disillusionment will be reflected in the numbers taking part. in this same event, half a million from on the streets. this year organizers were talking about 100,000 people. still, the protestors here are claiming that they'll continue the political struggle despite the administration here and beijing saying that this political saga is over and still insisting that one day beijing will listen to them. >> china has past new laws giving the state stricter controls over cyber space, it's because of growing threats to chinese networks the national security law was adopted on wednesday, outlining cuffer m

plus i'm rob mcbride in the rice paddies of hong kong with the townies being farmers for a day >>> saudi collision airstrict targeted a military -- air strikes targeted a military base near sanaa. the attacks coming hours after a humanitarian pause. it's due to start 2069. aid workers say they don't know how this will help to get aid to people. fighting on the ground has not stopped. some viewers may find the images to be disturbing. >> reporter: saudi-led coalition military planes are arriving in aiden. after four months of fighting the airport is under the control of pro-government fighters. the saudi-led announced a 5-day unilateral pause in its aerial campaign. the truce comes at the request of president abd-rabbu mansour hadi, to allow in aid. saudi arabia responds that will be respond to houthi attacks. >> the goal is to lift the siege and reach the areas with much-needed humanitarian aid and is an opportunity for the houthis. . >> the houthis say the saudi-backed government is out of touch with the government on the ground. they hit several houthi positions on saturday. a resident

rob mcbride, al jazeera, hong kong. >>> much more news for you anytime on our website. that's aljazeera.com, and details there of turkey's nato meeting that will be held on tuesday to discuss the air strikes. >>> i'm david shuster in for ali threat. we take a deep dive into the darkest corners of the web where no one knows your name and anything i don't say. the trade. . >> the hacking last week of ashley madison, a website that helps married people cheat on their spouses sparked a hand ringing of jokes. you can't help but see the irony of a website .2 billion credit, debit and prepaid cards. the nielsen reports says it cost the united states $6.2 billion in 2014. once they steal your credit card or number or worse for social security number hackers pose an invisible threat to privacy and turns to something called the dark web or deep web. a world most of us have not entered. mary snow took a tour. welcome to the underground chat room on the web. not only do have you a person's name, date of birth, you have the email addresses, their passwords, their ip address. their f

rob mcbride reports. >> reporter: this has everything to do with potatoes from every conceivable way of consuming them to better science for growing them. the chinese government is on a mission to convince the people on the wonders of the potato. >> translator: here in china we have good quality potato varieties that give high yields. it will provide more options for us as a stable food. >> reporter: facing ever-more pressure on farming land from urbanization and industrial pollution, it could be the potato to the rescue. underpinning the great potato debate is the issue of food security. the hearty potato requires far less land and water than rice, but it faces a serious image problem in the eyes of chinese consumers. look around traditional street markets and it's hard to spot what is seen as a peasant food only for those who can't afford rice. >> translator: it's like a substitute food. >> translator: we will have it like an extra vegetable, but it's not the basis for a whole meal. >> now more westernized younger people they will eat a lot more potatoes. >> reporter: and that's pa

as rob mcbride tells us the reaction in china was ecstatic. >> reporter: widespread satisfaction throughout china. when it was first announced that beijing was serious about bidding for the winter olympics it was treated almost with disdain. the city of course not being a natural winter sport location but as time as gone on and other more natural contenders have dropped by the wayside there has been a growing realization of how serious china has been about wanting these games. there's also a growing sense of the political will that it has and also the resources it can put in place to guarantee that all of the facilities will be built and all of the snow-making infrastructure that will be needed to guarantee there will be enough snow for the event to take place. human rights groups had tried to prevent this decision arguing that any human rights record in china has gotten worse in recent years, and china has not upheld the olympic principals that it was meant to have signed it's a up for in 2008 when it won the summer olympics. but as far as the olympic committee is concerned, probably the m

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rob mcbride in hong kong has more. >> reporter: worrying was the scale of the operation. hundreds of workers said to have been involved in the fake factory unit on the outskirts of beijing itself taking old iphones, the components from them and reassembling them and passing them off as new iphones ready for exports. the case came about when a number of the phones were detected by the authorities in the united states who tipped off colleagues in china itself. the authorities in chine appoint to this as being evidence that they get tough with the makers of fake goods. in thes is a timely reminder of how sophisticated some of the counterfeiters are becoming >>> the white house rejected a petition to partedon former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden. on tuesday, it was said that edward snowden should face criminal charges. the petition had 168,000 signatures, and related to revealing secret n.s.a. programs. bus drivers in el salvador walked off a job demanding better security and an escalation of gang violence. it left thousands stranded. bus drivers say it's too dangerous to

as rob mcbride tells us the reaction in china was joyous. >> reporter: widespread satisfaction across china. when it was first announced that beijing was serious about bidding for the winter olympics it was treated with disdain in some quarters the city not being a natural winter sport location but as time has gone on and other more natural contenders have dropped by the wayside, there has been a growing realize accusation about how serious china has been about wanting these games, and a growing sense of the political will it has and the resources it can put in place to ensure that the facilities will be built and the snow-making infrastructure will be available. human rights groups had tried to prevent this decision arguing the human rights record in china has gotten worse in recent years and that china has not upheld the olympic principals it was meant to sign it's a up for in 2008 when it won the summer olympics. but the olympic committee probably the more persuasive argument was the fact of their commitment to staging another successful games. >>> the 2016 summer olympics in rio a

rob mcbride al jazeera, hong kong. >>> much more news for you anytime on our website. that's aljazeera.com, and details there of turkey's nato meeting that will be held on tuesday to discuss the air strikes. >>> i'm david shuster in for ali threat. we take a deep dive into the darkest corners of the web where no one knows your name and anything i don't say. the trade. . >> the hacking last week of ashley madison, a website that helps married people cheat on their spouses sparked a hand ringing of jokes.

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rob mcbride, al jazerra, hong kong. >>> dieing is an expensive business in japan. although cremation is widely used it's getting more expense i have to bury a body as the country grapples with an ageing population. drew ambrose reports now from the city of osaka. >> reporter: these modern crypts in japan look like a set from a sci-fi movie. they store more you weres and cheap than burying ashes in a traditional graveyard. japan has also built five skyscraper temple with his a row of high-tech crypts on every floor. you swipe your i.d. card which prompts robotic arms to retrieve the family you were from the basement. >> people people are closing their ancestral graves if the countryside and storing the ashes here. they hope their children will come to worship them here. >> reporter: finding the right funeral is hard because cemeteries are running out of space. and plots align can cost $40,000. which is why many baby boomers and the elderly go on weekend grave tours to find the right plan. as more people die in japan there are commercial businesses and showcases whic

rob mcbride has more from hong kong. >> reporter: as people stream in for the start of this march this is a day of mixed emotions. those still campaigning for full democracy can claim that in some respects this is a victory parade. they did after all force the rejection of the reform proposals from beijing which they say amounts nearly to a fake form of democracy. still that is tinged with the knowledge that 18 years after hong kong was passed back from british colonial rule this city is still as far away from as ever from running its ona fares it, still feels like a colony. that sense of disillusionment will probably be reflected in the number of people taking part. at this same vent last year over half a million people it's estimated were on the streets. this year organizers are talking about maybe 100,000 people. still those protesters here are claiming that they will continue the political struggles. despite the administration cheer and beijing saying the political saga is over and insisting one day beijing will listen to them. >>> china has passed new laws giving the state stricte

rob mcbride has more on how people are honoring his legacy. >> his statue in the harbor is a draw just as his legacy still exerts a pull from a generation ago. at the fighting gym where his particular brand is still practice pupils emulate his moves. >> ricky is a master who learned his kill from a master who learned directly from bruce lee. it provides a living link to the style and also the accompanying philosophy. >> not only the kung fu, also how to live, work and how to face problems as a human being. >> he has grown up with that philosophy since seeing his first bruce lee movie as a teenager. he faced discrimination, but lee taught him it was suddenly ok to be chinese american. >> although that period was short, it was in 1973, it was like magic like overnight chinese males became the big man on campus. >> coming to hong kong for the opening of his exhibition, hundreds of exhibits chart the all too brief career of lee. from the handbook written by an unknown lee in 1963, through his eventual break into the international movies that made him famous 10 years later. the exhibition i

rob mcbride is in phnom penh. >> reporter: police are cordoned all over this area. opposition groups believe this is an attempt by the long time prime minister to try to stifle dissenting voices ahead of national elections a few years from now. the government denies that saying they are merely trying to regulate an unregulated sector that consists of thousands of ngos and associations. there is intense international interest in this dispute. the european parliament passed a motion condemning this law a couple of days ago. there is a feeling that after billions of dollars spent by the international community here that cambodia is still falling far short of the ideal of a liberal democracy in the heart of southeast asia. >> not giving children a proper education. fez jamil reports from mumbai. >> reporter: dedication and recitation are cornerstones of learning at this traditional islamic school. but that's not enough from this state school. being educational institutes. saying they don't teach an acceptable curriculum. students here disagree. >> translator: all i know

rob mcbride has this update from hong kong. >> the international technology firm will be following this case with some alarm. not least amongst them apple themselves. the scale of the operation where hundreds of workers were involved with this fake factory unit on the outskirts of beijing taking old iphones p the opponent from them and reassembling them and passing them off as new iphones ready for export. a number of phones were detected by the authorities in the united states who tipped off their colleagues in china itself. the authorities in china will point to this as being evidence that they do get tough with the makers of faked goods but this is a timely reminder of how sophisticated some of those counterfeiters are getting. >> more than 2,000 migrants tried to enter atonal on tuesday morning. the group broke through fencing on c calais on the west side. it caused serious delies on both sides of the channel for much the day. britain has promised $10 million towards security warned the channel's tunnel. >>> an excavation what have could be one of the world's largest mass graves has

. >> i'm rob mcbride in the rice paddies of hong kong. with the townies being farmers for a day. >> how this former champion's return to motorcycling proved to be spectacular, in the worst possible way. turkey is not willing to accept defeat >>> two soldiers have been killed by a car bomb in south-east turkey. turkish air strikes targeted the workers partied or perform kk in -- party or p.k.k. in northern iraq. >>> president obama made a national address to the people of kenya, who came on the last day of their trip to the east african nation. later they'll fly to ethiopia, where he'll be the first president to address the african union >>> more on the turkey air strikes against i.s.i.l. and p.k.k. we are joined from ankara by an assistant professor. thank you for being with us. are you surprised to see turkey turming on the opportunity. i'm not surprised. turkey has been eager. but the specific target was supposed to be bashar al-assad. so there's nothing, you know anti-western in that sense, that turkey was aiming to spearhead the weste

rob mcbride al jazeera, hong kong. >> let's go to sport now. here's andy. >> thank you very much. fifa president sepp blatter has named the day when his successor will be announced. but his announcement did not go as planned. >> british comedian able to beat security in zurich to provide his take on blatter's legacy. seven fifa executives were arrested. lee wellings was at that strange press conference. chaotic and somewhat in keeping with fifa at the moment. >> yes indeed, stand has been for many years. we've learned to expect the unexpected at fifa. it's such a serene setting and then things like this happen. it was not the first time that they have done it. he didclearly had been planning this. it was a real shock to the people, not in the least sepp blatter who took ten minutes to compose himself. he said that the room needed to be cleared. then he came in and answered questions, and then finally made it clear that he won't be standing again as president. thehe's absolutely cleared that up and finally we're getting clarification from sepp blatter. but he did try to give an exp

this report from rob mcbride. >> reporter: it is everything to do with potatos. from every conceivable way of concealing them to better science for growing them. the chinese government is on a mission to convince pt people on the wonders of the potato. >> here in china they have good quality yields. they provide option as a stable food. >> reporter: facing more pressure on farming land from urbanization and industrial revolution it could be the potato to the rescue. underpining the potato debate is a serious issue of food security in a country with a fifth of the world's population to feed. the hardy potato requires less land and water than rice but faces an image problem in the eyes of chinese consumers. look around traditional street markets, it's hard to spot what is seen as a peasant food only for those that can't afford rice. >> translation: it's like a substitute food. i would have it if there wasn't any rice. >> translation: we'll have it like an extra vegetable, it's not the basis for a meal. >> now more westernised younger people eat a lot more potatos.

. >> >> i'm rob mcbride in the rice pad ice of hong kong with being farmers for a day. >> we begin in syria where for the first time, president bashar al assad acknowledged that his army is tired and lacking man power. during a televised speech in damascus, bashar al assad said that his army is struggling to contain isil and rebel groups. he said that his army must define key regions to hold on to during the conflict. >> the military is carrying out the mission but the syrian army is sometimes required to give up areas in order to hold on to more important areas. we are in a fateful period and there are no compromised solutions. >> let's go to an expert on this a retired jordanian air force general and analyst. thanks for being with us, sir. what do you make of president assad's comments? >> >> well, dictator always want to show strength and they're certain and confident but really he's facing great challenges and he faces a lot of setbacks on the operations. if you want to win war you need to have enough soldiers to do that and he lacks that, and he's trying to recruit now and, you k

. >> rob mcbride there race on to replace barack obama in the white house and one republican party hopeful is scott walker and john reports from madison, wisconsin on how he is managing to attract support for his presidential bid. >> reporter: scott walker is an unlikely frontrunner for the republican presidential nomination. >> good evening, wisconsin. >> reporter: a minister's son on a college drop out he was a little known and little noticed milwaukee county executive when he became wisconsin governor in 2011. when his first budget eliminated bargaining rights a few weeks later he got enemies and a following that put him on the top tier of presidential candidates. >> made him a hero and sored in the presidential run he is launching and in the state level got him in controversy quickly and i think contributed to the polarization that set in and has not let go during his time in office. >> reporter: the attack on unions led to daily protests and a rare recall election. for months demonstrators protested outside the capitol calling for walker's resignation, in the end he won that battle an

from hong kong, here is rob mcbride. >> reporter: it is everything to do with potatoes. from every conceivable way of consuming them to better science for growing them. the chinese government is on a mission to convince the people on the wonders of the potato. >> translator: here in china we have good quality potato varieties that have high yield potatoes would provide more options for us as a staple food. >> reporter: facing ever more pressure farming land from urbanize saying and industrial pollution, it could be the potato to the rescue. underpinning the great potato debate is the very serious issue of food security in a result are you that has a fifth of the world's population to feed. the hearty potato requires far less land and water than rice but face a serious image problem in the eyes of chinese consumers consumers. look around traditional street market and it's hard to spot what is seen as a peasants food only for those who can't afford rice. >> it's like a substitute food. i would have it if there wasn't any rice. >> we have it like an extra vegetable but it's

this his the first time it's taken place in china, as rob mcbride reports, it's part of the country's efforts to promote the stable. >> it has everything to do with potatoes. from every conceivable way of consuming them to better science for growing them. the chinese government is on a mission to convince the people on the wonders of the potato. >> here in china, we have good quality potato varieties that giving high yields. they will provide more options as a stable food. >> facing ever more pressure on farming land from urbanization and drill pollution, it could be the potato the rescue. >> underpinning the great potato debate is the very serious issue of food security in a country that has a fifth of the world population to feed. it requires less land and water than rise but face as serious image problem in the eyes of chinese consumers. >> look around traditional street markets and it's hard to spot what's seen as a peasant food, only for those who can't afford rice. >> it's like a substitute fooled i'd have it if there wasn't rice. >> we will have it like an extra vegetable, but

. >> rob mcbride in hong kong. >> on the tech beat this morning, google is rejecting an order by a french privacy watchdog to delete web results worldwide. it said the search engine should remove results in all countries if someone requests it. google said the high court ruling only applies to european servers. >> the rising risk of flooding. straight ahead on aljazeera america, how it's become more frequent over the last 50 years. >> a new study said global warming could lead to more natural disasters and cause conflict over food and water. it said it could stretch the military further around the globe. hundreds of people north of san francisco had been forced to evacuate because of a wildfire spreading quickly. there are at least 14 active large fires in california right now. officials say the on going drought and triple digit temperatures are making matters worst. people are doing their part. water usage plum melted 27% in june as mandatory cutbacks. they will target communities that are not saving water. >> a storm surge pushing waters ashore can be devastating. equally damaging, heav

rob mcbryde mcbride is in no ma'ammen. >> this is as close as the demonstrators are allowed to get. police have cordoned all around this area. they believe it is an attempt by the long time prime minister to try to stifle dissenting voices ahead of national elections a few months from now. the government denies that. they are simply trying to regulate an unregulated sector which comprises hns of ngos. the european parliament passed a motion condemning introduction of this law a couple of days ago. and there is a feeling that after billions of dollars spent by the international community here that cambodia is fill falling far short of the idea of a -- is still falling short of the liberal idea in southeast asia. >>> sri lanka will soon have an election. be manuel hernandez has more. >> a bament for political power. district administrative centers like this one in colombo were the height of activity. vidz lan ca's political elections next month the polls follow jan's race two years ahead of schedule a gamble he lost to opposition candidate. raja paxa was accused of many of fostering a