the chinese government was not elected by the chinese people. it even persecuted chinese people. i do not want our government to stand together with these murderers who killed my aunt's and made my father imprisoned. i hope our government will make the right choice. i hope our government will stand for justice. president chiu: thank you very much. >> good evening. i come here because i practice. we are all together. when i was a kid, i practiced with my mother. since 1999. there is a chinese communist party. if you want to practice, they will pick you and if you continue, they will kill you. my mother was lucky. a few days ago, i saw a chinese red flag outside of the city hall. when i was a kid, i could see the chinese red flag in the garden, the park, and my classroom. actually, when i see it, i think the chinese communist party has come to san francisco. i am very afraid that they have my mom and that is a red flag. when you make your choices, think about that. last time i came here and talk about this, and i think someone, they decided we will never do that. it is a california

the chinese wreck center -- the chinese rec center has been a touchstone for many chinese. it is where you played, but also where you learn to be american and where he picked up the values of being an american citizen. many of our community institutions are named for the geographic location of the facility. we have the chinese hospital. we have the chinatown library. we have the chinatown ymca. our personal and individual stories are not reflected in our community institutions. our personal, individual stories have been overlooked. we feel very strongly that we need to begin to claim our history, claim our story, and claim our heroes. betty ann ong, a native daughter, is a hero, and should be honored with the naming of the chinese rec center in her honor. we further urged that in the future, a broader recognition of her heroism be reflected. thank you. president buell: thank you. >> richard? >> good morning, commissioners. i came in today to try to talk about this subject matter. i am not necessarily in favor of this project. we have already listened to this issue many time

so bme it on t chinese doesn't make sense. of course, in a situation which you have high unemployment rate there is social and political malaise, people blame globalization, people blame trade, people blame china but the fundamental problems of the u.s. are deeper and structural. >> there's no doubt whatever term you use china does manipulate or manage its currency and there are both economic and politic reasons for doing that. obviously they want to support exports which, you know, which are mainly private companies or foreign-invested companys which are the greatest source of job growth in cha which, you know, helps keep the country stable. but tre's also a political imperive in a way. anormal sort of calibration of the strength of chinese export, the currey could be 20% to 40%. but if you had in china an open capital account and the freely floating currency godnows what would happen because the financial system is not stable, money could flee the country as much as come into it. and you could see a collapse in the currency

to request to name the chinese recreation center the betty ann ong chinese recreation center of san francisco meet our guidelines. her extraordinary terrorism made a significant contribution, not only to the -- her extraordinary heroism made a significant contribution, not only to the city, but to the country. on september 11201,2001, she became an example of heroism. i cannot say enough about how important i think this is to the chinese community, to san francisco, and to the rest of the country to honor betty ann ong. i'm going to ask harry ong and gloria ong to speak before we proceed with public testimony. >> good morning. good morning, ladies and gentlemen. commissioners, president buell, mr. martin, david lee, general manager, mr. ginsburg. i am the brother of betty ann ong. my family and i would like to take this opportunity to thank the park and recreation center. supporters who are here and in attendance, those who are unable to attend, petition signers, and all citizens of this great nation at large. we urge you to support the renaming of the recreation center. the ong family would

ironically the chinese with their investment in u.s. treasury debt and the japanese are financing wars against chinese national interest in afghanistan and iraq and now in libya so it's a very diabolical situation that wall street and the treasury have manufactured if they lose that they lose a huge one of the two major pillars of american post-war power when you mentioned challenges the u.s. will dominance you said it may be china only together with other countries and together with russia when you mentioned i mean you mentioned that there are that that china is very. it's scientists dependent on natural gas when it gets from russia so that do you mean that in this new construction this new world situation russia will still be. a role material producer and provide either for europe for china for whoever rules the world well i think for the near term there's nothing wrong with that and that's a very constructive thing that russia can use and the putin diplomacy in the past decade has used that quite skillfully to build economic bridges

i'm looking east the russian premier has met the chinese leader in beijing visit to boost the cooperation the financial and political prominence of the once. a mosque a success after capturing one jewish fulton for the release of more than one thousand palestinian prisoners i'll have more from tel aviv in just a few moments. and a seven year sentence for ukraine's a former prime minister for alleged abuse of power linked to gas contracts with russia paid its public outrage and harsh criticism from moscow to the u.s. and the. world wide news around the clock this is r.t. live from moscow with me rule restrictions iranians hiring mexicans to assassinate the saudi ambassador in america the details of a complicated plot the u.s. government says it has uncovered officials in washington say two iranian agents tried to hire members of a mexican drug cartel to carry out the attack but allegations that tehran dismissed as a comedy show. has the latest from washington. the u.s. attorney general explicitly said that the u.s. will be holding the uranium government accountable for the plots to kill th

ironically the chinese with their investment in u.s. treasury debt and the japanese are financing wars against chinese national interest in afghanistan and iraq and now in libya so it's a it's a very diabolical situation that for street and the treasury of manufactured if they lose their pay lose a huge one of the to major pillars of american cause more power when you mentioned challenges the u.s. will dominance you said it may be china only together with other countries and together with russia when you mentioned i mean you mentioned that china is very. it has the pendent. natural gas from russia so do you mean that in this new construction this new situation where russia will still be. a raw material producer and provide it either for europe for china for whoever rules the world well i think for the near term there's nothing wrong with that and that's a very constructive thing that russia can use and the putin diplomacy in the past decade has used that quite skillfully to build economic bridges to germany and other european countries

per capita, the chinese are still relatively modest co2 sinners, but beijing has recognized that it needs to make major investments in new, climate-friendly technologies. some 12 billion euros have been earmarked to develop electric mobility alone. as the next generation of e-cars are already waiting in the garage, china's main form of transport, the bike, is also seeing an electric overhaul. >> business is good at fu lei's shop in beijing. electric bicycles are a popular way to get around in chinese cities, especially in places where regular motorcycles are prohibited. an estimated 20 million electric bikes are sold in china each year. fu's customers come from all walks of life. migrant workers who can't afford cars buy his e-bikes, as well as members of china's new middle class, who want to steer around the traffic. >> 10 years ago, electric bicycles weren't popular at all. most people back then complained that they were much slower than motorcycles and not as sturdy as bikes. but that's changed in the past few years. there are some really environmentally-conscious people out there, and

prime minister putin met the chinese leadership in beijing. well even in the twenty first century china remains a mystery to much of the outside world. now it sits down with. an observer of global social economic and political trends and she's also written a book on china and sells us what lies behind the enigmatic nation. doris nesbitt thank you very much for being with us today thank you very much for having me so in your opinion why has china and still remains to greatest mystery for thinkers and scholars because there's too little interest to get to get behind the mystery in all something stays a mystery if you don't have enough interest to to open the curtain. there's also you know somebody said that a philosopher sherman for loss of a said that most people do not want to learn something new but what took at confirmation of something they already believe in and i think that's very much the case in china we have a certain picture of china and i wouldn't think exclude myself ten years ago levin years ago before i went to china for the first

the russian premier is amusing the chinese leader in beijing on a visit to boost cooperation and balance out the financial and political dominance of the west on the first day lot of. important agreements on energy prices. and israel strike a long awaited prisoner swap deal that will see a jewish soldier gilad schalit freed in exchange for over a thousand palestinians charlotte has been held captive for five. and a seven year sentence for ukraine's former prime minister for alleged abuse of power linked to gas contracts with russia sparks and public outrage and harsh criticism from the u.s. and the. headlines here on r.t. if you stay with us next the ancient history and enclosed culture of china remains a mystery to much of the outside world. of a nazi now speaks with. director of the knesset china institute. but to find out what lies behind the and it magic facade. doris naz thank you very much for being with us today thank you very much for having me so in your opinion by has china and still remains to greatest mystery for thinkers and scholars because there's too little interest to ge

well i think the worst of course watching the chinese chinese on the russian relationship closely especially prime minister putin will go back to most likely he will go back to his presidency next year and all that you know that the policies will be. shaped toward toward you know the different aspects of global agenda but particularly you know security issues so. it's to be seen but as i mentioned prime minister putin is there not only to solidify his presidency and sure but basically to get the chinese on board and basically try to strengthen the relationship with the chinese for the big idea of the eurasian union that will define his presidency for the next decade. all right michael roscoe from the national university of singapore thanks very much indeed for sharing your views with us here and on our t.v. . during his chinese visit russia's prime minister was the republican who gave an interview to the state broadcaster outlining the priority for the two nations put in so that a motion for a technological breakthrough in the aviation aircraft building are some of the areas where he wants t

the chinese are missed mysterious people you know you can't really trust them and you never know what they think i felt that the country was much more backwards than it turned out to be. the fact is that the chinese have helped still have and still today have kind of an innocence and unless once they trust you they embrace you and they really become friends with you and you can criticize a lot you know you can also with chinese politicians we talk a lot of things in china that are not as they should be. you can be very open but it has to come out of a positive spirit. and not of just looking for the negative spots but you talk about innocence where does that come from your theory and is it have anything to do with the fact that china has been communist for so long. no no i think it has to do with the structure of having the community first and then the individual that meant you will always part of something you were part of a family part of a community part of a city part of a province and the country and helping each other we in together was part of survival and that's that's when th

billion us dollars in energy trade and high tech industries of inside its promise to prove that the chinese leadership in beijing is. back with another update from about fifteen minutes from now in the meantime even in the twenty first century china remains a mystery to much of the outside world or nazis sophie shevardnadze sits down with doris she's an observer of global social economic and political trends she's also written a book on china and tells us what lies behind the and igniting a nation that special interview next. doris nesbitt thank you very much for being with us today thank you very much for having me so in your opinion why has china and still remains to greatest mystery for thinkers and scholars because there's too little interest to get a touch behind the mystery and how something stays a mystery if you don't have enough interest to to open the curtain. there's also you know somebody said a philosopher german philosopher said that most people do not want to learn something new but work to get confirmation of something they already believe in and i think that's very much the

now everyone knows russia extremely wary of what the chinese are up to in asia russia would like to balance against the americans but but they still don't want a dominant chinese navy so russia's play is walking a very fine line at the moment the americans know that and the americans will watch what's happening but they won't be overly concerned it's very interesting how you put that you say that russia is ultimately doing a bit of a high wire balancing act here not wanting too much american dominance in the west but also wanted too much chinese dominance in the east but in your opinion in china is there is there a limit to how far this our friendship can possibly go i mean ultimately russia and china they have a mutually beneficial agreement china needs the energy russia has got the energy where can it spread from there. well that the problem for relations between russia and china there are two main areas or two main issues stay in the long term that will drop you apart the first is that russia is a traditional great power in central asia and china is very explicitly stepping on ru

i was thinking the chinese are mr mysterious people you know you can't really trust them and you never know what they think i thought that the country was much more backwards than it turned out to be. the fact is that the chinese have have still have and still today have kind of an innocence and openness once they trust you they embrace you and they really become friends with you and you can criticize a lot you know you can also was chinese politicians we talk a lot of. things in china that are not as they should be. you can be very open but it has to come out of a positive spirit. and not of just looking for the negative spots well you talk about innocence where does that come from north korea and does it have anything to do with the fact that china has been communist for so long. and no no i think it has to do with with the structure of having the community first and then the individual that meant you will always part of something you were part of a family a part of a community part of the city part of a province and the country and helping each other being together was part of survi

as prime minister the chinese leadership in beijing. even in the twenty first century china remains a mystery to much of the outside world. sophie shevardnadze now says down with doris nesbitt of the center and she's also written a book on china and now it tells us what lies behind the enigmatic nation do stay with us. doris nesbitt thank you very much for being with us today thank you very much for having me so in your opinion why has china and still remains to greatest mystery for thinkers and scholars because there's too little interest to get to get behind the mystery in all something stays a mystery if you don't have enough interest to to open the curtain. there's also you know somebody said that a philosopher sherman philosopher said that most people do not want to learn something new but what took at confirmation of something they already believe in and i think that's very much the case in china we have a certain picture of china and i wouldn't think exclude myself ten years ago levin years ago before i went to china for the firs

i was thinking the chinese are mr mysterious people you know you can't really trust them and you never know what they think i thought that the country was much more backwards than it turned out to be. the fact is that the chinese have held still healthy and still today have kind of an innocence and openness and once they trust you they embrace you and they really become friends with you and you can criticize a lot you know you can also with chinese politicians we talk a lot of things in china that are not as they should be. you can be very open but it has to come out of a positive spirit. and not just looking for the negative spots you're talking about innocence where does that come from european says have anything to do with the fact that china's been communist for so long. no you know i think it has to do with with the structure of having the community first and then the individual that meant you will always part of something you were part of a family part of a community part of a city part of a province and the country and helping each other being together was part of survival and t

it is worth asking our chinese friends what they think chinese growth trajectory would have been at its major trading partners employed the same practices china does. we need to press hard for changes to the chinese regulatory framework and we must aggressively enforce our existing trade agreements with china. american companies can't for example be expected to trade to transfer proprietary technologies when china assets on ferre domestic content rules. no one has worked harder than i to open chinese markets and fight for a level playing field for u.s. firms. but i am also a free trader. ultimately, i believe what we need is an affirmative agenda to enlarge the entire pie. so with the doha around going nowhere, it means beginning bilateral negotiations with china and the most important sectors including clean energy technology and seeking to include china with a broader group of like-minded countries as well we should work within the wto from work. but much as we did with japan in the 1990's we should also aim to identify and resolve structural impediments to enter trade and contrib

ironically the chinese with their investment in u.s. treasury debt and the japanese are financing wars against chinese national interest in afghanistan and iraq and now in libya so it's a very diabolical situation that wall street and the treasury of manufactured if they lose that they lose a huge one of the two major pillars of american post-war power when you mentioned challenges the u.s. will dominance you said it may be china only together with other countries and together with russia when you mentioned i mean you mentioned that there are that that china is very. it's scientists dependent on natural gas when it gets from russia so that do you mean that in this new construction this new world situation russia will still be. a roll material producer and provide either for europe for china for whoever rules the world well i think for the near term there's nothing wrong with that and that's a very constructive thing that russia can use and the putin diplomacy in the past decade has used that quite skillfully to build economic bridges to

ironically the chinese with their investment in u.s. treasury debt and the japanese are financing wars against chinese national interest in afghanistan and iraq and now in libya so it's a very diabolical situation that wall street and the treasury of manufactured if they lose that they lose a huge one of the two major pillars of american post-war power when you mentioned challenges the u.s. will dominance you said it may be china only together with other countries and together with russia when you mentioned i mean you mentioned that there that that china is very. it's just dependent on natural gas what it gets from russia so that do you mean that in this new construction this new world situation russia will still be. a roll material producer and provide either for europe. china for whoever rules the world well i think for the near term there's nothing wrong with that and that's a very constructive thing that russia can use and the putin diplomacy in the past decade has used that quite skillfully to build economic bridges to germany and

ironically the chinese with their investment in u.s. treasury debt and the japanese are financing wars against chinese national interest in afghanistan and iraq and now in libya so it's a very diabolical situation that wall street and the treasury of manufactured if they lose that they lose a huge one of the two major pillars of american post-war power when you mentioned challenges the u.s. will dominance you said it may be china only together with other countries and together with russia when you mentioned and then you mentioned that there are that that china is. very. it's just dependent on natural gas when it gets from russia so that do you mean that in this new construction this new world situation russia will still be. a role material producer and provide either for europe for china for whoever rules the world well i think for the near term there's nothing wrong with that and that's a very constructive thing that russia can use and the putin diplomacy in the past decade has used that quite skillfully to build economic bridges to ge

i was thinking the chinese a mr mysterious people you know you can't really trust them and you never know what they think i thought that the country was much more backwards than it turned out to be. the fact is that the chinese have have still have and still today have kind of an innocence and openness once they trust you they embrace you and they really become friends with you and you can criticize a lot you know you can also was chinese politicians we talk a lot of. things in china that are not as they should be. you can be very open but it has to come out of a positive spirit. and not of just looking for the negative spots well you talk about innocence where does that come from north korea and does it have anything to do with the fact that china's been communist for so long. and no no i think it has to do with with a structure of having the community first and then the individual that meant you will always part of something you were part of a family a part of a community part of the city part of a province and the country and helping each other being together was part of survival

i was thinking the chinese a mr mysterious people you know you can't really trust them and you never know what they think i thought that the country was much more backwards than it turned out to be. the fact is that the chinese have have still have and still today have kind of an innocence and openness once they trust you they embrace you and they really become friends with you and you can criticize a lot you know you can also was chinese politicians we talk a lot of. things in china that are not as they should be. you can be very open but it has to come out of a positive spirit. and not of just looking for the negative spots well you talk about innocence where does that come from north korea and does it have anything to do with the fact that china has been communist for so long. and no no i think it has to do with the with the structure of having the community first and then the individual that meant you will always part of something you were part of a family part of a community part of the city part of a province and the country and helping each other being together was part of sur

i was thinking the chinese are mysterious people you know you can't really trust them and you never know what they think i thought that the country was not not backwards than it turned out to be. the fact is that the chinese have held still healthy and still today have kind of an innocence and openness once they trust you they embrace you and they really become friends with you and you can criticize a lot you know you can also with chinese politicians we talk a lot of. things in china that are not as they should be. you can be very open but it has to come out of a positive spirit. and not of just looking for the negative spots while you talk about innocence where does that come from in your opinion it's had anything to do with the fact that china has been communist for so long. no i think it has to do with the structure of having the community first and then the individual that meant you were always part of something you were part of a family part of a community part of the city part of a province and the country and helping each other being together was part of survival and that's that'

i was thinking the chinese a mr mysterious people you know you can't really trust them and you never know what they think i felt that the country was much more backwards than it turned out to be . the fact is that the chinese have have still have and still today have kind of an innocence and openness once they trust you they embrace you and they really become friends with you and you can criticize a lot you know you can also was chinese politicians we talk a lot of. things in china that are not as they should be. you can be very open but it has to come out of a positive spirit. and not of just looking for the negative spots well you talk about innocence where does that come from in your opinion does it have anything to do with the fact that china has been communist for so long. and no no i think it has to do with the with the structure of having the community first and then the individual that meant you were always part of something you were part of a family a part of a community part of a city part of a province and the country and helping each other being together was part of survi

so bme it on t chinese doesn't make sense. of course, in a situation which you have high unemployment rate there is social and political malaise, people blame globalization, people blame trade, people blame china but the fundamental problems of the u.s. are deeper and structural. >> there's no doubt whatever term you use china does manipulate or manage its currency and there are both economic and politic reasons for doing that. obviously they want to support exports which, you know, which are mainly private companies or foreign-invested companys which are the greatest source of job growth in cha which, you know, helps keep the country stable. but tre's al a political imperive in a way. anormal sort of calibration of the strength of chinese export, the currey could be 20% to 40%. but if you had in china an open capital account and the freely floating currency godnows what would happen because the financial system is not stable, money could flee the country as much as come into it. and you could see a collapse in the currency as

i was thinking the chinese a missed mysterious people you know you can't really trust them and you never know what they think i felt that the country was much more backwards than it turned out to be. the fact is that the chinese have have still have and still today have kind of an innocence and openness once they trust you they embrace you and they really become friends with you and you can criticize a lot you know you can also was chinese politicians we talk a lot of. things in china that are not as they should be. you can be very open but it has to come out of a positive spirit. and not of just looking for the negative spots well you talk about innocence where does that come from in your opinion does it have anything to do with the fact that china's been communist for so long. and no no i think it has to do with the with the structure of having the community first and then the individual that meant you were always part of something you were part of a family a part of a community part of a city part of a province and the country and helping each other being together was part of survival

chinese wisdom but first though a look at the business as i promised with. welcome to our business of it as our thanks for watching russia and china are close to a gas deal has been on the cards for many months with both sides haggling over the price of talking to the chinese media prime minister putin explained how a solution to the impasse has been found there are russian and chinese companies will find immediately beneficial solution we're aware of the needs of children or china as a way of opportunities raises a very big unable to meet the demands of a chinese friends. temba the countries agreed on the new deal to the supply of almost seventy billion cubic meters of gas over thirty years however they still haven't managed to sign a final agreement says the price is too high. time to look at the markets now oil prices are advancing this hour and speculation that proposals on european bank recapitalization will support economic growth and fuel consumption stocks in the u.s. open higher on wednesday on expectations europe would manage its debt trouble dow j

ironically the chinese with their investment in u.s. treasury debt and the japanese are financing wars against chinese national interest in afghanistan and iraq and now in libya so it's a very diabolical situation that wall street and the treasury of manufactured if they lose that they lose a huge one of the two major pillars of american post-war power when you mentioned challenges the u.s. will dominance you said it may be china only together with other countries and together with russia when you mentioned i mean you mentioned that there that that china is very. it's not as dependent on natural gas when it gets from russia so do you mean that in this new construction this new world situation russia will still be. a roll material producer and provide either for europe for china for whoever rules the world well i think for the near term there's nothing wrong with that and that's a very constructive thing that russia can use and the putin diplomacy in the past decade has used that quite skillfully to build economic bridges to germany and

i was thinking the chinese are mr mysterious people you know you can't really trust them and you never know what they think i thought that the country was much more backwards than it turned out to be. the fact is that the chinese have have still have and still today have kind of an innocence and openness but once they trust you they embrace you and they really become friends with you and you can criticize a lot you know you can also was chinese politicians we talk a lot about things in china that are not as they should be. you can be very open but it has to come out of the positive spirit. and not of just looking for the negative spots were you talking about innocence where does that come from in your opinion does it have anything to do with the fact that china has been communist for so long. no no i think it has to do with the structure of having the community first and then the individual that meant you were always part of something you were part of a family part of a community part of the city part of a province and the country and helping each other being together was part of survi

that's why we should be more opened to chinese investment, but it's also why chinese investments would be on a sounder footing here if they helped to establish good jobs for american workers. for its part, chinaments a fair shot at u.s. markets, too. the chinese want policy change that will allow better access to technology for one and for another, a clearer, more predictable process for investing in the united states. both nations can help themselves and each other to succeed for mutual benefit. to do this, i believe we'll need to overhaul the frame work that guides our economic relations. how? i've worked with chinese leaders for nearly two decades as a banker, treasury secretary, and as a conservationist, and reflecting on those experiences, i've distilled them into five special principles, and by the way, these five principles will not just help put the economies on a sounder footing, but they help assure a more complementry footing as well. number one -- unlock the promise of capital across investment. for the united states, this means assuring greater openness to chinese investme

and had a lot of chinese friends. you know, i think certain high school things just tromp political things. so really, she was very cute. and there were a lot of interracial not, intercultural couples. if you look at prom pictures, all you see is contrast. and this girl from china -- they would they would get in a few grosser china who dated boys from the dominican republic. there were tons of couples. at her know if they had it. if they had to hide it, they probably weren't taking it all. some of the muslim girls whose parents were very strict, it's not that they would hide relationships. is that they wouldn't have relationships in high school with boys from high school. but then there were a bunch of boys from yemen who would, you know, send very, very romantic valentine's day cards to gross named geraldine and josefina and status and they would really seduce them. >> i just had a question to all the colleges you've named with do think there is something about all of these cultures coming together made disc will hav