japan can be divisive. other countries in the region, china, south korea, have long felt that the postwar apologies from japannever gone far enough, but today, across the country there, they mark the 15th of august in 1945 when the emperor did sign that surrender to bring world war ii there to an end. that was four months after the fighting stopped in europe. for more on howjapan marks the end of world war ii, we can speak now to seijiro takeshita, from the university of shizuoka. if you can just explain, we're going to stay on these live pictures so our viewers can see ceremony taking place, i don't know whether you will be able to, but just talk know whether you will be able to, butjust talk us through, if you can, the significance of this moment. well, actually, many people are actually quite worried this year, not only because as you reported, the coronavirus, the participants numbers are low but the average age of the japanese that has experienced war has declined quite considerably. 80% of japanese have not experienced the war and also if you look at the war and also if you look at the average age of th

did you know about china and japan? >> yes i knew about china and japan. >> how? >> but we were at war with japan. when we were at war, i studied and found out what it was about. that ended that relationship. one of the targets, it wasn't used, it had fallen over. you know could. it's in the southern part of japan. >> when did you joined the military? >> i didn't join. i was drafted. >> when? >> june the 21st, 1950. >> that's when i got married. >> you were married at the time? >> then you joined the military right before the korean war? >> it was during the korean war. i was drafted by harry truman. >> then it's not june 21st. the korean war broke out june 21st, 1950. >> that was 1950. i was 51. >> oh 51. so did you know that you were going to be dragged to the korean war. >> no. no idea. >> so where did you get the basic military training? >> maryland. the army grounds. i had no combat training. i'm one of the few that did that. >> you had no combat training? >> i had no combat training. i did it in the land of georgia. my diplomat is right in there if you want

china japan you can india are also in their race. is a race against the time there is a pandemic outbreak there was a huge effect on society nobody doubts about this war and therefore it's a race and. not that much against the competitors and at the moment and hopefully all of those vaccines would work there is a raise also to have enough capacity you always start in the beginning and you can cover everyone and therefore it's good that other players are. in the game as well . last week russia claimed to breakthrough president vladimir putin proudly declared his country was the 1st to approve a vaccine russia all now began testing the vaccine on 40000 people but some scientists doubt the vaccine named sputnik 5 is really ready. what's beyond doubt is that thanks to high tech methods used by the likes of cure back research is moving faster than ever it used to take 10 to 15 years to get a vaccine to market now some companies have moved to clinical trials in a matter of months regulators expect to break. there as early as next year no o

producers are not allowed access to real networks in china japan south korea or the usa. the u.s. decision to withdraw 12000 troops from germany sent shock waves across the country raising concerns about security and transatlantic tides but for the locals of the bavarian town of 5th sec where a 3rd of those troops are stationed it has also left some fearing for their livelihoods. what will become a fill say it's a very in town with just 6000 residents who've lived for years alongside the americans at the nearby rose barracks is that all over. this conflict the guns it's terrible the whole area the economy the shops the americans always use them just as we do that economists are not strong v.v. out. some of us play football with the americans it will be a pity to see them leave again the 2nd cavalry regiment of the us army is a key economic engine for the structurally weak region and until now it had provided full sec with a guaranteed. employer and supply of customers many locals work for the military in some capacity for example in vehicle maintenance the american presence is vit

china japan the u.k. and india are also in the race. last week russia claimed a breakthrough president vladimir putin proudly declared they were the 1st to approve a vaccine which he said his own daughter had been vaccinated but scientists the russian vaccine in sputnik 5 is really ready. what's beyond doubt is that thanks to high tech methods used by the likes of cure research is moving faster than ever in normal times it would take 10 to 15 years to get a vaccine to market some companies have reached the clinical trial phase in a matter of months regulators are expecting a breakthrough as early as next year no other product in the world has a larger potential market many nations have already placed orders for hundreds of millions of doses. plans to produce a 1000000000 pay year if it's faxing comes to fruition the question is whose will hit the market 1st. of all this i'm joined now by franz verna hasi c.e.o. of care vax it's good to have you on the show. when will it be for when do you expect your company to have a vaccine ready for

i hope that a person who is friendly to china will take over from abe. >> relations between japan and china worsened over matters including claims to the senkaku islands in the east china sea. a crawler collided with coast guard ships in 2010. in 2012 the japanese government purchased some of the senkakus from the private owner. japan controls the island. the japanese government maintains they're an inherit part of their territory. >>> a south korean government spokesperson made a statement saying we are sorry to hear this sudden announcement but are eager to cooperate with a new pr prime minister with an aim of foster good will between south korea and japan. various media outlets reported the story as brbreaking news referrining to sources includin nhk. one saying abe took a hard line stance on historic issues between seoul and s soak i don' one example they give is a ruling over wartime labor handed down over south korean court. the conservative newspaper noted abe has been in office longer than any other japanese prime minister. the daily went on to claim his popularity has been in

did you know about china or japan? >> yes, i knew about china and japan. >> how? did you learn about it? >> well, we were at war with japan and when we were at war i studd studied a little bit to find out what it was about. of course we dropped the atom bomb over there and that ended that relationship. by the way, i was in the hospital over there in one of the targets for the atom bomb, it wasn't used because it was fogged over. they couldn't -- you know what it is? in the southern part of japan. >> oh. when did you join the military? >> i didn't join. i was drafted. >> when? >> let's see. june the 21st, 1950. >> oh. so -- >> right after i got married. >> oh, you were married at the time? >> yeah. >> then you joined the military right before the korean war? >> it was during the korean war. i was drafted by harry truman's -- >> then it's not june 21st. the korean war broke out june 25th, 1950. >> i was in '51 when i joined the military. >> oh. '51. >> yeah. >> did you know you were going to be drafted to the korean war? >> no. i had no idea. >> where did you get th

chinas. the chapters on japan into the region.one of the chapters had a variant is the description on how it balances the power of globalization both the opportunities afforded by it as well as some of the drawbacks and i think that you explained how japan balanced between the two. would you like to comment on that i thought that was a great chapter. >> it comes from the japanese poem that talks about how they set up another japan to keep it safe from the world so that it would always be a divine land. in many ways it's always been separate from the world which is certainly not true that the same time japan has clearly maintained their ears to the world of this in the west would find questionable but they wrote the book because honestly i lived in japan in the '90s and parts of 2,000 but i was back there during the terrible terrorist massacre in 2015 i think it was. i was in tokyo and all the news was coming in so immediately as someone that lives in america, your body reacts physically and i thought here's another attack. what do

in the last couple of months, i think there has been countries anchored by china, japan and thailand,korea, malaysia at once you get out of predatory loans. indonesia is unhappy. anybody that is touching the chinese border right now has a consequence. russia just pulled out of selling air defense missions because they claimed the chinese were spying on russian technology. countries have an issue. happened lot like what with russia in the cold war. you think about the new cyber command that is being developed? , the cyber command -- i think you have to have the capability to defend yourself and the capability to project force. , and i what is happening hope it evolves is that the types of conflicts we will be engaged in our what some people refer to as cognitive warfare. disinformation, misinformation. elements all tools or of cognitive warfare, trying to get your opponent to behave differently and never having to engage in any physical conflict. would it not be great if they decided on their own just too -- ? i would love it if cyber command had a large component of cognitive command.

curevac is one of many hopefuls. 170 companies from all over the world including the u.s., china, japane u.k., and india are also in the race. last week, russia claimed a breakthrough. president vladimir putin proudly declared they were the first to approve a vaccine. he said his own daughter had been vaccinanated. but scientistss doubt the r rusn vaccccine is realllly ready. what is beyond doubt is that thanks to high-tech methods used by curevac, research is moving faster than ever. in normal times it would take 10 to 15 years to get a vaccine to market. now some companies have reached a clinical trial in a matter of months. regulators are expected a breakthrough as early as next year. no other product in the world has a larger potential market. many nations have already placed orders for hundreds of millions of doses. curevac plans to produce one billion per year if it's vaccine comes to fruition. the question is who's will hit the market first. brent: today angela merkel met in berlin with where to tune burke -- grtaeta thuneberg. they talked about how to keep the public's attention

think that whoever comes in after our day is like he's a continue to try to do this but you know japan china relations they're never going to be best friends they do have wars i'm issues they've seen them japan is now of america china and the united states are you know clearly not seeing eye to eye far from it so japan is kind of caught in the middle of a stunt quite a good job i think of patching things up and not less in that sort of not letting the china relationship gets here right but i don't think you know we're really talking about whether talking about a golden era we're talking about sort of both sides could in their differences aside and just getting on with things more than more than real friendship japan was also considered an important partner for the united states india and australia in the throat or in the pacific region do you see that their cooperation simon continuing. and broadly speaking yes i do i think that you know japan is very committed to that they are now lots of democracies in asia and beyond civic reason as you say it's rearranging to see how the relationship wit

china japan the u.k. and india are also in the race. last week russia claimed a breakthrough president vladimir putin proudly declared they were the 1st to approve a vaccine which he said his own daughter had been vaccinated but scientists doubt the russian vaccine named sputnik 5 is really ready. what's beyond doubt is that thanks to high tech methods used by the likes of cure or vaccine research is moving faster than ever in normal times it would take 10 to 15 years to get a vaccine to market now some companies have reached the clinical trial phase in a matter of months regulators are expecting a breakthrough as early as next year no other product in the world has a larger potential market many nations have already placed orders for hundreds of millions of doses cure back plans to produce a 1000000000 per year if its vaccine comes to fruition the question is whose will hit the market 1st to china where the yangtze river has risen to dangerous levels after some of the heaviest rainfall in recent memory southwest and central regions hav

in the last couple of months, i think there has been countries anchored by china, japan and taiwan, south korea, thailand, malaysia wants to get out of predatory loans. indonesia is unhappy. basically india is angry. anybody that is touching the chinese border right now has a conflict. russia just pulled out of selling air defense missions because they claimed the chinese were spying on russian technology. you could draw a line completely around china right now and all those countries have an issue. that starts to visually look a lot like what happened with russia in the cold war. maus, -- mr. moss, what do you think about the new cyber command that is being developed? >> so, the cyber command -- i think you have to have the capability to defend yourself and the capability to project force. i think what is happening, involves,d i hope it is that the types of conflicts we will be engaged in our what some people refer to as cognitive warfare. it is not fake news, it is not disinformation, misinformation. ,hose are all subcomponents those are all tools or elements of cognitive warfare, tryin

the online talks included china, japan, and the u.s., and focused on how to prevent measures that couldlobal trade. the race to succeed shinzo abe as per minister of japan includes former defense minister -- also in the running is the long-time cabinet secretary. and the former foreign minister. he is seen by political insiders in tokyo as best suited to lead through the elections in october next year. kyoto news says the new leader is expected to be chosen in parliament on september 17. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am karina mitchell. this is bloomberg. thanks. we are going to take a look at the sale of tiktok's u.s. operations. beijing added the overseas transfer of artificial intelligence to the list of prospects it considers vital for economic security and that means any sale needs the approval of the chinese government. let's get more from our asia tech reporter. let's start with details of these new regulations because our bloomberg opinion columnist has likened it t

whether, so in the last couple of months i think there has been countries that have been angered by china, japan and taiwan, south korea and thailand and malaysia wants to get out of the predatory loan and i think they are unhappy but basically india is angry and basically anyone touching the chinese border right now has a conflict in russia pulled out and they claim the chinese were spying on the russian technology so if you draw a line completely around china right now and all those countries have an issue and that starts to visually look like what happened with russia. >> host: mr. moss, what you think about the new cyber command being developed at the pentagon? >> guest: yeah, i think you have to have the capability to defend yourself and you have to have the capability to project for it and i think what is happening though and i hope it has evolved is that the types of conflict we will be engaged in what some people refer to as cognitive warfare. it is not fake news, it is not disinformation but those are all subcomponents and all elements of positive warfare and trying to get your opponent

because of excessive aggression from china, japan must increase the level of forces but u nfortu nately of forces but unfortunately the western alliance is starting to crumble because of the leadership of mr trump. it is dividing the coalition of the west and not putting it together. basically the environment that japan faces is very tricky, as you noted, and very difficult. we would like to think that things will improve after the us election but we do not know that yet. there is a lot of ambiguity about the political fa ct ambiguity about the political fact is as we speak. and back to internal matters within japan, especially the right—wing nationalistic support for this day. how do you view that now? it is not only the right wing. the western media focus is all on the right but the fact of the matter is that these events along with nagasaki and hiroshima are also being realised by left—wing organisations, both right and left and this is disgusting that they are utilising it. but the fact of the matter is that it is. and what letter than pointing fingers at other people to make your o

past i think whoever comes in after our day is like he's a continue to try to do this but you know japan china relations they're never going to be best friends they do have water i'm issues they've seen them japan is now of america china and the united states are you know kiddy not seeing eye to eye far from it so japan is kind of caught in the middle of a stunt quite a good job i think of patching things up and not lessing that sort of not letting the china relationship to its here 8 but i don't think you know we're really talking about whether talking about a golden era we're talking about sort of both sides could hang their differences aside and just getting on with things more than more than real friendship dramas also considered an important partner for the united states india and australia in the indo-pacific region do you see that their cooperation simon continuing and broadly speaking yes i do i think that you know japan is very committed to being a partner alliance of democracies in asia and beyond the pacific region as you say it's really racing to see how the relationship with the u

my advice to him is now you have china with the trade agreement, have trade agreement with mexico and canada, you have one with south korea and japan we know of a a consortium and e trading bloc we can go to china, a lot of us have the same complaints about the chinese and then we could go as a bloc led by the united states and say we demand a new deal. we don't want to keep you down but what you do stop exploiting the generosity we've given you over these decades. >> host: that is interesting. i want to talk about -- when we relate, we speak about china. it has given us, we've seen american intervention in iraq and afghanistan which i know that you've seen as a complete waste of american lives and, of course, american treasure. how do we extricate ourselves from places like iraq and afghanistan? we know the would be a vacuum. we know there are concerns with isis and of guiding and other actors and middle eastern how do we get out of those big wars, focus our energy and resources at home? >> guest: i think for affairs like life frankly are like child rearing. you pick your fights and your priorities. to make big priority now is chi

china apologies are not enough. yeah i guess what's public ordered about it is that often when japan has made apologies it will then do other things engage in other actions such as you know if you sitting there yes they can shine that you mention that you china and south korea and also north korea the perception that japan was nothing since you know when it apologized sort of it's kind of a vicious cycle and also sometimes the street that's depicted in japanese history textbooks which is then sensient by the minister of education up until the very different story to what china and the koreas tell about their history so yeah it's really hard for them to. know richardson from australian national university is asia pacific college of diplomacy thanks for joining us on camera. still ahead here on al-jazeera. oh by the protests in ivory coast as president out of sight of the time his decision to run for 3rd term . and flying high once again we have the latest from hong kong as this apple resumes transit flights from mainland china to stay with us. but. we've got the winds picking up over the next couple of days many part

china japan the u.k. and india are also in the race. last week russia claimed a breakthrough president vladimir putin proudly declared they were the 1st to approve a vaccine for he said his own daughter had been vaccinated but scientists doubt the russian vaccine named sputnik 5 is really ready. what's beyond doubt is that thanks to high tech methods used by the likes of cure research is moving faster than ever in normal times it would take 10 to 15 years to get a vaccine to market no some companies have reached a clinical trial phase in a matter of months regulators are expecting a breakthrough as early as next year no other product in the world has a larger potential market many nations have already placed orders for hundreds of millions of doses cure back plans to produce a 1000000000 per year if it's faxing comes to fruition the question is whose will hit the market 1st. so let's go back to our top story and presumptive presidential candidate joe biden is due to officially accept his nomination in just a few minutes on the 4th and f

the book tries to answer the question, how did china japan should do it? how did they manage to continue to grow without a major financial crisis? and, can they keep it up? i'm going to turn the floor over to tom in just a minute. he will introduce his book and then we will hear from several commentators, all leading experts on china's financial system in their own right. and then we'll open up things to discussion with our online audience. you have ways to submit questions through the chat function or through e-mail to our staff who will forward me the questions. and then i'll help moderate that conversation for the remainder of the program. we were expecting a small audience for a specialty topic like this, hence exuma room that can accommodate about 500 folks. we are overflowing. we had almost a thousand people register for the event. so no matter what, folks will be able to watch this now or online and just a bit. so i'm going to turn things over to tom. he is a bluebird's chief economist, prior to joining bloomberg, orkut china's economics corresponde

china and india. so that's 60 years ago. so think if japanthe out were still fighting skirmishing over world war ii in 2000. that's 1940 plus 60 is 2000. that's where they are with india and china. have not settled the border. no one has silted the problem and that's i would we have the flash point. asia cannot figure it out how to get that, whether it's the south china sea, east china sea, boreds, not just china. it's japan and russian cambodia and thailand, different nations but the say certaintiveness of the parties desire to be seen again as a hegemon in asia that has driven so much of this, and the concern is that eventually flash points can just multiply. you can lose control of the situation. ultimately that's the scenario i talk about in the war chapter, hurtt history of the war between china and the united states. we should be very worried after decades of economic growth and political integration it has even more interstate conflicts than it did before. they have not solved it. that's bat data point to look at. >> questions about wh

and then start negotiating and my advice to him is now that you have china, you have a trade agreement with mexico and canada, japan and south korea, probably get one with the brits by the end of the year, we now have a consortium and trading block where we can go to china. a lot of us have the same complaints and go as a block led by the united states and say we demanding the deal, we don't want to keep you don't want you to stop exploiting the generosity we've given you over the decades. >> i want to talk about tax americana, which we think about when we think about china. it has given us with american intervention in iraq and afghanistan which you've seen as a complete waste of american lives and american treasure. how do we extricate ourselves from like iraq and afghanistan. there are concerns with isis and al qaeda and others in the middle east. how do we get out of those and focus our energy and resources at home? >> foreign affairs, you pick your fights and have priorities, the priority now is china. isis is a problem and all these other things are problems we don't want to lose track of the real problem. he

he got away china, japan, western european allies, mexico, canada and what is the result then, i likeok at results. we as conservatives we believe conservatism works. lower taxes, less bureaucracy, limited government and thomas paine, said were the guys and dictate of conscious, there will be no need for other lawgivers. that not being the case, government and the best state necessary intolerable, evil, democrats are offering us the entire liberal evil. mark: "live free or die", comes out on tuesday, you can get on amazon.com or mark levin show. facebook mark levin show, twitter, this is a serious book. it is not a joke. i want to make sure we take the time to show what is in this book because were not quite have enough time to get in all the aspects of it but i see how your thinking goes, i see where you want to go in this book. we'll be right back. ♪ at the golden opportunity sales event. get zero percent financing on all 2020 lexus models. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. on all 2020 lexus models. lookentertainmentour experience: xfinity x1. it's the easiest way to watch li

china. states, indiad and japan, and others.rime minister, i have the great fortune to spend three weeks and australia. i had worked for the government in the past and was very impressed by the depths of everything we are doing together. you will be interviewed by margaret brennan. she is moderator of the pbs show "face the nation." she is the correspondent for our great network pbs. minister, welcome and we look forward to a good conversation. p.m. morrison: thank you very much. good day from australia. i don't know if you want me to pass to margaret first. good morning to you. i have to say thank you. it is a covid first to be interviewing a world leader from my own studio and across the world. i am so glad that we could have this communication in conversation today. i think all of us miss the aspen mountains around us at the aspen security forum, but i'm glad we can have this conversation. australia is a vital ally of the united states. you are in a very interesting neighborhood at the moment, finding yourself in the midst of

with china and around 2000 when we said we will give china a helping hand and help them economically develop because in the end they will be like japan, korea or europe, our trading partner, we will play by the same rules and they will be our friend, it did not work out the same way with china, that's why i broke with nationalism, i broke with globalism and elitism well before donald trump came along, i was already there 2014 - 15 and the reason was i went around the country and in public speaking around groups around the country. i am an elitist, i live in a cocoon in a bubble in new york but as i went around the country i knew something was happening but i cannot figure out what it was, i did my own informal polling and i would get up to the podium and say how many of you think the economy is not where it was and you will have opportunity with your children's generations that you have had an hands went up and i said do you think america is losing his place in the world and were getting kicked around by pipsqueak countries that we should not be getting kicked around. then i would ask how many do you think the values of america that

going to see a lot of the power all of china has come from the fact that we have outsourced much of our manufacturing capacity from america from you. europe from japan to china so now there's going to be a process of the de globalization this is a subset of that the globalization is called the china fixation remember him wasn't too long ago when people were describing the u.s. china relationship to symbiotic relationship where we sent them their jobs they sent us cheap goods even though it was mutually counterproductive people described it as. symbiotic and therefore have no endgame attached to it and those who are warning what would happen if these 2 separated they mayhem it would create and that was just not accepted that here we are do you trying to fit cation i guess what that theory i guess that was employed this is one thing we're going to cover in upcoming episodes of summer solutions we're going to talk to chris fenton who was a china you know bull he was really bullish on that spent a lot of time being essentially an ambassador there now he's kind of pulling back and even the likes of steve benen see him almost as an hour and steve bannon i

going to see a lot of the power all of china has come from the fact that we have outsourced much of our manufacturing capacity from america from you. europe from japan to china so now there's going to be a process of the de globalization this is a subset of that the globalization is called the china fixation remember him wasn't too long ago when people were describing the u.s. china relationship to symbiotic relationship where we sent them their job they sent us cheap goods even though it was mutually counterproductive.

the delegation of young people from china, japan and the u.s. rang the bell of peace, mourning the thousands. >>> still in the defense operation deal with polish officials. after the deal with central and northern your mike pompeo met with the foreign minister to sign and enhance the defense cooperation agreement. it will pave the way for redevelopment of american troops from germany to poland. that is in addition to the 4500 already there. they will establish a permanent u.s. military presence in poland, and deploy about 1000 new troops. >>> the democratic challengers in the presidential race sign papers to allow them to receive nominations during the national convention next week. >>> facilitating distance learning in school. >>> here's a live look outside over san jose. we lily everyone in the house is online and i can't get enough bandwidth to video chat with my book club. try 1 gig internet with at&t fiber. you get more bandwidth and hbo max included. so, everyone stays entertained. so i can just watch the show instead of reading the book?

shinzo are they avoided a personal visit to a controversial shrine which is cause division between japan china and south korea instead he sent a ritual offering to the sunni shrine which on the water at those were the headlines peter dhabi will be here with more news in half an hour we return to witness here on our desire to stay with us. 'd oh. 'd the i. know. he. was that he was about. the least little. bit allison that. he did. although. he. didn't. play a role. that. he would. have told. all. i mean he. only. she knew she did not think she's come under a guy who was. such a thing that you'll see this. when he says. something. fishy she know what she will pay and. i'm not a big blue. now you're pretty good thoughts on the backlog isn't it what you want. to go to jail to get out of the yeah. i'm. not. sure i would do that. but this was. what. i. was. just using you know. you know because there's a time if you wish. it wasn't. not that. bad . it was a lot you really. mean i just want to know what i was thinking was if it was something else. to know because it was not with the goods on that it

the online talk included china, japan and the u.s. and focused on how to prevent measures that could undermine global trade. global coronavirus infections have risen above 25 million with several regions reporting a surge in new cases. california's.s., case is rose by the most in more than a week. the virus locked down in australia's victoria state has seen consumer spending slump and job losses surge. india has set an unwanted record with the highest number of daily virus infections. more than 780,000 cases. india's total infections is above 3.5 million with 63,000.es climbing to india is fourth for death. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm karina mitchell. this is bloomberg. shery: still ahead, china's biggest bank posted their worst profit declines in more than a decade amid the looming bad debt and pressure to payout dividends. we will discuss the outlook later this hour. first, the race is on to replace japanese prime min

there's been clashes on the border between china and india and of course growing tensions between china and japan china and vietnam china and malaysia china and indonesia china in the philippines why shouldn't western countries like the u.s. side with its own. allies in the region against an increasingly belligerent beijing where all of those powers that you mention from japan to india all have separate issues with china they're not the same so if the united states and others come along and say they are siding with a group of powers they're not the same issue they're siding with does the u.s. really have a very strong view on the disputed border between india and china probably not the u.s. has a separate kind of set of issues than all of these powers and as a separate relationship for instance with japan which is a treaty ally of so these are not the same problem we shouldn't just dump them all together ok fair enough but what about the wider issue which is china seems to have a lot of problems with its neighbors off shore and who doesn't mean you know in europe countries have problems with thei

china is threatening to break apart japan. beijing, you hear thoughts that china should take over large parts of the russian far east including vlotovstok. there's talk about trying to settle a treaty and take more territory from central asian countries. right now you see in beijing extremely disturbing tendencies. when they talk about taiwan, as they have been since the middle of february, about invading it, we ought to take that with the greatest amount of severity. eric: besides the president taking action, shouldn't the world body and others? taiwan was kicked out of the un. let me read you part of an editorial. it says the nations standing up to communist china are democracies that value individual freedoms and the dignity of the individual, the exact opposite of xi jinping's dictatorship where survival of their brutal ccp, communist party of china, of course, is what it's all about. a committed alliance of like minded free democracies cannot only stand up to the bully but make is internationally unimportant. besides the