pacific neighbors that try in recent years, china has really been increasing its activity in the south china sea. not only increasing its exercises, but also building up artificial islands. not the context, china believes that much of the south china sea is its own territory. something very much disputed by many of its neighbors. now we've just heard was that a u. s. aircraft carrier, the u. s. s. while the reagan has just sailed into the south china sea, and it's being accompanied by 2 ships, a guided missile destroyer and a guided missile cruiser. now this is really going to send a message to china that it cannot just continue to do what it wants in these waters, and that the u. s. will continue to maintain a strong presence in that region. this is most certainly going to aggravate beijing, which considers the south china sea. it's orn backyard. between you invasion, that's very much for the update. now, hong kong government says it's highly concerned about reports of a possible leak from a nearby nuclear power plant in the chinese city of townshend, which is about 135 kilometers west of h

so in the south china area, out. so in the south china area. the _ out.he problem currently is ports have had to close because of infection rates climbing in certain areas, as in covid—19 infection rates, is that correct? what we have seen in terms of disruptions in the past 1.5 years has been covid related and related to basically also the stellar comeback in terms of demand especially in north america, so you ask at some point in time whether the containers go? well, across the pacific into the us could be the short reply to that one. so the issue of where our containers, they are on their way to the united states but things are taking a lot longer, it's much more expensive and that is a real issue, isn't it, the businesses, wherever they are globally. businesses, wherever they are aloball . ~ globally. indeed, i think it will definitely _ globally. indeed, i think it will definitely swing i globally. indeed, i think it will definitely swing over i globally. indeed, ithink it- will definitely swing over from favouring shippers with cheap rates for many

south china sea.how would ou until the south china sea. how would you describe — until the south china sea. how would you describe relations _ until the south china sea. how would you describe relations between - you describe relations between russia and the uk tonight? it’s you describe relations between russia and the uk tonight? it's not aood. it's russia and the uk tonight? it's not good- it's been _ russia and the uk tonight? it's not good. it's been difficult _ russia and the uk tonight? it's not good. it's been difficult ever - russia and the uk tonight? it's not good. it's been difficult ever since | good. it's been difficult ever since and the russians chose to take on crimea, eastern ukraine as well. i think there will be even more concerned as the west is starting to regroup. nato has a sense of purpose again. notjust going to the black sea, but to patrol international waters to enforce the freedom of navigation. but they have been denied because of russia and the south china sea. i denied

_ hong kong, first labour at south china sea. — hong kong, first labour at south china sea, all of the human rights record — respectful of the human rights record. joe biden defended it by saying. — record. joe biden defended it by saying, "look, last time with the g7, saying, "look, last time with the 67. china — saying, "look, last time with the g7, china wasn't even mentioned, and this time _ g7, china wasn't even mentioned, and this time it _ g7, china wasn't even mentioned, and this time it is" — g7, china wasn't even mentioned, and this time it is." quickly on russia, he is _ this time it is." quickly on russia, he is off— this time it is." quickly on russia, he is off to — this time it is." quickly on russia, he is off to meet putin on wednesday. he didn't really mince his words— wednesday. he didn't really mince his words when he was asked about relations— his words when he was asked about relations being low with putin, he laughed _ relations being low with putin, he laughed and said yes they are. he also went— laughed and said yes they are. he also went on to defend wh

so while in the south china sea, china is pretty much getting a free run in the land border. the indian side is it's sort of what it's, we're down and said that we're not letting you get in position of anymore and did get it. so it's sort of a nasty situation, but chinese sort of military planning sort of seems to be ok with that kind of nastiness, as long as they get what they want, they get and get it by, by occupying those data crease. they're quite ok with are there, so we'll leave it there for the time being. but thank you so much for joining us. thank you. my pleasure. and china's actions figured in monday's meeting of natalie doesn't brussels as well. it was us president jo biden's, 1st meeting with the lions members. they pledged to work together to counter the court systemic challenges from china. need a said china's expansion of its nuclear arsenal. lack of transparency and use of disinformation threatened the international order. on tuesday, raging accused nature of court creating confrontation with it. when rigor franca is a senior policy fellow, the european coun

now over in south china, you had another covid outbreak a few weeks ago. starting to spread in china. these ships and containers on them are tight the rates continuing to go higher we still really like zim and denounce and global ship lease >> they literally -- i hate to compare them to hertz or avis. this is a complicated world. what i can tell, they buy ships and charter or lease out to other people on a short, mid or long-term basis. if i lock in to a five-year lease, do i make a profit or do i adjust heigigher? >> there are two ways to play it when you are an owner or lessor. you can do short-term. we saw a 65-day charter a week ago for $130,000 a day a year ago, it was $13,000 a day. most owners are opting for two or three years at elevated rates as well. above $40,000 a day. you are seeing the durations extended and rates higher. you look at cash flow and stability, you look at the container ship lessors now, the zims on the other hand, similar to maersk. they are the ones renting the ships for two or three years and charging importers, the walmart o

come up with a prescription, which timothy katrina is now in the south china sea that's getting noticed what's going on there. while in recent years, paging has been very busy in the south trying to see it's increased the frequency of its military exercises. it's also been building up artificial islands that because beijing considers the south tennessee chinese territory. but this is very much disputed by many of its neighbors, including the philippines, malaysia, japan and the allies. and certainly the us has been, one of the countries has been strongly critical of china's activity in the south china sea. now we've just heard that this week, the u. s. is actually sailed one of its aircraft carriers, the u. s. s. ronald reagan into the south china sea and it's accompanied by a guided missile destroyer and missile cruiser. now this is undoubtedly going to send a message to beijing that it can't just do what it likes and these contested waters . and that's the u. s. to tend to maintain its presence in the, in the pacific and this is most certainly going to aggravate china, which considers

this is_ ownership of the south china sea. this is a _ ownership of the south china sea. half the size — this is a vast body of water, half the size of— this is a vast body of water, half the size of the continental united states _ the size of the continental united states. china claims that essentially in its entirety. were the west — essentially in its entirety. were the west to acquiesce to this preposterous claim, over time it would _ preposterous claim, over time it would undermine the entire system of sovereign. _ would undermine the entire system of sovereign, orderly ownership of appropriate amounts under the law of the sea _ appropriate amounts under the law of the sea treaty. with the china bullying — the sea treaty. with the china bullying many of the neighbours, vietnam, — bullying many of the neighbours, vietnam, the philippines, india in the himalayas. china is pushing the international system and third and finally— international system and third and finally china is aligning itself with— finally china is aligning itself with russia, another significant auth

yes, in recent years, china has been really increasing its activity in the south china sea. it's been increasing the frequency of its exercises and also building up artificial islands. now this is because china considers most of the south china sea, its own territory, something very much disputed by many of its neighbors. now, a u. s. aircraft carrier has just sailed into the south trying to see the u. s. s. ronald reagan and it's being accompanied by a guided missile destroyer and a guided missile cruiser. and it's going to send a very powerful message to china that it cannot just do what it wants in these waters, and that the u. s. will continue to maintain a strong presence in the region, and this is likely to very much aggravate beijing, which considers the south trying to see it sort of backyard, katrina, you in beijing, thanks very much for the update. will thing in the region. hong kong government says it's highly concerned about reports, the possible league from a nearby nuclear power plant in the chinese city attention, which is about 135 kilometers west of hong cole

that they will not allow any further sort of that creeping possession by china, india claim dennis creek. so while in the south genesee china is pretty much getting a 3 run in the land border, the indian side is it's sort of boot it's, we're down and said that we're not letting you get in position of anymore in did get it. so it's sort of a nasty situation, but chinese sort of military landing sort of seems to be ok with that kind of nastiness, as long as they get what they want, they get and get it by, by occupying those data crease. they're quite ok with it. i'll just leave it there for the time being, but thank you so much for joining us. thank you. my pleasure. and china's actions to get in monday's meeting of natalie doesn't brussels as well. it was us president jo biden's, 1st meeting with the lines members they pledged to work together to counter the court systemic challenges from china need a fed channels expansion of its nuclear arsenal. lack of transparency and use of disinformation threatened the international order on tuesday, raging accused nato of quote, creating confrontation with it. when rigor

it starts in that opening scene in the south china sea.oes this g7 set up a communication process to avoid your 2034? james: first and foremost, it's about cyber and cyber security and protecting our networks. by the weight, protecting undersea cables as well, that comes up in the book. it's this putting together the technologies of cyber, of space, of undersea control, all of that has to be protected. that's a job not just for nato, because nato is a regional alliance, that's a job for all the democracies. i think that's going to be a significant part of the conversation. lisa: a question about the alliance and how strong it is and coming up with a strategy, with respect to china, there is, as we get the arrival at the g7 of angela merkel, german chancellor, arriving. germany has an incredible trade partnership with china, even as it does take a harder stance. how much of a consensus is there on the right approach for the allies versus china in terms of reconfiguring trade? james: i think that is the through line for g7 to nato. in fact,

sea and build out militarily, yet he's done so. >> what you see going on in the south china seato call that piece of water theirs. they have no international right to it whatsoever. they have planted some artificial islands and now they claim that's part of china. maria: given the strategic value of this region, the militarization of the south china sea is not a move the trump administration has taken lightly. >> president trump laid down a strategy to expressly push back against that, what we call our indo pacific strategy. there's a commercial component, a diplomatic component to it, but there's also a military component to it, to make sure that we guarantee for america that these sea-lanes remain open. maria: the chinese communist government is also taking advantage of its influence in developing countries by using them to build military bases, and they are setting those military bases around ports across the world. >> the chinese just opened up a base, a military base at the the entrance of the red sea, in the heart of the middle east, indian ocean, a long way away from chin

at subverting the democratic process in a number of countries and expansion's activities in the south chinachina seas. they have ramped up in anti-china coalition, which is still nascent, but this benefited taiwan since people now see instead of china seeing -- is saying we deserve taiwan. they are seeing an aggressive china, and therefore becoming more sympathetic to taiwan, so in a way, taiwan does not have to use this as a political tool. it has already got it. you hear people in publication same if china -- saying if china were to invade taiwan, and it has threatened to do and is making gestures in the direction , that would enjoy taiwan semiconductors manufacturing, and china would be the bigger loser as well, so in a way, taiwan is in a good position in that sense, and it does not have to be look what we have got and what you would lose, because most of the world is aware of what would be lost. anchor: jim, are there viable, concrete, short-term solutions to help with the shortage? jim: not other than making sure your factories are at capacity, overtime shifts, those kinds of things.

so while in the south china sea, china is pretty much getting a free run in the land border. the indian side is, is sort of boot, it's, we're down and said that we're not letting you get in position of anymore and did get it. so it's sort of a nasty situation, but chinese, the sort of military landing sort of seems to be ok with that kind of nastiness. as long as they get what they want, they get by, by occupying those state increase. they're quite okay with it. i just believe it for the time being, but thank you so much for joining us. thank you. my pleasure and china's actions figured in monday's meeting of nita leaders in brussels as well. it was us president jo biden's, 1st meeting with the lines members they pledged to work together to counter the court systemic challenges from china. meter fed channels expansion of its nuclear arsenal. lack of transparency and use of disinformation threatened the international order on tuesday, reaching accused nature of quote, creating confrontation with it. or rigor. franca is a senior policy fellow, the council on foreign relations a

let's just remember the south china sea that china is now claiming entirely as its own waters. let's talk about policy and hong kong where it has ended system that was guaranteed before. that's talk about the human rights violations in seen john. and it's more aggressive policies towards taiwan that it's regarding its own territory. and all this combined with a very much more aggressive tone by chinese diplomats. the statement that you've just quoted that was issued by the embassy in london is very calm and very tone down compared to some other things we have heard in the past few years. all this is a sign that china sees itself increasingly also in a back to in the, in a concurrence in competition with the west. this is, this is a mutual feeling. i would say you have a completely different perspective there in asia than one does have here. in europe, so does that change in administrations, in washington from president trump to his successor go by? don't make any difference to china while i think people, the establishment in china, the point policy establishment is understandin

there's no reason to confront china in the south china sea. most of the stories, allergens ang, about the way goes ah, out now propaganda without evidence, without evidence. in fact, in certain, jang, there was a problem with the i think at the what the call the east turkestan, freedom movement, which the us state department described as one of the most extreme terrorist organizations. so china had the terrorism problem in, in the province. whether whether or not china is being able to handle secessionist problem, the same that the soviet union has had, and many other countries of had but there is no evidence whatsoever. but there is the kind of suffering that has worthy of the description genocide, that term genocide i should remind you, came from the lips of mike pompeo, who described himself as a liar and most of the so called evidence has come from a researcher now associated with the jamestown foundation in washington called adrian sans if you look at things is all his so called documentation, it's documentation used by amnesty and many o

let's just remember the south china sea that china is now claiming entirely as its own waters. let's talk about policy in hong kong where it has ended system that was guaranteed before. let's talk about the human rights violations in john, and it's more aggressive policies towards taiwan that it's regarding its own territory. and all this combined with a very much more aggressive tone by chinese diplomats. this statement that you've just quoted that was issued by the embassy in london is very calm and very tone down compared to some other things we have heard in the past few years. all this is a sign that china sees itself increasingly also in a back to, in the, in the, in a concurrent competition with the west. this is, this is a mutual feeling i would say corresponding to your bowling, or they're in beijing, highlighting now some other stories making news around the world at this hour. protesters in mir and merge. biggest city and gone have staged a brief rally against the hooter. demonstrators chanted slogans before dispersing to avoid security forces. february's military ta

so while in the south china sea, china is pretty much getting a free run in the land border. the indian side is, is sort of boot, it's, we're down and said that we're not letting you get in position of anymore and did get it. so it's sort of a nasty situation, but chinese sort of military landing sort of seems to be ok with that kind of now, you know, as long as they get what they want, they get it by, by occupying those data crease. they're quite ok with it. i'll just leave it there for the time being, but thank you so much for joining us. thank you. my pleasure and transactions. forgetting monday's meeting of natalie doesn't brussels as well. it was us present . jo biden's 1st meeting with the lines members they pledged to work together to counter the court systemic challenges from china. leader said channels expansion of its nuclear arsenal. lack of transparency and use of this information threatened the international order on tuesday, reaching accused nato of cote, creating confrontation with it. when rigor franca is a senior policy fellow, the european council on foreign

encroachment upon the freedoms and those two areas of most concern when it comes to china in the south china sea we clearly how that it is part of china. it's an indisputable part and in 19974 hong kong? if they check that box years ago it is a matter of concerned i know they had pay con command. that i will say this much they need to increase their defense spending and we need to look at more ways to cooperate. and greater cooperation with taiwan how do we incorporate into planning with the allies with the australians and others. but now european allies have a presence in the indo pacific such as the brits in the french. so more broadly in that regard of the defense of taiwan but how do we deter chinese aggressive behavior to stick to the principles we are in no are part of that communiquÉ. i will jump an issue to say this about taiwan. there involvement now this is a country who did incredibly well with covid in terms of how to prevent high infection rates they at not a member of the who at the same time we see china try to infiltrate itself and all these international organizations who, i

flybys over taiwan with the controversial claims that china has made over the south china sea, just to in the us, the question, how can the g7 hope to compete with china when it refuses to play by the rules? can it hope to? this is perhaps the great link between president trump's administration and president biden's, standing up to china. of course it can. i think one of the hallmarks of the g7 is the concept that these are a group of democracies, like—minded countries who share values. and they also, i think it's very important for them to get together and discuss this challenge to our values, and the challenge to world leadership. i think president biden has been very clear, as he's just been and just arrived in the uk, he's made very clear the last 2a hours that he considers the summit extremely important. he wants people to know that the united states is back on the stage. he realises this is going to be a work in progress, there are a lot of things we will have to pick up on, and certainly, one of them is dealing with china. china is not going anywhere. china is a very serious pla

they have coerced their neighbors in the south china sea. and hampered freedom of navigation in the south china sea. so our security environment is more complex and more contested than ever before, and with global competition, sophisticated cyber attacks, disruptive technologies, terrorism, the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and the security impacts of climate change. none of our countries can face these challenges alone, but the nations of europe and north america are not alone, we stand together in nato. this is what nato 2030 is about. standing strong together. and it is good to know that our recent polling confirms that over 80% of our citizens consider the relationship between north america and europe important in dealing with security challenges. this makes an ambitious nato 2030 agenda even more relevant -- and let me therefore outline the key areas. first, we will strengthen nato as a unique and indispensable forum for transatlantic consultations, on all issues that affect transatlantic security. including, for instance, on syria,

we see coercive behavior, for instance, for instance in the south china sea. and we also know that china does not share or values we see. oh, they're cracked down on democratic protest in hong kong. and also prosecutor minorities in their own country and use mold on technology, social media, facial recognition, to monitor and surveillance, their own population away, we've never seen before. all of these matters for our security. we are not entering a new cold war on the signers will not our at the certain of our and the me about. we need to address together ask the lions the challenges that the routes are trying our processes to our security straight to nate her age q in brussels and where we join d w correspondent terry shoulds. welcome terry. so we just heard yet, instead of saying no new cold war with china. so how will nato respond to china's more assertive nature? hi, phil. well, in the end, what nato has to work with at this point is words. china doesn't directly threaten nato. it is simply all of these different activities that secretary general stalsen

security in the south china sea the us isjust going to be more directly affected than the eu. understanding is now really sinking in that china poses a threat to us both in terms of dominating technologies of the future, writing the standards and the rules and we have to respond together where we can. ~ ., , ., can. when i... comes to the eumpeans — can. when i... comes to the eumpeans it _ can. when i... comes to the europeans it comes - can. when i... comes to the europeans it comes back - can. when i... comes to the europeans it comes back to | can. when i... comes to the i europeans it comes back to the fundamental argument about whether to regard china as a partner or a adversary or security threat. germany and italy have significant interests, commercial interest in china. there is always going to be, going forward, this conflict between the united states and europe over what they want out of this relationship.— what they want out of this relationshi -. ., . ., ., relationship. you have mentioned two cases. ital relationship. you have mentioned two cases- italy was _ rel

on the other hand, the military build up in the south china sea, for instance, is something that sort of it threatens the nato partners and that sort of pushes them and really changing their out. look on the strategy for the next 10 years. meantime barbara, we know that biden is now moving on to meet you leaders today. he will of course see some familiar faces. trade will take center stage there. what's on the agenda now going forward. yester, the love feast that was the g 7 and almost the also in the way nature. yesterday, we come down to the nitty gritty today with you because this is about the real economic world. what's at stake is probably that we're going to have news later. this day, about new agreement on it termination off the longest running tre, betral off the w t o, the better between boeing and airbus about state subsidies. there is a plan in the table and we hear that the talks are almost at the finishing line about having is several year long sort of kept to these subsidies. then we'll have to be paid equally. you could only be paid equally on both sides. now a lot of t

on issues that affect transnational security including syria, iran, or the south china sea. because nato is not just a military, we ate -- military alliance, we are a political military alliance. our political unity managers. -- matters. we must use nato even more. to address our differences, forge a common understanding, and coordinate our responses. military, economic, and diplomatic. second, we will boost our commitment to our collective defense against -- since 2014, we have implemented the largest reinforcement to our collective defense in degeneration. enhancing our ability to defend our land, at sea, in the air, in cyberspace, and in space. we will rapidly and fully implement our plan to strengthen our military posture, continuing to increase -- monetize our capabilities and invest more in our collective nests -- collective nests. strong militaries are important, but strong societies are our first line of defense. so you must raise the level of ambition when it comes to resilience. our third aim is therefore to develop -- and work to transfer them to concrete national

he challenged china's territorial claims in the south china sea filing, a case of the international criminal court at the hate and winning. the major ruling declared, most of china's claim invalid. the victory was seen as unprecedented members, but a keenest presidency wasn't without contractors. the full pins was battered by severe natural disasters in 2013, but he was mostly impatient with criticism, specially with his government slow response in dealing with ty phone, how young one of the strongest storms on record. 2 years later, a botched operation to capture a fugitive muslim fighter killed more than 60 people, including 4 to 4 police officers and 5 civilians, turning the armed encounter into aquinos biggest political crisis. he leaves behind a mixed legacy, but said all he ever wanted was to be remembered. some one who was given the honor to serve the people. and he gave his best. while stella had here on al jazeera or on the front line of the battle to win hearts and minds, and northern iraq, security forces tries to route out the remaining eiffel faces. and the world health organiza

zealand leaders make irresponsible remarks on china's internal affairs such as hong kong and the south chinais clearly violates internional law and interferes in china's internal affrs. host: journalists have also come under attack. listen to the prime minister when asked about the human rights record. he is speaking through an interpreter. >> that is full of prejudice against china and arrogance. this is totally unacceptable. no one knows better than the chinese people about the human rights condition in china. host: he said confrontational rhetoric damages relations. president xi jinping has told senior communist officials he wants them to unite and win over the majority, to be confident but also honest and humble. >> this is all about substance. it is about a new suit of clothes for the emperor, i am afraid. after all, if you have lied to the entire world, if the origins of covid are still unclear, if you can't get that, how are you going to win trust back on the others? host: let's take a look at how things might play out in china. >> it's possible that xi jinping's administration has be

when china sees the philippine scarberry shoal in the south china sea in 2012, his government filed for arbitration at the hague and won the landlord case against beijing. that the victory declared china so called 9 dash invalid. it was a david versus goliath scenario. the president, the keenest said, proved that the right is might, he chose to retire from the public eye when he stepped down from office in 2016, his successor, the current president to agree good to tear, to repeatedly attack the keenest administration and members of his opposition group the liberal party, but despite the verbal assaults against him, aquino chose to remain silent. there has been a huge out pouring of grief both here and abroad. many look back at his presidency and say, this was a period of decency and progress. but aquino said all he ever wanted was to serve his country well, and that when it comes to its legacy, just like his parents, he will let history decide to bidding me then the 3rd, his family has been at the forefront of the fight for democracy at almost every political turning point in the histo

>> i would say first, it is china's extravagant claims of territorial ownership of the south china seais is a vast body of water, half the size of the continent of the united states. china claims it essentially in its entirety. where the west to acquiesce to this preposterous claim, over time it would undermine the entire system of sovereign, orderly ownership of appropriate amounts of oceans. secondly, we see china bullying many of its neighbors. vietnam, the philippines, india. china is pushing the international system. third and finally, china is aligning itself with russia. and other significant authoritarian power. you see the two drawing closer and closer together in ways that we are not part of the cold war. taken together, that ought to concern us in our european allies. katty: it's interesting that three years ago china did not even feature in the nato communique, here it is as a strategic challenge. some of the conventional wisdom around china that it was focused economically on expanding its reach with its belt and road initiative. the idea that china is a military threat mi

esper: two areas of concern for me when it came to china where the taiwan straight in the south china. we clearly know that china considers taiwan as a part of -- to them, it is indisputable part of a territory and that is on that bucket list of things that they want to finalize. i was on the handover for hong kong, that was another one. they are playing hong kong closer in. i think it is a matter of concern and i think it is something we watch closely, i know the indo pay, command does, but the taiwanese need to do more as well. they need to increase defense spending and they need to spend on the right things. we need to look at more ways to cooperate. it was greater cooperation with taiwan and also, how do we incorporate into our planning our allies, and this begins with allies such as japan and the australians and others, but interestingly, we have european allies that have a perspective who can also play a role. i think we need to think more broadly in that regard about the defense in taiwan but more importantly, how do we deter chinese aggressive behavior that were a part of the

let's just remember the south china sea that china is now claiming entirely as its own waters. let's talk about policy in hong kong where it has ended system that was guaranteed before. let's talk about the human rights violations in john, and it's more aggressive policies towards taiwan that it regarding its own territory and all. and this combined with a very much more aggressive tone by chinese diplomats. this statement that you've just quoted that was issued by the embassy in london is very calm and very tone down compared to some other things we have heard in the past few years. all this is a sign that china sees itself increasingly also in a back to, in the, in the, in a concurrent competition with the west. this is, this is a mutual feeling i would say back we dw chief international, it's richard walker correspondence and extend that out for nom and richard, coming to you. i mean did did be gina spec, the g 7 summit to go acid bit. well, i mean, of course, the chinese really are concerned about the west potentially, you know, potentially uniting. and in this, taking a fi

army and navy so we're experimenting that with army force and marine forces in the pacific and south china seas through exercises and other things and in addition to that were doing long-range rescission fire testing that is being done at the various ranges these are quite extended ranges that will cover the south china sea so the conceptual idea would be we could handle the chinese purpose fleet with land raced air and naval fires. >> thank you general, i appreciate that. moving on and talking again about the supply chain, we've all become critically concerned. as we talk about single source materials, we talk about rare earth materials i'd encourage you encourage you general austin to into how that impacts are smaller defense manufacturers from entering into a petition when they have to trade for the supply chain, that's something they have a lot of trouble doing and to have it do well at. i also encouraged a discussion about rare earth materials and if there are alternatives. the research and development we might make into alternatives, that's something that's been brought up that we i

. >> china seems to be doing exactly what it wants to do with regards to hong kong, the south china sea, and many other issues despite pressure from you and allies. the language in the g-7 communique has some mentions of china, but it is not as tough as you and your team wanted it to be. we saw a draft of the communique, and it is not quite as tough. there is not much action in it. there are calls for china to be respectful, but why isn't that communique to upper? are you just -- communique tougher? are you disappointed? pres. biden: last time the g-7 met, there was no mention of china. this time there is a mention of china. the g-7 agreed to call out human rights abuses in hong kong explicitly, to coordinate a common strategy to deal with china's nonmarket policies that undermine crop -- competition, to take serious actions against forced labor and solar agriculture in the garment industry because that is where it is happening. what i said earlier, i feel very strongly. i proposed that we have a democratic initiative to build back better and they have agreed to that. that is underway.

it is doing exactly what it wants to with regards to hong kong with the south china sea, and many other issues despite pressure from you and allies. the language in the g7 does have mentions of china that is different from past years, but it is not as tough as you and your team wanted it to be. why isn't it as tough? there is not much action. there is call for china to be respectful, but why is that not communicated a little bit tougher? are you disappointed, and what can he do to change those actions by china? pres. biden: i think the last time the g7 met, there was no mention of china. this time, there is. g7 is possibly agreed -- explicitly agreed to call on human rights issues. the nonmarket policies and undermining competition, and it is underway now. we want to take serious action against forced labor and agriculture, and they have agreed to do that. i feel very strongly. i propose that we have a democratic alternative to the belt road initiative and build back better, and they have agreed to that. that is underway. we agreed to put together a committee to do that. thirdly, we are

look what they're doing in the south china sea, which all the european union countries, our nato alliesof freedom of passage in the south china sea for both defense, as well as economic purposes. look at what china has been involved with in term of cyber issues. it is appropriate when nato was created, of course, it was russia. the soviet union at the time. but now the reality is that those threats have and china is our biggest single strategic challenge and also a challenge for nato and appropriate for them to take a role in the dimensions of that challenge as it relates to national securities of our countries. >> so, i mean, this is just a, this feels like a large expansion of nato's portfolio. do you think all member nations of nato are going to be on the same page considering many member nations would like to do economic deals with china. >> well, you know, nato also works by consensus and the consensus was to enlarge its mission to specifically designate china as part of the nato portfolio. that is a good beginning that some countries could have said, no, we don't think we should.

security challenges posed by the aggressive foreign policy to secure and maintain the posture of the south china sea and the strait of taiwan. i would be interested in hearing from both of you. he had a foreign relations committee hearing on taiwan. how likely is china to actively pursue a unification strategy with taiwan through force in the near future? how are we working with allies and partners to detour them from taking any action and how does this budget to support the capabilities relevant or critical for those in need in the pacific? if you might, mr. secretary and then mr. chairman. >> uniting with taiwan is no question a goal in terms of what the time line is. there's a number of intelligence estimates that address that issue. we would have to go into closed session to address. but we know that as a goal of china and we also know our position is that we remain committed to helping the defense in terms of providing the ability for them to defend themselves and in accordance with the relations act. in the three communiquÉs and assurances it's very likely that they will want to do that in

latin america and writing about heard of escape, elephant leave, a trail of destruction in south west in china, ah, ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored by cattle airways. hello, our plum rains have been particularly active towards south east china. so i'll take you just west of hong kong, a new record set 400 millimeters of rain, the highest single day rainfall and much of the same on tap on thursday. this is what our plumb rains do wobble between the gang, see and the pearl river valleys shoot out toward these china sea and just throw tons of rain for the korean peninsula and southern sections of japan. so intense rain in the forecasts for you. heavy rain can also be expected from manila as a tropical storm passes by it will weaken into a tropical depression, but still flooding land fights and power outages. the big concern here, k want to take you to ne india into bangladesh. look at these storm clouds here producing quite intense rainfall, particularly for bangladesh dock at 85 millimeters of rain over the past 24 hours. we can expect much of the same on thursday as well. and

planning but the symbolism of seeing that aircraft carrier, another another one is on the way for south china seas as part of a joint military operation, that's important, too. >> always great to have your analysis as usual this morning. appreciate it. see you soon. >>> all right. meat supplier jbs said it paid $11 million ransom after that cyber attack that shut down its entire u.s. beef processing operation last week. the company said it paid the ransom after most of its facilities were back on line. it says it paid off the hackers believed to be based in russia by the way to prevent any potential risk to its customers. now, it's unclear whether the white house knew about this payoff, but u.s. officials have urged companies not to pay ransoms to avoid encouraging more cyber attacks like this. >>> everything is more expensive as the economy roars back to life. that's the down side of a hot economy. inflation, steel, lumber, plastic and gas prices all rising. your grocery bill is bigger as the cost of vegetables, sugar and sunflower oil rise. the housing market is red hot, cars are becoming m

china seems to be doing exactly what it wants to do with regard to hong kong, with regard to the south china sea and many other issues despite pressure from you and from allies. the final language in the communique does have a mention of china, which is a front from the past, but i know it is not as tough as you wanted it to be. we saw a draft of the communique that is not quite as tough. there isn't very much action. there are some calls for china to be respectful, but why isn't it a low bit tougher? what can you do to change some of the actions? pres. biden: as you know, last time the g7 met there was no mention of china, but this time there is. the g7 agreed to call out human rights abuses, explicitly, and to coordinate a strategy to deal with china and nonmarket policies that undermine competition. they have agreed how to do that. and to take serious actions against forced labor in solar, agriculture and the government industry, and they have agreed to do that. and to launch what i said earlier, i propose that we have a democratic alternative to the belt road initiative, and they have ag