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he works in the industry in beijing. >> it's legal from beijing. i drink it with my family. >> his wife works full time so they have left their 1-year-old child in the care of his parents. a service opened last year connecting beijing. but the fare is much too high for their budget. the couple uses the ride share up and they are heading to the same town. the cost of driving together is less than half what they would normally spend. it takes a full day of driving from beijing to reach their hometown. >> they gradually get to know each other. >> translator: i have returned home four years in a row by carpool. and i got to know other people in town this way. >> the owners of the ride share companies said they expect business to expand even more. >> translator: our mission is to make the painful trip home a comfortable experience. we believe the demand is huge. >> with so many makings at this time of year, it seemed the company is assures a growing market for the service. >> earlier we spoke with hiroki in beijing. >> we're saw positive response from c

as you go through saturday, 4 in beijing. negative 11 in ulan bator. and dry conditions in chong cheng and shanghai. and then tokyo looking at rain with a high of 12 for saturday. now, as we look at the forecast down toward the polynesian islands for tonga, and now extending into fiji, this is a severe tropical cyclone, winston, moving to the west at 17 kilometers per hour. we added this green track, pointing out the particular path here, and you see how it went down to the south, back to the north and east, over tonga and made a u-turn made its way closer to fiji, and we're concerned that we're talking about a big flooding problem, a few hundred millimeters of rainfall. as you go through the weekend. this system doesn't want to go away. residents all throughout this region need to brace. and i think we'll be dealing with major rainfall for some time to come. and it also has stronger winds as well. now, as we look at the forecast for north america, high pressure is dominating the eastern and southern portions of the continent. that's bringing some drye

beijing said western media is misportraying the issue. that is what we've seen previously of woody island. it shows a lot of work going on and that is a runway that has been constructed by the chinese there. woody island, part of the parcels chain of island, also claimed by taiwan and vietnam. beijing said it also owns the spratley islands and others further north all upsetting the philippines and vietnam, all claiming part of it. the red line is the whole area cline in a is claiming, those territorial waters. >> woody island has been in beijing's hands since 1974. in 2012, china formally declared a city on this tiny speck of land, home to more than 1,000 people. according to taiwan, which claims the island along with vietnam, it's also home to two ground to air missile batteries. china blamed news stories but didn't deny that the reports were true. >> as for the limited and necessary self defense facility chew china has built on the island stationed by chinese personnel, this is consistent with serve preservation and protection chinese i

. >> reporter: woody island has been in beijing's hands since 1974. in 2012 china formally declared a city on this tiny speck of land, home to more than a thousand people. now according to taiwan, which claims the island along with vietnam, it is also home to two advanced surface to mistile batteries. china's foreign minister blamed the western media's appetite for creating news stories, but didn't deny that the reports were true. >> translator: as for the limited and necessary self-defense facilities that china has built, this is consistent with self protection and preservation that china is entitled to under international law. >> reporter: for what china sees as self-defense, the u.s. sees as military aggression. president obama has promised more pressure. >> i think it is clear that this is part of a trajectory towards china preparing these islands for possible deployment of military fighters or missiles, and this has been the great fear in washington, that this would deny these areas of the ability of u.s. navy ships and other navy ships to deploy

reporting from beijing. >> has arrived at beijing airport to do some business in china. he runs a seafood processing plant. the city has long been welcoming chinese, and the recruitment system that brings in overseas workers, trainees. but since the disaster, fears about another are keeping the workers away. his main goal is to convince local employment agencies to dispatch what they need to japan. >> translator: japan has labor shortages, but potential trainees are avoiding the areas. i want to ask you to improve the situation. >> the number of applicants has fallen significantly. >> couldn't get a positive response. the other aim of his trip is to reconnect with former trainees. they experienced the tsunami while working at his processing plant. he runs a restaurant with her family. >> translator: this is my son. he is in junior high already. >> five years ago, the tsunami destroyed all three of the factories, closing $8 million in losses. chinese trainees were a big help during the disaster and in the aftermath. this was one of them. she returned to china soon after t

we go to harry fawcett who is in seoul. >> woody island has been in beijing's hands since 1974. in 2012 china formerly declared a city on this tiny speck of land home to more than a thousand people. now according to taiwan, which claims the island along with vietnam, it's also home to two advance surface to air missiles batteries. china's foreign minister blamed the western media appetite for news stories said that it but did not say at a it was true. >> this is consistent with self preservation. what china seize a self defense, others see as alienation. president obama has promised more. >> i think it's clear that this is part of a trajectory towards china preparing these islands for possible deployment of either military fighters or missiles. and this has been the great fear in washington that this would deny the areas of the ability of u.s. navy ships to deploy freely without use of force. >> she's called for self-restraint. japan, which has a separate territorial dispute with china issued a sterner rebuke. >> china is trying to increase tensions by clearing out extensive and

he's proved immune to beijing's attempts. in beijing, there were celebrations. the launch comes at the start of a lunar new year and days before the birthday of late father kim jong-il. the north korean space agency called it a gift to the nation. >>> and al jazeera's adrian brown has been monitoring reaction in beijing and sent this report. >> reporter: china, of course is about the only real ally, providing a life line to the county. china dispatched a special envoy to appeal to the government to not go ahead with the test. the fact that north korea openly defied china will be a cause of anger and embarrassment to the leadership. on sunday the ministry of foreign affairs issued a terse statement in beijing saying they regretted the fact that north korea decided to ignore the pervasive opposition of the international community by testing its ballistic missile technology, it urged calm and re strangt saying the only -- restraint saying the only way to bring about lasting police is through dying ol. og. in the past, china says it doesn't believe that sanctions ar

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cars on beijing's roads. the city's traffic jams today are among the worst in the world. this is the consequence. road rage. police say they investigated more than 17 million cases last year, helped by the surveillance cameras that seem to be everywhere in today's china. many cars are fitted with dashboard cameras, capturing an often - in often startling detail what once seemed unthinkable. >> sea belt is on. >> this person is on a drive to change that. inspired by his experiences in britain, he set up a volunteer organization to teach driving etiquette. >> back in u.k., it is good. they have good quality of skills. >> so far he signed up more than 600 volunteers, sony is the latest recruit. dedicated like the others to build a better civic society. >> it happened. in china, we have so many terrorists, so many people, some. of them cause a problem with their miners. that's true. >> china's economy may be in the slow lane. the number of cars continued to accelerate. government statistics show that in 2015 car

although from beijing's perspective they just want to use the two country formula. i don't think that this formula will be likely to be accepted by the majority in taiwan. i think for a long time both sides the realistic solution is maintain the status quo. so maintain the status quo. even though beijing wants to reunify with tie that i. there must be more creative solution. so maybe one country, two governments. definitely one country, two system is not widely accepted in taiwan. >> i have a friend who consults with hotels and recently returned from china. the thing that was shocking to him at the malls that there was no business going on. that people weren't spending money. most of the restaurants were empty. have the chinese people just looked at what's going on with the economy we're not spending any money? >> i think there are some serious problems in chinese economy because the previous economic model he focus on investment and exporting and their model does not work very well. i would say that the chinese economy is in a painful stage of transition, in a tran

the north korean team arrived in beijing on tuesday. japan's embassy there will issue the entry visa. the team will take part in a regional qualifying tournament. the winners will play at the olympic games later this year in rio de janeiro. >>> japan airlines says that smoke has forced one of its plane to cancel a takeoff in hokkaido. it happened around 3:00 p.m. at an airport in hokkaido. everyone onboard evacuated. the local fire department says three female passengers suffered minor injuries in the process. the plane was supposed to fly to western japan. 159 passengers and six crew members were on board. one of nhk's staff was on the plane. he says it was on stand-by waiting for the weather to improve. he smelled something burning and saw the smoke coming from the plane's right side engine. officials are investigating the cause. >>> japan will donate $1.2 million to taiwan after an earthquake earlier this month. the money will be donated to the red cross. it will be used for medical assistance and to help those who evacuated their ho

. >> reporter: woody island, beijing said it had it since 1974. chia formed a city on the plan, home to thousands of people. taiwan claimed the island with vietnam. it's home to two advanced boundaries. china's foreign minister said it was an appetite of creating stories, but didn't deny that the reports were true. >> reporter: as for the limited talk that china has been on the island, stationed by chinese personnel. this is what whina is entitled to under international law. >> reporter: for china, self-defence the united nations sees as nationalization. warships withal few kilometres of islands in controlled by china, but whose sovereignty is disputed. president obama promised more of the same. >> it's part of a trajectory towards china preparing the islands in possible deployment of either military fighters or missiles. and this is a great fear in washington. this would deny the areas of theibility of ships to deploy without the threat of the used force. >> taiwan's offered a mandate to cool relations with beijing. he's called for self restraint

a french magazine carried an article criticizing beijing's appeal for solidarity. its author claimed that the real aim of the leaders was to win global approval for their policies on uyghurs. a rebuttal in a communist party affiliated newspaper accused gottier of distorting the facts. officials demanded she withdraw the article and apologize. >> translator: she blatantly championed acts of terrorism. she did not apologize. she's no longer suitable to continue working in china. >> gottier was based in beijing as a correspondent. a request to extend her press visa was denied. >> translator: china is urging foreign media to agree to its terms. and become a part of the channels to promote china's propaganda campaign. >> the authorities are placing more and more restrictions on uyghurs in the region. activists and journalists say that policy could backfire. >>> now a time for a check of the weather. people in tokyo are seeing clear, blue, sunny skies this morning. but they're bundling up. meteorologist robert speta has the details. >> yes, what we have been seeing is th

>> on information drive in beijing beijing beijing. >> reporter: he gave a report to the fbi. his recommendation. >> we really have to look at our phone and say this is really a personal computer that fits in our pocket, let's shut down all the apps we don't use, let's delete apps that don't make sense and reduce the rick of being spied on. >> reporter: the creator of the brightest flashlight app seltsed with the ftc. susan sued google over her alleged hack, but a judge dismissed it saying she and her google says fusion than 1% of android devices had bad apps. i think we should've taken a left at the river. tarzan know where tarzan go! tarzan does not know where tarzan go. hey, excuse me, do you know where the waterfall is? waterfall? no, me tarzan, king of jungle. why don't you want to just ask somebody? if you're a couple, you fight over directions. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. oh ohhhhh it's what you do. ohhhhhh! do you have to do thattright in my ear? it's not always as easy for me as it is for him...

beijing says it owns the spratley islands and the scarborough alcohol. to the anger of philippines, malaysia and brunei. the red indicates china's claim to the territorial waters. >> translation: i think the south china sea, the region everyone pays attention to, it is a comparatively tense situation. we call on all sides to stick to the principal of resolving the dispute in a peaceful manner. >> china's foreign minister is responding to the allegations against his country. >> i hope that media everywhere, including those in western countries in australia, turn your attention to the lighthouses that we have on some of the islands in we use in the south china sea. they are very useful in ensuring the safety of the passing ships in the waters. >> more from al jazeera's harry fawcett, live from seoul. taiwan is not happy about it. what are the options. >> first, they have to look at what china has been saying. >> what the for instance said was not a denial that china has done that. they were saying the western media were manufacturing, not going to the trut

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 burnedut. [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 chi's ltural revolution, many buddhist temples like this one in central

. >> woody island, has been in beijing's hands since 1974. in 2012 china formally declared a city on this tiny speck of land home to more than a thousand people. now according to taiwan, which claims the island along with vietnam, it's also home to two advance surface to air missile batteries. china's foreign minister blamed the western media's appetite for creating news stories but didn't in so many words deny that the reports were true. as for the limited and necessarily self defense facility that china has been on the island stated by chinese personnel, this is considered self preservation that china is entitled to under international law. >> but it is seen as militarization. the u.s. has sailed warships within 20 kilometers of the islands controlled by china. problem has promised more of the same. >> i think it is clear that this is part of a trajectory of shrine preparing these islands for possible deployment for missiles. this has been the great fear in washington. that this would deny these areas of the ability of u.s. navy ships and o

now to alexandra field in beijing. this launch floss in the face of chinese efforts to deescalate tensions, especially after north korea claims to have tested an h bomb a month ago. though it is important to point out that world powers including the u.s. have not yet confirmed that to be the case. >> reporter: yeah, the timing is everything. it should rankle those in beijing. their public statement was that they regret that north korea would insist on using ballistic missile technology for its launch which flies in the face of u.n. sanctions. at the same time publicly, officials in beijing are calling for restraint and calm from all parties. they're urging negotiation, consultation, and further discussions. this gets to the question of sanctions. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry in beijing just last week, urging the chinese government to exercise more of its leverage in the region here. we know that china is the biggest trading parliament partner of north korea. the world view is that china is in a position to pu

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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

more than 110 million people have signed up with this firm in the beijing province, which combines a traditional brick and mortar approach with the power of the internet. a doctor is at each branch to offer a diagnosis. and then if necessary, go online with the patient to consult a specialist. >> translator: doctor, one of our patients has diabetes. i've given him medication, but his blood glucose level remains high. >> translator: what's his blood glucose level now? >> translator: right now it's 9. >> translator: what drugs is he taking? >> translator: two kinds of drugs for him. >> reporter: the doctors say the medication isn't enough. they decide the patient needs one more drug. >> translator: this is a small town, but now we have access to big hospitals through the internet. it's a great service that's really convenient for people like us. >> translator: i think the internet is helping to the big disparity. >> reporter: patients in most parts of china now have access to nearly a dozen online medical services. they are trying to make up for the shortage of face-to-face support wit

. >> the woody island has been in beijing's hands since 1974. china formerly declared a city on this tiny speck of land home to more than a house people. now according to taiwan which claims the island with vietnam it is home to two advance surface to air missiles batteries. >> they blame the western medi media's appetite for creating news stories and it did not in so many words deny that the reports were true. >> as for the limited self defense facility that china has built on the islands stated by chinese personnel, this is consistent with self preservation an protection that china is entitled to understand international law. >> the u.s. navy has twice sailed warships within a few kilometers that are controlled by china and president obama has promised more of the same. this is part of a trajectory towards china preparing these islands for possible deployment by the military fighters or missiles. and this has been a great fear in washington that this would deny these areas of the ability of u.s. navy ships. >> taiwan's president-elect is due t

when beijing tried to implement a new election system where it would screen candidates, many hong kong residents opposed. large-scale demonstrations calling for democratic elections lasted for months. after intense clashes, the demonstrators were disbursed by authorities. it gave a strong impression of beijing's power and control over hong kong. >> it's only a 90 minute flight between hong kong and taiwan. tainan is a town in southern taiwan. real estate is relatively affordable, which attracts the younger generation of hong kong residents. the city has flourished in the center of taiwan for more than 200 years since the 17th century. many historic buildings still remain, making them popular sightseeing spots. one family moved from hong kong to a residential area in the city. >> lo chun-ki is 37. he and his wife have three children. a 3-year-old boy. a 10-month-old girl. and a 6-year-old girl. they moved to taiwan in august, 2015. >> lo's family lives in a rented 130 square meter apartment. rent is $600. he says in hong kong rent would be five times as much. every morning after his wif

in fact, into beijing, a high of 6 there on your wednesday. minus 17 for those of you, you have to really get south of this frontal area. taipei to get back into the warm weather, manila with a high of 32 on wednesday. extended >>> one more story to share with you before we go. winter weather helping people in western japan bring down the heat in their cooking. >> translator: residents in the this town laying salted chilly peppers on the snow. they say it makes them less spicy. they leave them outside for four days. cold temperatures and winds balance the flavors. >> translator: i can't wait to eat them. >> the next step so s to grind the chillies and mix in other ingredients. they'll be left to age for three years. they make miso paste, soy sauce. >> that wraps up this edition of news line, i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us. host: worldwide, we waste about one third of the food we produce. i am not just talking about rich nations. hello, and welcome to "global 3000." we're about to explore why it's so difficult to stop t

last december, beijing authorities issued their highest air pollution warning ever. >> translator: i think the best way to breathe fresh air here is not to buy fireworks. >> the beijing city government said they will ban them if the air deteriorates. it has already ordered fireworks retailers to agree in writing to suspend sales if air pollution becomes dire. >> translator: we can't do anything if the local government enforces the ban. >> chinese media say fireworks sales have dropped for the fifth straight year. >>> tour imism in japan have be trying something new. come up with a way to draw more visitors during the off season in winter. >> when people think of nala, two things, usually comes to mind. great buddha statue, and very friendly here. but local planners hope to give visitors other reasons to come to japan's asian the solution, light up the cold winter nights with a brand new festival. the main attraction is glowing floats called -- each one is more than 7 meters tall and costs about $180,000 to build. local volunteers push the floats in time to the beat of the drums. the

adrien brown has more from beijing. >> china's imports and exports have been falling now more than 12 months providing another indicator about the state, the confused state of the world's seth largest economy. even though imports are down, exports are down, china still made a trade surplus in january of more than $62 billion, so china, inc. is still making money. now one of the reasons why imports are down is that china is no longer buying things like iron ore and copper, these key commodities in quite the way that it once did. this week, all eyes are going to be on china's currency, the yuwan under attack by foreign speculators, seeking to drive down the value of this currency. they want to force many believe a devaluation. china's government is resisting that that. it wants to control the direction of its currency and not have foreigners do it for them. a fuller picture on the state of china's economy will probably come next month when we get figures relating to retail sales, and industrialout put. >> the chinese economy is likely to be a key topic with president obama and asian nat

when i first game to beijing ten years ago i was excited with new hope. i thought i could do well in a big city. now i'm so sad and disappointed. disappointed that her chinese dream could disappear in the unpredictable year of the monkey. >>> india is growing faster than china. the economy expanded by 7.3% in the last three months of 2015 making india the fastest growing major economy thanks to a strong manufacturing sector. china's economy grew at 6.8% during the same period. >>> hasbro reported better tha expected earnings and raised its dividends. they attributed sales to star w wars and jurassic world. shares of apollo education soared after they agreed to be taken private by a group of investors. apollo education is the parent of the university of phoenix. shrinking enrollment and revenue in recent years. shares of the company up 24% to 8.62. >>> cognizant technology solutions saw its shares fall. the i.t. services provider said clients world wide were cutting back on routine tech services spending. shares fell more than 7.5% to 54.05. >>> chipotle c

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work your way into beijing. this is going to be the warmest setup across beijing. last time it was this mild, was in november of 2015, across beijing. some changes in the temperatures across that area. and a quick glance across the united states. we're watching pretty powerful storms pushing across the southern u.s. the next couple of days. this happens, we know, the primaries, the caucuses for 13 states. it has people going out to the polls in memphis, one of the cities for severe weather potential, going into the afternoon hours of super tuesday. and in nashville, some wet weather possible. and in the past, we've seen the impact voter turnout when it comes to inclement weather. it's something we will follow going into super tuesday, guys. >> what impact will the weather have? we'll see. >> we cover the world spectacularly. you can always follow us on twitter. we like to hear from everybody. don't we? i'm rosemary church. >> and rosie just joined instagram, folks. i'm teaching her all of the tricks. >> he is. >> back next hour with live reports from beijing and te

beijing's main customers were pakistan, bangladesh and myanmar. china has dropped to become the third largest importer after india and saudi arabia. a senior researcher with the institute says china continues to expand its military capabilities with imported and zpeskically produced weapons. >>> i'm gene otani with a look at the business stories we're following today. >>> bank of japan governor howard kurda has stressed the positive outcome at a lower house budget committee meeting. >> translator: it's a first-time experience for japan. so the reality is that the reaction's been varied. the policy will encourage commercial banks to lower rates on loans. that, in turn, boosts lending. we want people to understand that the policy has positive effects to stimulate the economy. >> kuroda says the central bank will continue to deliver sufficient and flexible easing measures to the economy in the aim to achieve its 2% inflation target. >>> checking the markets, tokyo stocks ended higher, that's after the broader topix index had its best weekly performan

but as we report from beijing some ancient traditions are slowly changing. >> beijing's annual explosive illumination still dazzling spectacle but perhaps not quite what it was. fireworks sales in the capital are down by half this year. the reasons, pollution concerns or possibly just fading interest in a country that prides itself on having invented gunpowder. >> the economy isn't good. it's more difficult to make money nowadays. only business people can spend money buying bigger fireworks. ordinary people can only afford ordinary fire crackers. it's too expensive. >> other new year traditions are also changing like the giving of hung bao, red envelopes filled with cash exchanged between friends and relatives. an ancient ritual that technology is transforming. smart phone apps now allow yo users to send money that is deposits in mobile phone payment accounts. this is a time to spend, at least the government hopes so. beijing wholesale market popular with new year shoppers. but where there is an air of desperation to the sales pitch people are spending but very carefully. >> of course, i

the city of chongqing in southwest china is a direct controlled municipality along with beijing, shanghai, and tianjing. recently it's developed as an inland region industrial city. hot pots are chongqing's famous local delicacy. chongqing has even been named china's hot pot city by the chinese association of cooking. everything from takeout hot spot snacks to full meals are readily available. the people of chongqing consider hot pots their soul food. an upmarket hot pot restaurant sits in the middle of chongqing's business district. it's called ba river and is part of a chain of 380 restaurants in and outside of china. the company also runs its own food processing factories and cooking schools. boasting many famous chefs, it leads the country's hot pot industry. an average dish here costs around $15. over two times the price a customer would typically pay at a local vendor. since its founding in 2002, food safety and hygiene have been paramount for ba river. the company's ceo wang wei is at the front line of improving the industry's image and serves as vice chairman of chongqing's hot po