jinping you know, i'm i'm concerned because i don't have the same confidence when i look at xi jinping other policies that he will have the same prudence. on the other hand every chinese leader. has got to think that he makes a military play against taiwan and loses. that will be the of him and possibly the end of communist party rule in china because the people would rise up. and i mean, this is in probably a myth, probably not even true. but people, china certainly believe it. so that is i mean, that's strategic myth. i want them to believe because that causes them be cautious. so i feel strongly that we need to. taiwan's military deterrence and united states as it's doing that and what's striking that the japanese really for the first time now are viewing this security of taiwan as part of their own security. so the japanese are contributing to that deterrence posture. but a lot of the things our politicians do visit the taiwan are purely symbolic to show how much we love taiwan. and that actually is highly provocative to the chinese government in beijing. the chinese public. and, y

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it is a rare trip abroad for xi jinping. jennifer zabasajja has been well across the story. what is on the agenda for the meeting? jennifer: this is an of cans because as you mention, the brics summit is happening this week but this is the only state visit we will see this week. this is important for the two countries. they enjoy very vibrant economic relationship and they have done so for the past 25 years. on the agenda from what we have learned is figuring out how to really strengthen and develop that partnership and collaboration that we have seen. china is a important investor into this economy in south africa and vice versa. south africa is important to china. it has been china's biggest trading partner on the african continent for 13 years in a row. there's a lot of opportunity to deepen the relationship and we have seen were business leaders coming together with chinese leaders over the past few weeks talking about opportunities in various sectors. we are anticipating that these leaders will continue to talk about that and also talk about how to reduce the trade defi

environment and crisis that will affect the devastation for the globe, not just for china and xi jinping's own position. i think if he wanted to go after taiwan what would ensue is the downfall of the chairman and party secretary. i think he underestimates this. we know that if you take a look at the correlation forces and what would ensue with multiple players, there is no real winner in any of this. where we need to invest our time and energy is in prevention, the right kind of thoughts and clear understanding. misunderstanding can lead to downed paths that can lead to spirals that ultimately might tempt somebody to take a military solution to something that i think would be catastrophic. so how the actually prevent? you need to have capabilities to prevail. long-range fires, in number of things are designed to ensure we have the right capabilities needed for any contingency. at the same time, a lot of our efforts need to go into the shaping elements. i do believe have a number of things that are underway that way, but the challenging environments we face today means that you don't stop

the status quo is being changed by xi jinping, has said that taiwan has to be recovered to be part of the rejuvenation by 2049. >> the unilaterally set out to change the status quote and started to build the capability to do that. this is the fundamental issue at hand. it is not about our policy but beijing's policy. >> if this is about china heaven this perception that they are being pushed back by the u.s. and its allies in their behavior, how do you start to shape that in a way that makes them is concerned without backing down? u.s. backing on and being conciliatory seems like one path traded convince allies for those to be conciliatory. how do we go about trying to assure china without undermining the assurance of our allies? >> i think the first thing and mike started to point at this, is this goes down to xi jinping's decision-making process. you don't just do that through intelligence collection, but through what you talk about in the paper which is probing and doing things to elicit certain responses that would help us understand the decision-making process better but also for

. >> we have reports of saying president xi jinping is not expected to attend the j -- g20 summit. does that complement -- complicate a plan to try to facilitate a meeting be -- between president by -- president biden and president xi jinping? have you had any medication with the chinese government on whether he would be attending that? press sec. jean-pierre: as it relates to his -- president xi jinping's attendance to g20, i would leave that to his spokesperson to answer the question. the president has said multiple times he is looking forward -- looking forward to continue engagement with president xi jinping. i don't have any preview on when that will happen. i will let the president's words stand for themselves. he spoke at camp david and you heard him speak about that moments ago and he is looking forward to continue that ongoing engagement as far as president xi jinping's process of patient -- participation. >> secretary raimondo had a trip there any multiple cities. -- in multiple cities and i know you were asked -- not to comment but looking back, but uss -- what do you as

. >> you mentioned the headwinds coming xi jinping's way.hat is most bothersome to him is it the youth unemployment rate or the property sector or the general slowdown or geo-pol? >> xi jinping is not focused very much like putin, when wie talk about the autocratic leaders and what they care about, it is clear putin doesn't ch care about economics xi jinping is focused on taiwan. you can hear it in his speeches. we, on this channel, and on wall street, love to think they would never do that. it doesn't make economic sense we have to stop thinking that way. we have to listen to what the man says if you listen to what he says, i believe he will end up acquiring and reacquiiring taiwan. it will be a sharp issue for the economy and the u.s. will have to improvise and quickly change what has already been going on which is a slow decoupling. >> what, based on listening to xi jinping, gives you the confidence he will go after taiwan in the next 12-to-18 months and what is the catalyst for it. >> i gave a briefing about this to senior military leade

xi jinping is set to meet members before the summit kicks off. are looking at union building in pretoria. >> the summit is held in johannesburg. as for arabile, it is 40 kilometers away. a short drive for the leaders meeting as you see. the leaders of the brics are gathering in johannesburg for the summit. this is the first in-person summit since the pandemic. xi jinping landed last night. vladimir putin will join the summit virtually. arabile joins us with more. give us a breakdown of what we can expect out of the summit. it is unlikely bed fellows. >> all of the bed fellows are trying to find one way to move that economic agenda together. emerging nations as they are when in 2009 when bric was formed. the highest growing economies in the world and south africa joined in 2010. kmien china got involved to see africa as a key focus. the unlikely partners came together to form the alliance in hopes of creating an emerging market agenda. here is where the agenda lies. take a look at the intra-bric trading picture. a large number of them have china a

throughout the day, we saw chinese president xi jinping later on at the leaders summit. earlier we saw him meeting with south african president cyril ramaphosa, talking about the importance of that relationship. a lot of people saying this is potentially a missed opportunity for him to tout his economy and helped the strength that they believe -- and tout strength to believe the economy has at this point. we did instead hear from the commerce minister during a business meeting. lizzy: thanks to jennifer zabasajja. closer to home we will get the euro area deposit pmi survey later today and that should give us more insight into the impact of monetary tightening in the area. maria, let me bring you in. what do economists expect on this data? maria: we went from china and ended up here. when you look at the pmi it is a good way to get a sense of where things are. there are two themes. do we get the continuation of a real weakness that we saw play out in july with the numbers that we get today for august? there is a perennial theme about manufacturing and services. we know th

xi jinping not coming to the event, perhaps in support of vladimir putin. what is your reading of the situation? >> this is actually the second time that xi jinping stepped out of china. the first time, his trip abroad was to pressure to meet with vladimir putin. this time, his visit to south africa is not just for a visit to the brics summit but also a state visit to south africa. we also visited saudi arabia and there, he visited not just saudi arabia but also arab leaders and leaders in the gulf cooperation council member countries. from that perspective, i think there's a very interesting dynamic going on. on the one hand, you see xi jinping not necessarily having a lot of interest in negotiating with the west and the u.s. in general but on the other hand very interested in expanding china's engagement with global south. >> ukraine's deputy prime minister spoke this tuesday, brushing aside the idea of the counteroffensive is going too slowly. he said ukraine's troops made progress against russian forces simply by proving they can push back a better arme

it is that uncertainty around xi jinping. if xi feels that he is not getting reliable information, or the people around him don't really know what's going on, i think that will affect his ability to make a decision and at least make the decision to go into taiwan. i think that there are a lot of places we can increase our efforts. this comes down to having a coordinated government strategy and really the campaign idea not the dod but governmentwide campaign. we need somebody to bring that altogether. how do you pair a cyber action with an economic action? right now, these things are loosely coordinated but not really happening in concert. mr. clark: mike, if we try to create uncertainty in the middle -- in the inner circle that xi relies on for information and advice, is that a problem or is that where we should focus our efforts? or should we try to keep stability and certainty at the highest level in terms of art -- our strategic level actions and focus our uncertainty efforts at the tactical and operational level? rear adm

but xi jinping is not very good at admitting mistakes. >> not very good at admitting mistakes, and howe before the chinese economy gets back on track? >> i don't see anything significant changing for the next 12 months. >> so -- at least 12 months here. any thoughts here, guys? >> my concern all along, i'm surprised -- i'm not wishing for it, my concern all along has been china was going to raise the level of aggression against taiwan. and that would be -- and this is not my worlds, other people have said this, catastrophic for equity markets, and, you know, they're building field hospitals, they're doing medical exercises, they're not doing that just for their health, they're doing it because they're clearly planning something, in my opinion. and i'm with dennis on this one. i think something's going to happen, as their economy gets worse, it's more likely that the hostilities are raised. >> go ahead, bonawyn. >> i think young people tend to perhaps buck the trend, or -- run countertrend. 20% unemployment rate amongst people 25 or younger, to me, might say that the buck has to stop so

xi jinping will be front and centre.ternational criminal court warrant for his arrest. xijinping will be criminal court warrant for his arrest. xi jinping will be the criminal court warrant for his arrest. xijinping will be the big man on the stage. even though china is having economic situation right now i think this will play well to the domestic audience in china and everyone is watching closely. china wants to have a brics bank. they wants to have a brics bank. they want to replace the us dollar. what this just be a show or will they have substantial to show after the meeting is? everyone is watching closely. meeting is? everyone is watching closel . ~ , meeting is? everyone is watching closel. , . ., ., ., closely. absolutely. what one of the key concerns — closely. absolutely. what one of the key concerns is _ closely. absolutely. what one of the key concerns is that _ closely. absolutely. what one of the key concerns is that expansion i closely. absolutely. what one of the key concerns is that expansion could come

ramaphosa formally welcoming xi jin jinping. expanding the alliance will be at the top of agenda but it could be a point of tension because not all the countries agree on when to expand or who to admit. >> steven jiang is focusing on what china is hoping to achieve, but first an overview from david mckenzie in johannesburg. how far is this meeting about trying to form a world of multipolarity and break the western domination and hegemony? >> reporter: i think broadly that is a big theme of this, whether that is stated succinctly or not will be another matter. i think the fact that president putin is not here but will be attending virtually speaks both to his isolation and to russia's continued involvement in the world ironically because they have a virtual seat at the table with brazil, india, china and south africa. bric is an order collection of countries already. andutocracy and democracy in th same grouping. but the attitudes towards western powers, differing in nature between these countries, is something that there will be

is facing.- that xi jinping is facing.inping is facing. when vice president william - that xi jinping is facing. when vice president william lai - vice president william lai meeting the chair of the american institute in taiwan, a position you held until earlier this year, what do you expect them to discuss? i this year, what do you expect them to discuss?— them to discuss? i think william _ them to discuss? i think william lai will be - them to discuss? i think i william lai will be going to great lengths to assure the new chair that is not going to be doing anything silly with respect to cross straight ties. that he will basically maintain, do everything you can to maintain the status quo and will not be seen pushing taiwan towards an outright declaration of independence.— of independence. james moriarty. _ of independence. james moriarty, thank - of independence. james moriarty, thank you - of independence. james| moriarty, thank you very of independence. james - moriarty, thank you very much forjoining us in the progra

is falling apart and the economy is in a very severe state right now, i think xi jinping is good to he usually has been or at least he should be because he has so many problems at home. >> evergreen, the chinese real estate manager is looking more and more like their and bankrupt and default, all sorts of complications. , do you see this being the first of many dominoes that could topple the chinese financial system given the size, scope and lack of ability to get internal bailout. >> absolutely, evergrande with $300 billion of debt just filed for chapter 15 in the united states. it's essentially a zombie company. what's really happening is shaking other companies including country garden which was considered to be solid, the largest perp under property developer by sales mr. bond payment last week they will probably go into default if they cannot cure it within 30 days. then you have the state property developer starting to look a little bit shaky we're seeing a snowball effect to the property sector and largely because property prices are far too high, there are not very many sale

xi jinping is preparing his country for war and would prefer to take taiwan without firing a shot.d probing with bayonets. he will continue to push. that is how marxist regimes operate. >> brian: their economy is not going great. belton road project is not going well. hope central and south america will make an effort. they are trying to punch above their weight to a degree. that is why you have invited administration to testify in front of the committee. >> administration, they sent officials, productive, we want cabinet secretary to come testify before our committee. what concerns me, biden administration is reviving diplomatic and economic engagement with china as really the foundation of foreign policy. that approach failed for nearly 30 years and early indication is that it is failing again. the ccp has gotten more aggressive as biden administration chased them around the world trying to get a photo op or audience with xi jinping and whether tightening up export control, sanctions officials or putting in guardrails to china so we are not funding destruction with executive mone

also the power of xi jinping is in trouble. seems very weak and getting worse. wonder how western scholars are looking into such trends. clint: three hard questions in a short amount time. scott: at this moment i am not terribly -- i don't really see either the north korean or the south korean government showing much interest in reunification. in south korea it appears that the mystery of unification has been a target of reorganization. on the public opinion front, it seems like there is also a lot of caveats and caution as it relates to reunification. having said that, we are in an environment, an international affairs environment of disruption. this leads me to the second question, covid and the russian invasion of ukraine are significant disruptions that in my view on covid, north korea has used pretty effectively domestically to distract from the failure to reset and also, i don't want to speculate about north korean lessons from the invasion of ukraine. so far it has been a moment of opportunity. we do spend some time being concerned about lessons that nort

imagine you are xi jinping and most mornings you get up and say what if i was running china.u've got the americans on your case to start up some discussion. the first thing you think is they have 1550 deployed and of several thousand start. we got 200 to 300 deployed, building silos, this can be a decade before many more before we been up to their levels. >> he had minimal incentive to maintain minimal deterrent under conditions. chinese decision-making is opaque we don't know why china decided to build up to charity it might be one version is what's going on with the national extension of xi jinping's modernization program, the encouragement of being a great superpower in the world. but i think we also have to be taken into account what we do, how it's perceived invasion. but there was one line of strategic analysis in our debate when china had a small nuclear arsenal was great let's take it out of the first strike during the crisis and we would be able to dictate who the united states could dictate a pattern of stability on china. they read these journals and advocate possi

what if we wanted to put xi jinping under tremendous pressure? we wanted to divert their attention in ways that they never bother us on the outside again by having to focus, you know, very intently on the economic problems and youth unemployment and the like. so even if you don't agree with it and even if it's marginal, what are things we could do to kick them while they're down, if you will put pressure on them, given the, the experiences that they're having right now, the trajectory they're on. >> i would argue against that sort of approach simply because beijing is going to blame the united states for doing that anyway, as that occurs, sorry, go ahead. >> no, i said even if you don't agree with it marginally understood, >> i mean, i think that the, the challenges that that course of action confronts are also about alignment with our allies and partners. and so any direct action we would take would have be far more difficult to maintain the sort of agreement and trans and transatlantic alignment to policies and um you know, preventing backfilli

- the answer is, right now xi jinping believes that the u.s. won't want to go to war with two allied nuclear superpowers, russia and china, at the same time. so xi jinping's bet is that with russia in his camp, he's in a strong position should he want to invade taiwan. if russia is no longer in his camp, then xi jinping will have to think twice before going after taiwan. that is how we deter communist china from going after taiwan while avoiding war over it in the south china sea, while in another one fell swoop ending the war in ukraine and pulling american resources back. that's realist foreign policy, not the foreign policy neoconservative dogma that now pervades, frankly, both political parties. - you came to prominence with your critiques of woke capitalism. you wrote a book, "woke inc." explain what woke capitalism is. - sure. so i'll start with what wokeism is. it is a worldview that says that your identity is based on your race, your gender, your sexual orientation, or other genetically inherited attributes, that we are either oppressors or oppressed based on those genetic ch

xi jinping -- do not do this piecemeal, go in big. how confident are you that taiwan has defenses that it needs. are there things congress can do in supplies and training? sen. coons: i am not confident right now if there is a willingness by xi jinping to go all in and that we would be able to successfully partner with the taiwanese and our regional partners to defund them. there are lessons we can and have learned from ukraine and ukrainian defense that i believe the taiwanese are learning. there are significant investments being made in this year in our appropriations bills to strengthen the whole region and to begin to align around pushing back on china's actions in the south china sea, pushing back on china's economic coercion on smaller countries, and in making sure we maintain a technological edge. everything about chinese doctrine says they would far rather win that war without firing a single shot. we need to pay even more attention then we have been. artificial intelligence, quantum computing, some of the ways that will be cr

also the power of xi jinping is in trouble. seems very weak and getting worse. i wonder how western scholars are looking into such trends. clint: three hard questions in a short amount time. scott: at this moment i am not terribly -- i don't really see either the north korean or the south korean government showing much interest in reunification. in south korea it appears that the mystery of unification has been a target of reorganization. on the public opinion front, it seems like there is also a lot of caveats and caution as it relates to reunification. having said that, we are in an environment, an international affairs environment of disruption. this leads me to the second question, covid and the russian invasion of ukraine are significant disruptions that in my view on covid, north korea has used pretty effectively domestically to distract from the failure to reset and also, i don't want to speculate about north korean lessons from the invasion of ukraine. so far it has been a moment of opportunity. we do spend some time being concerned about lessons that no

_ some us media outlets that president xi jinping will not attend the 620 and that— xi jinping willchina. it is an opportunity for the us— and china. it is an opportunity for the us and — and china. it is an opportunity for the us and other western countries to build _ the us and other western countries to build a _ the us and other western countries to build a continuing alliance with as well— to build a continuing alliance with as well as — to build a continuing alliance with as well as a measure of support with the indian _ as well as a measure of support with the indian government but that being said, the indian government but that being said. itll— the indian government but that being said, it'll be interesting to see what _ said, it'll be interesting to see what topics of come up and how bland of a communique comes out of this and then— of a communique comes out of this and then fundamentally going forward, what pathway there will be in the _ forward, what pathway there will be in the us— forward, what pathway there will be in the us engagement with india given— in the us enga

if that election goes the way i think it's going to go, then xi jinping will get increasingly aggressivewarfare. he may be considering actual warfare. that needs to be a top priority for any president, the current or next one. preventing war with china, which would be destructive. the best way to prevent it is through military strength. >> neil: thanks, congressman. good having you on. meantime, we were talking about this president shortly arriving in hawaii to survey the damage in maui. the latest on that after this. with the freestyle libre 2 system know your glucose level and where it's headed without fingersticks. manage your diabetes with more confidence and lower your a1c. it's covered by medicare for those who qualify. ask your doctor about the freestyle libre 2 system. what do we always say, son? liberty mutual customizes your car insurance... so you only pay for what you need. that's my boy. ♪ stay off the freeways! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ conquer financial reports. conquer 2000-word essays. conquer 300 thank-you notes. rule over what

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>> i believe xi jinping's lifelong ambition is to take taiwan. he has repeatedly told us he intends to take taiwan by force if necessary. i think he is indeed preparing for war. if you examine not only has rhetoric, but what he's doing in terms of building military grade hospitals, and certain parts of china trying to wean himself off his dependency on america and other countries for grain supply, for food supplies, i think the risks of war over taiwan are increasing. also because our military deterrent is growing weaker and weaker. it makes sense they would seek to gtogether so much informatios possible and also to weaken our ability to surge men from the domestic united states to the end of pacific and we did find ourselves in a shooting war with china, which we should be moving heaven and earth to try and avoid to deter to prevent. because it would be incredibly destructive. bryan: have doubt about that. the amount of agricultural land and land at china has bought in the u.s. 384,000 acres. that is number up over 450% since 2011. they have bee

welcomed china's president, xi jinping.hina has invested massively in africa's infrastructure. >> we appreciate what they have done. there is a lot we have seen right now in kenya. a lot of development. we like it. reporter: the alliance's goal is a multipolar world that is not dominated by the west. experts say western industrialized countries will have to change. >> realizing the colonial power is inferior. reporter: vladimir putin took part only via video link. expanding the block to let new countries join is high on the agenda but members do not agree on how to do that and what criteria they should use. western countries may have to prepare for change. >> the codirector of the brics research group was asked about the most pressing issues at the summit. >> certainly, the biggest question is, will the brics agreed to expand to add new members, and if so, how many and on what terms? there are no 18 more -- now 18 more countries that have said we want to join the brics, but not one of them meets the core criteria of the exi

what we see is we need to understand the long-term ambitions of xi jinping here.s to clean up off-balance-sheet debt and shift away from debt fueled growth and the risk that creates at the local government level and he wants to create the problem of oversupply and a potential market bubble popping in the property sector. and these fundamental goals are not just sort of intention with this downward spiral in that flailing that you see now but actually have caused that weird and when we understand that, we understand extent to which xi jinping in the party have already exhibited the extraordinary tolerance for pain because this is part of a campaign as they see to clean up risks to china's economy long-term and some amount short-term pain is going to be inevitable that process. rishaad: they had expectation for recession. rebecca: it is an interesting idea but if you consider that they are convinced there's going to be some kind of slow down you get a vicious cycle, downward spiral. rishaad: self-fulfilling prophecy. rebecca: absolutely and they don't want to spend.

has xi jinping overplayed the maoist hand and what's the downturn for the united states?e foundation. how bad is the downturn? >> on the surface, very bad. the shock affect talking about a collapse in china. the indicators are bad, the youth unemployment was 20% which is why the government of china announced they would no longer provide this number, the property nonpayment is important, the chinese currency, these are negative stories and there's a kind of bulls versus bears interpretation of the chinese economy. this is for the bears, they can now say china is finished, no longer a threat. that has geopolitical consequences, don't have to worry about china as the main threat but the bulls side, i am biased toward the bulls, that china has the reserves, $2 trillion or more, the size of the debt for the printing press, they can pull themselves out, xi jinping can pull out of this dive very quickly. question is when will xi xinping to that and he acknowledged that people should be patient with him. he has the power to fix and to make it worse, trying to stimulate the stock

we are witnessing an incredible tension between xi jinping and the leadership's desire to continue toeform this economy, move it away from the borrow and build, export led and infrastructure led growth into something that's more akin to a high-tech sector of development, domestic consumption in a green economy. what's happening, tyler, is the old economy is collapsing around the leadership as they do this. now, i've been extremely pleased to see how much tolerance xi jinping leadership has for pain, but the question is do chinese citizens, the private sector and most importantly new foreign investors have that same tolerance for pain? and i suspect not. so we're going to have to see if xi jinping pivots to do something in the short-term to buy himself some time in the long-term. >> you raised an interesting point in a note i read in that one of the things that so far has been missing here is any sort of direct fiscal stimulus. in other words, real money that would go to the very chinese people that you say will determine whether this policy works or not. >> yeah, i think that has been

imagine you are xi jinping right now, i realize most mornings you get up and say what if i was runningaughter] you've got the americans on your case to start up some kind of discussion. the first thing you think is they've got 1550 deployed and several thousand stored. we've got 200 and 300 deployed, building silos, be a decade before maybe more to their levels. what possible incentive does he have to enter that discussion until his arsenal is roughly the size of the u.s. arsenal or the russian arsenal or intelligence and vulnerable because of submarines and other capabilities as those are. >> minimal incentive to maintain minimal deterrent under conditions. chinese decision-making is opaque we don't know why china started to build up to parity it might be one version of what's going on is that natural extension of xi jinping's conference of modernization program this is the progenitor being great superpower in the world but i think we also have to be taken into account what we do and how it's perceived in beijing that there were one line deof strategic analysis in our debate when chin

quite a list and xi jinping economic problems to your point that you just spoke to could be a reasonto get the new members and their real estate sector is crashing like ours did in 2007. jonathan gt work, good to see. we have a lot more coming up the song that touched the world. ♪ ♪ ♪. cheryl: why some of the media are trying to paint "rich men north of richmond" a bad light. that is on the morning buzz. you are watching "mornings with maria" live on fox business. ♪ ♪ ♪ it's not just designed to look good... it's built to command attention. it's not just a comfortable interior... it's a quiet refuge. they're not just headlights... they light the way forward. the new fully electric audi q8 e-tron models... wow, you get to watch all your favorite stuff. it's to die for. and it's all right here. streaming was never this easy, you know. this is the way. you really went all out didn't you? um, it's called commitment. could you turn down the volume? here, you can try. get way more into what your into when you stream on the xfinity 10g network. when people come, they say they've tried lots

but i also with xi jinping.hink we're seeing slight changes in the chinese narrative over the last two months where they're looking like they're starting get tired of what's starting to get tired of what's taking place in ukraine. so let us hope that the chinese decide to be positive. international actors . ultimately, what james actors. ultimately, what james cleverlys visit should be saying is you a future is if you want a future relationship with us, that's down to your behaviour because we will continue to uphold our values now expect you to values and now we expect you to be a positive contributor the be a positive contributor to the world stage and the world community. >> alicia kearns tory, chair of the foreign affairs select committee, thank you very much for joining us here on gb news. forjoining us here on gb news. thanks for your time . and of thanks for your time. and of course update you with course we'll update you with what's beijing what's been happening in beijing as reflect now as well. but let

if xi jinping is there they will see each other, but will there be some sort of bilateral?t know yet. the other opportunity would be in november at the apec summit, which the u.s. is hosting in california. that could potentially be another effort these individuals could meet before the end of the year. we have seen the tremendous outreach from the u.s. government to make sure they are having a dialogue with chinese officials. chinese officials have been to the u.s. but we have commerce secretary gina raimondo the fourth official to go in a matter of months. alix: really appreciate the report. let's stay on china. i am joined by amy celico who formerly served as senior director of china affairs at the office of the u.s. trade representative. it has been a long time. thanks for joining. what is your take away over last 24 hours? amy: i think it is quite positive. one that the chinese government and u.s. government agree there is a need to talk more. secretary ray mondo -- secretary gina raimondo the fourth high-level official going from washington to beijing. the secretary is

a lot of that has to do with xi jinping's own one-man rule style.do you see happening to chinese official decision-making, as we saw, for example, with dynamic zero covid for three years, and abruptly ending at the cost of one million or more deaths. so there has been a real shattering of confidence among chinese citizenry in general about the quality of government decision-making. and you have got all of the demographic and other headwinds that give them structural problems, the indebtedness we all know about, the plight of the real estate developers which has been in plain sight for a long time now. all of this has come home to roost. you do not want to use the word desperation, but there is certainly a sense that we need to patch this thing up for we get much deeper in the -- patch this thing up before we get much deeper in the hole and we will see where we are after the first round of these ministerial meetings. david: let's talk potential tangibles because you mentioned dynamic covid zero. when they exited that, china went to the foreign-policy

as xi jinping confronts the near-term economic issues, but confronts the looming demographic issues that will become most acute in the 2030s, he'll hit a democratic buzz saw that no society in history has dealt with. i think that could make him more aggressive in the near term. he, himself, 69 or 70 years old. so if you believe, as i do, that he's serious about achieving that lifelong ambition of taking taiwan, i think the next five years are the most dangerous. the window of maximum danger. it's also when we have some major defense issues that we're dealing with, big bills that are coming due, and our navy continues to get smaller and smaller and could potentially bottom out at 279 ships by 2027, and that is, of course, the target date xi jinping has set for his military to be ready to innovate taiwan. i think he actually becomes more available. >> and not just for taiwan, but also ukraine in the face of russia's invasion. as you know, some of your fellow republicans have wavered in their support or publicly opposed u.s. military support for ukraine. you've got a gop, the first presiden

xi jinping, the situation was slightly replayed.that, china positioned itself as a large unfolding country. that is, here we are in the global south , we were not invited to any of the seven with these exploiters, but we will not go, these are people who are countries that were metropolises of colonial powers. they exploited the south. we act as exploited in our time, as a whole century that we fought against this west. we are against this therefore, china has positioned itself very clearly here. and just like that, just give the americans a platform. well, i think that this is not in the interests of china, moreover , a representative went who was dashing with us, who was ambassador to the russian federation for a long time and who, apparently. they met the salivans, which he was there . apparently he gives, uh, a vision of china. their plans. he can not participate there, but at the same time. here you can see, it turns out another channel. well, this is a channel that, in principle, owes us something, yes, jack sullivan say. here