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shallows. ah ah with mm. welcome towards the part, an old chinese saying suggest that it is better to be a dog in terms of tranquillity than a human in times of change. a proposition that many of us may test out soon as the world we knew just a few years ago, rapidly disintegrates what is likely to emerge in its place. well to discuss it are now joined by wild rance executive dean of the chung institute for financial

studies. dr. when it's great to talk to you, thank you very much for your time. thank you. thank you. i think it will help me. now. chinese scholars are not known for their excessively dramatic assessments, but i noticed a lot of them, including yourself, warning about the danger over major war, perhaps having a global war involving nuclear weapons. what may you reach such a ominous conclusion? so actually my a fixed now it in a increase a, a is no longer regional. it is a, a, a, a war. so the western pass continuing

to increase. roger can only be forced to use to live the what i barrier waterhouse. i'm also a s a, a more dangerous moment. now there's been a lot of talk about the so called asian pacific pivot in the bottom administration and in the previous ones as well. they tried to extricate themselves painfully and sometimes very clumsily from the middle east, from afghanistan, only to be embroiled in europe. do you think these are speaking of a fight with russia over ukraine was delivered or has the west essentially stumbled into this conflict? the money lushu was a,

a, a, a, a, me, a, a threat rat. so luckily, if it's getting late. so this very, very important reason why many a, i saw many chinese russia happening by the west for a long time. and i have to find that who is why the china nowadays many, many people a class. and it's a point where the, i know from the articles that many in china also sympathize very strongly with the people of ukraine and they're suffering. and i have to say that many russians are 2

very, very greatly opposed by that. but you want to describe ukraine as having the body of a strong man and the fate of a servant girl and gender insensitive politically incorrect. it may sound to western air. i think it's hard to deny, given how poorly ukraine has been able to benefit from both this strategic position and it's natural resources. and i think to some of them it's very similar to getting some because i've got a son essentially located in a region continent. it has very which resources but all and i did it more harm than good whose fault is that both in the case of ukraine and perhaps even in the case of a gannon with a trinity. oh, yes, there are a lot of changes in the middle side countries or small countries for you

me a quick call just to why i called a bus to 48 countries. a medium size or small size cannot be out of the countries in may county because it has a policy with me to reach a another server to go there and need to now a tool for to, for you. all right, so i see nowadays with a wall with all the coffee,

so i'm there on the maybe a coffee, you may become the police and they are worth country. you. now, you said before that the essentially believe that russia was pushed into this military operation by natives containing encroachments not going to put in whole authorized this operation. his last visit brought wants to china, and it was very interesting in my visit because there isn't delegation of food in, in the morning. they had a full of meetings and they laughed in the evening. and there must have been something very, very important in those personal meetings to justify, you know, travelling such large distances for such a short period of time. do you think the chinese were informed of the russian intentions to launch this operation? i know that there is no way of knowing it,

for sure. perhaps only present she in prison, couldn't know that, but what's your intention on that q now with a right. i mean there, there were some important talks behind the scenes a i. e, i a to a lot of china issues, and i need an answer whether that time a mission to try. but now i'm very concerned, and it's not a bench with the fact that, you know, a very,

very obvious answer is that a complete, a few didn't not after the chinese embassy, you're going to please why. so this has to go to shoes. so good. there are people complain about it, why we need a hand, we understand it because we believe that the child, we believe that a country and has a lot to do to watch. now, despite this, i'm beginning on whether or not china was informed about russia's intentions. i think we would agree that even before this military operation, the relationship between russia and china was growing close over the last couple of months. i think it became even tighter. and while the chinese side is still trying

to project a neutral line, you know, projecting that neutral line in and of itself is a sign of independence. it's not citing explicitly with, with the american head jam and do you think that is intentional? so i'm a follow the u. s. to watch to session with pass. now the walls in the country population have not followed a washer or was i to lead a washer in front of you can not so any progress, but we'll only ha, all know her order. china has always post american feature, but we have

a lot of country, a treaty or a doctor, one for now. the active fighting is still contained to ukraine and we all hope that it will stay that way. although the ripple effects from the confrontation already south around to well, what could possibly make the facilities to press further and try and the military operation from a local regional one into a global outbreak of violence. a very interesting you, a, b, a,

c, a, a, a, b, is there a power point? so now the time we want to, we push a to, and are you in chapter a camera? come from p a. yes. now you mentioned a prison. she and he was also talking about humanity being this one big ship and having to face crashing ways together. he said that throwing anyone overboard would

present a major problem for, you know, everybody. but i need to meet very chinese matter for americans who are clearly in turned on thinking rush, i'm in there. no, not hiding it. they want to, you know, push russia under what i didn't get likely. and, you know, to listen to your perceived that you from china were, well, a, here with me on the same shit. and now man a, now to why a war.

i asked happening 10 times. so now that a, so now we need to be done is to why, man, not just a whole just on their own countries. you know, you can't even imagine a small, a small and our country in the u. s. a. and a, i'm not a, you know, the address. so if i can hear a history, ok, well, i was around, we have to take a very short break right now, but we will be back in just a few moments. ah,

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ah welcome back to well, the parts with when, when executive dean of the young institute for financial studies. and when you are a very serious scholar, but in one of your articles, speaking about this and growing danger of a global war on, you mentioned a curious sense i would say graham, numerical kind of systems that this some of every 2 digits of the starting dates 128th of july, 1914. what's you and the 1st of september 1959 and the russian ukrainian conflict 24th of february, 2022. they said they all go down to number 5 and i know that traditional chinese philosophy assigns

a lot of significance to neurology. but i wonder if your sound see any meaning in this figure. weird coincidence a, a history. there can be a use of all the records in the future for you. all the numbers. a danger with the 3rd a roll is not a p a. and if you prefer wall in destruction. so now if there is that the united states,

if you like to put a wall or prefer wall and they're not sure also, i think just the experience. so now the best way is to start a war. now if i'm not mistaken, there's another kind of saying that suggests that the best war is the war enough for. and obviously, the chinese trying to navigate that relationship with the united states, the best they can you roll your sound that for now, at least you have been able to avoid you know, falling into a cold war trap. do you think that is still a danger when it comes to the united states in china, or do you think that conflict with russia? you know, this indirect conflict with russia so far will keep washington b. a for a couple of years. a

nation's being avoided is a all a all you know, try to join. so however, earlier this, if you start history and so now that they had, and the best way to, to mandy is to start. that was, i said, and they have more too many in your actions and the why fi last and maybe i i'm very aware that the chinese, i don't like the comparison of the ukrainian situation to that all tie one because of beijing insistence on the one china policy, but i'm sure you know,

that president might in the bottom administration on the other administrations to have promised her support for, for k u, how ukraine was treated by the american security wise. the fact that they have essentially been, you know, abandoned in the time of great need. do you think those promises of american support are worth anything? yeah, each on each other a trying to for all, you know, we all agree. we see a they think that you, yes, you agree to bass law and then we can and, and this is very, very, a very small and the thing here, yes,

they can you the same way to badness? chinese we are and we can find a lot that you will be are here is very f u r c a r a f. they find it, the law is all use. so how long is it god? is it a state to contain to why thought another vehicle. so we have a now are speaking about ukraine. it's well known that the ukraine is one of the world's leading is for is of agricultural goods. and as he rode recently, more than 40 countries, i'm more than 25 percent dependent on the cranium with increased. i'm sure the russians are he aware of that own responsibility before the 30 countries. they do

a know, especially those who are dependent on the ukraine and sports. but do you think, realistically, it is now within russia ability to ensure that the spring sewing season begins as it should and that it continues as it should so that to minimize the burden on the rest of the world. because in addition to this war, we also have, you know, many seasons of drought, locust, and asians, and many other factors that are affecting the production of food. a china or russia, especially tree reaches a lot of the n y, a

house, and the u. b. a u r. a and also a to a lot of people. so now the whole world is to watch the wall. it's a p, a h will be awful. so we have 2 of us the other countries, washington for now it seems to believe that in penalizing russia, you know, any means to justify the goal. and, you know, it already led to, steve increases in commodity prices for many companies to all to action change.

do you think that the world is likely to take it as it is? you know, the mind is always right. or do you think it may provoke some counter reaction from other countries to make the americans to force the americans to understand that you know, it's not ok to force others to carry the burden of their decision. they may take whatever action necessary as the russian out, you know, forcing other countries to, to do the same or more and more people, a, b, a country. it's a catch it all to the feet. it's a, a t in country all you to this country's a command. ok?

so for example, you know, i, we all b, b, i a will not a doctor one. i think you would agree that many countries. i mean, i've heard it from a lot of my guess from around the world. they all believe that the americans have demonstrated selfish behavior. but up until recently and very few countries had any diplomatic or economic or even political force to resist that behavior. do you think that meant to maybe building to something more productive? right now, for example, i know there are lots of talks about china and saudi arabia and, you know, an old american ally, switching to are you on denominated trade in oil? do you think, you know, such indirect moves can not even challenge them. i can hit dominates,

not about challenging then american hegemony, but making the world more balanced and more secure. a sort of saying no to depend on the will of one country a coffee, a, b, b, a, c, h, a, a common with a. so we are very correct. so every come you will see that a dog and now you, you see you the thought or do we need to track the dog? so the yes we can see more and more countries about the campbell crossing the united states dollar your spot, reserve coffee,

national monitoring assistance with very ha, now it happens, your t $258.00. so in the future. so in fact, i think a thought is coming to an end. and as we see the rising prominence of china and other countries including occurrences as well. and, you know, one of the sort of philosophical question to one of the expressions we hear a lot in the international, these courses who is on the right side of history and who is on the wrong side of history. which i have to say is a very western, i would even say a very christian concept and you know, dividing everything in stark, lee, good or bad friends. as china continues, it's natural or to prominence. do you think it will introduce

a more complex understanding of what is good or what is that and what is the balance between, you know, various opposites, a wall we how you, dan mine and not so much a, a, a, all but a few a. so for example, e, e, a u s u a and many war but the need is not a present. i think though the american, me a voice a, b, c,

a u. so that's why i think we need to read a. all right, well dr. why don't we have to leave it here? thank you very much for your insights today. thank you. thank you so much and thank you for watching hope to see you again on world apart ah with mm ah.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy confrontation, let it be in arms. race is on offensive, very dramatic development. only personally and getting to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, very critical time time to sit down and talk with neither worlds gets used. multi polos, we've multi level institutions. the un chief calls for multi polarity in the world during his 1st visit to russia. since the conflict began in the trip itself has seen the secretary general facing criticism from western countries for simply talking to moscow. germany and i says it will after all, provide key with anti aircraft while the you case armed forces ministers say

ukraine should be able to target russian territory and can do so with nato's weapons. also ahead we've once again found a huge variety.