january 6, 2021 when xi jinping's best day in office. when the united states degrades its own democracy on the world stage for people all over to it as it undermines our ability to lead and the power of our example. what kind of example are we setting when former administrations take the side of dictators? what can of example are resetting your former boss, the likely presidential dominate of your party is promising to be a dictator? mr. pompeo, , you write regimesn moscow tehran pyongyang all owe their continued existence of chinese communist party. uams that prior to the invasion of screen picky descriptiveness quote very capable end quote and said you quote the enormous respect for him. also missing from your marks these regimes have an ally in donald trump. just this month donald trump praised kim jong-un's at about the natural for them to misquote a tough, smart guy. while in office he considered meeting with moderna and second-guess his own administrations recognition of venezuelan legitimate president. you reject its own intellige

and xi jinping on what terms. makes sure high end dual materials, we should focus intensely in the reterm and shut not part of it down, but all of it down. as for the, you know, the beach balls and blankets and the likes and more complicated problem sets and it's a continuum, but the effort today has to be protect the crown jewels of the american economy and make sure that we have the resources that we need to continue to deliver american manufacturing across the world. >> thank you, i'll yield back. >> thank you. secretary castor. >> good morning. secretary panetta, in 2022, after vladimir putin and russia invaded ukraine, the united states, president biden and our n.a.t.o. allies helped rally freedom loving people across the globe to support ukraine. what do you surmise xi jinping and the prc took from that? what lesson did they take from the swiftness of that coalition? st >>as i mentioned in my testimony, i really do think that russia and china grew more aggressive because they sensed a weakness on the part of

that got the attention of xi jinping. and, the fact that that invasion was stopped, the fact that the united states and our allies came together to help ukraine has been a major signal, i think, to xi to think twice about taiwan. >> around that time, putin and xi said there were no limits to the steepening relationship. they wanted to convey that publicly, to send a message to the rest of the world, and i think that is correct. the swiftness of the coalition, the robustness of it sent a message to china and xi, but now it seems like they are waiting for the next election this year. they are kind of hedging that there's going to be a change in policy, and they see that the congress has not been able to pass a supplemental to bolster the ukrainian people. what is xi jinping and the prc taking from the fact that the congress is not yet united in continuing to repel this foreign aggression from putin? >> look, as mike mullen has said, dysfunction in washington is a threat to national security. because, our ability to govern,

more the headache for xi jinping to manage. annabelle: when you talk about tension, there is always the cross straight tensions. what are we likely to hear around taiwan independence? >> the two sessions and the government work that the premier delivers is usually not a setting to announce any new policies on taiwan or foreign policy more broadly. that is more the business of the communist party and xi jinping who leads foreign policy. there are always a few lines on these issues. a watch point for this is whether the premier repeats the top taiwan official -- with the top taiwan official said at a recent conference about fighting rather than just curbing or opposing so-called taiwan independence to use the party's own language. the wording of fighting. the highest level that would have been presented in any party state official context which could signal toughening of the coercive and intimate a tory measures -- intimidating measures beijing is trying to use to ensure the incoming taiwan president does not go beyond what beiji

we got wind last night that xi jinping would meet the u.s.elegation not only executives, but heck damien -- academia. blackstone's steve schwarzman was a participant and tim cook was there. albert boiler was there and the heads of fedex and show but were there meeting with chinese officials. usually they meet with the premier and this time, li qiang was sidelined just like we saw at the national people's congress. it was xi jinping who came in today and met face-to-face with executives. tom: you are on the ground and you been speaking to leaders, are they convinced china or is making this effort? how much conviction is there that china is a place to do business? stephen: the fact that they made the effort indicates interest. companies we've spoken to, fortescue metals and pascal of astrazeneca, they've been investing due to the pandemic and years before. investing into seven different biopharmaceutical companies, in for the long haul. they are coming to reestablish ties that might've paused during the pandemic and reassess policy because ther

we heard from xi jinping in beijing. he is trying to put on a charm offensive.think it will work? there are conflicting messages coming from beijing. richard: absolutely. this has been the most striking thing about china, policy volatility. we love fbi. what we saw in beijing, the next day the anti-espionage law, and so forth. getting clarity of messaging has been difficult for beijing. you want to have that clarity continuing for a long time, not in short bursts. i think it will have an impact up to a point. the sort of people he had in the meeting, he is a little bit preaching to the choir. there are other people he would have to persuade. stephen: there has to be follow-through on implementation and promises and more clarity on policy. are we getting any of that at the forum? it seems more muted than in the past. we will get -- richard: you have come for many years. i first came 20 years ago. it seems quite subdued to me. we are not getting the top people. xi is in beijing. we do not have the broad representation of business leaders, very few american voices.

really, what they're trying to do is appease xi jinping.othing words from the chinese premier about what they're going to do to provide equal treatment to foreigners, and at the same time we hear this headline from the chinese central government that they're going to phase out the use of intel and amd chips in government devices so really what you've got is they will say anything but really what they're doing is making sure that foreigners have no role in the chinese market because xi jinping believes that they should not be making money in china at all and that china's market should be reserved 100% for chinese state enterprises and maybe, maybe chinese private entrepreneurs. maria: politico is reporting that treasury second janet yellen is also going to travel to china to meet with members of the country senior leadership next month. she keeps going back for more. doesn't look like we're getting anything from come china with ca with all these meetings, does it. >> certainly not. someone should remind secretary yell yen yen she is the secr

xi jinping in beijing decide they want to take a business person and take them off the street that'sically allow the ccp to march into any business that wants to march into and start taking intellectual property, putting people in jail the prc espionage law allows prc agencies to inspect the equipment facilities on related programs and tools of relevant individuals and organizations may read or collect relevant documents data materials or items in crp are using the power surveyed american companies they did so to bain. >> in a month they did it to the us-based due diligence firm then they also didn't to cat vision and essentially what they did they said we do not want bad news, also we have foreign businesses that were disconnected from wind information which is the biggest provider of financial data and china, really was an attempt to control the narrative. maria: if they say you are doing surveillance you are giving away trade secrets, is the ccp to say what the secret what is not a secret. >> it's even worse than that, before the amendment in july they covered secrets, now covers

. >> with china >> appears to be preparing for its d-day its leader xi jinping has said, he seeks a peaceful reunion. >> but >> he wants his military ready to invade if necessary >> within three >> years, according to us intelligence why would china risk everything >> and throw the world into turmoil? over an island and less than 1% of its size to understand why we need to understand taiwan once a land of poverty that became a powerful economy taiwan was officially slated to japan, a former colony turn vibrant democracy but for >> china, they full-scale civil war over taiwan it is an open wound part of a history of humiliation which remains unfinished business good evening. i'm fareed zakaria welcome to a special hour on taiwan the national palace museum holds much of china's most precious works of art treasures from the song dynasty vases from the ming dynasty 8,000 years of priceless history it's china's metropolitan museum of art. it's louvered >> but it >> is not in beijing it isn't taipei, the capital of taiwan >> erase fork territory began in 1949. >> there has to be no compromise >> a

more than any other two world leaders have met whenever one of the last times russia, together xi jinping because of the partnership a change in world order not seen in 100 years these two cemented a relationship russia junior partner but if russia, china teaming up in space does note bode well for united states we've load a war in cyberspace discussions probably about a month ago, will related to the nuclear capabilities antisatellite capabilitiesed russia trying to perfect in space. >> what about this week marks commencements of national people's congress annual session in beijing i remember a couple years ago when they celebrating 100 years of communist party during the national peoples congress, deceive xi said anybody who gets in china's way in terms of our reunification of taiwan will get heads busted to death he actually said that so that xi jinping, you will get heads into dust. >> what should we expect this year. i am so glad you brought this up for so often for some reason in this country we don't believe dictators when they say when we are going to do whether putin saying going

xi jinping has repeatedly said he wants high-quality development. he said that 128 times in 2023, double that of 2022. while they are de-risking, they don't want to exacerbate those debt issues in china. haslinda: talk to us about the sentiment on the ground. we have seen unusually protests from the chinese people. there is a sense communication has been lacking. they are unsure how xi jinping's visions will be materialized. >> i can give you some anecdotal evidence from the people i have spoken to this weekend here. everyone says the economy is not doing well. they also want clear signs from the government that they will do something to help their situations. at the core of that is property. the property market has absolutely heard people's paper wealth, household wealth, and confidence. the deflationary environment, 15 consecutive months of deflation on wholesale prices at the factory gate. we have had four or five months now of cpi deflation. there is a worry that there is a policy disconnect going forward. one person told us that they are lookin

. >>> meantime, china's xi jinping is set to meet american ceos in beijing next week.e? what can you tell us about the meeting? lauren: it's wednesday, and the "wall street journal" says the ceo of chubb, we've gangrene berg -- evan green greenberg, and the head of the u.s.-china business council will attend so far meeting with xi. why? look at the foreign capital flight from china. their economy is slowing, so you could say the president of china is eager to woo u.s. firms and their wallets. but separately, something is going on this weekend. dozens of ceos will be in china for their development forum, and they include apple, micron, pfizer, starbucks, you name it, about a dozen or so is ceos. it's a separate meeting and, presumably, the one with, and i would happen a few days later. "the wall street journal" is saying it would be wednesday. ashley: interesting. lauren, thank you. one u.s. admiral testifying that china is bidding its military or and and nuclear arsenal on a scale not soon since world war ii and they could be ready to invade taiwan by 2027, just 3 year

the leader of course, the president in this case xi jinping, is not speaking. does not hold press conferences ever. there is a disconnect and a distance between the people in the president. the premier was able to get more hands-on. that has been scrapped. it should also be not too surprising given how xi jinping has taken an unconventional approach to governing especially in his precedent busting third term. there been complaints not only for international investors but also domestically that there is not a lot of transparency in policymaking and in communication. taking away this opportunity to ask questions even if they are scripted or not questions, it takes away in avenue to ask direct questions of senior leaders and adds more questions about the transparency of this government ship you mention at the top how goldman sachs in this interview is saying clients have been every client ask them is now the to get into china and her advice was no. that was not the time because of the repeated stresses in the chinese economy. the main pillars are under stress of t

but sadly xi jinping changed nature of the chinese regime. until the leaders middle managers and ceo who worked for companies that do business in china, you are next. when xi jinping tells you this is a win-win trans ctransaction he has stolen more intellectual property than any other human being by dollar value and destroyed more american businesses by un undermining them, out come meeting them -- outcome pout. >> david: sounds like new york city. that is another story. a lot of businesses are wondering whether this placet to business. they keep coming, i am wondering what the lure is, if china's economy is going down, they buy less. they are producing less, they are not able to -- they have opposite of our inflation they have deflation. they cannot sell as much. it there still enough of a middle class in china, so it is within their business to do business with china? >> in i think a couple different things some manufacture and make in china so they have big capital investments that seems fine to me, some are there because they fl are looki

do you think that xi jinping with all his power modeling himself at.e that he's all powerful, you've got to remember that with power comes accountability and china is falling you apart and he isg blamed and a we've seen signs that do not occur in periods of stability. they coincided with xi jinping getting his third term as communist party general secretary, in other words, as ruler of china and that can't be a win coincidence. there are things occurring in china that we don't know about but they don't point to stability in the chinese regime. in fact, they point the other way. maria: does that mean to you that xi jinping gets more aggressive, gordon or do you the economy plummeting, the stock market lost $6 billion in value in the last couple of years, two years or so, does he become more aggressive or does he worry that the economy is so weak and the equities are so weak that he needs partnerships? >> it could go either way. but we have also seen xi jinping become more aggressive recently. it's not just taiwan. it's also in the philippines and south

the web i find it significant but not unsurprising right and not surprising because essentially xi jinping is the playbook on the political norms for the last 30 years or so after i get about the dong's passing there were certain protocols and procedures that were put into place or how to run the government xi jinping has changed a lot of that we have not even have the third plenum which was supposed to be held in the autumn which is the third plenum is the forward planning long-term planning for the economy they never held that so we were not able to read the tea leaves from that eating for what will be sort of cemented here at the national people's congress and so now with li qiang the premier not giving a press conference which is been tradition at the end of the national people's congress which would've been next week either monday or tuesday for the press conference is the one opportunity that local press international press any press that are able to ask direct questions to a top chinese leader the premier in this case obviously xi jinping does not give interviews but the premier tra

the wall street journal reporting that china's xi jinping plans to meet u.s.quote ensures chub's ceo along with the president of the national committee on u.s. china relations along with craig alan, president of the u.s. china business council expected to attend along with ray dalio and larry fink. yesterday, apple's ceo was in shanghai for the opening of the company's newest store. joining us now is the chairman of the china policy initiative, d.c. international advisory ceo and former deputy national security advisor for dick cheney, steve yates back with me. steve, thanks very much tore being here. i feel like the sendment around china has changed very much on a corporate level had. level.you've got lots of opports for ceos to look for alternatives for the china supply chain. goldman sachs telling clients china is uninvestable and yet this group is still headed to beijing next week. what are you expecting? >> well, i have very, very low expectations in terms of what i think they should be addressing. i agree with all of the framing that you begin with but t

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layer a very hostile to business and to western governments and america government in the form of xi jinping. it is also, this is the type of situation where you can literally wake up one day and see that china is preparing to invade taiwan. that could very well put the u.s. and china on a course towards a kinetic war with each other. that is another reason why china is on investable -- not investable. back to the way that we see the world come in 2020, covid shut most of the u.s. down and shut a lot of the world down. it dawned on us that coming out of covid, it was going to be the biggest geopolitical realignment since world war two. it would all be about relationships with china. the question was what is the trade? what we settled on was that the country that is going to be the most profoundly benefited by this realignment is relative to the size of the market and economy should be vietnam. it will be ground zero for money for foreign direct investment that would have gone into china that is now looking for other homes because of the need to diversify supply chains because of the politica

xi jinping telling american ceos visiting beijing they need to invest in china more despite nationality laws which undermine foreign independence, the colonists leader claiming its economy has not peaked. new fox news polls this morning spell bad news for president biden as half of americans disapprove of aspects of biden's job performance from the economy to inflation and weak policies on immigration. president trump leading biden by the biggest margin yet. special tribute to joe lieberman who passed away yesterday at the age of 82. his political legacy coming up this morning, joining the conversation all morning long caroline down easier, strategic wealth partner mark tepper is here and senate candidate joe pinion is here. "mornings with maria" is live right now. >> time for the hot topic of hour fox news polls finding former president trump leading biden by five points nationally in a head-to-head matchup, this is the biggest lead against joe biden and a hypothetical five way race, trump is ahead of 42% with biden behind him and jfk junior at 12% coming in at number three, joe bid

on this issue, even before it was so clear of communist china's goals motives against america xi jinpingmics in beijing today a chief executives blackstone qualcomm fedex in have attendance xi jinping said china has gone through all sorts of difficulties clalz to get where it is today called for more cooperation between united states and china secretary calling for more cooperation, while he undermines the country in plain sight. >> yeah, classic chinese propaganda mug them on the backside deliver fentanyl destroying the country, threaten taiwan come after philippines billed a military, no intention of win-win solutions what chinese talk about they say we want win-win solutions xi jinping has as deep intention hegemony to control as much global economy as he can american business have a responsibility i get it there we encouraged them go there ho years show not a be naÏve allowing companies to operate inside china because in the best interest there will come a day that won't be true much like many other american companies thae kicked out, stolen intellectual property attempted to destroy

new leader in the mold of mao was far less tolerant of bold assertions from its sibling rival xi jinping his signature initiative was china's great rejuvenation restoring it's historic status as a great power >> until taiwan is brought back into the fold, that region juvan nation will not be seen as complete >> in hong kong she effectively eradicated one country, two systems bringing a freedom loving city to its knees >> taiwanese were riveted by what was happening in hong kong >> the message to taiwan was clear you could be next what happened to the golden boy of new jersey, governor jim aggrieved. >> i engaged in an adult consensual affair with another man. >> it was shocking was it an instant attraction? yeah. >> greed, these top fundraiser under investigation, he put a lover want to stay payroll. >> the reasons you immigrating resigned is a lot more complicated. then we remember did you want to be outed united states of scandal with jake tapper? >> i've got to go to therapy is if they're having an interview which i definitely new episode next sunday nine on cnn. >> this looks like an

goalfor a technocratic sort of jinping's goal for a technocratic sort of software and hardware drivener the world. and i think he's kind of dreaming and overcoming the difficult problems within china that requires a different path, and he's not going in that direction.— and he's not going in that direction. ~ ., ~ ., direction. also talking about the chinese _ direction. also talking about the chinese government - direction. also talking about. the chinese government having limited options in trying to stimulate the economy. they have among _ stimulate the economy. they have among the _ stimulate the economy. they have among the highest - stimulate the economy. tia: have among the highest debt stimulate the economy. tta: have among the highest debt to gdp in the world. they've got the property market up to 30% of gdp and has basically poland by 30%. —— basically fallen. they had a boom over the past decade and instead of letting the free markets try to grow and get the amazon of china to move forward, they're putting $1 trillion and more into semiconductors, which is a great idea, exc

that's kinda my thing. >>> a lot of news out of china this week with chinese president xi jinping who has met with expectation turs of blackstone and qualcomm he chose not to meet with ceos at the chinese development forum, which was earlier this week the dutch prime minister will meet with xi later in a conversation that's expected to be tense it's unclear whether they'll be allowed to service the equipment it's already sold to chinese firms when existing licenses expire. >>> well, government officials and top execs are meeting in china. so let's get more with lyin lin who's there on the ground covering the event blow by low lin. >> hi, mandy day two of the forum has been very busy. lots of conversations about quality, financial cooperation, as well as foreign investment, which has been dominating discussions in recent days we're seeing this concerted effort by beijing to bring that foreign capital back under scored as you just highlighted by that meeting between president xi jinping and those top u.s. executives. the question remains, of course, is this going to move the needle beca

most almost on the right is very critical of xi jinping in a way that they some may not of putin. and in you know i think criticize them and denunciation of china is probably one of the few bipartisan activities in dc going back to the iraq war you look at people like tucker people like jd who actually served in the military to lots of republicans who advocated for the war. do you not think that they would that what they're saying today is of a practical reality and it may be an overreaction, the disaster and hence trump came to power announcing that he wanted no more stupid, endless wars in middle east. i don't think that slogan have resonated. if we did not. iraq and. so are you. i'm curious how you deal with the iraq issue. your book ideal it head on which is stuck in the left that was a very restrained question from you, by the way. i have more if there's time. what i. i do not create some scenario where i suddenly exculpate all the never trumpers for their sins of the past which is that many of the never trumpers were neoconservative and were gung for the iraq war, which was

chinese president xi jinping meeting with american ceos in beijing yesterday, telling these ceos thehe ceos of qualcomm, blackstone, fed ex, among others, all in aten donees. there's a group of people, chub ceo also. the wall street journal editorial board out with this, we hope these business leaders understand that mr. xi's promises are not worth much, he and the party can turn in a minute if it suits their political interests, his assurances won't stop china's continuing attempts to steal u.s. business and government secrets. joining me now is heritage foundation president, kevin roberts. thank you for being here. we see the american ceos going to kiss the ring of xi jinping so they can sell their products for 1.4 billion people regardless of the national security he threat. >> it's true. i have to you applaud the wall street journal for understanding the american nation state, national security is far more important of than concerns about the market in china, maria. so all of that to say, wouldn't it be nice for us to wake up in america tomorrow and realize that fortune 100 compa

xi jinping himself he has decided to make a change instead of biting and hiding he striving for■wt ofor achievement he's been engaging the global south and the rest of the world inag wayse have not seen t before. and so a lot of this development we are seeing over the last decade is because mr. xi jinping decided he was going to strive for achievement.nder that rubrie this increasing tension developing between the united states and china some have called a new cold war. it is within this context the middle countries in the global south in particular become geo strategically important as well in ways that may be reminiscent in some ways of the way theye■y were important during the first cold war. however, i would like to suggest this is a different world we live in today. during the first cold war united states found itself in proxy wars with the soviet union all around the globe. africa, angola, ethiopia, we are fighting with the chinese. so i do not believe in the current world this a current cold war if you will that we are in is going to lead to proxy wars across the globe. in fact

neil: i like the ceos had to line up and xi jinping will be getting in the room and waiting.ilar golf clap. neil: always good seeing you. jackie deangelis and "the big money show" next. jackie: i'm jkd is a list.

john: the report out of washington overnight, i think it shows the modernization xi jinping has undertaken last few years with the chinese military is continuing unabated by the economic slowdown we've seen in the country. just a few weeks ago we got from the national people's congress that china's national defense budget will increase more by 7%, the biggest jump in five years. despite whatever headwinds we've seen in terms of growth economically, the money being put into modernizing fighting force as xi jinping would call it, is continuing unabated without any pausing, whatever the economic situation. annabelle: the modernization of military hardware but also the question of effective combat operations -- is china any more prepared in that sense for a sustained conflict? john: i think that's a question that will be extremely difficult to answer unless there is an actual conflict. the reason is, all that money xi jinping and china has spent, it's been able to equip the people's liberation army with much more advanced technology equipment, fifth-generation fighter jets, aircraft carriers.

xi jinping has dedicated it. and so one of my concerns is, indeed, xi jinping decides after some amount of time these guys and they are mostly all guys, can't do their job. then someone else offers him a magical ai system and he says great, can't be worse than these guys. i think it is absolutely a concern. i think it is something toll watch. again, there is hopefully some value and dialogue on this topic. we can't solve the problem for them, but it's something that's really important. >> what would we be looking for? if you were to say -- define some metrics for us to say if we see a consolidation >>> what would we be kalooking for? can you define some metrics for us? if we see a consolidation of military leadership or the elimination of a layer of leadership, i mean how might we think about what would be a measure of xi xinping saying a.i. has to be better than what i've got. >> nathan and i have had sessions together, we have a wall of metrics we can use to understand analytical questions like these. i think i

in addition, there are reports that putin will visit china in may 24 for talks with xi jinping, and thisbe putin's first foreign visit after the pseudo-elections of the so-called elections in russia. what do you think, mr. volodymyr? china's efforts to help.

even with shaping a promise is xi jinping to follow through? is the rest of the chinese communist party state going to follow through? it is not managed every day day today going on we keep sit here and third how do we define election interference? it might need something different for the u.s. i think there's a lot of challenges to that it's good to see the vita ministration engaging with the last point i will make as jake mentioned briefly the china government put out a white paper ahead of the uk summit in october of last year and a global governance. one of those tenants actually said no one should be doing ai driven social media information that is low-lying fruit for the bite administration to say great, we agree let's not do it. so far i've not seen the bite administration see that as an opportunity. again we can discuss whether we should can trust chinese government pledge on that topic but it's an opportunity for positive engagement. >> thank you. >> commissioner i could continue with you. you said in your testimony that the ccp fears

that is exactly what the chinese men and by the way come all men when they went to see xi jinping theyommg in chinese communist spec adult that was sort of reminiscent with the dash where they did kiss the ring, bow, show their loyalty to the chinese rulers.th this is a hideous spectacle. t he>> laura: there is a piece or two in "the wall street journal" how hong kong is getting crusheg by china. and remember a short time ago, we were seeing all these hopeful pieces that hong kong couldre. exist, not quite as it was before, but it wouldn't be kindn of a heavy repression at the hands of the ccp. that is out the window.on >> absolutely. i spent some time in hong kongdl when i was younger and it was ae city of incredible vibrancy and there was hope to but i think the experiment has been wrong, one country, to country systems that the city has pledged and the people taiwagonen are lookie and the life out of hong kong. if you talk to the people they are, t certainly left and it's t the same place my independent c place and it is sad. and i think, look, we can talkre about communism and xi j

xi jinping is scared to death of american subs.mental unlocks $6 billion for our sub capacity to build subs, $5 billion to produce 155 millimeter howitzer rounds, javelins, stingers, tomahawks, so this is about our industrial capacity to protect america first and then, of course, we need to get some of these weapons to our allies who are facing existential threats whether taiwan, israel, and ukraine and i think when you talk about it from that perspective, it should unite republicans, not divide them. >> i imagine it would help if donald trump endorsed this package. he hasn't done it. here's what he said last night at a rally in richmond about vladimir putin. >> putin has so little respect for obama he's starting to throw around the nuclear word. nuclear. he's starting to talk nuclear weapons today. i was waiting for that to happen. but we have a fool, a fool as a president. he said we will never leave until there is complete and total victory. we might there be a long time. >> i know you have endorsed mr. trump. he seemed to confu

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xi jinping resisted big stimulus and emphasizing de-risking and deleveraging.xternal is poignant and that is why this is an important congress. we saw foreign investment rise by the least amount since 1993. years of investment have slowed because of the economy in the risk of concerns. lots to discuss. tom: seems like a pivotal moment. what are investors looking for? stephen: policy. in february, we saw the national team prop up the stock market which helped confidence. spending was good and consumption is a big pillar. mortgage holders and first time, buyers may be feel burned or were hesitant to go forward with a purchase. the private sector accounts for 60% of gdp. the private crackdowns have been shattered. there have been surveys asking what is the most important thing and it is employment. over the next week we will see what date of those confidence. tom: stephen engle the ground. the uss israel has agreed to a six-week cease-fire in exchange for hostages. bloomberg's news director rosalynn madison joins us. what has changed and are we any closer? >> we s

are doing everything to strengthen the economy, and we are looking for new productive forces, as xi jinpingand now repeated to the lions, and at the same time we are increasing the military budget to be ready for any situation. mr. igor, you said that china is interested in russia's war in ukraine stopping as soon as possible, they they think moscow is not full of reason, and so on, but nevertheless, to drag moscow right away to the first round of any peace negotiations is to actually allow it to continue the mantra once again, and here mr. vitaly will now remind me that there is denazification, extermination, defication , i’m sorry, please, i can’t twist these words, to be honest, so what, does it give us at least some options for getting out of the situation, that is, china’s desire... according to you, in principle it is understandable and can even very right, but at the same time, what does now the chinese representative does not in any way pave the way for the realization of these wishes, well , they think differently, they think that if you rather bring russia and ukraine to the table

xi jinping is the chairman of everything. domestic and foreign policy, the military.else is going to edge in on him. they want this session to be over and done with and they can go back to what is important. we're wondering will chinese leadership announce a third plan to put a broader framing on these policies to try to reassure people? they are not looking at the npc as a source of leadership, announcing the third plenum would help address that. haidi: always good to have your views, senior advisor at csi, scott kennedy. morgan stanley is seeing more volatility as beijing's growth failed to excite investors. let's get more from jeannie. it is the 5% target seen as too ambitious if it does not come along with stimulus. investors are not confident. jeannie: yes, exactly. there is still caution, skepticism after the targets were outlined. in china, the market was disappointed. the bright side was government bonds, which came bigger than expected, but apart from that the rest of the targets are in line with expectations and investors are saying to achieve the target wil

, after the contacts of the president zelensky with the head of the people's republic of china xi jinpingt whom we have almost forgotten. why is this such an important topic again? well, he is not the one who invents these topics. he got the team, he went. i thought so there. that yes, since the phase is coming, or the phase has already come, as they believe, well, in military actions, which do not see absolute prospects behind them, then it is necessary to move the process from its place with this very negotiation process, that is why the necessity that emerged to go to the lihuey team again and it means again already a... to pierce this question, i cannot speak otherwise, i cannot express another opinion, except what i have already said, ugh, and please tell me, mr. igor, there is such information that russia could have been preparing, or at least to think about a nuclear strike on the territory of ukraine in 2022, and we talked a lot about the fact that maybe even china has become a safeguard, an additional one, maybe for... the russian federation, so as not to do this. is china's posi

the president of the people's republic of china xi jinping personally held in-depth communication witheaders of various countries, including. russia and ukraine. everything we have done is aimed at one goal: to pave the way and build bridges to end hostilities and hold peace talks. here wanyi says what is official beijing started talking with the beginning of the great war about the fact that there are two sides, and they should sit down at the table for negotiations, but there was no statement from the chinese side that russia should leave the territory of ukraine and... this is the mediation that they suggest what it is connected with , why they do not want, they do not want to quarrel with russia, they want russia to be exhausted in the war with ukraine and with, well, with our western partners who help us, that is, why china reacts so passively on this? well, look, this is a very deep topic, i will not be for china to answer, i will only... i will say one thing, if someone thinks there in china, and elsewhere, that they will pressure ukraine so that ukraine is forced to give up par

of his statements about biden and about ... what he didn't give there, and his flirting about xi jinpingth korea and about other countries, which in one way or another are now putin's allies. all of them did not comment on the internal situation, including statements. the following is much more important to us: there was an option that we could be like this, well... for the company, and the issue of ukraine, we did not avoid this, so in principle, maybe it will be good, because donald trump actually pushed joseph biden there, if you can say so politically, on the issue of ukraine in the campaign, now the issue of helping ukraine has become the subject of the election campaign, so it is not so bad, it will be more difficult, of course to work in this regard, but it will already be the attention paid by the entire american society, you know? what it means? this means that voters are also paying attention to it. traditionally, in america, foreign policy in general is about the 20th issue there. and now it's not even a question of the near future, not even the question of china, which contin

first though president xi jinping meeting with u.s. business chiefs urging them to invest in beijing. we'll be live at the forum next, this is bloomberg. this is bloomberg. ♪ welcome to ameriprise. i'm sam morrison. my brother max recommended you. so, my best friend sophie says you've been a huge help. at ameriprise financial, more than 9 out of 10 of our clients are likely to recommend us. our neighbors, the garcía's, love working with you. because the advice we give is personalized, -hey, john reese, jr. -how's your father doing? to help reach your goals with confidence. my sister's told me so much about you. that's why it's more than advice worth listening to. it's advice worth talking about. ameriprise financial. >> the respective successes of china and the u.s. are opportunities for each other. as long as both sides regard each other as partners, respect each other, live in peace and cooperate for win-win result, china-u.s. relations will become better. paul: that's chinese president xi jinping making his pitch for foreign investm

addition, there are reports that putin will visit china on may 24 of that year for talks with xi jinpingand this may become putin's first foreign visit after the pseudo-elections, the so-called elections in russia, how do you, mr. volodymyr, evaluate these efforts of china to help russia get out of the situation that volodymyr putin forced the country into? i don't think that here... it's about trying to help, it's about china wanting to confirm once again, again, just like turkey in its interests in relations with the russian federation, so china its leadership, and in as a whole in the world and in the region, china until, well, not until recent years was very active, let's say, in western and eastern europe, and today he is trying, well, not to regain this leadership, but to enter this region as well. as a serious player, we remember that the special representative of china, mr. bihui , has visited almost all the countries of the region that are involved in, well, one way or another, in the russian-ukrainian war, there is a chinese peaceful peaceful plan, although it is difficult to c

the businessmen by the way they were all men today when they went to see xi jinping.ating in the chinese communist spectacle that was sort of reminiscent of what foreigners did in the elm pearl they kissed the ring, they did bough and showed loyalty to the chinese rulers. this ask a hideous spectacle. >> laura: heldridge there was a piece or two in the "wall street journal" about how hong kong is getting crushed by china. and remember, just a short time ago, we were seeing all these hopeful pieces that hong kong could exist, not quite as it was before. but it wouldn't be kind of a heavy repression at the hands of the ccp. well, that's out the window. >> absolutely. i mean, i spent some time in hong kong when i was younger. a still of incredible vibrancy and there was hope. i think, you know, the experiment has been run. the one country, two systems that the chinese pledged and clearly people on taiwan looking at and life gone out of hong kong people who were there certainly have left. it's not the same place. it's not that innovative, independent place. it is very sad

well, by the way, one more president, or one leader of china, xi jinping, who actively communicates withputin and with the russians in general, he, according to the politician, is going to paris for negotiations with by french president emmanuel macron at the beginning of may. the sixtieth anniversary of diplomatic relations between paris and beijing will be celebrated there, but not only, as the politician writes, recently officials told the publication that... they are trying to convince europe to allow russia to sit at the table of future peace negotiations in switzerland, otherwise beijing will boycott such meetings , the publication writes. in addition, there are reports that putin will visit china in may 24 for talks with xi jinping, and this may become putin's first foreign visit after the so-called pseudo-elections. elections in russia, how do you, mr. volodymyr, assess these efforts by china to help russia get out of the situation vladimir putin has driven the country into? i don't think that this is about trying to help, this is about china wanting to confirm once again, once a