of both china and hong kong activists fear it could be used to limit the political freedoms in hong kong. jungle could be a chanson tree hong kong is an inseparable part of the people's republic of china the m.p.c. is the highest organ of state power in light of new circumstances and need the n.p.c. is exercising the power in trying to in the constitution to establish and improve at the state level a legal framework and enforcement mechanism for safeguarding national security in hong kong and uphold and improve the institutional framework of one country 2 systems which is highly necessary for katrina you is in beijing with more than one china is doing this now 9 different items were listed for discussion of the next few days and one of those items was the discussion of this national security law the whole call me now it says it's to be discussed but many of these items already preapproved policy so it's highly likely that this will be passed into legislation so what from what we understand it the n.p.c. is using a sort of legal backdoor to make a change to hong kong is basic law which is hong kong has many constitution and this allows it to bypass the usual legislative proces

and then, madam president, there is the matter of the people's republic of china. this coronavirus pandemic originated in china. whether the virus escaped from a lab or was transmitted at a so-called wet market, we do not yet know for sure. the chinese communist party leads probably do know -- party leaders probably do know and they owe it to all the nations suffering from this virus to be truthful and to be transparent. the world deserves the facts, all of the facts. here's one fact we do know, the virus spread was exacerbated by china's unconscionable efforts to cover it up. the communist party reprimanded and threatened to jail the doctor, the heroic whistle-blower, who tried to warn the world about covid-19 and later died from it. within hours of his death, by the way, the wave of outrage over c.c.p.'s treatment of dr. li spread on chinese social media until the government censored that as well. at the peak of the outbreak the chinese communist party was reportedly wielding its own people inside their own houses, welding them inside their own houses. and today

they are the republic of china but they have never been part of the communist organization. john: how willing is president trump to take that step and get tougher on xi jinping? rep. yoho: you will see president trump honor and follow the outline president reagan said in the last communique where they said we will allow taiwan to purchase weapons for self-defense. i think you will see not just the united states but democracies around the world show up the defense of taiwan. if we don't do it today is it possible to do it two or three years from now when china has a stronger economy and military? china needs tong know, hands off of taiwan. john: talking with congressman ted yoho, a senior member of the foreign relations committee in the house. if you want to join the conversation, phone lines split fors usual, 202-748-8000 democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. .02-748-8002 for independents as folks are coming in, getting plenty of calls already, the response the u.s. should have outside of this, the situation involving hong kong with the coronavirus pandemic and how much r

of thebeen legally part people's republic of china, but under a special formula, one country, two systemsereas taiwan has been governed separately from mainland china since 1949. before that, it was only governed together with mainland china for a few years in the mid-1940's. before that, it was a japanese colony. taiwan is a very different status. nonetheless, what we know is that the one country, two that was used to unify -- or to bring hong kong into a political relationship with the people's republic of china was originally designed for taiwan. the idea was that hong kong would be the demonstration case, everybody would see how well it works, and then it would be applied to taiwan. the fact that it has not worked and the fact that it appears now to be effectively abandoned means that the long-standing concept for taiwan's future -- at least the concept held by the authorities in beijing -- is on really shaky ground. emily: meantime, you have the u.s. house passing this bill approving sanctions against chinese officials for how they treat muslim minorities and --ker populations -- wea

. >> hong kong is an inseparable part of the people's republic of china. is the highest organ state power. it is exercising the power enshrined in the constitution to establish and improve at the state level a legal framework and enforcement mechanism for safeguarding national security in hong kong. correspondent: the new law would bypass hong kong's legislative council and is beijing's response to months of dissent and sometimes violent protests in hong kong. the draft legislation will be discussed when chinese leaders meet over the next week in beijing. it is likely to further isolate president xi jinping. he already faces a tide of criticism because of the chinese government's handling because of the coronavirus pandemic. led by its biggest trading partner, the u.s. donald trump accuses china of covering up the outbreak. beijing denies this, but the argument is pushing the two countries closer to confrontation. and phase one of the deal to end the trade war hangs in the balance. economics,xing politics, and national security issues. a very dangerous mix

more than 240 million people aged over 60 live in the republic of china.ome projections say that by 2050, one in three chinese will be old-aged. the reason goes baback to chins one-child policy, which stood for over 30 years. this led to a disproportionately aging population. the law changed in 2016 to allow two children per couple. chinese tradition requires children to take in their aging parents and care for them in their own homes. but that's becoming less feasible. chun xuan mao is a privately run care-home in the city of tianjin. it's a first class facility with one carer for every patient. the top floor boasts an artificial garden. and residents can dance with the manager herself. but this all comes at a high price, as much as 3000 euros a month. for most chinese pensioners, this sum is astronomically high. there are hardly any old people's care facilities in china, and the few that exist have trouble finding qualified personnel. yang: china's geriatric care market is developing at a rapid pace but still has huge defifits. we need more professional

many aging chinese face an uncertain future more than 240000000 people aged over 60 live in the republic of china some projections say that by 2051 in 3 chinese will be old aged the reason goes back to china's one child policy which stood for over 30 years this led to a disproportionately aging population the law changed in 2016 to allow 2 children per couple. chinese tradition requires children to take in the aging parents and care for them and their own homes but that's becoming less feasible. maoism a privately run care home in the city of tianjin it's a 1st class facility with one camera for every patient. the top floor boasts an artificial garden. and residents can dance with them on a chair herself but this all comes at a high price as much as $3000.00 euros a month for most chinese pensioners this sum is astronomically high. there are hardly any old people's care facilities in china and the few that exist have trouble finding qualified personnel. china's geriatric care market is developing at a rapid pace but still has huge deficits we need more professional caregivers quickly but the trai

power in hong kong jungle could be asians entry hong kong as an inseparable part of the people's republic of china the m.p.c. is the highest organ of state power in light of new circumstances and need the n.p.c. is exercising the power enshrined in the constitution to establish and improve at the state level a legal framework and enforcement mechanism for safeguarding national security in hong kong. the new law would 5 plus hong kong's legislative council and is beijing's response to months of dissent and sometimes. iowan pro-democracy protests in hong kong the draft legislation will be discussed when china's leaders meet over the next week here in beijing it's likely to further isolate president xi jinping. reddy faces a tide of international criticism because of the chinese government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic led by its biggest trading partner the us donald trump accuses china of covering up the outbreak beijing denies this but the argument is pushing the 2 countries closer to confrontation and phase one of the deal to end their 2 year trade war hangs in the balance he's mixing pol

. ♪ the biggest celebration in china's history, the 70th anniversary of the people's republic of chinaa spectacular eruption of joy and pride and victory for a country that had risen from third world deprivation to dazzling first world power in just a few decades. >> 70 years ago, china was desperately poor. they had a very low standard of living. the life expectancy was among the poorest countries in the world. ♪ >> today, here you are in beijing at a moment when you are rivaling the united states for power and economic splendor. ♪ >> at the center of it all, president xi jinping, a leader with new extraordinary powers. >> in china today, people call xi jinping the chairman of everything. he is in charge of the military. he's in charge of the party. he's in charge of the state. he runs all of the most important institutions that oversee the judiciary, the press, public life, private life. ♪ china hasn't had a leader with this much authority since chairman mau was alive in the 1970s. >> xi rules the most contradictory land on earth. a proudly communist country, exploding with hypercapi

trump sees coronavirus as a direct attack on par with pearl harbor and 911 from the people's republic of china. well yeah he's making this comparison but. our us and i think it's a wrong thing to do would still that different and i don't believe this comes from a lap one it's definitely not a good time to pick another fight is china so the us will definitely amplify the current economic downturn by terrorists to punish punish and that's what's rule in the else crisis think about not the great depression of 20 in 29 at the time most countries are very protectionist accelerating russian salaried in crisis in the same scene might happen again yeah but arguably with 645000000000 pounds of quantitative easing here the governments at the same time as they may be blaming china are pouring money into firms that are committed to globalization supporting your viewpoint and if it doesn't work surely natural they should blame bad actors russia china iran you know it's so easy to believe they're so thinking it's very much a 1000000000 mind so. it will really help the u.s. at the end of the day and i think

the previous cold war with the soviet union and the current the strangeness of the people's republic of china is a degree of a good economic good of connectedness between china and the us. that interconnectedness lettering i phones will endorse any kinds of goods and services has been a key economic story of the past 2 decades decoupling as the expression goes would involve massive disruption on both sides 70000 us stop in china and generally in some 100100 1000000000 euros down roughly where you are in china for example. sells more cars in china than in the u.s. and china's largest market also at u.s. so so the economy is not that easy but some decoupling is already happening the u.s. has banned american firms from working but the chinese 5 g. mobile networks giant while away and as the pandemic drags on more and more sectors might bring that. supply chains back home if finance gets hit by the decoupling trying to that could mean a much bigger break that is starting to unravel not just in trade through the trade was not just through technology where the united states is trade union criticall

this kind of big idea amazing example of a country in 2007 the tax the country ruled by the republic of china today you issue some people 's so if you go catch in taiwan and capitalize japan japan it was a way to keep the fact that russia and china today have a complete honor with nero no attempt to register a big ideal it was more important. but in many parts of the world in the favor of community. now it's just to yield that to say that in 2020 it's time to reconsider we've gone too far into we think at the time of economists think about inequality we hear this term about the jeannie coexisted. it is not a two-year term familiar to people the average person walking around but would you talk a little bit about how much inequality? we watch this measure of inequality and i mentioned we call it the jeannie coeducation. do you have a sense of where you would like to see the gini coefficient move? i know directionally but how far? james talks about inequality it says and not interested in trying to produce a perfectly legality aryan society but at the time king says the degree of income and weal

because it begs the question are they going to fact check all the party leaders of the people's republic of chinand if they don't correct those tweets does that mean giving their stamp of approval? they made a strategic error by caving to political pressure on the left because in essence they set themselves up as the arbiters of truth in the twitter sphere and i'm not sure that is something they can or want to bear. todd: here's the president on this accusing twitter of election interference, twitter interfering in the election, saying my stance on mail in ballots is incorrect, twitter is completely stifling free speech and i as president will not allow it to happen. a couple stories we have found. what the president is alleging could happen here. fox 5, washington dc talking a west virginia mail carrier facing charges over altered ballot requests in mail in ballots from yesterday. late last week the philadelphia inquirer montgomery counties in 2000 pennsylvania voters the wrong ballots for next week's primary. sending one democrat or republican ballot. things like this do happen. why is that bei

of the cppcc for their comments. the covid-19 epidemic is the thee fastest spreading, most extensive, and most challenging public health emergency china has encountered since the founding of the people's republic. under the strong leadership of the central committee of the communist party of china with comrade xi jinping at its core, and through the hard work and sacrifice of our entire nation, we have made major strategic achievements in our response to covid-19. at present, the epidemic has not yet come to an end, while the tasks we face in promoting development are immense. we must redouble our efforts to minimize the losses resulting from the virus and fulfill the targets and tasks for economic and social development this year. first, a review of our work in 2019 and the first few months of 2020. in pursuing development last year, china faced many difficulties and challenges. world economic growth was weak, international economic and trade frictions intensified, and downward pressure on the domestic economy grew. the party central committee with comrade xi jinping at its core rallied the chinese people and led them in surmounting difficulties and accomplishing the year's main targets and t

the white house released a 20 called they united states strategic approach to the people's republic of china. this was a cold war manifesto by the trump administration, and when you are in the midst of a china's, actions like new proposed national security delistingg kong, the ,f threats by the u.s. senate the u.s. administration'a , who isto huawei already on the entity list, these are the kind of escalating frictions you would expect as the trade war has gone into a thenavirus war, with all of allegations and threats the madeo/trump nexus has towards putting the virus squarely on the chinese authorities. unfortunatery escalating turn of events between our nation and china. stephen, you talk about the fact that this was a trade war that has morphed into something of. has it now morphed into a capital war? you talk about listings, the issue of pension money not being funneled into china. the u.s. has huge amounts of firepower at its disposal when it comes to capital markets. do you see this becoming a capital war? stephen: i think that is already apparent right now. there's an economic war i

and most challenging public health emergency china has encountered it seems the findings of the people's republic and their strong leadership in that central committee of the commute party of china is coming she simply underscore the hard work and sacrifice of our nation. we have a made major threat to tick achievement in our response to copy 19 shot at president. farmer you have it time it has not yet come to an end well the task really face is promoting salt in the development jar in mons we must redouble our efforts to minimize the loss says resulting from various and fulfill the targets and tasks for economic and social development this year our studio every deal of work in 2019 and the 1st few months of a 2020. 5 in pursuit of obama last year in china face many difficulties and tell and it was well like nomic growth was weight all international economic and trade frictions intensified and it down a lot of pressure on the domestic economy of euro the party central committee was on for a 2nd p.r. this cure probably at that time these people can let them surmounting difficulties and that years.

china's government, accusations of attempts to steal american covid-19 research. secretary of state mike pompeo is demanding china stop its data theft and adds "the prc, people's republic of china, continues to silence scientists, journalists, and citizens and spread disinformation which has exacerbated the dangers of the health crisis. all part of steady, growing trump administration criticism of the chinese government. from the coronavirus to complaints on china's economic practices. >> investment productions are not well with chinese companies. >> secretary pompeo is applauding a taiwanese company manufacturing semiconductors and arizona. the state department says its products will power everything from artificial intelligence, 5g equipment, and f-35's as the administration looks for ways to move the u.s. supply chain away from china. in the chinese government accuses the u.s. of needless confrontation. >> translator: we urge the u.s. to discard the outdated cold war mentality and zero-sum thinking and do something conducive to mutual trust between china and the u.s. >> the spirit of trust has deteriorated. state department officials maintained that the secretary ha

a certain level of determination in the face of a geopolitical relation between the people's republic of china and that relationship in terms of the well-being of everyday people on the ground. >> these are some of the questions that come to mind. >> we do need to wrap it up. i will give you the final word and i will sign off by saying thank you to haymarket books for all of the fantastic work that you are doing and also thank you to everyone that joined in on the call. thank you for your questions and finally, thank you t and you get the final word. >> thank you for tuning in all over the world. i think i want to leave us with a sentence that i've been repeating for years that involved a repetition and that his life is precious. so straightforward. the making of life pressures arises to all different struggles. i want to bleed off with something i learned recently that this is my last thing. that is the art of care. a person that i know that was recently released from being locked up tells me they and other people in the area are seeming that it was bringing them a sense of being in the world

lou, economic containment would begin with cutting off capital and technology to the peoples republic of chinaging military industrial complex and system of human rights oppression. target state-owned, state-backed corporations building this military and systems of rights violations. a lot has been created through engagement with the united states and rest of the world. lou: may i quickly ask you this. they're stealing everything they want from the united states, as much as 600 billion a year. they don't pay attention to anyone's laws, rules or regulations. how is that, a, strategy without military force? >> we're participating in this. being in china, we're headed to china to seize a billion person market, we're transferring technology as price of being there. moving supply chains out of china putting them in allied nations and other places will be -- lou: i'm sorry, john that i appreciate, sorry to cut you off. we're right up against the end of the broadcast. appreciate you being here. we'll conclude the thought. that's it for us tonight. john solomon. lou: michael pillsbury my guests tomorr

we celebrated the 70th anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china. this occasion has inspired a strong sense of patriotism among all chinese people, creating a powerful force that will bring great victories for socialism with chinese characteristics in the new era. we worked to improve party conduct and build a clean government, started an initiative to raise awareness of the need to stay true to the party's founding mission, and strictly observed the central party leadership's eight-point decision on improving work conduct. we continued to address the practice of formalities for formalities' sake, bureaucracy, hedonism, and extravagance, and took steps to ensure that people working at the primary level are free from unnecessary restrictions and excessive burdens. we achieved fruitful outcomes in pursuing china's major country diplomacy. we successfully hosted the second belt and road forum for international cooperation and other major diplomatic events. look -- president xi jinping and other party and state leaders visited many countries and attended

certain kind of self determination in the face of a new medical relation between the people's republic of china and that relationship in terms of the well-being of everyday people on the ground. these are some of the questions that come to mind. between? yes. >> all right. we do need to wrap it up. want to give you the final report, i'll just sign off by saying thank you for all the fantastic work you are doing. also, thank you everyone who joined on this call. thank you for all of your thoughtful questions and finally, you to get the final word. >> thank you, everybody for tuning in from all over the world. think i want to leave us with a sentence i've been repeating for many years at involves the repetition from life is precious, life is precious. so straightforward and makes me think about what it takes to make life precious. making of life precious arises to all different struggles there's strikes and i also want to leave us with something that i learned recently, which is my last thing. it is the art of physiology. a person who was recently released from being locked up, tells me that they