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welcome to. join us now even as the united states was bringing in a new administration on tuesday china was slapping sanctions against the old $120.00 eight's top officials of donald trump's administration including former secretary of state was sanctioned by china for colt lying and cheating the measures have been described as unproductive and cynical by biden administration officials the new sanctions underline the fraught relationship between both countries and if he needed any indication of how it can develop over the next 4 yes' president biden's nominee for secretary of state. had this to say during his senate confirmation hearing i also believe that president trump was right in taking

a tougher approach to china i disagree very much with the way that he want about it in a number of areas but the basic principle was the right one and i think that's actually helpful. and there were other indications as well from blunt about the future u.s. stance on key issues with china secretary pump aoe designated the chinese communist party as having engaged in genesis regarding the weaker my muslim population do you agree with that as that would you my judgment as well you do agree yes there's been a strong and long bipartisan commitment to taiwan. taiwan relations act also the communiques with china and part of that commitment is making sure that taiwan have the ability. to defend itself against aggression and that is a commitment that will absolutely endure in a in of vitamins for for more i'm joined now by professor steve sighing he's director of the china institute at the school of oriental and african studies in

london professor timewell do you think we're looking at some sort of a reset in ties between the u.s. and china. flood the chinese government like it we set in u.s. china relations sed i think the washington side will see a continuation of that relationship but a different style of managing it when you say that the chinese government is also known for research what do you mean by that. well the chinese government really has been very unhappy with the way how do you try and initiations been dealing with china particularly in the last field weeks of the trunk i mean astray should it be easy it keeps on and we lexing control but meetings between u.s. officials and the american officials as well as the classification and all of what

happens in synch and i say count all the genocide. when it comes to the ties between the united states and china do you think. the direction the future course of tars between these 2 nations will influence how the u.s. approaches it starts with other countries in the region. i think it will. where i think we have to is a new administration in washington which recognizes that and decisions prior to the economy this fish and had been less than and tidy were listed in dealing with china and they can and wants to make the same mistakes that previous administrations have mate they've also realized economists isn't it and approached china very effectively but they saw some of the basic strategic thinking of the economy decision as being. appropriate so they wanted to keep to that and how the chinese

will responds to it will affect how the americans feel the state needs to react to china and engage with american and eyes in asia which are the same countries that china wants to engage with when you talk about this new song sense of rumors or what shape my bedroom is a take from the bible administrator from. i think we have seen the. bite of the ministration oil indeed joe biden himself it is you know a real speech saying that that huet matter most truth matters. and the chinese government. has it relationship with the truth that is more civilized to do way how to trump ministration had with truth and that would pose a significant problem for the bike in the musicians so able to take a robust stance towards china but who also tries to engage with china to found ways

to make things work what it and take a confrontational approach for the sake of it i don't think there's any doubt or argument that china plays a very very board role in a very big one in the show but help us understand professor tieing how exactly china views its role in isha. well china he sees that is long term rightful place in asia is to be a leader all asia china would like itself to be perceived in asia as the benevolent big brother and the other asian countries simply running around to support china and view of a community under their leadership all china now that may not be the way how a lot of the country says oh he's asia or india japan may see it but that's how the chinese government would like it to be seen as reluctant to see more confrontation

between the u.s. and china or between a form different to see not of the trumpet ministration are there any areas of cooperation between the 2 countries. well there are areas read that 2 countries can easily cooperate for example on the issue of climate change by the administration it is the verse in completely is that coach one of these contests for the trauma ministrations and therefore we should be quite a happy to cooperate with the chinese to move things forward that's not a serious sum game but it 2 countries will get chinese government cooperate with it by biden initiation on. climate change that remains to be see that movie be able to well i was some kind of better economic relationship one of them focus on the terrorist war against that remains to be seen by it and he's not going to just get

it out to all of the tariff rich in papers he wants this tension that goes it would depend on how the chinese respond interesting times ahead for us professor steve sign from soares in london thank you so much for joining us turning now to southeastern sherm of the u.s. has had a long time military and diplomatic presence besides troops in many countries of the united states has formal defense arrangements with south korea japan and the philippines the military support is in the region with significant security concerns including china's claim over most of the south china sea the union up in flames have often lead to a war of words and small scale confrontations on the seas between chinese ships and those from other countries with competing claims in the region but this is in addition to long running tensions on the korean peninsula which jointly impact relations between the u.s. china japan and south korea. so let's break this down further joining me now is

$39.00 pongsudhirak he's director of the institute of security and international studies at the longhorn university in bangkok welcome mr pongsudhirak i realize it's very hard to generalize about southeast asia and east asia but do countries in the region have a somewhat underlying common expectation from the new u.s. administration yes i think broadly speaking the southeast asian countries would like to see more reliability and dependability from the u.s. administration's top government prime minister says the ends bit erratic you know we have a trade war with china technology conflict and so on so i think there's a lot of anticipation of a new administration that maybe people can provide what mobile more pieces the ability of the regions and maybe a bit of a new chapter because i think it's been great small to us during that time period

however the us china technology conflict has been viewed favorably he says i think what southeast asia let me see is some kind of a balance you know it's been a real out time and time in the stations under obama i think the u.s. left a lot of the region's raise a lot of expectations but unfulfilled with a pivot in rebalance and china kind of took over south china sea during that time trying any other way very belligerence and a bit erratic and unpredictable so i think maybe by then we hope will be something in between speaking of balance you have china that looms large in southeast asia as you also pointed out do countries in the region have this unique challenge to balance the relationship with the u.s. with ties with china even though many have tended totem disputes and disagreements with china. yes countries in the recent do not want to be dominated

by china generally speaking any major power i think the region would like to see some $0.10 between us and china because that allows the brits you know fully the asians smaller states at the same time they don't want to see our right one conflict you know even a trade war that we seem to be a great bit in stable and stable and so on so we would like to see something in between. i think that china is a residential super power i think there is a smaller space would like to see some kind of balance between the 2 of us in china speaking of china are danger on a plays an important role in appeased 2 issues that are long running in the region one of the south china sea dispute and also it has a role to play when it comes to tensions on the korean peninsula and what it can do to potentially calm them but are we likely to see any changes in the u.s.

approach to these areas of concern. it remains to be seen but the the people around president biden's seem to come from the obama period so i think that by the administration will be tested very early on and by north korea you know a season challenge is there and also i think it's chinese also a test of buying an inspiration the way they did it with the obama administrations and then for southeast asia south china sea is a major hostile acts but also in mainland southeast asia the manhole regions run a macro river where china has built this upstream that you need laterally it's also a major issue of so i think across the region from north east asia to southeast asia hospice a lot of contentious issues by administration there will be was very carefully what kind of people did put in charge of the reason i think that they will be more attentive to the region of you already see some some hope for well optimistic words

from the camel and so on so the early signs are call it from the bidens nations and maybe they can be something like you know not obama 2.0 but maybe this is a 2nd chance for a lot in this region to do what the obama administration tried to do with the nazi and interesting space to watch but thank you so much for joining us today a fisherman pongsudhirak. and that does it for today there's of course more don't do double look. they're going to be back moral of the same time with the birth. of. my 1st boss like moses sewing machine. where i come from women are bones by this ocean even something as simple as learning how to write a bicycle isn't. since i was a little girl i wanted to have a bicycle of my own and it took me years to been there. finally they gave up and

went on buying young guys like those but returned because sewing machines sewing i suppose was more appropriate for those than writing advice as no i was a dos woman back home who had bones by the duties and social norms and inform them about deadbeats and whites my name is the about of people and they were seated. in the black girl descended from slaves in the raised by a single mother can dream of becoming president only to find herself reciting for one is sort of a young poet whose words in washington went around the world. so much love and.

support coming. thank you so much see how 22 year old amanda gorman is dealing with her new fame and later on arts and culture. inspired by the night singer songwriter onus obo finds her inspiration when most of us are sleep. just out of university poet amanda gorman's books shot to number one and number 2 on amazon and the us that was right after she brought many to tears with her poem we climb at the swearing in of president joe biden and by the way one of those bestsellers isn't even out yet. a poet steps up to the microphone and the whole world listens. amanda gorman was the star of the inauguration stealing the show

from the politicians and pop luminaries who came before her through the sheer power of her words being american is more than a pride we inherit it's the past we step into and how we repair it. the 22 year old told reporters that her inauguration poem had been influenced by the violent scenes at the capitol on wednesday january 6th. a message of hope in the unity and i think that wednesday for me millie just underscore how much that was needed but some not turn a blind eye to the cracks of. her work deals with racism feminism and repression she sees her poetry as activism but on this day hope was center stage where there was always like if only were brave enough to see it if only were brave enough to be. this was

a big day not only for the new president joe biden but also for amanda gore and. the young poet from los angeles touched hearts at a moment when many in the u.s. are yearning for healing and unity. amanda gorman and overnight sensation i'm joined by my colleague adrian kennedy for more indian what do we know about her well she she's not completely unknown she was of course the youth the youth poet laureate in 27 saying when that program started the very 1st one that was quite an achievement to win that national competition held at the library of congress was still a teenager over the last year or so she has also written stirring poems on various occasions thanksgiving independence day and as a response to the black lives matter protests poems that were board cast on the major networks morning show but of course that was her contribution to the

inauguration of joe biden that's now catapulted her into the public consciousness that's right you mentioned her 2 books going to the top of the box charts. twitter account went from $50000.00 followers before the inauguration to more than a 1000000 in less than 24 hours so a whole new level of fame wow and of course she's $22.00 so her instagram blew up as well here she is reacting. really. not a game not. followers and can't even post any. changes support coming in after this. very excited i think it's actually more than 2000000 now goldman also posted pictures of her mother who is course referenced in the poem with the line a skinny black girl descended from slaves and raised by

a single mother she showed her mom giving up on the heels. story are very very human and here's her with the clintons hillary clinton later tweeted about the young poets stated desire to run for president in 2036 saying i can't quite well an amazing day for gore a man who clearly has a lot of charisma her poem derby hill we climb also demands attention with listen in to another key moment. we are striving to forward or union with purpose to compose a country committed to all cultures colors characters in conditions of man and so we lift our gaze not what stands between us but what stands before us we close the divide because we know to put our 1st we must 1st put our

differences aside we lay down our arms so we can reach out our arms to one another we seek harm it's quite a performance and what really struck me is how she stressed that america is this unfinished project yes and also democracy is an unfinished project another law and want democracy can be periodically delayed it can never be permanently defeated so this idea this philosophers idea of a democracy that has to be constantly reforged. also have echoes of langston hughes his poem that america be america again goldman said she also studied martin luther king before writing a poem i think that shines through absolutely and she was wearing a caged bird ringing in one of the late poet maya angelou and she obviously has been blowing up the internet but she is not the only one adrian there was some idle chatter about a few others too there were

a lot of means for example of left leaning senator bernie sanders who was a democratic presidential candidate is very popular progressive he made an interesting fashion statement with his mittens people had a lot of fun with that and lady gaga was also a subject of conversation about her dress and whether she was channeling the hunger games mockingjay. with the giant. but also plenty of praise for her impressive take on star spangled banner. amazing the amanda government even managed to put lady gaga in the shadow. of the thanks so much thank you now to another young woman making headlines 17 year old disney star olivia rudd rigo her debut song driver's license hit us charts at number one this month and it just keeps breaking records.

grigory go now holds records for most requested song in a day on alexa and most streamed song in a week on spotify fueled by the song's popularity on take tarc. an art installation of pink seesaws stretching across the us mexico border has won a prize from london's design museum a temporary installation back in 2019 briefly allowed families on both sides of the border to play together the prize for its creators came as new u.s. president joe biden halted construction on the hotly debated barrier wall started by his predecessor donald trump. and china is marking the upcoming one year anniversary of the lockdown with a huge propaganda exhibition celebrating the city's triumph over the coronavirus

the people's republic has been working hard to control the narrative around the anniversary it wants to portray the pandemics epicenter as a city reborn. well even if you don't know very name out as oboe you may have heard her music on t.v. series including grey's anatomy lovesick and dark the danish musician writes her tender melancholic pop song as a lark usually at night. when night falls in berlin on us although starts getting created. the danish musician wrote most of her latest album myopia at night she walked the empty streets of her adopted home of berlin in search of inspiration.

i think i like the night because things. are in their way turned. into opposite so. it's also a time when you're alone with your own thoughts you can't run away from. sort of the moment of truth and i. 'd honest oval composes her songs by herself in her studio. the 39 year old often works in complete isolation just honest oboe a piano and the solitude of the night. can get this feeling that you are left all alone and everybody's forgotten about here so in

a way it can feel completely left i don't know why and i think i like that for making music. she often starts with an improvised melody. wrote that i thought. that like a story like somebody. tell stories like this that. i'm constructing a story around them in a day and then. jumping with it i'm going to pull. together what i mean. the artist has released 4 studio albums since 2010 she hasn't burned up any charts

but she has gained a worldwide following with her delicate often melancholy songs they've been strained millions of times. combines classical instruments like the cello and piano with digital effects in her compositions sometimes her pitched voice is barely recognizable. ringback and the. the. new for live appearances she arranges her nocturnal solo sessions as concert pieces to be performed with several other musicians here she rehearsals for a tour that was interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic ready. we haven't played with other people. you have like.

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