joining us is dexter roberts he was formally bloomberg businessweek correspondent in beijing and his latest book is called the myth of chinese capitalism the worker the factory and the future of the world before we get into the economic angle to all of this because there is definitely an economic angle but do you think the characterization is correct that tensions between china and taiwan are at their worst in yours. yeah i'm afraid that they are we're seeing a situation now where china is threatening taiwan both virtually through its state media which is openly talking about war and of course in reality with the p.l.o. air force doing this on slot of flights across the unofficial midline in the taiwan strait in recent days the foreign ministry spokesperson in china responded to the the concern in taiwan by saying there is no medline the in the taiwan strait because all of it the strait and taiwan included belong to china and of course there is a complex economic component to all of this taiwan china and the united states all do a tremendous amount of business with each other right.

joining us is dexter roberts he was formerly bloomberg businessweek correspondent in beijing and his latest book is called the myth of chinese capitalism the worker the factory and the future of the world before we get into the economic angle to all of this because there is definitely an economic angle but do you think the characterization is correct that tensions between china and taiwan are at their worst in yours. yeah i'm afraid that they are we're seeing a situation now where china is threatening taiwan both virtually through its state media which is openly talking about war and of course in reality with the p.l.o. air force doing this on slot of flights across the unofficial midline in the taiwan strait in recent days the foreign ministry spokesperson in china responded to the the concern in taiwan by saying there is no medline in the taiwan strait because all of it the strait and time on included belong to china and of course there is a complex economic component to all of this taiwan china and the united states all do a tremendous amount of business with each other right. tha

the woman on the left, her name was johnny dexter and the man in the middle, the gi is robert ingram. japan surrendered and the war is over. here is another great one, 1952, the caption says american soldiers read the stars and stripes newspaper while eating a biscuit and jam in the field in korea. you can see his kit next to him there. ten years after this photo. that's 1952. ten years later, we have the cuban missile crisis breaks out mid october, the whole world thinks the u.s. and the soviet union is going to have a nuclear war. i resolved on october 28th. this is from october 29th, 1962, four gis reading the stars and tri stripes. you can see the headline "will dismantle bases." one more, i think this is incredible shot, photographic record. those are two american soldiers. you can see them bare chested and firing the huge gun and the shelves. next to the shells there, the foreground center again "the stars and stripes." you can see the headline "nixon, no forced soviet coalition. >> "the stars and stripes" founded three different times. it was founded and it stopped. the first w

dexter. the woman on the right is lucille brennaman. the man in the middle, the gi is robert ingram. peace. japan has surrendered. the war is over. here is another great one. this is 1952. the caption here says, circa 1952. an american soldier reads "the stars and stripes" newspaper while eating possibly a biscuit with jam in the field during a lull in the fighting in korea. you see his mess kit next to him there. ten years after this photo, that's 1952, ten years later of course we have the cuban missile crisis right breaks out in mid october, 1962. the whole world thinks the u.s. and soviet union will have a nuclear war. it ultimately resolves though on october 28th. it resolves peacefully. and this shot is from the day after it resolved. this is from october 29th, 1962. four gis. you can see there. reading "the stars and stripes." you see the headline "will dismantle bases khrushchov tells u.s.." i think this is an incredible shot as a photographic record. this is a howitzer gun crew in vietnam. august, 1970. those are two american soldiers manning that howitzer. you see them bare cheste