i think this did affect to mary mary how miracle viewed china. china was there for germany and china was there for europe during the europe crisis. and she, i don't think she's ever forgotten that politically and economically, it was all systems go. and then hamburg, trade was booming in both directions. it soon became part of china's massive belt and wrote infrastructure plan for china. all these trading investment also had profound strategic meaning for the development of its own economy and technologies . if you think about the 3 big industry areas within the 3 lead business areas in germany, it's machine building, it's automotive and it's of course, climate technology, all of which china wanted. they wanted to kind of innovative capacity that germany can deliver in terms of its are indeed german universities and research bodies jumped on the bandwagon tooth. there was huge growth in partnerships in science and technology. macros approach seem to be working at the gateway with china was proving to be a wonder drug helping to fix the euro. crisis. teaching germany's economy to the

i think people know a lot more by china now and how they view china has changed whether china cares about us. i still think that it wants the olympics to be a success and it's very important for china's and international image that the olympics it should be a success. so i think they, they definitely do care about it. one thing that i'm trying to think about is and contacts historical context out when have the games thing boycotted am and when have people talked about it and decided against it? boycotts are an interesting one. a lot. some people say that are just don't work at all and some people say that can actually make things happen. i mean, we saw that the boycott of south africa ultimately led to apartheid em, near the end of apartheid am and by isolating south africa that way, am with ad china because of its international power. am boycotting is very difficult because china holds a lot of the economic power so that people are loath to to go for a full boycott. i think boycott cambia effective. definitely. and indeed china boycotted the 1980 olympics in moscow. the u. s. lead boycot

what's next for china? and germany, you take a closer look at where this complex relationship is headed. plus cashing in on commode national park. indonesia wants to develop a real life jurassic park, but conservation is say, it puts the dragons in danger. ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us today. friday mark's 50 years of diplomatic relations between germany and the people's republic of china. 1972 bauder don't was still alive, and the cultural revolution was actually in full swing. a decade earlier, china had experienced one of the worst man made disasters in human history. a communist party produced famine that killed 25 to 35000000 people, if not more. how much things have changed? now, it is asia's great power. the world's 2nd largest economy with more billionaires than any other country in the world. it is the european union's largest trading partner, which puts germany at the center of this globally critical relationship. d. w. richard walker examines where things go from here, between berlin

produces, china produces three. the use of ai in life in china for things like facial record nation and other things is already widespread. they are the only country right now that has ethical regulations on the use of artificial intelligence. i think china is going to do white well in terms of adaptation -- quite well in terms of adaptation and integration into society. more broadly, i think a lot of people miss that artificial intelligence, or the intent of ai, is to remove humans from the workforce. that has always been the dream of ai. the long-term effects is going to be a fundamental change to the way we think of work, and the role of human labor and human capital in society. that is something that i think philosophically we will have to grapple with. rishaad: thank you so much. brett king from moven joining us. coming up, a look at china's latest covid outbreak, threatening economic growth. at the same time, the global supply chain as well. looking at that, on the way. this is bloomberg. ♪ rishaad: emerging

and china actually economy grew in china in the, during the pandemic. and now it's declining in the last quarter. so i think while the world now is dealing with on the kron in an open way at china might question it's 0 strategy. okay, we'll have to leave it there. would be talking about china and only call, i hope we're giving you plenty of food to fall to who have to come back next time until then. bye bye. and choose a with who. ah ah, it's vital, essential, important, and obviously healthy water. the motto is, drink lots of it, but it's not always good for you. to water also be harmful among refreshing answers to old water man. good shape. 30 minutes on d, w. o. to the dark side where intelligence agencies are pulling the strings, there was a before 911 and after 911, he says after 911, the clubs came off. where organized crime rules were conglomerates make their own laws? what's true, what's vague? it doesn't matter. the only criteria is worked, we'll hook people up. we shed light on the opaque world. who's behind the benefits. and why are they a th

china's bidi beat out china. the parent company of ali pei had grown into a giant. >> from the china perspective, jack ma was a huge threat. >> only days before antwerp was officially about to launch -- >> they put the brakes on the ipa. this is a stunning turn of events. >> all of a sudden, everything came to a screeching halt. >> by all reporting, president xi jinping personally intervened by stopping it is ipo from going forward. >> were growing resources still reeling? >> there were growing questions about china's billionaire jack ma. >> where is ma? >> ma had given a speech accusing regulators of stifling innovation only ten days before ant's planned ipo. >> you can't do that. if xi believed he could challenge the chinese leadership and ultimately the party itself, then the entire edifice of control in china was amiss. >> they had convinced other tech companies to grow largely unregulated for a decade. they had created the wild west in which the government had little say. >> they have perceived to have masse

do you think china is in a position to do that? >> i do think china is in a position to do it. whether they do it or not is another question. we are talking about, when restrictions are gradually removed, ensuring that people are safe so they have the high-quality face masks they need, which china should certainly be able to provide, and that ventilation is improved. ventilation in places of work and manufacturing centers, but also homes, restaurants, bars, theaters, and so on. that is going to require effort making sure proper ventilation is in place and ensuring that people do you always wear high-quality facemasks. with omicron it is so transmissible that it is typical to maintain a zero covid policy. we see 1.5% of the population in lockdown and that is with only 200 or 300 reported cases a day. there are probably even more cases than are being reported as omicron spreads. it will get harder to maintain that zero covid policy. >> we were talking about the areas affected by the continuing presence of the virus. the industrial city of tianjin is going into its third week. how

the china policy also include of course, the carbon emissions agenda. china repeatedly stress pledges to peak carbon emission by 2030 and then trolley by 20. 60 will certainly continue to follow how those policies play out in the new year. boom bus. kristi, i thank you for your insight gift and we can't talk about the problem of ram, but inflation without touching on how people are expected to pay for the rising cost of goods. the pressure is being felt over in the united kingdom as manufacturing industry group make u k release data. on monday from a recent survey which found only 2 percent of companies involve had frozen pay this year. the same survey last year found about a 3rd of respondents had done so, and the majority of pay increases have been around 2 to 3 percent well below what the inflation rate is currently which is sitting above 5 percent expected to get much worse in the u. k, the high end for wage increases is 14 percent, but that is few and far between. as of now, this all comes amid the backdrop of skilled labor shortage. a minimum wage increase and depending tax incr

can china maintain it? zill covered strategy. the handful of infections is enough to trigger new lockdown restrictions on travel. how will leaders in beijing view the followed on the economy and the lives of one and a half 1000000000 chinese? this is inside story. ah, ah, hello and welcome to the program, rob madison. how many countries have abandoned the aim of stopping all covered 19 infections? as the on the chronic delta variance was spread across the world, most governments have avoided re imposing locked ons and travel dance, but not in china. where the corona virus was 1st detected in 2019, china's 1st locally transmitted alma con case was found in beijing where the winter olympics start in less than 3 weeks. now that's prompted health workers to seal off the patients residential, compound, and workplace with our colleagues. still inside a 130 kilometers away in change in 20 infections triggered mass testing for the whole population of 14000000 people. another 13000000 in g and remained stuck in their homes after a handful

then china has decision. i can say i'll give up to live to fight another way or i can try to escalate this. they lost in the immediate battle and they can do that, they could blow some tankers in the middle east but have probably not matter that much. or they could see launch nuclear strikes in america in we're really going to be angry and we can impose costs back on them by then that context it will be the ones are been what i think of as the burden of escalation. they are going to seem like the aggressor and the bad guy and we will be, fdr talked about our righteous might or the flashing sort of anger or vengeance i should say. that's not going to end well for them either. that kind of mixture is the right for emphasizing to his right strategy plus the right strategy for the american people. we can't have a strategy that relies on acceptance risks with a think about how we would get there. >> we're going to go to audience questions next. i want to hit you with one more because of one mature we talked about

and china actually economy grew in china in the, during the pandemic. and now it's declining in the last quarter. so i think while the world now is dealing with on the kron in an open way at china might question it 0 strategy will have to leave it there, would be talking about china and only call, i hope we're giving you plenty of food to fall to who have to come back next time until then. bye bye, and choose a with who a good legal gold mine. as far as the, i can see, mozambique, city money, money, national park is on the verge of collapse. the provincial government no wants to step in with reconnaissance and mining licenses, but we'll work global 3030 minutes on d. w. a under pressure. joe biden's 1st year in america. good is back. now. he's being evaluated against his promises. what has he been able to accomplish so far? how do americans feel about him today? an unflinching analysis of a still deeply divided country. that's not america. in 75 minutes on d w. oh. well go to the dark side where intelligence agencies are pulling the strings. there was a

china is dealing with at the moment and i think china will do everything in its power to try and contain and not lead to an outbreak during the olympics uh as well as um we kind of have a perfect storm situation because we have the lunar chinese lunar new year that is on one february which is usually the period of the highest migration in china. and even though the chinese government has advised everyone to stay at home and not travel and they are taking a lot of precautions for the olympics are fencing off all facilities and athletes are being uh ferried to the campus and having everyday a test and if you're vaccinated you don't need to quarantine. but um all the precautions are in place. but i think with every single amit cron case that arrives in china, um every single case will um weekend xi jinping's zero covid policy and i think that in the future we can, as you said before, we can only slow down on micron. but i think china will stick as uh with the zero covid policy for as long as it can. can i come first. but i just wonder, you know, a lot of people must be listening to this kin

i think we should continue to press hard to designate and describe china, communist china as a genocidal nation. i think that's powerful i would agree. going forward and really emphasizing the genocide is going to be impactful. i've got questions coming in from the audience so i want to give them a chance to be heard. let me throw this question out to any of you or any of you three who would like to take a shot at this. in many respects, beijing's selection as host of the 2022 olympic games was the decision of the ioc which has maintained a path of conciliatory approach towards china. are there any actions that we are our allies couldtake to ensure due diligencefrom the ioc in the future . any thoughts , any insights ? >> i'm happy to take a crack at it. unfortunately the international olympic committee although not entirely impervious to international pressure has driven itself to completely unfaithful actors. as was as fine as was mentioned earlier in the case of the chinese tennis star we saw the president of the international olympic committee aiding and abetting in the chinese parti

why we're seeing that change from china morning, rob, i think china has several priorities here. the 1st one is, is, is energy security. it's an obsession with china as well as with most government and complex down as a key part in the ensuring the china as an oil and natural gas. one fist of its natural gas, comes from context on or through context on past quanch's. if it's all coming through there, so they need as much stability as possible there. and i think another thing which change then is the fact that russia intervened. russia and china hubs, what you call it best, a fraction relationship. but at the moment it's a solid. is it going to ever be on there? i think the fact that russia was able to intervene meant that china was able to be a bit more vocal and how it felt about what was going on there. and also, as it was mentioned in the word, the word in the report, the words color revolution can have a chilling effect in china because it's always afraid of a popular uprising over throwing power. so once overturning its government in china . so once you have words like, dash

now this is a significant global public image event for, for china and china's global image. essentially embedded with that, but it's also embedded in with the way that it's handling a covert. if they did, the spread is not limited. if it's not contained, what could have impact you think that's going to have on china's global image when it's been so adamant that is going to maintain a covered 0 policy? i think china is facing this dilemma because it has been closing the border for so long, although now it allows more athletes and relevant personnel to come in with athletes . it's do very close the country now compared to what we had 2 years ago. so the policy side, so the central government in china are making will have a different image from before because miscommunication happens in this situation. we have saying. busy i'll quote the words of some of my foreign friends, the accidents of foreigners from china, because either they haven't been seeing their family for 2 years, they just have to. and the cost of that would be they need to leave their job in china, or they stay,

anyway, china also says hi, join my partner, china, you're part of china. i don't think people should judge without all effect before them. if people have not done for research and do not know what's really going on, they should not get on the high horse and points a finger at others. i don't believe in pointing fingers and so righteousness. well, you have answered my question, have you ever raised an eyebrow about the human rights vacuum that exists on the mainland? have you that's not my business to point a finger at the situation in the meantime. you know, my business as a hong kong legislator is. ringback to look after the human rights situation and the welfare of my people. and one of the most important rights of hong kong people is to write the rights to quit hosting. that's priority number one for me as while community at the moment. if you want to an example regina emp, of rights being road back in hong kong look no further than last month, new style election to your legislative council, which was announced by china's parliament last march. china's

in china, there are very few. and china's commitment to its zero covid strategy remains as strong as ever. translation: china's overall situation remains stable - and regional clusters of locally transmitted cases can be effectively controlled within a short period of time. and this is what effective control means in practice. they discovered three asymptomatic cases — three — and that is led, within a very short period of time to a city with overi million people being shutdown. zero covid means lockdowns. it means testing on a huge scale. it means disinfecting public transport ahead of a busy travel season. it means quarantine camps for those suspected of having covid. as well as that, officials are warning against ordering things from overseas. they believe omicron may have arrived in beijing via infected mailfrom canada. there is even a hamster cull in hong kong after cases were traced to a pet shop. the virus may have first been identified in china but, as you can see, it very much wants to keep it out now

as you pointed out, china, i mean the c, c. p is breaking international law national sovereignty of at least 120 countries as their official statements. point out on a regular basis. what we've documented in this report is that the campaign staff started in 2014, reinforced in 2015 and again in 2018 fox hunt. and then claim that the so called anti corruption campaign where anti corruption is to be taken very broadly, basically hunting, chasing dissidence activists. a growing number of people trying to flee china as official numbers indicate everywhere in the world. now instead of using official legal mechanisms, which obviously we document that they're increasingly trying to do it using the support system, trying to expedite it or to for that. however, the majority of people and we're talking over 10000 people that have been written since operation fuck 10 started in 2014, according to official data by the chinese government. because the majority of these people are returned to so called a regular means. now that irregular mean

where is china? number one, an official ideology, china is ruled by an official marxist ideology with so-called chinese characteristics. two, a single political party led by one man. well, there is one and only one party in china, the communist party led by one and only one man, who has been elevated to the status of a demagogue like mao. three, a second police. beijing depends upon a police force supervised by the communist party and directed against all so-called enemies of the regime. in point of fact, the national network of forced labor camps still exists in china and is populated by untold numbers of political prisoners. number four, party control of mass communications. through the 90 million members and unlimited budget, the c.c.p. controls all means of mass communications, especially the social media. the majority of the china people know only what they read or see or hear on a government-run media. for them, for example, there is no such thing as the tiananmen square massacre. number five,

another example of how china works. and it is important to point out, by the way, china is not expecting these political figures to walk with them on every single issue. they have a concept in their intelligence service that loosely translated means, big help, with little bad mouth. in other words as long as you them -- help them on lit big things that matter to them. another individual is feinstein the chairman of senate intelligence commenty, her husband has done millions of dollars of deals in china. bugg. and her husband was a partner with that chinese firm it say serious, deep problem on both sides of the aisle. mark: an eye-opening book, "red-handed" by peter swiez schweizer, a fantastic a allergies don't have to be scary. spraying flonase daily stops your body from overreacting to allergens all season long. psst! psst! flonase all good. (vo) verizon is going ultra! and so is manny! event planning with our best business unlimited plan ever! with 5g ultra wideband now in many more cities and up to 10 times the spee

and china actually economy grew in china in the, during the pandemic. and now it's declining in the last quarter. so i think while the world now is dealing with on the kron in an open way at china might question it's 0 strategy. to leave it there would be talking about china and only chrome. i hope we've given you plenty of food to fall to who have to come back next time until then. bye bye, and choose a with who ah, for the battle against cove, it the only variant is putting healthcare systems around the world to the test vaccination campaigns. are accelerating while restrictions are intensifying once again. but are these measures enough to stop the spread of omicron, fax, data and reports? coven, 19 special? in 30 minutes on d. w. welcome to the dark side, where intelligence agencies are pulling the strings. there was a before 911 and an after 911. he says after $911.00, the clubs came off. where organized crime rules were conglomerates and make their own laws. they invade our private lives through surveillance. hidden opaque, secretive. what's true,

why is this not a viable legal rule for china? so one thing is they state that they use a regular means is illegal, means for 4 countries where you know exhibition may be difficult where there may be no willingness to sign extradition. treaty to sign traditional corporation trade is now 1st of all, this is a lie because, you know, over 30 percent of the cases that we've documented and these are only the tip of the iceberg, have taken place in countries where such agreements are in place. but obviously, because of the solar system within china, they're facing increasing difficulties to have people expedited because you know, there's been mass accounts and also by you and bodies, clearly stating of the torture going on arbitrary the tension and force disappearances. the certainty of an unfair trial if extradited to china increasing you are facing these difficulties. obviously it's much easier to actually harass, threaten or even outright take people and bring them back to china. through these irregular means, you talked about about

china will continue to expand. steadily advanced institutional opening up that conveys rules and standards. deliver national treatment for foreign businesses and promote high-quality cooperation. with the entry of the regional comprehensive economic partnership agreement on the first of january this year, china will faithfully fulfill its obligations and deepen economic and trade ties with other parties. china will also continue to work for the joining of the comprehensive and progressive agreement for transpacific partnership and the digital economy partnership agreement, with a view to further integrating into the regional and global economy and achieving mutual benefit and win-win results. china will stay committed to ecological conservation. as i have said any times, we should never grow the economy at the cost of resource depletion and environmental degradation. which is like draining a pond to get fish. nor should we sacrifice growth to protect the environment, which is like climbing a tree to catch fish. gui

and china actually economy grew in china in the, during the pandemic. and now it's declining in the last quarter. so i think while the world now is dealing with on the kron in an open way, china might question it theory strategy. ok, we'll have to leave it there will be talking about china and only call i hope we give you plenty of food to fall to who have to come back next time until then. bye bye. with who? ah, thank you for the rain that this time it destroys cassie's house and fields. climate change has become an existential threat for the canyon farmer. now it's time to act. his mission takes in all the way to the speaking podium of the world climate conference. in 15 minutes on d w. well, the ones who have cavities just aledo. so i don't know is africa's most prominent environmental activist, the nigerian conservationists permission is to educate the entire continent about the catastrophic effects of climate change. a message that she regards as especially important for the youth eco africa, 90 minutes on d, w. o. and what interest? the global eco

we know that it came from china. nancy pelosi has steadfastly refused for two years to even allow a single congressional hearing on the origins of covid and how it came from china. shy has performed other services as well. john boehner, republican former speaker of the house, when he was speaker of the house, blocked legislation, it was crucial to china, they wanted passed. it passed through senate on bipartisan senate it would pass u.s. house on bipartisan base, he refused the speaker to allow it to be even brought on the floor, when he left the speaker ship he joined a lobbying firm in washington that happens to be lobbies firm for the chinese government, they have a contract with embassy of china, their job to provide in their terms, a political intelligence for issues related to u.s. defense budget and other issues. boehner is now a strategic adviser to this firm, they have offices in china. he is neck deep in this firm, and another example of how china works, important to point out. china is not expecting the po

but not in china, where the corona virus was 1st detected in 2019. china's 1st locally transmitted on a con case was found in beijing where the winter olympics start in less than 3 weeks. now that's prompted health workers to seal off the patients residential, compound, and workplace with our colleagues. still inside a 130 kilometers away in change in 20 infections triggered mass testing for the whole population of 14000000 people. another 13000000 into an remained stuck in their homes after a handful of infections was detected 3 weeks ago. videos and social media have showed long queues for food. china's leaders are urging everyone to avoid traveling for traditional celebrations at the start of the lunar new year. but kenneth has more from hong kong, lead up to the olympic games and the lunar new year travel, the largest migration in the world. there have been several cur, on the chrome cases, a in that region tinge in being the focus of the outbreak containment control in the area. one case in beijing, which is near some olympic venues as well. so that's prompted whole range of new

new pressure on china tech. investors changed the channel on netflix after its new customer forecast disappoints. shares plunging after hours. haidi: let's get straight to the start of trading in sydney. it's looking like a downcast day as sydney stocks extending the weeks that -- gain. we are seeing 3/10 of 1% lower when it comes to the staggered open. a pullback in oil weighing on energy stocks. we are trading the lowest in seven months when it comes to kiwi stocks. the aussie dollar was outperformer. we saw dollar strength edging higher. this is the picture when it comes to chicago nikkei futures. the alert level for covid-19 for tokyo has been raised to the highest amid expectations of us like going into next week. -- a spike going into next week. shery: in china, there is a lot of debate as to whether the countries covid strategy and latest outbreak poses a risk to supply chain. the biden administration is monitoring real-time data from businesses operating in china to determine the impact the u.s.. our coa

no, china's hold on going to rain, but china is able also to, to talk the screws on it side. i mean, you've seen that with your people with international companies and the issues that when i, when one company try to, to avoid a call to them, to use them from st. john's. because it said if you could use them both later, can. so john, i need to be sure to be complaint against the company. so that means that business will be all more effective and efficient, especially the post covered crisis situation, which will be facing soon might than just not want to to, to make the economic situation worse. for the country, so this will be a good question for all european countries. actually to, to answer arianna reimers with the mayor carter institute for china studies. we appreciate your time, your insights tonight. thank you. was i'm sad. news to report denied the ground breaking actor sidney point he has died at the age of $94.00. he was the 1st black person to win the best actor award. best oscar for the 1963 film lilies of the field. he inspired a generation during the civil rights

not in china in chinese legal coach lounge. you know, basically yes, the authorities to basically yeah, i china doesn't have that issue because they can just exercise eminent domain and people out of their fields. i'm not saying that's good, but it definitely enabled, you know, the development of that now. 2013 china had built 10000 kilometers of high speed rail, just about the total amount currently in use in the whole of europe. and it doesn't have to worry about profitability. many lines are running at huge operating losses . why? politics? of course, i think the numbers for themselves, it's not economically viable in the near term or even the medium term there's gotta be something else going on. right. and i think that thinking of those hinterlands of china, like changing into bat that you mentioned is you know, more part of belton road initiative type of program with, you know, clear geopolitical goals alongside economic one, china's high feed story has been so successful that trains could actually dominate commercial trav

the, china's story is nowhere near the end. the country is aiming to double its high speed network by 2035, taking 827-0000 kilometers of trucks. as if that weren't enough, the government recently made a big splash or on the roll out of its fastest maglev train. you heard that right? magnetic levitation which goes up to 600 kilometers an hour. it's the world's fastest land vehicle. so can other countries do the same it will not in my life. i mean, the biggest issue in europe is the fragmentation, different approaches with blink is all looking at the right bit and not seeing the big picture, or it has its own rail agency, but it has no legal power to regulate projects or enforce deadlines. this makes cross border coordination of schedules and fairs. kind of a mass. ah say you wanted to go from madrid to rome by high speed train. you need 4 different ones to get there. barcelona paris tour and then rome. the whole chip will take you over 49 hours and you'll have to book each like separately from different providers. ah, shanghai

— sense the current situation is good for china? thank you for havin: good for china? thank you for having me _ good for china? thank you for having me on. _ good for china? thank you for having me on. my— good for china? thank you for i having me on. my understanding is that the current situation, if it is not too bad for china because if you look at it from the chinese perspective, much of the us focus during the barn administration has been on the strategic competition with china. right now with the developments in ukraine there has been a lot more us attention as well as western intention on russia, ukraine and the west. this temporarily leaves from the tension that was currently focused on china. but i think your question also is too if situations to escalate and if we do see a russian invasion of ukraine or a conflict over ukraine, that could put china in a much more difficult spot. i5 could put china in a much more difficult spot.— difficult spot. is there a sense that _ difficult spot. is there a sense that china - difficult spot. is there a sense that chin

and let me ask you a question about china. i mean, could china's economic worries be beneficial? do you think to smaller economies? because cobra 19 indeed has highlighted the risk of concentrating supply chains in china, hasn't it? of course. and i mean, latin america has a huge role to play for potential near shoring for us manufacturers. right. and that was the buzzword since the beginning of the pandemic, right? could companies relocate to the region, but that doesn't come, you know, without its own challenges around logistical infrastructure, around human rights issues, which are also prevalent in latin america and around the cost of doing business in the region and the bureaucracy and overcoming some of those country risks of investing in latin america. so of course there's, you know, a strong emphasis from words and governments, particularly those with very close commercial links to the united states and with existing manufacturing infrastructure to increase on that. but this will be a very uneven development in terms of which countries from benefits or not from near assur

so much of our culture has been bought off by communist china regime, you can't say anything like a china virus. the spanish virus, but talk about a white dominant society, but when you talk about communist chinese regime, that is what it is, but you, not allowed to talk about that, how can you talk about the threat? with putin there is a bizarre love relationship between putin and certain percentage of our politicos who think he is a cool guy, a tough guy. he is a killer. he is a killer who killed his way to the top. he is corrupt. he wants to hold on to power and reestablish the old soviet union, this was defeated during the cold war, why should we defend the ukraine? i don't know. or belgium, italy? france? great britain, they are all the way over there, all the way over there after all, how many wars started in lawrence, kansas? i don't know of any, do you? how many wars? in joplin, missouri? none they can think of. no. the wars are overseas, they have a way of reaching into the united states the fact of the matter is, china, russia, and they are not alone, are building militaries aga

states which include russia, of course, on china. i just going to say, here, allow this to keep on going before they start to militarily engage with the warships, nato nations ascending to all these places and, and armaments. i don't see the shanghai corporation organization, wonderful organization that is actually challenging the power united states. and it's obviously a bit of an arm wrestle going on at the moment about control of the c lanes in the south china sea and so on. that's principally between the united states and china and, and as well, those 2 countries will have to decide what level of competition they're ready to engage in. and how much further they're willing to go. the 1st one is actually taiwan. and again, let's hope that has been assigned to say that a peaceful solution to i don't see major deep disagreement can be found, but i don't see united states wandering around the world destabilizing places in the south china sea. it is protecting international see ways which are open to everyone. i mean, some believe in t

number four is china at home. firms will face an increasingly difficult environment in china. the task of keeping both washington and beijing happy. perhaps we can extend it further, the task of keeping an aggressive consumer in america happy and a nationalistic one in china happy too. how tough will that be? elizabeth: it is a significant and growing challenge. many companies are trying to navigate a growing sense that not only do you have companies, not only do they need to be concerned about national security issues, which have long been a presence in u.s. foreign economic policy, to ensure companies are exporting technology that can be used by other countries. but now, increasingly, we are dealing with human rights issues as well. human rights abuses. it is important in the context of china, where we see a very repressive regime from xi jinping. we have over a million chinese citizens in labor and reeducation camps, against their will. how does american business respond to this? i think congress and the biden administration are taking a tough line on it. you are finding am

due to the epidemic control in many parts of china. at the same time, china is facing nomic headwinds, including the shrinking population of poverty sector, slow down their local government debt. it's a big challenge for the authorities to boost market confidence while maintain the 0 cov it strategy. we've been hearing about the concern there is outside of china about what impact it's measures could have on global trade exactly. what sort of effect could it have? well, china, us economy has been the main local motive of global growth in the last few years. and china is likely to remain the world's leading exporter for the near future, with strong external demand for things like consumer electronics, furniture, and other home comforts. but now millions of small and family owned private on businesses have crumbled. during the pandemic, we could expect renew disruption of supply chains. and the slowing chinese economy would certainly be a new hit to the global recovery. and if the slow down were to be serious enough, some experts worried

china center. i am sure the admiral will have much to say about to u.s. china relation. he has published 10 books on leadership, the oceans, maritime affairs, latin america. we will get to some of these topics during our wide reaching conversations today. his most recent book which i read, was cowritten with elliott ackerman it is gauging, sobering, global war. we will talk about and which i have here. i want everyone of you to read it. i am delighted that not only do we have our usual attendance here, i welcome in our audience from c-span. this is being shown live today and thank you for joining us as well. before we get into the big issues of the day, let me begin with a couple of questions about your leadership. you have a chance in your career to command hundreds of thousands of people, tell us a little bit about where you get your inspiration and what leaders brought you forward, gave you a sense of leadership that you wanted to impart on the people that you worked with and tell us what you think is important traits are. thank you and welcome to the show. james: tha