however, i truly believe he will visit china because visiting china, engage with china with the united states is good. not only just one, china, it is good, absolutely about the states, and it is a good positive development for world peace and development. so, if it doesn't go to china, we all need you. and americans will also suffer the consequences. if china, the united states, do not engage with each other and if they do not eventually get along with each other, there will be no peace for mankind. so let's do the only responsible thing that is to promote peace and getting along the teacher of the united states. rather than that. crazy general can you believe it is not only a general, he's a commander, although ability falls of the u. s. air force. how can every general in the united states talk about the war between china, the united states, right? a war between china and the united states will get it. does he want to destroy home and say ok, i'll have to leave it there. thank you so much for joining us. i know, claim victor gallon. xena leoni, we thank you for your time. thanks for

in the south china sea? well, it's hard to say that, oh, there's a new way here, or we're dealing with the old challenge because on the one hand, the challenge from chinese and evolving challenge as far as the philippines is concerned, we're not only facing fritz in the south china sea area where we hop dirt, or least we china, but now the invasion of taiwan is increasing probability, right. and there even discussions of that happening within the coming years if not come decades. so now the philippines is also worried about the potential ramifications of a chinese invasion or any kind of serious minutes. our operations against taiwan, which by to weight is separated from the philippines by a very narrow straight. so the threat from chinese not as not evolving and at the same time, the philippines strategies also adjusting accordingly. so the market junior administration policy is on like any of the previous administration, is your administration precise because it's friendly or to china than previous liberal

what are areas, as you stand up china house and see u.s. china policy. where areas that might be most likely to find some cooperation for the good of our countries in the good of the world. >> so the one that we talk about the most, starting with the one that senator hagerty mentioned, which is counter narcotics, which is quite critical for all the reasons we cannot meet the challenge on climate unless china is working with the rest of the world. cli. unless china is working with the rest of the world. i am glad that they have reopened communications between their envoy and special presidential on boy for climate, john kerry, i hope that conversation can carry on even in this very difficult time. we have talked about working together on global health, which may sound sort of strange given that the chinese have been very protective of their data and to no sequencing on covid-19. i know that there is great concern about here about the origins of covid-19, which remains not resolved yet by the intelligence community either. i would urge any briefings you mi

to the south china sea. and china has responded with some crippling restrictions on strike exports to china. you know, said the relations have really gone downhill very quickly as a, as a direct result of the government in camber operating under the instructions of washington. india and china will be the major drivers of global growth this year with their economies accounting for more than half of the increases. that's what's being predicted by a new report by the international monetary fund. the rest of asia is expected to make up for the quarter of the growth. these developments are helping improve prospects across the region with gross set to accelerate to 4.7 percent this year up from 3.8 percent in 2022. this will make it by far the most dynamic of the world's major regions, and a bright spot in slowing global economy. and improvements from the challenges world markets face back in 2022, such as shipping disruptions. unfair, due to the pandemic accounts for the rosie pitcher, according to the i m f. the

u is very important to china, but is china a viable partner for the you? when it comes to helping end the war and ukraine? will china say 8 wants peace, but of course china and the european union have taken very different approaches. china has not sanctioned russia, it's not even giving any sort of credit, right? right, condemnation of most go over the invasion of ukraine. but the fact is, it's very seen as a very big important geopolitical actor. so the hoss to keep talking to china about this at least thought the line from you officials and it has been brought up in several e, u, china meetings over the past year. but certainly european union looking on, i think, with a degree of concern alarm when it comes to china's ties with russia and hide the those could emerge over the coming days. because as we heard from a, as joe biden, reportedly touching, don't in key if will one g, china, it's taught diplomat, is reportedly expected in russia. and china says 8 is going to come up with its own peace proposals for peace in ukraine. i think we can expect those w

is spying on china. china is spying on u.s.. this is something that is just part of international relations. it can be healthy because if major countries know what they're doing, there is less room for miscalculation when it comes to tension and conflict. that does not mean countries should not take prudent steps to guard against it, but it really is all part of the game. it should not be the occasion for massive overreaction or for demonizing other countries. that goes for china as well. china sort of hitting back at united states, but this is something the united states -- as ever but he knows, the united states has been spying on china for many years and doing so probably more with surveillance satellites than balloons. i think the important thing here is not lose sight of how crucial it is the two most powerful countries in the world avoid a trajectory toward really serious conflict that they were on and the meeting between xi jinping and joe biden last november seems to give a respite from that. it is important to return to

and if the us is china relations -- us-china - valuable. and if the us is china relations -- us-china relationsj valuable. and if the us is china - relations -- us-china relations were relations —— us—china relations were looking... how might one get them back on track? this looking. .. how might one get them back on track?— back on track? this is one of the really unfortunate _ back on track? this is one of the really unfortunate assets, - back on track? this is one of the i really unfortunate assets, because secretary blinken was slated to do have discussion with the chinese leadership. two major powers like the united states and china, that have so many ways where we're tied economically, this sets us back. it's very unfortunate. whether it was a clear provocation, not clear. whether it was a mistake and got away from them, possible. whether it was totally an accident and not planned, that's also possible too, and it's incumbent upon the chinese to explain the situation. it gives them a chance for the united states and china to t

it is not in china's interests to have more americans see in china as an enemy. and the timing is particularly bad because china, this spring, after the end of the zero covid policy, really wants to focus on its domestic development, its demographic crisis, a whole series of economic crises, and china had been looking for a sort of timeout from friction with the united states. so this appears to fly in the face of that. one possible answer is bureaucratic incompetence. did some agency of the chinese government move without getting the full sign—up? that is possible, there is incompetence there as there is here. other than that, it is sheer speculation. do they want to send a message to the people of the united states thatjust as our flights and cruise around taiwan, what china sees as its sovereign territory, threatens them, they see it as a threat, but that is sheer speculation. it really doesn't make sense that china would do something which damages its own interests right now. how important was the us secretary of state's trip, which has now been cancelled?

china relations. robert daly other wilson center talks the fallout of the chinese spy balloon, taiwan, and concerns of beijing and moscow. that conversation coming up next. later on, lance morrow talks about his new book “the noise of typewriters: remembering journalism.” those conversations coming up on the "washington journal". ♪ >> tonight on q&a, history professor matthew connelly talks about the increase in u.s. government secrecy from what role to today -- from world war ii to today. >> these are all topics over the years i've tried to research on and every single time you find is what you would like to know is still classified. when i look more closely 10 years ago, i found there are departments depending on -- departments even after 25 years when they are supposed to declassify this information, what you find 90% of the time they find some reason not to release this information. >> matthew connelly tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span q&a. you can listen to q&a and all of our podcasts on ou

china has been over the horizon, and now china is right overhead. and so this is going to spread the bad china narrative that has been gaining more adherence not only here in the us but in canada, in the uk and europe. people are going to see this in a more personal way, and it is going to give a sense of urgency to those parts of the american government and military and in congress that are determined to counter and condemn and weaken china if they can, and so i think the bigger impact is that it lends more credence to that broad accusation about the nature of the chinese government. yes, it is quite interesting, isn't it? that it was visible with the naked eye so people could film it with their smartphones. if it was a spy balloon, why would they want to do something so blatant and so unnerving for the members of the public in the us, as you say? so, this is a key question. it is not in china's interests to have more americans seeing china as an enemy. and the timing is particularly bad because china, this spring, after the end of the zero—covid

now, is that because china doesn't like, doesn't want the nfl or the nfl doesn't want china? right now i'd have to say it's china probably cool to the nfl. i think any sports league would want in for those 1.4 billion sets of eyeballs, right, and that additional market. i'm not sure how china feels about the nfl. i would like to recommend to the nfl, if i may be so bold, not to start that relationship because it doesn't look good right now, and they might want to disentangle themselves before they get too involved. and again, what do you have to compromise when you are, again, beholden to that country that count want you saying anything concern doesn't don't want you saying anything negative about it? maria: disney removed the simpson's episode with forced labor reference in hong kong. obviously, espn and disney has the relationship with disney parks in china as well. your thoughts on, again, corporate america, the walt disney company so entangled with communist china at a time that it's worrisome of our national security. >> it's really disappointing. not only for our nation

i was in china december 8, exactly the day china started the reopening. it's amazing to see how quickly domestic consumption has been accelerated as a result. two think about china. one, we do see china returning to stronger growth as beneficial for china and also for asia and the world. china, last year, for the first time in 40 years, was not a contributor to increasing global growth. they actually grew slower than the world economy. this year this will change. we expect 520% growth from china. versus a 2.94% average for the world. the second important observation. so far it is driven primarily by domestic consumption. why is this relevant? because, domestic consumption versus export means that there would be less pressure on commodity prices that otherwise there could have been. why is this important for the world? because that would be helpful if china does not generate more inflation as a result of higher demand for energy and commodities. so, if china states that course of domestic consumption being the main driver of growth this year, next year, it

so china's foreign policy, the main focus is us china relations and how china will deal with the united states in the years to come. [30 china will deal with the united states in the years to come. do you think this is — states in the years to come. do you think this is sort _ states in the years to come. do you think this is sort of _ states in the years to come. do you think this is sort of a _ states in the years to come. do you think this is sort of a definitive - think this is sort of a definitive position in the past the rhetoric from china husband look, we are being neutral, we want peace. we don't want an escalation of the war. has that changed you think by saying that russia and china are now closer to each other�*s i that russia and china are now closer to each other"— to each other's i don't think it's a significant _ to each other's i don't think it's a significant change _ to each other's i don't think it's a significant change in _ to each other's i don't think it's a significant change in terms - to each other's i don't think it's a significant change in terms of. t

what is china up to? >> well, this is why we have our select committee on china that was outlined by speaker mccarthy as one of his top goals for this congress. mike gallagher of wisconsin is going to chair that and we're going to look at all of china's strategies and determine the best ways for the united states to counter those. what you say about the border is true. this is a failure of the biden administration generally to let in millions of people who are claiming s asylum and let them into the country without surveillance or monitoring whatsoever. so that's a challenge. i think the biggest issues is how do we counter china economically, militarily and i did blow 3459ic -- diplomatically when xi jinping is having a genocide in his own country against uyghur citizens, he's having business people disappear, he's cracked down and closed hong kong. hethreatening taiwan. this is not a mature global leader who is a member at the u.n. who is a responsible person in addition to buying all of russia's oil so

members days acknowledge that there is only one china and power on this part of china. or they want to trample this very sacred important policy or principle are which forbes a part of china sovereignty and territorial integrity. they want to urge ad support no separatist movements in taiwan. they want to break away from china. they want to treat taiwan as a sovereign, independent separatist, a country from china. this is truly violating the one china policy. it is a direct a front to channel sovereignty and territorial integrity. and ever since the outbreak of the special military or operations on the war, ukraine, the united states and its close allies, are basically claiming that china will invade at high wildman o, whereby eat reality pie whiteness part of china and the unification of taiwan is the beggar trend and whatever that may eventually happen will not be called a invasion or aggression, for example, by any stretch of the imagination into or be part of the chinese people's re. notification are therefore, i think foreign minister king can't strongly condemns s

but china lashed out at the u. s. condemning a cold war mentality. sugar cabinet is an ancient as glance tensions in the right in and in dangerous peace and stability if you go down to remain vigilant and avoid being used by the u. s. u leah. this is a site that will do little to say to obey james nerves. yen stoughton bag, chief of the north atlantic military pac nathan meeting with south korean. and japanese leaders recently. his visit to an air base, part of a bed to strengthen ties with asian democracies. as fears of a potential conflict between china and taiwan, grew stronger. blake, as seen from beijing's point of view lord austin onions. shelton begs visits to the region on exactly confidence building measures that china was perhaps looking forward. you'd be right in saying that might not be the message that vision wants to hear, but i think it's entirely fair for our secretary austin, to visit us tree allies and to read forth those relationships, particularly when south korea has been subjected to considera

u is very important to china, but is china a viable partner for the you? when it comes to helping end the war and ukraine? will china say 8 wants peace, but of course china and the european union have taken very different approaches. china has not sanctioned russia, it's not even giving any sort of outright condemnation of moscow over the invasion of ukraine. but the fact is, it's of a scene is a very big important geopolitical actor. so the hoss to keep talking to china about this at least, thought the line from you officials and it has been brought up in several e, u, china meetings over the past year. but certainly european union looking on, i think, with a degree of concern the alarm when it comes to china's ties with russia and hide the those could emerge over the coming days. because as we heard from asia, as joe biden, reportedly touching, don't in key, if will one ye, china, it's taught diplomat, is reportedly expected in russia. and china says 8 is going to come up with its own piece proposals for peace in ukraine. i think we can expect those will

we see china considering this. we've not seen them cross that line, so i think it's important that we make clear as i did this evening in my meeting with wang lee, that this is something that is of deep concern to us, and i made clear the importance of not crossing that line and the fact that it would have serious consequences in our own relationship, something that we do not need on top of the balloon incident of china's engagement. >> what kind of consequences are you talking about? what did you share with him? >> i'm not going to get into that, but i can again tell you that this is something that president biden has raised directly with president xi. >> and have you -- if he's raised it directly with president xi, so this is not new, this warning here, it looks like so far they've not heeded the warnings? >> no. again, this is something that president biden has shared with president xi almost going back to day one of the russian aggression against ukraine. they spoke two weeks into the russian aggression, back l

he is saying, essentially, if china is neutral, china's objective, if china wants to encourage a dialogue then that works well but then ukraine has to be part of it. i think by suggesting he would have a meeting with xi jinping he is essentially putting his own front foot forward in a positive way by saying that he wants to take part in whatever dialogue china is willing to sponsor. now, of course, it will be up to china to decide whether they respond to his message positively and invite him either in person or on screen for a direct talk with xijinping. person or on screen for a direct talk with xi jinping._ talk with xi jinping. that's interesting _ talk with xi jinping. that's interesting so _ talk with xi jinping. that's interesting so you - talk with xi jinping. that'sj interesting so you actually talk with xi jinping. that's - interesting so you actually think that if, and i appreciate it's a big if, if this meeting was to take place, it could actuallyjust be online. i place, it could actually 'ust be online. ~ . ., , online. i think that that is possible- _ online. i think that tha

china is trying to have it both ways in this president refuses to call china an adversary. he keeps calling them a competitor. >> if you believe china is going to help you i have a great bridge in brooklyn i tell you, france is a competitor, china is an adversary and we have to recognize that in things matter when you mention them and you put a name on it we need to fully understand where china is coming from they want to control the western and eastern pacific as well and basically deny us access where they could take the first island chain which includes taiwan china is not a friend and the sooner we realize that in the national level the better off or get to be. maria: they are expecting china to invade taiwan, mike gallagher the head of the select committee told me he thinks it'll happen next year. >> here's why that he says that and mike has a good position on it. they look at the leadership of the united states of america and they know in a couple of years will have a new president and they say i see weakness i smell weakness and i sense that and see that with his cur

so a lot more that we are buying from china than china is buying from the united states. the republican lawmakers have introduced a china trade relations act last month to strip china of trade status. lee, i want to ask you about this. with all of this, you know, prof cases that we are talking about with china, why is it that we still have favored nation trade status with china, seems off, any ledge of pull to keep the ccp, hold them to account? >> i don't know any willingness to pull the lever. i think that's a goal it was and still remains to be a popular, populist message with americans. they just want fairness. they want a level playing field. they want to see the numbers popping up on the screen exporting a similar number than what is coming from china and unfortunately that's not the case. maria: well, remember it was 2020 actually when the trump administration put in place a new deal with china and the chinese leadership, i remember, they knew about covid, they went, sent a whole host of people to davos for the world economic forum and they went to washington and e

china sea, toward taiwan. the u. s. is demonstrating solidarity with neighboring democratic countries like japan and more recently the philippines. what's next in this economic, technological and militaristic showdown? what's next, and will it work a molina? do you think this strategy works trying to prevent china from getting key technologies and working closer with the allies? well, i think there's a good chance that at least civil impede the progress. but, you know, i am, 1st of all the american allies need to implemented. and to a certain degree, germany has great difficulty implementing. and a lot of german businesses are still heavily investing in china. and i fully agree with thorsten here, and there needs to be a clear decision made and the heads, and also a clear vert spoken from the german administration. that you know, if you want to move on taiwan, you can no longer count on us. but does it really make sense for the european countries to get involved in this dispute? especially commercially speakin

we have china interjecting itself, along the indo pacific periphery, china sending balloons over the united states. iran and north korea is no making progress on its nuclear weapons programs. we need a much stronger defense posture and defense budget. but i would hope somewhere within the democratic party there still -- away. and i hope that the isolationism in the republican party doesn't go any farther. this is a moment when we may be able to act before a -- before it catastrophize is more than it has a bar. >> the pentagon decided to modestly increase the troop presence in taiwan mostly with trainers. how would you describe the current u.s. position on taiwan? mr. bolton: i think it is getting better. i think that deployment was the correct decision. but i think there is a lot more to do. i think that we have to assume that the time is short, given what china has been saying given the preparations it has been baking. i think there has to be a lot more done -- simply and increasing taiwan's military capabilities but also showing increased american support. i think that the time for

i think was very interesting as china's response to this whole scenario, we're looking at a china that's respond in like they did 20 years ago as if none of us really understand that they prefer deniability, that they like to spin propaganda. no one believes this is a weather balloon, but it really highlights the fact that china continues to blame the deterioration of their security environment. an outside factors that have not taken a look at their own behavior and their own policies as they continue to do so. they're likely to do things that other country is fine, threatening and push them closer and closer together. and with united states oriano skylar master with stanford university in california and with the american enterprise institute. we appreciate your time valuable insights tonight. the fascinating story, thank you. thank you for having me. ah, the earthquake that struck to kia and cynthia is one of the biggest natural resources in our times. now is the time to explore all possible avenues to get ave and personnel into all affected areas. we must put people 1st. the earthquake

china's decision to refuse cooperation will result in more american deaths. has china done enough? i would appreciate a yes or no answer. >> no, senator. >> is pressing the chinese communist party to stop fentanyl it top priority? >> it is. >> the white has issued a press release this week on its proposal for cracking down on fentanyl trafficking, yet not once in the entire press release was china mentioned. moreover, during the state of the union, not once did the president call out china's role in the fentanyl crisis. if getting china to stop production is a top priority, why didn't president biden mention it at the state of the union? >> this is a top priority issue both for the president and myself. i have had a conversation with secretary blinken. >> i don't see that from secretary blinken either. less than a week before the visit to china, the treasury department rolled out sanctions against mexican drug cartels. the treasury department explicitly called out china's role in supplying these precursors to mexican drug lords. however, the secretary of state omitted any mention o

. >> let's say china -- china -- china china, china, china, china. china -- china, china, china. china. china -- china! >> trump was truly obsessed with china. but he was not obsessed with real issues between the u.s. and china. he was obsessed with using china as a punching bag, as something he can point to at his rallies and get the crowd to cheer. china has always been one of trump's go-tos, but it became, really, his favorite thing at the start of the pandemic. >> it is a disease, without question. it has more names than any disease in history. i can name kung flu -- wuhan. wuhan was catching on. coronavirus, right? kung flu? >> the republican party loves a punching bag, especially when that punching bag is not america. and the party that has built its platform on nativism and isolationism also loves to fearmonger about foreign threats. so, when an opportunity arose, literally, 60,000 feet in the air, the gop had a field day. >> the next balloon might be filled with another virus. pop -- all over, we are all on ventilators again. now, how do we k

and course about what china get out of us. because it's also been a very sensitive time for china, especially with how the pandemic has played out their presumably this also boston present. she is influence as well. these need is had to beijing to discuss this a absolutely. so i think china as a major economy, one of the largest economies in the world, certainly benefits are from an end hostilities. of course, ah, this will improve global sentiment, economic prosperity, put the world back on a path to economic prosperity, mis benefits, all countries, especially larger countries like china. i think that's one are certainly i think from a reputation prestige perspective are playing a role in ah, bringing this conflict to a close, but with no other major power has been able to do so. are certainly, i think would burnish china's reputation. or we also have to recognize that there's only so much an honest broker can do. and sometimes we both sides have to fight to a certain amount of exhaustion before either can be negotiated, sett

of china is ura in: that we don't go too far. of china is urging calm — that we don't go too far. of china is urging calm and _ that we don't go too far. of china is urging calm and prudent - that we don't go too far. of china i is urging calm and prudent approach to resolving this, why don't they simply move the balloon out of american airspace immediately? i guess they don't have the ability to do that. i don't know. but you are absolutely right. if they had the ability i would think they should do it but apparently they are not because this is just worsening the overall attitude of american people about china's policies so this is something that will just about china's policies so this is something that willjust deepen the antipathy of american people to china and it will make it more difficult for those in the business community and elsewhere that want to keep a close engagement with china, it will make it more difficult for them to sustain their positions and i hope the chinese are well aware of this. i think they are but if that is the way they want to manipulate the america

they are going to china. that's an opportunity to not only fill the void for china but also get oil that is affordable for them to power their economy. it is a win-win for them even if they're trying to distance themselves from what moscow was doing. manus: what are traders looking out for from the fed? there is this polemic between the fed and what they are doing and the impact on the dollar and then there's the china reopening. i just had a conversation with noah quinn from hsbc reaffirming the better outlook. piotr: -- stephen: you'll have the minutes on wednesday i believe and they will look at is there any indication the fed will turn more hawkish? will we see interest rates rising more than we thought before. if that happens, the chances of an economic slowdown are may be more in the cards. what you're looking at right now and the oil market is a whole between china and the return of chinese demand and a possible recession in the united states and europe that would sap demand for oil. which one will win

i do you think china's ob'ect is themfi do you think china's ob'ect is therevfi our there? i think it is quite important _ our there? i think it is quite important because - our there? i think it is quite important because china i our there? i think it is quite important because china is| our there? i think it is quite - important because china is now showing that it is going to continue to support russia. i was that the munich security conference last weekend and the chinese foreign minister was there and he made it quite clear that russia had been provoked into this war but he also said of course that china would come up with a peace plan, i think any day now, maybe on friday. so i think was important to go there, president putin invited president putin invited president xijinping to president putin invited president xi jinping to visit russia and they agreed this would happen sometime in the spring, maybe april, and i think it is really to show that china has a different view of this than for instance most of the people at the munich security conference, the americans, t

we get so many goods from china. and we sell so much incident electric you the wall property and product to china as well. >> i think it's critical to say, at least i'm not advocating for a complete de- coupling. i don't have a problem selling soybeans to china. but when it comes to key technology, or critical goods, think advanced pharmaceutical ingredients, we don't want to be dependent on the largess of the china's economy he when it comes to life saving drug. we've got to find a way to near should, on shore, friend-shore, whatever the term is we are using. when it comes to weapon systems i think we can take some steps to reclaim our economic independence. i want to make sure that major asset managers and university endowments as well as state and local pension funds aren't subsidizing general no side in china or pla modernization. >> i read a piece in, i think politico, criticizing democrats in general, certainly not you specifically. former speaker pelosi has been hawkish on china for decades but generally your

china. what's at stake for washington and beijing and why? on to the point, we asked us china rivalry, what's behind the growing tensions mm . welcome to this week's to the point time how you know? yes, it's good to have you with us. let's now meet today's guests melina hanker professor of international relations at the hattie school. jensen, a freelance journalist based here in berlin, working for several chinese and german media outlets, and tossed and bene, director of the global public policy institute, g, p, p i t. all 3 of you welcome. thank you for being with us today. and of course we have to start talking about this very visible, very iconic balloon. we've seen it everywhere. it has been marked. ern china certainly has tried to play it down and to certainly act as if this was not really that big a deal. so i'd like to start with you jen. how big a deal is it really? i think m is how to really see. so this black box or fur, chinese leaders, citing a one way to look at it is really to

china sea, toward taiwan. the u. s. is demonstrating, follow dirty with neighboring democratic countries like japan. and more recently the philippines. what's next in this economic, technological and militaristic showdown? what's next, and will it work a molina? do you think this strategy works trying to prevent china from getting key technologies and working closer with the allies? well, i think there's a good chance that at least civil impede the progress. but, you know, i am 1st her, i'm all the american allies need to implemented. and to a certain degree, germany has great difficulty implementing. and a lot of german businesses are still heavily investing in china. and i fully agree with thorsten here, and there needs to be a clear decision made and the heads, and also a clear vert spoken from the german administration. that you know, if you want to move on taiwan and you can no longer count on us. but does it really make sense for the european countries to get involved in this dispute? especially commerci

like ching gong, the china ambassador to the united states. he is one of the most powerful people in . busy the chinese government, but that gentleman, mister gong, the ambassador, mister biden decided that he and his upper echelon would not talk to him. they refused to meet with them. they refused to talk to him to act since arriving in washington. the ambassador from china jin has been limited to a handful of meetings with low ranking us officials. the chinese embassy has repeatedly asked for meetings with higher ranking administration officials, but it's been repeatedly turned down again and again. and so we're left to ask the question why, what gives why you do that? right? why would our government want to give the chinese government the edge of seeming more conciliatory, more re reasonable thinkers, say what you want about the chinese government thinkers say what you want about jesus been for example, but allow me to say this, ignoring their ambassador, right? makes them look like victims, and it makes us in the united states look not so

she looked at me, and she said, "if you make china the enemy, china will be the enemy. stephen: on the same day, china's powerful foreign ministry echoed key grievances in answer to a question about the trade dispute. rory: many of these points go to the independent policy choices of the australian government in a democratic system, including choices to do with legislation, with the funding of think tanks, with the freedom of the australian media, with diplomatic positions australia takes in the international system. so, it's simply untenable for any australian government to concede on those points. and i fear that, in a way, the chinese government has painted itself into a corner. stephen: in the same month that china effectively banned australian barley, another rural export was hit. female: four australian abattoirs have been banned from selling red meat into china. one of the meatworks is in casino in northern nsw, while three are based in queensland. patrick hutchinson: when we found out it was all hands to the pump exceptionally quickly. i certainly was on the pho

/china tech war, gordon chang. your thoughts on what's taking place here. >> we have to assume at least for the moment that we are in a war. we have to assume that this is the initial stage of an attack. i believe that eventually we'll find there will be a more innocent explanation but we have a military clearly that was not prepared to deal with the chinese spy balloon that entered our air space on january 28th. there is reporting that they didn't notify the commander in chief until the fourth day of the intrusion. so really, we have seen the military learn, there have been quicker reaction reactions on tt three objects but nonetheless we have a national security establishment that is not prepared to think about the worst outcomes and clearly that is one of the possibilities. maria: it also could be quite informative for beijing to recognize that we were in fact not prepared for this at all and we're not hearing any information about this. i mean, this is all extraordinary. three unidentified objects over this wee

because it's the 100th anniversary of the founding of china of communist china. and so i think this plan is real and we have to take it seriously, but the question is, how will this reunification with taiwan unfold? i think there's a lot of, you know, like pressure from china to do it, quote unquote politically peacefully. a lot of cyber attacks to kind of infiltrate the taiwanese system and try to, you know, make them believe that there's no other options than to reunite with china, but you know, it also looks likely that they won't succeed, especially the youth in taiwan is becoming more and more anti chinese and wants to stay independent it looks at hong kong in particular and sees we more and more anti chinese and wants to stay independent cannot end up like them. and so a military intrusion invasion of taiwan looks more and more likely, but the chinese are also aware that this is an incredibly tough endeavor china, you know, is a military power but it doesn't have a lot of military experience and taiwan is an island and you know, invading an island is incred

and i don't want a cold war dont with china. i don't want a hot war wan with china. r but i want china to bet a responsible member. chof a stable world order. and to be blunt, as i've said wouldn't before, i wouldn't trust i wouldn't turn my backshe if on president xi if he were two days dead. >> and that's just an unfortunate reality. and the ba's just d administratn needs to accept that the assertion that we shouldat go spend fifty trillion dollars on on climate change, which will not lower worldr temperatures. a sentelleworld te of a degree s president xi will do the same thing. and to be told in a committee this morning by one of mr biden's acolytes that, oh, ofca course, president xi will do that. you can trust him. you know, it takes my breath awa away. >> how do you respond,o you re senator , to joe biden? saying it's not a majoreach a breach and kamala harris sayinng ,i don't think the chinese spylo balloon would hurt our ties. how do you how do you make that determination? and then to add insult to injury, nsult to senator , then the chinese are threatening

china doesn't want the world _ this for china? china doesn't want the world to _ this for china? china doesn't want the world to blow - this for china? china doesn't want the world to blow up, | this for china? china doesn't want the world to blow up, i | want the world to blow up, i think it was an international economy that functions reasonably well, doesn't want its relationship with the united states in the west to completely deteriorate where the i completely deteriorate where thei billion consumers completely deteriorate where the i billion consumers that have been driving it economic growth for decades are no longer able to interact with china because we have settled into a new cold war. china wasn't —— china doesn't want this situation but it also wants putin's back. china is not switching sides, it will try to find a middle ground. i don't know the little ground exist but i think if there is one beijing would like to find it as much as anywhere else. xi jinping and vladimir putin has stressed they have this no limits friendship, does it stretch as fine ash as far as

and china. what sort of china is the united states willing to live with and would china accept that role, would china except the state in the world order the u.s. is willing to give china? haidi: bloomberg's greater china executive editor. get you the first word headlines. at least three people have been killed as another pair of earthquakes shook turkey knew the syrian border. the government says more than 200 people were injured as buildings collapsed. the area still reeling from quakes that killed 41,000 people in turkey and thousands more in syria. you can prime minister rishi sunak's lobbying conservative rebels to support a post-brexit trade deal in northern ireland. sources say he held one-on-one meetings to explain the outline of a perspective agreement with the european union. northern ireland's abilities remain in the single market has been a thorny issue for britain since it left the e.u. three years ago. bert has learned that -- bloomberg has learned adani has decided against bidding

the know, the endo, a stronger and more to china. but do they see china as a threat? linden democracy? absolutely not. best indonesia, as the china subtract the militia democracy? absolutely not. and it's a perfect example. when you talk about was democracy fees. you're using the black and white lenses of the cold war in a new world that these monte monte sit as they show an increasing need that for months. until the black and white perspective as clock, the american mind is actually a big danger to the united states because there is far more complex. and most of the countries in the world, i can assure you want to be friends with the united states. but they also want to be friends with china. they also want to trade with russia and they want to be able to do business in the middle. so you can see therefore it's a flexible and quite a completely different kinds of games from washington dc. that's that we haven't come yet. my city is a friend of the united states saying you can win this game, but is no longer the simple check this game that you are playing, you know, w

to the south china sea, which china also claims almost all for itself. ignoring competing claims from countries like vietnam and the philippines. some 30 miles from the chinese occupied islands, a chinese voice crackles over the radio. >> american aircraft. you are approaching chinese air space. keep a safe distance. >> reporter: that's when the chinese liberation army jet appears flying so close, you can see the pilots in their cockpit. >> i hold you on my left wing and i continue to proceed to the west. >> reporter: the chinese pie plot never responds but eventually leaves when the u.s. plane turns south. >> it is like oil spots as they build. as they build on one and another. >> reporter: commodore will torenson shows the manmade islands china built on what had been coral reefs claimed by other countries. >> our number one focus here is to ensure that we have continued access alongside all of our allies and partners to international air space. and waters. >> reporter: the u.s. presence aimed at preventing further encroachment by china. >> we are flyin

the biden administration has been craven in terms of engaging china because us china relations of every bad during the trump comp time. and the democrats wanted to stabilize the relationship, but they did not have the political courage to go and do that immediately. so they did that increment little bit 2 steps forward, one step back. well, why, why, what was what, what would be the fear of reaching even to your worst enemy reach out to him? find out, hey, listen, hear you. i got something to tell you, but i'm going to talk to you. you're not going to have meetings. this is disengagement. thing is what i'm really questioning. first and foremost seems want ship it. it doesn't seem to win for anybody. and especially for you, if you're the disengaged, you're right. exactly. you want to tell them, go to them, tell them very clearly what you ask. so what your demands are, where you stand in the relationship and make it crystal clear. and the, by minimization i tried to get to the point that it has done so very incrementally and that's why it's been so wishy washy and you don't get credit at

there's been a lot of focus on china, hasn't it, - lot of focus on china, hasn't it, because china took this approach in using its votes on the security council to argue against interventions by powers in other countries — so consistently on the us invasion of iraq, saying that's wrong because you're intervening in the internal affairs of another country. this decision by russia to attack ukraine, and then invade, as far as it's been able to do, must of put china in an awkward position not just internationally, but with its dealings with the security council? absolutely, and i think we've seen a number of times that china has been uncomfortable. in every statement at the united nations, it has talked about sovereignty and territorial integrity — in fact, when you hear the american representatives, whether it's the us secretary of state or ambassador here, when they talk about the peace plan, the policy paper china has proposed, they say, "look at .1, if russia respects sovereignty and territorial integrity, there would be no war." that's why we've seen china has talked about this no

what happened to china? cool for cool heads. you're not telling me china. i wouldn't have done exactly the same thing if a u. s. balloon had floated over its territory. well, i think you have the use the right word overreaction, and that is how we have described american action. american pot china coast would reserve the rise, you know, to reciprocate if there is a tate. of course, you can expect that pat, but i believe the general spirit of the remarks of a spokesman is to have will, you know, kind of a cool headed conversation to talk about all this. because there are so many millions that rules regarding a share regarding shipping the industry but to my knowledge, not as so many rules are made about this kind of balloon stuff while ago. historically, the rogers and the law of the war which prohibits for example, throwing projectiles explosive from balloons. so if the united states believe is su, so alarming, then that probably believe this will provide a good chart for the 2 countries to talk about all these things that in a candidate to honest man. well

is this what china was? i think he himself had spreads out if he were to come to china at the earliest possible time. i believe he's waiting for, for, for the lapse of time to setting stand because he certainly would not wish his visit. apparently a very important visit to be overshadowed by big or symbolic a balloon. this is of like a hollywood movie. let's talk if we may about the war in ukraine. one of the subjects that mister blanc um, might perhaps have discussed with your government his trip had gone ahead. you've written that china has taken a careful line between russia. it's strategic partner and ukraine. a significant trading partner, but it's not just a polite way of saying you're sitting on the fence waiting to see who wins after you don't want to back or lose or do you. well, it's still is a difficult situation for everybody, including china. because it, as you have, are corrected or quoted in my, my opinion, well, russia, china strategies partner, but will have a very good relationship with ukr

what are areas, as you stand up china house and see u.s. china policy. where areas that might be most likely to find some cooperation for the good of our countries in the good of the world. >> so the one that we talk about the most, starting with the one that senator hagerty mentioned, which is counter narcotics, which is quite critical for all the reasons that he said, that others and ranking member, risch raised as well, are working on climate. quite frankly, we cannot meet the challenge on climate. unless china is working with the rest of the world. i am glad that they have reopened communications between their envoy and special presidential on boy for climate, john kerry, i hope that conversation can carry on even in this very difficult time. we have talked about working together on global health, which may sound sort of strange given that the chinese have been very protective of their data and to no sequencing on covid-19. i know that there is great concern about here about the origins of covid-19, which remains not resolved yet by the intelligence

china says the balloon entered u.s. air space by accident, heightening already tense relations between washington and beijing. live in hong kong with the latest from there. >>> it's not the only one. the pentagon says a second balloon is flying over latin america. a report ahead. >> live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with michael holmes. >> we br to show you the dramatic moment a u.s. sidewinder missile took out the suspected chinese spy balloon that has caused so much havoc this week. the balloon was so high up, nearly 12 miles or 20 kilometers, that it took a few seconds for the shockwave to reach the ground, have a listen. the shoot-down happened saturday off the coast of south carolina near myrtle beach. it was a sensational landing to a saga unfolding for days as the giant craft drifted silently above the american heartland. china is loudly protesting, accusing the u.s. of overreacting. beijing continues to insist it was merely a civilian scientific balloon that blew off course. after studying its movemen