other passengers onboard from shanghai were also quick to share accounts of the crash on social networks. judar thinks it's a miracle he's a live. the manager has post odd ven a scene a weaver -- waiver. he describes hearing a deafening noise before realizing there was a gaming hole behind him. >> they were 141 chinese passengers on boards including 130 high school students and their teacher about to embark on a language exchange trip in the u.s. two girls were killed in the hospital. many have paid their respects on the network pages. >> we're 22 millions collected on the streets, egypt's movement was that the origin valley of the islam black president moment morris si. it meanings rebellion. they are also aopposed have missed authorities that have been leading the country since the arab spring. this in particular idea. he's call for the disasolution of the national constituents but which they belief they're trying to embed religion from the cause of constitution. >> they have a lesser extent like libya. >> now i've seen the various political parties delaying the pick. >> and condemning

european union was not something to recommend me to speak about the economic being a member of the shanghai area isn't reassuring for investors since two thousand and eleven cents to enjoy the cyclones that all was foreign investors especially from western. resting much and you may read while you are locked. the chinese. it's just a mom. the chinese prime minister and to brokerage and i'llonfess to the temple. thousands of pigeons the euro. that's the real stories and with many layers as he just told us how come you're a suspected marrow what looks to take the cure. the debate before the next to an old oil wells in western europe. this is a rise in the pocket of an extremist movement. also friday. me and treatment of an interim injunction and it is presumed to be premature junior doesn't want to describe it really was. in the one hand this is also something very new to me the romanians are becoming more and more euro skeptics as all get something. oh well good for a long time in a more secure and institutions in their own political class they proceed to his corrupt so it was difficult to un

. >> 24 million people live in shanghai. the local dialect is struggling to survive. >> do you speak shanghai nese? >> no,i don't. my son was born in shanghai, but doesn't speak it. >> i don't speak it well. >> china is said to have 130 languages including dialects and languages of ethnic minorities. about 40 years ago, the goal designated mandarin as the nation's official language. school education raised the number of people who speak chinese to 60%. the number of young people who can speak the language of their own region is falling sharply. >> some buses have started to announce both in mandarin and shanghai nese dialect. it has been received well, particularly among the elderly users. city authorities are also considering using the dialect in the subway system. >> translator: i was born in shanghai. i appreciate the shanghai nese announcement. >> translator: the city has too few localized services like the announcements. i want more services like this to make sure that the shanghai dialect won't be lost. >> another effo

the port of shanghai is the largest port in the world. shanghai is a city with it's own twist and twang. just buildings everywhere. we met with the union there, they are the largest union. we went to a great bulk facility. i can see it happening here in the port of san francisco as wii we bring in steel, lumber. it was really good and i think with the hard work. another thing about the port of shanghai is they are getting big into the cruising industry. they are getting up to 250,000 passengers and in 3 years they hope to get over a million passengers. the city's relationship was great. gary lock, the ambassador of china, i have known him in the state legislature, i worked on his campaign as governor, i wrote a letter when he became am bassador in china, one thing about gary is very humbling about the guy is that they grew up in the housing projects in seattle. when he landed in beijing, he had his backpack and tennis shoes and was getting ready to get in the cab. the china -- they were saying, what are you doing. we had a really good tim

nhk world reports. >> reporter: this supermarket is in the suburbs of shanghai. live chickens have just hit the shelves for the first time in two and a half months. many people have been waiting for this day. shoppers rush to buy the live chickens. >> translator: live chickens are much better because they are fresh. >> during the bird flu epidemic, the world health organization suspected the market selling live birds to be one of the roots of infection. to prevent the disease from spreading, shanghai city closed its live poultry markets. the number of infection cases declined. with concerns still remaining, we asked people in shanghai which they prefer, live chickens or prepacked meat. >> translator: live chickens. they're fresher and taste better. >> translator: i prefer live poultry. bird flu is over. we just have to be careful. >> of the 30 people we asked, 21 said they would buy live birds. during the ban, prepacked meat was sold instead of live chickens, but it wasn't well received by consumers. in the shanghai area, most people buy live chickens at market a

a free trade zone in shanghai. it will cover some 29 square kilometers, combining four areas of the city's commercial business district. restrictions on financial transactions and investment will be drastically eased in the zone. and all banks that operate in it will be able to set interest rates at their own discretion. officials say the zone is meant to promote market liberalization in the financial and service sectors. the pilot project reflects a pivot in policy by china's current leaders. 35 years ago, xiaoping opened up. and a series of reforms helped the economy boom. as cheap labor and foreign investment shifts to other countries in asia, in recent years, economic growth in china has slowed down. leaders are hoping shanghai's free trade zone will be just what the country needs to get things back on track. some predict if implemented properly, shanghai has the potential to become a major international hub for finance. compete with hong kong and singapore in the years to come. >>> let's find out more on shang

we rode from beijing to shanghai. it is a 5.5 hour trip. it is going from oregon border to san diego on high speed train. the governor enjoyed himself. he was talking to the engineers. he asked lots of detailed questions. everywhere he looks in china and this is fascinating, josh, everywhere the governor looks and talks to us, he talks about construction and progress. as he said to us on the train, he said, you know, it seems like we are pondering too much in california. we have to get going. we have to start building things. that's the message jerry brown seems to push forward out of the trip. >> what happens now? how do we measure the value or success of the trip? >> i think that is a little bit in it eye of the beholder of the value. a couple of things i would point out. the trade in shanghai that the state is new and important. we have not had trade offices since 2003. we closed down a number of them across the world. there was a lot of criticism that they were not effective or good use of taxpayer dollars. this particular office will b

. >> translator: i asked schools in shanghai, but they refused. migrant workers like us are the people who are behind shanghai's growth. we're paying a high price. >> reporter: for her parents, working in shanghai is the only way they can earn enough money to support their family. it comes at a cost. living far from their daughter. >> translator: when i see other children, i feel sad. they remind me of my daughter. i'm sorry i can't take care of her. >> reporter: the disparity between the cities and the rural areas of china is continuing to grow. it's not just the wealth gap. it's a literal gap between migrant workers and the children they leave behind at home. nhk world, shanghai. >>> government officials are underlining their efforts to make rural areas more affluent, but they've made little progress in implementing countermeasures. the number of children left behind is expected to rise. >>> let's now bring in rachel ferguson for a check of the weather. rachel, we have gorgeous weather here in tokyo, but i understand there's a cold spell heading

a lot of the cargo sourced here is coming from shanghai. it we did travel to beijing and do we need to build or not? you got my vote that we do need to build it because we were able to travel to beijing, it was smoother than bart and on time and were there in 2-and-a-half hours. it's a great infrastructure and we should emulate and copy. while in beijing, we had a number of good meetings, the first was with china osha shipping company. we didn't meet with staff, we met with the chairman way who is a very impressive fellow and he did explain to us, we told him about our bulk operation, he said that costco has the largest bulk fleet in the world and he negotiated to have this done in the port project. lastly one of the highlights of the trip professionally it was a highlight for me too was commission adams through his connections, his friendship, really set up a meeting with am bass bassador with the us embassy. they were so gracious with their time. he went an hour with him in his chambers with a number of his commercial staff, department of

in this particular in shanghai china hong kong china and singapore comical. on each of reading maths and science maths. the main focus of this one time. what's different is that those countries are stopping to preach a hand mirror is likened to thirty nine the last thing we did this he could see north america a year the australasian represented in the school. lincoln country's nine. since none of it all came and my mom thinks that coming from asian countries. time to see the elderly success stories and having great success and baltic countries over sixty five the chesapeake and made some improvement in need of reading maths and science and we see his improvement the toll for the shanghai is in singapore who go on film you can integrate that we've seen countries like poland and germany who going from idiotic cryptic and nine countries like poland actually nice to go on from there the end of it i think it through to the crit so we're seeing improvement across the keys. and i love trains is. normally i really can use all of its proponents of systems will selecti

the creator of the founder of one of the most prestigious ranking systems in the world the so-called shanghai rating. university rankings have become extremely popular and it's not only a matter of public image in roman trays and tuition the classifications us objective to a certain extent but every issue of and the rating system raises concerns and out usually among those who did not make it to the top the originator of the shanghai university ranking dr luke believes ratings will only gain importance as the main issue is how to make it more universal and accurate. mr liu welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us and i would like to to start with a question about this ranking system your institution published another academic ranking a world university a.r.w. comely known as the shanghai ranking where there are quite a number of ranking systems in the world what was the necessity to create another one why did you decide to do it oh actually. our ranking democrat in the west there was the first global university ranking we are not currently a member while we were the first. ex

the shanghai government down. that would increase thirty percent when applying to the thirteenth novel in prices in shanghai are still paying high the highly impressionable the push of the price of houses as a result the national bureau of statistics. we painted timber house prices in cities like shanghai and tell the truth of more than twenty percent don't go away because of that money matters. we're talking about dating mandatory fun. taken. housing prices continue going up multiple could have been issued to reduce the financial burden of individual outcry. housing fund one of the poultry the dollar's late nineteen ninety. the housing bond scheme was designed to help medium and low income families buy out. employees are required to give it to the percentage of this dollars to define. this bond with the terms of the mandatory to employers and employees need to pay in the form of attack every month. normally five percent of the dollar is the minimum tax rate. some big cities like beijing employees are required to

negativity about shanghai. it is now 10 days of declines. >> the longest period and 22 years. -- those shares are significantly lower against concern about the government and the very stringent measures on property. is inncern is the bubble certain parts of china. these are very high for aging and shanghai -- these are the main concerns. they introduce measures to bring down even more prices. opening fairly flat and unchanged. in the last half-hour, it has fallen by almost 1%. 10 sessions in a row of declines. see, hang seng, malaysia, singapore, australia, all seeing gains. the big gains in new zealand and taiwan. the u.s. forecast growth in the third quarter. christine lagarde of the imf is bullish on the u.s. economy because of ben bernanke's crystal clear communication on tapering and the beginning of the tapering. unemployment is coming down consistently and there is no budget shutdown or impasse. they are benefiting. china certainly is not. let's look at the pie chart. that in china, a lot of red going on

for a bit more, john is in shanghai. what have you tried to discover and what are the difficulties you have encountered? >> it has long been alleged that china is behind this kind of systematic cyber-attack. but i think that this report has something qualitatively different. it is very different and contains keystroke by keystroke analysis of what some of these alleged hackers have said to have done. the internet security company does work for hundreds of companies who have suffered breaches. they have said that over the years their investigations in many instances point back not just to one country or one city, but to one particular district in shanghai. in this small suburb. >> what happened when you tried to go and investigate the whereabouts a bit more? >> we went down there to try and film, it is a shanghai suburb. they pretty normal cityscape. shops, restaurants, karaoke bars. in the middle of the 12 store a block. we tried to get some video footage and were not successful. we did confirm that it was a military bas

this elite group of hackers has been dubbed the shanghai group. they've struck 141 times since 2006 across all sectors of the u.s. economy. this is the first time such a group has been tracked right to the doorstep of the people's liberation army. the shanghai group is not the first to be accused of cyber theft. >> it's scary. i mean, this is the problem. it's scarey. >> brian shields, a computer security specialist suspected the chinese of hacking into his company as early as 2004. he worked for nortel, a giant canadian telecommunications company. a success story, nortel made cell phone equipment and at its height the company employed 20,000 people in the u.s. >> how can you compete when the other guys aren't competing the same way. >> here's how shields says his company got hacked. a nortel employee saw, it was downloaded by brian mcfadden. >> he noticed that mr. mcfadden had downloaded some documents and when he got the email back and said i don't know what you're talking about. >> so it was mcfadden downloading documents, but it wasn't actuall

not much help for the shanghai. down with the rest of the global equity markets. the hang seng off 0.4%. & s&p asx down 0.1%. the aussie today stronger, had some strong housing data out of australia which suggests it will be less reasons for any rate cuts from the rba in the future. now, u.s. futures, the dow was down, what, 51 points yesterday,

>> they are ringing in the new years in shanghai. [ counting ] >> this is the scene live in shanghai china as that country celebrates the new year. australia and auckland bringing in the new years earlier today. let's take a look just for a second at the celebration underway, welcoming 2014. ♪ >> once again the celebration in shanghai as 2014 has now officially rained in in that country. plus a firey train accident leads to airty concerns here in the us. and fighting continues in the south sudan in a key city. ♪ >> rebels in south sudan have now captured the key city of bor. until now that city had been controlled by government forces. mohammed how important is this particular city? >> reporter: well, the town of bor is very important. it's the capitol of the state, which is the largest region in south sudan. it's also an oil rich, and the taking of bor by the rebels give them a lot to be able to negotiate with once they come to the negotiating table with the go side lead by the president. now the fighting began early in this the morning when the rebels allied to former vice pres

the pilot project will take place in shanghai. it aims to increase foreign investment to help the country achieve its long-term economic objectives, but as nhk world reports, some government agencies are concerned about what it could mean for the rest of the country. >> reporter: it's hoping to increase the status on the international stage of the last month the chinese government unveiled the next step -- a free trade zone in shanghai. >> interest rate deregulation, ifhat is ever exercised successfully, probably we can expand it to the rest the china, namely domestically where we would have a full-scape free trade zone or deregulation of the interest rate and financial service in general. >> reporter: the pilot zone will cover some 29 square kilometers, combining four areas of the city's commercial district. restrictions will be drastically eased in the zone. all banks that operate in it will be able to set interest rates at their own discretion. officials the zone is set to -- liberalize financial and service sectors, but that's

. >> i was fortunate enough to attend the san francisco shanghai committee and the friendship commission led by the beijing and it was a last minute decision and i think that the stars alied because of the shut down of the government and the volatile markets and then half of the delegation were transit people who either worked with bart or did, or do work with bart, so it was just, but i am really glad that i have decided to go and it was such a great experience with a high level delegation of approximately 70 people. and including, assembly members, and (inaudible), and supervisors breed, kim and yee and met us in shanghai along with the mayor who was late in arriving because of the bart situation, there were two port tenants (inaudible) from the fleet and also, jennifer mats, head of the port water front project was there and i was hoping that she would be here today to add a few words about the trip. the bay area, council, led by mayor juan was also in beijing at the same time as our delegation and so we crossed paths many times and there was just, so many people from the bay area, th

ambassador, hosted us a reception before we boarded the high speed rail to shanghai, it was quite an experience, it was going over 200 miles an hour and we arrived in four hours and we did for the feel one bump. it was smooth sailing all the way, which is really nice. and there was an investment and development form, where delegates and privates expressed the opportunities involving both san francisco and shanghai. jennifer mats was on the panel and did a great job discussing the water front projects development projects and opportunities. and chinaship and company and (inaudible) executives hosted a nice dinner for the delegation and since merely had not arrived yet, i had the opportunity to give it on his behave and promote our wonderful water front and i think that everybody wants to come and visit. >> and the mayor and the delegation, met with shanghai metro executives between bart and shanghai metro, committing to a new era of engagement and their metro systems carries 8 million passengers a day so we can learn the best practices and they don't believe in striking. we have sever

phil lebeau has more from shanghai. >> reporter: here in shanghai, u.s. manufacturers who have set up plants here in china are facing a new challenge, rising costs. in fact, a new study out today finds that the total cost of manufacturing in china will rise to the same level as the u.s. by 2015. for prince industries based in illinois, costs for its plant here in shanghai are rising faster than expected. for example, labor wages are jumping 12% every year due to the competition to attract and retain skilled workers. they've got 110 employees here in china, making components companies sell to firms like caterpillar and honeywell. and the ceo says those rising costs may force him to eventually move out of shanghai. >> we're looking at different areas in china. shanghai has been high cost to manufacture, but that was where we initially went to, and all of our customers were in that area, but in the next five to seven years, i would say we'll definitely be somewhere further inland. >> reporter: take a look at how fast hourly wages have climbed here in china c

the shanghai free trade zone is the one to keep an eye on, economists say. the government would like to see shanghai. >> it is too early to tell. over 600 u.s. firms expressed interest in doing business in hong kong. >> it is about innovation. hong kong needs to keep innovating and reinventing itself. >> one of those is global professional network. they recently opened an office in hong kong as it considers the city and the mainland as fast- growing markets with a total of 3 million members so far. >> it will become a stronger competitor as the gateway into china. if hong kong manages this well, it should continue to be able to benefit from china's overall rise. >> it depends on beijing implements rules and policies. only then will investors see whether they are likely to be the game changer. >> china's economy has been the envy of the world thanks to its rapid growth, but it has come as a high price. villages are popping up in some areas highlighting the human cost of economic progress. our correspondent has the report from a polluted village. >> a time of

. >> reporter: the average cost of a grave site in shanghai is about $8,000. that's about twice what the average city residente earns ina year. in beijing, some grave sites now cost as much as $300,000. >> translator: available land is limited. cemetery prices are way beyond my reach. >> translator: home is expens e expensive. graves are even more expensive. >> reporter: concern has spread among cemetery operators. members of a countrywide association controlled by the state. >> translator: 9 million people die in china every year. preparing graves for each of them is quite a challenge. >> reporter: he lives in shanghai. he buried the remains of his father-in-law last year. >> reporter: he bought burial rights here for $150. far cheaper than an ordinary grave. he was allocated a plot measuring 30 square centimeters under this flower bed. his father-in-law died five years ago. he couldn't afford a grave so he -- remains at the crematorium. >> translator: before he died, he told me to throw away his bones, but who can do that? >> reporter: the remains of six oth

go to exchange on shanghai people are buying gold and they are taking delivery of gold and they're doing so in big numbers huge numbers and you know when it's compared to mine production or even the imports that we're saying going from hong kong to china it's overtaking or at least reaching these levels on a weekly basis is what we're saying say all of that physical is being pumped out of the us is just making its way to china how much. is flowing it is a crime to say it's flowing from west to east gold market well i would certainly say you know if you're looking at the federal global production that it's nothing's meeting and you got any other demand anywhere else in the world so it's going to china but we've been saying they rise in imports a long time from hong kong to china say all of that gold is going into hong kong it's just being shipped instantly china people are taking to delivery of it i think in the last quarter. imports from china from hong kong is up sixty eight percent you know and last time i was on the day after we chatted the gold price fell quite significantly and has

in 1990 they looked to shanghai to usher china in to a new economic era. and it worked across the river there 30 years ago that used to be farm land with the new free trade shown the current premier is hoping shanghai will lead china again in to economic change. but some thing the premier's program won't impact china's economy that much. >> the premier has pushed very hard for this free trade zone. it's to show his resolution of the economic reform. it's more symbolic than concrete policies, he wants to cop it's experience from hong kong but in a limited way. it's not a free trait poured or even a complete free trade zone. >> reporter: lee hopes that the project will help the overall growth in china's economy, some feel that veers off but it has already boosted the local economy inside the zone. >> my company has benefited a lot from it. sales are tries tice as much compared di to the last month. if you want to sale property here, someone will buy it without hesitation. >> reporter: what most economists want to see is how that expansion will be realize odd

now shanghai is shrouded in smog. many shanghai residents were wearing mask to filter the toxic air. it looks like the smog will stay in place for a little while longer. pulling back i can show you a chart of this hazardous air quality in shanghai. it has been when the video came out from just around 9:00 a.m. on monday it was hazardous. things weren't too bad on sunday. it's down to the unhealthy level which is still unhealthy. the air quality is very bad. the high pressure system just lingering over head. it will be making air stagnant with the less winds combined. here across southern china a rain band is formed. it's just colliding here. it will be lingering for the next couple of days making trouble with the flooding conditions that could be triggered. here in japan the wet weather will be recovering. it will be recovering from the west. the western areas will be starting to see dry skies, clear skies. even into the evening hours central japan will see clear, dry conditions. temperatures are shaping up like this.

you can't at least in shanghai. iconic having tuition high before you get the wood to keep the barracks in traditional high. the chairman that way people meet and over to us we everyday. i can to try to rebuild the word. cheap is the complete cost to the market and the price will still work to achieve either clinton or the needs of china chinese corn on the welcome no going to just keep it clean when i return did she think that we think it may need to compete in the shelter. one of them taking. the two thousand. i hope they can be painted the front of the page and the free ticket. for the death of the starting price for indemnity or fifty cent the first one to shanghai subway. it's a gift like this either by the distance travel the applicant to km to press the paper started crying the couple to bring it into the plot un or about thirty cents us. the development of a weekly political issues shaping the future empress of china. today woke us at the cabinet and the foreign direct investment coming into china foreign di

since last month in shanghai. medical officials say the two latest victims are a poultry transporter and a woman with no fixed occupation. one of 31 people who recently had contact with the woman is feverish and under treatment in an isolated hospital unit. agriculture ministry officials say inspectors detected h7n9 in pigeon samples collected at a wholesale market in shanghai. it is highly likely to have the same origin as some of the patients. they've closed the live poultry section at the market and they are investigating where the pigeons came from and where they ended up. chinese health officials still don't know the source of the bird flu infection. they have no evidence of human to human transmission. scientists around the world are better trying to understand this new strain as they race to develop a vaccine. researchers in japan say the virus is different from other bird flu strains. experts at the national institute of infectious diseases analyze gene sequences obtained from patients in china. they say h

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eunice eun, cnbc, shanghai. >>> joining us from shanghai is michael kobain. thank you for your patience. you've been waiting a while. thank you for that. you say at the moment this free trade zone is rather a symbolic gesture. why? >> yeah, i think that's right, because what we saw announced yesterday was really about the future. there will be things to come. what was actually announced is not significant in terms of an activity that a company can conduct today that they couldn't do yesterday. >> michael, you know, ten pages long and you see the words limited and only show up quite often. it's always been a matter of the future for china, slow and steady reforms. this is about the government giving up some control. do you think that's residential realistic in the next few years or will it take longer than that? >> this is an important point. we believe very strongly that there is urgency to financial market reforms in china. interestingly enough, the rebalancing towards a consumption-led economy has everything to do with financial market reforms because a lot

in china, they were going up and up. >> he adds it was not always easy to be japanese in shanghai. when he first opened the restaurant, some chinese customers were not friendly to japanese people because they had bad memories of the war. some called for a boycott of japanese goods. the number of people at his restaurant did not decline. >> japanese people enjoy chinese food. chinese people enjoy japanese food. >> he also hires chinese sushi chefs. >> people come for good food. they are interested in knowing more about the food they like it. then they will know more about the japanese culture. >> he is now training about 20 chinese shops and hopes to open other restaurants by the end of the year. >> for more on this, from honolulu, hawaii, the director of the eurasian business coalition. rob, it is good to see you over there as opposed to here in washington, d.c. i need your help though. explain to us for -- how for the past 20 years, or you can go all the way back to world war ii if you want, give us the historical perspective on this relationship . >> certainly, since world war ii

judging from the activity in shanghai, changes are already in the wind. we have the details now. >> reporter: government officials are trying our free trade zones on the edge of shanghai. tax incentives are already in place in areas. it takes up 20 square kilometers of real estate. the push for reform open up our whole economy in line with international trade regulations. >> reporter: government authorities also say they will drastically reduce trade and final regulations to achieve their goal. for example, tariffs might be lowered or abolished. financial institutions might be allowed to set their own interest rates for saving and loans. restrictions on cross border yuan restrictions could be relaxed. top leaders have appeared to triler the projects. for example, they're concerned about the future of china's economy. exports have been a major reason for china's success, but now they've slowed. plenty of cheap labor helped industry make big strives, but now wages are going up all across the country. >> china's economy is in the adjustment phase. the key to

whether it was only here in shanghai. i will be in high heat turning china announced radical. i'm in. when she looks like the pollution in shanghai institute was this yes to what the government what has to go home and down to deal with this situation. well the local government have that and aren't alert the and thirty eight year war and you know when you go i'll keep it i would have it in the to be in the top nine years old a friday afternoon. it was on fire and air quality in about thirty percent if the vehicle he cannot throw him a label to read it before and well flavored coffee. net loss of the construction iraq and it is in kindergarten. i'd do without going into the fight stopped at the top of a more affectionate than other out like it. the famed environmental area on the announcement thursday that he had to get it here for one hundred and fifteen the number of alert. i mean that they won't eat the fruit when we note that the book would not matter. i have faith that the moon with them for like half the acknowledgment that before the fall within the benefits that can go n

then you go to shanghai to look across it is a beautiful. how did that happen? want to borrow something from our president. they didn't build a. this is foreign direct investment into all the countries of the role. guess who built the buildings? while detroit went bankrupt falling into lew decay your 401k dollars and the many in to american banks were shipped over to build china. of less you honestly believe state-owned enterprises by a communist regime are more efficient than the economy in america you have to accept with a one setter funding this. listen to this quick video. this was from los angeles and was supported by the good democratic politicians in california with the miraculous choices this into what one vice president had to say when we confronted him at the auto show >> we are an all-american, all electric car company, based in los angeles comment on what makes us special is we are the first all the electric all-american car company to cover a range of one-half to 50 miles with the five passenger four-door sedan headquarters downtown l.a. with market

shanghai is a slim slice and china wants to show its best students. some countries are not dealing in their classrooms that america is. >> the poverty. >> the diversity of students. >> it is cultural differences in students. geographical. >> there is nothing simple about finding the solution to this so-called education stagnation. some teachers are doing the best with the resources they have. others complain the increased in spending is not going to the right places. i worry who is being left out. the ones that fall squarely in the middle. it used to be if you were average, you could get a good job and eventually send a kid to college. despite the signs of the economy improving, more competitive than ever. our education system must keep up. >>> coming up, nelson mandela's 70th birthday spent in a prison cell. a world away, star power was lighting up wembley stadium and shaped history in the process. up next, we will take you inside the one event mandela himself credited for changing public opinion on apartheid forever. it's donut friday at the office.

>> one thing is, just to go back to the shanghai example, it was about teachers. it's also about school leaders and it's about system leadership. we were blown away by the caliber of the folks who have over a long time driven the change and if you get under the covers, some shanghai schools are stronger than others and they take those school principals who are running the best schools and pair them up with the principalless at the other schools so they can transfer rahs. this is a people business. i couldn't agree more that technology can give a ton of leverage to really strong people but to me, we need, and this is what teach for all is all about, but we got to start channeling our top talent towards this challenge of improving educational outcomes, and especially taking on educational outcomes for the most disadvantaged kids, and that needs to happen all across the world. >> tom, when you look at this problem and you see the obstacle, i mean longer days, teacher evaluation, longer years, teachers' unions in general are opposed to all of this. is this politically