the leon dog market was once the largest place to buy pet dogs in beijing. it's about to be relocated due to redevelopment and many sellers have already moved out. liu has heard that buyers are purchasing dog meat from people who are leaving. many of the animals sold for meat are large dogs, such as tibetan mastiffs, which have lost their popularity as pets. all of the stores must be gone by september. but while the streets are very quiet a few stores are still open for business. >> signs for tibetan mastiffs line the once-crowded streets. and stores look like they have been closed for several months. >> as the craze for tibetan mastiffs was coming to an end, numerous cases in which people were being attacked began to emerge all over china. in most cases, owners simply weren't able to discipline and control one of the world's largest dogs. now, the places that specialized in big dogs are almost all desserted. >> we came across some tibetan mastiffs that looked abandoned and neglected. there are no signs of the store being open, or anyone taking care of the d

moves beijing's official news agency describes as gimmick. patricia sabga. >> joining me is greg poling director of the asian maritime transparency initiative. gordon change a contributor of force and associate editor of the diplomat. is there a court or arby for when you want to change the lines governing what belongs to who. >> yes, but they require all sides to agree with it. the overall governing arcticture of ocean, says you have do compulsory courts. this is what the philippines has started to take china too. so far the case has been moving forward, but there has only been one set of lawyers in the room. >> what is the practical consideration here? people say you can't build your own islands and say that's your own country. but what really is at steak when we see all of these countries scrambling for territory in the south china sea. >> there's also the military balance of power, and the reality is that none of these individual claimants whether it malaysia or vietnam or philippines can challenge china in terms of their military power.

moves beijing's official news agency describes as gimmick. patricia sabga . >> joining me is greg poling director of the asian maritime transparency initiative. gordon change a contributor of force and associate editor of the diplomat. is there a court or arby for when you want to change the lines governing what belongs to who. >> yes, but they require all sides to agree with it. the overall governing arcticture of ocean, says you have do compulsory courts. this is what the philippines has started to take china too. so far the case has been moving forward, but there has only been one set of lawyers in the room. >> what is the practical consideration here? people say you can't build your own islands and say that's your own country. but what really is at steak when we see all of these countries scrambling for territory in the south china sea. >> there's also the military balance of power, and the reality is that none of these individual claimants whether it malaysia or vietnam or philippines can challenge china power. so many china chooses to i

just over a year ago he came to beijing from a village in hunan province. narrator: wang hao dropped out of school at age 16 after just a year of vocational high school. while most urban students attend high school only half of poor rural children do. education is necessary for rural youth to break the cycle of poverty. but like wang hao many complain that the substandard quality of rural education leaves them little hope. narrator: china's dream rests on rapid urbanization and consumerism, but china's cities scarcely embrace their current migrant populations. one-third of china's 700 million urban dwellers are still classified as rural rather than urban. this means that they have little or no access to social services like schools, hospitals, and pensions in the cities where they live. yang lu has been in beijing for several years already but is still grappling with the metropolis. narrator: china's youth largely made up of single children are pushed to succeed academically. but for many women as soon as they graduate and start establishing careers, there

appears to be challenging beijing's claim to the territory. chinese officials condemn u.s. plans to continue sailing more warships through the area. >> translator: china will firmly oppose any attempt to infringe on our sovereignty in the name of freedom of navigation or air space. >> reporter: the spokesperson said china is determined to defend what she called its legitimate interests at sea. defense ministers from the association of southeast asian nations plus china, japan, the united states and other countries held meetings on the issue in kuala lumpur. but they did not issue their expected joint declaration, unable to agree on how to address the south china sea issue. a u.s. government official told nhk that last week's operation was routine and lawful. he said the commanders plan to conduct patrols near the artificial islands in the south china sea a few times every three months. kurando tago, nhk world. >>> one of the parties to the south china sea dispute is stepping up defense cooperation with japan. vietnamese defense minister phung quang thanh welcomed has japane

rob mcbride, al jazeera, beijing. >> andrew thomas is in beijing, what's the reaction there from this summit, andrew? >> well, can you see behind me right now, a big protest right through the heart of taipei. perhaps 100,000 people dead against this meeting. both the presidents thrust out there, the words meaning no consensus for meeting, stop the meeting, they don't want it to go ahead. most of the people want taiwan to be a proper independent country. they never want unification with china. not only those with beijing but the party led by president ma. the system, they want a properly independent country. but it has to be said that not everybody is as vocal as there. you goto talk to other people in the streets and they are a bit more pragmatic. as you'll see here they support this summit. >> translator: i'm pleased it's happening, i think it's a great break through for taiwan. i hope something positive comes out of it for country. >> i support this meeting. we need taiwan and china to forge peaceful communications. if the leaders can communicate it's showing one area we're at peace

stephen engle, bloomberg, beijing. angie: time now a look for some of the top stories at are bloomberg terminal. here is heidi. and they'll -- and vale was kicked off brazil's index. theas involved in worst-ever mining disaster in the country. is wastewater from the dam toxic. british largest -- britain's provider,amond lloyds, is to cut 945 jobs by 2017. it is also lowering costs by slashing assets and closing branches. and air asia swings to a three loss.-- 3q it has seen a drop in passengers and it has been struggling with the down ringgit in the past few years. angie: coming up next, japan's got talent, but is it what businesses want? we are going to find more when "first up" returns. ♪ angie: checking some of the stories making headlines around the world now, the u.n.'s head of the international atomic energy agency will release a report next week. no guarantees on the country of iran. the iaea says that to ron has tehran hasthat removed over 400 centrifuges, and it might dictate how they remove sanctions from i

beijing and taipei ceased all communication. the opposition democratic progressive party succeeded lee and regarded chen as pro-independence and relations worsened. things changed in 2008 with the election of the nationalist party as president. ma reopened cross-strait dialogue through liaison offices in taiwan and china. he also started direct flights to china. last year, the taiwanese leader oversaw the first ministerial level meeting with beijing. ma will leave office in about six months. voters will go to the polls in january to choose his successor. ma hopes to use the talks with xi to show how far his government has improved ties with beijing. >>> japan supreme court has heard two separate lawsuits questioning the constitutionality of two civil code articles related to marriage and women's rights. here's more. >> reporter: one article states that married couples in japan should use a single sur name and the other says women cannot re-mary within 180 days of getting a divorce. plaintiffs say the two provisions run counter t

it is a big day for beijing. the yuan is expected to join the world elite. christine lagarde is already on board. disaster, 13 people died and some say the cleanup bill could top $5 billion. climate changes. the world's wealthiest people are signing up for a healthier future. clean, affordable energy. do follow me on twitter. china-hong kong markets getting underway. singapore is starting up their trading week. it is a busy one. here is haidi. no rest for the wicked as they close in on the last month of trading for the year. let's look at how we are sitting at the head of a busy week very a dire look at the markets here in asia. meeting -- further easing, more cuts to the deposit rates to 70. the payroll data is coming out. the policy review, liftoff is expected. let's take a look at the markets. stocks are popping up by 4/10 of 1%. the region, extending last week's selloff on the back of those chinese jitters. take a look at the china market. we are expecting brokerages making headlines of the weekend. we have more details on what is driving those brokerage

i travel to beijing to visit china's historic state guest house. there, i spoke with one of the country's highest ranking officials. a former ambassador to the united states, a leader in the powerful state council, and china's top negotiator on foreign policy. we talked about the most pressing issues between the two countries, from cyber spying to the most recent market turmoil. but first, we began on chinese president xi jingping's visit to the united states. what does the president hope to accomplish in the u.s.? mr. yang: i think a lot can be accomplished. i believe the following three areas are very important. first, it is for the two leaders to have in-depth discussions following the discussion in california and in beijing about the international situation, about our respective country's policies. to chart a way forward, furthering our relationship. we expect that there will be quite a few positive practical cooperation results flowing from the visit. what people called "deliverables." i believe that the president will reach out to the america

in a rare glimpse inside china's halls of power i travel to , beijing to visit china's historic statehouse. there, i spoke with one of the country's highest ranking officials. a former ambassador to the united states, a leader in the powerful state council, and china's top negotiator on foreign policy. we talked about the most pressing issues between the two countries, from cyber spying to the most recent market turmoil. but first, we begin on chinese president xi jingping's visit to the united states. this is happening a few weeks away from xi jinping's visit. what does he hope to accomplish in the u.s.? yang: i think a lot can be accomplished. i believe the following three areas are very important. first, it is for the two leaders to have in-depth discussions following the discussion in california and in beijing about the international situation, about our respective country's policies. and about the future of our cooperation, particularly to chart a way forward. furthering our relationships. we expect that there will be quite a few positive practical cooperation results flowing from the

i travel to beijing to visit china's historic statehouse. there, i spoke with one of the country's highest rating officials. a former ambassador to the united states, a leader in the powerful state council, and china's negotiator on foreign policy. we talked about the most pressing issues between the two countries from cyber spying to the most recent market turmoil. but first, we begin on chinese president xi jingping's visit to the united states. what does he hope to accomplish in the u.s.? >> i think a lot can be accomplished. i believe the following three areas are very important. first, it is for the two leaders to have in-depth discussions following the discussion in california and in beijing about the international situation, about our respective country's policies. to chart a way forward further in our relationship. we expect that there will be quite a few positive practical cooperation results flowing from the visit. what people called "deliverables." i believe that the president will reach out to the american society to build the fr

china considers the island it's territory and says it should be under beijing's control. taiwan's president has been friendly to china since he came to power in 2008. but his spokesman says no breakthrough is pictured at the meeting. >> translator: they will exchange views on issues such as promoting peace across the straight and maintaining the status quo across the straight. there will be no deals signed and no joint announcement after the meeting. the president will return to taiwan on the same day. >> the opposition leader has called the upcoming talks a threat to the island's democracy. around 100 activists have gathered outside the parliament to protest against the meeting. demonstrators worried about beijing's growing influence on the island say the president has let down the taiwanese people. >> translator: i have to point out that the president is the president who will finish his term of office soon, people will not allowed president to compromise taiwan's future for his own personal political career. he has no right to make promises on behalf of taiwan or make

beijing just 4 for your high. rain/snow mix on your thursday and thereat has to go somewhere beijing, rain and snow. look at your highs, not even reaching the freezing point into the weekend. if you want to go somewhere with snowfall how about sapporo. snow all the way through saturday. i will leave you now with your extended outlook. >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for staying with us. ♪ >> just wait a second. just one more. ok, i'm on to the next level! sorry about that, but this thing is really addictive. welcome to "in good shape." you know, smart phones are great gaming devices. now we can waste our time everywhere -- on the bus, at the beach, or here in the studio. and that's one of our main topics today. hazardous hobby - why smart phone games can be addictive. the never-ending itch -- how to treat atopic eczema. and ready, set, go!

i travel to beijing to visit china's historic state guest house. there, i spoke with one of the country's highest ranking officials. a former ambassador to the united states, a leader in the powerful state council, and china's top negotiator on foreign policy. we talked about the most pressing issues between the two countries, from cyber spying to the most recent market turmoil. paul polman but first, we began on chinese president xi jingping's visit to the united states. what does the president hope to accomplish in the u.s.? mr. yang: i think a lot can be accomplished. i believe the following three areas are very important. first, it is for the two leaders to have in-depth discussions following the discussion in california and in beijing about the international situation, about our respective country's policies. to chart a way forward, furthering our relationship. we expect that there will be quite a few positive practical cooperation results flowing from the visit. what people called "deliverables." i believe that the president will reach out to

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i travel to beijing to visit china's historic statehouse. there, i spoke with one of the country's highest ranking officials. a former ambassador to the united states, a leader in the powerful state council, and china's top negotiator on foreign policy. we talked about the most pressing issues between the two countries, from cyber spying to the most recent market turmoil. but first, we begin on chinese president xi jingping's visit to the united states. this is happening, a few weeks away from the president's visit to the united states. what does he hope to accomplish in the u.s.? >> i think a lot can be accomplished. i believe the following three areas are very important. first, it is for the two leaders to have in-depth discussions following the discussion in california and in beijing about the international situation, about our respective country's policies. yang: to chart a way forward , furthering our relationship. we expect that there will be quite a few positive practical cooperation results flowing from the visit. what people called

flew b-52 bombers over waters near islands reclaimed by china in another apparent signal to beijing. the south china sea issue is becoming one of the biggest flash points in asia. previous meetings involving asean have sometimes concentrated on the matter. it remains to be seen whether leaders will break through this time. >> thank you, hideki. >>> on sunday, asean leaders will sign the declaration on the establishment of the asean economic community to be launched in december. integrating its markets with more than 600 million consumers should make asean a stronger engine of the global economy. regional stability will be vital to the project's long-term success so asean leaders will be keen to show they can widely handle the very threats they are facing. nhk world will keep you updated on their discussions. i'm roselyn debhavalya reporting from kuala lumpur. >>> emerging economic powers still struggling with poverty. emboldened citizens still demanding democracy. the threat of violence. the push for peace. the shadow of conflict. get news and insight on south and southeast asia ever

this man lives on the outskirts of beijing and commutes to work downtown. he shares his car with various people through the app. under the app scheme, a car sharer pays part of the gas costs and highway tolls. the expense is about one-third the cost of a taxi. payments can be made online with a smartphone. >> translator: the advantage of car sharing is that we can split the gas costs. if we share a ride, we can also help lower the number of traffic jams in beijing. that will lead to a reduction in carbon pollution from vehicles. >> reporter: users of the app now number around 1.2 million. most of them young people. >> translator: lifestyles of young adults have changed significantly. a spirit of sharing has taken hold in the internet generation. >> reporter: china has long placed priority on economic growth, but as the economy slows, mind-sets are changing. turning people's eco awareness into a society-wide consciousness shift may be china's key to a sustainable future. naoki makita, nhk world. >>> a former member of the aum shinrikyo cult has been acquitte

china considers it its territory and says it should be under beijing's control. activists gathered outside parliament. rob mcbride reports from beijing. >> this summit comes as the culmination of a policy by taiwan's president to draw closer to mainland china. under the leadership is this, and transport links are stronger than before. and meeting his counterpart has been the ultimate goal. but almost as significant as the summit is its timing as taiwan prepares for elections. with the ruling party or kmt trailling in the polls, many see it as china's way of giving his party support. chinese are trying to boost up the old enemy, the old party with whom they fought in the 40s and 30s. >> the main opposition democratic progressive party is wary of getting too close to mainland china, going as far as declaring independence. >> i have to point out that the president is a president that will finish his term of office soon. people will not allow the president to compromise his future for his personal/political career. he has no right to make promises that he's enable to

obviously we also have a lot of pollution in beijing. that is what causes it in the first place, nothing really changes in winter to make that pollution worse but the weather changes and that is what makes the conditions worse. so in winter you often have high pressure and acts as a lid on the atmosphere and stops the pollution escaping up words and also because we have high pressure and it's winter we have light winds and there is nothing to blow the pollution out of the way and on top of that there is little rain and rain would wash out the atmosphere and not what we get in winter in beijing so over if next few days tuesday and wednesday the winds will pick up and make things slightly better but the wind and rain, not that we do need. >>> living in temporary government shelters despite sustainable housing for all. and murray's davis cup means more to the world number two than its grand slam title. ♪ ♪ hello and welcome back to the news hour on al jazeera and top reminder of quick stories, u.n. conference of cop 21 have begun in par

beijing i think there were people in the show who were there at that point, and beijing smelled like cold and wet wool and cheap tobacco. i absolutely loved it. i love the sense of this place that was just sort of beginning to unfold in front of you and your able to travel a ways that you couldn't before. it was not a glamorous place i should point out. at a time when you want to go for a nice night out on the town you'd perhaps go to the hotel which the architect proudly described as a perfect replicate of a holida holiday inn that hen in palo alto, california. [laughter] china today is home of 30% of the skyscrapers under construction worldwide. china today, i should save the last generation, customer to china has been want about growth, about the sudden knew plenty. we may have a different conversation in the but for the moment the thing that has been the defining factor of people's experience has been the sudden presence. some sense they are things that they didn't have before. your average person today beats six times as much meat as he or she did in 1976. this is also a ravenou

i will be there for it speaking in beijing to jack ma. plus, media stocks tank on concerns about cord cutting. is a rebound ratings system the answer or the final nail in the coffin? more questions. investors now asking if one of the company's directors is qualified for the job. first, let's check in on our "bloomberg first word" news. the biggest monthly searches boosting optimism on the economy even as the federal reserve prepares to raise interest rates. banks rallied as investors bet rising rates will boost profits. but utilities in the s&p fell the most since august. the dividend payout could become less attractive compared to treasury yields. security announced a series of new security efforts aimed at international airports in the wake of the crash of the russian jetliner over egypt's sinai peninsula. jeh johnson says the new safety onues -- efforts will focus commercial flights from overseas. u.s. and british officials inc. the plane have been blown up by a bomb and britain has grounded all british flights to and from the area. to

beijing is central to any successful agreement. here's what the french president said after the talks: >> the claims is the biggest question facing us all. it will determine peace in the coming decades. it will equally decide the quality of life and even life. we would like president xi and myself to be able to make a declaration ahead of the upcoming paris summit, committing both our countries to a deal and seen as the foundation of an agreement in paris. >> rob mcbride has more from beijing. >> h it was a 21 points declare reaction from the two leaders, setting up china and france as partners in fighting climate change. the declaration may have been short on facts, but certainly hit the right tone, gave the right message and holland will be able to go back to france now ahead of the all important paris talks, claiming he has china onboard, which is the biggest producer of greenhouse gases, of carbon is obviously going to be very important for those talks. as we said, they have both committed themselves to taking on climate change

he also reemphasized stronger ties with beijing. >> there has been no compromise towards citizens seeking genuine democracy or true universal suffrage. in this episode, we see where the people of the umbrella revolution are now and hear their thoughts for the future. we began our filming for this episode roughly a week before the 18th anniversary of hong kong's return to chinese rule. we had been following the prodemocracy movement since last year's anniversary. and we're there the night before the umbrella revolution reached its peak.re there the night bef the umbrella revolution reached its peak.,. and were there the night before the umbrella revolution reached its pea and were there the night before the umbrella revolution reached its peak. by the time marchers reached the square in front of the hong kong government headquarters, protesters were already occupying the central district. over 100,000 people blocked the streets. protesters of all ages passionately cried out for hong kong's future until everything was forcefully broken up on december 15th. some students still visit the heav

his hard-hitting stories eventually got him fired, so he continued his work as the beijing editor of china dialogue, an online international journal. [liu speaking chinese] fred: but after 10 years of reporting, he was feeling burned out. [liu speaking chinese] translator: i think that our environmental activists and those who work for public welfare need more powerful spiritual support. why? every day what we do may be good deeds which give us positive energy, but meanwhile what we are facing is the darkest side of the world. every day what we see is polluted air, polluted rivers, and the slaughter of wild animals. this kind of negative energy attacks us all the time. we've been working on environmental protection for a long time, but the situation in china is getting worse every day. where do we draw our strength from? fred: liu jianqiang is one of millions of chinese who are returning to buddhist, taoist, and confucian temples that were once condemned by the government. a little more than four decades ago during china's cultural revolution, many buddhist temples like this one in c

he thinks, so some commentators say, that by showing that he can talk too beijing, engage with beijing, that only this party can have the legitimacy to keep the talks going, that the opposition party that would like proper independence might antagonize beijing into conflict. even military conflict. in his press confidence. president madonna said he agreed a position, where both leaders agree there's one china, that they have a different interpretation of what that china is, and that will remain the status quo. and that is what he's trying to reassure people. people here do not buy that. more broadly around taiwan, they might. >> activists in syria say government forces bombarded the city of domar north of damascus. this video is set to show the aftermath of the strikes killing at least 10 and injuring dozens more. many districts in domar are under rebel control. 40% of those killed were women or children under 15. a village in the western province of hama has been taken from government forces. activists say this shows damage from the fighting in an area seized by forces. it's been a ta

beijing, single digits force you on friday. across the americas, significant flooding caused lots of damage across the southeastern corner of the united states earlier this week. now, this was the situation in atlanta, georgia on monday. significant flood happened and that caused traffic chaos. good news, the slow-moving low pressure system is starting to depart the southeastern united states, so weather is improving in places like atlanta and the carolinas. dry weather is expected to return in charlotte as well as columbia on wednesday and thursday. but you see a return of rainfall once again on friday. columbia is still dealing with the aftermath of the epic flooding. so, rain is definitely not good news. in atlanta, continued rainfall for the next three days. across the opposite side of the united states, winter has already come across the northern areas and the central areas of the rockies, too. beneficial rain fell across the western areas including the bay area on monday. that's a record, actually. snow fell significantly

china says its territory can be under beijing's coment. the talks from called a threat to the island's democracy. activists gathered outside the parliament to protest the meeting. >> this summit comes as the culmination of a policy by taiwan's president to draw closer to mainland china. under the leadership, beside and transport links have become stronger than ever before. and meeting his counterpart has been the ultimate goal. >> almost as significant as the summit itself is its timing as taiwan prepares for presidential elections in january. about his ruling party or kmt trailling in the polls, many see this as china's way of giving his party support. >> china is trying to boost up the fortunes, ironically of their old enemy, the party. with whom they fought in the '40s and '30s. >> the mason opposition democratic progressive party is wary of getting close to china, going as far as favouring independence. >> i have to point out that the president was going to finish his term of office. people have not allowed the president to compromise

ring a something back from beijing -- bring us something back from beijing. we have read he'll sales data out of china earlier today. day,d not include singles but it did include last month when sales were up. slowly rebounding, but we are not getting there fast enough, our wait? jason: that is probably right. at least what we are telling clients is that the bar for a hard landing in china is quite high. that is because it is largely a managed economy. i would never argue that what china is doing as an economic policy is a good allocation of capital, but by the same token, when you not particularly worried about profits, you are worried more about social stability and you have currency reserves of $3.5 trillion, you can move the lever differently. i think the experiment tried to get the economy more service and consumer oriented, my opinion is if it is not working they will revert back to more industrial economy to make sure that economic growth is at least in some sort of range that keeps people chipper. tom: does your colleague daniel clifton suggest there

there was plenty of talk about beijing intervention. let's get out to eunice who's in beijing. what's the significance of that inclusion, eunice? >> reporter: it's very significant. in beijing it's seen as a milestone and a real badge of honor for the leadership here which has been pushing for the inclusion of the yuan into the imf's basket of global reserve currencies. it's really seen as a way to indicate that the economy here has arrived and that it is very important. also for the imf, it's seen as a very huge step because it's seen as a way for the imf to appear more inclusive of the emerging world. the big question is just what it all means for global investors in the yuan in particular or in the emerging market currencies. in theory there should be more demand for yuan assets. in practice because of the way the government restricts asset classes here and also heavily controls the currency and other assets, many investors have been put off. now there's even some concern that actually the yuan could depreciate just because of the way the economy is headed, it's slowing down

flip flopped to establish diplomatic ties with beijing. acknowledging that taiwan is an integral part of it. ever since washington has cult cultivated an unofficial relationship with taiwan without aggravating china. >> it doesn't take any position but does hope that there will be no oour unilateral relationship. >> an unlikely scenario at present. but beijing's economic might are feeding taiwanese nationalism. >> taiwan doesn't want to lose its hard earned democracy. that is going to become a more serious question. >> especially for polling for elections in taiwan. some believe the historic summit between the chinese and taiwanese president, as long as the talks keep both countries happy, washington can keep its attention focused on managing other tensions with beijing. patricia sabga. al jazeera. >> michael cole is a senior fellow for the china policy institute at university of notingham, joins us now from taipei. protestors in taiwan who object to this meeting, they are in part why now, why is this meeting happening with no advance flow

it reached hazardous levels in beijing on sunday. on twitter, this comment -- this problem cannot be solved overnight. the target may not be enough to move the needle on this one. under sevenin just hours from now. rishaad: thank you very much, david. angie: our next guest calls the first week of december super week because of all the highly anticipated data about to drop. it will go through some of in our group discussion when "asia edge" returns. ♪ rishaad: welcome back to "asia edge." off with that one, we have the yuan probably included in that. what are the implications when it comes to equity? >> there has been a strong relationship between chinese foreign exchange reserves and risky assets. when you find that the reserves are declining, risk assets are declining. that is what happened over the summer. the inclusion may result in some inflows into china, which reduces the pressure on them to devalue, which means the risky asset prices get supported. positions in that have been reduced by two thirds in the last few weeks. it i

rob mcbride, al jazeera, beijing. >> an expert on international politics, what do you make of the timing of this meeting? >> well, the timing is very interesting, because what you see here is very, very active xi. he's gone to a number of places, not necessarily easy ones. before here was vietnam, obviously there are issues there. so i think he's really reaching out. he's showing that china has a very broad perspective, that they're able to put differences aside as they discuss the economics of the future. >> do you think he's trying the pull taiwan into his sphere of influence, china's sphere of influence? >> well, i think there's some popular misconceptions. i notice in your broadcast you're talking about anti-china or china hostility. really what it comes down to is the r reunification question. both sides are trying to come to some understanding. mostly political not economic, that boat has sailed. when your economy is 40% dependent upon china there is really no way that you can say we are going to give up and go home or find something else. it's a very big issue, it's really an emot

as the army units came into beijing, they were met with resistance. one point, one of the carriers was set on fire and some of the chinese soldiers inside it were burned to death. >> they were using battlefield weapons. these were armor-piercing bullets. and the crowd was, of course, densely packed. so there were lots and lots of casualties. >> jan wong along with some other journalists retreated to a room at the beijing hotel which overlooks the square. >> the rest of the night, we just watched this carnage unfold. >> this is about the worst you can do to your own citizens, and they're doing it. that armored personnel group, as it worked its way down the main street toward tiananmen square, was firing at demonstrators. >> it was a bloodbath. i mean, you have one side with military-grade weapons, and then you have people in their summer dresses with their children. it's a massacre. >> the next day, "ap" still photographer, jeff widner convinces a man he just met named kirk to let him camp out in his room at the beijing hotel. jeff shoots photos until

we're talking about snowfall in beijing. we had another system there. chilly temperatures with a high of negative 2. yes, it's below freezing for the daytime on tuesday. as you look at the forecast for europe, we do have a relatively calm pattern for the central portions. yes, we have a little spin here. it's relatively calm. we have a low down toward the south. that's going to produce active weather. we also have another front that's coming into the northwestern portions of europ and so that's going to bring some clouds, maybe even some showers as we go through monday and into tuesday. notice the temperatures are going to be in the single digits as we go throuou monday as the front moves through. it's going to be a bit cooler. rain toward rome and also athens. north america, relatively calm conditions for most of the united states for the most. -- moment. we have a little low moving through canada and producing precipitation across the great lakes. the big story is this low is coming into the pacific northwest. that is going to produce not only rain bu

the end of march beijing shut this factory down. they're trying to clean up its notoriously smoggy air. >> in the last five years roughly about 30 to 40 gigawatts of cold area this year we expect 25 from wind. solar and wind together actually now more than. stephen engle bloomberg beijing. >> what can expect from prime >> 11er in paris mark climate change talks right at the west. it will not be brought down by aggressive. in an exclusive conversation he said that india would not be bullied into accepting positions responding tos climate by the u.s. secretary of state john kerry area they insist that india would approach the challenge. if it's unwarranted. going on the 30th of november to address the change conference. modi is also hopeful that in and is clearly saying that >> remember about 2% of india's our comes from modi trying to mitigate that. >> thanks for that. that is it for trending business area stay tuned for asia edge. will recap the big stories of the day so far. christie's auction is taking place right here in hong kon

john: if beijing invades day won will president obama go to aiwan's defense or will they blink? you've already answered the question. point of view xi jinping would be an utter disaster for mainland china if they fired missiles at taiwan or sought to invade taiwan. all of asia would be opposed and i think the united states would move militarily. eleanor: that's the nightmare scenario but i don't believe we'll get to that. clarence: we're a long way to the crisis phase. it's similar to the monroe doctrine in a way. we recognize that this is within china's sphere of influence. we get concerned if they go too far and appear to be threatening military action. john: who's monroe? clarence: james monroe. president of the united states. john: where is he in the sequence of presidents after washington? ill -- eleanor: he knows. pat: washington, adams, jefferson, madison, monroe, adams, jackson. john: issue two -- peace from vienna? >> what makes it real this time, unlike every previous meeting, every stakeholder was represented there in terms of all the countries who are supporting one