chinese systems. china is an authoritarian one-party state, where the chinese communist party reigns supreme. at the party's direction, the chinese government dominates every facet of chinese life, through actions such as censorship, central economic planning and leveraging intrusive technologies. any semblance of free enterprise, free speech, or religious freedom exists merely at the whim of the party. it is, therefore, alarming that the chinese government's economic aggression, including its relentless theft of u.s. assets is positioning china to subplant us as the world's super power. since world war ii, the united states and our allies have created an international order that has led to greater peace, prosperity and human rights than at any other time in human history. the chinese government has been exploiting this order while simultaneously trying to challenge and replace it. the resulting double standards are everywhere. china tries to dominate internet governance to benefit chinese telecom companies, yet china censors its own internet and eliminates data privacy. a chinese police offic

not love and loyalty for the chinese communist party, but a deep and lasting resentment.carcerating muslims en masse, but state—run tv has been showing this footage — apparently willing adults, in bright, clean classrooms being taught about the pitfalls of religious extremism. the message is clear. these are not detention centres, but vocational schools. in the old silk road city of kashgar, the government presents us with a tour guide. our minders lurk a short way off, monitoring the conversation. but we've seen notices on the door saying some people's relatives are being looked after. what does that mean? does it mean they've been taken away? nearby, chinese tourists are taking pictures of kashgar‘s main mosque. it has fallen silent with no sign of prayer. anywhere else in the world, you'd expect the central city mosque like this one to be busy, bustling with worshippers. innermost thoughts must now be hidden. the mildest expression of islamic belief is at risk. beyond the veneer of normality, the ever—growing camps await. as we arrive in the town of dabancheng, we are

a divisbate, rejecting significant new funding because ofth concerns e was chinese, his party influence. -- chinese communist influence. concerns over censorship extent the hollywood. >> i see through y. gordon: the 2016 hit "doctor strange" featured a british actors playing someone originally tibetan. the film's screenwriter says no one told him what to do. screenwriter,gou start -- about cha is a very big market. very large. gordon:hayou are talking about is self-censorship. >> yes, absolutely. tgordon: in ukare are similar concerns, but spoken more quality. a former engineer from rolls-royce is currently under policeor investigation allegedly imparting information to china. reportedly denied t claims and has not been charged. there are ccerns and universities about the way in which chinese money and influence can restrict the ability to discuss certa topics. then the -- >> the about china's presence in the academy. it is discouraging a critical discussion of certain issues sensitive to the chinese regime. example, the three t's -- tibet, taiwan, tiananmen square. gordon: washington is determined to confro

security threat there are concerns that it's far too close to the chinese government to the chinese communist party and that it might take some actions if he gets involved in the u.s. communications backbone which compromises the national security of the united states white house national security adviser john bolton says he has enormous concerns while way could use network tracking equipment installed in u.s. networks for spying and surveillance the judge presiding over months bail hearing said the u.s. has still not made an official request for extradition once it does so the judge said it could take months or even more than a year for a decision on extradition to be made robert oulds al jazeera vancouver. a legal battle in china between two american tech giants is causing jitters on wall street qualcomm says apple suppliers owing money for its peyton's and intellectual property and of course in food joe provinces agreed granting an injunction against apple a court decision bans the important sale of some i phone models in china apple is fighting the ruling thousands of central american migrants

on trade policy, but on issues.range of and the question is, again, going back to what the chinese communist party president xi jinping -- we have issues, but these may be structural. because the mandate of the party in the post-ideological communist ideological period has substituted nationalism and china taking center stage again, if you quote from resident she best president xi jinping's speech -- if you quote from his beach. and to do that, they have to prioritize enterprises that are unfair. they are prioritizing the manila that is structural and will not just result in him a change of policy. so i think we need a sustained competition. bill: do you think they will win the negotiation or will they fight to a draw? gen. mcmaster: i don't think there will be a win in this, i think it will be a sustained competition for a long time. i think what we have to do with like-minded countries, and industry, is say, do you really want to do business with them? you want to make a profit in the short term but you are sending your own debts and to in the long-term because they will steal your intellectual

the pair have apparently come together overall a mutual dislike for the governing chinese communist partyunderway to find a 29—year—old british sailor whose boat was wrecked as she took part in a solo round the world race. susie goodall is the youngest competitor and the only woman taking part in the thirty thousand mile golden globe race. her yacht was badly damaged and lost its mast in a storm in the southern ocean, about 2,000 miles west of the southern tip of south america. don mcintyre is the founder and race chairman of the golden globe race. i believe you talk the emergency call -- i believe you talk the emergency call —— talk. i believe you talk the emergency call -- talk. she is doing it tough but she is an extraordinary confident and competent sailor. hopefully there will be a sheep alongside around nine o'clock uk times. it is a bit grim. the seas around five metres and the boat is a real mess right now. she is in such a remote place. it is a tough challenge. she has sailed two thirds of the way around the world are doing extremely well at the boat was built by one of the best

security threat there are concerns that it's far too close to the chinese government to the chinese communist party and that it might take some actions if he gets involved in the u.s. communications backbone which compromises the national security of the united states white house national security adviser john bolton says he has enormous concerns while way could use network tracking equipment installed in u.s. networks for spying and surveillance the judge presiding over months bail hearing said the u.s. has still not made an official request for extradition once it does so the judge said it could take months or even more than a year for a decision on extradition to be made robert oulds al jazeera vancouver. and in a further setback to who are way japan has become the latest country to ban government contracts with the company and fellow chinese telecom giant zed t e reuters says the japanese government wants to guard against intelligence leaks and cyber attacks similar concerns have seen hawaii banned from building five g. networks in the u.s. australia and new zealand a legal battle in china betw

the apparent goal is to force detainees to renounce islam and embrace the chinese communist party. the recent testimony of marigold is a chilling and heart wrenching account of how badly the chinese government is mistreating many of the people who have been detained in the region. life outside the internment camps is not much better. neighborhoods have entry and exit checkpoints manned by armed police. families have been forced to accept chinese officials into their homes for extended home stays. thousands of mosques have been shuttered or destroyed. some have even been converted into communist propaganda centers. unfortunately, fleeing china is not enough to escape the long arm of the chinese government. china has routinely pressured other countries to return members of other muslim minority the group which with is often proven successful. even when such individuals reach safety china continues to harass and intimidate them. china's china's repression of minority groups does not end. its policies have spread hundreds of miles away, for instance, to muslim communities. t tibets face

something we've not seen pretty much anywhere else in the world there are reports that the chinese communist party has sent more than a million local government workers to live to literally live inside of we go home to watch the prey raise their kids to monitor them twenty four seven even in private it sounds not just crazy it sounds all william. yes. it was always morning. that was a common practice in the chinese government for the you good if you say no you are extremism and it will you and it can send you to a concentration camp or sentence you because just say you don't like them and they will leave you twenty four hours and one time they go at least have to live in their home for two weeks and a lot of the family the hard bended son demand was all yours in. concentrating can only laugh to war men and their daughters and the small kids and if they are taking this and wanted it i heard some of them raping the woman. but from what you're hearing it was a secondhand report from things you're hearing from other activists other exiles is just increasing in number there more people go into more hom

the same provinces that of china could go back to being out in separate countries so the chinese communist party basically hid the message because the most they could they told their banks which allowed and started controlled suddenly to lend to anybody with a pulse the increase in private in two thousand and ten in china was roughly forty percent of g.d.p. in one year and they went from a dead level of about one hundred twenty percent of j. esus private debt to about two hundred percent in a matter of five or sixty is the fosses right a growth of private debt ever in history three zones foster than japan or america during the bubbles but what it meant was a huge stimulus now of course that's built all those empty empty cities we've been saying for the last decade now that's running out of steam those processes can't be sustained if but at the same time the john is going this body is directed state level finance to say let's build the biggest infrastructure boom in history so you have all the high speed rail being through the throat through china itself which i'm looking forward to experiencing

we have policy issue, but these might be structural because the mandate of the chinese communist party in the post-ideological communist ideological period has substituted nationalism and china taking center stage again if you quote from xi's speech and the party to maintain their grip on power, they have to prioritize state enterprises which are inherently unfair and they're prioritizing the civil military fusion in a way that is structural and isn't just going to result in a change of policy. so i think we need a sustained strategy of competition and they need to fight to withdrawal -- >> to a draw. >> i think there's not going to be a win in this. i think there will be a sustained competition for a long time and i think what we have to do with like-minded countries and with industry is say do you really want to do business with them. you want to make a profit in the short term. you're signing your own death sentence in the long term because they'll steal your intellectual property and they're going to use it to produce products at below market rates and dump them into the world econ

divisive debate this year, rejecting significant new funding, because of concerns it risked chinese communist partyh actress playing a character who had originally been tibetan, a decision partly taken to avoid offending china. i pushed your astral form out of your physical form. at his home in austin, the film's screenwriter said no one told him what to do, but china does shape how people think. as a screenwriter, you start talking about things with other writers and go, "oh, well i'm thinking of doing this," so it's like, "well, you can do that, but you will have to cut that out china, because china's a very big market now, it's very large." what you're talking about is self—censorship, rather than censorship, where someone's telling you what to do. yeah, no, absolutely. in the uk, there are similar concerns, but spoken more quietly. in terms of espionage, a former engineer from rolls—royce is currently under police investigation for allegedly passing information to china. he has reportedly denied the claims and has not been charged. and there are concerns at universities about the way in which c

chinese systems. with is a one-party state a communist party reigning supreme. the party posture action, the government dominates every facet of chinese life. censorship, central economic planning, leveraging intrusive technologies, every semblance of free enterprise, free speech, or religious freedom exists merely at the whim of the party. it is alarming that the chinese government economic aggression, including its theft of u.s. assets, is positioning china to supplant us as the world costs superpower. since world war ii, the united states and our allies of created that hasational order led to peace, prosperity, and human rights. the chinese government has been exploiting this order while trying to challenge and replace it. the resulting double standards are everywhere. china tries to dominate internet governance to benefit their companies. internetsors its own and eliminates data privacy. the chinese police officer becomes the leader of enter poll disappears,na -- never seen again. convention on the the law of the sea and builds artificial islands in disputed

security threat there are concerns that it's far too close to the chinese government to the chinese communist party and that it might take some actions if he gets involved in the u.s. communications backbone which compromises the national security of the united states white house national security adviser john bolton says he has enormous concerns while way could use network tracking equipment installed in u.s. networks for spying and surveillance the judge presiding over months bail hearing said the u.s. has still not made an official request for extradition. once it does so the judge said it could take months or even more than a year for a decision on extradition to be made. al jazeera vancouver. democrats and the u.s. congress are planning to launch a full review of their policy toward saudi arabia they want to assess the trumpet ministrations response to the murder. and this comes as the turkish president reviewed his call for justice in the saudi journalist case saying it should be tried under international law much at five thirty one describes saudi arabia's decision not to extradite eighteen

social contract with their people that you stay, you let us handle the political reins at the chinese communist partyease the standard of living. and if the growth isn't what it should be, then the chinese people will be feeling it. i think the chinese economy is feeling it so they will have to be compromised if they want this worlds biggest trading relationship to continue and to be of some benefit to them. >>eric: peter brooks, always good to see you. >>arthel: a call for michael cohen to testify before the senate intelligence committee after pleading guilty to line to congress about his business dealings in russia. what that couldmean for the mueller probe and the president . >>eric: any new look at the president h.w. bush and his foundation. they release really important and emotional rare glimpses at his younger years. it's time to sell or trade in your car. with truecar, you can see its value in real time. sports package, nice. small dent...not so nice. within minutes, you'll have a true cash offer and you can head to a dealership and get paid, today, right now. >> funeral preparations are unde

they're not with us on this the stock is back above $165 >> unless we actually know that the chinese communist partye not going to let them sell any more iphones and they have issued another injunction years ago, then i think that this is a new story that will evaporate. qualcomm has been adamant that they are talking -- >> with you on "mad money. ". >> apple is saying tear not talking. at what point does it have to sell at nine times earnings? >> it's not like that's their best market. there's always been one and now you've had $280 billion ripped out of the market cap. so let's not act like the street is waking up to this as a risk it could already be in the stock. >> they're acting as if the $11 billion in chinese sales this previous quarter is going to evaporate next it is really derailing pictures of people buying them today. >> big buying. huge call buying december 170 calls the doji buyers were coming in >> my wife said what are you doing with the dojis >> are you going to join them? >> i did did i bought calls and i bought more stock. >> i'm trying to get the level >> at 164.05 we bought mor

chinese nation, the chinese and the communist party of china. tion has achieved a tremendous transformation from up, growing rich, to becoming strong. socialism with chinese has achieved a tremendous formation for establishment, development, improvement. the chinese people have achieved a tremendous transformation from days of scarcity to a life of moderate prosperity. the chinese nation now stands firm in the east. [applause] we have achieved in the godsend.ears is not a still less, a gift from others. the hard work, wisdom and courage of all of the party and the people of all ethnic groups in china. just a few decades, we have completed an industrialization took developed countries several hundred years. achievedse people have what was once impossible. ourre immensely proud of fellow countrymen and women who unprecedented miracle. [applause] c.p.c.ehalf of the central committee, i hereby pay high tribute to all workers, public, intellectuals, servants, officers and the men and women of the people's armedtion army and the police force and the pu

"the practices of reform and opening up in the past 40 years have shown us that the chinese communist partyp is the fundamental character of socialism with chinese characteristics. east, west, south, north, in the middle. the party leads everything, reaffirming marxism and leninism." >> that's right but lots of globalist don't believe it. they say underneath he's really a free-market democrat. >> laura: i don't want him to go back to mar-a-lago. i'm not interested in xi going back to mar-a-lago. michael pillsbury. >> they are afraid of president trump. >> laura: they should be. it's more important than cohen or flynn or any of the rest of it. mike pillsbury, thanks so much. the arbiter is next. two lawyers make a case on two different issues. you will not want to miss it. stay there. some only call when they have something to sell. fisher calls regularly so you stay informed. and while some advisors are happy to earn commissions whether you do well or not. fisher investments fees are structured so we do better when you do better. maybe that's why most of our clients come from other money ma

something we've not seen pretty much anywhere else in the world there are reports that the chinese communist party has sent more than a million local government workers to live to literally live inside of we go home to watch the prey raise their kids to monitor them twenty four seven even in private it sounds not just crazy it sounds orwellian yes. it was always morning. that was a common practice in the chinese government for the if you say no you are extremism . will you and you can send you to a concentration camp or sentence you because just say you don't like them and they will leave you twenty four hours and one time they go at least have to leave you in their home for two weeks and a lot of the family so hard when it does son demand was all yours in. concentration camp or you laugh to war men and their daughters is small kids and if they are taking this and wanted it i heard some of them raping the woman. but from what you're hearing it was a secondhand report from things you're hearing from other activists other exiles is just increasing in number there more people go into more homes thoug

this is to force detainees to announce islam -- renounce islam and embrace the chinese communist party. is aecent testimony chilling at heart wrenching account of just how badly the chinese government is mistreating many of the people who have been detained in the shin xi'an region. life outsidethe -- the internment camps are not much better. families have been forced to accept chinese officials in their homes for extended homestays. thousands of mosques have been shuttered or destroyed. some have even been converted into communist propaganda centers. however, fleeing china is not enough to escape the long arm of the chinese government. china has routinely pressured other companies to return eaders, ethnic kazakhs, and other minority groups. ir priorities do not and in shin xi'an. these priorities have spread homelands of miles away to other muslims communities. indeed, the tibet autonomous region was a testing ground for many techniques now used in shin xi'an. chinese authorities also continue to restrict the freedom of religion of christian communities and others. protestant churches

right now, google reportedly is developing a censored search engine with the chinese communist party. it is also developing next-generation technology on chinese soil in conjunction with chinese national champions. technology that the administration considers a national priority. this news raises a troubling possibility. that google is being used to strengthen china's system of surveillance, repression, and control. this very second, china's authoritarian system detains more than one million religious minorities in reeducation camps. mr. pichai, i urge you to reflect on that fact. and on the promise your company made when you pulled out of the china market in 2010. i applaud you for that move in 2010. itk to, google promised would not censorship to result in china or compromised its commitment to a free and open internet. events, of these recent the american people deserve to know, is something changed? if so, what? all these topics, competition, censorship, bias, and others point to one fundamental question that demands the nation's attention. are america's technology companies servi

the chinese nation, the chinese people, and the communist party of china. the chinese nation has achieved a tremendous transformation from standing up, growing rich, to becoming strong. socialism with the chinese characteristics has achieved a tremendous transformation from establishment, development, to improvement. the chinese people have achieved a tremendous transformation from days of [ inaudible ] to a life of moderate prosperity. the chinese nation is in a timely new posture, now stands in the east. [ applause ] what we have achieved in the past 40 years is not a godsend. still, a gift from others. it comes from the hard work, wisdom and the courage that all members of the party and the people of all ethnic groups in china. in just a few decades, we have completed an industrialization process that took developed countries several hundred years. the chinese people have achieved what was once impossible. we are immensely proud of our men who have [ inaudible ] a miracle. [ applause ] on behalf of the central committee, i hereby pay high tribute to all w

the chinese nation, the chinese people and the communist party of china. the chinese nation has achieved a tremendous transformation from standing up to becoming strong. socialism has achieved a tremendous transformation for establishment, development to improvement. the chinese people have achieved a tremendous transformation to a life of moderate prosperity. the chinese nation now stands firm in the east. [applause] president xi: what we have achieved in the past 40 years is not -- a godsend. no less a gift from others. it comes from the hard work, wisdom and courage of all members of the party and the people of all ethics and china. in just a few decades we have , completed an industrialized nation process that took other countries several hundred years. the chinese people have achieved what was once impossible. we have worked an unprecedented miracle. [applause] president xi: on behalf of the central committee, i hereby pay high tribute to all workers, farmers, intellectuals, public servants, officers, and the men and women of the people's liberation ar

i think this is a big concern with the chinese communist party.ocial contract has been, we'll give you economic progress, take away the political freedom. that is the tradeoff. anything that threatens that economic bottom line threatens party control on power. >> right. >> that is part of what we're seeing behind the scenes. charles: they're on the verge of missing their second five-year economic plan in a row. so made in china 2025 sounds great. i don't know that they would hit it no matter what. let's hope for the best. ladies, brilliant stuff. thank you both very much. happy new year. >> thank you. happy new year. charles: we're looking at a market plunging after the record session yesterday. the question, should you be buying, or at very least put together a list of things? i have a panel to weigh in on that. day six of the government shutdown. congress, they're back at work today. the question is, who is going to blink first? we'll be right back. ♪ i knew about the tremors. but when i started seeing things, i didn't know what was happening...

this, but that speech lays out the brief against the huaweis of china pence's point, the chinese communist partybe held accountable for its actions. we can't keep letting them get away with this honestly, the united states would never tolerate this kind of bad behavior from any other country. their companies completely violated the iranian sanctions, but we tolerate it from china. why, because doing business there is so lucrative and we like it when our companies do well and their stocks go higher. now, when you talk to the hard-line policy makes around the white house, as i do, they make it clear that fighting back against china is going to hurt the earnings of publicly traded companies. it is, the ones that are there will get hurt. look at apple, who knows what is going on, but apple stock was horrendous today who knows? but i think it's worth the price to contain china's geopolitical ambitions. as an investor, you have to wonder if it will matter to the federal reserve that these earnings are at risk here's why i side with the fed the answer is no they won't be laying off people here their pr

something we've not seen pretty much anywhere else in the world there are reports that the chinese communist party has sent more than a million local government workers to live to literally live inside of we go home to watch the prey raise their kids to monitor them twenty four seven even in private it sounds not just crazy it sounds orwellian yes. it was always morning. was a common practice in the chinese government for the you good if you say no you are extremism. will you and you can send you to a concentration camp or sentence you because just say you don't like them and they will leave you twenty four hours and one time they go at least have to leave you in their home for two weeks and a lot of the family so hard when it does son demand was all yours in. concentrating can only laugh to war men and their daughters is small kids and if they are taking this and wanted it i heard some of them raping the woman. but from what you're hearing it was a secondhand report from things you're hearing from other activists other exiles is this increasing in number that more people go into more homes there

security threat there are concerns that it's far too close to the chinese government to the chinese communist party and that it might take some actions if he gets involved in the u.s. communications backbone which compromises the national security of the united states white house national security adviser john bolton says he has enormous concerns while way could use network tracking equipment installed in u.s. networks for spying and surveillance the judge presiding over months bail hearing said the u.s. has still not made an official request for extradition once it does so the judge said it could take months or even more than a year for a decision on extradition to be made robert oulds al jazeera vancouver. thousands of central american migrants camped to mexico's northern border are not giving up hope of seeking asylum in the u.s. their reign to climb the border fence and claim political asylum once arrested on the other side. means in the border since those two are now following a family that's trying to do just that. if anything mexico's northern border is a symbol of inequality on one side a w

be national congre55 was also a party member, once elected to be national congress of the chinese communist party context of the broader trade we re the context of the broader trade were between china and america? definitely. the arrest took place at a very sensitive timing for us and china relations. the two countries have just reached a 90 day deal in argentina and the 40th anniversary of the two countries establishing a5 diplomatic ties. al5o around the corner. approaching on the 1st of january next year. chinese are usually big on anniversary so beijing hope to have a peaceful atmosphere to welcome the anniversary and given the sensitive timing of these arre5t5, beijing is likely to view this as a provocative action taken by the us. it is not only an attack against huawei, but al5o only an attack against huawei, but also an attack against the whole country of china. please come back very soon. thank you. if you agree 01’ very soon. thank you. if you agree orare very soon. thank you. if you agree or are thinking where's the screen. i'm afraid it is there but it is cracked up. i am hoping tempo

something we've not seen pretty much anywhere else in the world there are reports that the chinese communist party has sent more than a million local government workers to live to literally live inside of we go home to watch the prey raise their kids to monitor them twenty four seven even in private it sounds not just crazy it sounds orwellian. yes. it was always morning. was a common practice in the chinese government for the you good if you say no you are extremism and it will you and it can send you to a concentration camp or sentence you because just say you don't like that and they will leave you twenty four hours and one time they go at least have to live in their home for two weeks and a lot of the family the hard bended son demand was all yours in. concentrating can only laugh to war men and their daughters and the small kids and if they are taking this and wanted it i heard some of them raping the woman. but from what you're hearing it was a secondhand report from things you're hearing from other activists other exiles is just increasing in number they're more people go into more homes th

and if there's one thing that the chinese communist party cannot afford to have happen, it is for consumeronfidence to be upset. that is because consumption domestic is so important to restructuring of the chinese economy at this point. >> so you would say john, that trump's very hardline ever tays, tariffs, tariff more tariffs if you don't get along, that's justified. you believe that? >> there is a strong argument and favor of calling china out at the same time, if you call them out to the point where they cannot find a way out without losing face, then you have probably jeopardized the global economy. >> i'm surprised to hear you say this because most business schools most economists don't like the idea of tariffs. they shy e away from it. even if it is used to get leverage. but you say it is okay because that's the only way you can get a deal. >> well there is such symmetry in china u.s. trade balance that china will run out of american products to tariff long before the u.s. runs out of chinese products to tariffs. asymmetry favors the united states. ordinarily the bondage says this i

the apparent goal is to force detainees to renounce islam and embrace the chinese communist party. the recent testimony of maerigol chilson is an heart-wrecking account of just how badly the chinese government is mistreating people. life outside the internment camps is not much better. neighborhoods have entry a and exit checkpoints. families have been forced to accept chinese officials into their homes. some have been converted into communist propaganda centers. fleeing china is not enough to escape the long arm of the chinese government. china has routinely pressured other countries to return uighur's, ethnic kazakh's, and other minority groups. even when such individuals reach safety china continues to harass and intimidate them. china's repression of minorities does no end in shin xian. its policies have spread hundreds of miles ray way. for instance to wimpb ae muslim communities, tibetans face continued repression and surveillance. the tibetan autonomous region was a testing ground. chinese authorities till to restrict the freem om of religion. parrot tent churches are being s

security threat but there are concerns that it's far too close to the chinese government to the chinese communist party and that it might take some actions if he gets involved in the u.s. communications backbone which compromises the national security of the united states white house national security adviser john bolton says he has enormous concerns while way could use network tracking equipment installed in u.s. networks for spying and surveillance the judge presiding over a month bail hearing said the u.s. has still not made an official request for extradition once it does so the judge said it could take months or even more than a year for a decision on extradition to be made robert oulds al jazeera vancouver. at least two people have died when a cargo ship capsized in southwest china on monday the ship sank in the yangtze river any of the city of chong ching three people remain missing as rescue workers extend their search area the cause of the incident so far unclear three war trophy bells taken by u.s. troops in the philippines during the war back in ninety one have been returned to improve relat

was completely empty of chinese because they didn't have the rations for food that necessitated travel to north china and visit the great wall. implemented,orms the communist partyt off the backs of the chinese people and a whole wide range of areas so that they began to have better access to outside ideas, they were free, they could talk about issues more clearly and travel freely around the country. over 100 million chinese leave the country every year and then come back. all of this did not exist during the 70's and a great part of the 80's. so another words china was changing an important way. when weake a mistake tried to assume there is a quick jump from here to there. it is what i call proving the grass will grow. -- doesn't grow. you can simply take the skeptic in your yard and sit for a couple hours. the timeframe for the change were trying to measure is wrong. and that is the mistake a lot of us make in looking at china. we do not see change because we are trying to measure change months andriod of years where the process we are looking for change requires decades. that is a mistake we are now making about china. you see that is why tend to look at whe

went to great wall, it was empty of chinese because they didn't have the rations of food to travel to the great wall. and under what they implemented the communist partygot off the backs of the chinese people in a whole wide range of areas so that they began to have better access to outside ideas. they could read more freely. they could talk about issues more freely. they could travel freely around the country. over 100 million chinese leave the country every year and come back. all of this did not exist during the '70s and the early part of the '80s. so in other words, china was changing in very important ways. but we make a mistake when we try to assume that there is a quick jump from here to there. it's what i call proving the grass doesn't grow. it's easy to prove the grass doesn't grow because you can simply take the skeptic and take him out in the yard and have tea for a couple of hours and you look and there's no growth in the grass. what's wrong? the time frame for the change you're trying to measure is wrong and that's the mistake a lot of us make in looking at china. we do not see change because we're trying to measure change within a period