only major economy to register growth this year much today on b o it's american competitor donald trump hausenanaged to stop china and joe biden do it well to discuss that i'm now joined by martin jakes former senior fellow at the department of politics and international studies at cambridge university and author of when china rules the world mr jakes it's good to see you thank you very much for taking time to talk to us. now your bill has been in publication for more than a decade now it's been reprinted species quiet at an achievement in this day and age when and now it is often gets updated before it hits the printing press and i would attribute your ability off your book to the fact that you were among the 1st in the west you. cast doubt. on disarm saddam asked china was more than i think it would also westernized how did you conti these realisation only way back until 80000. yeah i think actually the reason the book should have jura bitchy is the 2 reasons that exactly the reason you just said i mean i i at the time everyone assumed or not most of the west the ship that i was so the propo