and it was here in wuhan that, in 1966, chairman mao zedong made his famous swim — aged 73 — to provestill had the stamina to run the nation. xujishui came to wuhan to pursue his education. a former university lecturer, he now heads up a robotics company in the city's optics valley zone. xu's company began working in car assembly. the competition was tough. and the company is now automating the distillation process for a local white liquorfactory. for xujishui and his business partners, zhang zipeng and li yi, there are constant challenges. one of the young technicians was recently caught breaking health and safety regulations. and it is not the first time. huang tiesen also came to wuhan to make his name. his start—up company, senguo, is trying to market software that will enable fruit retailers to adjust their stock and pricing according to real time demand. but after a year, there has been little sign of success. staff are becoming nervous. this man is a front—end programmer who has been with the business since it began. tiesing chose wuhan to set up his company, hoping to break in

complicated interactions since the handshake in 1972 between president richard nixon in premier mao zedong that began a profitable but troubled relationship the state of missouri isn't waiting for the federal government it's already suing china for economic losses and there are private suits including a class action suit by florida businesses that seeks reparations on behalf of thousands of people. china calls the suits political farce distributing a cartoon video that accuses the u.s. of failing to protect its people for months. he said it was dangerous. now in china and in the u.s. the prospect of new economic penalties leads relations between the superpowers at their lowest point in the 21st century john hendren al-jazeera chicago. well nearly half of the states in the u.s. have possibly reopened for business as the total number of death pasta 66000 testing shows more than 1100000 people infected with 1000 nationwide but as robin also reports there is a glimmer of hope in new york as more patients are released. military jets flew information over the marble monuments of washington d.c.

. >>> china's revolutionary leader chairman mao zedong long ago issued a famous call to arms. a single spark, he said, can start a prairie fire. mao could not have imagined a fire like this. >> mysterious new cluster of pneumonia cases. >> they couldn't count the bodies. >> the moment when a worldwide catastrophe was born. >> chaos in wuhan. what did the chinese hide? >> the government of wuhan was saying shut up. be quiet about this. >> the virus was silently moving through the population. >> the men who hid the truth. >> they made it much worse for the chinese people. they contributed to a pandemic that swept the globe. >> one man who told the truth. >> you know, this could be me. >> whistles for a whistle-blower. rage from a devastated people. >> outpouring of grief. >> china's furious battle to stop the killer covid. >> they used brutal measures. no question about it. >> a country and a leader desperate to hold off to newfound global stature. >> the greatest threat to their control since the tiananmen square uprising. >> words of praise -- >> i spoke with president xi and t

. >>> china's revolutionary leader chairman mao zedong long ago issued a famous call to arms. single spark, he said, can start a prairie fire.

eisenhower's view of east asia, mao zedong, it was still closely aligned to the soviets. in 1954, the soviets refused to sell the chinese submarines. in 1958, the chinese's refused to put up transponder-y stations so that the soviets can control their submarines in the pacific via china. there's already lots of-y tensions. the biggest intelligence failure -- sailor of the post 1950 period is the length of time it takes the west to realize that the eastern block is fundamentally divided and that provides strategic opportunities for the west. as far as the middle east is concerned, eisenhower believed, like most of our american policymakers, democrats and republicans, that it would be possible to-y take these newly independent ex-colonies and turn them into pro-american liberal-y democracies -- independent x communist ex-communist colonies and turn them into pro-american liberal democracies. he regarded israel the cause of instability and he was angry about the 1956 war. -y i wouldn't say that he was necessarily lacking in understanding of the world. as president and the sa

china has its worst performance since chairman minds -- chairman mao zedong.ion in the economy. services pmi plunged by 44 percentage points to 5.4 in april. the lowest in the world, and hitting single digits for the first time on record. this accounts for more than half of india's total gdp. u.s. debt sales are soaring with a deficit approaching $4 trillion. the treasury is boosting the amount of debt it will issue to a record $96 billion to revive government funding amid a recession. they expect to auction the first 20 year bond on may 20. the administration sees a 40% contraction in growth in the current quarter. been toldtrump has legislation that would require clearance from congress for any military action against iran. the senate passed a motion in february, with some republicans voting with democrats. describing the resolution as insulting, the president said it is based on misunderstanding for the facts and law. ratingr putin's approval hit a record low amid the coronavirus fall out and collapse in oil prices. to 59% in april, 53% in march. the worst