so this work when china expands to the south china sea and with a body of water in southeast asia so nt of the trade goes in china and the several countries including malaysia and vietnam share claims on this body of water so there is a historical dispute of what area is yours versus mine? it's also the area with oil and gas deposits but is a huge deposit of natural resources. you cannd understand why all the country share the body of water with the economic interest to maintain their claim so what china did was with the first administration it came up with a genius idea the first occupational island in the south china sea. the united states did not object all the other countries nearby were sure what they were doing but then to make sure we can have a station here to help when fishermen get into trouble or report the weather or shipping so people said okay. that's fine so from the first island within 20 years china reclaimed 3000 acresre of land building that occupational onisland to have runway hangers. and then china also declared to establish the district but now it's also china t

this is how the war expanded to the south china sea but the south china sea is unique body of water in south asia with a major trade routes and 90% of the trade going to china goes through water and china in several countries including malaysia the philippines and vietnam share claim that this body of water. sometimes it overlaps. there are disputes as to what gary is yours and what is mine. this is an area with huge mineral oil and gas deposits. it's a huge deposits of national resources he can understand why the country shares this body of water. there's an economic and national security interest to maintain the claim or to extend it. what china did was under the first album administration he came up with this ingenious idea in the south china sea there's a wreath and the united states did not object. they weren't sure what china was doing in china just said oh we want to make sure we can have a station here so we can help when fishermen get in trouble for there is bad weather so they said okay that's fine. within three years china reclaimed 3000 acres of land by building artificial

and china it's important we understand that because now, based on its success in the south china sea now china is using the exact same strategy on the land to deal with defending land border disputes with other countries . so foreign policy last month published a stunning discovery. basically china was building three villages inside the border of bhutan, a small country that shares borders with china. inside its border and even though it's historically and for the longest time even in the 80s china's own mac claimed this land belonged to bhutan but china build three villages there so once they build it it's theirs. and the reason that china did that is really not because it's bhutan's territory. it's basically bhutan is adjacent to india and china and india have been fighting border wars for the last decades so china is playing the long game. they basically want to use bhutan three villages to strategically in an area that's is akin to a holy land . so china wants to use this to force bhutan to make a land exchange. with their own land. basically saying i can give up these three yvill

administration, they came up with this idea at first to build an island, use the reef and one of the south china seas and the united states did not object. they were not sure what china is doing and they want to make sure that we can help when a fisherman gets into trouble or there's a report about whether. so people are like okay that's fine. so within three years, china reclaimed 3,000 acres of land through building artificial islands. with these three years. once they built of the island, there's hangers and radars and china also declared a claim not all of them are china because they built it but also the surrounding water is now the territory so by doing that, the claim to generate that international body of water now is china's own backyard and now any of that access it or exploration trips china will send its aggressive coast guard and to protect china's territory. so it's my strategy. that's what we call the gray zone tactic. it's important we understand that because now based on its success, it's using the same strategy on the land to expand the land border dispute with other countries.

maintenance in a board and i'm in china claim sovereignty to over 80 percent of the south china sea. and under the leadership of she's in pain. it has dramatically expanded its presence here. hundreds of chinese navient coast guard vessels, petrol, the waters, swarming reefs, and harassing and attacking filipino votes. 6 years ago the philippines brought a case against china before an international court. a tribunal ruled that beijing had been unlawful in its occupation of filipino fishing grounds. but china has ignored the ruling. china's land grab has robbed christopher de vera of a large part of his income. but with, as he and all, as i get the lesson not being allowed to fish, there is hurting me. imagine they are, the early ones allowed to fish inside the shoulders and even though the scarborough shoal is hours a month, i long tharp in young scull water. the formula is that young on top of that chinese clam harvest, does have destroyed the coral on the reef and decimated fish stocks to vera says, you know, but despite that, some members of his crew have gone fishing now under th

these other waters of the south china sea that fishermen in the north of the philippines have been making their living off for generations. but china's expansionism in the area is threatening their livelihoods. it started 10 years ago when mary of villa montez boat was chased away by the chinese in one of his main fishing grounds. the reef rich and fish and marine life called scarborough, shall i all bubble dominions? got a moral. we were going to the scarborough shoals when the chinese coast god blocked us. malignant. i may be a lot, i mean, and then when we were already retreating, they water canada for 2 minutes and they kept on following us for 5 miles to make sure we didn't go back there. i am alexis animal. the number of fish mario villa monte catches has decreased significantly since the chinese boats have restricted access to the best fishing ground. but getting back as too risky, they leave must not be at the level. what if they rammed us? our boat is made of wood and their ship is made of metal, so we don't stand a chance in the oil and i'm in china claim sovereign g to over 80

began occupying disputed islands in the south china sea, asean tried to get an agreement withly stalled. when multiple chinese dams have messed up the water flow in the mekong river, countries affected downstream have found they have little redress. and when the philippines won an international arbitration case against chinese claims in the south china sea, china simply ignored it. instead, china has fractured the famed consensus and unity of asean, picking off the smaller states like laos and cambodia with generous aid and development, turning them into virtual client states. the other south—east asian countries are now dealing with china very much according to their own interests. indonesia runs a china sceptic foreign policy but welcomes chinese investment with open arms. thailand, though, is more hesitant about such investment but willing to be much more accommodating of china's foreign policy concerns. vietnam has perhaps the most china—phobic population and historic grievances against its giant neighbour but vietnam's world beating export industries depend on supply chai

dress and when the philippines won an international arbitration case against chinese claims in the south chinagnored it. instead, china has had the famed consent this and unity of asean, picking off the smaller states like laos and cambodia with generous aid and development turning them into virtual client states. the other south—east asian countries are now dealing with china very much on their own interests. indonesia runs a china sceptic foreign policy but welcomes chinese and best with open arms. thailand, though, is more hesitant about such investment but willing to be much more accommodating of china's foreign policy concerns. vietnam has perhaps the most china phobic population and historic grievances against its giant neighbour but vietnam's world beating export industries depend on supply chains from china so the communist leadership there manages its relations with china extremely carefully. all the countries in this region have been frustrated by the erratic interests of the united states and the focus now on military rather than economic engagement. they fear being drawn into a sup

the what might happen with taiwan and the south china sea.— the south china sea.ine if the republicans take over the house? ., .., ukraine if the republicans take over the house? ., , ., ., the house? i am. i can tell you that a lot of my — the house? i am. i can tell you that a lot of my republican _ the house? i am. i can tell you that a lot of my republican colleagues, | a lot of my republican colleagues, those who understand national security much better than kevin mccarthy, by the way, they are concerned too. i'm not going to speakfor them, but concerned too. i'm not going to speak for them, but many of my fellow veterans on the other side of the aisle know how important it is to continue to stand up to vladimir putin, to win this war in ukraine and they are worried that their fellow members of their own party might undermine that if they take control of the house next year. finally, before i let you go, let's talk about iran, because of grace, what is happening in iran is very worrying for politicians across the united states. if an vocal and supportive of t

it is where we have spoken about with taiwan with the south china sea and the east china sea so significantght, the continental periphery and, china greatest strategic depth all the way to europe and turn that into a theater of economic opportunity ultimate compliancy. nine, the row the rest of the world. china is a traditional champion of the g-77. both africa, latin america, the rest of asia. hence why it's seated again. china's new posturing and national development assistance. enhancing global numbers if you like. which brings us to ten, changing the rules of the international rules itself. it's compatible as we discussed beforend. chinese national interest. but through the institutions of global governance, diplomatic support and individual votes at the united nations. and in securing to take control over national institutions. andm machinery the organization who is now settinge industry standards next standards of 5g and the rest. the reason i use concentric circles from the most important shall i say to the least important is the wrong term. but the extensions of the central principl

now it has pushed out into the open waters of the south china sea and it'll push very close to that southeast and corner of china as we go through the next day or so. there you go. you can see how it has made its way across the philippines, pushing out into the open waters in re strengthening glass, making his way a little further north was the monsoon trough here at the board that have you ready to southern parts of the philippines as flick a little further northwards and it will continue to do so as we go through the next day or so. let's just push up into the south china sea. this is what we expect now gay to do over the next couple of days, monday starts to take a right turn. each is up towards hong kong as we go on through tuesday. and eventually throw some very heavy rain with the risk of flooding into southern pass of china. ah ah, ah, ah ah ah ah ah, you want to go to see it a reminder of our top stories this. our voting is underway in brazil's fiercely contested presidential runoff. analysts expect to close competition between incumbent president chateau sonata, another de silva who'

course the theaters that we've spoken about with taiwan and with southeast asia, sorry, with the south chinasea and the east china sea remains so significant. eight, the continental periphery, belt and road initiative come to give china greater strategic depth all the way to europe and turn that into a theater of economic opportunity and, therefore, ultimate foreign policy come sites with the interests of the chinese system. nine, the rest of the world, china is a traditional champion of the g-77 in both africa and latin america and the rest of asia and hence why the belt and road initiative began but chinese new posture of international development assistant assume it's enhancing china's ultimate global numbers ifhi you like, which brings us o attend which is changing the rules of the soviet national system itself in a manner more compatible as we discussed before with china's authoritarian values. and chinese national interests. but it is addition ofon global governance, which china been through its economic diplomacy has much greater levels of diplomatic support an individual votes in the

russia's invasion of ukraine has antagonized the west and his efforts to grab territory in the south. china sea have angered china's neighbors. relations with the united states or at their lowest ebb for years. while tensions between the e you and china could escalate if she strengthens his commitment to a confrontational foreign policy. while the rest of the world is easing cove, at 19 restrictions, china's authorities have intensified their efforts to contain outbreaks with strict locked downs mass testing and lengthy quarantines. this 0 covert approach is one of she's landmark policies. it's also turning into the most potent test of his leadership so far as one person was arrested in beijing hanging a protest banner in the city. such, protest actions a highly unusual economic growth under she is suffering and fears of a global recession, triggered by the war in ukraine, have hit confidence. any hint of china's future direction will be followed closely around the won't. journalist bobby and cutback is in beijing and following the story for us. i asked him how serious the where should take

now it has pushed out into the open waters of the south china sea and it'll push very close to that southeast and corner of for china as we go through the next day or so. there you go. you can see how it has made its way across the philippines, pushing out into the open waters and re strengthening, crashing, making his way. little further north was the monsoon trough here at the ball that heavy right to southern parts of the philippines. as flick a little further northwards and it will continue to do so as we go through the next day or so. let's just push up into the south china sea and this is what we expect now, gay to do. over the next couple of days, monday starts to take a right turn. each is up towards hong kong as we go on through tuesday, and eventually throw some very heavy rain with the risk of flooding in the southern pass of china. to with sponsored by a cat on a ways that bridges she rocky journalist who's visualizing complex statistics in a simple art form. i think some of those are some really exciting opportunities to break apart from those systems our and to collect data in a

taiwan and with southeast asian, sorry with the south china sea and the east china sea remains so significant 8 the continental periphery belton road initiative to give china greatest strategic depth all the way to europe and turn that into a theater of economic opportunity and therefore ultimate foreign policy compliance with the interests of the chinese system. 9 the row the rest of the world china is the traditional champion of the g77 in both africa and latin america and the rest of asia and hence why the belton road initiative again, but china's new posture in terms of international development assistance is seen as enhancing china's ultimate global numbers if you like which brings us to 10, which is changing the rules of the international system itself in a manner more compatible as we discussed before with chinese authoritarian values and and chinese national interests, but through the institutions of global governance. which china then through its economic diplomacy has much greater levels of diplomatic support in in individual votes in the united nations. and in securing and the cand

russia's invasion of ukraine has antagonized the west and his efforts to grab territory in the south. china sea have angered china's neighbor, his r. i do relations with the united states or at their lowest ebb for years, while tensions between the you and china could escalate if she strengthens his commitment to a confrontational foreign policy. while the rest of the world is easing cove, at 19 restrictions, chinese authorities of intensified their efforts to contain outbreaks, with strict loc downs, mass testing and lengthy quarantines. the 0 cove approach is one of she's landmark policies. it's also turning into the most potent test of his leadership so far. at least one person was arrested in beijing for hanging, a protest banner in the city. such protests are highly unusual. he can on the growth under she is suffering and fears of a global recession, triggered by the war and ukraine, have hit confidence any hint of china's future direction will be followed closely around the world. a burning question hanging over the congress is succession. who comes after she that report by demi is cl

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your last book focused on the south china sea which is a terrific read for all you guys. why did it take you so long to to come back. you've written about things outside of the art. at the south china sea extensively and events internationallyav but now you finally come back. >> not as extensively as i would've the s local paper and t the same time everything seemed to be like what was going on with the country deciding what they were going to do with carriers and what they were not. my agent and i were thinking out loud t to ourselves and to each other what should the next book be about and quite honestly, i had started a project down there it was going to be a series about how the union got started and never got published. i wanted toho find a home for tt so i showed and the characters are what got him as they did we said we've got to tell the story. >> the reason it's news a lot today is the challenges with being able to build super carriers now in a challenging technological threat and financial environment. before there was famously a lot of problems due to a pretty

devastation isn't over in the north and philippines flooding wasn't even as the storm moved. across to south china sea tropical storms kill hundreds of people in the philippines yearly. but scientists have warned that climate change or making them more powerful, meaning havoc like this is set to become a constant. floods in town near manila bay in the philippines have been a problem for several decades. but the situation is being made worse by climate change and other human factors. residents in places like the town of hag annoyed, have urged the government to act to mitigate the floods. the street in hog noise in the philippines is permanently flooded. the water never fully receives, leaving locals to manage as best they can. but local motorbike taxi drivers have come up with a solution they hope will make life here easier they raise the height of their vehicles this way. they can continue ferrying passengers back and forth and earn money. but that update reserve as the slots do affect her, the timing was the price again for us motorbike taxi drivers, vehicles are not made to cross blood waters.

laos is the only country on the indochina peninsula that has no access to the sea, although the south china sea is only 50 km away but it's already territory. vietnam, the length of laos is 236.800 m², the population is 7 million 200.000 people, the capital is in yantia, the state language is lao. laos is beautiful a very beautiful country in southeast asia but unfortunately unfamiliar to russians, although if you find yourself in laos, you will be amazed, how many laotians speak russian, how friendly, how warm, they treat russians. in general, there is, uh, a historical explanation for this and, uh, tradition. this is what the formula of power discussed about the past and present of laos with the chairman of the national assembly of the lao people of the democratic republic, comrade and father khon. born december 12 , 1956 in the mail commune of weyang-sai district provinces. huahan, laos 1977-1983 studied at lomonosov moscow state university 1983-84 lecturer in political economy of the higher party school in vietnam 1984-87 post-graduate student of the stupid political science specialty.

storm that passed through the philippines a few days ago that will run up towards the far south and southeast of china by that front that extends back into the open waters. drawing that moisture back towards taiwan through the taiwan strait towards hong kong will have the south blustery spells of wet weather coming through here. then lottie dry by the state into a good part of japan. we have a little bit of weather in to northern areas of china, but nothing too much to speak of. biologic, fine and try now into the philippines. and here we go with now the, as you can see into the open waters of the south china sea. redeveloping may become a typhoon for a brief period as we go through the next 24 to 36000 little weakens slightly. she makes us white was high than islet, but coming in behind his i next system. not a particularly powerful one, but something of a rainmaker. nevertheless, of course the ground is already saturated into those eastern parts of the philippines. it will make its went though central areas around wednesday and thursday, which is good for the floods. ah ah, ah ah no. oh you want to

the chinese will not be too impressed with anything that we say about taiwan or the south for the south china sea, on the battlefield. all roads lead to crimea, and it looks to me that the ukrainian forces have earth have achieved irreversible momentum. and they're moving from the west, from the north, towards crimea. and i think they'll be there by the end of this year. general, thank you very much for your thoughts. good. talking with you again. that was ben hodge, its former commander of the u. s. army in europe. just reminder, the top story we've been following for you to day here on the w news ukraine's president zalinski his do to meet g 7 leaders virtual late later today to discuss the response to widespread russian missiles tax on several ukrainian cities. the latest strikes killed morgan does your watching dw news. i'm terry martin. thanks for being with a vibrant habitat ended glistening place of long the mediterranean sea scene of l. musfar. and to far abdul karim drift along with exploring the modern life.

thanks to a wet and windy weather that's trying to form in the south china sea. it is strengthening. it's like you to bring some very heavy force to parts of indo china . vietnam in particular on thursday is looking very wet as well for much of the philippines. we have got some flood advisories out in the north and the wet weather intensifies across northern areas of borneo on thursday. now as we move to south asia, lot dryer across northern areas of india, particularly the north east. a lot of that rain has now shifted a further south, intensifying on thursday along the west coast with some shop showers in the south that show other to with sponsored by cats all day ways. in a country with high youth unemployment, one organization helps turn school children into entrepreneurs will come tell us what i mean by that was fundraising, empowering them to reclaim their future retention them out. we'll prorate the sewing machine lives out to make the best and build more prosperous community. some of them invest the money into other businesses. school from life, uganda, pa

thanks to a wet and windy weather that's trying to form in the south china sea. it is strengthening it slightly to bring some very heavy force to parts of indo china. vietnam in particular on thursday is looking very wet as well for much of the philippines. we have got some flood advisories out in the north and the wet weather intensifies a northern areas of borneo on thursday. that was a need to south asia. it's like not dry across northern areas of india, particularly the north east. a lot about rain has now shifted further south, intensifying on thursday along the west coast with some shop showers in the south. that sure weather. ah ah ah ah news. ah, the me, you're watching, i'll just hear a time. to recap our headlines now. nato secretary general the installed him bogus, urged the lines to send more air defense systems to ukraine after 2 days of russian missile strikes. nato defense ministers meeting in brussels, ukraine's energy minister says russian missiles of hit around 30 percent of the country's energy infrastructure. the mayor of the western city of ne

and here we go with now the, as you can see into the open waters of the south china sea, redeveloping may become a typhoon for a brief period as we go through the next 24 to 36000 little weakens slightly. she makes his way towards high nan island, but coming in behind his own next system. not a particularly powerful one, but somebody rainmaker. nevertheless, the calls the crowd is already saturated into those eastern parts of the philippines. it will make it where it's those central areas around wednesday and thursday, which is good for the floods i do with sponsored by cats on a ways. on counting the cost gigi pings grip on china is now tighter than ever before. how will that impact economy? what does the fall out from washington calves on beijing's access to advanced chips and the chinese people that pop electric cause an unprecedented numbers. counting the cost on al jazeera ah, investigating the use and abuse of power across the globe on al jazeera. ah ah welcome back to watching out. as a reminder, our top story is this our shows once again launched missiles strikes against the u

south china sea. includes polar regions as well. when i went to the arctic council, the chinese wanted to purchase a paid as a so-called arctic neighbor. do the math. at 900 miles. we don't think about that as a casual commute. there are eight companies -- countries. the chinese communist party lacks any legitimate claim to sovereignty even though important to its own foreign policy the idea of it being arctic nation. it is economic ambitions in this region. military regions -- military ambitions are very clear. they want to build a polar silk road. the russia peninsula was the first major part of this logic. chinese funding is the reason, much of our attention was focused in the west. more of our tension ought to be focused on the terminal. one month, china imported liquefied natural gas from russia. more than half of those shipments came from that terminal. -- terminal in the arctic. china's arctic ambitions, this was its goal in trying to obtain a strategic foothold in greenland. it does not end with the economy in trade. been tr

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