we'll hearfrom our correspondent in beijing in just a moment, but first, let's hear what qin gang hadn: the united states claims to be _ translation: the united states claims to be competing _ translation: the united states claims to be competing to - translation: the united states claims to be competing to win - claims to be competing to win against china rather than seeking conflict. but in fact, the united states's so—called competition is total containment and suppression. a zero—sum game in which you die and i live. the united states's perception and views of china are seriously distorted. they regard china as the primary rival and the most consequential international challenge. 0ur china correspondent steve mcdonell has more from the foreign minister's press conference, where he warns of a real risk of conflict between us and china. this has been a very high—profile, two—pronged attack on the us from the chinese government, not only involving the foreign minister, but also the supreme leader, xijinping, no less. he made a speech in which he said that the west, as led by the us,

we are hearing from foreign minister qin gang talking more about the u.s. he says the u.s.ks to contain and suppress china. the u.s.' views of china are seriously distorted. the u.s. handling of the balloon incident created a crisis, according to the new foreign minister. soul, a little bit harsher rhetoric from the new foreign minister, qin gang, what this means about talks moving forward. what is the tone that will be set with this new leadership when it comes to policy, but also diplomacy as well. talking about russia earlier, they find a path of strategic trust between moscow and beijing. rishaad: we will see what else emerges. let's have a look at the first word news. the cleveland federal reserve study is revealing that its model for inflation readings has been more accurate at predicting price pressures during the pandemic than the various alternatives. it costs estimates of inflation measures that are dated every business day. xi jinping reportedly relating china's private sector to overcome economic challenges driven by the u.s.. xi spoke of suppression by western

and qin also this warning for the u.s. take a listen. >> translator: if the united states does not hit the brake but continue to speed down the wrong path, no amount of guardrails can prevent derailing. and there will surely be conflict and confrontation. >> reporter: on the war in ukraine qin says peace talks should begin and he said do not underestimate china because taiwan is a matter for the chinese people. while reserving the right to use all necessary measures. also underscoring the rising tensions between these two countries. so monday xi jinping directly accusing u.s. and its allies of containment at a meeting with chinese entrepreneurs. so this is in a business setting. and he said the u.s.-led western countries have implemented containment, envelopment and suppression against us which is challenges to chinese's economy. and so the rift continues to go over the balloon incident, over military support for taiwan, over the war in ukraine and over access to technology like ai an. in fact in the government book report

china's qin gang and minister of state security.hose and blue his posts, kept the key figures of the chinese economy in their former posts. minister of finance, liukun, minister of commerce, wang wintau, as well as the head of the people's bank of china and gan a, the state committee for development or forms, headed jenzel, earlier, the mps re-elected all dolphins as the chairman of the people's republic of china for the first time in the history of the country, he will hold this post for another 5 years, for the third consecutive term, almost 3,000 deputies unanimously voted for him. he was in charge of the affairs of the ganges and macau and at the same time oversaw the investment and energy cooperation between russia and china. well, firstly, the prime minister personally and at least two vice-premiers knew each other all day long at work. year, so one of the features of the current cabinet is at least constructive personal business and in the past business relations with the current one, which was not constructive in the previou

the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov held a meeting with his chinese counterpart qin gang — andls said moscow and beijing had agreed to oppose what they called �*western blackmail and threats�*. here's what mr lavrov had to say: translation: unfortunately, the declaration on behalf- of all 620 ministers could not be approved. 0ur western colleagues, just as they did a year ago, under the indonesian presidency, tried by all means using various rhetorical statements to bring to the forward the situation around ukraine, which they of course present under the guise of so—called russian aggression. india's prime minister, narendra modi, called on foreign ministers to put their differences aside, and find common ground. it is but natural that your discussions are affected by the geopolitical tensions of the day. we all have how our positions and perspectives on how this tension should be resolved. however, as the leading economic of the world, we also have a responsibility that those who are not in this room. our us state department correspondent barbara plett usher, has travelled to

escalation, we hope that ukraine and russia will remain ready for dialogue and negotiations, noted qinyan and that no matter how difficult and complex they are, they will not close the door to a political settlement . well, the parliament of moldova literally in a couple of minutes he switched the country from moldovan to romanian and passed the second reading of a draft law that provides for the establishment of the romanian language in all laws of the country instead of moldovan or e-e and the native language the bill was voted in the second reading by 58 deputies, but the adoption continued without a special discussion, the bloc of communists demanded to exclude the bill from the agenda, instead, the proposal of the communists did not receive the required number of votes according to the draft, the word combination moldovan language , the state language, and so on, any grammatical form must be replaced by the word combination romanian the language is in the appropriate grammatical language well here, of course , i would like to involve philologists well, but we understand that rathe

of america is arming taiwan, such an opinion was voiced by the minister of foreign affairs of china qin gan at a press conference in beijing, the russian occupiers continue to lose manpower and equipment in ukraine, as of march 7 , russia has already lost 154,830 people in ukraine in the last day alone, the armed forces of ukraine destroyed 1,060 orks since the beginning of the great war, the russians have already lost in ukraine 342,432 tanks, 6,714 armored combat vehicles, 2,456 artillery systems, 488 multiple-launch rocket systems, 353 air defense systems , 303 aircraft, 289 helicopters, 5,323 units of automotive equipment, 18 ships , boats, 873 cruise missiles, 2,095 drones of special equipment so bakhmut, our beautiful hysteria, the occupiers shoot the prisoners, we will talk about this for the next hour with our guests, i want to introduce today's our first guest, this is a novel, svitan, a military expert, a reserve colonel of the armed forces of ukraine , a military pilot-instructor, mr. colonel, good day and good health to you. greetings. thank you for joining our broadcast. le

qin, head of the government secretariat, improved member of the 20th cpc central committee shein anding, as well as minister of defense, li shangfo the latter will command the chinese army with no combat experience at the age of 45, he led the spaceport, now led the launch of china's first lunar probe and oversaw space programs. in addition, whether shanfu has been under us sanctions for the purchase of russian aircraft and s-400 missile systems, in addition to the head of the ministry of foreign affairs, china's qin'an and the minister of state security. whose and blue his posts, kept the key figures of the chinese economy in their former positions. minister of finance, liukun, minister of commerce, wang wintau, as well as the head of the people's bank of china and gan a, the state committee for development or formulas headed jenzel earlier, the mps re-elected all dolphins as the chairman of the prc for the first time in the history of the country, he will hold this post for another 5 years, the third term almost 3,000 unanimously voted for him in a row deputies , a hypocrite was el

qin is the head of the government secretariat.s twentieth shein and qing minister of defense , li shangfo the latter will command china's army with no combat experience at the age of 45 ; besides li shang fu has been under us sanctions for 5 years for buying russian aircraft and s-400 missile systems, in addition to the head of the chinese ministry of foreign affairs, qin'an and the minister of state security. whose and blue his posts, kept the key figures of the chinese economy in their former positions. minister of finance, liukun, minister of commerce, wang wintau, as well as the head of the people's bank of china and gan a, the state committee for the development of their formulas. led dzhenzel earlier deputies. the all dolphins were re-elected president of the people's republic of china for the first time in the country's history. to hold this post for another 5 years, for the third consecutive term, almost 3,000 deputies unanimously voted for him; khanjan was elected vice chairman of the prc ; on the proverb of the premier,

russians against ukraine because the united states of america is arming taiwan, chinese foreign minister qin gan expressed this opinion at a press conference in beijing, russian occupiers continue to lose manpower and equipment in ukraine as of march 7 , russia has already lost 154,830 people in ukraine in the last day, the armed forces of ukraine destroyed 1,060 orks, with the beginning of the great war , the russians have already lost 342,432 tanks , 6,714 armored fighting vehicles, 2,456 artillery systems, 488 jet systems in ukraine volley fire 353 anti-aircraft defenses 303 planes 289 hecopters 5323 units of automotive equipment 18 ships of boats 873 cruise missiles 2095 drones - 236 units of special equipment so our bakhmut has a beautiful tantrum, the occupiers shoot prisoners, we will talk about it all for the next hour with our guests, i want to introduce today's the first guest is a novel svitan military expert colonel of the reserve of the armed forces of ukraine military pilot-instructor mr. colonel good day and good health to you greetings, thank you for joining our broadcast, le

me to believe that the bikinis are acting cautiously because the chinese government and especially qin ping do not want to be seen as those who fully support russia, but china is happy to sell certain goods, especially computer chips, which russia cannot where they do not want to get russia needs to restore its armaments and china is happy to buy russian oil at a significant discount in the interests of china, so china's position is quite understandable. returning to china's peace initiative in the usa and europe , the main attention was focused on the fact that china is inclined to support russia because it is calling for a ceasefire, but if you look carefully at the city, it says that china hopes for a de-escalation of tensions and eventually a ceasefire, which can be interpreted as china saying we understand that ukraine needs to continue fighting for some time to fulfill the first point of our peace formula, support the territorial integrity of states and not interfere in their internal affairs, so i think that everyone is now carefully weighing how much benefit china can get for i

qin yohe.right on the sweater, dear, really, and yes , i was for soft power in ancient china was an old saying. this means that the most valuable thing is peace and harmony, therefore a peaceful path. the main thing for relations with all countries. this is in line with the chinese traditional values ​​in my name. there is also hehe harmony is the most important thing, i think, not in vain, because there is another stable expression about the latest chinese warning that regularly sounds tangible and does not receive an instant continuation. but it’s also chinese style to convey a position methodically and consistently, which china is quite successfully doing, whether it’s a position to promote negotiations on the ukrainian conflict and interfere in internal affairs , or let’s say unilateral sanctions alexander balsky nikolai petrov specially for international viewing from china let's dig deeper literally to confucius don't leave let's introduce you to the rank of alexander gitsenko, now only so

qin yoi. panda is right on the jacket, dear, though, i'm for soft power in ancient china had an old saying. this means that the most valuable thing is peace and harmony, therefore the peaceful way is the main thing for relations with all countries. this is in line with the chinese traditional values ​​of his name, too, there is harmony is the most important thing. i think not in vain. after all, there is another stable expression about the last chinese warning that is heard regularly and does not receive an instant continuation. but this is also the chinese style of conveying a position methodically and consistently. that china is quite successful and is doing whether it is a position on advancing negotiations on the ukrainian conflict , not interfering in internal affairs, or , let's say, unilateral sanctions alexander balsky, nikolay petrov, specially for international review from china. more advertising, let's dig deeper, literally to confucius . sesame seed bun two onion patties, special s

ukrainians you follow what is happening follow what is happening there in russia, did you see there at least qinon't know at least a hint of sympathy for pity for indignation for the desire to stop it well , except that there was no shadow and hint for most russians, they have no idea that it doesn't exist because it's on tv they didn't show it. no one from you can swear at it in any way at all, and even looking at social networks, even among the opposition-minded figures - this is, let's say, not the main news , but i found one person - this is georgy alburov from the anti-corruption fund navalny, who said that what happened is supposedly from the second world war. and the fascists shot an indomitable person, then they will name the school in her honor. this was a quote. this topic became the main topic in ukraine today. casty is a very famous podcast in ukraine. production of the bbc, what did you tell and how did your british colleagues perceive this story? well, of course. this story cannot help but shock in this . well, probably the mission of this ukraine cast podcast , as the english say,

and the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov held a meeting with his chinese counterpart qin gang andeijing had agreed to oppose what they called "western blackmail and threats". here's what mr lavrov had to say. translation: unfortunately, the declaration on behalf- of all 620 ministers could not be approved. our western colleagues, just as they did a year ago under the indonesian presidency, tried by all means, using various rhetorical statements, to bring to the fore the situation around ukraine — which they, of course, present under the guise of so—called russian aggression. india's prime minister narendra modi called on foreign ministers to put their differences aside and find common ground. it is but natural that your discussions are affected by the geopolitical tensions of the day. we all have our positions and our perspectives on how this tension should be dissolved. however, as the leading economies of the world, we also have a responsibility toward those who are not in this room. our us state department correspondent barbara plett usher has travelled to delhi. this was how s

to e-e watch us on youtube on our channel we asked you three questions about exactly what will all qingree on three options to do as usual about the supply of russian chinese weapons to russia on the end of the russian war in ukraine or your option well, look, join, like, dislike , even though i don't like, i want to see as few as possible, well, i'm ready to introduce my next guest to talk about the axis and putina, this is alina hrytsenko, chief consultant of the national institute of strategic studies , ms. alina. congratulations. thank you for joining. glory to ukraine. good day . glory to the heroes. the court in the gas or it will be well, such a strange, strange meeting of the leaders of two countries who still do not know how to build relations between themselves, why do they absolutely understand how to build relations between the only thing is that they have disagreements regarding the evaluation of which of them is not able to fulfill , that is, china looks at russia as a junior partner, as a state with which it is possible to use all the necessary resources as a state that

speaking at a joint news conference with his honduran counterpart, china's foreign minister, qin ganggovernment of the people's republic - of china is the sole legal government representing the whole of china, and taiwan is an inalienable part of chinese territory. the republic of honduras severs its so—called diplomatic relationship with taiwan as of this day and undertakes not to have any further official relationship or exchanges with taiwan to harm people of. with taiwan. us vice president kamala harris has arrived in ghana as part of a three nation tour of africa. the visit is part of a diplomatic push by the biden administration to deepen ties with the continent amid competition from china and russia. after visiting ghana, she will be going to tanzania and zambia. on her agenda are trade, security and the promotion of democracy. voters in berlin are heading to the polls in a referendum on whether to make the german capital climate neutral by 2030. the results of the binding referendum will be a test of whether germans want their country's climate policy to be more ambitious. ger

just in the last few days, xijinping and the new foreign chinese foreign minister qin gang have madets to the us and china relationship, they've always accused washington of making damaging statements about the relationship, but these were remarkably negative. so we're sort of going from bad to worse. the relationship was already in a difficult place. i think neither side thinks there will be a breakthrough any time soon, so both sides are perfectly willing to arm themselves to protect themselves against what they see as a more and more competitive and even conflictual relationship. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: will elvis actually leave the building with an oscar? our sophie long speaks to the film's star austin butler and director baz luhrmann. the numbers of dead and wounded defied belief. this the worst terrorist atrocity on european soil in modern times. in less than 24 hours then, the soviet union lost an elderly sick leader and replaced him with a dynamic figure 20 years his junior. we heard these gunshots in the gym _ then he came outi through a fire exit and start

in beijing, china's new foreign minister qin gang condemned the u.s. stance over taiwan tuesday in his first news conference since taking office. >> the chinese people have every right to ask why does u.s. talk at length about respecting sovereignty and territorial integrity in ukraine while disrespecting china's sovereignty and territorial integrity on the taiwan question. why does the u.s. asked china not to provide weapons to russia while it keeps selling arms to taiwan? amy: does remarks came as the chinese president xi jinping directly accused united states of suppressing china's development what is described as unusually blunt review of u.s. policy. xi said "western countries led by the u.s. have implemented all round containment encirclement and suppression against us, bringing unprecedented severe challenges to our countries development." ukraine's military leaders have called off plans to retreat from the eastern city of bakhmut and are requesting reinforcements amid some of the heaviest fighting since russia invaded over one year ago. militar

. >> reporter: this month, china's new foreign minister qin gang delivered a stern warning to the u.s washington does not change course in its stance towards china, conflict and confrontation is inevitable. this past august, when then-speaker of the house nancy pelosi became the most senior u.s. political figure to visit taiwan in 25 years, china called it a blatant provocation. the people's liberation army fired ballistic missiles into the sea around taiwan and encircled the island with aircraft and warships. are chinese warships now operating closer to taiwan after nancy pelosi's visit? >> yes. >> reporter: the best guess anyone has about china's ultimate intentions of taiwan comes from the cia. according to its intelligence assessment, china's president xi jingping has ordered the people's liberation army to be prepared to take the island back by force by 2027. if china invades taiwan, what will the u.s. navy do? >> it's a decision of the president of the united states and a decision of the congress. it's our duty to be ready for that. but the bulk of the united states navy will be

china's new foreign minister qin gang recently condemned the u.s.ng of taiwan. >> the chinese people have every right to ask why does he was talk at length about respecting sovereignty and territorial integrity of ukraine while disrespecting china sovereignty and territorial integrity on the taiwan question. why does he was asked china not to provide weapons to russia while he keeps selling arms to taiwan? amy: to look more at u.s.-china relations and the rising tensions over taiwan, we are joined by alfred mccoy, history professor at the university of wisconsin-madison. his most recent book is titled "to govern the globe: world orders and catastrophic change." his new piece for tomdispatch is headlined "at the brink of war in the pacific?" professor mccoy, welcome back to democracy now! let's put that question to you. is the u.s. at the brink of war in the pacific with china? >> good morning. we are edging ever closer to that brink, yes. history teaches us one thing. as was said referring to august 14, try to expand have great powers fought a war t

. >> reporter: katy, the fiery comments from china's foreign minister qin gang coming a day after theress china words that have cold war allegations. and as he's approved to complete a third historic term for the chinese leader. in a way, it was not unexpected that china would feel the need to start to push back on the united states more strongly because in the last several months, the biden administration has also really ramped up pressure on china over a host of issues from that chinese spy balloon, to the intelligence about the origins of covid, to, of course, trade relationships. as well as that allegation by the u.s. that china is considering providing weapons to russia to use in ukraine. a claim that china's government today firmly disputed but nonetheless, the foreign minister likening the u.s. approach to putting the first button of a shirt on wrong. and then everything doesn't really work from there. but today, the white house responding to those comments from china, disputing the idea that the u.s. is seeking conflict with china. national security council spokesman john kirb

in his new conference foreign minister qin gang made reference to the u.s.ns that he said would inevitably lead to conflict. he likened it to putting the first button of a shirt on wrong and everything goes haywire interest there. in a way it was not unexpected that china would feel the need to push back, given that over the past several months or so, the biden administration has really ramped up pressure on china in a way that has put it on the defensive on a number of fronts, from that spy balloon incident, to that intelligence about the origins of covid, to, of course, the trade relationship and a number of other issues. so the chinese looking for a way to make clear that they are going to respond strongly to that kind of comments from the biden administration. but the white house today responded to the chinese foreign minister saying it is not true that the u.s. is seeking conflict with china. merely, strategic competition, chris? >> josh in hong kong for us, thank you. >>> meantime france today i virtually paralyzed, caught in a sixth round of punishing

but foreign minister qin gang held a press conference on the sidelines of the national people's congresssoon instead of ramping up tensions, that there was a real risk of conflict between the us and china. he went through these various points of tensions, for example, the balloon incident. now he said that was basically an accident, but the us hyped it up, leading to a diplomatic crisis. he said that the biden administration, when it speaks about competition with china, really means trying to control china, trying to constrain it. and in terms of the ukraine war, he said that china had put forward a peace plan for ukraine, but that the proposals for peace were being stifled by this invisible actor, this invisible hand. it's pretty obvious he's talking about the us there. but the accusation of this invisible hand wanted the conflict to continue in ukraine for its own geopolitical ends. so this is a very serious allegation being levelled at the us that it wants the war there to keep going. you know, in recent times we've had a lot of tension between washington and beijing and it does seem

there is this in china was such a uh, the chief eunuch of the dynasty, qin there, some emperors jaugaum he is offended by the emperor. so, he conceived a conspiracy against him and it was necessary first to check all this solidarity brethren, who gave him, who would give him, who would turn him in, and he brought the horse to the palace looking for a deer. they began to laugh at him, but not everyone was silent, someone said. yes, this is a horse, and he remembered it, and then with everyone who counted, that it really is a deer. he cracked down, and this story - it seems to me, maybe this is not idiocy. this is a test. come on, let's all say that these are ukrainians. now let's see who's brave here. and now we'll see which of these experts will appear in danish and norwegian newspapers next time with their columns, everyone will write, like cute ones, that these are ukrainians, this is the first, and the second, but this is such a hint of a wink at the russians. look here. you see, i had a doll here. i can take it off. i can wear another. here's a clean sheet for you. write to anyone.

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