joining me now, melissa chen. you. >> ben: i want to talk a little about what we see in terms of the relationship between the biden administration in its early going anti-communist chinese party. we see so many different elements where i feel like america is projecting weakness, is not really going in terms of any direction that would seem confrontational with anything that the chinese are willing to do, and, you know, the anchorage meeting, in particular, was an embarrassing moment for america. what do you see, the relationship between this administration and china? >> so, there is what is said, what is said on the rhetoric level, but also what is done, and in terms of the biden administration so far, what we have seen is a lot of strong rhetoric. blinken came out just like pompeo did before him to reaffirm that this was what china is doing is perpetuating a genocide. they are strong on words, they sent envoys, retired politicians to taiwan, but it is very cosmetic, and in the climate case, this is pretty obvious

here with me now is melissa chen, a journalist at the spectator foundation. this is simple yet perfect distallation of the modern left. >> you're right. what is happening here is that the success of asian americans as a group is -- cannot be reconciled with the current tenants of diversity, equity and inclusion. rather than asking difficult questions, what can we do about it, why is this the case, they seek to change the situation by discriminating against asians to decrease enrollment across the board. so this is the push for affirmative action. it's a push to basically decrease enrollment. this is happening in a backdrop where biden's doj has dropped the lawsuit against yale for the asian american discrimination. you have schools that are abolishing their longstanding tests because too many asians have been getting in. it's an equity play all across the board. >> laura: i have to -- i have to remind everybody, in fairfax county, virginia, i believe if it's not the number 1 it's the number 2 science and technology school -- >> it's number 1. >> laura: number

here with me is melissa chen, journalist at the spectator foundation against intolerance, racism and forgery board member. this is a perfect distillation of the modern left, claiming to be antiracist while engaging in play racist behavior in decision-making. >> exactly right. what is happening is the success of asian americans as a group cannot be reconciled with the current tenets of diversity, equity and inclusion and read them asking what can we do about it, why is this the case they seek to change the situation by discriminating against asians, to decrease enrollment across the board and so the push for affirmative action, to decrease enrollment and this is happening in a backdrop, the lawsuit against yale for the asian american discrimination, you have schools like stuyvesant and abolishing their long-standing tests because too many asians have been getting in. it is an equity play across the board. >> in fairfax county, virginia, it is the number 2 science and technology school, phenomenal school, there's a good percentage of asian american kids, white kids, it is an interestin

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