i'm kamal santamaria here in the library of the national museum of carter willis trade war between the world's 2 biggest economies have repercussions far beyond their own shores we're seeking answers today as the president and founder of the center for china and globalization dr wang talks to al-jazeera. dr wang thank you for joining us thank you for talking to al-jazeera i think for 18 months now we have heard the story of the so-called trade war between the united states and china but we hear it mostly through the prism of the united states possibly because donald trump shuts the loudest about it but we certainly haven't heard much of the chinese reaction other than when they put their own tariffs on i'm interested to start by just if you can tell me how has the story for the 18 months played out in china is it is it a big deal there or it certainly is a big do i mean the china and the u.s. relation this exactly 40 years of a diplomatic ties china opened and the 1978 and then january 1st ninety's and denied china u.s. diplomatic tight so china is open now but largely opened up to the

i'm kemal santa maria here in the library at the national museum of carter willis trade war between the world's 2 biggest economies.

national museum of african-american history and culture and also a centennial ray of light. thank you. thank you, dr. bunch. thank you for your ongoing support and your embrace of the legacy of our founder, dr. carter godwin woodson. each year the president of asaala discloses the selection of the theme for the study of black history globally. black history is not just an american thing. black history is a study that we have seen actually take place in the uk as well as parts of africa and other parts of the world. so what dr. woodson started has become a global, global event. dr. higginbotham is the first african-american chair of the history department at harvard. we are also proud to congratulate her for winning the dr. john hope franklin award. we just learned of this last night. she is a historian of historians. and to read her statement on this year's black history theme, black migrations, i give you dr. h higginbotham. >> thank you, and welcome. every year i write a statement to inaugurate black history month. this one starts off, happy black history month. this year opens with the theme black migrations. as the founders of black history month, the association for the study of african-americ