nelson wong, the vice chairman of the shanghai sent over international studies. always a pleasure. thanks for joining us. thank you. thank you. i thank you for joining us as well for this program from moscow on this saturday. we're back in about half an hour. ah. with ah, for the 1st time in history, an entire country's culture has been trashed with a very modern weapon cancelled culture. really desert one the will are lucille my love. so all in one when you get just me said in the one it with the phrase now particularly refers to counseling russian culture.

nelson wong, the vice chairman of the shanghai center for international studies, a very good afternoon to you. so thanks so much for joining us here on the program . what did you make about trump's comments that america should not have quit the military base so close to that of the chinese facility on the president trunk late. they saw these remarks during his recent interview with an indian television station, but i think it's, it's part of mr. prompts preparation for running for president in the next 2 years. so it basically reflects the political reality of the united states, the most powerful and most real country in the world today. they do have, i believe military facilities or intelligence facilities everywhere around the world. and since not a stand alone case. so mr. wong, i'm sorry to jump in, but i wanted to ask you, according to trump, china has a nuclear weapons base very close to afghanistan. as far as you know, does china have a nuclear weapons facilitating the afghan histone? while i have no idea where our military or nuclear facilities are, because i'm, i'm not aware o

and just a bit earlier i spoke with nelson wong, the vice chairman of the shanghai center, who says that china made clear what is red lines are. and it's not going to yield on them. been called for a minister, has said it very correctly, that it is time for the us to re position itself. and its attitude was handling relations which tried because the relations between the 2 big country is that us in china, our current at its lowest point seems to the 2 sides, established a diplomatic relations. mrs of china has maybe very clear that the red lines is ministry about the issue of taiwan. because taiwan is considered as the core interest of china, the re unification of the 2 sides of the straight. so that's a very can read law in that china has put it out and in terms of the actual happenings when you asked or what are the red lines. the red lines have been laid out very clearly is 2 rules. but when taiwan wants to get independent and when to, if the separates in taiwan wants to go for an independent island of taiwan, then china is definitely not going to allow that. all right, thanks for joi

far east and gas pipeline. shanghai center for impact and international studies, vice chairman nelson wong says agreement is a tipping point for both for bilateral relations and global practice. a more and more countries are going to to make their settlement in local currencies instead of the us dollar. so i think we're going to see more and more happenings like this in the near future. it is quite significant actually considering that the world is changing fast and so far that the global supply chain is going through a major phase of reshuffling. it's quite a remarkable step. it will definitely set a precedent, and it is a milestone step in terms of our cross border trade between china and russia. the eastern economic foreign company taking place in the russian city of la yvonne stock is a key platform for business in the eastern states of russia. it allows companies mainly from on and asian pacific region, countries to establish new ties and to attract investors. before him includes exhibitions, paddle sessions, round tables, tv debates, business breakfast, sand business dialogues. alway

shawn calling center for impact and international studies. vice chairman unvil die club experts, nelson wong. many thanks for joining goes on the program. mr. one can, i'd really love to ask you just how significant is the russian chinese decision to switch away from the dollars using national currency. so significant this, this where it is quite significant actually. i mean, considering that the world is changing fast and so far as the global supply chain is going through a major face of re shuffled. so lis, gas d o between gas brawl and c, n, p c is quite a major contract between our 2 countries. so if this contract is now switch to, to be settled in a ruble, run mean be or young in our local currencies instead of the us. it's quite a remarkable step. it will definitely set a precedent, and it is a milestone step in terms of cross water trade between china and russia. what do you think we're going to see a global trends now where trade is going to be a national currencies? well, it is certainly we're developing towards that direction for sure. this is not a standalone deal. and the, the oi