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the director—general of the who visited china met with the chinese president, xi jinping and china hasnicating with the who and new member states of the who has the full knowledge and benefit of china's communication with the who. can i just stop you there, for just a minute, the question was to conduct a full assessment of the origin of the virus. have you allowed the world health organization team to do that and given them access to the original samples of the virus? listen to this, we know the state of california is doing autopsies as we speak, because they realised some of the deaths originally diagnosed as deaths caused by the flu last season was actually caused by the coronavirus. the state of new york is doing autopsies, i think we need to give the scientists that time and the freedom to continue their tests. and, there are many, many indications that the coronavirus problem existed in the united states as early as in january 2020, if not in december 2019. therefore we should avoid jumping to conclusions, let's give the scientists the time to do their research. this issue needs

equipment which is manufactured in china you see tang in just suggested that somehow china cannot do it right either they're hoarding or they're sharing you know p.p. but you know in my understanding is that in general february. these come you know this industries were nationalized and a manufacturing of p.p. equipment which is so important for the entire world was to be done exclusively for the domestic market and at the same time we now know that under the party's. command a lot of p.p. it was bought from all over the world and so that actually deprived mainland europe many countries including the u.k. and the u.s. of absolutely vital p.p. you know equipment and there's still this is very very problematic that is. something i think we need to point out or is there a worry that in china that other countries may now diversify from manufacturing in china because of those restrictions that were put in place japan it's a mark 2 point $2000000000.00 out of its recovery program so that manufacturers can diversify. yes that is the offer and quite frankly if this isn't a plot by the city's

and china how much deeper roots. so this video we're not just going to ask what's going on now we're going to dig down and find out what lies beneath and finally we're going to ask what's coming next all we are about to enter into a new cold war. january 2020 is just a few months ago but it feels like another era donald trump went to divorce and hailed his relations with his chinese counterpart xi jinping you very much our relationship with china right now has probably never been better we went through a very rough patch but it's never ever been better my relationship with president xi is an extraordinary one he's for china and for the u.s. but other than that we love each other. trump was buoyant tough to so i mean what was being called a phase one trade deal with china easing tensions have made a long running trade war to trump himself it started even as the covert $1000.00 outbreaks prating february trip was still flattering xi jinping running for very hard labor where that out of character for which president he.

china was very secretive. very, very secretive. >> as the battle that began in china becomes a world war. >> holy [ bleep ]. this is going pandemic. >> good evening. i'm fareed zakaria. once upon a time, there was just one person, a single patient in wuhan china with a fever and a cough. how did we go from that first case to a global catastrophe? could the virus have been stopped or slowed down? what happened in the earliest days when doctors and local officials knew they were at war with a brand-new virus, untreatable, contagious, deadly? this is the story of china and covid-19. what did the chinese government know, and when did they know it? >> the story begins on a beautiful night last fall. ♪ the biggest celebration in china's history, the 70th anniversary of the people's republic of china. a spectacular eruption of joy and pride and victory for a country that had risen from third world deprivation to dazzling first world power in just a few decades. >> 70 years ago, china was desperately poor. they had a

i read a report, you know, the first case was reported in china — in china, i'm talking in china on decemberto chinese local health authorities, but i read a report that some of the cases, even found much earlier than that, you know, we read even the report by your newspapers yesterday, that your scientists, medical advisers even warned your government that there might be a virus, unknown to us, much earlier, last year. so i can say that the first case was reported in china on december 27. i think there's no doubt experts believe the origin of the first outbreak, the first examples of this covid—i9 virus to be found in human beings came from wuhan and the surrounding area in china. i just wonder whether you accept that it is very important that we understand exactly what happened at the beginning of this outbreak, that we understand, frankly, what mistakes and missteps were made, which allowed the first outbreak to become a global pandemic. i think it is still debatable. i think we have to agree to disagree. i think it's first discovered in wuhan, in china, but i can't say it originated from

why has africa been targeted in china and how does this affect the china relationship? that one's for you, victor gao. there's been a lot of complaints from african governments about this, the way africans have been thrown out into the streets in some parts of china, what's your response? first of all, china always treats african countries and african people as brothers and sisters. personally, ideal with many african friends. i treat them as brothers and sisters. now, african people in china working, studying or living here are generally very well ta ken care of. however, in the middle of the coronavirus, we need to mention that everyone needs to be treated equal, everyone needs to abide by the rules, especially lockdown rules, quarantine rules, etc. because sometimes you do not know whether you're carrying the virus. sometimes you may be asymptomatic, you are infected but nobody knows, your doctor sometimes do not know and you need to be tested. sometimes again and again. but you can't throw people out in the streets, can you? you can't throw people out in the streets

china had left that pandemic to assert itself but what is happening along the china and europe front here is a very sad we many serious situation that can potentially go out of control if thinks will not come down adam you can see why from the indian side india might feel more defensive it's spending 70 warm 1000000000 dollars on defense last year china spent $261000000000.00 on defense but the situation of car have come down up there in the past could this escalate do you think. there's certainly a possibility that this would escalate so i mean i guess i guess there are various reasons various theories why we think this is happening but one of these of course as previously mentioned his team creased activity up there this is a very remote part of the wild but increasingly there are more. infrastructure construction and and military infrastructure in the border areas right so this is both sides both indians and the chinese. developing these these assets and now in the warm weather there are just small border patrols along the region leading to more fictions between front line officer

china know anything about , china is about stability, not instability. so we see this imposition of law on the hong kong system from beijing. it is not as shocking a develop .eant as you might think it is steadfast and focusing on to come up with a recipe for stability on its own accord, and certainly bubbled this extradition law as triggering instability, and has been unable to successfully resolve it. guy: do you worry with the november election fast approaching that this will be taken as an excuse if we do see the situation it in hong kong escalating? from beijing's point of view, you can see why they may want to impose this. that's why they may want to oppose this -- why they may want to impose this. but from the washington perspective, there is also an election to be thought of. d.c.ry that as a result, or senators see this as an opportunity to remove that special status currently in place. stephen: they may do it. outcome ofthe washington right now is a fool's is fairlythere widespread, bipartisan sentiment against china right now, so this proposal

china's for a z. into europe don't stop there as we saw in a recent video it's made highly publicized deliveries of supplies to many european countries during the coronavirus crisis seen as an attempt to patch up its image of the outbreak began on its soil. and in another initiative called 17 plus one china has created a platform for cooperation with a swathe of central and eastern european countries from the baltics to the balkans most of them young democracies tempted by the prospect of chinese investment. on the military front. china's been a financing rapidly to it's been strengthening its foothold in the strategically central south china sea here the united states has been pushing back frequently sending warships through the region to assert its freedom to use the waterways but in every realm of military power china continues to advance the fundamentals of china's economic power who pushes for now extraordinary military breech. in conventional military capabilities and cyber capabilities now befo

teaching and research in china and also promotes harvard's presence in china. china has given harvard, as i said, $93.7 million, 200,070 chinese students and scholars at harvard. harvard now has an academic center in china. all of this that we just talked about, this is stunning, stunning stuff. and by the way, harvard's recruitment of chinese scholars and chinese connection. my favorite story. a renowned harvard researcher was busted for allegedly lying about his involvement in a chinese recruitment operation. the prc had paid him $50,000 a month plus living expenses for his work at wuhan university of technology. and get this, he ran his own nano science center at harvard. he's a brainiac. he received $15 million in grants from -- wait for it -- the nih. all the while, he was taking big money from china to allegedly help them recruit talent to then steal our trade secrets. this is harvard's president last march. >> harvard is an american university as that is a chinese university. our institutions have a responsibility to contribute positively to our own soci

i want to see what do we make with china? what do we lose with china? maria: a candidate who ran on the platform of holding china accountable was now turning his campaign rhetoric into white house policy. there is some question about the china deal that, you know, you are not going to be able to get china to stop dealing intellectual property. >> we have a policing aspect to this deal that's the strongest anybody has ever had. if that happens, i will turn in the deal. we are taking billions of dollars first time ever against china in tariffs. i'm very happy with that. maria: never before has a dictator for life experienced the pushing and poking as he did with president trump, america's tariffs proved consequential as the chinese economy slid into the slowest growth mode in 29 years. on top of rising pressure from america, protesters on the ground in hong kong, further increased strains on the struggling dictator. their plea for freedom from china was seen and heard around the world, after china tried to institute a new law that forced anyone charged to

versus china d.w. is richard walker explores the origins and consequences of the emerging crisis hallway of ours who entered into a new cold war talks with experts from around the world and the possibility of conflict is not to meet this in a small u.s. cities it is turning back on china on its feet it's going to be a very dangerous year a new cold war. on t.w. . in the height of climate change. africa's most of. what's in store for players to be used for their future in the. culture for the major cities to go to get insight. culture. or to welcome so betty extraordinary nursing professionals as we celebrate their tional nurses day especially cation in the white house national nurses day is a moment to one of the people on the front lines of the pandemic. don't trump is here to say thank you and sign a declaration while the nurses will go to look very moderate or go as he. to the press a reporter asks a question about the economy in his answer trump turned his fire on china framing the spread of the co

china tech way and back in beijing rounding out a panel as i'm a time going to china political affairs analyst and former provincial government advisor to welcome to all 3 of you i think the 1st point just to make from the start about the congress is that it is regardless of when it happens it is largely ceremonial it is in some ways predictable and done if i can come to you 1st we come on the play the fact that the the people will listen what they will they will trust what their leaders are saying and that it is the right plan for them going forward well in china there is no doubt that this state has a very strong capacity and also authority and it's not just in china in most of asian countries people look up to authorities naturally and that have lead to a rather simply ease implementing that containing mattias for the crown of ira's and china is a relatively successful in containing this route of the coronavirus it has a lot to do with a strong state capacity and also with a very strong public trust we have heard a lot of complaints about how china has handled its majesty in fightin

why is it that china shut off infected people from wuhan to all other parts of china? it went nowhere else. it didn't go to beijing. it went nowhere else, but they allowed them to freely travel throughout the world, including europe and the united states. the death and destruction caused by this is incalculable. we must have answers, not only for us, but for the rest of the world. this pandemic has underscored the crucial importance of building up america's economic independence, re-shoring our critical supply chains, and protecting america's scientific and technological advances. for years, the government of china has conducted illicit espionage to steal our industrial secrets, of which there are many. today, i will issue a proclamation to better secure our nation's vital university research and suspend the entry of certain foreign nationals from china who we have identified as potential security risks. i'm also taking action to protect the integrity of america's financial system, by far the best in the world. i am instructing my presidential working group on financia

peter, what to do about china.you, first of all, tom cotton, the republican senator from arkansas, has come up with a bill which would take some really pretty tough measures against china. many of them would be military, we don't have to get into those details, but a lot of them economic too. he wants to find ways to encourage u.s. companies through tax incentives and others to withdraw from china. the japanese have done that, by the way, with a lot of their companies. is that something that you think we should be doing, finding -- giving companies financial incentives to withdraw operations from china and bring them back to the u.s. or send them elsewhere? >> gerry, i come at it from kind of the other end of the telescope in this sense. if you're simply looking at this china virus crisis right now, i think one of the biggest lessons is that we have to bring our supply chains and production home for medicines as well as our equipment like ventilators and supplies like masks. we just is have to do that. there's an i

is accusing china of militarizing the south china sea to china as it is in the u.s. of the same thing in the past of course china has said that the u.s. uses these types of legal arguments like freedom of navigation to actually barge recklessly they say into their region china of course claims this entire region you know last week my pompei actually accused china of deploying military ships to intimate. other countries some starting well and gas projects there so it's a lot of he said she said china of course call this just deliberate provocation this is really a crazy blasting point when we will we need to take a good look at michele good stuff thanks for bringing us the micro side of that story as we explain the macro side of that story and now as usual let's do the analysis george galloway former u.k. m.p. joining us now to take this support for us your impressions george over the top of this sudden incident that seems to be blowing up there in the south china sea what is it. well it's you know that is similar to our recent discussion about the powers on gulf and

china providing staff assistance, china providing money. some of those foreign missions can beef up their staffing in new york. while, to a lot of folks that may not sound like a big deal, it is really ingratiating those foreign governments with china. what conversations do you have with foreign ambassadors about how they see the role of china going forward, and china's attempts to influence other countries? ambassador craft: the way i like to have dialogue when it comes to countries like the african countries within the security council is really to promote what we are doing, what the trump administration is doing. when we go into countries, we are obviously american taxpayers are the most generous people in the world and we go in with low disability but we leave with sustainability, high sustainability for the people. china goes in with high visibility and they leave areas with really low productivity because they are in there for such a short time. it is a big bang and then they leave. having bettere practices, we leave people more indep

caller: thank you. , i do not know if it started in china. does anybody know it started in china? it was on the news and what was going on. the president had to know what was going on. illfirst person that became and tested and diagnosed with the coronavirus, he is like one person. one person. why should i shutdown the whole country for one person? guess what? it went from one person to over a million. now, it is the innocence of the world, the children. things are happening to things are happening to our children. he wants to reopen up the schools. well, that one person went to over one million. what is going to happen to our children? our children are our future. what is going to happen? host: katie, thank you for the question. let's begin with her first point. did it originate in wuhan, china, anna fife? guest: yes. all of the evidence points to hunt, china. and i know that secretary pompeo has been pushing this idea that it came from a lab. there is no evidence to support that claim. the scientists have told us this is clearly derived from nature. it started in a bat, it seems

why is it that china shut off infected people from wuhan to all other parts of china?went nowhere else. it didn't go to beijing. it went nowhere else, but they allowed them to freely travel throughout the world including europe and the united states. the death and destruction caused by this is incalculable. we must have answers not only for us but for the rest of the world. this pandemic has underscored the crucial importance of building up america's economic independence, reassuring our critical supply chains, and protecting america's scientific and technological advances. for years, the government of china has conducted espionage to steal our industrial secrets of which there are many. today, i will issue a proclamation to better secure our nation's vital university research and to suspend the entry of certain foreign nationals from china who we have identified as potential security risks. i am also taking action to protect the integrity of america 's financial system by far the best in the world. i am instructing my presidential working group on financial markets to

related to 19 investigation while at the same time calling for treetops with china so far china's not answering the phone and if issues aren't resolved australia might have to brace itself for a severe economic follows. and for more on these increased tensions with china we're joined by boom bust co-host christine christie thanks for being with us as always i the 1st question when we look at all that data that we've just received from alex there how reliant is australia on trade with china. mention the heavily heavily relied because china is by far australia's biggest export market and pretty much a 3rd of exports by value so as i just mentioned not only does this include agricultural products like beef up our lakes but also over $80000000000.00 in iron ore and $20000000000.00 in coal and natural gas exports so in 2008 australia exported $120000000000.00 in goods and services to china which is about 7 percent of g.d.p. so now these new trade barriers erected around specifically beef and barley are concerning for australian farmers who are now forced to kind of diversify and look to ex

and china but also between india and china as well.itical tensions continue to rise, china's facing the possibility of conflict on the southeastern edge. india has moved extra troops to the border between the two sides in preparation for a possible extended conflict. let's get the latest from government editor ruth pollard in new delhi. china and india have a history of tensions along this disputed border. how did the latest standoff begin? reporter: it seems it has been brewing for some time now. we are seeing indian security officials called up to border tensions at their highest since 2015. on may 5, troops cracked -- clashed on the lake of a tibetan plateau. since then, there has been a steady buildup of troops and atillery on both sides points along the border. what we should remember is this is 3500 kilometers of un-demarcated barrier through the himalayas so it is very difficult for the soldiers to be facing off. several rounds of talks have failed between military commanders. what is the next step in resolving these tensions? h

china. kong loses the one country, two systems thing that has been in place, what does it mean for other areas with tensions in the region, thinking of taiwan, which china claimed as its own? rep. yoho: we have a good editorial coming out that talks about this. when china agreed with the -britaint, the sino agreement to cede it back, it was a 50 year economy rule. can't be honored or trusted and it will bring shame on the chinese people. the next step is taiwan and china will focus on them and try reunification of -- ofg kong is a province china. taiwan is not. nationis an independent that needs to be recognized. we have legislation going in to ask for diplomatic relations with taiwan. they have a sovereign order, their own military and form of government and flag, national anthem. if you told the people of taiwan , they view themselves as taiwanese and not chinese. they have never been part of the prc. they are the republic of china but they have never been part of the communist organizatio

will that work out to china's favor. well the longer this takes i think that it does help aging right now there's a lot of anger around the world at what is perceived to be china's hiding of the virus as well as some deliberate. deceptions so clearly right now is not a good time for their investigation to proceed but i actually don't think over the long term this is going to help beijing because you know china and the united states are involved in this struggle this struggle is not over this year or not over next year so whether this investigation concludes now or in the future i don't think it really makes much difference because the united states right now at least under president trump is very much determined to get to the bottom of this do you trust information that comes out of beijing. no you know we have seen for instance on basic numbers on infections and deaths there's a big gap between what beijing has been reporting and the anecdotal information that we have seen so for instance while they report something lik

with china. experts both of the united states and in china are saying now that they see it coming and they warn that it will prolong 'd the pandemic decrease economic growth and potentially even lead to military confrontations so why do cold wars come about who stands to gain from them if anybody let's ask these questions right here on the news of rick sanchez where we believe it's time to do news again. here's our list of the questions we think you'll be asking tomorrow are we heading for another cold war this time with china should we we worried about the absurd paediatric inflammatory syndrome in children lot of folks talking about this and the world of sports will there ever be a return to normal. let me read to you what china is doing today ok today it says it will no longer submit to u.s. lawsuits and legislation aimed at blaming them beijing for the coronavirus crisis and it is therefore announcing that it has already begun counter sanctions against officials and entire states who are doin

and china. that is next. bloomberg. ♪ karina: i am karina mitchell at the first word headlines. the u.s. senate passed legislation that could see chinese companies barred from listing in america as relations foul further between washington and beijing. the bill requires companies to certify they are not controlled by a foreign government. john kennedy says he wants china to "play by the rules." lawmakers have been increasingly critical of beijing amid the coronavirus outbreak. the last governor of hong kong has added his support to democracy demonstrators, saying they should end up for their beliefs. chris patton was addressing the foreign correspondent remotely on the city future, saying he has no problem with china but criticized the communist party. hong kong's economy has collapsed amid months of street protests and the fallout from the virus. the bank of england governor says this time is right to examine how low rates can go as economies struggle with the fallout from the coronavirus. the bank is active

china. and of course it's also played into the election cycle in the united states and i mean literally looking at the latest the media and their view of all of this on one hand i'm not completely surprised because while somebody said blame for this endemic which of course is the subject for many other programs however in looking at the criticism of people there with low octane thinking in my. 1st and foremost like ok i was secretary of state which international intelligence agency you do not agree with is assess and begin with. what i find really remarkable or a remarkable opening on how you want to approach this what is the strategy because i don't see what go ahead and i think there is there is no strategy what has happened is exactly as you said the spinners on to the bowling and under the surface of the american all that 62 wars charlie no which has been building up through the very long time china has become increasingly rich has become increasingly powerful economy by many measures ha

is widespread, can china and the us imagine a world without china as the manufacturer leader?eds china economically, doesn't it? sure, globalisation has been a great thing, it has liberated many, many hundreds of millions of people around the world, the china us relationship in terms of trade has been mutually beneficial, and a question about it. although we do believe that obviously china has stolen our technologies. we have had this big debate about china not playing by the rules and we have a big problem with the ability from the united states to export goods to china. they have had things higher than ours and they have stolen. in novemberand than ours and they have stolen. in november and december, the talks between china and the united states benefited from that. i would like to see a continued and strong trade relationship between the two countries. i will go to our next question from uganda in africa. what is your question? why has africa been targeted and how does this affect the china relationship over debt relief? there have been a lot of complaints from african gove

now china is also calling on the u.s. to present evidence of its claims and beijing is accusing washington of trying to shift the blame away from the u.s. response to the crime the virus no rachel is there any sign of the u.s. backing down or even just changing the way that they approach this or the tram going to a station does not appear to be backing down any time soon pompeo said that these high tensions will likely continue until china provides the information that the u.s. is calling for which includes more information about the origins of the virus and patients 0 take a listen to what he said. this is why this is why when i see people say well america is bullying the chinese we were demanding of them only what we demand of every nation be transparent be open be a reliable partner the very things they say the chinese say they want to cooperate great cooperation is about action. opening up it's about sharing this information so the details of where patients 0 where this began are things that are knowledge that's in th

be one of the most china rely. developed economies in the world at the center of the current trade battle is beef 80 percent of australia's goes to china up barley is also on the hit list china confirmed it is ready to impose a devastating tariff of just over 80 percent on australia's barley exports due to anti dumping allegations chinese restrictions could do a lot of harm to the industry since china buys nearly 50 percent of australia's barley exports the australian government believes other agricultural sectors could be at risk including wine dairy and seafood in all 28 percent of all of australia's agricultural products are exported to china however it's not a one way street a 5th of china's barley comes from australia in fact australia's china's if the biggest supplier and that includes goods that are critical to china's energy and manufacturing sectors australia's largest exports to china include cool iron ore and natural gas worth $80000000000.00 a year. when it comes to iron ore chinese steel mills or engin

welcome across time for all things considered i'm peter lavelle we're told we're the new cold war with china it is not coherently explain to us why even worse where is the strategy and there isn't one also the sad death of arms control . to discuss this and more i'm joined by my guest to me bob in moscow he is a political analyst and editor at interest me internet media project and in london we crossed alexander material he is a writer on legal affairs as well as editor in chief of the direct com gentleman cross up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was appreciate it ok let's 1st go to alexander mackerras in london i suppose it's been long coming the murmurings have been out there but it is taking this pandemic for an all out at least media arms into china. and of course it's also played into the election cycle in the united states and i mean literally looking at the latest the media and their view of all of this on one hand i'm not completely surprised because while somebody said blame for this pandemic which of course is the subject for many other programs ho