congressman mccall we are honored to have you back at the hudson institute. first off let's discuss the chinese communist party's campaign of systematic oppression against the uighurs and others. the china attacks called on the department of state to issue a determination that the communist parties crime against uighurs about the genocide. last january we welcomed the state department that it would officially designate the chinese communist party's legal muslims and others for crimes against humanity and genocide. key us allies are themselves now debating important issues of genocide and last month we had an editorial in the economist magazine arguing that genocide was the wrong word to describe the horrifying abuses against the uighurs. you have disputed the economists review. tell us why is the autonomous editorial challenging the term genocide and what are the potential implications should other prominent media outlets and other elements including our own adopt the economists dispute? >> i want to thank the hudson institute for asking me to point today's i

o'reilly, welcome to the hudson institute's discussion of the review of the telecommunications act. thank you for joining us today. mr. o'reilly: it is a pleasure. who would have thought 25 years later we would look so good? i was in much better shape in those days, but it has been a fun 25 years. harold: you are in the first grade and i was in the third grade and we are going to stick to that. i think we are the only two staffers who worked on the act who were then punished. we got sent to the fcc as commissioners to implement it, so we must've done something wrong. mr. o'reilly: i put my hand up for the job, i enjoyed it. then it came to an end and you move on gracefully. harold: let's tell the audience about the background. what was communications law before the telecommute occasions act of 1996? mr. o'reilly: as you know, communications law was governed by a couple of different statutes, but mainly the communications act of 1934. many of the information predated the 1934 act from the 1927 radioactive. -- radio act. an adjustment was high on the list for the bell company and how

this week a fellow at the hudson institute shares her insights on america's relationship with china. >> know your enemy and know yourself. and this really goes back to knowing, i don't necessarily want to sit in a neat. i could say know your opponent or your challenger. that something we really have to understand because if we don't understand that portion right then everything else really won't matter because you did not address the fundamental issue, which is the communist party and its tendencies and physical. >> find c-span's the weekly where you get your podcasts. >> c-spanshop.org is c-span's new online store. go there today to order a copy of the congressional directory, i compaq spiral-bound book with contact information for every member of congress including bios and committee assignments. also contact information for state governors and the biden administration cabinet. order your copy at c-spanshop.org. >> now more from the trial of former minneapolis police officer derrick children. the second it ended with testimony from genevieve hansen who called 911 as an off-duty fir

he is the hudson institute director of chinese strategy. author of the book, the 100 year marathon. to the w.h.o. report. it its being called a whitewash of china's responsibility, and role in the pandemic. there is weird conflicts of interest coming up, michael. where this american on the w.h.o. team, peter dasik has been collaborating with wuhan lab researching viruses that could jump different species. this guy peter puts out a statement in "the lancet" that quote a conspiracy theory to say that covid virus could have leaked from a lab when already happened in china. sars viruses looked from a lab in china. what is with this guy peter dasik? >> his conflict ever interest is in part funded by the u.s. government to do work in the wuhan laboratory. he has been talking to the media the whole past year. one of main points he works with dr. sure, the so-called bat lady. he admirers dr. sure, she couldn't have possibly done anything wrong. she would have been in charge of something that had gone wrong in the lab. dr. sure, with peter's help put out a schumer of statements. one is quite

this week, a fellow of the hudson institute shares insights on america's relationship with china. >>elf. i don't necessarily want to say enemy, more know your opponent or challenger. that is something we have to understand. if we don't understand that portion right, everything else won't matter because you are not addressing the fundamental issue, which is the communist party and its tendencies and goals. >> find the weekly way you get your podcasts. -- where you get your podcasts. >> go to c-span.org/coronavirus for the federal response to the pandemic. it is easy to quickly find the latest briefings and the biden administration's response. use our interactive maps to follow cases in the u.s. and worldwide go to c-span.org/coronavirus. >> in one of his first public appearances since leaving office, former secretary of state mike pompeo spoke to republicans in urbandale, iowa, part of a two day swing through the state. mr. pompeo is looking at running for the white house in 2024. [applause] -- 2024 presidential race. [applause] >> good morning, everyone. good morning. thank you for c

this week, fellow at the hudson institute shares her insights on america's relationship with china. >. this goes back to -- i don't necessarily want to say enemy, i can replace that with know your opponent or challenger. that is something we have to understand because if we don't understand that, next thing you know, it won't matter because it will not address the fundamental issue, which is the communist party and its tendencies and goals. >> find the weekly you get your podcasts. -- where you get your podcasts. ♪ >>

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this week, the chairman of the hudson institute discusses america's relationship with china. >> know your enemy, know yourself. this goes back to -- i do not necessarily want to say enemy. you could say opponent or challenger. if we do not understand that portion right, then everything else really will not matter, because it does not address the fundamental issue, which is the communist party and its tendencies and goals. >> find the weekly where you get your podcasts. tonight, on q&a, journalist elizabeth becker, author of you do not belong here, tells the story of female war correspondents at the time when the war was a male-dominated profession. >> there was nothing like we have now. there was no military censorship. it was probably the first and last uncensored american more. -- american more. the south vietnamese had their censorship. it was, for women, a gift because it was only because of this lack of codification, this openness, that women could get through what had been the biggest barrier as a war correspondent, that you are not allowed on the field. >> journalist elizabeth

hello, my name is harold furchtgott-roth at the hudson institute and center for economics he

horsley in washington he's a senior fellow and director of the center of american sea power at hudson institute also in washington we have sort of he is asia pacific international relations specialist at the institute for china american studies and in london we crossed when he came she is a policy analyst and senior lecturer. in chinese international political economy part across the bills in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it when it's going to set in washington i don't need lincoln's statements about china quite remarkable because basically what he said is that and he didn't say and complete words but basically the international system that the united states has built since the 2nd world war designed by the united states directed by the united states everyone must conform to it and china must too and if it doesn't conform to it that's how they define the threat is that a fair thing to say said no that's not what lincoln said like what it ought to jim in the beginning my introduction what lincoln said was the international or exists right now. and whi

a fellow with the hudson institute shares or insight on america's relationship with china. >> know your enemy, know yourself. this goes back to -- i want to say an enemy. a place for you know your opponent or challenger. that is something we have to understand. if we don't understand that portion right, everything else will not matter. it will not address the fundamental issue which is the communist party and its tendencies and goals. >> find "the weekly" where you get your podcasts. ♪ >> c-span2 is her unfiltered view of government. today we are brought to you by these television companies who provide c-span2 to viewers as a public service. ♪ : joining us this morning from el paso, texas is angela cochurga, news director and border director for ktep

tory became a senior fellow at the hudson institute. toby appears frequently on television and radio to discuss health care presidential history and other issues. he and his

and eric brown a senior fellow here at the hudson institute that studies asian and middle eastern affairsme interesting insights. i would like to start this afternoon by highlighting some of the things that i find the most interesting about his book. first, what he does early on in the book. he defines the initiative started in 2013 as china's efforts to fund infrastructure around the world. it is comprised about 55 countries. it is really the link that brings together two separate initiatives. the new silk road economic belt. the other is a maritime that brings together the network across the south china sea, the indian ocean and the digital aspects are opposed of this network. describing as a global process and realignment with china which i think is an interesting overview. what was wonderful about this book is not only is it well-written and accessible, but he challenges three misconceptions. this will form a little bit of our discussion today to see if eric and patrick agree with this characterization. ike essentially argues that it is wrong to see it as a seamless master plan. he em

a fellow at the hudson institute shares her insights on america's relationship with china. >> know your enemy and know yourself. i don't want to say enemy, i can save know your opponent or challenger. that is something we have to understand. if we don't understand that portion than everything else won't matter because it doesn't address the fundamental issue which is the communist party and its tendencies and its goals. >> find the weekly where you get your podcasts. >> texas senator john cornyn sat down for a conversation on threats posed by russia, iran, and china and the need to secure america's supply chain. -- doing -- >> he has led numerous initiatives to build upon national security policies including his recent bill signed into law that protects manufacturing -- to hunt and supports u.s. service members and their families. leist -- his 2018 legislation to update security reviews was one of the more -- defending against the risks of the chinese communist party. we are grateful to have the senator here to help us understand what is the most uncertain, unstable, and insecure world

tory became a senior fellow at the hudson institute. toby appears frequently on television and radio to discuss health care presidential history and other issues. he and his wife cami live in maryland along with their four children. welcome to history. happy hour, teddy. hey, thanks for having me on and i'm always happy to talk about what jefferson red. excellent. well, we'll get that to that for sure. but to start us off your book examines the relationship between presidents and popular culture in the united states. why do you think this relationship is important and worth examination? it's a great question colleen and thanks for having me on to discuss this look the from the very first days of the presidency. the president's needed to appeal to the american people and the way to appeal to the people is to show that you have common concerns with them and america has always had a vibrant popular culture today. it's based an electronic means but in the olden days it was based in books and in theater and presidents like washington would g

david asher is now a senior fellow at the hudson institute. good to have you with us.wing your reports on this. i want to point out to everybody before they hear from you that you were the lead investigator in a nuclear procurement network case. you also uncovered of whats going on in north korea with regard to secret uranium enrichment. you say you believe this who report is a farce. what do you think actually happened? >> well, what exactly happened only the chinese can tell us about they're not about to. they have orchestrated a world health organization total white wash of an investigation that looks under all the rocks except the most likely one. that is there was a lab leak at the wuhan institute of virology and the one making vaccine as cross the street. this was a manmade pathogenic weapons vector in development that had very important stealth features that allowed it to a spread in a way we have never seen a coronavirus spread. i worked against ie in iraq. it's a psychological weapon and economic weapon. it doesn't kill everyone. scares everyone. deters freedo

joining me now to discuss this further his hudson institute director of tiny strategy and other of theed year marathon, china china secret strategies to replace america as a global superpower. the woman only michael great to see you. they're putting down their markers in the early stages of this brief any what is your reaction. >> this is happening eight times before ashley. michael: both sides are going to redo their talking points in their meetings for the truck transition was two hours permi unit forcefully in the trump ministration, for secretary of state was extremely pro- china and he w was out of touch with e president's views. and kind of ruined his first trip to china and misled them so what antony blinken is ready to a cemetery state is very clear he wants these chinese officials to hear and indirectly from him just are concerned the united states is about a long list of issues a dozen wanted to be filtered through think tanks or journalists are low-level people. so i expect the chinese inside it will give the same thing back to him. do not interfere in our internal relations

let's welcome back to the elizabeth: let's welcome back to the show hudson institute director michaelweakness to china what was your thought when you heard that? >> is continuing all china policies. and the joe biden even plagiarized, i used to love when president trump would say he would say china wants to be the number one nation in the world but it's awkward to happen on my watch, joe biden used the exact same words as his press conference but no foot footnote that this was donald a trump strategy so it's strange that we cannot attack biden on china because he's borrowing and keeping the sanctions in the tariffs and we are told. elizabeth: interesting president trump was really going after president biden after he was hammered by chinese officials and it seemed like a debacle. let's listen. >> that was an absolute embarrassment too our country, i cannot believe it, we should've walked out nobody ever talked to my group that way and nobody ever talked to me that way i can tell you that if they did and would've doubled up the tariffs which were something we probably should've done an

michael pillsbury from the hudson institute. thanks for joining us.n administration is so eager to strike a deal with china and something like climate change that they're willing to forego a lot of bad behavior. a fair concern? >> yes, it is a fair concern. a lot of people, not just john kerry, but aoc and others believe the climate change is coming so fast and be the end of the world in ten years. so how can any possible deals with china on human rights, tibet, hong kong, trade issues, how can that compare to the end of the world due to climate change. the chinese are aware of this. a lot of their recent writing, they think that they can get leverage on president biden through the option, through dangling, you might say, we can really cut back on being the world's biggest polluter but we have to have some concessions from you and leave us alone on hong kong, taiwan and all of these other issues. that seems to be what will happen tonight and tomorrow in alaska. >> trace: so anthony blinken goes to as will ka. why with they meeting in alaska? >> well,

and now michael's director of the center for chinese strategy at the hudson institute. mike, yesterday right ahead of today's meeting the biden administration kind of, it's almost like they set you have a stink bomb, threw it into the meeting room in alaska and said, okay, now we're all welcome. they sanctioned 24 china and hong kong officials. clearly, the biden administration looking to start with the upper hand in these talks. is this right move? >> of course it is, but it may not be enough. i think the name of the game with the trump administration on china, and it looks like the same thing is going on with president biden now, the name of the game is leverage. how to get enough leverage to make change possible in china, to compel them to want to be rude and soars about it to change -- coarse about it to change their ways. there's ten main issues. so what we began to learn at the end of the trump administration, the president made it clear himself, the leverage that was used in the first three years was not enough, was not enough. they that really wouldn't concede m

let's get some analysis tonight for michael pillsbury, director for chinese strategy at the hudson institute. thanks for being here. michael is the author of the hundred year marathon, chinese secret strategy to replace america as the global superpower, by the way paperback version came out five years ago this month. he read inside that book that's what you're hearing out of that alaska meeting. >> there are some strange features going on. i've seen this with eight presidents now. i've never seen our side publicly debate the chinese and attack them and presumably what secretary blinken with thought would happen as the chinese would act contrite, instead, they went on counter attack, talked about the slaughter of blacks inside the united states, made a number of charges against us that were not qualified to criticize china. this is a strong china that thinks it's surpassing us either now or in the near future. they are willing to bite back in this kind of session. you wonder if this is what president biden had in mind to have a first time meeting like this turn into bickering. it seen all ove

michael pillsbury the director for chinese strategy at the hudson institute and author of "the hundred-yearee you again. so very contentious exchange there with, between blinken and sullivan and their chinese counterparts. that's not what you usually see when you get a new administration. everybody wants to be nice and polite. what do you make of that? >> right. [laughter] well, it's a sign of the difficulties president joe biden's going to face with china. frankly, i've never seen them behave this way to a senior american delegation before. they seem to be the speaking from a position of strength. this 18-minute rant where the chinese vice premier attacked all kinds of internal american domestic problems, his comment to the press using the word "thought," that -- slaughter," that americans slaughter black people, this was quite highhanded of the chinese. of they're the totalitarian state, not us. so to do this in front of the tv cameras is bad of enough. i've heard from some of the apartments it was even worse in the -- participants it was even worse in the closed session without the t cam

let's welcome back to the show hudson institute director of chinese strategy michael pillsbury.arathon." it's great to have you back on, sir. former president trump really went after president biden saying biden is showing weakness to china. what was your thought when you heard that? >> well, president trump has every right to be frustrated and even angry at what joe biden's doing, although biden is continuing all of president trump's china policies. this is the strange part of the story, liz, is that the joe biden even plagiarized a comment i used to love it when president trump would say it. he would say china wants to be the number one nation in the world,but it's not going to happen on my watch. joe biden used those exact same words at his press conference but no footnote. oh, by the way, this was donald j. trump's strategy. we can't attack biden totally on china because he's borrowing so much of president trump's strategy. he's keeping all the sanctions, he's keeping the tariffs, he keeps up this language of rhetorical -- maybe empty rhetorical criticism of human rights, bu

joining me now to discuss is hudson institute director of chinese strategy and author of "the hundred-year china's secret strategy to replace america as the global superpower," the one and only michael pillsbury. michael, great to see you. okay, they're putting down their markers in the early stages of this brief meeting. what's your reaction? >> well, this has happened eight times before, ashley, first round and a new president. both sides are going to sort of read off their talking points. the meeting for the trump transition was two hours. unfortunately in the trump administration, our first secretary of state the, rex tillerson, was extremely pro-china. he was out of touch with the president's views, and he kind of ruined his fist trip to china and misled them. so what tony blinken is trying to do as secretary of state, been very clear about this, he wants these chinese officials to hear it directly from him just how concerned the united states is about a long list of issues. he doesn't want it to be filtered through think tanks or journalists or low-level people. so i expect the chine

joining me is michael pills burly, hudson institute director of chinese strategy, the author of the 100ribes china in all of it is intricate details. michael, is china laughing at us now? you look at stuff we're doing with politically correct orders to the military. i'm laughing at some of that. >> well they have a long history of believing they're on the right side and they're going to surpass us, david. they're very confident of that. nothing seems to shake them. i don't know if they actually laugh at us but they lectured us, that the is important thing, in very tough mandarin phrases. they were saying to secretary blinken that america has no right, has no qualifications to criticize china in any way especially from as positive strength. david: hold on a second because we actually have that sound bite. let's play the sound bite. we'll get your reaction to it. roll tape. >> i will translate for you. >> translator: let me say here that in front of the chinese side the united states does not have the qualification to say it wants to speak to china from a position of strength. >> that was

joining me now michael pillsbury hudson institute of chinese strategy author them the hundred year marathonand all of the intricate details. his china laughing at us, you look at some of the stuff were doing with the politically correct orders of the military and i'm laughing at some of that. >> they've a long history of believing there on the right side and they will surpass us david. they're very confident of that. nothing seems to shake them, i don't know if they actually laugh at us but they lecture us that the important thing in a very tough mandarin phrases they were seen to secretary blinken that america has no right, no qualifications to criticize china and anyway especially from a position. david: hold on for a second we have the soundbite. roll tape. >> all translate. >> let me say here in front of the chinese side the united states does not have the qualification to say it wants to speak to china from a position on strength. david: that was rough stuff, is that true? >> that is not true we saw the military balance overall in our favor and major things like nuclear aircraft carrie

i want to bring in hudson institute's michael pillsbury. michael it has been far too long.erious. let me start with the one that is the most serious. i read taiwan is the greatest flashpoint in the world. what are we doing putting some teeth behind president biden's red lines? >> you're right to cover this issue, charles as a flashpoint. it is politically incorrect to talk about the issue of the defense of taiwan. as you know 45 years ago we pulled out our nuclear weapons we had in taiwan. we had jet fighters. we had a lot of troop, not a lot, we had troop presence there. that was a very clear deterrents message to beijing. don't invade taiwan you're looking at nuclear war if you don't stop. that is gone away, when jimmy carter recognized beijing, he pulled out the force but we had something called the taiwan defense command headed by an admiral in taiwan. this is part of the plan to deteriorate beijing. recently president trump talked about doing more in taiwan. the problem china flying bombers around taiwan. with nuclear equipped bombers, we're not sure if there are weapo

the state department during the trump administration, and is now a fellow at the hoover and hudson institutesolitical argument, starting with the w.h.o. itself. last summer, according to three former senior officials, the trump administration proposed three scientists to represent the u.s: heinz feldman from nih; navy capt. brianna skinner from the f.d.a.; and matt moore, an epidemiologist at the c.d.c. the w.h.o. called none of them, and instead chose daszek. daszek's one of the world's foremost virus experts, and has spent years collaborating with the wuhan institute of virology. his critics say, that makes him biased, and argue in china, chinese scientists ultimately answer to the communist party. >> let's put it this way. all the chinese scientists who have spoken the truth, have all disappeared. so what we're hear from the chinese scientist, many of them, maybe excellent scientists, are state sanctioned views. so that's not really the whole picture. we want the truth. >> schifrin: are you confident that you would know if the scientists at the lab who you were speaking to were lying? >> i

a fellow at the hudson institute shares her insights on america's relationship with china. >> know your and know yourself. i don't want to say enemy, i can save know your opponent or challenger. that is something we have to understand. if we don't understand that portion than everything else won't matter because it doesn't address the fundamental issue which is the communist party and its tendencies and its goals. >> find the weekly where you get your podcasts. >> texas senator john cornyn sat down for a conversation on threats posed by russia, iran, and china and the need to secure america's supply chain. -- doing --

brian clark, senior fellow and director for the center of defense concepts and technology at the hudson institute, also dr. conley, the former director for electronic warfare in the office of the secretary of defense and dr. joseph kurdish bomb, director of the government count ability office defense capabilities and management team. thank you all for appearing today. the electromagnetic spectrum underpins nearly every aspect of the modern u.s. military. as co-chair of the electromagnetic warfare group, i have long recognized the departments use for situational awareness, communicating with friendly forces, identifying enemy capabilities, directing strikes, navigation, and countless other tasks. in fact, nearly every u.s. capability from airplanes tonight vision goggles, satellites, ships, and radios, depend on the spectrum to function. this isn't just something in the future. this is something we depend on today. previous hearings covered what lies ahead in defense. the military is seeing on foreseen challenges in the electromagnetic spectrum right now. many of our most important weapon systems

this week, fellow at the hudson institute shares her insights on america's relationship with china. >> know your enemy, know yourself. this goes back to -- i don't want to say enemy. i could a place that with know your opponent or challenger. that is something we have to understand because if we do not understand that portion right, everything else will not matter because you still do not address the fundamental issue, which is the communist party and its tendencies and goals. >> find c-span's the weekly where you get your podcast. >> saturday on the communicators, tom wheeler, former chair of the federal communications commission during the obama administration. >> the complaint that was made during our term about net neutrality is it would stifle innovation. and it would stifle investment. the reality is that in the period of time when the net neutrality rules in place, the internet service providers spent more on capital investment then they spent after the trump fcc remove those rules. and it was that capital investment that allowed us to be successful now during covid when everyb

let's bring in hudson institute senior fellow rebecca heinrich to to talk about all of this. were going to come down very hard on the saudis over that brutal murder of jamal khashoggi, now they're saying, no, no, no, there won't be sanctions. they said they wanted to get back into the iran nuclear agreement, the jcpoa. they're not able to do that yet, they say, because iran won't agree to do what it needs to do under the terms. where does this leave the biden administration's whole strategy? we're a month into the biden -- what does that moon for the whole strategy in the middle east? >> so far the biden administration's policy towards the middle east is confused, it's disordered, and they're running into a classing case of having to deal with reality as it is, not as they wish it was. and so here we have in the case of the saudis they talked a big game about wanting to get tough on the saudi government because of the extrajudicial killing of the saudi citizen on saudi soil in turkey. it was in that saudi consulate, jamal khashoggi. he was a critic of the saudi regime. he was

want to bring in the hudson senior institute rebecca hinrich on more.racks in china. we're seeing serious issues there. even the rest of the world pushing back. it's now the moment for this administration to flex some muscle. >> i think absolutely, charles. there's a lot of momentum that began in the trump administration and the biden administration to its credit. even though it was critical of the trump administration's foreign policy, now its in power, they're receiving the same security briefs that the trump administration had. they're carrying through many of the policies that begun during the trump administration and on china in particular. the third time already this administration has sent a warship through the taiwan strait. happened last week. that's one example of demonstrating our commitment to the defense of taiwan and signalling to china that we're not going to back down. so the secretary of state has to be strong in this meeting with alaska with the chinese, no doubt. >> charles: to your point, they had to send the ships in a sense because

this week, a fellow at the hudson institute shares her insight with america's relationship with china. >> know your enemy, know yourself. i don't want to say enemy, i could say opponent or challenger. that is something we really have to understand. if we do not understand that portion, everything else won't matter, because it does not address the fundamental issue, which is the communist party and its tendencies and goals. >> finds the weekly where you get your podcasts. >> after a short break the ceos of facebook, will and twitter continue testifying on what their companies are doing on their platforms to combat misinformation and disinformation. two house energy and commerce subcommittees and being this virtual year he. part two it runs a little more than two hours. >> mr. zuckerberg, in the fall of 2020 you made numerous assurances to congress that you had a handle on conspiracy networks. we know that facebook private groups and algorithms that recommend them have assisted in radicalizing users, facilitated terrorism, violence and extremism against individuals. racial and ethnic mi

this week, a fellow at the hudson institute shares her insight on america's relationship with china.enemy, know yourself. this really goes back to knowing -- and i don't necessarily want to say n/a. i can replace that with opponent or challenger. that is something that we really have to understand because if we don't understand that portion, everything else really won't matter because we will not address the fundamental issue, which is the republican party and its goals. >> washington journal continues. host: a discussion now on the future of u.s. involvement in afghanistan. our guest, former deputy u.s. ambassador to afghanistan earl wayne. remind viewers when you served in afghanistan, what the political situation was like then compared to now. >> i went to afghanistan in 2009 and this was part of the effort under president obama to search civilians and military officials in afghanistan. and so i went from argentina where i had been serving as ambassador and for the first year, all of our sevillian existence programs. about $4 billion in total at that time. the second year i was th

this week, a fellow at the hudson institute shares her insight with america's relationship with china. >> know your enemy, know yourself. i don't want to say enemy, i could say opponent or challenger. that is something we really have to understand. if we do not understand that portion, everything else won't matter, because it does not address the fundamental issue, which is the communist party and its tendencies and goals. >> finds the weekly where you get your podcasts. >> after a short break the ceos of facebook, will and twitter continue testifying on what their companies are doing on theirla

hudson river to attack the school teachers. these catholics and the religious hierarchy that they bring with them they are a threat to the institutionsof the united states, and democracy. here's a detail from the political cartoon. that's the school teacher. he standing. he's protecting. this is the protestant schoolteacher who is protecting the american schoolchildren from this invasion of catholics and their ways. what does he have talked in his shirt? it's the king james bible. it's the protestant version of the bible. does everyone see that? the people in the background who were looking on, this is the tweet rain. the boss politicians in new york who are in league with immigrants. that's the political thrust of the cartoon which is that the political cartoons are and lead with the immigrants together and they pose a threat to democracy. he's looking on with evidence satisfaction at the mounting threat. notice the u.s. public school is in ruins. you see it flags upside down. and if you look at tammy hall in the background. wet buildings that resemble? >> the vatican. >> the vatican. that's important. that could seem like a detail.

hudson to share our findings which are, in a sense, a response to a turn and u.s. policy towards china that began in 2018 with remarks of former vice president mike pence made at this institution. in that speech which marks turning towards the much more hawkish and assertive u.s. policy towards china mike pence pointed to the case of the chinese port of [inaudible] and south of sri lanka and he said if you want an example of how chinese lending or chinese economic practices are coercive and destructive to partner with recipient countries look no further than sri lanka which took out more debt than he could afford, built a white elephant that cannot pay for itself and ultimately had to hand it back over to china on a 99 year lease. the problem is that i had already begun research on [inaudible] one year before the handover and as a pure accident i had been given a grant it was doing research in the ground interviewing local officials, local residents and so forth. i returned a year later to address some of the same questions of local people but of leads from across the political spectrum ensure longer. when i found surprising and i think is very significant, not only for u.s. p