i think it was an accident that happened somewhere in china and it also hurt china. where i criticize china is that they knew about it in december. they knew about it in early december of 2018. they didn't tell anybody. they waited until the thing had become pretty big and had begun to escape china before they told anybody. this is typical of a communist regime that wants to present to the outside world that everything is perfect in its own backyard. unfortunately it has had deadly consequences for the rest of the world. i think that we in the u.s., and looking at how to deal with china we need to focus a lot on how we deal with ourselves. why our -- why are pharmaceutical companies putting production in china, why are they sorting these elements in china. somebody should have been looking at them, and nobody has. we in america need to take a much broader, deeper look at ourselves and ask ourselves if we should be doing more a year and how we do it. i think that is where president biden wants to go. >> do you think in terms of his last question on hunter biden, do you think the president ha

china into the wto in 2001. right china in into thousand and one. again, the belief in the hope that china would become a market economy and a so-called responsible stakeholder in the global rules space ordered that economic liberalization would lead to a political liberalization . been what china had been doing an increasingly did was to focus on industrial policy and focusing on developing industries like artificial intelligence, semiconductors and robotics to achieve what they called made in china 2025. the idea is that that china would become the global leader in some of these technologies. in doing that, china engaged in a lot of policies that we had seen before. in the cases of korea taiwan germany japan in which they target particular industries and they subsidize them. they protect them . they promote trade. they tend tohe wipe out those industries in the u.s. and other western countries. and they tend to run very large trade surpluses while we are running large trade deficits. in particular in the case of china, then only is this an economic issue, was very much a political and mo

china i down to china? essentially, a lot of it is china. china is i lot of it is china. s a big difference when demand increases. a big difference when demand increases-— a big difference when demand increases. , ., , , increases. they are saying they are exoecting _ increases. they are saying they are exoecting a _ increases. they are saying they are expecting a continuation i increases. they are saying they are expecting a continuation of| are expecting a continuation of this strong growth and it is all down to china's strong demand and being reliant on this stimulus measures, using iron ore, isn't it? it this stimulus measures, using iron ore, isn't it?— iron ore, isn't it? it is, it is a big _ iron ore, isn't it? it is, it is a big part _ iron ore, isn't it? it is, it is a big part that - iron ore, isn't it? it is, it is a big part that but i iron ore, isn't it? it is, it. is a big part that but also, you are in the midst of an accelerating growth. hopefully we will see more developed economies coming out of the recession related to the pandemic and therefore the over

they have as much disagreement with each other as they do with china and both of them also have very substantial trade with china in fact china as their leading trading partners extremely important trading partner so they can't offend china and they often disagree with each other it would be very hard to have the same kind of unity that you had in most of nato in the east asian region so on the other hand i don't also agree that the u.s. really is not party to the to the various disputes for example over the south china sea the united states has no claims on the south china sea the argument that it's strategically important ridiculous it's critically important chinese trade it isn't to american trade. except for american trade with china so even there those little eyelets are you know in wartime they'd be extraordinarily vulnerable they vizio isolated and cut off from supply so i don't really see mr pidgen important what is important is the oil. under the south china sea and of course the fish resources there now and and understandably the neighboring countries are going to contend over those resources much the way for exampl

reasons to feel a bit ruffled as you say because china has as xi jinping has said you know he wants china to become a technological powerhouse as the made in china 2025 which is soon way on its way to success and then we have the very expensive belt and right initiatives there china policy in infrastructure and feather developing the manufacturing industry i think the u.s. feels slightly threatened and i think washington does not want to lose the game of course and they want to kind of address policy revisit the china approach and so that they are not left behind and catch up to china. felix or meeting that i just mentioned between the 2 leaders joe biden voiced concerns about bridging sco worser an unfair trade practices as he put it concerns about hong kong concerns about beijing's treatments of muslims engine jarring and about its approach towards taiwan is not exactly a way of sort of making friends and influencing people no i think the also not of point of view. he has a lot of. i mean the europeans criticize it to all these points because this is where china really become. a threat not only on other countries in the region but an idea this

reasons to feel a bit ruffled as you say because china has a xi jinping has said you know he wants china to become a technological powerhouse as the made in china 2025 which is soon way on its way to success and then we have the very expensive belt and right initiatives there china policy in infrastructure and the developing the manufacturing industry i think the u.s. feels slightly threatened and i think washington does not want to lose the game of course and they want to kind of address policy revisit the china approach and so that they are not left behind and catch up to china. meeting that i just mentioned between the 2 leaders joe biden voiced concerns of burbridge ings coercive and unfair trade practices as he put it concerns about hong kong concerns about beijing's treatments of muslims engine jarring and about its approach towards taiwan is not exactly a way of sort of making friends and influencing people no i think the awful lot of point vets he has a lot of. i mean the europeans criticize it to all these points because this is where china really become. a threat not only on other countries in the region but on ideas so this is a syst

reasons to feel a bit ruffled as you say because china has as xi jinping has said you know he wants china to become a technological powerhouse as the made in china 2025 which is soon way on its way to success and then we have the very expensive belt and right initiatives there china policy in infrastructure and the developing the manufacturing industry i think if the u.s. feels slightly threatened and i think washington does not want to lose the game of course and they want to kind of address policy revisit the china approach and so that they are not left behind and catch up to china i'm. missing that i just mentioned between the 2 leaders joe biden voiced concerns about bridging sco worse of an unfair trade practices as he put it concerns about hong kong concerns about beijing's treatments of muslims engine jarring and about its approach towards taiwan is not exactly a way of sort of making friends and influencing people no i think the also not of point of that. he has a lot of. i mean the europeans criticize it to all these points because this is where china really become. a threat not only on other countries in the region but an idea this is

him right now it's important to note that china has always been course with the myin military especially even called in and it's fair to say that china china's influence in my on there was greater in fact before he came to power so certainly it's not difficult to imagine that miners military would have potentially spoken to china consulted china at least communicated their intentions before launching this coup interesting that possibly as you say china might have been aware of this action that the military is taking today this will likely lead to some sort of condemnation or perhaps even sanctions. from from the west some thinking here from the u.s. or the european union how might china react to that and what sort of support could be provide today to myanmar's military. well it's interesting because beijing has always played this noninterference approach when it comes to what's happening inside countries i think beijing as long as they jews know or is it's an interest on affected it's always had this stance of you know what's what's happening in my and more what's happening in a particular country is the business of that country will trust t

but of course china has- players near china but of course china has been. players near china course china has been given vaccine offering, offering. course china has been given| vaccine offering, offering big vaccihe — vaccine offering, offering big vaccine deals _ vaccine offering, offering big vaccine deals for— vaccine offering, offering big vaccine deals for several- vaccine offering, offering big. vaccine deals for several weeks now vaccine deals for several weeks how ever — vaccine deals for several weeks how ever since _ vaccine deals for several weeks now ever since they— vaccine deals for several weeks now ever since they were - vaccine deals for several weeks now ever since they were able i now ever since they were able to announce _ now ever since they were able to announce that _ now ever since they were able to announce that they- now ever since they were able to announce that they had - now ever since they were able l to announce that they had three workable — to announce that they had three workable vaccines— to announce that they had three workable vaccines to

reasons to feel a bit ruffled as you say because china has as she jinping has said you know he wants china to become a technological powerhouse as the made in china 2025 which is soon way on its way to success and then we have the very expensive belt and road initiatives so china policy in infrastructure and fed the developing the manufacturing industry i think the u.s. feels slightly threatened and i think washington does not want to lose the game of course and they want to kind of address policy revisit the china approach and so that they are not left behind and catch up to china. meeting that i just mentioned between the 2 leaders joe biden voiced concerns about a bridge ngs coercive and unfair trade practices as he put it concerns about hong kong concerns about beijing's treatments of muslims engine jarring and about its approach towards taiwan is not exactly a way of sort of making friends and influencing people you know i think because of not of point of view. he has a lot of. i mean the you can criticize it to all these points because this is where china really become. a threat not only on other countries in the region but on ideas so this

china's expansionism for the us. are going with this conflict between china and australia what is going on there. i think. for example it's very close to china and china has very much closer relations to china and in a more direct sense than for example the us and europe graphically and demographically there's also a large chinese community in australia and however i think as china is seemingly more aggressive on the xi jinping in the pacific asia region. now in the last few years wanting to kind of tighten also its policy against china and also impose tariffs and be more cautious and because they are more direct in contact with china and they feel more threatened and i think that but to the reactions from the region i think the you're europe and the u.s. can now kind of look 1st and use australia as kind of a and this example of what would happen if. at the beginning of the show we have this quote from you where you serve us where there's a global no for do willing to accept known western leadership i was very intriguing to us a little bit more if i think that of course there's the debate washington's kind of putting forth that it's not abo

china. quite the opposite happened we are now at $400 billion at deficit to china and you know, whole u.s. industries have moved to china. something like three or 5 billion american jobs have been moved to china between 2001 and today and so they are eating our lunch and i think that president biden and i'm pleased that he recognizes that. >> host: would we be in a better position trade wise if we had entered the transpacific partnership there at the end of the obama administration beginning of the trump administration? >> guest: trade wise it would've made no difference. in fact, trade wise we might have been in a little slightly worse position because that agreement was not going to open a significantly any significant markets for us in asia. remember, we called it a transpacific agreement but aside from japan the other major asian countries will be vietnam, malaysia and singapore and those are not big markets. we did bring japan into it but nothing in the agreement was going to increase our exports to japan. you could argue politically that it was a mistake for us not to stay in but economically trade wise, no, it wa

china and us-china relations. over 30 books and major articles, including china's future, which we launched from washington, dc here at the wilsoner in, in 2016. he has conducted hid research around the world, in china, singapore, london, australia, russia, and europe, just to name a few locations, and most recently and most importantly for today's program, in southeast asia. the author of the newly published book "where great powers meet." i guess that's left-right reverse put you can work that out. where great powers meet, america and china in southeast asia. the subject was timely when he was conducting his research, and is of course more time hill now during covid. he has become china's number one trading partner. not clear it will retain that status after cove but for now has that status and the regional comprehensive economic partner ship or arsap. launched free trade agreement has now been completed, including china and japan and south korea but not the united states. this is a topic that grows in importance. we're going to ask professor shambaugh to make some initial comments, introducing his research. he w

china. ., ., , china. that is a really powerful oint, china. that is a really powerful point. isn't _ china. much of your reputation as a documentary film—maker. we are, this time, seeing something we never saw before. we are seeing images, those powerful images, flotillas of small boats. how much difference can make in maintaining international interest in myanmar? i in maintaining international interest in myanmar? i think it was durin: the interest in myanmar? i think it was during the first _ interest in myanmar? i think it was during the first world _ interest in myanmar? i think it was during the first world war- interest in myanmar? i think it was during the first world war that - during the first world war that virginia — during the first world war that virginia woolf saw the photographs coming _ virginia woolf saw the photographs coming out of war and said we would never— coming out of war and said we would never have _ coming out of war and said we would never have whatever game because now that people _ never have whatever game because now that people can see the error of it we wo

china any reaction so far from beijing . no not yet but worse sure that beijing of watching this very very closely monitor is a very key player for china china counts on my on mars a supporter when it comes to cold cultivating time his influence in the asia region and myin ma definitely relies on china china is the biggest trading partner of burma for man march china is the 2nd largest source of foreign direct investment based share quite an extensive order 2100 kilometers and since she had been in power she had recognized this and she had been cultivating this economic relationship with china she was quite a enthusiastic participant in china's the road initiative and also there was of course the china economic corridor or china has been investing billions of dollars into infrastructure projects. that a much needed in that country and in return. says china of much needed natural resources timber oil hydro powered jade so for china it's been a very important relationship and it's not just the economics not just trade it's also very much political china is one of the rare supporters of my imo when it comes to its approach with the really hinge

china definitely _ think. is it clear that china definitely fully _ think. is it clear that chinaer country. they have massive effect, investment in myanmar and oil pipelines and gas pipelines and infrastructure and access to the bay of bengal and are really trying to straddle both sides here. ,., . ., , here. other neighbouring countries, big powerhouses, _ here. other neighbouring countries, big powerhouses, india, _ here. other neighbouring countries, big powerhouses, india, pakistan i big powerhouses, india, pakistan which is a chinese ally, they all going to be affected by this further destabilisation but, again, the question, partly, for many, comes back to the rohingya? and a muslim state supporting the rohingya people now tragically stranded in bangladesh in camps? how are these military manoeuvres going to affect the power balance? it military manoeuvres going to affect the power balance?— military manoeuvres going to affect the power balance? it really touches on what is really _ the power balance? it really touches on what is really the _ the power balance? it really to

china with one voice . because china is focusing on os so we want to focus on china because china has a very strong agenda with using any kind of energy and sign or g. to expand its influence over all the countries of the western world and therefore we must have an agenda to what is the kind of investment that you can have the kind of trade of scientific operation you gave with the gentry which in a sustained me way but events any sort of corporation even now when you have to be in china is totally your and is the country of censorship about the origin made and consequences of a bathing. suit europe is now coming to realize that china is no longer a purely economic power but also a political one. meanwhile the dock workers union in paris has come to terms with its new chinese bosses and is trying to negotiate workers' rights as best it can. one of the affair over the last 10 years our experience with the chinese has been that they always negotiate as hard as they can and demand as much freedom as possible but if you set your limits if they come up against strong structures like a state or a trade union then th

china with one voice . because china is focusing on us so we want to focus on china because china has a very strong agenda with using any kind of energy and sign or g. to expand its influence over all the countries of the western world and therefore we must have an agenda to what is the kind of investment that we can have the kind of trade of scientific operation we gave with the gentry which in a sustained way but events any sort of corporation even now when you have to be in china is totally opes your and is the country of censorship about the real origin made and consequences of that bombay very. soon europe is now coming to realize that china is no longer a purely economic power but also a political one. meanwhile the dock workers union in paris has come to terms with its new chinese bosses and is trying to negotiate workers' rights as best it can. one of the affair over the last 10 years our experience with the chinese has been that they always negotiate as hard as they can and demand as much freedom as possible but if you set your limits if they come up against strong structures like a state or a trade u

look back and you consider what is happening now in china and to us—china relations, can you say to me that president obama actually got it wrong on chinar policymaker, hindsight is always 20—20, you can always look back and wish that you did things differently. i think when we look at president obama's china policy, it's important to keep in mind that the first chinese leader we had to deal with, hu jintao, was a very, very different leader than xijinping. he was far less ambitious, he was far less aggressive, and he was far less willing to accept and tolerate risk and friction externally. so, when i look back at our china policy, i wish that we had recognised quicker how different xi jinping was from hu jintao and recognised how he was going to take china politically, economically and strategically in a different direction. now, of course, once we recognised that, beginning in 2015, us policy started to harden substantially, including by ramping up efforts on multilateral trade agreements, working more with allies in increasing military deployments to the region. but it simply took time to recognise what the leadership transition from

bilateral agreements had been negotiated between the us and china in late 1999 which was a big part of my early recording in china, covering china's entry into the world trade organization so even in this little village, they knew that china was going to about a year later enter the wto and i remember talking to the village chief and he was very hopeful that with china's entry into the world trade organization and frankly with after talking to a foreign journalist that this might bring investment to his village and he was very hopeful that they would get a vegetable and fruit processing factory so they could move beyond their then reliance on agriculture and remittances from the migrant, the young people that left the village and became migrant workers. so china enters the wto and we know the broad dimensions of what happened . it brought literally tens of thousands of new investors into china, factories strong up even more throughout the pearl river delta near shanghai and the river delta. it created thousands of new jobs for these young people from the countryside . and we saw china's economy grow very rapidly and the living sta

, china increasingly influential in.— of china, chinathat myanmar— influential in. they feel that myanmar is _ influential in. they feel that myanmar is in _ myanmar is in their sphere of influence. they feel they should have a special place in the governments and the affairs of the country. they want to have access to the indian ocean, they consider it to be 0cean, they consider it to be their west coast. they have long had investment interest, resources that fuel chinese development, coming from myanmar, a lot of theirjade. they are please, i think, that the united states and the west has been alienated from bmr. —— myanmar. they have had a good relationship with the lnd and in sincity. they have not had a good relationship with the military. they have not like that they have been fighting groups against the military. this may push the regime and the military towards china and it might be an opportunity for china to take.— china to take. fuses significant _ china to take. fuses significant days - china to take. fuses i significant days

china and. and of course china what's very key to remember is china was also a supporter one of the lone supporters of my own mother when it came to my own as approach to the raw hinge issue and in turn one also supported china in its approach to sion john used to in the treatment of the reviewers both have said that they were not playing a hands off a sort of a hands off approach and that they were they didn't want to interfere and they respected each government's approach to to political. issues now interestingly one each china's foreign minister just recently visited at the beginning of january now that we didn't see any specific agreements signed per se but there was quite strong language used between the 2 leaders china referred to lie on law as a little brother china was also in talks with land law to supply vaccines to in its fight against corbett nineteen's it will be very interesting to see how ton of use this of course traditionally china before and city on time city came to power china had very close relations with the military junta in myanmar as well so it's also it's also easy to imag

china with one voice . because china is focusing on os so we want to focus on china because china has a very strong agenda with using any kind of energy and sign their g. to expand its influence over all the countries of the western world and therefore we must have an agenda to what is the kind of investment they do can have the kind of trade of scientific operation we gave with the gentry which in a systemic way but events any sort of cooperation even now when we have seen china is totally secure and is the country of censorship about the real origin made and consequences of the bombay me. since europe is now coming to realize that china is no longer a purely economic power but also a political one. meanwhile the dock workers union in paris has come to terms with its new chinese bosses and is trying to negotiate workers' rights as best it can. over the last 10 years our experience with the chinese has been that they always negotiate as hard as they can and demand as much freedom as possible but if you set your limits if they come up against strong's for. sure it's like a state or a trade union and then they r

china with one voice . because china is focusing on os so we want to focus on china because china has a very strong agenda with using any kind of energy and sign or g. to expand its influence over all the countries of the western world and therefore we must have an agenda to what is the kind of investment they do can have the kind of trade of scientific operation we gave read the gentry which in a sustained me way but events any sort of corporation even now when you have to be in china is totally. and is the country of censorship about the real origin made and consequences of that bombay very. soon europe is now coming to realize that china is no longer a purely economic power but also a political one. meanwhile the dock workers union in paris has come to terms with its new chinese bosses and is trying to negotiate workers' rights as best it can. be a media one of the affair over the last 10 years our experience with the chinese has been that they always negotiate as hard as they can and demand as much freedom as possible but if you set your limits if they come up against strong structures like a state or a tr

china may have been tipped off in any way that this was coming i mean would they have had to sign off to this coup. well unquestionably the amount will need china's economic support but they're going to need china's political support i mean china's a key protector of me and not within the u.n. security council and that we need from me and from the military's point of view and me about that we need that we need to be continued but china always extracts a very high price for its protection china's china's not a an international player that simply does things for no reason it's it's a realist and it will demand concessions from the military end and quite likely the sorts of concessions in terms of dam building and other and other infrastructure that suits china's interests that may have been politically unpopular with the myanma and that will be china will expect that to be to be on those sorts of decisions to be to be made fairly soon in terms of whether whether china was tipped off i'd be surprised if china was given. a say in whether or not the coup was it would occur because i think china would have to be very frustrated with with the military i mean i think china was probably feeling that thing

over the past years assigned a few economic agreements with china the belton road initiative china china's china economic chordal agreement which agreed to many infrastructure projects china has invested billions into myanmar and in turn none were also sends much needed natural resources to china timber and jayden gas for example so it's mutually beneficial and also it's not just limited to to trade china is one of the few supporters of myanmar when it comes to the treatment of the range of people and myanmar internals of supports china for example when it comes to the ship to shin jiang issues regarding the weakened minority there but it is fair to say that since aung sun suu kyi has come to power china's influence in myanmar has somewhat waned trade is not what it was it's still it's still quite good but it's not what it was and also some infrastructure projects have stalled under her watch much to the chagrin of many chinese chinese businessmen that so one china's foreign minister actually went to myanmar just 3 weeks ago to really try to shore up china's interests there and also try to

reasons to feel a bit ruffled as you say because china has a xi jinping has said you know he wants china to become a technological powerhouse as the made in china 2025 which is soon way on its way to success and then we have the very expensive belt and road initiatives that china policy in infrastructure and the developing the manufacturing industry i think the u.s. feels slightly threatened and i think washington does not want to lose the game of course and they want to kind of address policy revisit the china approach and so that they are not left behind and catch up to china. meeting that i just mentioned between the 2 leaders joe biden voiced concerns of burbridge ings coercive and unfair trade practices as he put it concerns about hong kong concerns about beijing's treatments of muslims engine jarring and about its approach towards taiwan is not exactly a way of sort of making friends and influencing people no i think the awful lot of point of that he has a lot of. i mean the europeans criticize it to all these points because this is where china really become. a threat not only on other countries in the region but on ideas so this is a sys

china arranged for his nomination as w.h.o. chief. the chinese invited tedros to speak at peking university. but his speech lavished praise on china. china'srt paid off and tedro $s was tapped to run the w.h.o. he said he supported the one china principle. meaning he didn't recognize taiwan. this was a rebuke to american policy and clearly a deal had been made with the chinese. tedros was not the american choice to be the head of the w.h.o. he lives in switzerland and pays no income tax object his quarter million dollar salary. we are the largest donors of the organization by far so it's mostly paid for by american taxpayers. the w.h.o. blew $190 million on travel. tedros appointed mugabi as w.h.o. ambassador. when the virus erupted in china, the chinese had their hand picked publicist spinning hard on their behalf. >> china's efforts has been essential for preventing the further spread of the virus. china identified the pathogen in the nick of time and shared it immediately. they completely committed to transparency both internally and externally. jesse: not only did the w.h.o. praise the chinese, they booted the signs. the world health o

talking of china this week statistics agency you're a start an ounce that china has overtaken the united states as the e.u.'s biggest trading partner blocs trade volume with china reached 586000000000 euros last year now that's compared to 555000000000 with the united states consumption in china is growing fast and that also drives sales of european products. sold nearly $775000.00 vehicles in china last year twice as many as they sold in the u.s. during that period v.w. sells almost one in 2 of its cars in the people's republic for years china has been the most important car sales market in the world but now the country has also become the e.u. use most important trading partner overall. according to euro stat european countries shipped nearly 203000000000. rose to china last year in addition to cause this included machinery and agricultural products like pork china meanwhile shipped 384000000000 euros worth of goods to the e.u. including computers clothing and medical products like facemasks that leaves the e.u. with a trade deficit with china amounting to 181000000000 euros. china is currently profiting from the trade dispute between washington and brussels

china. china and myanmar have strong trade and political ties. chinacourse has allowed myanmar's military to get away with a lot of what they have gotten away with the past few years. is myanmar going to be needing beijing's continued economic support going forward? and, do you believe china may have been tipped off in any way that this was coming? with a have had to sign off to this coup? >> unquestionably, myanmar will need china's economic support. but they are going to be china's political support. china is a key protector of myanmar within the un security council. from the military's point of view, that will need to be continued. but china always extracts a very high price for its production. china is not an international player that simply does things for no reason. it is a realist. it will demand concessions from the military, and quite likely, the sort of concessions in terms of dam building and other infrastructure that suits china's interest. it may have been politically unpopular with the man mark. -- myanmar. china will expect those sorts o

china. china is not thinking. they are moving out. china is tough but we cooperate where we can. us the chinese are on the wrong side of the coin. so when are we going to cooperate on useful for us? the answer is nothing. so the united states doesn't lead with a strong policy, then, we know what the chinese are going to do. they're going to push the ball down the field as far as they can to take advantage of that. if you want to be tough later on, you're playing catch-up. elizabeth: republicans consistently say the biden family is taking on advantage of the president's position in order to make money by selling access. ric grenell talked to us about about that with us last night. he says the media is continuing down playing seriousness of biden family ties to china. watch this. >> joe biden said during the campaign he didn't know anything about this. he never spoke to his son about any of these deals. yet there is evidence showing video evidence, of them on a trip together into china. none of this is making sense. and media in d.c. are completely disinterested but the fact of the

china. there are no regulations in china. there is nothing close to what we do here in the united states. if our factories go to chinat of the green new deal? there is no point to the green new deal. the united states will lead the world in clean energy and clean manufacturing, a clean environment. the united states will be the leader. these people will be helping us get there. thank you so much. >> let's remember, the greatest mentor -- energy in america is right here, right now. ♪ >> our coverage of the annual conservative continues sunday at 10:15 a.m. eastern. speakers include larry kudlow, former director of the national economic council. heritage foundations representative and american conservative union chairman match lap, and former president donald trump. watch the annual cpac conference live on c-span and c-span.org. listen live on the c-span radio app. >>

china. china has effectively cheated and stolen its way to economic growth engaging in brazen theft of intellectual property either cyberoperations are forced technology transfers, the dumping of n and the pernicious manipulation of currency. and those that pay the price to the tune of millions of jobs and trillions of dollars of wealth more recently china has directed its energy and mercantile policies towards beating the united states with the pole position on all leading technologies in the 21sn century and i mean the chinese government and the chinese communist party the american people have nothing against the chinese people. i made no secret of america's failure to hold the chinese government accountable that is a failure of both parties. chiny behavior than we were four years ago. that is why yesterday i asked the chairs and members of our relevant senate committees to begin work on legislation to enable the united states to outcompete china and create american jobs. at the core of this effort will be the endless frontier act. this is bipartisan legislation that senator young and i have sponsored, have drafted together over a year ago that would surge resources into the national science foundation and the department of commerce to advance american innovation in a number of critical technologies. we must also consider significant

china now. we are in a china that is trying to claim, you know, 5,000 years of unchanging history. chinaople, with their notable differences, are a problem, so we have seen since 2012 effectively a cultural genocide going on in xinjiang. and, as lyse well knows, when you have policies like that, women become a major victim. let mejust bring you in, because the bbc has obviously had some criticism from china in reporting this story. a lot of criticism from china . reporting the story and in how they have responded l to the covid—19 crisis, but that is journalism, - asking questions and trying to get answers. it is interesting that the - latest is that antony blinken, the us secretary of state, has called his chinese - counterpart to say that, - you know, we have got to do something about this, and it was very muchl in president biden's speech as well. - where the voices i are silent have been from the muslim world. the 01c in 2019 came up with a statement, | the organisation of islamic states, commending - china for taking care - of its muslim population. the only, really, muslimj majorit

china? quite limited. the thing is that myanmar _ china? quite limited. the thing is that myanmar has _ china? s that myanmar has become i china? quite limited. the thing| is that myanmar has become all the more important for china. the oil and gas pipeline from the port in the bay of bengal through to china is a really significant part of china's efforts to diversify and mitigate the risks of the jugular vein, mitigate the risks of the jugularvein, if mitigate the risks of the jugular vein, if you like, of the chinese straits to the south—east of there. investment in myanmar has been going on for a couple of decades now. min aung hlaing is very tight with xijinping. the relationship is a little bit rusty and prickly with the various border issues with the rebel groups but there is a bit of a recognition they are of a faustian bargain between min aung hlaing, the military and the people's republic of china. so where does that leave us? it leaves us with limited leverage and essentially it is a good question. the reason why the leverage is limited is because burma and myanmar doesn't need us as