it's caused an uproar among the beijing population. but the photos and videos uploaded by bloggers quickly disappr from thenternet -- censored by the state. one group uses an online map to show where the evictions are taking place across beijing. they call it a map of fire protection measures as a way to avoid censorship. support groups have also sprung up, like here in west beijing. an artist group wants to turn their cellars into accommodation for the migrant workers, to give a bed and shelter to these people who give so much to the city. liu: the workers have established small convenience stores in our neighborhood, like the fruit vendor and the little shop on the corner. they make our lives more comfortable. reporter: these offers of support are being closely monitored by the government, because they're afraid that criticism could lead to protests. this small village lies in hebei, the neighboring province of beijing. migrant worker liu and his employs are stayg here temporarily, but they're not really welcome. in the vilge, there

it's caused an uproar among the beijing population. but t the photos a and vides uploadaded by bloggegers quicy disappear from the interernet - ceored b by e state.e. one group uses an online map to show where the evictions are taking place across beijing. they call it a map of fire protection measures as a way to avoid censorshsh. support groupsps have also sprg up, like here in west beijing. an artist group wants to turn their cellars into accommodation for the migrant workers, to give a bed and shelter to these people who give so much to the city. liu: the workers have established small convenience stores in our neighborhood, like the fruit vendor and the little shopop on the corner. they make our lilives more comfortable. reporter: these offers of support are being closely monitored by the government, because they're afraid that criticism m could lead to protests. this small village lies in hebei, the neighboring province of beijing. migrant worker liu andndis employees are stayinhehere teteorarily, but they're n not really welcome

i didn't even recognize beijing out ever since the olympic games beijing has become a world class city so you know that matters. but all the glitters is not go out china is also feeling the distortions of the globalized economy the first stock market crash in twenty fifteen called the chinese leadership on the wrong foot did only manage to neutralize the effects of speculation bubbles to some extent with enormous infusions of state money. excessive optimism has led to vast indebtedness in the public sector a risk financial experts say shouldn't be underestimated. provincial towns want subways and public buildings that will outdo their neighbors and what today is still just a model will be a reality tomorrow. everything is possible it's the chinese dream. china's economy is undergoing a radical change although it's still the world's biggest producer of cheap goods this economic model is already on the wane the question is what should be done with the country's enormous industrial capacity is china's best known project the so-called new silk road offers one solution. using chinese constr

i didn't even recognise beijing out ever since the olympic games beijing has become a world class city you know that at times. but all the glitters is not go out china is also feeling the distortions of the globalized economy the first stock market crash in twenty fifteen called the chinese leadership on the wrong foot it only managed to neutralize the effects of speculation bubbles to some extent with enormous infusions of state money. excessive optimism has led to vast indebtedness in the public sector a risk financial experts say shouldn't be underestimated. provincial towns want subways and public buildings the will outdo their neighbors and what today is still just a model will be a reality tomorrow everything is possible it's the chinese dream. china's economy is undergoing a radical change although it's still the world's biggest producer of cheap goods this economic model is already on the wane the question is what should be done with the country's enormous industrial capacities. china's best known project the so-called new silk road offers one solution. using chinese constructi

i didn't even recognise beijing out ever since the olympic games beijing has become a world class city do you with. the times. but all the glitters is not go out china is also feeling the distortions of the globalized economy the first stock market crash in twenty fifteen called the chinese leadership on the wrong foot it only managed to neutralize the effects of speculation bubbles to some extent with enormous infusions of state money. excessive optimism has led to vast indebtedness in the public sector a risk financial experts say shouldn't be underestimated. provincial towns want some ways and public buildings that will outdo their neighbors and what today is still just a model will be a reality tomorrow everything is possible it's the chinese dream. china's economy is undergoing a radical change although it's still the world's biggest producer of cheap goods this economic model is already on the way the question is what should be done with the countries enormous industrial capacity is. china's best known project the so-called new silk road offers one solution. using chinese constru

i didn't even recognise beijing out ever since the olympic games beijing has become a world class city do you deal with. that. but all the glitters is not go out china is also feeling the distortions of the globalized economy the first stock market crash in twenty fifteen called the chinese leadership on the wrong foot did only manage to neutralize the effects of speculation bubbles to some extent with enormous infusions of state money. excessive optimism has led to vast indebtedness in the public sector a risk financial experts say shouldn't be underestimated. provincial towns want some ways and public buildings that will outdo their neighbors and what today is still just a model will be a reality tomorrow. everything is possible it's the chinese dream. china's economy is undergoing a radical change although it's still the world's biggest producer of cheap goods this economic model is already on the wane the question is what should be done with the country's enormous industrial capacities. china's best known project the so-called new silk road offers one solution. using chinese constr

i didn't even recognise beijing out ever since the olympic games beijing has become a world class city do you deal with. that. but all the glitters is not go out china is also feeling the distortions of the globalized economy the first stock market crash in twenty fifteen called the chinese leadership on the wrong foot it only managed to neutralize the effects of speculation bubbles to some extent with enormous infusions of state money. excessive optimism has led to vast indebtedness in the public sector a risk financial experts say shouldn't be underestimated. provincial towns want some ways and public buildings that will outdo their neighbors and what today is still just a model will be a reality tomorrow. everything is possible it's the chinese dream. china's economy is undergoing a radical change although it's still the world's biggest producer of cheap goods this economic model is already on the wane the question is what should be done with the country's enormous industrial capacity is. china's best known project the so-called new silk road offers one solution. using chinese const

i didn't even recognise beijing out ever since the olympic games beijing has become a world class city do you know that bad times. but all the glitters is not go out china is also feeling the distortions of the globalized economy the first stock market crash in twenty fifteen called the chinese leadership on the wrong foot that only managed to neutralize the effects of speculation bubbles to some extent with enormous infusions of state money. excessive optimism has led to vast indebtedness in the public sector a risk financial experts say shouldn't be underestimated. provincial towns want some ways and public buildings the will do their neighbors and what today is still just a model will be a reality tomorrow everything is possible it's the chinese dream. china's economy is undergoing a radical change although it's still the world's biggest producer of cheap goods this economic model is already on the wane the question is what should be done with the country's enormous industrial capacity is. china's best known project the so-called new silk road offers one solution. using chinese cons

with a population of around thirty five million almost as many as beijing and shanghai combined chung xing is china's largest urban area. few people in the west have actually heard of chang xing but this mega city on the young sea river is a symbol of the economic boom in the country has been experiencing for the past thirty years. while growth is tapering off in the major industrial centers of one show and shenzhen chum xing is proving every day a new that it's one of the future engines of china's economic development. shown ching's growth has long been based on heavy industry with cheap labor from the countryside. but in recent years the megacity has put all its energy behind the giants of the electronics industry. thanks to this transformation can now boast a growth rate in double figures. that our laptops are largely produced in trying to change the one doc company has three factories in china chain with around fifteen thousand employees feel like this factory has three thousand two hundred employees. we mainly produce a select ops the p.d.p. . you know is that the laptops you buy

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ok we've managed to get my bearing on a long line beijing. correspondent there mathias tell us these businesses and individuals suddenly cut off from the world. well until today we haven't seen it yet today everything seem to be working fine today was one of the dates where everybody expected the b.p.'s to be shut off after a document was leaked last year that mentioned february we haven't seen it but it's not off the table the government is pushing through this well if it's not happening immediately tell me how serious beijing is about this. well they have been emphasizing that they want to shut down foreign v p m's i'm licensed v p n's. they are keeping emphasizing it everybody expects something to happen what exactly though and when nobody knows but that's also part of the tactic there is no clear date there is no clear announcement the only thing is that they have been emphasizing that. companies foreign companies and individuals would have to use registered license v p n's that run via chinese service mathias tell us a little bit more ab

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steven mcdonell in beijing. while china is often see as a prized country with which to trade, the nations which strike deals with beijing are also confronted with what to do about china's stance on human rights. one area which is particularly attracting attention is the province of xinjiang, in the far west of china, and home to many muslims. it's also seen violent clashes with the security forces, and china has now greatly increased its security measures there. our china correspondent john sudworth and his team travelled to xinjiang, where all filming and reporting by foreign media is tightly controlled. here's his report. in looks and in distance, it's closer to baghdad than beijing. but this is china, it's far western province of xinjiang and now the target of one of world's most intense security crackdowns. the uighurs, a mainly muslim minority, have a long history here. today, fear is everywhere. under the watchful eye of government minders, there's only ever one correct answer. "i know nothing," he tells m

this is a beijing 2022 thermos. it cost way too much money, but we did take to it the mountain because it might not ski that much up there, but -- snow that much up there, but it is cold. i can tell you that. >> absolutely. we have four years of that. so enjoy. matt rivers. >> yeah, looking forward to it. it should be great. >> a live report there from matt rivers in beijing. thanks so very much. >>> while prep goes on there in beijing, pyeongchang bids farewell in a spectacular celebration. we will look back at the best moments from the 2018 winter games. back in a moment. ♪ ♪ i'm jimmy, this is my definition of fresh since 1983. ♪ >>> it has been a bittersweet farewell to the 2018 winter games. over two weeks, more than 3,000 athletes from 92 countries competed for 102 gold medals. and sports and diplomacy went hand in hand to try to help thaw relations between north and south korea. our team in pyeongchang looked back at their favorite moments from the games. >> you know, i was at figure skating most of the

i mean i suppose it's it's a setback from a from a chinese perspective from a beijing perspective it's also an opportunity. if if theresa may had come on board and said yes we are with it then they would be touting that as here's further evidence that everyone else should be a part of this this is a legitimate project this is not china trying to be you know saying it's illegitimate. well again there's this there is this you know always an open question about what are the strategic interests. and do they align with us what is the conversation being had now and the tree some a has said no we're not going to get on board is. china phobia is alive and well in the west right there is this kind of hysteria that everything we're trying to do has some nefarious out here your motive well we had to have joining in the way of doing good business there was a presidential campaign after all what he said about you know we did it but the reality is that and i don't want to percentages on this is only going to be really known hindsight but you know a lot of the investment a lot of the development that

beijing china. says in the capital of the world's most populous country the hustle and bustle begins. at the heart of the teeming city lies a legend a walled palace of mysterious power so bitten to the common good. behind imposing gateways a world apart. known through the centuries as the great within. beijing. city. it is the largest palace complex ever built dedicated to celebrating a sacred lineage china's emperors known. as the sons off. from their golden throne they acted out the tragedies and trials self am. i ruled over four thousand elite so to share their vast gilded stick which. i am. these tiles and stones by the imprint of empiricism conquered by generals and you ministers and serving mates. drama has long fallen silent. still these time was called. a vision of symmetry and harmony the forbidden city was born in chaos from the mind of a man who sought to shift the center of the universe. his name was young. in fourteen zero two he wrestled china away from his young nephew and proclaimed

lee at this park which is the temple of earth in the center of beijing there are no fireworks this year as a result we don't have the usual cookoff me now the governments have decided to ban fireworks not just in beijing but also in other cities as really a pollution and anti pollution measure as a result we have clear blue skies clean air and if you'd asked the people here would you rather have fireworks or clean skies and blue skies they would go for the latter so that has gone down quite well as result you know many people got a good night's sleep on thursday night which is something they were unable to get a year ago some traditions so foley have not changed the annual t.v. garlow on state t.v. that drew an estimated seven hundred million viewers on thursday evening this is one of those t.v. spectacles where performers sing and swoon over china's communist party and celebrate its achievements meanwhile the head of china's communist party president xi jinping has been delivering a new year's message which has appeared in the holiday edition of the china daily newspaper he's vowing to

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i mean i suppose it's it's a setback from a from a chinese perspective from a beijing perspective it's also an opportunity. if if theresa may had come on board and said yes we are with it then they would be touting that as here's further evidence that everyone else should be a part of this this is a legitimate project this is not china trying to be you know saying it's illegitimate. well again there's this there is this you know always an open question about what are the strategic interests. and do they align with us what is the conversation being had now the tree some a has said no we're not going to get on board is. china phobia is alive and well in the west right there is this kind of hysteria that everything we're trying to do has some nefarious out here your motive we had joining in the way of doing good business presidential campaign after all what he said about you know we did hear it but the reality is that and i don't want to percentage is on this is only going to be really known hindsight but you know a lot of the investment a lot of the development that is going to happen th

in a state visit to beijing british prime minister to resume a signed a number of economic agreements to forge closer trade ties with the world's second largest economy this before britain is to leave the e.u. in twenty nineteen deals with some nine billion pounds up out of the u.k.'s bid to improve access to the chinese market. reported its third consecutive annual loss and twenty seventeen the frankfurt lender was in the red for nearly half a billion euros the bank pointed to recent us tax reforms for the continued slump which impacted total write offs for the year. but other issues continue to plague the banks' balance sheets including fines it still paying after being found guilty of market manipulation. legislators in hong kong have approved a ban on ivory trading they set maximum penalties of more than one hundred thousand euros and ten years in prison for the sale of ivory in their territory this follows last year's ban in mainland china hong kong's ivory market one of the world's largest has been linked to mass elephant poaching in africa. waiting in line for water has become

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, beijing. meanwhile the prime minister has signalled that she will fight a demand by the european union that eu citizens who move to the uk during the transition period after brexit in march next year will still be given full residency rights. theresa may argues that there has to be a difference between those arriving after the uk leaves and those who came before. here's our home editor, mark easton. eu migrants arriving in the uk today enjoy all the rights of free movement, but what will happen after brexit day in march next year? the prime minister says that moment should mark a real change — new eu migrants should no longer be guaranteed their right to live they will. be tested tweed; ~ , ~ w , ~ ~ ,. that will undermine our economy. the plan is opposed by eu negotiators, but was greeted enthusiastically by the most vocal supporters of brexit. we will have left the european union and the eu can't expect the same provisions to prevail after we've gone. the uk proposal applies to the hundred

beijing the first city to host winter and summer games. venues ins 2008 being translated into venues for the ice sports. the high-speed rail system that will take spectators from the city to the mountains also in the works. all for the 2022 beijing winter olympics. >>> but before that, we have the summer games in japan. >> in just two years. >> exactly. i will wrestle you for those. i'm going. >>> the unthinkable in the cross country course. the simple mistake that that caused an olympian to get a medal. ♪ ♪ show me the olympic winter games ♪ ♪ like i've never seen before. ♪ ♪ xfinity x1, yeah, i always know the scor♪. ♪ triple corks in 4k... lookin' so sick. ♪ ♪ stream live on every screen, every win, every trick. ♪ ♪ 2000 hours of coverage, get your mind blown. ♪ 50 olympic channels, yup, you're in the zone. ♪ ♪ and if there's something that you want to see, ♪ pick up that voice remote and just say "show me..." ♪ experience nbcuniversal's coverage of the olympic winter games like never before with xfinit

i mean i suppose it's it's a setback from a from a chinese perspective from a beijing perspective it's also an opportunity. if if theresa may had come on board and said yes we are with it then they would be touting that as here's further evidence that everyone else should be a part of this this is a legitimate project this is not china trying to be you know it's saying it's illegitimate. well again there's this there is this you know always an open question about what are the strategic interests. and do they align with us what is the conversation being had now and the theresa may has said no we're not going to get on board is. china phobia is alive and well in the west right there is this kind of hysteria that everything we're trying to do has some nefarious out here your motive we had joining in the way of doing good business as a presidential campaign after all what he said about you know we did it but the reality is that and i don't want to percentages on this is only going to be really known hindsight but you know a lot of the investment a lot of the development that is going to ha

i mean i suppose it's it's a setback from a from a chinese perspective from a beijing perspective it's also an opportunity. if if theresa may had come on board and said yes we are with it then they would be touting that as here's further evidence that everyone else should be a part of this this is a legitimate project this is not china trying to be you know saying it's illegitimate. well again there's this there is this you know always an open question about what are the strategic interests. and do they align with us what is the conversation being had now and the theresa may has said no we're not going to get on board is. china phobia is alive and well in the west right there is this kind of hysteria that everything we're trying to do has some nefarious out here your motive we had joining in the way of doing good business there was a presidential campaign after all what he said about you know we did it but the reality is that and i don't want to percentage is on this is only going to be really known hindsight but you know a lot of the investment a lot of the development that is going t

it stopped time of year when china becomes a nation in motion few places busier than beijing's railway station during the last lunar new year holiday around four hundred million travel by train that's more than the population of the united states some are migrant workers unsure if they'll return a campaign of demolitions has made life here impossible for them my child is in school here we lived in beijing for many years but now they're trying to kick us out of cause of the bout that much of the world's second largest economy is coming to a halt throughout the country people are on the move in what is the walls largest annual human migration people heading home for celebrations that will last for two weeks. as the chinese are sure in the year of the dog fortuneteller one how sees more bad than good for anyone who shares the same zodiac sign and that includes president donald trump our. president trial was born in dog year we chinese people year about lot of us and i believe it will be a very bad year for him in the heart including his health and decision making. trump has barked a lot a

tom mackenzie has the details in beijing. it was a big miss come a but there are a lot of excuses for it. that's right. certainly lunar new year distortions are one area that officials are pointing to and saying there is a need to look to data next month before we can get an accurate assessment come a but a lot of people will be looking at this and looking potentially more cautious at the growth picture, 15.34 february. , 51 comes in below january point three, so a not insignificant drop, and nonmanufacturing 54.4 versus 55 .3 in january. the manufacturing number is the lowest since september 2016. 975 four that shows the official manufacturing pmi number over a longer term over unofficiald to the caixin survey. you can see that over the longer term. the debt has likely played an effect, as have the curbs around pollution. despite that, we heard from jp morgan's china economist earlier in the show speaking before that data came out, but says she expects an upward surprise for the growth picture in china. going forward is that

hange saying index closed down more than five percent china correspondent adrian brown has more from beijing. well the markets here in asia really took the lead from wall street the markets in cheyenne zen and shanghai were both down around about two percent in morning trading hong kong did a lot worse though down by more than five percent the reason for that is that in hong kong a lot of international companies trade on that index and a lot of those companies are exposed to the united states whereas companies here the traders on the markets in shanghai and then tend to be domestic companies that don't trade internationally we haven't seen the falls that we saw of course in two thousand and fifteen when the markets here in china plunged by between five and seven percent on that occasion we did see panic we did see anger and we did see government intervention now chinese people have very few places to invest their money it's either property or shares and neither have been doing particularly well in recent months but overall chinese people seem to feel their economy is doing ok that's what a c

bingo box in beijing is just one of several start ups developing on staff markets. it operates some two hundred stores like this one they're all running smoothly. told our theft rates are even lower than traditional supermarkets. or the loss rate is less than zero point one percent . j.d. one of china's largest online retailers also runs supermarkets without employees they have a store in the company's offices that uses biometrics once you've registered on the app it's all automatic. customers do their shopping and as they leave the facial recognition technology identifies them and deduct the payment from their account. we're still in the test phase so we can't provide exact figures yet or we're fairly certain that a market like this is cheaper to operate than normal supermarket where there were no. no where are people as enthusiastic about digital shopping us here in china. payment apps and online delivery services are an integral part of their lives. people here accept and tolerate that the stores keep all their purchase data. i'm sure this is the wave of tomorrow

in four years' games in beijing irtfrauryteagtv but games in beijing irlirauryeal.lv but for now, games in beijing infrauryeagsev but for now, it is just a time. but for now, it is just a moment to savourfor time. but for now, it is just a moment to savour for billy morgan especially and team gb. david, the women's curling, this of especially and team gb. david, the women's curling, this - of a women's curling, this prospect of a medal, it is a team that has thick medal, it is a team that has been dominated by scottish women. —— this prospect of a thick medal. eve muirhead, the scottish skip, has been dominant in this sport. they will be disappointed to miss out on gold or silver because that is what they came out for after winning bronze in sochi four years ago, but they were well beaten yesterday and will face japan in a few hours' time ina bid will face japan in a few hours' time in a bid to win a bronze medal. it the third—place play—off and that is the third—place play—off and that as you - would take britain to as you say would take britain to six medals for these game

traditional style. >> traditional beijing shoes, becomes old beijing shoes. >> yes. how a warning not to step on the growing grass can become, i like your smile, but unlike you put your shoes on your face. most of us find this pretty funny. the chinese government find it embarrassing. so they have now issued this ten part guide which has hundreds of officials translations how to write everything from sun waiting to ski resort to closing time and under construction. so under the new guidelines, the once widely used execution in progress will become under construction. the highly offensive, deformed men's toilet sign, will now read, accessible toilet. china first fried to rid itself of embarrassing chenglish before the olympics where racist park became chinese ethnic culture park. >> grandma hand bamboo chutes. >> not something i would order. >> harder problem to solve may be all of the menu items that sound less than appetizing. >> this dish, spicy beauty shoes. what exactly is that? spicy, flavor is spicy. supposed to make you beautiful. it is a pig's foot. >> makes

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

it's just in your personal opinion do you feel like beijing truly. has so much influence on north korea as everyone seems to think are it's an illusion. i see the future yes it is true that china has a truth influence over north korea but china cannot influence to the east of the regime and still seek to kill the north korea that is to be clear china can make a huge influence of the north korean economy and the areas not with regards to the regime city to national security no scry now the ultimate goal of dialogue that is being pursued right now is that if you advocate is i imagine total reunification the north and south korea are so vastly different in terms of economy technology perhaps even mentality any of reunification will be a huge shop can't say all for that for instance i'm just thinking about you know i'm just thinking about reunification of germany the east germany is germany still behind the west economically after thirty years of being together. you know we have several models of unification one is a german model in which he you know sou

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 afafter 10 yeaears 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 supporort. why? every day what we do mayy be good d deeds which gigive us positive energy,y, but meanwhihe 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 negegative energy attacks us a 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 w we draw our strtrengh from? fred: liu jianqiang is one of mimillions of chininese who are returning to buddhist, taoist, and confucian temples that were once condemned by the government. a little more than four decades ago duriring china's cultltural rerevolution, many buddh

just in your personal opinion do you feel like beijing truly. has so much influence on north korea as everyone seems to same or it's an illusion. yes it is true the trial has a huge influence over north korea but. cannot influence the regime in the national security north korea the clear. influence of the north korean economy and the areas. with regard to. national security north korea now the ultimate goal of dialogue that is being pursued right now is that he'll advocate is i imagine total reunification the north and south korea are so vastly different in terms of economy technology perhaps even mentality any reunification will be a huge shop can't say all of forth that for instance i am just thinking about you know i'm just thinking about reunification of germany the east germany is germany still behind the west economically after thirty years of being together. you know we have several more of those so unification one is a german model in which he you know south korea kudos' of north korea or vice versa another more than the me small korean

the prime minister has held talks with china's president xijinping in beijing. on the second day of her trade mission, theresa may said she hoped her visit would strengthen the "global strategic partnership" between the uk and china. the two leaders also discussed north korea, protecting the environment, and human rights. from beijing here's our political editor, laura kuenssberg. watch what i do, not what others say. theresa may wants you to judge her actions, not her critics‘ words. taking tea with her husband and one of the most powerful men in the world. lapsang souchong, no less. maybe that's what they drink in numberten. herjourney of thousands of miles has been for more than a cup of tea, but a shake on billions‘ worth of business deals. despite frank talk on hong kong and north korea too. i've been pleased to bring a very large business delegation here. we've had a very successful visit. the convoy held up the traffic, a big charm offensive to help business sign on the dotted line. a brexit—friendly diplomatic visit, complete with bags. there's a r

in beijing or any of these places there they're putting the i.o.c. is in control of that so if they really were interested in placing the games in developed countries the i.o.c. could do that and they haven't done that they've they've shown this trend recently to want to put the games in these developing countries that as alex pointed out and as many people know are not in the financial situation where they can lavishly spend on facilities yet the i.o.c. somehow forces them to do that and then the marker in a stadium or all the it's all of these in rio that are just sitting there unused that's that's really put a lot of financial burden on developing countries and i remember in rio they had all sorts of environmental problems you know the people were worried right up until the get go before everybody showed up with the water and everything so it was a big deal what it what are your expectations professor for the visa lympics are they going to be as bad as some of the ones that alex and you have talked about this year or is it hard to tell right at th

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 t after 10 y 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 powerfulul spiritual supppport. why? every day what we do mamay be gooood deeds which h give us positive energrgy, but meanwnwhe what we are facing is thee darkest side of the world. every day what we see is polluted air, polluted rivers, and the slaughter of wild animals. this kind of n negative energy attacks usus 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 w we draw our strtrengh from? fred: liu jianqiang is one of mimillions of chininese who are returning to buddhist, taoist, and confucian temples that were once condemned by the government. a little more than four decades ago duriring china's cultltural rerevolution, many

just in your personal opinion do you feel like beijing truly. has so much influence on north korea as everyone seems to think are it's an illusion. yes it is true the china has a huge influence over north korea but. cannot influence the regime in the north korea the very clear. influence of the north korean economy and the areas. with regard to. national security north korea now the ultimate goal of dialogue that is being pursued right now is that he'll advocate is i imagine total reunification and north and south korea are so vastly different in terms of economy technology perhaps even mentality any reunification will be a huge shop can't say all for that for instance i'm just thinking about you know i'm just thinking about reunification of germany the east germany is germany still behind the west economically after thirty years of being together. you know we have several models of unification one is a german model in which you know south korea kudos' over north korea or vice versa another more than the me small korean you've. come from a major

earlier, i spoke to our correspondent stephen mcdonell in beijing. i asked him what assurances the chinese gave mrs may that they would strike trade deals with the uk after it leaves the european union next year. well, we haven't heard any announcement along those lines, and what happens on these visits if they go into secret meetings, or... well, when i say secret, behind closed doors, at least where the media is concerned. and then we get some sort of indication from leaders, if they like, about what was said inside the meeting. i doubt there had been assurances in terms of brexit. i mean, for one, britain has made it clear that it wants to have a free trade agreement with china, at some point, after a divorce is itself from europe. now, technically, i don't think either side is allowed to negotiate a free trade agreement at this point. so even if they wa nted at this point. so even if they wanted to, they can't speak about that, as it is probably illegalfor the british government to be seriously talking about that while it is still part of europe.

the 2018 winter olympics go out in style here in pyeongchang and make way for the 2022 games in beijing. >> we all forget and move on with our lives. we're not going to let that happen. >> sending a message and calling for control. students who survived a deadly mass shooting in florida are demanding change. good sunday evening. tonight those students from stoneman douglas high school in parkland went to new jersey said they won't back down or forget what happened. live in the digital operations with more on their sxheg what senators from our area are planning this week. drew? >> classes resume this week for the first time since the parkland massacre. but the activism shows no sign of slowing and we could see an attempt at looks capitol hill shortly. >> george survived and is demanding something be done about gun violence. >> stoneman doesn't want to be known as the last school that got shot up. we want to be known as the last school that ever got shot up of the. >> after he finally made to it safety, he says he realized towed fight for change. >> this is an issue of lives and a nonpart

in a state visit to beijing british prime minister to resume a signed a number of economic agreements to forge closer trade ties with the world's second largest economy this before britain is to leave the e.u. in twenty nineteen deals with some nine billion pounds of the u.k.'s bid to improve access to the chinese market. reported its third consecutive annual loss and twenty seventeen the frankfurt lender was in the red for nearly half a billion euros the bank pointed to recent us tax reforms for the continued slump which impacted total write offs for the year. but other issues continue to plague the banks' balance sheets including fines it's still paying after being found guilty of market manipulation. legislators in hong kong have approved a ban on ivory trading they set maximum penalties of more than one hundred thousand euros and ten years in prison for the sale of ivory in their territory this follows last year's ban in mainland china hong kong's ivory market one of the world's largest has been linked to mess elephant poaching in africa. waiting in line for water has become part

it stop time of year when china becomes a nation in motion few places busier than beijing's railway station during the last lunar new year holiday around four hundred million travel by train that's more than the population of the united states some are migrant workers i'm sure if they'll return a campaign of demolitions has made life here impossible for them my child is in school here we lived in beijing for many years but now they're trying to kick us out of cause of the bout that. much of the world's second largest economy is coming to a halt throughout the country people are on the move in what is the walls largest annual human migration people heading home for celebrations that will last for two weeks. as the chinese are sure in the year of the dog fortune teller. sees more bad than good for anyone who shares the same zodiac sign and that includes president donald trump are you by me and if i guess president trial was born dawkin we chinese people call it year about latinos and i believe it will be a very bad year for him in the heart including his health and decision making. trump has

that's because many have swaps to legal options in cities like beijing this substituting gunpowder with electricity. electronic by crackers can substitute regular firecrackers because they are bright and colorful chinee says all fireworks for the noice it's believed to scare away bad spirits and bring in more successful new year manufacturers and retailers are looking for an early start shallop ballasts out to zero. nestled in the highlands of costa rica is one of the finest gardens in the world one fifty is the man nicknamed senor scissorhands has turned ordinary cypress trees into works of art and the calico reports from south arrow. at the foot of the church of st raphael in costa rica central mountain range stands a testament to one man's vision over the decades the gardens of said they were being sculpted into birds and beasts by evangelist blanco a man known locally as don lister all senor scissorhands. he began work here in one thousand nine hundred sixty four and never stopped. the parks like my family is like my children my wife and my mistress i love it and i care for it i com

that's because many have swaps to legal options in cities like beijing is substituting gunpowder with electricity. electronic by crackers can substitute the regular firecrackers because they are bright and colorful chinese says all fireworks for the noice it's believed to scare away bad spirits and bring in more successful new year manufacturers and retailers are looking for an early start challenge ballasts out to zero. it is good to have you with us adrian for good here in doha the top stories this hour out of syria saudi arabia and israel have attacked iran at the munich security conference israel's prime minister says that iran is the greatest threat to the world while saudi's foreign minister also spoke about recent tension we cannot afford to put up with the when the revolution and it's going to cause the reasonableness sanction for terrorism is because it supports terrorism. we didn't sanction them the international community did the reason. for violating ballistic missiles accords is because it does and the reason they're going to sentient. on human rights violations just beca

well i'm on the concourse of beijing railway station one of the busiest train stations in china and of course especially busy at this time of year in evidence around me of a nation now in motion much of the world's second largest economy will be at a standstill for the next two weeks as chinese people take part in the most important celebrations of the year chinese new year really is the most important holiday of all now most people in china travel home by train at this time of year last year some four hundred million people took the train more than half of them took the high speed bullet train which is amazing because this time a decade ago the bullet train network was barely in existence here in china but it's now transforming lives in so many ways as they travel across this vast country at this time of year some of the people we've been talking to at the station are migrant workers and they say they're not going to be returning to beijing because they no longer feel welcome and the reason for that is the government has been demolishing their homes in a campaign to get rid of what it

by skype from beijing is childhood chan associate professor in the department of international politics at renmin university of china from seoul is c. one crew publisher of korea exposes a and by skype from bedminster new jersey is gordon chang a us foreign policy analyst thank you all for joining us let me start by asking mr coo this. this is a moment when everyone is talking about the potential for the north and south to come together set aside their differences but then we have this ministry parade in the north what is kim jong un trying to say by this rates well i think one thing we need to point out is still this was not in fact the kind of occasion many people expected it to be i think we can say with confidence to the scale of the parade was not as grand as some had anticipated and also the kind of publicity north korea wanted to generate for it was clearly limited there was a normal lybrel cast of the parade it was only made available later on state television and also there were no foreign correspondents invited to observe the event which was quite interesting given that the ey