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Chance of China/Japan conflict growing, warns former State Department official
By Mick Krever, CNN
Tensions between China and Japan, at their worst in half a century, are making conflict “much more likely now than it’s probably been in years,” the former top U.S. State Department official for East Asia told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour.
If a conflict were to break out, Kurt Campbell said, it would likely be a “small skirmish, probably easily contained.”
But the larger context, of "what is really the two great countries of Asia, China and Japan" is hard to ignore.
"Tensions between the two countries are greater now than they've been probably in a half century."
The two countries have long been loggerheads over uninhabited islands in the East China Sea – the Chinese call them Diaoyu and the Japanese call them Senkaku.
The heat was turned up, however, when China declared an “Air Defense Identification Zone” over the chain of islands.
The U.S. military responded by sending two unarmed B-52 bombers through the heart of the contested airspace.
America must make clear to China, Campbell said, that the drawing of a military air zone “is deeply provocative.”
'Ukrainians don’t want to live in [a] police country,' says boxer Klitschko
By Mick Krever, CNN
Champion heavyweight boxer and Ukraine’s foremost opposition leader Vitali Klitschko told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Tuesday that “Ukraine is [the] most corrupt country in Europe.”
Large crowds gathered yet again in Ukraine on Tuesday calling for the resignation of their government.
Earlier in the day, the opposition lost a no-confidence vote in parliament in an attempt to topple the government.
“Ukrainians don’t want to live in [a] police country,” Klitschko said from a noisy Independence Square in Kiev. Somebody must take responsibility for police abuse, he told Amanpour.
Pandas to the rescue in U.S./China tensions?
By Mick Krever, CNN
Tensions between the U.S. and China may be rising in the East China Sea, but to see the First Ladies of those countries, it’s nothing a few pandas can’t solve.
American First Lady Michelle Obama and her Chinese counterpart, Peng Liyuan, took to YouTube in separate videos on Sunday to mark the naming of the newest giant panda born in the U.S.
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Sunday marked 100 days since a giant panda cub was born at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington. In keeping with tradition, the cub – whose gender is not yet known – was only now given a name, Bao Bao.
Battling AIDS in South Africa, and future of the Rainbow Nation
As a continent, Africa is affected by AIDS more than any other region in the world.
In South Africa, more than six million people - or 10% of the entire population - are infected with HIV. The United States is a big financial backer of AIDS-treatment programs there, and South Africa has the largest anti-retroviral program in the world.
Nonetheless, more people are now living with HIV in South Africa than 10 years ago.
CNN's Christiane Amanpour spoke on Monday with U.S. Ambassador to South Africa Patrick Gaspard about HIV/AIDS and the future of the Rainbow Nation; click above to watch their interview.
From kindergarten to Kindertransport
By Lucky Gold, CNN
Monday is world Kindertransport Day: the 75th anniversary of one of the great humanitarian missions of modern times.
Imagine a world where 10,000 children were rescued from the holocaust by the kindness of strangers.
Ukraine could destabilize if president fails to compromise, opposition warns
By Mick Krever, CNN
Massive protests by Ukrainians against their government – upwards of 300,000 by some estimates – will succeed in forcing political compromise or snap elections, opposition leader and former foreign minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk insisted to CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Monday.
The opposition’s key demand, Yatsenyuk said, is for the Ukrainian parliament to pass a vote of no confidence in the president, Viktor Yanukovych. He hopes that that would force compromise.
“Otherwise the situation could be not as stable as today,” Yatsenyuk said from Kiev. “And it much depends on this president: Whether is he ready to negotiate and whether is he ready to reach the compromise.”
Amanpour on AC360 Later
Christiane Amanpour will join the AC360 Later panel on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week in New York. Be sure to turn in at 10pm ET on CNN and CNN International!
Putin's mindset, and what it has to do with Ukraine
For days, Ukrainians have been protesting in support of closer ties with the West, and a European free-trade deal. But Ukraine's president has rejected that deal, instead casting his lot with Russia - many say because of pressure from President Vladimir Putin.
What's going on?
Former Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov talks with CNN's Christiane Amanpour about the mindset of his former boss, Vladimir Putin, what it means for Ukraine - and Russia.
Food bridging Israeli, Palestinian divide
It's Thanksgiving in the U.S., and on this day of food indulgence it's hard not to notice the explosion of food and food culture around the world - not to mention the "celebrity chef."
Not only have Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi sold hundreds of thousands of copies of their new cookbook, "Jerusalem" - and wowed diners at their many restaurants - they bridge a political divide. Tamimi is Palestinian and Ottolenghi is Israeli.
Click above to watch Christiane Amanpour's interview with Tamimi and Ottolenghi.
FULL TRANSCRIPT: Ambassador Vitaly Churkin
EDITOR'S NOTE: Below is the transcript of Christiane Amanpour's full interview with Russian Ambassador to the U.N. Vitaly Churkin.
CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CNN HOST: Welcome to the program, Ambassador. Thanks for joining me.
VITALY IVANOVICH CHURKIN, PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION TO THE UNITED NATIONS: Thank you.
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