the south china morning post writes that tributes and tears are flowing for nobel peace laureate and prominent chinese dissident liu xiaobo. our own correspondents say there's been a virtual media blackout in china regarding mr liu's death. he's pictured on the financial times, too. the paper also looks at the uk going on the offensive against new york to try and win the world's largest initial public offering. it's trying to woo saudi arabia's oil giant aramco. london's proposing a loosening of governance restrictions. a parisian dinnerup the eiffel tower for the us and french presidents, and their wives. they're shown here on le figaro. in france for bastille day celebrations, donald trump has hinted that the united states‘ position on climate change could be reviewed. show me the money — but no notes and coins! the daily telegraph reports that visa wants to put cash out of business by paying shops to not accept tangible money. one consumer group says it amounts to bribery. and ‘sorry‘ seems to be the hardest word, but itjust got easier to say — or sing — without accepting liabilit

china he has what they regard as historical claim to the south china sea. it would be roughly though the united states claimed to own the gulf of mexico. china's belief is that they're and chengt territorial right is the result of all of those voyage offed a jink he vument they own that water with space and all of the hydrocarbon that are under it. 80% of pacific trade passes through this south china sea. to reenforce this claim china is building artificial island and reefs, many of them. thousands of acres and they're militarizing e those are airstrips you see. each one of those islands becomes a kind of -- aircraft carrier from which china seeks to operate and it reenforcing their claims under international law. fortunately, we have allies in this region. we have japan which is increasing its military spending and is more inclined to operate alongside us. we have south korea. a booming economy, new president. our allies are the heart of our maritime strategy this this region and it's good that we have them because we have an enormous tactical problem. chin

navy claims its maneuvers in the south china sea were carried out under the quote freedom of navigation act and it comes as u.s. china relations face a new low wonder trauma's presidency let's discuss this further now r.t. but i'd go for joining us in the studio good morning to you no surprise to some though because for many months back now in fact during trump's presidential campaign he was always saying i will be tough on china is exactly what he said trump sold himself as the man to stand up to china economically he said he was going to bring back american jobs or rather take them back he was going to tax the chinese make it harder for them to make billions and billions in america militarily as well he said that he was that man that would show china america's true military might take money. we can't continue to allow china to rape our country and i want china dictating to me. but as trump often does he appear to flip flop but trump is a businessman he likes business he likes you know the economy economy's growing and money flowing between various sides deals being made and that's wha

seated ageing. —— south china sea to beijing. with china in an area where beijing has extensive territorial claims. the china daily has an aerial picture of a panda power station. you hurt me crackly. engineers are using different kinds of solar cells to make an image of two debut pandas. —— heard me correctly. something pretty to look at and a source of clea n pretty to look at and a source of clean energy. that brings you up—to—date with the papers. it is 64 years ago today that north korea and the united nations command protecting south korea signed an armistice agreement to end hostilities of the korean war. but a full peace deal was never reached. in north korea, the day is known as victory day and celebrations are taking place. this comes as pyongyang is reportedly planning another missile test, which, in the future, could carry nuclear warheads. north korea claims that it needs nuclear weapons for self—defence but as the bbc‘s karen allen explains, it is not just about security. the era of strategic patience with the north

navy claims its maneuvers in the south china sea were carried out under the freedom of navigation act but it comes as u.s. china relations face a new low one of the trunk presidency and earlier i discussed this matter with r.t. is the. trump sold himself as the man to stand up to china economically he said he was going to bring back american jobs or rather take them back he was going to tax the chinese make it harder for them to make billions and billions in america money. we can't continue to allow china to rape our country at all in china dictating to me as also often happens with trump things quickly changed he's a businessman the chinese of certain you know they've got a lot to add to america's economy and they can change the slew we became friends and it ended up with donald trump and she being. chocolate cake together i think we're. a tremendous brothers in a relationship with the relationship developed. as it is she and most of it is a. forward. to the future appeared as though all the nightmare scenarios had failed to materialize that all those dire predictions you know were w

next, to the south china sea. is whole area is the subject of territorial disputes between china and vietnam and the philippines. and others. china claims all the maritime territory inside this dotted red line, but its neighbours dispute this. a us warship has sailed close to triton island, which is claimed by china, taiwan and vietnam. in response, china sent military vessels and fighter planes to the area in response. last night the chinese foreign ministry put out this statement — they called it "a serious political and military provocation. " this was hours before a phone call between the leaders of us and china — in which apparently none of this came up. i asked vincent ni from the bbc‘s chinese service to explain. they did discuss that in a very discreet way in a sense that both sides do notjuantorena relationship, they don't want a confrontational approach. it is also partly for mass consumption because this isn't the first time that it has sailed through the south china sea and china have objected. it shows

over who has sovereignty over the south china sea is going to be with us for years it really doesn't have all the states because it's on the other side of the world but the u.s. likes to show the flag but china has major interest here because it's got a billion people a huge energy. appetite which it's spending a lot of its order earnings importing so wall range. found in this area it wants to a claim to it and of course the u.s. is basically saying we will we will challenge that. it is getting angry as it seeks support from other european countries over the migrant crisis and stress and to close its ports to rescue ships interior minister claims the country's under huge pressure that's as the country's taken in hundreds of thousands of people who have crossed the mediterranean from africa according to the u.n. almost eighty four thousand people have arrived at italian ports since the start of the some estimates predict the number will jump to two hundred twenty thousand by the end of the seventeenth while it's the coals on the neighbors to help france's even use drones and dogs to hu

complex and unpredictable elements in the south china sea. [speaking in a foreign language] >> translator: these are challenges that are beyond the ability of any single power to advance. nor have they be advanced would only selfish interests in mind. [speaking in a foreign language] [speaking in a foreign language] >> translator: these challenges compel nations to form collaborative mechanisms that are based upon international law and designed in such a way that insures a balance of interest among parties. and helps shape and open regional architecture involving all nations, big and small within and outside the region. and abiding by the principles of peace, stability, equality and cooperation in line with a shared goal of prosperity and development in this region. [speaking in a foreign language] >> translator: indeed, asia pacific is growing to become the new center of power. crucial in the formation of a new world order. as senator john mccain put it when he spoke here, quote, the united states recognizes much of the history of the 21st c

warn off an american warship beijing claims the vessel violate that its territorial waters in the south china sea under the pretext of navigation freedom the u.s. side once again sent a military vessel into china's territorial waters this constitutes a serious political and military provocation the chinese side is dissatisfied with and opposed to the relevant behavior of the u.s. side. the u.s. guided missile destroyer came within twelve nautical miles of triton on and it's part of the disputed piracy in on a group which should china considers to be its own territory this comes at a time of heightened tensions between the two countries and washington recently announced plans to sell arms worth one point four billion dollars to taiwan that move and fuel to china raise doubts also of a president trumps efforts to prove relations with beijing jim diem editor of veterans today told us the dispute in the south china sea isn't likely to die down this is part of a sparring campaign that i think is going to go on for quite a while this this dispute over who has sovereignty over the south china sea is

. >>> a rare south china tiger cub made its public debut today. the 40-day old cub is the second south china tiger to be bred at the park since 2015. park breeders say almost all south china tigers are related by bred making it difficult to breed artificially. they say this little cub was rejected by its mom so now park greeters are feeding it and imitating the mom's movement. >>> look at a california man gets to spend the night cuddling up with his beloved and expensive dogs. his purebred french bulldogs were stolen. someone dug into the fence and broke into their kennel last week. hes say they cost $50,000 altogether. wow. they were returned to him this morning. lots of celebration today you know because national chicken wing the day. to honor the made up holiday people are posting lots of pictures of chicken wings they ate on social media. we'll no doubt be posting our wing off pictures as well. yes i said the word wing-off. because my friend melissa is here. when melissa comes to visit things get a little crazy here. we're going to have a wing

if i look at the situation i don't think the chinese are not clapping in the south china sea. i think the chinese believe that the south china sea is as much bear lake as teddy roosevelt bought the caribbean was an american like. we can agree or argue whether this make sense to say that the war on my property and i'm the overseer of it. that is not the way things have been that the chinese are not happy to have the number of violence that used to be in the south china sea and i think this would be a few extra once. they are not happy that the islands divided way they have been. they think the vietnamese have claimed islands, the lithium dose filipinos who claimed islands and all the islands look like their eyelids. the way that teddy roosevelt said this looks like my river. i don't agree with the proposition that there is no one clapping from the other side split in fairness, of the north korean issue, at this point, you are right. the chinese at this point seem to go along with the idea that the united states and china can work together to deal with. problem. i say this with

sends a warship to the south china sea. the g-20 summit in hamburg, germany this week. a potential meeting between xi and putin, as well as trump and president xi jinping. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> a dark, gloomy look to the lion city this morning. you "daybreak asia" are watching "daybreak asia". let's get to first word news now. willind: philip hammond say later the government is changing its tune on brexit and use a speech to business leaders are adopting as realistic tone following the snap elections. splitns about an abrupt from europe were not be discussed. iran will sign a deal on monday to develop the roads biggest gas field in collaboration with total and china international petroleum. 51.1%, whilentrol see in pc will also have an interest, and iran, 19.9%. the trump administration is considering separating the repeal and replace component of abolishing obamacare. white house says the president wants to pass the deal soon. toldweek, mitch mcconnell the senate health care bill from consideration, facing opposition . r

to warn off an american warship beijing claims the vessel violated its territorial waters in the south china sea under the pretext of navigation freedom the u.s. side once again since a military vessel into china's territorial wood says this constitutes a serious political and military provocation the chinese side is dissatisfied with and opposed to the relevant behavior of the u.s. side of the u.s. guided missile destroyer came within twelve nautical miles off try to niland that spot of a disputed group which china considers to be its own territory this comes at a time of heightened tensions between the two countries i was point four billion dollars to taiwan the move infuriated china and raised doubts over president trump's efforts to improve relations with beijing jim dean it's a are veterans today told us the dispute is in the south china sea is unlikely to die down. it's part of a sparring campaign that i think is going to go on for quite a while this this dispute over who has sovereignty over the south china sea is going to be with us for years it really doesn't involve the united stat

and the richard branson story in the south china morning post. very interesting.uk investment. it's interesting that he's upfront about it. additional to what we've seen in the past few months when you look at the past few months when you look at the figures in investment for example, particularly in the car industry, there's a good example, it's falling off a cliff because eve ryo ne it's falling off a cliff because everyone is starting to position themselves for worst possible brexit. but he is british and he's saying i'm not going to invest in my country any more? a lot of people will attack him for that. depends on where you stand on the argument but lots of people will say richard branson, you're doing the country down and not giving us a fair chance of surviving brexit. but on the other hand i'm seeing it from many people now. two stories and not much time, cyberspace, what about this one? what i find very interesting about this is the chinese, who are very into online trading, they recognise as well there's lots of room for online fraud, they started this c

navy the arbiter of events in the south china sea. they look up every day and they see here's the u.s. navy and it's patrolling their borders and when there's a dispute about the island or someone wants to build an island, we have an opinion and we think our opinion should dominate because were the dominant navy. i say great. we been there since the battle of midway. we provided the environment in which things have been so calm and peaceful that we you been able to develop as you have otherwise what would happen between you and india were you in japan but they look and say maybe, even in the best of case cases, the academic related people would say i agree with you, you have a point, but that was then and this is now so it's time for you to leave. so in that sense. >> when you read it you can't help but feeling they were a lot like americans. the nature of the case first compelled us to. [inaudible] wouldn't really want this empire and its law based. i don't think they have a distinctly american policy to them so in that case the anal

the south china sea is an important issue for china and a big global issue.mildly concerned but i think this is part of the natural, i was going to use a tennis analogy, the back and forth between these two states that we will get over the course of the whole trump administration. we know you are a tennis fan. but bear with us. you are a tennis fan. but bear with us. france, we saw another honeymoon period. now we have got him introducing these proposals. the symbolism, you could not get more symbolic. it's interesting. he is taking ona symbolic. it's interesting. he is taking on a whole at write—offs of the french legislature. reducing the numberof the french legislature. reducing the number of national assembly members by pretty much 200. similarly in the senate. he talks about how in the past, it was preference over results, rules over initiative, living off the public purse. he is appealing to the french electorate which clearly, there is going to be big parts of the political system we re big parts of the political system were not going to like this chan

warn off an american warship that beijing claims the vessel violated its territorial waters in the south china sea. under the pretext of navigation freedom the u.s. side once again since a military vessel into china's territorial waters is this constitutes a serious political and military provocation the chinese side is dissatisfied with and opposed to the relevant behavior of the u.s. side the u.s. guided missile destroyer came within twelve nautical miles of triton island its part of the disputed parasail island which china considers to be its territory as comes at a time of heightened tensions between washington and beijing washington recently announced plans to sell arms worth one point four billion dollars to taiwan the move in fuel related china and write down say of a president trumps efforts to improve relations with beijing jim dana editor of veterans today told the dispute in the south china sea is unlikely to die down this is part of a sparring campaign that i think is going to go on for quite a while this this dispute over who has sovereignty over the south china sea is going to be

two bombers flying over the south china sea. ing the islands in the region since 2009. the chinese foreign ministry reacting to the bomber overflight, accusing the united states of trying to flock military force to harm its sovereignty. what kind of silly response was that on the part of the chinese? i thought the pentagon has been inartful in its response to chinese provocations. the chinese are beside themselves over the two b1bs. i guess they know what those b1bs can do if provoked. we are joined by former michigan congressman pete hofstra. and one of the country's leading experts on national security. good to see you, pete. your thoughts on this president's performance, whether it be the speech in warsaw or his time with leaders including vladimir putin in hamburg at the g-20. >> i like the way he lays out his strategy prior to the meetings. you are looking at what happens before the meeting, what happens at the meeting and what happens post-meeting. he goes to warsaw and shoot a missile across the bow of russia. russia is go

the south china morning post reports that beijing has been testing underwater drones in the south chinao send back information on the location of foreign submarines. the phillippines star says the government of president duterte is not willing to lose a "single inch" of territory in the south china sea to beijing. it reports comments from the phillipines' foreign minister about their joint exploration deal with china in an area where beijing has extensive territorial claims. and china daily has an aerial picture of a panda power station. engineers used different kinds of solar cells to make an image of two baby pandas. something pretty to look at and a source of clean energy. it is 64 years ago today that north korea and the united nations command protecting south korea signed an armistice agreement to end hostilities of the korean war. but a full peace deal was never reached. in north korea, the day is known as victory day and celebrations are taking place. this comes as pyongyang is reportedly planning another missile test, which, in the future, could carry nuclear warheads. north kor

china has been change what had been a fairly stable order in the south china sea. ey declared this is their territory, then they started to militarize that claim. what's important here is that the u.s. push back on that while still trying to talk to and cooperate with china. that's where i think we are. we need to show wee do not recognize these claims. at the same time wee have a lot of issues to work with with china. getting the rite balance is key. eric: how do you know there is a trip wire? >> it's bent opposite. we have seen too little pushback up to this point. that encouraged china to keep going. by doing this we are hoping to send a signal that we have seen enough, we are not going to be accepting these claims. but let's do things we all need to deal with such as north korea. >> there have been stronger actions by the administration, this week they sanctioned a chain eels bank as well as announcing the sale of $1.4 billion in military equipment to taiwan. >> on north korea, you have to give china some credit. chain today over a long period of time has change

warships close to disputed territory in the south china sea. relations between the two countries are now heading to a new. the . video. thanks for joining us. china deployed military vessels and planes to warn off an american warship that came within twelve nautical miles of triton island it's part of a disputed power sell island group in the south china sea which china considers its territory and that's why beijing blames the u.s. for violating its territorial waters under the pretext of navigation freedom the u.s. side once again since a military vessel into china's territorial waters this constitutes a serious political and military provocation the chinese side is dissatisfied with and opposed to the relevant behavior of the u.s. side the so-called the violation comes as u.s. china relations face a new low want to trump presidency let's discuss this further now r.t. what it does they are joining us here in the studio this morning good morning to you. hasn't it been donald trump saying since the start of his presidential campaign that he would

another thing that china firmly opposes is the installation of american missiles right on its doorstep the deployment of the u.s. missile defense system in south korea does serious damage to the strategic security interests of all countries in the region including china and russia and disrupts the regional strategic balance well it looks like relations between beijing and washington won't be seeing any major reset but how big of a blow is that to china right now china's president xi is in moscow both china and russia would like to. demonstrate a common interest. deteriorating relations with the united to space both understand. from administration. a series of uncertainty and very cautious demonstration. in china and russia you seem to be beneficial on the. despite trumps attempt to be best buddies was she a while ago looks like the geo political set up hasn't really changed just like under obama the two eurasian super powers seem to be getting along pretty well while the united states is distancing itself and distrusting both of them. are to new york. more than just a day left before g twenty leaders are set to meet for their own humble summit

and also because of the activity in the south china sea. so all these beneficial for the stability of the bilateral military relation. however, in recent months, there are some inactive elements. u.s. has took twice the so-called freedom in the china sea and declared military arm sale to taiwan again. so this has -- bring about impact on the relationship. now the two leaders at the g-20 conference. both leaders will meet each other. and very soon we will have first the talks between the two joint staffs. and trump, president trump, will visit china in the second half of the year, this year. i hope these efforts include stabilize the relationship and stabilize the overall relationship of our two countries. it will be beneficial for the regional peace and the civility. i will stop here. thank you. >> thank you tuosheng. of course all the military and defense issues and different do mains. let me focus first on one area which is in the news very much right now and that's north korea. of all the issues we looked at in the paper, including cyber,

worship was deployed near a disputed island in the south china sea. ng by sending military assets to that area, joining me now is the director of defense studies and senior editor for the center for the national interest established by president richard nixon, thank you for being here. starting things off, the president on the campaign trail seem to be really cracking down on china, talking about trades and our friendly meeting down at mar-a-lago. we he made the argument that we need china to help us with north korea to reign things in. how do you think he will react to this warning coming from the president of china? >> i think the administration at the right thing, they did a very hard thing, to be honest. they had a lot of rhetoric to push back on the chinese. but let's face it, the chinese have not followed any of the trump administration suggestions or hopes that they would rein in their north korean allies. the trump administration is taking a harder line, they have no choice. let's step back for a second and think with the chinese are actually d

to wit, up until now, china has not had to choose between north korea and south korea. hina has been able to have it both ways to a certain degree. sooner or later china is going to have to lean to one side on this issue and how it leaps to one side on this issue will say a lot about the aspirations for world leadership. so, this is not just tough decision for the u.s. these are tough policy decisions for leaders and friends in china as well. and i'm honest to god glad i don't their make a decision on this because there are no good options at the moment. if you had at the time could i give you 15 minutes on why as secretary mattis say a conflict in korea would be the most disastrous departure in this century. >> very short since we're just about out of time. the question that the gentleman in the middle asks suggests that somehow what we, china, the united states, are willing to do would satisfy north korea. maybe a useful conversation between the u.s. and china is what does north korea really want? you say u.s. recognized north korea. is that really that want? i that wa

busy road in south china, today. ==take vo== eight cars -- buried -- in the >>> the moment the mudslide hit a busy road in south china. eight cars buried in the blink of an eye. most of the drivers managed to get out through the car windows. one driver was trapped inside his car. firefighters managed to rescue him and took him to the hospital. he suffered leg and back injuries but he's alive. investigators say that persistent rain led to the mudslide. >> more information and a new look at that near daft at sfo. take a look at animation based on real data from an air canada jet that nearly landed on that taxiway at sfo filled with other planes. it shows how close the pilot was to landing in the wrong area last friday night. the plane was supposed to land on oneway 28r which is the second strip from the right. instead it approached taxiway c. pilot dropped to as low as 335 feet above the ground before sharply pulling back up. that air canada jet eventually circled back around sfo and successfully landed on the correct

violated its territorial waters in the south china sea. that looks at how things started to go wrong between beijing and washington remember the famous chocolate cake that donald trump used to woo the chinese leader we had the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake that you've ever seen president she was enjoying it that was the first time that trump and she met with trump putting on a grand dinner for she which also featured trump's granddaughter singing a song for she in chinese. well that was back in april sense then trump's charm offensive seems to a faltering here's how the chinese foreign ministry sees it. president xi explicitly pointed out that china u.s. relations have made great progress in the recent days but it has also been affected by some negative factors a fair few such factors actually unlike the u.s. accusing china of being a top human trafficking offender china was downgraded to tear three status in this year's report part because it has not taken serious steps to end its own complicity in trafficking and washington's pl

once more tensions a simmering in the south china sea. after u. s. warship sailed only twelve nautical miles from the tiny triton island. it's one point two square kilometers a claim by china. taiwan and vietnam. the u. s. is the operation was meant to demonstrate freedom of navigation in disputed waters. but the beijing has a provocation may have found either. on the u. s. has once again dispensed a warship to enter the territorial waters of china's paracel islands without permission. well this is a serious provocative political and military move from the chinese government expresses strong dissatisfaction and is resolutely opposed to the conduct of the united state. watching your thunder. the incident came just an hour before scheduled phone call between donald trump and his counterpart sheeting pain. the dispute has intensified china's rivalry with the united states. as they both five influence in the region. the conflict dates back to nineteen forty seven when beijing claim that the paracel and sparkly island chains. were integral parts of china.

to warn off an american warship bating claims the vessel violates his territorial waters in the south china sea. under the pretext of navigation freedom the u.s. side once again since a military vessel into china's territorial waters this constitutes a serious political and military provocation the chinese side is dissatisfied with and opposed to the relevant behavior of the u.s. side the u.s. guided missile destroyer came within twelve nautical miles of triton island is part of the disputed parasail island which china considers to be its territory this comes at a time of heightened tensions between washington and beijing washington recently announced plans to sell arms worth one point four billion dollars to taiwan the move in a few reate to china and raise doubts have a president trump the efforts to improve relations with beijing well as discussed the situation further now of course life to jim dean managing editor of veterans today mr dean thank you for joining us on the program now the pentagon has declined to comment on this incident how damaging could this incident be if the u.s. chi

now, china hasl not had to choose between north korea and south korea. hina has been able to have it both ways to a certain degree. sooner or later, china will have to lean toward the -- to one side on this issue. and how it leads to one side in this issue will say a lot about its aspirations for world leadership. this is not just a tough decision for the u.s.. user to policy decisions for leaders and friends in china as well. i am honest to god glad i don't have to make a decision on this because there are no good option at the moment. if you had the time, i could give you 15 minutes on why secretary mattis says a conflict in korea would be the most disastrous departure we have had in the century. the question that this gentleman in the literal -- in thatiddle asked suggest what we will do that will satisfy north korea. may be a useful conversation is what does north korea really want? you say u.s. recognize north korea. is that really what north korea wants? north korea wants to be recognized as a nuclear weapons state, not just diplomatic ties with the

it is a security relationship because they stand at the entrance to the south china sea. it is an economic relationship because it is the gateway between east and west. i would do so as the chief opponent of american values. -- proponent of american values. is confirmed as ambassador, i look forward to working with all members of this committee and administration to advance our interests. >> without objection the two letters you entered will be added to the record. i am struck by the deed sense of duty you all have, the desire to serve our country, and look forward to your confirmation. questions andy save them for interjection. cardin: each of you have an impressive background. your testimonies here today has been very much in keeping with the impressive backgrounds that you have. mr. eisenberg, i want to first thank you for your testimony. when we think we have tough days here, i will recall your eyewitness testimony about 9/11. i recognize exactly why we are fighting so hard for the security of our country. thank you for sharing. that was inspirational to all of those.

and the maritime challenges in the east china sea and south china sea from china are also right in japan's front yard. so this is no longer an alliance that eight rear area alliance. it's in the front lines. that has changed. japan politics, policy, strategic thinking, and it means that we on the u.s. side have really a responsibility to understand how the threat looks and the challenges look up close from japan, and that japan is also one of our most important global partners now. the alliance for decade we talk about as a global alliance, like to play from the time in the nse beginning a decade a., when go into the g7 or g20 meetings we are usually more aligns with japan than any other country, including our closest allies. so it's more complex and more comprehensive women have less relative now spend. japan is on the front lines, always point toward more integration, more jointness, more sharing of strategic assessments and the group of distinguished former chiefs of defense forces and pacom commanders are perfect to contribute to that dialogue. most importantly, msf, the military state

warship that china says got too close to its territory we're talking about disputed islands in the south china sea which china claims as its own but the united states says that it's free to move around in the area according to international law also the united states threatening chinese banks with sanctions because of their dealings with with north korea the united states labeling china as one of the worst human trafficking offenders in the world and what really put the nail in the coffin was donald trump announcing one point four billion dollars worth of deals with taiwan which china views as a renegade province so certainly no telling how far things will escalate and there's no predicting donald trump. political analyst joseph chung thinks that the recent turbulence in u.s. china relations is due to beijing's reluctance to bow to washington's pressure both china and russia would like to. demonstrate their common interests of deteriorating relations of the united states donald trump ministration seems to be exerting pressure on china to do a lot. push reading north korea to give up its nuclea

he has tried the south china sea route. respond and how much further can they be pushed? of things, china is moving away from the trade driven model. i'm talked a lot and teaching courses at yale for seven years, on the transition to a good consumer led model. that is in part to adjust this. secondly, china plus his role as a next order has changed a lot. it is now an active participant in supply chains doing components and parts, rather than fully assembled products. it can divvy up its export paralysis in a very different way than before. >> in the short-term, it would hurt. of the: that is a part story. this long and slow transformation from manufacturing led economy to consumer driven, what is the biggest risk? stephen: first of all, with all due respect, it is not long and slow. it has been going on for seven years. scarlet: some people say it has taken longer than expected. stephen: show me an economy that has taken the gdp from 43% to 50 in seven years, i challenge you to find one other example in history. so it is moving ahead very quickly. one thing china is doin

this also comes as no sallite imagery shows china continuing the military buildup in the south chinato. >> were back. and whether you want to or not let's talk about social media. it played a major role in the 2016 election. >> imagine if i was available to our founding fathers how would've it been used in 1776? richard you had a question about this the other day. >> the winner would have been benjamin franklin. he was a media creator, he was a pull-up publisher of newspapers and the avant-garde of his day. all of those little sayings we remember the poor richard almanac saying, those were twitter size things that he dropped into his almanac as stores. so he knew how to write type. >> would have been no problem for him? >> no. john adams -- [laughter] i think most of them would've had a big problem. the vocabulary was bigger. >> jefferson writes frequently on the declaration of independence he's talking about -- he's taken about 12 characters there. i think my pick would have been patrick henry. >> why? >> give me liberty or give me death. probably only hundred characte characters. t

it's a security relationship because they stand at the entrance of the south china sea. it's an economic relationship tickets at the gateway between east and west and i would do so as a proponent of american values. look forward to answering your questions today and if i'm confirmed as ambassador singapore i would look forward to working with all the members of this committee as well as within the administration to advance our interests. thank you. thank thank you and without objection the two letters he referred to will be entered into the record. i'm personally struck by the deep sense of duty that all of you have had your desire to serve our country and look forward to your confirmation. i'm going to defer my questions to say the time for interjections down the road in with that i turn to senator cardin. >> thank you mr. chairman that i want to join you and each of you have an impressive background and your testimony here today have been very much in keeping with the impressive background that you have. mr. eisenberg i want to thank you for your testimony. when we thi