the national museum of china in beijing. the central values of freedom and tolerance on display in the capital of a very different type of regime. the museum is located in tiananmen square, the brutal crushing of the democracy site years before. it is a supporter about human rights. ai weiwei, it puts berlin in a difficult situation. >> it is one of our huge dilemmas. we stage an exhibition on the indictment, which meanin the end, we want to talk about freedom, and then in the end, an artist loses his freedom. we have to ask why they have not put so much diplomatic pressure on china that this kind of thing would be impossible. >> if the government is unwilling to close this prestigious exhibition in beijing. but other options are open. there is even talk of including ai weiwei's work among the exhibits. >> it would be possible to make a stand with this exhibition. also, in respect to what has happened with ai weiwei, so i am in favor of keeping it going, and i am in favor of thinking of provocations like this said that in th

went to beijing i met them and so we chose city turns to go and learn and talk to the previous city so we certainly learn things from from the chinese interesting useful things about technology and back of house support but our venues were pretty well designed by them as we didn't really affect the design we were set on a path of trying to do things in our own way i mean there is a there is a british way and there are other nationals have their own views but we want to make things very lightweight very low. in carbon intensity and we want to make things that were sustainable in it's going it's why the sport of science and where venues for instance do not have a legacy and use a permanent and use we made them temporary and so we're going to take them down at the end of the game so we've used a lot more temporary facilities and i think most of the games so far but people. were present at the beijing games i was there before the olympics i was part of the olympics journalist team but people say it was one of the best probably the best to live yes it was felt in the world and you say yo

how did the experience of beijing and did it influence the construction of olympic venues inland not so much the construction i mean in two thousand and eight we went to beijing and some of the sochi team went to beijing i met them and so we chose city turns to go and learn and talk to the previous in the city so we certainly learn things from from the chinese interesting useful things about technology in back of our support but our venues were pretty world designed by them so we didn't really affect the design we were set on a path of trying to do things you know our own way i mean there is a there is a british way and there are other nationals have their own views but we want to make things very lightweight very low. in carbon intensity and we wanted to make things that were sustainable in its school in its widest broadest sense and were venues for instance do not have a legacy and use a permanent and use we made them temporary and so we're going to take them down at the end of the game so we've used a lot more temporary facilities and i think most of the games so far but people. w

were present at the beijing games i was there before the olympics i was not part of the olympic. team but people say it was one of the best probably the best to live yes it was five in the world and you say you know that he has the experience but still you say oh you're going to be better i think i thought he'd be better do you not think that's pretty you know i mean it's a fair comment i think the chinese did a fantastic job i think if anybody as you saw about opening and closing ceremony was not some remarks you know just incredible i mean you can't compete with that so i don't think the point is to try and compete with the previous city we will do it in our own way we will do it in a london way and it will be different i think the brits have to change the trend because because these opening ceremonies they become two it's something something different to change the trend because spending another it is the billion more then the child it is not the point exactly and so we're not trying to do that now local good response will follow certainly is not the only so. you know what is

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bob dylan plays beijing. and a communist approved settle. >> hello. portugal has appealed to europe for help in overcoming its mounting debt crisis. the caretaker prime minister jose socrates addressed the nation on television and said foreign help was a last resort. until now it insisted it wouldn't need the help. here is our assessment on portugal and the impact on the rest of europe. >> and then there were three. almost a year after the bailout of greece and five months after ireland, portugal has requested emergency support from its yurs partners. here is jose socrates making the announcement he was desperate to avoid. >> we have reached a moment that the country is at too much risk that it shouldn't be exposed to. above all, it is the national interest that we need to work in. we need financial assistance to strengthen our financial system and economy. >> jose socrates had no choice after the result this morning of portugal's attempt to borrow a billion euros on market. portugal paid an interest rate of 5.9%. that is unaffordable and is less than

that shocked the people in beijing, the party in beijing. after that they've come to the conclusion that they need to raise wages, even though that might hurt exports, this is part of the rebalancing of the chinese economy. of course what that means is goods will become more expensive. so china, which for the first part of this decay through cheap labor costs was exporting in effect deflation to the world. the story of the coming story is that china's going to be exporting inflation. and you can see that in the rising commodities. >> charlie: they're paying more therefore they'll charge more therefore the inflation will go right through -- >> and you have tremendous demand for natural resources and commodities like oil and that's why you see these high prices. >> charlie: they're afraid to pay for whatever because they none. >> exactly. that's a big change for the world economy from china exporting deflation to china exporting inanalysis. >> talk to me about the personnel of some of the people. you met one of the presslinks you describe. the

you know you can you can you know environmentally much better live the united states you can do in beijing or shanghai but i think it also concerns you know civil liberties political institutions and having this sort of capitalistic isn't there to simply don't have the trainees economy or in writing and acquire a minor in economy either if i like to ask you i mean by the year two thousand and fifty what do you think of my my question is the west could be more like the brics today with the brics could be more like the west where you think oh ok first of all let us be reminded of what eugene you know score said about prediction that we can only pretty things after they have happened but we go on. i think. one thing that i can pretty certain peak in two thousand and fifty although i have different scenarios but even in the worst scenario. the brics will have collectively a higher g.d.p. . then the g c i can also predict that some certainty that in terms of education. you know patient systems. infrastructure. will be certainly farther ahead of the united states if not g six as a whole in terms

like models like many see china as a model effect inside bric brazil nowadays under a duma she's in beijing right now trying to clinch a lot of deals she's looking at the state model of china to try to reorganize brazil's industrial policy which at the moment is neil there's no industrial policy in this country brazil is becoming an exporter of raw materials and they need state presents they need some guidance the way you have you find in chinese model so you can export manufactured products and and compete with other countries like for instance embraer now they have a factory in china they are selling more is that if jets to china this is the way to go otherwise brazil will be selling soybeans in orange juice to kingdom come and the nonaligned countries they look at that in south america they look at brazil as a model in asia they look at china as a novel russia it's not much of a model to anybody unfortunate well it's a model has a model that would sell very very articulate very dynamic model at the same time fredricka if i go to you frederick hear me already i let me add something here g

light models like many see china as a model effect inside bric brazil nowadays under a duma she's in beijing right now trying to clean chill out of deals she's looking at the state model of china to try to reorganize brazil's industrial policy which at the moment is neil there's no industrial policy in this country brazil is becoming like an exporter of raw materials and they need state presents they need some guidance the way you have you find in chinese model so you can export manufactured products and compete with other countries like for instance embraer now they have a factory in china they are selling more is that if jets to china this is the way to go otherwise brazil will be selling soybeans in orange juice to kingdom come and the non allied countries they look at their in south america they look at brazil as a model in asia they look at china as a model russia it's not much of a model to anybody unfortunate well it's a much as a model you would sell very very odd and very well i now make model at the same time fredricka if i go to you fredricka here i mean what will it be a let me a

responsibility from arab partners from the arab world at all unless you're talking about moscow and beijing. and the african union as well and i think many people on the average in the arab league are now very very disquiets very very disconcerted by what is going on the continued later bombardment i have a very odd opposition group but no one is sure the make up the make up or. journalist north action returns he joining us live in london thanks for your comments always good to hear from me thank you. well still to come in the program greeks seeking gifts the financial crisis hits the younger generation hardest with graduates pushed abroad in search of a job. so russia is high in space such as the bed one fan and i'm sure telescope project over ten years in the making that will look deeper into the cosmos than ever before. russian officials are confirmed one of the figure heads for islamic radicalism in southern russia a man widely known as has been killed in the same region security services have surrounded the building which is harboring an unknown number of militants there are reports of

especially in beijing. >> this the fed did the authorities, too. they compiled the 5000 children that died three years ago because of shoddy school building. his campaign earned him a beating by police. he needed a life-saving surgery to stop bleeding in his brain. on the studio today, they were repairing the police cameras installed to watch him. he even made artwork satirizing his constant surveillance. recall that in a totalitarian police and told the bbc that he feared unrest. those people with much less activities are being put away. if you think about it, it is kind of terrifying. >> the u.s. astronauts and a couple of russian cosmonauts are on their way to the international space station after a successful launch. the mission is the first. there was one previous trip into space in 2008. the crew will join three others already working on the orbiting station. the cosmonaut, the astronauts, we will keep you up-to-date on how that is doing here on bbc news. it is a reminder of our main news again. they have attacked the presidential compound. w

. ♪ ♪ >> klayman: to find him, you have to take a long ride to the outskirts of beijing. that's what i've been doing for the last few years. as a freelance journalist and filmmaker, i've been spending time with one of the most intriguing people in china. his name is ai weiwei. in recent years, he's emerged as china's first global arts star, with museums all across the world showcasing his monumental sculpture, provocative photography, and bold installations. this year, it was sunflower seeds. 100 million of them, all made from porcelain, each one painted by hand, filling the giant turbine hall at london's tate modern museum... ...a spectacle that reminded some of weiwei's artistic hero. >> in one of my articles, i describe him-- he's a beijing andy warhol. >> klayman: both artist and provocateur, there is no one in today's china generating quite this kind of attention. >> he's probably the most documented chinese public figure alive. i mean, there's never really been somebody in china who has this combination of qualities. >> klayman: ten years ago, ai weiwei settled in t

lennie, who was with us in beijing. because of your extraordinary work, violence against women as part of the beijing platform. because of your work in coalition with other groups around this country, over 15,000 battered and sexually abused in the court woman -- and the. women are here and free of their abusive spouses. thank you very much, lennie. and sarah. is your mom here? she is also related to someone on the school board. sarah, who runs and it works on signature products, coaching boys into men. i encourage you to look at that's not cool.com, which is about stopping dating violence. this is an organizational award, i get to do this. and for rachel, who has been at the organization and who has been my partner as we build in the federal part of global clhu to challenge the notion that violence does not have to be part of the human experience. i thank you, rachel, and i think all of you for this award and for the work that we will do together in this city, and are presidio, to create a future without violence for o

one dead in a beijing shooting not a single month goes by that i can tell if he's right will gangs have been caught up in this senseless ongoing war for many years. these scenes were filmed by a local boy you know exchanged is going for a camera. that. devon melvin a sixteen year old when he was twelve he carried a gun. i think a lot. of people being you will get. from me robbing people i don't been through a live thing alive i spared so much for my neighborhood so what a point where on my family i want to do right. i lost two friends in the five names or whale and wagon here but i want out. today devon is looking for a way out of the gas so he doesn't want to move for a gun law and senseless fighting is the law of the land when you go through way back i painted the table i went to the bone i thought before this is. my i'm in it i'm in for. just a few miles from here in downtown san francisco to get through veterans trying to get support for his project against juvenile gang violence showing richards is talking to mayor gavin newsome he wants to set up a civic behavior course for the to

years is produce ten world and eleven european champions as well as in the gold and silver medalist in beijing in two thousand and eight. say mother maya moved here with his wife and nine hundred eighty three with just an idea and it stands to live and now it's a full fledged educational facility that nurtures talents from a young age through to graduation. five directions of the world for geographic points with space being the fifth one that means that we're following global laws clickable to all people in the world we want these values to dominate other religious national and other values of chinese martial arts have deep philosophy rich history and important values so they're very effective in teaching these are not just words for us we cannot lose our children let them become terrorists. this is heard each time one of the boys wins a medal in various events held in russia or anywhere else in the world who sing works and lives right here at the school and leaves only when his students take part in major competitions but all the trophies eventually end up right here at the five directions of

from the conflict region analysts say beijing. american competition spreading across africa with. the. world economy and it's an absolute relations many thanks. now libya is a strategic location for china with billions worth the investment there being present risk was a lot of leverage do you think that beijing actually held there to protect its economic and. has already invested march into africa especially into north africa and libya. united states sources as much as agents train should billion dollars have already been made by. chinese companies know about six thousand chinese citizens. their life is being put at risk. trying to recreate these people. history you know if you talk about policy or china towards the whole situation china has always advocated no involvement policy which has always been more a myth than a political reality but it has proven to be very useful while dealing with oppressive regimes. criticising imperialist united states and european countries when necessary but what we see now is a general change of policy and. china is going to play a more active role

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how far would washington go in competition with beijing where the problem is good dissent washington agendas white house and national security agencies cia the pentagon the pentagon these interesting africa agenda the one two windows were in libya install an african b. in africa where we have to remember the african headquarters and structure in germany because nobody now africa had quite its peace you know an african country and then the dominoes libya i do we coast we trade sea badly so my salt he said the next day i mean us to fail according to the african pentagon agenda and then leader own the big dominoes the countries where china has substantial investments example. nature i want you. to get a real game so we have to watch how this is going to play out in the medium term the picture you better be certain about it get counter-strategy if they see that they are floundering you know africa because of the military station of a constant being renewed ties with south america and with central asia. so they have really come out states let's focus park in libya and syria and syria the

journalist asked in return he says libya is not the only area where beijing and washington in traffic class. many people say that china of course is going to be the new. chinese investment in iran. hundred sixty five billion dollars it is rapidly finding problems of un resolutions regarding iran so in that case beijing and washington interests coincide i think there has been a cold war since the second world war with china arguably it is certainly hotting up but. the think tanks on capitol hill don't seem to understand what to do according to one national security agency adviser. he said the reason we went into libya one factor was we had could no longer be leader and it would look to iran as if we make threats that we don't follow through on. journalist asked in return coming up keeping a tab on european atash find out why the really is being criticized over how it chooses to spend it's a lever that billion euro eight projects. he's ready for for their country say they're now being neglected and ignored that report from georgia coming up. a russian inmate he's suffering from severe d

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journalists asked and the says libya is not the only area where beijing and washington is in traffic. many people say vagina of course is going to be the new. chinese investment in iran turtle's hundred sixty five billion dollars it is rapidly finding problems of un resolutions regarding iran so in that case beijing and washington's interests coincide i think there has been a cold war since the second world war with china arguably it is certainly being up but the state department of think tanks on capitol hill don't seem to understand what to do according to one national security agency adviser. he said the reason we went into libya one factor was we had said we could no longer be leader and it would look to iran is if we make threats that we don't follow through on. journalists are a town another expensive conflict cons are time for the struggling u.s. economy ratings agency standard and poor's has slashed the outlook on american debts a negative and a move casting doubt on washington's ability to reduce its deficit well that's cause live out of business at some more or less i did yo

he says libya is not the only area where beijing and washington. and there is part of this equation that worrying washington i would say rather more than the european union leaders but definitely one only has to look at khartoum to see chinese investment in africa and get after it was one person who for all its privatization and later suddenly coming back to the western fold he still didn't like africa calmly american defense network. in germany regarding africa and many people say that china of course is going to be the new. chinese investment in iran totals some one hundred sixty five billion dollars or so it is rapidly finding problems of un resolutions regarding iran so in that case beijing and washington's interests coincide i think there has been a cold war since the second world war with china arguably it is certainly arching up but the state department the think tanks on capitol hill don't seem to understand what to do according to one national security agency advisor donnelly he said the reason we went into libya one factor was we had to g

this is in 1980 on the wall in beijing, the great wall. but we met first at stanford university in 1976 when i came back from two of my first film in china. keep the lights up even though, you know, i don't need to see myself there. but anyway, we met at a conference in stanford on the hot topic who should america recognize red china? we don't remember at the time, we didn't. but there was a bamboo curtain from the end of the war. now we -- can you see me? all right. that's the cameras on worrying about. tv gets in my head and gets out of the way. but anyway, we were friends. his wife came up at this coffee break to introduce herself because she liked my work on tv. i anchored at cbs in san francisco and they've seen my documentary. then she introduced me to her husband who i studied a little bit about that college and my jaw drop because he was really an important figure in american history. out of that first meeting we developed a professional relationship, and then a personal relationship. and s. rose said, they let me read their oral h

they open their second office in beijing. last year, we maintained frequent exchanges and close cooperation and achieved new, substantial results. in the context of the new year, you have already had a promising beginning. as you know, one month ago, chinese president hu jintao paid a visit to this country and held productive talks with president obama. both our leaders declared their commitment to building a cooperative the partnership based on mutual respect and mutual benefits. his visit is important and will surely give new impetus to the overall development of our bilateral relations. in all 50 states, the state of california and san francisco, in particular, will benefit from this. this year is also a remarkable year for san francisco. for the first time in its 162- year history, you have and we have four asian american supervisors. and the first time in history, we have a chinese-american mayor. it is not only, i think, a recognition of asian americans, chinese americans, but of the contribution to the overall developm

his disappearance coincided with the opening of an art exhibition in beijing. royal wedding captured much of the rld's attention this friday and also some attention from outer space. astronauts in the international space station sent their congratulations to the newlyweds. they will have to wait a little bit longer for a visit from the space shuttle. that has been plagued by technical problems. nearly 8000 people were gathered for the lift off. the national hockey team has scored a major upset in the opening round of the championship beating russia 2-0. this is the first time that germany has defeated russia and world championship competition. >> the super star-studded russian squad was caught on aware. germany played aggressive hockey from the start and it paid off. the team was given some added confidence by an early score. they would not be intimidated by their powerful opponents. the goalie was nothing less than superb handling 31 shots on goal. he was later named match -- man of the match. there was a late goal which sealed the deal for a 2-0 victory. germ

i would ask them to take a journey with me to ameco in beijing. we have to get past this view that any work that's done in the u.s. is de facto done better. it's just not true. >> o'brien: i'd like to take you up on that offer-- would you take us to ameco? >> sure, absolutely. >> o'brien: we thought that was a great idea. ameco is one of asia's largest mros, doing maintenance on united wide-body jets since 2005. we arranged a visit with ameco in china. we got visas and tickets. then, just days before our trip, ameco suddenly cancelled. but we knew about another place, here in the u.s., where united has moved its maintenance, and i flew to mobile, alabama, to take a look. this is one of the larger independent repair facilities in the u.s. it's owned by a company called st aerospace. >> according to statistics i've seen, st is the largest of all of the mros, the outsource facilities, worldwide. this is a singapore-based company that has opened maintenance facilities in the united states. >> o'brien: since 2002, st has been doing a lot of maintenance

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beijing says the deficit amounted to more than 690 million euros for the time between january and march of this year. exports grew by over 26% in the first quarter, but so did imports, which were up. >> let's go to france now where police in paris have arrested a muslim woman wearing a full face veil after a law prohibiting wearing the garb and went into effect. the woman took' part in an unauthorized protest against the ban. france is the first european country to forbid the garment in public. the band has been condemned by islamic organizations to call an abridgdgent of religious freedom. the french government says it is designed to protect women's rights. at a meeting in luxembourg. interior ministers have clashed in how to deal the meeting over africa with german and france saying it will close their borders to migrants pouring into italy. roma received little support in coping with an influx of migrants that have not subsided since the revolution began in the arab world. italy said they were granted passes to thousands of migrants out pulp and travel. >> it is a gateway to europe.

beijing, hong kong, macau, thailand, bangkok. i am a very worldly educated woman, and there is the impact of these decisions that you are all going to make, and this is a global community. we want to encourage the community to come with us and sing and dance with us. thank you. i am a responsible woman, 39. i like to dance until dawn, and i would like to keep that and have other people. president newlin: thank you. any other public comment? >> hello, commissioners. my name is scott. i appreciate that beatbox will be revitalizing this. especially coming up from jim meko, we need to make sure that these are not permanent restrictions. if for some reason it is only allowed friday and saturday, but that is not a permanent change but just a condition of this particular permit for beatbox. you will not be able to do that. there are lots of other issues to communicate, but take care. president newlin: any further public comment? commissioners? commissioner meko: he is correct. we do not need to enrich them any more when we do things. if

. >>> those looking to make a splash about the environment took to the pool in beijing. singing, dancing, and diving made up the extraordinary trip show in china. performers were telling the story of a couple's journey to restore the earth's water resources. some of the country's most famous artists took part in an effort to raise money for youth athletic programs. >>> ahead of the royal wedding, girls everywhere are looking to be part of the fairy tale for a day. in london, aspiring princesses attended a tea party to learn proper etiquette including how to courtesy and greet the royal couple. the little ones may never find prince charming, if they happen to bump into prince william, they know exactly how to say hello. >>> when it comes to the royal etiquette, we're not sure how the queen would feel about this one. will and kate's love story is now on book shelves alongside spiderman. a comic book version of the courtship is on sale ahead of the big day. this story chronicles lives from childhood to university where the two collided over the now infamous dress which we p

it is overshadowed by beijing's failure to issue a travel visa for part of his party. on saturday, he is due to fly on to tokyo. you're watching the journal. >> germans, both men and women, are working longer and going into retirement years later than their predecessors did in the 1980's and 1990's. that is the finding of an oecb report released in march, which finds that on average, men retire at 62 and women at 61. that puts germans just below the middle of 34 ranked nations. they retire later than workers in austria, luxembourg and france, but earlier than those in south korea, iceland, and japan, for example. many of them work until they are 70. hard-pressed to find and keep top notch labor, they are now attempting to accommodate the work force. >> he works for the chemical giant's basf. he is 58. 52-year-old christina is a tram driver. and this musician is a pensioner at 67, but has no plans to retire. this man often uses the gym at the basf plant. the company offers facilities like these to help them keep it. >> it is important to help us concentrate. working nig

at this beijing hospital, doctors see as many as 50 patients a day. emergency services are so overcrowded that the staff has set up beds in the corridor. people start lining up early in the morning to obtain appointments for the following day. many patients travel long distances to get to the hospital. >> ( translated ): every day there are so many people waiting in line, i can't even find out where to start. >> reporter: what time did you get here this morning? >> ( translated ): i came at 7:00. i stayed at my relatives house last night nearby to make sure i would get here early. >> reporter: to address the problem, the government is constructing or improving thousands of smaller neighborhood medical centers. at the fangzhuang community clinic in beijing, construction workers were putting the finishing touches on new rooms that will be dedicated to maternal and child care. so this is a whole new wing that you're building here? dr. wu hao, the clinics director, says as a result of the reforms, his facility is paying greater attention to preventive car

for example, apple's four stores in china, including this one in beijing, are on average the firms most profitable. china's increased wealth has raised living standards, although the nation faces a growing gap between rich and poor. at the same time, authorities struggle to balance the needs of industry with the welfare of the environment and workers. to ma jun, a prominent environmentalist, wintek and apple illustrate a troubling pattern in the global supply chain. his beijing based organization, the institute of public and environmental affairs, tries to track china's growing problems with industrial pollution and worker health. >> wintek represent the fact that china is now the workshop of the world, we're manufacturing for the entire western world and while we are exporting all this cheap products overseas, millions of workers are exposed to something unhealthy, working conditions. >> reporter: wintek employees went public about their grievances in january 2010. although china officially bans strikes and independent unions, worker protests are common and in a several-hour walkout ov

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if you take the example of the beijing olympics or the shanghai expo, great confucius institutes, great -- but then you go up and lock up xiabao and fuss about the nobel prize ceremony, and you undercut all that power you've invested in. so until china changes, i don't see it being able to come close to the americans in soft power either. now, you might say why worry about all of this, why fuss? is this just another way of saying we're number one and pretending we're the green bay packers or something? the answer to that is, no. power is not good or bad, per se. power, as i say in the book, is like calories and diet. too little of it, you die. too much of it, you get obese. and, basically, we have to think about power in terms of what are smart strategies? how do we use our power effectively? one of the reasons it matters is if you misjudge the relationships of power in the world, you can make big policy mistakes. you know, there's the famous quote that the pell to -- pell poe news yang war