to the former soviet union in the united states, at the highest of the cold war, agreed to set up a hot line between moscow in washington. the thinking of phone call would be the quickest way to prevent a misunderstanding from much rooming into accidental nuclear war. went out, washington would like to have be seen on speed dial, but china has already shown it isn't always willing to pick up what if it doesn't answer. next time i bring golf and berlin. this is the day the we both agree on the need to stabilize our relationship. generally speaking, the 2 sides have had candid and in depth discussions, wyoming expectation is we will have better communications. the 2 sides have also made progress and reached agreement on some specific issues. it is critical to

doing what we both agree is necessary, and that is responsibly managing the relationship. this is very good. also coming up when the pandemic began 3 years ago, germany in china, if it plans for more economic and business ties on hope of aging is ready for a restart. but berlin may be thinking more along the lines of reset the risk and the risk. and yes, the coffee coupling. no, it wouldn't be no telling me because the job and chinese government consultations are taking place tomorrow. i would like to add this formula explicitly applies to china as well. well, to our viewers watching on tv as in the united states and to all of you around the world. welcome, we begin today with a threat to peace. when to powers stop talking,

us secretary of state entity, blink, and just wrapped up a visit to china, his mission, to stop the free hole in bilateral relations between the world's 2 largest economies. now, we can match monday with chinese president. she's been paying and both agreed that bilateral relations need improving, which one is military might, it continues to grow in with the acute risk of conflict, intentional or not. with us forces, especially over taiwan. one remedy could be a direct line of communication between the pentagon and china is military command. but blinking says that idea was rejected despite the cordial tone, which did take a list state to state interactions should always be based on mutual respect and sincerity. i hope that through this visit mr. secretary, you will make more positive contributions to stabilizing china, us relations. in every meeting,

i stress that direct engagement and sustain communication senior levels is the best way to responsibly match our differences and ensure that competition does not peer into conflict. and i heard the same from my chinese counterparts. we both agree on the need to stabilize our relationship. so whenever you now they're in hard bunch here at the big table, he is the director of external relations at the contract institute for china. studies is good to have you back on the program. i want to start just by getting your read on the fact that the us secretary of state had a meeting face to face with the chinese president today. and it was a very odd meeting because she didn't being set at the head of the table. and i believe, okay, and the big with, just like, like a big boss is, you know, the setting that, of course, was diplomatically the key, assign off how the chinese look at blink and visit. they burned keen to have him in

the 1st place. the us pushed for him to come before the chinese get to talk to the commerce secretary, the invoice on climate. so that was the dates of, of their returns all either. before blinking left for his trip, he said that his main goal was to improve communication between the 2 countries. i want to talk get your assessment on that, but i want you to take a listen to what he said earlier. so i think um, it's absolutely vital that we have these kind of communications, military military that imperative i think, was only underscored by recent incidents that we saw in the air and on the seas. and at this moment, china is not agree to move forward with us and i think that's an issue that we have to keep working on. it is very important that we restore those channels. yeah. blinking thing right there,

we need to restore those channels. saying that there really wasn't any appetite for doing that in beijing. so how precarious is the security situation right now between these 2 countries? well, that's a very dangerous situation to be in these 2 big super powers that out in a potential military conflict that at this moment no decide ones, but i'm just trying you sorry, it has really taken away some of the god rails that existed and blink and try to re install those and the chinese said, well, not for now. and we know in the past the, i think it, depending on the us defense secretary is tried to reach is chinese counterpart. and they, in china, they didn't answer the phone. you mean that sends a signal, doesn't it? just the chinese signal has been we've refused contact if we don't like it. and

that's been a development over the last years. that, of course, worries the us a lot. it shows how china looks at the world now. much more assertive, much more self confident, at least that's the image that they want to portray. but they also look at the us trying to conflict as that's how they put it in unsolvable conflict. and that really defines the whole world for you at the moment. what does it tell us to about the power structure that has been constructed around she's in pain? and is he the only person who can, as we sold today, who can speak for china and military leaders? are they now at the point where they don't want to speak with their us counterparts because it a week, it only counts what demand at the top says she has an installed system where he is the single point of making major decisions. he's also the single poet point of failure and he's made some very bad decisions in the past and he's installed the

climate of fear amongst the senior leadership that it's very dangerous to move outside the offer. so she didn't think so speak ideology direction. so i mean, can we say that there is a climate of fear now in the upper echelons with the communist party? i'm quite sure that's not how they would have a bright colors by looking at it and judging from different systems. it's very uncomfortable system to be and because they're under a lot of pressure, they can fail easily, but they have to listen to the big boss, this device. standby, we're going to come back to you in just a moment. we want to ship now from chinese american relations to try and use german ties. are we talking about a restart or a reset? is our international editor richard walker with more the big day in lynn wolf,

schultz and a gaggle of his talk ministers on failing. germany's new national security strategy, the message, the world is getting more dangerous and germany needs to respond to me as much for the 1st time in our country's history, we have thrown up and national security strategy. thoughts on the a rust is invasion of ukraine was a huge salt to the system for gemini, but there is another shout, the shaking the political class here in belin, just as much would show that it's not quite so something with this so big that it will soon get a strategy paper, all of it. so this one is all about china. she, jim ping has stopped by vladimir putin despite the war. and man, he's cooled, his best friend. if i'm missing that getting closer and this is driving home some hard realities about she's china. he just double down know know, 3rd, terry and power repricing, freedoms and home combs and minority rights. and she and jane is threatening to

attack taiwan and assessing military dominance of the south china sea and dangerous near misses in the region of adding to fetus of war between china and the united states. germany's most important allies, germany is not alone and worrying about all of this will makes it even harder. you said germany got in so deep with china in the last decade in the hospital. so the 2 sides built an incredibly close, almost symbiotic relationship. now the cracks are showing, showing that became germany's top trading pot for years in a row. but the pandemic show that supply chains could break down and a crisis german cock companies became addict to to china is exploding market. now showing these rifles that's reckoning to beat them and electric cars, the chinese tech got stuck in to sensitive gem and infrastructure. now is that seen

as a security risk? one of these present spelling with some really tough di lemme is about how to rethink the relationship with china and inside the government. here, there are different views. here's a case in point. china is states and shipping john costco, both to stay can a terminal in the handbook hub, germany's most important port, a foreign minister and the babel concise chancellor robot. how big, what adamantly against saying this would give china too much sway of a critical infrastructure. but while i've sold over volt them, says chancellor, the us, he's keen to rally its allies to a common approach to the source of decisions. and at the g 7 summit this year, they all agreed they should de risk that relations with badging. the step back from the, the coupling the most whole case voices were cooling for. but what's

a risk and what's not a risk? well, that's open to interpretation. the indications are that a lot celts has a fairly narrow definition of what the risking is. i think for him it's mainly about reducing dependencies, ensuring that supply chains are resilient. i think the, the message from the chance to re so far has been that they don't want to rock the boat. i think germany is going through some difficult economic times. and there isn't a great deal of appetite for uh uh for confronting china. schultz tried to work baseline on his 1st trip to badging late last year. speaking out about the tensions in the relationship well stressing the need to cooperate on global issues like climate change. and mingled among the diplomats. he brought a squad of gem and ceos with him to to

a business. and so seeing that report, it distorts me, ask you when the former german, she hasn't been ongoing miracle when she left the office. she admitted to having been somewhat naive about germany's chinese policy and how much has jeremy policy that how much has it changed since she left office or has it changed? it is changing part of that is because the new government has realized that the durham and china policy fit, it will not goes 1st. you as an office, but not the changes afterwards. and what has changed. everything is, of course, like in so many fields, the will in ukraine and china being very supportive of russia that has for those who never wanted to understand, but systemic rivalry is about yeah, that we drove home the point that china being and rushes can really extends the will and leads to a will that is very different from the younger america or the here will the courage,

a chance of o. s. sholtes. what do you make of him using the term that we're hearing a lot in washington? now, the risking, instead of the coupling from showing the is, is he basically just doing what he knows he's gonna have to do? and that's followed the us lead. i do risk thing i think is a good time at the same time, it's a very elastic turn. the coupling meant really bringing down connections really sifting through them and seeing what works and what doesn't, and your skin can basically mean anything. so it takes a little pressure out of it. i think, well enough choice is very careful, and he didn't want the german trying to strategy to be published before the government consultations that show was that he really doesn't want to risk anything there. and trying to is a very iris political game. the u. s. it clearly sees the issues of taiwan and ukraine as being, fortunately linked in the french president macro and you'd have, he generated

a lot of controversy by saying, you know, we need to, we need to have our own policies here. we, europe needs to do with its own thing. where are we with that right now? i love the chinese, let's say that you create and tie one. i'm not link that all the totally separate issue is we see of course, that this very many geopolitical similarities. but germany, so go, it's own way either. right? it's in the same boat as france, it's gone. and i think what became clear off to my costs, the statements, which were not very wise and gave me back tracked on those as that of course, the conflict and tie one would be a huge problem for your to. it's not a distant region as about coal with it. it's very close open to link through the chip industry, but also through just global stability, trade routes, and so on. so the timeline is it is really our issue in the supply chains

restructuring them. but for, for national security means that doesn't happen over night. we're talking about something that would, that will take, but a decade or 2 to accomplish right. for germany as well as for the us. oh yes, totally. with totally looking at globalization, how it used to be and how it might work in a world where the us and china are really at loggerheads and both stay at loggerheads for the next decades to come. and that is really going to reshape a world in very many, very, very costly way. yeah, i think you are correct there. the spark is always, it's good to see you. it's good to get your insights on this. uh, it's important to a lot of people around the world. thank you. thank you. the joe, the russian opposition leader alexi development has gone on trial yet again, this time extremism charges that could see him in prison. for decades, the trial is taking place at a maximum security prison where the criminal critic is already serving a 9 year sentence for alleged fraud. investigators now accuse him of creating and

financing and extreme is for. but some of all these most vocal supporters, they have not been deterred. w news caught up with one of, of the protests in russia always seemed to end with images like this. the demonstrators who took to the streets to celebrate, i'll explain of vinyl birthday this month. already knew they would probably if getting your stuff panko was one of them. she took to moscow is red square to call for freedom for political prisoners. the 27 year old was arrested and spent the night in jail for her. so for it, if not binding, she was lucky to get away with an administrative fine. yeah. for the word i suppose the next and only because i think he supported the titian. he's prepared to openly and honestly about the problems in our country. problems like corruption, the lack of democratic change in meshes,

leadership and people's living conditions that cause the mother of the stiff, locally of game. yeah, of course started supporting i like say now bind the after watching his corruption investigations, international politicians online by me. but creating the viral video about flooding, air pollutants from legend palaces alex a nevaeh, and he has been in prison since 2021 on charges many believe are politically motivated. this year, his lawyers have complained that he's often held in solitary confinement and has been suffering from severe health problems. rushed investigators have now opened further cases accusing the politician of extremism and terrorism. the authorities have made any association with him dangerous. experts say yesterday with you, if you're an active supporter of alex and yvonne the for example, someone who takes pos and protests, you could end up in jail the day after you go out and demonstrate what was comfortable. and if you're at support, uh and you post something on social media that has anything to do with alexis devante, that means the authorities and security services who are monitoring russian citizens

. what have you on that right uh. and any misstep on your pods will be enough to get to into trouble almost a with as much to we gotta just put the it's danielle step panko never worked in nevada, these offices or for his anti corruption foundation, which is both already been labeled extremist. but she knows that the authorities are watching supporters like for 250 and he had tended to protest back in 2021 and was detained later. police said they found her using more skills. network official recognition cameras, you have one you was, i don't plan to still to expressing my political opinion. you. i plan to talk about it bravely, honestly and openly. i want to prove that bodies possible. i have rights that are outlined in the russian constitution. those rights guarantees and the government cannot deprive me of them because that's too much. please feel free underneath the veneer of normality stories,

like if guineas are being repeated across russia. the kremlin has been cracking down on all critical voices, especially since launching the full scale war and ukraine making fear part of the fabric of everyday life. hello makers in the you. k, have approved an official report that found that former prime minister boris johnson deliberately misled or lied to parliament about the parties that were held during the cove at 19 lockdown. you may remember, johnson gave up his seat in parliament when the findings were announced. here is the leader of the house masses because the integrity of our institutions, massa and the respect and trust, afford it to the mattresses. this has the real world consequences for the accountability of members of parliament to each other. and the members of the public. they represent real world consequences beyond the u. k. let's try and open

up the story and compare what's happening there with what's happening in the united states. to do that, i'm drawing tonight by greg swinson. he hits the group republicans overseas in the u. k. right. it's good to have you on the program. is this a victory for common decency and respect for the wall and respect for truth and politics in the u. k. or? yeah, i'm not sure it is. i think this, this is very much a power struggle in the party in the conservative party as opposed to the us where it says the struggle between the, the left and the right. the democrats and republicans. this is very much a power struggle in, in the conservative party. it's, and, you know, recall that it was only 2 years ago, 3 years ago that the board us johnson had a record victory in the, in the elections. and how 80 st majority. and yet you've seen so many people and as old party turned against them. so it's, so it's a little different but,

but there's a lot of similarities as well. well, let's pick up with this idea of a power struggle inside the conservative party. i mean, you're, you're right, he had an impressive election victory and the last 4 years, but we've also seen him, you know, basically forced to leave office reside because his own party turned against them. what does that tell us the about the ability of the conservative party to distance itself from, from a leader that may become malignant to the party or to democracy itself? yeah, i don't think they can at this point and that's the tragedy of what all is the there was so much momentum, somebody so much winning the sales for the conservative party in 2019 and even in early 2020 you know, obviously code was disruptive to that, but, but i think that, that, what's, what's interesting to see is there's been no apologies about the lock downs. all the, all the parties are going about as you know,

the hypocrisy of it. and there's plenty of that. don't get me wrong. but there's, there's really been no understanding or, or apology of what they did. so in this country. and that's really a shift was that wasn't, that wasn't the, the, the, the topic of the inquiry. and i'm wondering, do you think boys johnson's fall from grace here is a complete, i mean, have we seen the last of him in british politics? so that's a great question and i don't think so. you know, he, i think he's, he has the ability to come back. i think it will take a while. there is a lot of talk that, you know, he's, he's over and done and finished. but, you know, he's a talented retail politician. i might have been a critic of him for governing too far to the left. you know, one was a conservative majority and yet govern. like almost like a labor minister would. but you know, so there is plenty of criticism about boris. but you can't doubt that he's

a big gift retail politician. and i think that means that he over, he will always have the ability to come back. but we also have to say that he is a retail politician who is factually challenged and that that's been shown as several times. he's been called the for line to parliament and compare that to form us present. donald trump, who has now been indicted on federal criminal charges related to his handling and classified information. he remains the leading figure of the g r p. i mean, how do you explain that to people out outside the u. s. are there in the u. k. yeah, it's difficult, it's difficult to explain, of course, but i think the, the big difference is here in the u. k. it's, it's, the party is having a power struggle within the party. whereas in the us, it's less versus right. it's democrats versus republicans. it's the, the inner circle of washington and, you know, in some ways the web position of the justice department in other or do you have

parts of the bureaucracy in washington that are attacking trump, but not just trump? is it attacking republicans in general? i think that will change in the next 6 months as you see it, a bit of a to me during the, during the campaign with, with republicans running against each other. right. for the nominee. i think you'll see a little bit of difference but, but right now it is definitely left versus right as opposed to here in the you can elizabeth, let me just ask you truth in politics. where does it lie more this evening? in the u. k. of the tory party or in the us gfc. yeah, well i take it in, in the tory party, they're having difficulty with the truth. there's, there's no doubt that you know, that prime minister johnson has had some difficult of that as president trump. i think when you'll see in the us is in emergence of

a new generation of republicans that are actually telling the truth all the time president has a problem with hyperbola, there's no doubt about it. you know, i think that maybe maybe perhaps the electorate is growing tired of that. and you'll see whether it's rod santas or nikki haley or mike pants or tim scott, you'll see a different a different apart republican party, the next 6 or 12 months. yeah, well, either left or right as long as we can stick to the truth with all the parties. i think everyone would be in agreement that that would be best for everyone. rest when i think that would be great. yeah, and you'll see it you're seeing on the left in the us is right around the way i'm going to have to interrupt your we're out of time unfortunately, but i appreciate you joining us tonight and come back and get in touch with this again. thank you. we'll just, thanks a lot sure of the day is always done. the conversation continues online and we will see you tomorrow, the

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