party prince, half of the chinese leadership is formed in the same way, these are all dynasties of people who have their... parents or other relatives as the top leaders of the communist party, this is how chinas formed , as you understand, they have these views, these are the views of the clan- of a communist nature, they are in it really believe, but vladimir putin believed in this russian world because he needed to create an ideology that would allow him to gain power, he could believe in anything else if it was convenient for him, well, he started running to church, remember you see, sasha lukashenko... in the first years of his reign , he said that he was an atheist, yes, but when he became oleksandr grigoryovych and began to get closer to russia, he got high, ran to church, ran to church, went to be baptized there, that is, it became his ideology, although he in he doesn't believe in god and he said it out loud, but sidzhenping, believe me, is a completely different person, he believes in everything, and what he definitely believes in is reunification. homeland, yes, under the communist flag, this is not just the russian world , this is the empire, all that, what putin says is the reali

so the -- there are two elective committees with the communist party of china and one is the central committee of the communist party which is headed now by the general secretary and there's another elective committee, which is the central committee. and the committee is under the leadership of the central party committee so there are two committees so basically you could tell from the name, it's more about fighting corruption. it's more of about punishing people who are-- who have violated the charter of the communist party of china and also the people who vee late the -- violate the chinese law. they violate not only the charter of chinese party, disobeyed the rules and also violated the law. so when they flee the country, nothing to be done about them, but then we decide to take them back with the support and help from our colleagues from other countries. here in the united states we did help from the department of justice and your then security department. >> homeland security department. >> homeland security department so we managed to get them back on the basis of the u.s. law a

party committee so there are two committees so you can tell from the name it's more about discipline. it's more about fighting corruption. it's more about punishing who have violated the charter of the communist party of chinand also the people would abide the chinese laws. not only the charter of the communist party but they also by the law. so then, when we flee the country the part nothing can be done about it. then we decide to take them back. we have the support and help from the partners here in the united states from the department of on the man security department the homeland security department. so we managed to get them back on the basis of the u.s. law and on the basis we did not have they taken back to china some with the international consensus for corrupt people i think that is very good. we do express our s appreciation for the law enforcement departments here in the united states for helping china in this later on the same as a central level is also true the party with the inspection also. so the same thing but at a lower level. you know, i do believe that job really brings justice people. thank you. >> is a lot more questions but unfortunately we don't have say it, i think china is very fo

party prince, this is exactly how half of the chinese leadership is formed, these are all dynasties of people who have their parents or other relatives as top leaders of the communist party, this is how chinas formed, as you understand , they have these views... this views of a clan-communist nature , they really believe in it, but vladimir putin believed in this russian world because he needed to create an ideology that would allow him to gain power, he could believe in anything else if it was profitable, ugh, he started running to church, remember, sasha lukashenko said in the first years of his rule that he was an atheist, ugh, but when he became oleksandr grigoryovych, he became to russia, ascended, worshiped, runs to church, goes there to be baptized, that is, it became his ideology, although he doesn't believe in god, and he said it out loud, and xijianping, believe me, is a completely different person, he believes in everything, and what he definitely believes in is the reunification of the motherland, uh, with under the communist flag, this is not just russian peace, this is an empire, that's all. what putin is saying is the reality of what they came to power for, they believe that

there are two electives with the communist party of china. e is the central committee of the communist party which is headed by now she should paying as a general secretary. and there is a nether elective committee which is the central committee of just plain inspection. these are under the leadership of the central party committee. so there are two committees. basically you can do from the name that is more about this one hers were about fighting corruption. it's more about punishing people who have violent detriment that assessment thecharter of the coy of china. and also for people who vote chinese walls. invited the communist party, but explained the rules involve also invited the law. so then when they flee the country, and the powers that nothing can be done about them. then we decided to take them■, back. and to enlist some help from our partners in college some other countries. here in the united states from the department of justice. and the homeland security department. so we managed to get them back on the basis of the u.s. law. and

economies, china and hong kong, what came out of it, people who are interested, know, it immediately turned into one state called the people's republic of china at the head of with the communist partyna, so the world has never seen anything like this, so now we will have an interview, an interview about drones. flying machines, there is a discussion, the ukrainians say that we are worse, the russians say that we are worse, that is , there is no better anywhere, it looks quite funny, when you read russians or ukrainians, but our beautiful colleague khrystyna yatskiv understood this problem, who spoke with the legendary general dmytro marchenko, who was the one who led the defense of mykolaiv in 22, then we all looked at mykolaiv to see if it would advance. the enemy will not advance , has not advanced, now let's talk now, and right now mr. and mrs. khrystyna yatskyi will talk with mr. dmytro marchenko, after the interview we will come back and talk about finland and israel. i am glad to welcome to communication with me, now the general of the armed forces of ukraine, dmytro marchenko, mr. dmytro, i congratulate you. glory to ukraine, yes, good day, heroes, glory, well, i would like

of china. no, if you if we strip away the communist party and we just think of china as a very large country with with a different regime type, would we still be in the same rivalrous dynamic or you think there's there's other there would be other possibilities. so is it the party or is it china? that is the the challenge you want to skip. probably china, i think, you know, the party, the president as we know as any place else is presenting the history. so they to power not the accident not by you know a revolution actually their war history the background and those or policy or strategic cultural you can go back way to ming and chu and so densely. some emperors believe or had a similar view about. countries like korea, vietnam. they were not communist for sure, but so is a very tradition. wasn't just the common ideology, you know, aggressive or expansionist, but very traditional. brant, you get the benediction. so hard part first, the yeah. so if you strip away the chinese communist party, you have to look at national interest. sure, there is going to be some differences there. even if the natio

party principle, this is exactly how half of the chinese leadership is formed, these are all dynasties of people who have their parents or other relatives, as top leaders of the communist party, so formed... china, as you understand, they have these views, these are views of a clan-communist nature, they really believe in it, but vladimir putin believed in this russian world, because he needed to create an ideology that would allow him to retain power, he could believe in anything else if it was convenient for him, ugh, he started running to church, remember, sasha lukashenko said in the first years of his rule that he was an atheist, ugh, and when he began to get closer to russia, vozvysilsya biga votserkvilsya run to church, go there to be baptized, that is, it became his ideology, although he does not believe in god and he said it out loud, but sydzenpin, believe me, is a completely different person, he all in all this believes, and what he definitely believes in is the reunification of the homeland, well, under the communist flag, it's not just a russian peace. this is the empire, all that , what putin says, it is real what they came to power for, they believe that the civil war has not end

republic of china since manu's cultural revolution, i would attribute it to the fact that xi jinping had certain obligations to other members during his first two terms. by sex members of the communist party of china, about maintaining the balance of power, about which of the internal groups or clans in china influences the policy of which department, and so on. after sizin pinn managed to consolidate his power for 10 years, after he managed to move into the conflict traditions for the third term, he has, let's say, resigned. from all these obligations and he began to reshuffle the structure of the country's political leadership in accordance with his preferences. and at this stage , apparently, some inconsistencies arose, which led to the fact that he had to approach his personnel policy in more detail and more meticulously. this is what i would associate these contradictions with, but again we don't have any. no reliable information, we can only draw similar conclusions, using the course of events and no more, and historical experience. and you know this information about that, that's what i would relate to. of this contradiction, but again, we do not have any reliable information, we c

gallagher called the communist party of china the main banker and supplier of the russian war in ukraine, as well as the number one consumer of iranian oil. today the storm is coming again. we see, as china conducts. more than a peacetime troop-raiser since at least world war ii, he has willing friends in tehran, moscow, and bhenyan, so we should think about the lessons of history. chinese leader xi jinping is closely watching what is happening in the united states, lawmakers said. during the hearings , democratic congresswoman katey castor asked former cia director leon panetta's speaker to comment on what the delay signal was. with the approval of a new aid package to ukraine in the us congress sent to china. in 2022, when putin invaded ukraine, the united states, president biden and nato helped rally freedom-loving forces around the world to support ukraine. what lesson do you think china's xi jinping learned from how quickly the coalition was formed. i am grateful that president biden and our nato allies have drawn this line for putin. let me remind you that putin did not expect this

pressure on the journalist, and that here we are talking about 171 articles of the communist party of the people's republic of chinay of ukraine, ugh. well , the fact that they are still not ready, well, the sbu has brought the case, it’s true, and the police for some reason has not, so, well, i think that the police should still react promptly and take action, in my case, allow me, i have one last question, you know, a lot of people are watching us now, who may not be connected to the media and not connected to journalism, and they can ask a simple question, well, journalists are watching the people involved in their investigations, why journalists cannot be monitored, and i am also sure that... many people do not fully understand why we pay so much attention to this topic, someone might think that because we are friends, we are all journalists, that is why we pay this attention, or just out of solidarity, could you explain… to people who are not really part of the journalistic and media community, why do we pay so much attention to this topic and why is it important and why is it possible in some future and even

defunct now chinese energy company that once had ties to hunter biden and mervyn yan, and the communist party of chinatered, but according to oversight investigators, yan is asked questions of money that came through cefc and various companies making its way to joe biden, specifically, jacqui, $40,000 payment listed as a loan repayment from the president's sister-in-law sarah. oversight chairman james comer says the origin of the money comes from cefc which benefitted from the chinese communist government. this interview today is part of the impeachment probe of president biden. yan's attorney wrote comer said he has had no contact with president biden and no connection between president biden and hunter and james biden's business endeavors. tomorrow another former business associate will sit for an interview, rob walker, but february 28th hunter biden's attorneys says he will be sitting for a deposition under oath, jacqui. >> jacqui: we'll be watching for that. david spunt for us, thanks, david. >> we have a president that won't enforce the immigration laws. our border laws and our immigration laws h

these are the things the communist party of china chip pays for. cut it from 40 - 5, that is the stuff that they will pay for and the oversight tells us they have paid the biden family. were just getting started, we have a lot coming up, congress is facing two major deadlines on spending as the house and senate have agreed to a topline cap for spending for this fiscal year. call malia talk is sincere with more on that. watching "mornings with maria" live on fox business. ♪ ♪ ♪ people are excited about what ai will do for them. we're excited about what ai will do for business. meet the watsonx assistants, ai designed to multiply output by automating tasks. when you watsonx your business, you can use ai assistants to help coders code faster, customer service respond quicker, and employees handle repetitive tasks in less time. let's create ai assistants that transform business with watsonx. ibm. let's create. >> we have to let our leaders lead, it's not perfect we cannot get to perfect, it's the best way to move forward we get to make real changes in

>> i think the communist party of china doesn't want a restructuring of the economy. they want a reform of society. it is a bigger picture. they want to create a fairer and more equitable society where the low income and the rich are earning the same. taking a sharp shift toward socialism. that is why the government will not launch a new stimulus. the new normal is 4% to 5% growth in the next three-to-five years because that's what xi jinping wants. he wants food on the plate on the middle and low income chinese and he wants access to education and healthcare. it is hard to argue against it. it is not fair with the haves and have-nots. it is difficult for the top 10% of the real movers and shaker whose shakers who are pushing the economy and becoming innovative. that 10% has lost to animal spirits. >> the china primary problem has been debt and the real estate sector. it accounts for 25% of the country's gdp. if they were able to pull that in, would the fortunes change and give them more fiscal leeway? >> sure. that's a great question. the biggest problem that china i

enormous amount of room for maneuver on the economic front which is how we win the long game against china. maria: this is what you write about the decisive decade. but the communist partyministry has reportedly detected three more chinese balloons crossing into taiwan street yesterday with one flying over the island nation after china told the united states it will not make any concessions or compromise on taiwan. during the policy talks of the pentagon earlier this week. the ccp told joe biden directly we will take taiwan and were not going to compromise, we don't want the u.s. involved. what about the surveillance balloons. >> xi jinping has his annual new year's speech on january 1 and said china will be renewed if i'd and all chinese on both sides of the taiwan strait should be bound by a common sense of purpose in sharing the glory of the rejuvenation of the chinese nation. as usual he's putting the taiwan issue at the very center of the overall grand strategy grand vision of victory the great river river initiation he same reunification is central to the entire program of ccp strategy. we are not getting out of this, the same time the basis of our opening to chin

the ability to say, hey, xi jinping, the communist party of china, if you militarily invade taiwan, wencial sanctions. >> bret: that is what the bill says. >> that is what the bill says. >> bret: what is it called? >> this stand would taiwan act. gallagher is the main sponsor in the house. we are rounding up republicans and democrats. i think senator duckworth is pretty darn close. >> is that true, senator duckworth? >> very, very close. we are working out details and i support the sanctions and i agree with senator sullivan deterrence is the way to go. and mass sanctions and economic consequences for china. an attack on taiwan is really one of the biggest deterrence as we can have. >> bret: senator duckworth, for people who say there is so much bipartisanship that you can't get anything done, what do you tell them? >> well, we work on a lot of a lot of stuff together. dan and i have passed quite a few pieces of legislation together. you know, it is a little unfair because i'm a soldier, retired lieutenant colonel. he outranks me. he is a colonel but we worked together all the time. an

the communist party of china has an unrestricted warfare and when they can use drugs and they can killlitary, that's a great strategic plan for china. we're a big adversary. they want to destroy and destabilize the country. they basically are doing the money laundering, too, for the cartels besides all these chemicals. they are getting the money back to the king pins at record time. using encrypted communications, chinese banking apps and american congress and public is asleep and not realizing what a threat. chris wray has said china is the biggest national security threat to our country but we let them into the country at record levels allowing the substances to come into the system, it is really dangerous, dane. >> dana: thank you for the wake-up call. we'll continue to call upon you as well. thank you. >> bill: thank you, sir. moments from now house republicans will mark up articles of impeachment against the man in charge of the border. bret baier on what's shaping up to be an explosive here hearing in a moment. one of the biggest mysteries of the 20th centuries. what happened to

that the two came together through cefc, a chinese energy company with reported ties to the communist party of china. the company has since shut erred. according to house oversight investigators, yen will be questioned about money that came through there and various companies allegedly that money made its way to joe biden. $40,000. it was a payment listed as a loan repayment from the president's sister-in-law, sarah biden. oversight chairman james comer says the origin of that money going far back or edge gnats with a company that benefited from cefc which in turn benefited from the chinese communist government. this is just one of many impeachment-related interviews. you saw kevin morris last week. he loaned hunts more than $4 million. a large chunk paid off hunter's taxes. hunter is still heading toward trial for federal tax crimes in june in los angeles for failing to pay in a timely manner even though eventually paid back his taxes with help. at least $1.4 million in taxes. tomorrow on capitol hill another behind the scenes closed door interview transcribed interview with a man named rob walker,

maria: i shiver to think of what the communist party of china is thinking right now. >> the nature is to kick the can up the hill. at some point, someone makes a decision. it's always the person at the top. he has been the one to make the critical decisions, to not have him in service is incredible. what does i it mean to the chinese communist party? i think they look at this like they look at everything with relation to our response in ukraine and the middle east, to you how we're handling taiwan. >.>> botched walk out of afghanistan. maria: surveillance balloon, covid, fentanyl, no response to any of it. how markets are on the move this morning ahead of the earnings season, it's kicking off on i friday, that will set the tone. we're looking at the big banks kicking off the season on friday. the word on wall street panel is here with expectations. don't miss that. you're watching "mornings with maria" live on fox business. we'll be right back. ♪ you've got to keep your head up. ♪ you can let your hair down. ♪ you've got to keep your head up. ♪ you can let your hair down. ♪ i know it'

and last, but really first, is the fizzle -- philosophical differences between the communist party of china, the people's republic of china and the united states. the human rights day was last sunday, marking the adoption of the universal declaration of human rights, our secretary of state to shoot major statement globally. i issued a statement as ambassador to china. condemning chinese human rights practices in shenyang, tibet, hong kong, the lack of religious and political freedom. in these competitive areas, that tends to dominate the relationship between the u.s. and china. our job is to wage competition and to do so practically, to do so peacefully, but to wage competition because these are our national interests at stake. what makes this relationship complicated and complex, and doesn't render it to simplistic analysis, is the fact that we are competing with we have to engage china. president biden and president xi have agreed we have to work on climate change together. china is the largest carbon emitter in the world. we are number two and you have seen john kerry and his chinese cou

chow was the minister of the internet department of the central committee of the communist party of china. in addition to the people in the room today the members in the room today we have over 400 cfr members participating virtually and will have an opportunity to ask questions from people in the room and people on video as well. he will give some short remarks and will have a conversation ourselves and then we will open it up to questions in the great pleasure to welcome him to the podium. please. [applause] >> thank you.

leadership of a communist party accordingly, no one wants to be under the influence of the communist party. status quo is about the existential state of this island today. given the fact that china is constantly talking about the need to unite. sitzenpin insists on this. sydzenpin said several times on the eve of the elections that he was in favor of a peaceful union, but might have to use military means. and that's all. led societies is a request for peace, none of the candidates spoke any such rhetoric that would be bellicose, because taiwanese people are very afraid of war, they see these threats, and accordingly, not every candidate avoided those points that could be this threat, if we take lai tsinde, he is known for his pro-democracy, pro-independence politics, and his opponents talked about it a lot. that... that is, if he becomes president, they used this component, which means he will declare independence, but he realizes that declaring independence is actually declaring war on taiwan, and the people do not want that, so he is already in his election campaign the company said that there is no need to declare the independence of the island, since it is already independen

has gone further saying the dpp must accept the inevitable trend of what they describe as reunification with china because the communist partystors, we expect more of the same and continuation of the china policy toward taiwan under the dpp. for the next several months, especially until the inauguration in may, expect to see more military intimidation and hostile rhetoric likely not a lot of dialogue with the dpp potentially some economic steps as retribution for the election results, frank all of that leading to potentially more conflict if you are in the government or business >> you mention potential for more conflict. i want to ask the ruling party, dpp, it lost some ground in the elections. what does it mean for the relations with china >> reporter: it is really interesting. it does say that the dpp hasn't been as interesting for the population at the same time, we still don't really know what this means for beijing. probably not a whole lot since beijing is fixated on how much they loathe the dpp. lai and the current president wen. they likely will not change. at the same time, it is unclear how the dpp would dgovern w

lisa: they should have the communist party of china response to it. erman fundamental economic data. the issue is how much of this is priced in. how much people are expecting a resurgence in production. where is the growth going to come from? has that been pressed in or are people going to expect that to shift back to the normal relationship? jonathan: the german business model celebrated for so long has failed on several fronts repeatedly. tom: the keyword is several, it was not just one thing that made this unravel. what i hear from our experts as they continue to go back to the china debate, the idea of the linkage of china to europe is different right now then the u.s.. jonathan: did you see what bramo did? she drop her hot water. lisa: it is seltzer. jonathan: it will drive -- dry. i am very cool, relaxed. brooke sutherland this coming up. is not that bad. tom: i have tang here. jonathan: a drop of more than 8%, boeing's was today in over a year. for spotlight, they cannot get away from it. that conversation up next with brooke sutherland of bloom

to the resolution of the taiwan problem on china's reunification, the historic emissions of the communist party. we read that these changes to our new the phone got it was one which is so we will guarantee our sovereignty and liberal democracy. we are defending our national security. a war of words is raging between type, hey and beijing. it's a high risk show of strength between 2 rival capitals that began more than 7 decades ago. as an accident of history. in 1949, chiang kai checking his army, fled china as malta jones communists, troops advanced. they headed to taiwan and to power their the island became the republic of china. from here, they planned to regain control of the whole country. but things didn't go according to plot the 70 years later, taiwan is a model of democracy. while beijing remains bent, henri conquering it was a population of 24000000 taiwan wants to maintain that sovereignty. increasingly, the country is distancing itself from mainland china. but if the conflict escalate, it could have consequences for the whole world. the mountains of taiwan from the back phone of the

it's only because china doesn't just stand for the communist party or people's republic. kenya, the china stands for 5000 years of history, the book, and that includes taiwan. and so right now it's on, we're in a state of separation on perhaps my ideas are not through is that the majority of tie when he is we'll see what i think the deep diverse weights, 40 percent of the population feels like i do see the, the chinese are taiwanese or taiwanese and chinese, that's the question are frequently put to the islands population. just 20 percent of the population identified as taiwanese when the dictatorship came to an end in the 19 ninety's. today that number is 64 percent. considerably higher. almost no one regard themselves as purely chinese the and yet the 2 economies have never been so interlinked. hundreds of thousands of tie, one east or on the mainland. china consumes 40 percent of taiwan exports. even in the business world, people are increasingly turning away from the people's republic was or targeting turn. my name is robert. so i'm one of the pioneers of the study conductor sector in taiwan with the kinds of

china and the united states see the status of taiwan in two different ways. china regards it as the last unfinished business of the cold war. when the communist partya in 1949, taiwan was the only province they never managed to capture and they consider that unfinished business. for the united states today, there are two reasons they consider taiwan important. one, it's a democracy in the region and they believe that if china were to take over, its democracy would essentially be very quickly extinguished, a little bit like hong kong a couple of years ago. the second reason is strategic. if china's navy was able to operate off the coast of taiwan, the western pacific ocean would essentially be dominated entirely by china, and the us and its allies such as japan don't want that to happen, so two very different world views from each side as to why taiwan is important. lastly, when it comes to william lai and the legislature result, how tied are his hands right now? how much power will he really have? he'll have to do some negotiations. the legislature actually is now split, the kmt actually have one more seat than the dpp and the third party, the tpp,

little further saying that the dpp must accept the inevitable trend of what they describe as reunification with china the communist partyof course, argues that taiwan is very much a part of china. now, for investors, this likely means more of what we've seen in terms of the relationship and the approach that china has taken towards the taiwan under the dpp. this likely means no dialogue that we're going to see between beijing and the dpp. also, likely military intimidation, hostile rhetoric and then there could very much be a more economic steps taken against taiwan as retribution for these results. guys >> so, do you think that whatever china does they may begin to do in the short term because mr. lai is not sworn in until, i believe, sometime in the mid spring, maybe may. you'll be able to tell me. >> reporter: yep. >> do you expect them to start doing whatever it is they're going to do now or wait until he's actually in office? >> reporter: it's difficult to say. a lot of people are saying that there is a waiting game until may 20th when william lai is going to be sworn in so, people are kind of watching to see wheth

banned in the united states of america, you are owned by a chinese communist company -- the company based in china, the editor-in-chief of your parent company say communist partyecretary. your company has been surveilling americans for years, according to leaked audio from 80 internal tiktok meetings, china-based employees from your company have repeatedly accessed material of united states citizens. your company has tracked journalists improperly giving access to ip addresses, user data, to identify whether they're writing negative stories about you. your platform is basically an espionage arm for the chinese communist party. why should you not be banned in the united states of america? >> senator, i disagree with your characterization. many of what you've said is explained in a lot of detail. tiktok is used by 170 million americans. >> every single one of those americans are in danger from the fact you track their keystrokes. you track their app usage. you track their location data. and we know that all of that information can be accessed by chinese employees who are subject to the dictates of the chinese communist party. why should you not be banned in this

opportunities in other countries like china but that actually is different right now because this country is rethinking the nature of the regime. that regime is a communist party which basically has a very different operation. at first, for countries like china, they all have the traditional cloak and dagger services, intelligence officers. but in a sense, china is ruled by that party, a party that is highly organized, very disciplined. in other words, when we are talking about the whole government ever to something, and a sense that every single person who is sent by china's government overseas, they all carry some element of information gathering operations, so that is slightly different from the traditional espionage, but basically serve the same purpose. opportunity occurs, when there was opportunity for information, everybody is doing it, professional or not professional, they are all part of the same central deposit in beijing. that is very clearly defined. in china, it is very hard to make that distinction. that is where the paranoia comes in. doing whatever they are supposed to beng, the chinese communist party. everybody carries some kind of purpose b

of taiwan in two different ways. china regards it as the last unfinished business of the cold war. in the communist partyiwan was the only province they never managed to capture and they never managed to capture and they consider that unfinished business. forthe they consider that unfinished business. for the united states today, there are two reasons they consider taiwan important. one, today, there are two reasons they considertaiwan important. one, it's a democracy in the region and they believe that if china were to take over, its democracy would essentially be very quickly extinguished, like hong kong a couple of years ago. the second reason is strategic. if china's mary was able to operate off the coast of taiwan, the western pacific ocean would essentially be dominated by china and allies such as japan don't want that to happen, so two very different world views from each side as to why taiwan is important. when it comes to — as to why taiwan is important. when it comes to william _ as to why taiwan is important. when it comes to william lai _ as to why taiwan is important. when it comes to willia

is an undeniable signal from the people of- signal from the people of taiwan to the chinese communist party, the ruling party in chinaof taiwan was up for re—election just president of taiwan was up for re—electionjust a few president of taiwan was up for re—election just a few years ago, she was in a difficult position politically. her poll numbers were bad and the ground swell of political energy in taiwan was running against her. then china cracks down on hong kong. this was around 2019 — 2020 - kong. this was around 2019 — 2020 — and put a new wind of energy into the president's political future and she got a second term. and then you see china again shooting themselves in the foot with vice president lai, now president elect lai. they tried to intimidate taiwan into making a decision that was into making a decision that was in china's interests, and the people of taiwan said what every democracy says, which is democracy works for the people of the country, and we're going to our own decision for our own future, irrespective of any outside coercion or influence. so a new era, then, of president william lai. what

a conversation who is the minister of the international department of the central committee communist party in chinare members participating virtually. we will have an opportunity to ask questions both in the room and from people on video as well. it's going to give short remarks. weourselves and open up to questions it is a great pleasure to welcome the minister to the podium please. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. give your remarks from here. members it didn't morning i wish to begin by thanking the council invitation. and michael for his kind words. is renowned for its global reach and unique role in shaping american foreign policy. the foreign affairs magazine has seen mad since i joined the foreign service at a very young age. also contributed tremendously to the development of u.s. china relations over the years. and also opportunity to express china's deep appreciation of the welcoming dinner for presentation paying in san francisco. it is truly my honor and delight doctor michael froman and other colleagues and online for joining the conversation. so now i would like to share with you ab

of u.s. intellectual property. to, in his words, defeat the american aggressor. he entered the u.s. illegally from canada and opened the lab with $2 million from accounts congressional investigators linked to china's communist party. harper says his story of being a simple businessman didn't add up. >> i didn't think that the communist government in china would be that concerned about americans' well-being and health to be interested in selling covid tests and pregnancy tests. >> i refuse to accept the idea that nothing else was happening in this facility. >> when reached out to washington for help, she says the cdc hung up on her in mid sentence. >> as an entity and agency, i think there is some room for improvement. >> this morning, the epa cleared the building. all tolled, inspectors took out 100 tons of toxic chemicals, equipment, and bioagent to be incinerated. >> this is a national problem. >> this is a biosecurity issue for the entire country. we can't simply say because the building is clean the issue has been solved. >> now the fbi found no criminal intent and the cdc, no evidence of a crime even though it refused to test a single sample even at city expense. congressional inquiry, bret, found the agency

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the meeting, chaired by the fourth ranking leader of china's communist party. wang ordering discretion. they even said the military is involved, claiming pla based 311, a psychological warfare unit in the mainland is targeting democracy with disinformation. taiwan elections are purely china's internal affairs, they say, and allow no interference by any external forces. taiwanese forces say the secret gathering just days after xi jinping travelled to san francisco, a four-hour marathon meeting with president joe biden. >> president biden told president xi not to interfere in taiwan's election. is china going to listen to that? >> i don't think so because they keep doing it. >> reporter: puma shin is a professor and politician seeking a seat for the democratic progressive party. since taking power in 2016, the dpp prioritizes partnership with washington over economic ties with beijing. defying the chinese communist party's preferred political agenda, a more china-friendly platform championed by two opposition parties currently trailing in the polls. >> for china,

of blackouts. lk about a lose-lose proposition. but there's one party that stands to benefit from washington democrats' climate scheme, and that's the chinese communist party. as i mentioned before, chinaly 70% of the supply chain for the batteries required to manufacture e.v.'s. the chinese■t automaker just became the world's top seller of electric cars. thanks to washington ■democrats act, these cars from clean qualify for a major tax credit. this means hardworking amicans, like the kentuckians i represent, are directly subsidizing california millionaires and the ccp, all at the same time. so biden administration 's outgoing climate czar to spend this time begging china t voluntarily engage in unenforceable green diplomacy. but it's quite another for washington democrats to forcibly create a pipeline that pumps working american tax dollars into the pockets of our biggest strategic adversary. it's time for president biden to choose between the american people and a left wing dream that communist china can't wait for us to realize. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: >> guest: if trump doesn't win, i think we're going to

former secretary of state mike pompeo and former defense secretary leon panetta testified on china's relations with iran and russia before the house select committee on the chinese communist partythey also discussed how global threats in u.s. relations with china can impact every day americans and the importance of strengthening global partnerships and building energy and supply chain security. this is just over two hours. defense secretary leon panetta. li

of chinese communist party themselves. rather, when i talk about the threat posed by china i mean the government of china in particular led by the ccp. the ccp's dangerous actions, china's multi-pronged assault on our national and economic security make it the defining threat of our generation. when i described the ccp as a threat to american safety a moment ago i meant that quite literally. there has been far too little public focus on the fact that prc hackers are targeting our critical infrastructure. our water treatment plants, our electrical grid, our oil and natural gas pipelines, our transportation systems and the risk that poses to every american requires our attention now. china's hackers are positioning on american infrastructure in preparation to wreak havoc and cause real world harm to american citizens and communities if and when china decides the time has come to strike. they're not focused just on political and military targets. we can see from where they position themselves across civilian infrastructure that low blows aren't just a possibility in a conflict and low blow possibilities are part of china's p

of south carolina where she was the number one governor of bringing in chinese communist party investment into her state. in florida, i banned china out of our universities. contrast in visions and records and clearly republican voters are going to prefer my vision to hers. >> bill: some are saying that's the battle for second place. i know you would disagree with that but we'll watch and see what comes that night and donald trump will do a town hall here on fox at the same time. you mentioned harvard. you know the left and progressives feel that israel is the oppressor and we had a harvard student on this past hour and we asked him if it weren't for the plagiarism charges, would she still have her job? and he said probably yes. what would lead a jewish student at harvard to draw that conclusion? >> well, because places like harvard have been captured by a militant left ideology. so it is not about academic excellence like universities used to be geared toward in this country. it is about promoting their vision of so-called social justice. it has a massive endowment, a hedge fund with an indoctrination camp attached to it. that's

of problem? >> know not to the extent, china is the drug of the world. >> and chinese communist party using cartels and we are the brunt of it. something's got to give, thank you. >> thank you, ranking member braun. mr. scott. >> thank you for holding this hearing and ranking member braun for his efforts in this regard. thank you for being here, this is an unbelievable crisis. and the broken border, and the crisis claiming 100,000 lives last year. i think every one of us has somebody we know that has had an addiction problem in our lifetime and seems like it's getting worse. in february, held a round table in florida and this one was up here, discussed the fentanyl crisis with family, law enforcement, policy experts to find a solution to this crisis and proud co-sponsor of 19 bills that touch issues we addressed at the round table in february. and the fentanyl act will help our brave border patrol officers have the most up-to-date information when performing interdiction at the border and thank you kelly and brown for that. the updated act would help close the loopholes in our u.s. mail system to s