it's no longer just beijing that come in for hong kong media. the city's chief executive carry lamp and will many of called her pro china rubber stamp governments are cracking down to take bow choice employer, artie hage. k, the public broadcaster that used to have a reputation for its critical journalism. following its coverage of the 2019 protests including police violence, the hong kong government conducted a far reaching review of our th case, management and editorial direction. it has since replaced its director with a pro beijing bureaucrats and ext various of its programs. or they saw the call that i love to be seen. yeah. when they come down he said, hey, things will up sure how things holmes. i see her home. you know the thing we got to ingle, hey hope full moving full height. height on the jack on the head of a simple to be gumball. second go for we go to your knees. he told us it seems to riot back in 2019 d h k. have told you some program reporting for suits being very much bias. the government, if they see something wrong done by al

it made economic sense for beijing to be relatively hands off . however, as china grew into an economic superpower in the early 2 thousands, beijing started to rethink. it's hong kong strategy. beginning perhaps from 20 all 3. when there's mock change of tactic. i'm up aging to us to was hong kong mall control. more innovations and more presence in the way we govern the media is not immune to those change of strategy. so beginning from that, we've seen that media and gumble the read in direct of pressure or the hi fi we got through that pi like you don't see, we hate to hang on stop phones, i am light a little was i will enjoy all holmes in cbl and conway won summers. i think they, jody, a topical goldman high up lay while you go homemaking allege. oh, my god, the high ed said the way my, my, like in the ohio, the me, me good being bama. china's tougher approach to hong kong was solidified in 2012. when siege in ping was appointed general secretary of the communist party in 2014 c, radically changed the election process for the cities. my senior p

glacier kwong, talkin: least beijing cannot. glacier kwong, talkin: to least beijing cannot. kwong, talking to us about the _ least beijing cannot. glacier kwong, talking to us about the latest - least beijing cannot. glacier kwong, talking to us about the latest in - talking to us about the latest in that peng shuai case. thank you for joining us on newsday. that's all the time that we have for you on newsday at this hour. thanks so much forjoining us. from me and the team, do stay with bbc news for the latest global headlines. hello there. the weather isn't changing in too much of a hurry over the next few days, because high pressure keeping things dry, settled and very mild still for this time of year. so another mild and quite breezy day to come on thursday. dry weather for most of us, but not everywhere. we have got this weather front sitting close to the north of scotland, so that'll produce outbreaks of rain mainly for northern and western scotland, but high pressure to the south dominating the weather for most places. and, with that high pressure, we're drawing in win

halfway you can tell beijing is cautious. they don't want to get ahead of themselves. they are quite guarded and vague , but i think there is real reason for optimism from beijing. this is a bilateral relationship that has for years been characterized by increasing tensions and hostilities dating back to the trump administration. disagreements, as kimberly mentioned, on everything from trade, technology, and human rights, what is happening in hong kong and she and john. there is a lot at stake, but we have seen in recent months some positive steps. we had the second phone call between xi and biden where they decided to try to make sure this rivalry does not descend into conflict. we had recently a surprise joint declaration between the two countries where they agreed to tackle climate change together, which was a surprising and significant statement and a show of rare unity. there is a lot of positive things they could possibly discuss, but at the same time we have to take a reality check. there are also real disagreements th

but from the beijing point of view, the u.s.calling for a bigger voice for taiwan at the united nations, much to beijing's chagrin. beijing doesn't like to see all of those american-made weapons being purchased and utilized and they don't like to see hundreds of military personnel here in taiwan over the last couple of years training taiwanese troops. so it's certainly a situation where the two sides need to talk, and with all of the regional arms race that's unfolding here, it's a good thing analysts say that they're talking about this. it couldn't come soon enough. >> okay, will in taiwan, thank you. >>> now, the sudden disappearance of a chinese tennis player is raising concerns amongst the sporting world. earlier this month she took to social media to accuse a retired chinese state leader sexually assaulting "her". the post was quickly removed and she hasn't been seen in public since. tennis authorities called on the kmaenz g chinese government to investigate her allegations. she should be heard, not censored. now naomi osak

what does this mean for beijing?ns that have to think about how they will stop the appreciation happening at such a fast pace. the domestic economy is pretty weak and therefore we think it would be helpful to stimulate export profitability. it is important to realize they are unlikely to repeat the debacle of 2015 when you had the devaluation which really didn't benefit them because it was relatively rapid and therefore there was a knock on effect, so they didn't gain much from that depreciation. paul: what about the other side of the space, dollar strength? >> it seemed to lose a little bit of momentum overnight. it was particularly interesting when john williams from the fed spoke. he is usually quite dovish and centrist. he came across pretty confident about the u.s. economy. of course warning about higher inflation risk as well, which is somewhat surprising to me. also surprising is that the u.s. rates market nor did the dollar react. that may suggest that the strong dollar trend is losing a little bit of force.

we owe it to not dignify the stain on the beijing olympics. i urge the biden administration not to send u.s. officials and american sponsors, not to send their ceos. in december, the white house will convene the summit for democracy. i urge the biden administration to use this event to shine a light on hong kong. the democratic freedoms that the people of hong kong aspire to and that the people of the chinese government are taking away our universal values. one thing we can do is provide humanitarian assistance to those fleeing. we will hold a hearing next tuesday and i welcome any thoughts are witnesses have on these bills. i want to say, we have a rules committee meeting at 2:30 unfortunately. i am eagerly awaiting any recommendations you have on actions that we might take. i thank you and i thanked the chair and i yield back. >> thank you. it is a pleasure and an honor to work side-by-side with you on these important issues. i would like to yield to mr. kim. while we wait, test >> i think mr. kim -- represented of kim needs to unmute. >> i

reporter: would you support a diplomatic boycott _ of the beijing olympics?an bremmer is president and founder of eurasia group. hejoins us now from singapore. thank you so much forjoining us again on bbc world news. at the beginning of the week, president biden and xi jinping are talking now, now president biden is considering a diplomatic boycott of the winter olympics so it is again a rocky time in the relationship between america and china. it relationship between america and china-— and china. it is a better time in the relationship. - and china. it is a better time in the relationship. the - and china. it is a better time in the relationship. the lastl in the relationship. the last couple of weeks were marked both by the chinese expressing willingness to engage with the americans directly on climate at the cop26 and then an over three hour meeting between the americans and chinese at the head of state level, where they are trying to find ways to lower the tensions in the relationship. you don't yet have an announcement of a diplomatic boycott, despite t

finally and crucially, we will challenge beijing where we must. including when it takes actions that run counter to american values and american interests. actions that might threaten the security of the united states or allies or partners or under underline the international order. the prc seeks to become the most powerful country in the indo-pacific. we have to stand with our allies and our friends to uphold a free and open indo-pacific, including by maintaining america's commercial and military superiority in 21st century technologies. beijing has been an aggressor against india, along the long border, against vietnam, the philippines and others in the south china sea, against japan in the east china sea and beijing has launched an intimidation campaign against australia and even more recently lithuania. the prc's genocide, its abuses in tibet, smothering of hong kong's autonomy and freedoms and its bullying of taiwan are unjust and must stop. the biden administration is right to seek effective channels of communication with beijing to manage t

can we leverage the spotlight of the 2022 beijing winter olympics? the congressional executive commissioner on china which i also cochair and congressman smith also is a member of asked the committee topostpone and relocate the games if the host chinese government did not let up on the uyghurs in hong kong. they refused. we asked the olympic corporate sponsors to use their leverage to demand improvements and respect for human right. they refused. we owe it to hong kongers and uyghurs not to dignify the corrupt stain that is in the beijing olympic. i urge the biden administration not to send u.s. officials and american sponsors, not to send their ceos. in december the white house will convene the summit for democracy. i urge the biden administration to use this event to shine a light on hong kong. the democratic freedoms that the people of hong kong aspire to and that the chinese government is taking away our universal values. one practical thing we can do is provide humanitarian pathways for those fleeing the chinese government's repression. the cec

tensions between beijing and taiwan are on the rise.'s air force sent a record number of warplanes into the air defense own last month. china is the you's largest -- the e.u.'s largest trading partner. taiwan is one of the biggest technology producers. it supplies many components for the latest smartphones. >> let's bring our guests into the show. we have joining us from taipei a writer and founder of a magazine. in south korea, effexor of political science and diplomacy and in beijing, the chair and professor at a university. what message is being sent to china by the congressional visit to taiwan? >> this congressional visit to taiwan by the u.s. members of congress is a serious violation of the one china policy. china will take measures accordingly. china has already announced a series of sanctions against three members who promote taiwan independence and i think all these members of congress from the united states will be put under sanction list. it will be banned from entering china's mainland, china's hong kong, china's macau and

lianting: technically, the boards in beijing provide access.board in shanghai and the chinext in shenzen. the market cap that is going to be for those who want to list in beijing will be a third of a million u.s. dollars, combined with a billion yuan for star board. investors should have at least half a million one in their back account in order to invest in stocks on the beijing stock exchange. . it is the same for the star board, but higher for the chinext companies. today, we are going to see so many companies that will be migrated from opc marketplace, and hopefully they beijing exchange will provide more liquidity for traders and for those companies in terms of fundraising. we will see companies that will debut their today, 10 of them. it is an exciting day for beijing. haidi: do we see much of a boost for china's brokerages? lianting: can you say that again? haidi: do we see much of a boost in business for chinese brokerages, then? lianting: it is likely. the brokerages are talking to companies, trying to bring them to the boards. so in a

what more do you want to hear from beijing on this? is this good enough?nk it's good enough. i think the people in the tennis world would like to see her, hearfrom her directly, perhaps see her having a tennis hit, a practice, things that she's done since she was 8 years old, and first picked up a racket. she was number one in the world in doubles, top 15 in singles, she's been to grand slam semifinals. but even if she hadn't and she was just a player maybe who hadn't broken into the top 100 in the world, the wta is known as an organisation that cares about all their members, whether they're number one in the world or number 500 in the world, so i feel really confident the women's tennis association and that women's professional tennis will do the right thing. there's other tennis organisations that have a lot at stake here. the australian open, which has branded itself as the grand slam of the asian—pacific region, have very close ties to china. and everyone knows that if you speak up a certain way, you certainly put your business with china in danger, so

than pushing back and challenging beijing. and i believe that, sorry, go ahead. no, i was just going to ask you to elaborate on that. what do you mean by that? and what are you basing that on? so china has more to lose with climate change, but united states and probably any other country in the worlds. and, you know, for decades we've all understood that the chinese communist party mostly acts to further its own interest. so that would lead us to believe that beijing can and well prioritize finding climate change if it's or not, its own interest. and beijing like a couple of these issues with other things that wants it to be part of the bilateral relationship, as opposed to just focused on climate. whereas the us, thanks again, high boss climate from the rest of the relationship. and what will happen is that the us will yield and other very important areas of the relationship because it feels like it needs to work with china to fight climate change. and beijing both gets help quite in climate change and also a stronger hand in

the images purport to show the 35—year—old at a youth tennis tournament in beijing.ort videos offered as evidence that peng is not under any form of duress; one that claims to show peng having dinner at a beijing restaurant with her coach and another which has raised questions over a date being blurred. all were posted on social media by the editor of a state—affiliated newspaper. our china correspondent, john sudworth, talked me through the latest video. it first appeared on the social media account of hu xijin, a fiercely loyal communist party news editor here, but it has since also appeared on the chinese social media accounts of the tournament organisers in beijing so this does look like it is the first real evidence of peng shuai's whereabouts since she disappeared at the beginning of the month after making these allegations. there have of course been other bits of purported evidence, an e—mail, some still photographs, a video, but there have been questions about all of these. this one where we see peng shuai smiling, and waving, as her name is announced, standi

china is warning its people that coal is the biggest part of the climate problem — we'll hear from beijing it won't act more quickly. a man has died after a car exploded outside a hospital in liverpool — three men have been arrested under the uk's terrorism act. queuing to get the covid jab in austria, as two million unvaccinated people are told that from now, they can only leave their homes for essential reasons. and queen elizabeth misses the remembrance sunday ceremony at the cenotaph, for the first time in 22 years. hello and welcome to bbc news. it's seven in the morning here in singapore, and 11 in the evening in london where the british prime minister borisjohnson has described a global accord to speed up action against climate change as "truly historic" and "the beginning of the end for coal power". but his remarks come after the president of the cop26 climate conference, alok sharma, said india and china will have to �*justify�* themselves to the world's most vulnerable countries — after the two nations demanded last—minute changes to the climate deal, softening commitments to red

but only where it suits beijing's interests.or example, in nigeria, because it is a major oil producer, and for can for infrastructure projects. $10 billion to around $200 billion with a record set in 2013 thanks to investment in its vast adult and wrote initiative. bridges, ports, highways, and dams. today, one in three construction sites in the continent our chinese. but it is a presence that comes at a price, including accountability and financial dependence. china is africa's main donor. over the past 20 years, beijing has led african countries more than $172 billion. sometimes the loans are repaid in natural resources such as oil or cobalt. over time, this dependence has created mistrust towards beijing. in 2018, china's presence in zambia sparked demonstrations. beijing's political agenda has posed problems for some after severa african countries aligned their position with that of china's at the u.n. still others point to corruption and labor laws. amid the rising discontent, china's level of investment in africa has plun

a diplomatic boycott of the beijing olympics? it's something we're considering. well, that was a very brief comment, but then the white house press secretary said the idea of a possible boycott was driven by concerns over china's human rights record. that comes despite efforts to ease tensions at a virtual summit between the president and chinese leader xi jinping earlier this week. the president is going to raise issues where he has concern and he's going to look for areas to work together. and his lengthy three and a half hour meeting the other night was certainly a reflection of that. both areas where we could work together and areas where we have concern were raised, as you all know from the readouts following the meeting. but there are areas that we do have concerns — human rights abuses. you've seen, notjust in words we've used but certainly in actions we've taken at the g7 and other sanctions, that we have serious concerns about human rights abuses we've seen in xinjiang. and certainly there are a range of factors as we look at what our presence would be.

a bloomberg scoop reveals beijing asked dd to do list from u.s.xchanges in what would mark its most severe action to date. plus, it's not just a red friday. it's black friday, too. will supply chain snacks and price snares mean this deal failed to impress? you are seeing heavy selling, a very significant risk off move in the markets today. and we want to focus in on what is behind this. it is this variant that is emanating out of southern africa. we have a terminal chart that shows what is happening on the ground. and since the rate of infections and the gap between the infection rate and the vaccination, and this has always been the morning from epidemiologists, that if you have a proportion of the population that is unvaccinated, that gives space for covid-19 to circulate and for new variants to emanate. some of those will be benign. some of those will be less benign. we are still waiting for less information as to the severity and the implications of this new variant on the vaccination program, globally, and how easily it is transmitted. but cl

and beijing says in return, the u. s. promise to abide by the one china principal and not support taiwan independence. if you contrast the early of meeting we had in alaska between the 2 sides and meeting full of harsh language, hostile torrence, we've had now this meeting between joe biden is she didn't ping which opened with friendly smiles, with waves of the hand and with even a sheet and ping, referring to joe biden as an old friend. so because of those reasons we've seen that this meeting has this been perceived as a successful which setting of ties, are we setting of the tone between the 2 countries? ah. okay, let's bring in our guest in beijing, we've got victor gao, his chair, professor of susco university in washington, d. c. handle claim, former us deputy assistant secretary of defense for east asia. and in our slow glen decent professor of international relations at the university of south eastern nor we welcome gentlemen to the program glen. i'd like to ask you 1st, as we've heard relations between these 2

let's now speak katrina you who's in beijing? katrina, what did she? what was gigi ping hoping to get from this meeting. i think she jan thing was very much hoping for some sort of improvement or normalization of the relationship between the u. s. and china, which has for years as kimberly luda to been very tense since the previous trump administration. we are getting some updates now from chinese state media that the meeting concluded about after 3 and just over 3 hours of discussion. one, a state media have just released the line that joe biden promised to. she's in thing not to support taiwan independence. our yet to verify that, but that's aligned as in put out by chinese state media. another line was that the 2 sides conducted full, an in depth communication and exchanges on strategic overall and fundamental issues in, in discuss issues of common concern. also there's been a bit of a analysis because a president she jan thing apparently opened the discussion by calling terabyte in la puente oil, which in chinese means old friends. so there's also

beijing's foreign ministry says it has no information on the case. a spokesman saying, this is not a diplomatic question, and i am not aware of the situation. the white house says it has seen the reports about peng but has no additional information. pressure is mounting on china as beijing is set to host the winter olympics next year. mona? ike? >>> coming up, the shift in strategy for apple's new electric car. we'll show you what it looks like. >>> and the plan to scrub the atmosphere of excess carbon dioxide by sucking it right out of the air. you're watching "world news now." >>> apple is kicking the development of its electric car into high gear. the company is now shifting its attention away from a conventional electric vehicle to a fully self-driving car. apple is hoping the car will hit the pavement by 2025. no word yet on how much it would cost. >>> we're now seeing an innovative solution to reduce carbon emissions by sucking carbon dioxide right out of the sky. >> a facility in iceland is already up and running and scrubbing the sky like a g

more importantly, carrie lam now speaks with beijing. the trump administration thanked the two had vigils who were the hatchet men, with the secretary of security, and the former head of the president of the hong kong police force, and the former secretary security the hong kong police force. both of these into being better known throughout the world, for the purposes of being held accountable. they, more than anyone else, even jinping himself, except that they are cutbacks responsible for the current demise of human rights in hong kong, for they've been willing sinners for draconian policy. but, beyond the freedom, we should remember the great bring our freedom. that beacon of free speech, about him by the government in june, of this year, has been frozen, and his computer was confiscated. he is now in jail, periodically unbroken, supported by shackles, but people may not know this but he was a fairly catholic, there are many spaces for the roughly 90,000 citizens who have left hong kong, between june of 2020, and june of 2021. because

would we have a diplomatic boycott of the beijing olympics?f the bei'ing ol mics? ., , olympics? that is something we are considering. _ earlier i asked ian bremmer, president and founder of eurasia group, whether this is a sign the relationship between the us and china is still rocky. it is a better time in the relationship. the last couple of weeks were marked both by the chinese expressing willingness to engage with the americans directly on climate at the cop26 and then an over three—hour meeting between the americans and chinese at the head of state level where they are trying to find ways to lower the tensions in the relationship. we don't yet have an announcement of a diplomatic boycott, despite the fact that is clearly where the biden administration had been heading before the summit, before the virtual summit, and there is a lot of pressure on the americans right now because, of course, biden recognises that he did lose some vote in 2020 in swing states from working—class folks who believe he was soft on china. i can tell you the bide

that's what we have in the moment at beijing -- in beijing.ave xi jinping being stamped on the very nature and the very being of the communist party. a historical resolution cementing the president's status. yvonne: all in an effort to finalize xi jinping's vision for the future. the company is set to go public in the u.s. to one of the largest specs ever. singapore airlines says its value sheet improved last porter and offered a more promising outlook as the city state abandons its policy. they posted a $16 million loss compared with $1.7 billion earlier. sales almost doubled. singapore allows visitors from about a dozen countries to enter without quarantine. thanks invested about $3 billion in india this year, and it could commit up to $10 billion next year. softbank investment advisor told bloomberg that fintech is the biggest opportunity in the country. india has been a bright spot for softbank, which has been an early investor in several organizations. >> [inaudible] this is the right option. these are the right valuations. haslinda: 70 a

monday in the u.s., tuesday morning in beijing. what we heard from washington officials and beijing officials is these are two heads of two powerful and influential nations who want to keep the lines of communication open and want to make sure the company vision between these two nations does not become conflict. both sides have acknowledged that tensions between the two countries. they rose during the trump administration and continued with the biden administration. they had that acrimonious meeting in alaska between diplomats from both countries, so the idea is trying to ease those tensions and get the relationship between the two nations where there is open communication and they can talk through things and maybe make progress on trade, where they are in that two-year trade agreement that began under the trump administration, and china is behind on delivering. that could be a potential topic of conversation, as well as both economies in general. sonalia: is there any surprise about this happening now? there was a lot of talk abo

beijing now has more billionaires than any other city in if world.hina is addic dictatorship, it forbids religious freedom. anger the government, you can simply disappear. for years this once close country seemed to be opening up. not anymore. one man has changed the course of history. china's supreme leader xi jinping. should the u.s. be afraid? should the world? polls show they are already are. more than 80% of the people do not trust xi jinping. new fears of china's growing military might. who is xi jinping? what does he want? let's start with two crucial days this year. >> the beating heart of democracy. the u.s. capitol. >> the beating heart of communism. the certification of the new american president. a triumph china bursting with pride, marching as one. in washington, americans at war with each other, tearing democracy apart. >> the chinese government saw that. xi jinping is set to have january 6th. >> that can't happen in china. no. none of that is acceptable to the chinese government. >> that was a moment of the chinese saying those america

the images appear to show the 35—year—old at a youth tennis tournament in beijing.follows two other short videos offered as evidence that peng is not under any form of duress; one claims to show peng having dinner at a beijing restaurant with her coach. james reynolds has the latest. this unverified video was posted by the editor of a state—run newspaper. the footage claims to show peng shuai, in the white top, having dinner last night at a beijing restaurant with her coach and friends. the tennis player is shown listening, but not speaking. the video raises many questions. the clip starts with someone off screen saying "now is the perfect time, ok, now is perfect." then there's a two—second pause, and then the coach goes into this remark in which he hammers home that it is november 21st. so it seems incredibly scripted, and even — they didn't cut out the director's cue at the very beginning of the video. so the whole thing is incredibly bizarre, but creepy and sinister. the same editor then posted to this video purporting to show peng shuai, who's second on the lef

the ioc has a very close relationship with beijing. lot of stake here with the upcoming beijing olympic games. the concern over peng shuai has cast a shadow over those games. you have talk of a potential or people considering -- governments considering the possibility of a diplomatic boycott. they had to address that, and that's why we saw this highly choreographed video chat being written up and shared with us from the ioc. in regards to your second point, yes, it was interesting over the weekend when state media wanted to answer the question, where is peng shuai, they used twitter to send these photos of peng shuai apparently at a youth tennis tournament, apparently at a popular restaurant in beijing. twitter, of course, is not available inside china. it was aimed squarely at an international audience to answer that question, where is peng shuai? michael. >> great analysis there. kristie lu stout in hong kong, appreciate it. thank you. >> you got it. >>> joining me now from new york is leda hong fisher. she's the author of "betraying

president out beijing. -- morning to you mr. president of beijing. i'm happy we have time to meet, and i look forward to a candid and forthright discussion. as i said before, our responsibility as leaders of china and the united states is to ensure that the competition between our countries does not create conflict whether intended or unintended. it seems to me we need to establish some common sense guardrails, be clear about where we disagree, and work together where our interests intersect. none of this as a favor to either of our countries, but it is responsible world leadership, and you are a major world leader, so is the united states. our bilateral relationship will have a profound impact on both our countries and the rest of the world. we have responsibility to the world as well as to our people. it's why we believe all countries have to play by the same rules of the road. and the united states is always going to stand up for our interests and values, and those of our allies and partners. the past is prologue. i am sure that today we will be d

doing things. leadership are key, meeting expected to pave the way for a 3rd term is underway in beijing also ahead vote counting in nicaragua. president ortega is expected to win a poll that the u. s. is calling a pantomime? i think we'll be here. i just don't think we'll look to say and taking action on wising scenes, we look at the cities battling to keep the water a bay. ah, sedans, army general who led last month's military takeover hopes and agreements will be reached to form a new government on monday. this is happening after a civilian arm was dissolved last month. our daughter alba han told al jazeera they've been negotiating with ousted prime minister, abdullah, han, dark and political parties to reach a consensus is also pledged that he wouldn't be part of the future government after the transitional period. once the elections take place in 2023, nor allowed them or it is our pledge, a pledge we made to ourselves by the sudanese people and the international community that we are committed to completing the democratic transition, holding elections on time and committed to not s

china paves the way for the president's lifelong role at a policy meeting in beijing.op 26 wraps up today. new obstacles for the glasgow conference. happy friday. you made it to the end of the week and we started with some greater earnings in the luxury sector. a solid beat on the part of the swiss company with a lot of watches. we are seeing their first-half operating profit coming in at nearly 2 billion euros. the estimate was for 1.1 billion euros. margins strong for reach month. the estimate had been just under 17%. it's all about pricing power this earnings season. the luxury goods maker has that, saying that their partnership with the online operator that sells a lot of luxury companies, they will further that partnership. a lot for investors to be positive on. from luxury to telecom. we are getting numbers this morning. it's more positive news. arrays of an adjusted after they released their forecast. this is their whole year forecast that they are raising. they are looking at a third quarter revenue which slightly missed, very slightly. 26.8 8 billion euros. th

beijing wanted to clean up notorious air pollution.wasn't the only motivation. >> i think clean energy is not just about the environment. clean energy is an economic strategy for the country, and we really see the government prioritizing clean energy industries as strategic to china's economy, to its overall economic transition. >> schifrin: joanna lewis directs georgetown's science, technology and international affairs program, and has studied china's climate policies for decades. she says beijing believed green technology could help achieve long-term growth. and xi jinping wanted to be seen as a green leader. china pledges to achieve carbon neutrality by 20, and peak all emissions before 2030. but u.s. special envoy for climate john kerry said this summer, 2030 is too late. >> if china sticks with its current plan and does not peak its emissions until 2030, then the entire rest of the world would have to go to zero-- zero!-- by 2040 or even 2035. it knocks at least a decade off the timeline for the rest of the world to decarbonize. a

why and upcoming olympics, there's going to be the beijing winter olympics and that will be the beijing summer olympics as well. what is the impact of this kind of scandal on the olympics? which is a sporting event with an athlete who is well very well known around the world. he is howling to add a comment. the chinese authorities made every effort to systematically silence the me to movement in the country. survivors of sexual abuse are routinely ignored and often harassed and targeted when they do speak out the lack of transparency around . what's happening right now with punch, i will only serve to fuel this culture of fear and self censorship. that is so prevalent in china today as the host of the upcoming winter olympics, the chinese government has invited international attention. now they need to demonstrate they can respond to international calls for transparency and accountability. countries allegations must be fully investigated. evidence must be made available that she's not only safe, but she's able to go anywhere she wants and say anything that she wants. and lesson until th

i think president, she really wants to see as beijing would put it this relationship put back on track . now we've just had some updates from chinese state media posting some very positive footage of president. she didn't pay, making his opening remarks. some of the highlights of things. he said was that the u. s. and trying to both to shoulder international responsibilities, worked together and tactfully global challenges, respect one another, and focus on when, when outcomes now, i think it's highly unlikely that prisoners she didn't think would have even agreed to this virtual summit, if he didn't believe that there would be some sort of positive outcome. i think china genuinely does want to see an improvement in the relationship which has been tense for years now. since the trump administration, there have been a number of disagree, mental anything from technology to trade, to human rights. i think we have seen some positive moves, things that have been ameliorating the situation between the 2 countries and late september us, chinese hallway, tech executive, mung, one joe who was d

has a military presence in taiwan. tensions between beijing and taiwan. around the rise . china is a full sent a rec, hold number of war planes into the islands a defense zone. last month. china is the use largest trading partner. taiwan economy remains heavily dependent on china and taiwan is one of the world's biggest technology producers. for example, it supplies many components for the latest smart phones. the. let's bring our guests into the show. we have joining us from ty pay, brian hue, writer, and founder of new blue magazine in both hand in south korea, robert kelly, professor of political science and diplomacy at present national university. and in beijing, victor gout chair, professor at su chow university. welcome to all i could stop. have this done with victor. what message is being sent? do you think to china by the congressional visit to taiwan? well, 1st of all, this congressional visit to the, or to taiwan, or by the u. s. members of congress is a serious violation of the one china policy and china will take measures accordingly. and chi

and also against taiwan, which beijing sees as a red line issue. it sees the island as part of mainland china and we have seen various friendly gestures from the bud and administration towards the sighing when a taiwan administration in recent months. and that infuriated china. but i think despite these challenges, china does want to see the finding of some common ground and 2 things to remember here. i think she didn't ping andro biden, all familiar with each other. they've known each other since the days of the obama administration. and to shoot and paying is in an extremely powerful position here in china. just last week we had this crucial meeting of top level lisa leaders gathering in beijing. and she didn't ping the consolidated his power. and next year, the president is about to enter his unprecedented 3rd term and office and he could potentially be the leader of china for the rest of his lives. so those are no doubt some things that will be taken into consideration as he continues with these talks today. katrina, you thank you. let's get mo

ah, okay, let's bring in our guests in beijing, we wrote victor gow, who's chair professor of suture university in washington dc. hydro claim, former us deputy assistant secretary of defense for east asia. and in our slow glen decent professor of international relations of the university of south eastern nor we welcome gentlemen to the program glen. i'd like to ask you 1st. as we've heard relations between these 2 countries were extremely poor. but in just a matter of a few days, we've had an agreement and climate change. now we have this apparently very cordial, public meeting. what do you think is driving this change in emphasis? oh, i think that ha, and the years attempted to reverse what has become the most important development in international system, which is not china, is it quickly becoming the most powerful state while the u. s. is in relative the climb. so for that reason, i think china seas, the time is on its side. meanwhile, united states that the reverse is, which has resulted in both military and economic conflicts, are given that china has pushed back as well as kind

and in beijing, victor gout chair, professor at su chow university. welcome to all, i could stop, pass this time with victor. what message is being sent? do you think to china by the congressional visit to taiwan? well, 1st of all, this congressional visit to the, or to taiwan a by the u. s. members of congress is a serious violation of the one china policy and the china will take measures accordingly. and china has already announced our series of sanctions against 3 most seniors are members who promote power independence. and i think all these members of congress from the united states will be put under sanction list, meaning they will be banned from entering channels, mainland channels, hong kong challenge, macau, and they and their family members will be banned from. do any business with china's mainland? hong kong and macau, i think this sense a very strong message that china does not tolerate any such provocation. any attempt to bo, promote one china, one, taiwan or cohen independence. this is a line drawn in the sand and no political force in k,

so it, it has worked for beijing. ok, and as much as they may rhetorically lash out from time to time. at the end of the day, this current situation is working for everyone. why is the administration doing this? i mean, at the cynic in me, in revenue, we can talk about this is a, you know, the intelligence that have community, they want threatened place and they want more money. they need, you know, budgets and all of that. we don't want to go to war. we just want to prepare for war. ok, what are your thoughts? go ahead. i guess the main change happening is the, is the change in the distribution of power now for washington, obviously don't want more with china, but not the record. so keeping disagreements by the same time, they want to enhance their strategic justice against china, which means ripping off disagreements. so they want that in both ways. as part of the main problem with taiwan is the status of the china. so for more than 40 years, the us more than 4 years, i was like that the youth accepted the so called

obviously beijing is due to host the winter olympics in a matter of months from now. the world needs to do, what does the international olympic committee need to do to send a clear message that this kind of treatment, if it is as people suspect, is simply not acceptable? she's also an olympian and when a government does this, just before it hosts an olympics, to an olympian it is really not a good look. we have argued for a long time that the chinese government should not be awarded the games and, after 2008, made that argument even more strongly because the government failed to fulfil any of the human rights related promises it had made to get the games. we can see that the situation inside the country has deteriorated significantly. one really wonders if players now even feel safe to go and compete there. we have argued for a diplomatic boycott but i think this development may actually lead to athletes themselves not wanting to go to compete in a beijing, and i was just looking at a tweet from martina navratilova saying to the ioc where are you in protecting athlete

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you who's joining us from beijing. so katrina, what is the motivation for she to attend to summit and did he achieve what he wanted? i think she's in pain one or 2 things. first he want it to appear strong strong for china as well as a strong leader himself and to i think he genuinely wanted an improvement in the ties between the 2 countries. so what we've seen, it seems like bay jane thinks that it was successful share fung the vice foreign minister who was present during the talks describe them as fruitful and constructive. and we've been seeing a few lines from the foreign ministry and from state media and the way they seem to talk about the talks. it also seems have this very positive turn. we had president eugene being describe the relationship between the 2 countries as the most important in the world. he said that the 2 countries are like 2 ships and that everything should be done to avoid conflict and confrontation. and that ideological divisions could cause catastrophe. and he also warned the us not to play an