steve song is director of the so us china institute. he joins me now from london for more. steve, good to have you on the show. these are widely expected results given what was coming in the days before this election. is there any likelihood that they'll give more pause to businesses and investors operating in hong kong? it may be counter intuitive. i think the chances that it is no the international banking, financial services and investors communities will try to ignore the undemocratic elections in hong kong. they are used to operating in non democratic and rounds. so de wootton is in their stride and try to focus more on what hong kong still has an independent tradition. to what extent as beijing care about hong kong reputation as a hub for international investment. oh, beijing dust care, a lot of bo ah, hong clones status as a global financial center and china's reputation globally. but the way how she jumping does it, is that she campaigns were like to put jack in his music to correct interpretation of what hong kong east and what chinese policy eas wondered then let

steve song is director of the so us china institute. he joins me now from london for more. steve, good to have you on the show. these are widely expected results given what was coming in the days before this election. is there any likelihood that they'll give more pause to businesses and investors operating in hong kong? it may be counter intuitive. i think the challenge is that it is no the international banking, financial services and investors communities will try to a no. and then we'll credit elections in hong kong. they are used to operating in non democratic and rounds. so de wootton is in their stride and try to focus more on what hong kong still has an independent tradition. to what extent has badging care about hong kong reputation as a hub for international investment? o, beijing does care a lot about hong kong status as a global financial center and china's reputation globally. but the way how she jumping does it, is that she campaigns, we're late to project in history, used to correct interpretation of what hong kong east and what chinese policy ease . rather t

program on pills building -- peace building and rights, and from london, the director of the china instituteiversity of london. i would like to begin with steve and london. this is not quite a declaration of a new cold war but it is an unprecedented declaration of a property of agreement between russia and china. what is that based on? >> is based on a lot of common interests at the two countries share at the moment. they share tensions with the united states and they want to make sure that they will prevail and not the united states. they share a common objective of making the world safe, so that the world will be safe for putin and xi jinping. they also share the issue of, in the case of russia, ambitions over ukraine and in the case of china, ambitions over taiwan. there is a lot for them to work together and we should also not forget that xi jinping is reviving [indiscernible] as the ideology in china which makes him much more better disposed to former soviet countries that are returning to authoritarianism. russia is one of them. anchor: what are the russians getting out of this? >> the

steve song is director of the so us china institute. he joins me now from london for more. steve, good to have you on the show. these are widely expected results given what was coming in the days before this election. is there any likelihood that they'll give more pause to businesses and investors operating in hong kong? it may be counter intuitive. i think the chances that it is no fee international banking, financial services and in lester's communities, will try to ignore the and democratic elections in hong kong. they are used to operating in non democratic and rounds. so they will, it is in their stride and try to focus more on what hong kong still has an independent tradition. to what extent has badging care about hong kong reputation as a hub for international investment? o, beijing does care a lot about hong clones status as a global financial center and china's reputation globally. but the way how she jumping does it, is that she campaigns, we're late to project in history, used to correct interpretation of what hong kong east and what chinese policy ease . rather

peace building and rights at columbia university and from london, steve sung director of the china institute at so us university of london a warm welcome to you all. let's begin with steve sang in london. steve, this isn't quite a declaration of a new cold war, but it is an unprecedented declaration of a cooperative agreement between russia and china. what's that based on? well, it is based on a lot of come and interest attached it to countries share. at the moment, the share tension with the united states, and they want to make sure that they will prevailed and not the united states. they share a common objective of making the world safe for authors, terrorism, so dead, the well will be safe for putin and for she in pain. they also shared the issue of you, in the case of russia ambitions over your cranes, in the case of china ambitions over taiwan. so there's a lot for them to watch together. and we should also not forget that she jumping age, reviving marxism leninism as the, the, all the already in china, which makes him much more better disposed to format. so, with countries that are we

brown is busy now is chair of the california china climate institute. and share of the oakland military institute, which he found it he doesn't spend too much time thinking about his legacy. but when pressed, here's his answer . i don't like to spend too much money, and i felt that way abouy climate, the environment. california is a beautiful state and to maintain the biodiversity , the beauty beauty showcased at this ranch when you see this, yeah, what goes through your mind? well. hey i never could imagine this. when my grandmother told me about i didn't know it was this beautiful. or. it's just it's a it's a part of california. jerry looks like he's doing all right , and he's 83 years old. we just looked that up and he looks really sharp and good for 83 years old. thanks for joining u there are a lot of things in life we want, but can't have. health insurance shouldn't be one of them. covered california is making health insurance more affordable for millions of us. even if you've looked before, you should look again. enroll by december 31st. everyone

china and the states. according to the ronald reagan institute report for the 1st time in our survey, a majority of the american people identify a single country as the greatest threat facing the united states. china, 52 percent of americans being china when asked which country they see as the greatest threat to the united states, while only 14 percent, say russia. the numbers are very different from just 3 years ago when 30 percent of americans viewed russia as the greatest threat, and only 21 percent named china. don't forget that at that time, the now just proven trump campaign kremlin russia collusion story was running strong. however, while war with china is a concern, it is not the biggest democrats and republicans alike see economic factors as their number one reason to worry with china's military and human rights abuses, also making the list. the economy also seems to be a biggie. with the white house, here's white house press secretary jen saki last month, talking to media before president biden held a virtual summit with china's president. she. so there are areas of course of concern as it relates to

china's wuhan institute of virology recently hosted a conference on lab safety to which the world respondedle [bleep] late, guys! in a recent segment on covid safety, cnn admitted cloth masks don't stop transmission of the virus. they also don't stop cnn hosts from grabbing your ass. today new york mayor bill de blasio said he doesn't believe in shutdowns despite having shut down the city for months. he then added "i also oppose letting criminals roam free to murder people." chris tucker turned down a $10 million payday for a sequel to the awesome movie friday saying he's to mature to be seen behaving badly on screen but producer sq has found a replacement who has no qualms about cursing or smoking weed on camera. in a cbs news interview, vice president kamala harris that her biggest failure was not getting out of d.c. more but for once i actually agree with kamala. i'd love to see her get out of d.c. permanently. thank you all, this has been emily's feast of seven jokes. [scattered applause] so by this point, you may be wondering how the little sister got the keys to the car. is this like

brown is busy now is chair of the california china climate institute.ich he found it he doesn't spend too much time thinking about his legacy. but when pressed, here's his answer. i don't like to spend too much money, and i felt that way abouy climate, the environment. california is a beautiful state and to maintain the biodiversity , the beauty beauty showcased at this ranch when you see this, yeah, what goes through your mind? well. hey i never could imagine this with my grandmother told me about. i didn't know it was this beautiful. or. it's just it's a it's a part of california. ktvu fox two news at five starts now. now it's five a mother dead family members days tonight. we're hearing from a loved one about what concerned relatives were saying in the days leading up to the discovery. nationwide tiktok threats now impacting the bay area. one school district cancels classes and a student in another is charged with a crime. people. are dying in this city plus mayor london breed announcing a state of emergency what that means moving forward. good eveni

china is doing. >> the u.s. but a number of research institution, jennifer mentioned this in china on export blacklists for supposedlynese military pursue equipment that can control human consciousness during combat operations. >> this is really scary stuff. >> is certainly is, china is committing genocide and crimes against humanity, the northwestern province that the uighurs and others believe is an independent country. these are horrific, these are comparable to what they did prior to the massive 1941. therefore we've got to understand that the using technology to commit atrocities that the world is not seen since the second world war. anita: let's switch over to the topic, news that president biden has signed a law banning imports from that region over concerns of the security crackdown in forced labor on ethnic uighurs and muslim, this is bipartisan legislation, the white house called a genocide against the ethnic groups. , we got a lot of pressure and pushback like apple who lobbied against the legislation. companies like intel tasting california actually apologized to china after they told customers not to use

china. the focus on the p.r.c.'s use of american institutions of higher education by having confucius institutes asking american universities to restrict freedom, control faculty hiring and threaten core values is something that i share great concern about. at a time when confucius institutes were proliferating in the united states, i ensured the university of pennsylvania did not accept an invitation to have a confucius institute. that was 2009, and have ever since been vigilant against the nefarious influences of the p.r.c. sen. risch: i think that is to your credit. i need you declined the invitation to have a confucius institute. i think that is to your credit. having said that, the $86 million is still pretty stunning. i will talk about that when you are done. dr. gutmann: thank you. we are one on this issue. the second piece of context echo see your question, the scale of penn and what i do as president and take due diligence on, we have 12 schools and six hospitals. the fundraising over the period you spoke about his over $5 billion, then

china relations and other fallen priorities of the administration. this is posted by the brookings institution. >> united states european unit acknowledge china are multifaceted and comprise of cooperation competition and systemic rivalry. president biden met virtually with president xi jinping, united states security for the end of pacific office and you adopt the end of pacific strategy. it is my pleasure today to welcome the two chairs of the second u.s. dialogue and china in washington d.c. wendy sherman is the u.s. deputy terry of state, her state department includes serving secretary of state of paris from 2011 -- 2015. she was director of the senate republican leadership and senior fellow at the harvard center for science and international affairs. secretary-general of the european external service prior to this position is the extent of career diplomatic services and european commission from 2013 -- 16 serving as representative to european unit. february to december 2020 as a secretary assistant for economic global affairs. today they are with each other in person, i am sorry i can't b

democracy require constant -- renewing our democracy and strengthening our democratic institutions requires constant effort. >> chinaosted its own democracy forum this week. leaders in beijing say their one-party government is more of a democracy than the united states, and critics of the u.s. say it is in no position to lead on democracy while continuing to support autocratic rulers abroad and restricting human rights at home. let's bring in our guests in birmingham in england. scott lucas is a professor at the university of birmingham. from brussels in belgium, we have a senior fellow at the eckardt institute and joining us from taiwan's capital is louis feingold. a warm welcome to each of you. the world seemingly in the throes of a democratic backtrack , rise of populism, rise of authoritarianism. democracy is perhaps on the way, and this is a good conversation to have, isn't it? >> hey, i'm a big fan of democracy. i am a big critic of countries that restrict political rights, that put people in prison, that provide the basics for some people but not for all, but this is not the way in my opinion, to conduct marc

one is china the other is trust institutions the internet companies will say if you start to break us up, how can we compete with a quarter of the world's population controlled from a central authority? >> that argument could been used all the time. right? but breaking up standard oil and at&t to make the competitor stronger. i should say we just cap one company new have one company and together we have two big monopolies. i don't buy that at all. yes you have to keep safety standards in place. yes we understand they have to charge for various things but not 30 percent to a competitor. not when you can't explain why huber - - uber driver has to play that spotify does not or match.com you can develop these products a better way don't tell me the way it is now because it is not to work with our allies to put standards in place when it comes to china whether trade negotiations are the biden administration or international antitrust enforcement. i understand that threat i don't think that answer is to become china. >> that was a very good answer. >> that it was a good answer. so in other

pottinger was president trump's national security a ♪ ♪ ♪ ( applause ) now writes about china at the hoover institutionssion. xi's defenders say that he's not killing capitalism, he's just modifying, getting rid of the excesses. >> pottinger: i've always believed that the best interpreter of xi jinping is xi jinping himself. >> stahl: and what's he saying, in terms of capitalism? >> pottinger: what he said, in one of his most important speeches, he said, "we will see to it in this long struggle that capitalism dies out in the world," and that his vision of socialism prevails. >> keyu jin: china grew really lawlessly, chaotically, in the last 40 years. and that's all about to change. >> stahl: economist keyu jin splits her time between the u.k., where she teaches at the london school of economics, and beijing, where her father is president of one of china's largest state-owned banks. is xi jinping killing off capitalism in china? >> jin: president xi envisions what he calls a "modern, socialist economy" for china, a much more restricted capitalism. president xi is with the people. he is with the peasant

first of all the idea that china is you know basically just it waiting to become the world's next reserve currency i have big questions about due to many of the institutionalems or strengths that china doesn't have. one the rule of law, if we can't really be sure you're going to get a fair shake if you're an institutional investor or for ininvestor. we're not sure how defaults work out and three, capital account is closed. money coming in and money going out is highly regulated especially for domestic. this is where blockchain comes in and digital currency and what i think is likely to happen going forward as digital currency and block chains allow settlement of international payment we'll start to see countries favoring bilateral set meant instead of settlement in the u.s. dollar. what i mean by that, why does australia and singapore need to settle trade in the u.s. dollar? why can't they settle it between bilaterally between their two currencies? that purities further pressure on the dollar in the foreign exchange buck account locally which is currently stands at 60%. it has been coming down. as more bilateral settlement happens the need to hold large st

the united states has unseated china as the most influential nation on the continent. according to the australia bass low, we institute the research group said, and it's 2021 asia power index that china's power had taken a step back in the 2nd year of the cobra. 1900 pandemic. as it begins to look inward to shore up some deficiency now, meanwhile, they say the united states has gained ground as the biden administration has tried to counter trying to influence through diplomatic efforts in the region. as far as the overall rankings of who wields the most. busy power in asia, the u. s. and china are followed by japan, india, russia, and australia. australia is important here as it has maintained its ranking, despite trade disputes with china, which the authors of the report say, have improved its resilience in 2021. let's go ahead and dig into what all this means. the professor richard wolf is the host of economic update and author of the sick. this is the system. when capitalism fail to save us from pandemic or itself, professor wolf always.

whether it is the hudson institute, or in my case a couple months ago, a hearing for the u.s.-china business council where we raised a lot of questions we were answering and have answered since, that's why it's important to have those conversations. senator cornyn made reference in his opening comments about the work done by the u.s.-china economic security and review commission, which is a highly respected organization and commission that on an annual basis is reporting on challenges both by china and the state of play. in their annual report they recommended legislation just like this to set up an outcome -- outbound investment review mechanism, which we do not have now and which i think exposes us not just in the limited circumstances that we made reference to with regard to ppe and the pandemic. but more broadly, when you have the integration of activity of our firms with actions taken by the chinese communist party to threaten us, we want to make sure we can prevent that kind of intermeshing from happening. >> if we could move the discussion to a broader scale. this week i beli

just a month before the winter olympics in beijing, officials in one city in central china, a big one, have institutedstimated 13 million residents. it comes after detecting 63 new covid cases there. from asia to south america to europe, our cnn correspondents following the impact of the omicron variant around the globe. >> reporter: i'm in london. the omicron variant is driving record-breaking case numbers yet again here. on wednesday more than 100,000 positive cases were recorded in england. that's the first time that we've surpassed 100,000 cases in a single day since the start of the pandemic. still, prime minister boris johnson has said no new restrictions will be announced before christmas time. it comes as there's promising news coming from a preliminary pre-print paper from the university off edinburgh in scottland. it shows that the omicron variant may be milder. this paper said the risk of hospitalizations was reduced by two-thirds if you compare the omicron variant with the delta variant for those who are double vaccinated. it's giving health officials some hope, but still the fear is that

influenced and asia, the united states has unseated china as the most influential nation on the continent. according to the australia bass louis institute, the research group said in it's 2021 asia power index, but china is power. had taken a step back in the 2nd year of the cobra, 1900 pandemic. as it begins to look inward to shore up some deficiency now, meanwhile, they say the united states has gained ground as the biden administration has tried to counter chinese influence through diplomatic efforts in the region. as far as the overall rankings of who wields the most. busy power in asia, the u. s. and china are followed by japan, india, russia, and australia. australia is important here as it has maintained its ranking, despite trade disputes with china, which the authors of the report say, have improved its resilience in 2021. let's go ahead and dig into what all this means. the professor richard wolf is the host of economic update. and author of the thickness is the system. when capitalism failed to save us from pandemic or itself, professor wolf, always a pleasure. i wanna start with the top of the list here. why has the united s

but whether it's the hudson institute for in my case a couple of months ago appearing for the us china business council raises a lot of questions that we were answering that time and have answered sense. that's why it's important to have those conversations. i will say this, senator cornyn made reference in his opening comments about the work done by the us china economic and security review commission is a highly respected organization, a commission that's on an annual basis has been reporting on challenges posed by china and kind of a state of play and in their annual report, they recommended legislation like this to set up an outbound investment review mechanism which we do not have now. which i think exposes us hnot just in the limited circumstance that we made ereferences to with regard to ppe in a pandemic more broadly you have that integration of activity of our firms with actions taken by the chinese communist party to the threat, we want to make sure that we can prevent that intermission from happening. >> i wonder if we could leave the discussion to a broader scale. this week

china's defence and surveillance sectors are cooperating with the government to repress religious minority groups. the commerce department targeted the academy of military medical science along with 11 research institutesy. it bars american companies from selling components to the entities without a licence. and this is what gina reminder had to say in her statement. "we cannot allow us commodities technology and software to support medical science to take innovation to be diverted towards uses contrary to us national security. " these measures have the latest effort by the biden administration to punish china for its repression of uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the xinjiang region. it comes on the same day that the us senate passed a bill barring imports from the xinjiang area unless business can prove that they were produced without forced labour. mariko oi is following the story in singapore. how has china responded? as you can imagine, beijing's is not happy. the chinese embassy in washington called the action unwarranted suppression that violated free trade rules. they also said that they would take all essential measures to uphold the interests of chinese companies and research institutio

and these institutes and tele- programs, china's active recruitment for the scientists in rural researchersy area basically tell them hey, i will pay you money in the universities and all you have to do is bring your research, share with us and hide it from your employers the last year, for the first time, they actually charged a chemistry professor about sharing his technology with china. with a chinese university secretively. in researching the united states, founded by the department of defense. and it using our tax dollars to do the research and he shared it with the chinese and he got paid. so that's the education spot and then also the information, huge information up with china happening in the media, especially on social media, and research basically shows that about 50 percent of this chinese diplomat and information it, and spreading the disinformation about the coronavirus. and huge reasons why, they came from talents that from china and the thing that is been very slow to respond to that so even though there gradually china is coming out and creating them, but there lies in the

institute. he says, the boy coach will not force any change in china. i think it will have virtually now are, are 0 impact on, on their policies and she job and or their policies in hong kong. although i think that the justification for this kind of an action by the united states or, or something somewhat less than that. i would have said might have been better for the united states to extent it's china, ambassador chinese m a u. s. about sort of a ging to the, to the event and him not make any statements at the event to just be there. but that's, you know, that's a judgment call, but i think that, you know, that's, they're not, they, they can't do that now. so they're, they're walked into a situation where they just have to go through the deployment of the chinese to take. they could refuse to send their own athletes to different games. it could take some kind of measures against the world tennis association or against other countries that were involved in this kind of a diplomatic boycott. by threatening to not have their athletes participate. but the

sense there is concern even though there was a barrage of commentary from some of the top institutions in chinarying to manage the evergrande collapse? it is ok, we have it under control. do you think there is some sense that as they move forward with the tightening up on sectors, they have to move a little more slowly or take steps that are not going to trigger similar situations? bert: possible. what is significant from this meeting is the central government has decentralized a problem. they made a local government problem. that is where the workouts are going to happen that may involve some of the local funds to smooth over for those realistic companies in trouble but there is not going to be a central solution. that is the most important thing to see. not all real estate companies are in trouble. there is a genuine demand for new housing particular in the first tier and second tier cities. that would continue. it is a big chunk of the economy. it is not that that whole trunk is in trouble right now. kathleen: shedding a lot of light on what is a complex and interesting situation in china. b

institute and an expert on security in asia. great to have you on the programme, peter. indonesia is the first stop on the trip, and the us and china have often seen southeast asia as a crucial battle ground for regional security. what's the point of mr blank and's visit? the americans are certainly trying _ blank and's visit? the americans are certainly trying to — blank and's visit? the americans are certainly trying to bring _ blank and's visit? the americans are certainly trying to bring southeast i certainly trying to bring southeast asia closer to the us. the american grand strategy for managing the rise of china has shifted from the trump years into trying to encourage allies to get closer to the us. but there's a couple problems with that from a southeast asian viewpoint — one is from the american way of looking at things, northeast asia is the set centre of gravity, and northeast asia on the indian border... but secondly and more

china. all right, let's bring in our guess from pin on pin cambodia giant men on a visiting senior fellow at the i. c. s. use of shock institute joining us from aging. ein our tank in a china political and economic analyst. and in washington, d. c. niel's graham, an assistant director with the atlanta counsels geo economic center, a warm welcome to you all, and thanks for joining us today on inside story shout. let me start with you 1st to day who benefits the most with this are sep agreement. the large countries or the smaller ones. ok, thank you. i think that's a good question to start off that. and let me start by saying, i think everyone benefits both the large and the small. but i think the smaller countries, the newest members of the, and in particular like cambodia where i am. but also me and my allows vietnam has the greatest potential to gain the most. this is because they're the ones that have to go through the greatest amount of change in terms of reforms that ross, it provides them the opportunity to do. but that's the key point i think about this agreement is designed really in such a way that it's up to the membe

all of this information is transmitted back to china's public security bureaus instantaneously. >> what they've instituted under xi jinping is an artificial intelligence and surveillance system that is unprecedented. this is orwell on steroids. that includes a xi jinping app on your cell phone. >> the xi app is on many chinese phones. its purpose? to help people study xi jinping thought. that's right, study what he thinks about everything. >> xi jinping sayings, his speeches, his activities and party dogma and then take quizzes. and they have to report those quizes to the local party head in the work unit. >> there's even a game show. "how much do you know about xi jinping thought?" much of xi jinping thought is communist ideology and the central role he believes it should play in chinese life. but there lies a central conflict. he is preaching strict adherence to socialism in a country where capitalism has been exploding for decades. >> socialist economy that was also one of the most ravenous consumers of luxury goods, things like lamborghinis and ferraris and rolexs and louis vuitton. >> the rich have b

china. grave threat to the united states and the rest of the free world. we'll dig deep into this issue with michael pillsbury. former defense policy board chair and great john ratcliffe. and america's first policy instituteman. we need to awaken to what is taking place in a comprehensive way with communist china, how they are now aligning with russia, supporting russia if they invade ukraine, and russia supporting communist china if they invade taiwan and their hyper sonic missile projects, but before we focus on that, we have a problem here. we have a lot of problems in this country. one of them is something called january 6 committee. and the january 6 committee, you can see that the propaganda, democrat party media and at white house, and that control congress, want to turn january 6 to an event. to use against conservatives, again donald trump, against anyone who disagrees with them, they took it out of old soviet playbook. i want to talk about the differences. the committee and their investigations those that stalin conducted, not a lot. nancy pelosi who is basically a modern day stalinist, in many respects, the way she controls congress, and she crushes the minority, and abusing house rules and tra

sale. >> ben: joining me now rebecca heinrich senior fellow he had hudson institutes and gordon chang coming collapse of chinabecca, first to you, the one of the things we have learned the last two years we all knew about the threats china posed to us potentially militarily and potentially economically not as many people were aware of the amount of cultural power they had over the discussions and communications and education process that was happening here in america. tell us a little bit about what that has meant and what you know about it. >> well, i want to congratulate you, first, ben for that incredible monologue. i hope every american goes back and listens to it again and again and shares it with their children every word of it is true. cultural icons like lebron james and the nba who have been willing to beat up on the problems they see with iniquities in the united states but then not willing to say anything about the crimes going on, the violations of natural rice, the persecution of christians, the muslims of jing jiang and oppression of people silencing and disappearing doctors and reporters going

hyperbole that is not the being dramatic that when i say the communists that will china want to rule the world order on have institutions their that's an we have to care i'm not calling for action or intervention the ccp represents strength and when americans kept the feed of the taiwanese because the picture of the map and is the sensory of what happens in china not america. steve: exactly. will click. and with that specific issue on china and how corporate america is responding. >> helps - - the hoax was intended to stoke division so it's no wonder democrats in the media would laugh that up but it is at the heart of the narrative and even now in the whole thing is confirmed to be a hoax guess who they are attacking? cnn attacks fox news over the t20 case accusing this channel of pushing a false narrative. when you cannot argue on the facts and then to go off of the credibility of the press. yes of course we are right to go off the ability of the press. they are endorsement of the t20 hoax is just the latest sample of the systemic misinformation with the evil suv that murdered six people in the christmas parade rittenh

human rights abuses in the filing, the commerce department accuse china academy of military medical sciences and 11 associated research institute of attempting to create brain control weaponry. but now much more information was provided in hong kong. the hung sound is also down for the weak, losing more than 4 percent to close out the week on friday. shares and tech companies including ali baba j d, my twan antenna that fell in my concern about the u. s. targeting tech companies in the latest blow to embattled property giant. advert grand group s and p global has declared it in default after missing a bond payment earlier this month. the ne k in japan, it's also down but just by a half a percent having fallen into negative territory. on friday, after the bank of japan started to pull back emergency pandemic funding, while keeping loose monetary policy in place, the index had gained 2 percent on thursday in response to us, better reserve decision to dial back on purchases at a faster rate. let's move to india where the centex it's also in the red having lost more than 3 and a half percent on the weak reliance industries in the f

secretary of state wendy sherman on foreign policy, with a focus on china and the indo pacific region. hosted by the brookings institution runs an hour. tom: good afternoon. i am director of the center for the united states and europe at the workings institution and senior fellow in foreign policy at brookings. it is my pleasure to welcome you to our virtual and hybrid discussion