stands with the philippines in the face of what it called china's repeated "harassment" in the south china" and "unlawful". it comes after a chinese coastguard boat and a philippine supply vessel collided in the south china sea. the filipino vessel was on its way to a philippine outpost in the second thomas shoal, where tensions have escalated in recent weeks. manila said beijing's "dangerous blocking manoeuvres" endangered the safety of the filipino crew. but china claimed it blocked the vessel because it was carrying illegal construction materials. it's the latest flare—up in a long territorial dispute in the sea — one of the world's busiest trade routes. joining me now is dr bill hayton, who wrote a book about the disputes in the south china sea. he is associate fellow with the asia—pacific programme at chatham house. thank you very much for your time here on newsday. well as we know at the moment, both sides as expected, or blaming each otherfor the moment, both sides as expected, or blaming each other for the aggression in the area, how are you reading these developments? iretell read

aircraft operating lawfully in the east and south china sea region. we will release these images and videos late they are afternoon. with that, i turn it turnover dr. rat burn. -- ratburn. >> i would like to talk about the images that depict an increase in coercive behavior in the east and south china sea. i would like to talk about why it represents such significant concern. the authoritative public assessment of the p.l.a. and role it plays in beijing's broader ambitions. this year's report will be out soon and taken together with today's announcements represents the most comprehensive depiction to date of the concerning behavior by the p.l.a. last year's c.m.p.r. noted that fighter jets were increasingly engaging in coercive behavior this provides a much-clearer estimate of that disturbing trend. specifically since the fall of 2021, we have seen more than 180 such incidents, more in the past two years than in the decade before that. that's nearly00 cases where p.l.a. operators have performed reckless ma ma neufers discharged or shot off flares or a

also, china has built a naval base in the south china sea equipped with military weapons . and he warned that this area belongs to china. the spokesman of the ministry of foreign affairs of china also said that we ask the philippine authorities to avoid provocative actions and creating problems in this area. yes , thank you very much, mr. khaliq vardi. thank you very much, thank you very much, ms. zaremi, a radio and television news reporter. well, we will meet on the way to the glass news hall. we will join my colleague , mr. kazmenia. mr. kazmenia. hello, good morning . dear viewers, i would like to express my special thanks to the viewers who chose hello reporter to watch on saturday morning . dear journalists, one of those news is the official reporter of the official news of the majlis area, who deals with the continuation of the 7th program. mr. asadi , here is our colleague next to me to explain more about what materials from the 7th program are going to be explained today. hello, god bless you. today in the parliament, please say hello, good morning to you and my dea

japan, with it south korea, officially becomes the american springboard in the confrontation with chinaoday, seoul, tokyo and washington held joint air force exercises for the first time on the south korean peninsula. in addition to fighter aircraft from the air forces of the three countries, the american b50 strategic bomber was involved. all this is an obvious provocation against pyongyang and beijing. on this background in pentan for some reason they are surprised that they are offended by the chinese air force. on the official website of the us department of defense, this article appeared about 15 episodes of aggressive and risky interceptions of american military aircraft by chinese pilots over the waters of the east china and south china seas. the pentagon is crying that evil chinese pilots will either show them missiles in the air, or cut them, or shake the wake of their engines; in general, they react extremely intolerantly to washington’s provocations, and us satellites in the region are also involved in them south china sea, a philippine-owned vessel illegally entered the very

running high between manila and aging for almost the entire year over this territorial dispute in the south china sea. in february, chinese sailors directed military raid laser against their filipino counterparts and months later they used water cannon. china, of course, laced same over almost the entire south china sea, but this particular area where the collisions took place is 200 kilometers from the western most province of the philippines. and so many let insist that it pass southern right over this area of the south china sea, wind to below al jazeera, many of them. well, that's it, somebody told mccrae with a is coming up next to now to 0. then inside story discusses the exchanges of fire between his blah and his right let alone the board was living on. and what might happen if a full offensive break sounds that is coming up at the top of the site with us on the l just here, the the, the color of high pressure to have a nice, the weather across, a good positive china with the magnets and that means fine and dry weather. uh the morning missed and folks on the a possibility. heres i reapply

high between manila and beijing for almost the entire year over this territorial dispute in the south china sea. in february, chinese sailors directed military grade laser against their filipino counter parts and months later, they used water cannon. china, of course, laced same over almost the entire south china sea, but this particular area where the collisions took place is 200 kilometers from the western most province of the philippines. and so many la insist that it has the southern rise over this area of the south china sea. to find below al jazeera, many like thousands of people have been protesting across germany to show their support as ro. some gathered in front of bill in front of the guide, caring is ready, flags, as well as post as the photos of captives held in garza and in from thousands rarely than central powers to denounce as well as bombing and seizure of gaza. hundreds of protest has carried flags and banners with messages of support for palestine. a little for me, tell mccray, for the moment we'll be back with more on the war on gaza at the top of the ally counseling th

look, a chinese fighter jet flew within 3 meters of a us air force bomber in the skies over the south chinat the central problem in relations between the united states and china is mistrust. like beijing. can take advantage of the conflict and chaos in the middle east to launch its operation in taiwan, while it is obvious to everyone that in the middle east, asia and ukraine, the main obstacle to the onset of peace is the united states, which creates this chaos. the us department of defense released this video, look, this is a chinese fighter jet approaching within 10 feet of an american b-52 bomber, flying over the south china sea. this is a truly serious step towards escalation, the us department of defense reports. the frequency of such collisions over the south china sea is increasing. chinese pilots are conducting aggressive and violent maneuvers against u.s. aircraft flying in international airspace, officials say. statement. indo-pacific command says this particular aircraft was flying at an uncontrolled high speed in front of the bombers at a distance of ten feet, putting both aircr

is territorial sovereignty international law on the declaration of the conduct of parties in the south china sea and undermined a peace instability if the region in china claims nearly all the south china sea, but the philippines and says, you went back to cooling from 2016 projects, this the area where the collision took place is only 200 kilometers away from the philippines, but nearly 1000 kilometers from hinemann island, the nearest chinese territory. confrontations in the south, china sea between the philippines and chinese coast guards had become increasingly tens over the past several months. but these incidents are the 1st were government specialists have collided with each other. many fear there could be more to come. if both sides failed to defuse the situation, pardon below al jazeera while returning now to the war and gaza pipe, francis says that he's saddened by in his ready air raids on causes oldest judge thing, the pool is always to fees. a mass funeral has been held and the church has caught you on the 16 people killed and not as strike on past day as well. has claimed respo

the incident reportedly took place near a group of islands near the south china sea in august. china claims the territory. >> translator: it was the u.s. side that came to china's doorstep to provoke and stir up troubles. >> china's defense ministry spokesperson says it'll take all necessary measures to defend its sovereignty and maritime interests. >>> 20 days have passed since hamas carried out its fatal attack in israel, killing nearly 1,400 people and kidnapping at least 200 hosts. since then israeli forces have been escalating their air strikes in the gaza strip. palestinian authorities say those strikes have now killed at least 7,000 people including 3,000 children in the palestinian enclave. israeli defense forces officers say they hit at least 250 targets in their latest air strikes including hamas command centers and rocket launchers. they say they killed the deputy commander of the hamas intelligence section as well as other leaders responsible for the surprise assault earlier this month on their territory. the israelis say they also sent tanks into northern gaza to pr

high between manila and beijing for almost the entire year over this territorial dispute in the south china sea. in february, chinese sailors direct and military grade laser against their filipino counter parts and months later they used water cannon. china, of course, least same over almost the entire south china sea. but this particular area where the collisions took place is 200 kilometers from the western most province of the philippines. and so many let insist that it pass southern rise over this area of the south china sea to find below al jazeera monday look for turning down to on coverage of the war on guys are and algae 0 is correspondent, unit l. sage has been documenting life in guys a cd, up to 17 days of his riley as strikes the noisy heath throughout have video diary is from is riley drones overhead. sounds that now follows guys a residence everywhere they go. hi, i'm unit senior. i'm still in gaza city with my family yesterday regarding lots of we're new calls and a lot of the flats like these, the trade trusts on us in our neighborhood, in our street here. and uh they basica

sharp increase in risky and operational behavior in the east and south china seas. and in particular i would like to discuss why it represents such a significant concern. as many of you know, every year for over 20 years it appear more -- the department of defense has released the china military power report. it is an important document because it is the department's authoritative public assessment of the p.l.a. and role it plays in helping to realize beijing's broader ambitions. this year's report will be out soon, and taken together with today's announcements, it represents the most comprehensive depiction to date of this highly concerning behavior by the p.l.a. last year's c.m.p.r. noted that p.l.a. fighter jets were increasingly engaging in risky and coercive behavior, this year's provides a much-clearer estimate of that disturbing trend. specifically since the fall of 2021, we have seen more than 180 such incidents, more in the past two years than in the decade before that. that's nearly 100 cases where p.l.a. operators have performed reckless maneuvers dischar

unjustifiably aggressive behavior during the interception of an american reconnaissance aircraft over the south china are flying over their shores, they have the right to intercept us, but we would like it to be done professionally and safely. who will win a war between america and china? this is a difficult question to answer correctly. it is difficult to overestimate the importance of allies and partners, especially since the united states is in charge. obligations in the field of security, but still, this treaty does not provide that anyone should enter into conflict, if one of them starts a war, that is, this treaty looks different in practice than that adopted in the north atlantic alliance, china is becoming more and more dominant, as the country fears pro-american alliances in the region, which have promised to maintain sustainable military growth. for geographical reasons, u.s. forces will not be able to hope to have superior combat power in taiwan, since the island is located in the heart of the south china sea. american bases are located too far from likely locations fear of collisions. fro

that's based upon the rule of law and where national sovereignty, including issues such as the south chinaf passage in that important waterway there -- the east china sea, the taiwan strait -- is respected. and that is australia's position. we cooperate very much with the united states on those matters and on others. but i look forward to a constructive dialogue when i visit shanghai and beijing. president biden: the context of extreme competition was not conflict. read the whole paragraph. i talked about -- we're going to have -- we're going to compete with china on every way according to the international rules -- economically, politically, and other ways -- but not -- i'm not looking for conflict. prime minister albanese: geoff. reporter: yeah, geoff chambers from the australian. president biden, as mentioned, prime minister albanese flies to beijing next saturday to meet the chinese president and premier. your administration has raised deep concerns over a very long period of time about the chinese communist government's aggressive coercion and intimidation tactics; maritime claims in

aircraft operating lawfully in international airspace in the east and south china sea region. we will release the videos and images later this afternoon and with that i will turn it over. >> thank you, sabrina. good afternoon everyone. i would like to take this opportunity to speak about the newly declassified pictures and videos shared by the department today that depict the sharp increase in risky operational behavior in east and south china seas and in particular i'd also like to discuss why it represents such a significant ntconcern. as many of you know every year for over 20 years the department of defense has released what we call the china military power reform. it's an important document because that's then departments authoritative public assessment of the pla and the. role it pls in helping to realize beijing's broader ambitions. this year's report will be out soon and taken together with today's announcements it represents the most comprehensive depiction to date of this highly concerning behavior. last year noted the pla fighter jets were increasingly engaging in c

the fight between china and the philippines over the south china sea is nothing new. gnty over almost the entire philippine part. this region includes parts of the philippines' exclusive economic zones. malaysia and indonesia in 2016 , an arbitration tribunal clearly stated that china's claims over the south china sea have no legal basis. this is the first time that a collision has occurred twice. a number of countries have expressed their support for the philippines, including the united states. the european union describes the growing tensions as very worrying. the us also condemns china's latest aggression, citing the risk it poses filipinos have to face many challenges during their missions. washington, as a long-time ally, has confirmed that it is ready to defend monila at any time if philippine ships or aircraft come under attack. well, our new section is anglo-saxon democracy. australians voted against amendments to the constitution that would have allowed indigenous peoples, what’s wrong, to create an advisory body to discuss issues that concern them, 60% of vo

china, which considers much of the south china sea its territory, immediately retorted.south china sea, it has no right to interfere in... issues between china and the philippines, us obligations on protection of the philippines should not undermine china's sovereignty, maritime rights and interests in the south china sea, much less they should not be used to support unlawful requests and interests of the philippines. further, this whole story almost turned into a new conflict. the americans, to confirm the seriousness of their intentions to protect their ally, lifted two b-52 bombers from the base in ggum and sent them to the philippines, chinese fighters flew to intercept. after which the pentagon announced that the chinese pilots flew into dangerous proximity to american aircraft, this almost led to a collision. of course, such maneuvers are unlikely to contribute to the normalization of relations, just like the us president’s phrase about the fact that america will compete with china in everything, it was immediately perceived as washington’s readiness for conflict,

running high between manila and aging for almost the entire year over this territorial dispute in the south china sea. in february, chinese sailors directed military raid laser against their filipino cutter parts and months later they used water cannon. china, of course, laced same over almost the entire south china sea. but this particular area where the collisions took place is 200 kilometers from the western most province of the philippines. and so many let insist that it pass southern rise over this area of the south china sea to find it below al jazeera monday. let me just leave you with some pictures from the roof or crossing. you can see here, i think 2 ambulances that come see very clearly, but uh yes with this is one of the, the, i believe one of the 2 or 3 the hostages, the, the 2 of them have been released to narrow down your ship. it 2 captives released by have mass, and this is one of them receiving treatment at the roof for crossing off to be released by how much to the state public and media censorship and the reuters of all 3rd period wake up one day this system has been turned fr

chinese media commented on the incident with chinese fighters intercepting american bombers over the south china too close. the incident in heaven occurred just during the visit of the minister of foreign affairs of china to washington. the diplomat flew in , seemingly to improve relations on those areas where countries have problems, but judging by how the negotiations are going and what is happening around, this trip is unlikely to lead to serious warming. between the usa and china. alexey veselovsky with details from the usa. the head of the chinese foreign ministry was greeted in washington as a dear guest. this is the first visit to the states by china's chief diplomat in 4 years. and since then , many unresolved issues between the countries have accumulated. good evening. i am very pleased to welcome foreign minister wang to the united states. i i’m really looking forward to constructive negotiations in the next 2 days. perhaps secretary of state blinken really wanted it faster. move from formal greetings to negotiations, but such a short introduction clearly took the chinese minister by s

running high between manila and aging for almost the entire year over this territorial dispute in the south china sea. in february, chinese sailors directed military grade laser against their filipino counter parts and months later they used water cannon. china, of course, laced same over almost the entire south china sea. but this particular area where the collisions took place is 200 kilometers from the western most province of the philippines. and so many let insist that it has the southern rise over this area of the south china sea. the wind below al jazeera manila had returning to a special coverage of the war on gauze process. dates were continuing right around the world in buckets done for testers, upset fraud to us, and his rating flags seriously to karate. many edge muslim countries to end diplomatic ties with as well. the supporters of a south african opposition policy demonstrates it outside these railey embassy in victoria. politicians from the economic freedom fighters, those the government to enter pretty much relations with his rep. out is there. a correspondent you've now said has

running high between manila and aging for almost the entire year over this territorial dispute in the south china sea. in february, chinese sailors directed military raid laser against their filipino counter parts and months later they used water cannon. china, of course, laced same over almost the entire south china sea, but this particular area where the collisions took place is 200 kilometers from the western most province of the philippines. and so many la insist that it has the southern rise over this area of the south china sea wind to below algebra manila. more now on the wall in garza, thousands of people have been protesting across too many to show their support as ro, some gathered in front of buildings, brand new, big guides, caring is ready flags, as well as posters with photos of captives, health and gaza. is the pocket stone protest this has it says 5 to us and is ready flags. and the city of karachi, thousands of palestinians supporters really near the u. s. consulate, they called on muslim countries to counts of diplomatic ties with israel. well that's, it's a full this news out,

i mean, ukraine's not finished. you're going to be involved in the middle east and and out in south china sea, so wang ye is going to measure biting to see if he's compusmentus and whether blincon and and sullivan can be embarrassed in his presence to... recognize that look, they better rain these things in, they better do what blinton said on tuesday, not what he said last sunday, namely entertain the entertain the notion of humanitarian ceasefire that could last quite some time rather than have the israeli forces uh invade all mosts and chaos ensue. kenstone, what about the mainstream media's twist that they they put on this? you talked about uh the international rallies. international response uh and the uh global level of awareness with regards to the palestinian cause, that's all happening in spite of uh the media propaganda, the distorted narrative that western mainstream media puts on events regarding palestine and the war on gaza right now where they're trying to portray israelis as the victims? well the western mainstream media always tries to portray the israeli as as the victim

i mean, ukraine's not. you're going to be involved in the middle east and and out in the south china. so wong is going to measure b to see if he's compusmentos and whether blincon and and sullavan can be embarrassed in his presence to recognize that look they better rain these things and they better do what blincon said on tuesday, not what he said last sunday, namely entertain the entertain the notion of a humanitarian ceasfire that could last quite some time rather than have the israeli forces invade almas and chaos insued. kenstone, uh, what about the mainstream media's twist that they're that they put on this? talked about uh the international rally's international response uh and the uh increased global level of awareness with regards to the palestinian cause. that's all happened in spite of the media propaganda, the distorted narrative that western mainstream media puts on events regarding palestine and the war on gaza right now where. trying to portray israelis as the victims? well, the western mainstream media always tries to portray the israelis as victims and it always um pr

washington , look, a chinese fighter flew three meters from a us air force bomber in the skies over the south chinaedictably outraged, indignant and accusing the chinese pilot of provocation. calm everyone down. blinken feeds, in his opinion, the united states and china should strive to return bilateral relations to stable, as he said, sustainable development. vana’s visit to washington will be three days; it is also noteworthy that it is organized exactly 3 weeks before the ates summit in san francisco, within the framework of which the second personal meeting between biden and sitsinkin may take place. right now, beijing has not answered whether xi will go to the summit or not. will stay at home. aksus publication writes that the central problem in us- china relations is mistrust. they say beijing can take advantage of the conflict and chaos in the middle east to begin its specialization in taiwan. at the same time, it is already obvious to everyone that in the middle east, asia and, of course, ukraine, the main obstacle to the onset of peace is washington. i would like to welcome mr. wang yi and

the fact that american warships appeared in the waters of the south china sea to demonstrate force ins was not hidden, especially since the location for joint exercises with the philippines was chosen quite specifically, only 300 km from the disputed islands claimed by china, to join the provocation , washington called and... japan and canada sent their destroyers, great britain and australia, which together with washington form an anti-chinese bloc the commander of the us seventh fleet set the team spirit in the ear of his officers. we need to work together, we need determination, we need like-minded nations and navies working together to ensure that we stand firm in our convictions. these beliefs formed the basis of the us indo-pacific strategy to contain china. closely observing military maneuvers, if the situation in the south china sea escalates, beijing will reciprocate, as stated in china, at any moment the chinese army is ready to move its warships to the disputed islands, so the states here are urged not to create a new source of tension, following taiwan. washington, as alwa

in the waters of south china, it includes anti-submarine warfare, air defense, search and rescue. japanese defense minister minoru kiharra's news about the purchase of missiles from the united states in advance of the agreement , in a meeting with his american counterpart, he discussed the purchase of missiles. high cruise tomahawk will begin production in the united states a year earlier than originally planned. the reason for this decision is the increase in tensions with china and north korea . the japanese government has increased its military budget for next year and announced that it wants to change the country's constitution to improve the status of the defense forces. unicef from the displacement of more than 43 million children between 2016 and 2020 due to disasters. according to the report of the united nations children's fund , at the same time as the global warming, floods, droughts and fires, these children are displaced in 44 countries. unicef called this statistic a part of the iceberg and regretted not paying attention to the situation of children in some parts of

south china sea began , the philippine navy has announced that two us ships will be attacked by british, canadian and japanese ships this exercise is attended. and observers and experts from australia, france, indonesia and new zealand accompany it. the joint exercise in south china waters includes anti-submarine warfare, air defense, search and rescue. minister of defense of japan announced the purchase of missiles from the united states ahead of schedule minoru kiharra said in a meeting with his american counterpart: japan will start purchasing tomahawk cruise missiles made by the united states a year earlier than originally planned. the reason for this decision is the increase in tensions with china and korea . the japanese government has announced an increase in its military budget for the coming year he wants to change the constitution of this country to improve the situation of the defense forces. unicef reports that more than 43 million children have been displaced between 2016 and 2021, the occurrence of natural disasters , the news of the united nations children's fund report,

, of course, laced same over almost the entire south china sea, but this particular area where the collisions took place is 200 kilometers from the western most province of the philippines. and so many let insist that it has the southern rise over this area of the south. china sea winds below al jazeera returning now to the war and goes up. thousands of children have died and gaza and thousands of mothers are about to give bath doctors at a new nation. in unison. goals of cities say the situation is over catastrophic. the fighting for the lives of newborn babies and often children as medicines and all the supplies remain critically low. some of our own as i mean, nothing older babies in here under weight and need intensive care round the clock. but we like the basic medicine, its like a caffeine citrate, an antibody. also, we have been selected, but now 7 ventilate, is i'm not working because we don't have the right cables to operate them. we're only operating with 10 vents like this, which is a strong sign that the failure of this department is loomi

the fact that american warships appeared in the waters of the south china sea to demonstrate force inince the location for joint exercises with the philippines was chosen quite specific, only 300 km. from disputed islands claimed by china. washington invited its closest allies to join the provocation. we need to work together, we need determination, we need like-minded nations and navies working together to ensure that we remain steadfast in our convictions. these beliefs formed the basis of the us indo-pacific strategy, which aims to contain china. by carefully monitoring military maneuvers, if the situation in the south china sea escalates, beijing will respond “reciprocally,” as stated in in china, at any moment, the chinese army is ready to advance its warships to the disputed islands, so the states here are calling not to create a new source of tension, following taiwan. washington, as always , did not keep its promise not to support the independence of taiwan, while the american senators in beijing at a meeting with xidzenping assured the chinese leader of the desire to improve

china's territorial sovereignty international law on the declaration of the conduct of parties in the south china sea and undermined the peace and stability of the region in china claims nearly all the south china sea, but the philippines and says, you went back to cooling from 2016 projects, this the area where the collision took place is only 200 kilometers away from the philippines, but nearly 1000 kilometers from hinemann island, the nearest chinese territory. confrontations in the south, china sea between the philippines and chinese coast guards had become increasingly tens over the past several months. but these incidents are the 1st for government vessels have collided with each other. many fear there could be more to come. if both sides failed to defuse the situation, barney below al jazeera, thousands of people have crowded the streets of mexico associate to mark the beginning of the day of the dead festivities. adults and children dressed as skeletons to all the lives of those who have died. this parade is one of the country's most famous comfortable. then i'm going out on the war and g

officials say this happened tuesday over the south china sea.nese jet coming within 10 feet of the american b-52. the pentagon says the chinese military has made similar reckless maneuvers on u.s. planes more than 180 times in the past two years. china claims most of the sea as theirs, but the u.s. says it's international waters. >>> finally, a breakthrough in the autoworkers strike. thousands are heading back to work at one of the big three automakers, after cooking a delicious chicken cheddar broccoli recipe, you will want to delete all your delivery apps. because nothing beats a perfect combo of sweet tomatoes and smooth, silky zucchini. knorr taste combos. it's not fast food, but it's soooo good. ♪ ♪ sometimes jonah wrestles with falling asleep... ...so he takes zzzquil. the world's #1 sleep aid brand for a better night sleep. so now, he wakes up feeling like himself. the reigning family room middle-weight champion. better days start with zzzquil nights. >>> thousands of autoworkers are returning to ford plants after their union reached a te

and its allies out of operating over this international airspace, over the south china sea. all of this comes as president biden is expected to meet with china's foreign minister on friday. the national security adviser is also expected to meet with, him and secretary of state antony blinken had scheduled meetings with the chinese foreign minister on thursday. so it remains unclear whether he is going to bring up these chinese maneuvers with the chinese foreign minister, but it is something in the u.s. military has been trying to communicate with our chinese military counterparts but they have been unable to get through because those counterparts, they're simply refusing to answer the phone. nichelle tasha bertrand, cnn, the pentagon. >> so, the u.s. economy defied expectations again. in the face of stubborn inflation, and high interest rates, gross domestic product or gdp soared over the second quarter to 4.9%. that is an annualized rate, that is more than double the growth in the spring, and faster than economists predicted. that strength isn't expected to continue as the e

has xi jinping's timetable or calculation in relation to the south china sea, their alliance within asia, has that changed in any fundamental way? it has not. it remains constant. these are the two underlying elements in china's grand strategy which is why it makes for difficult summit for president biden on both of those questions. it is continuing to de-risk economically. the united states remains vigilant on national security questions. >> the unity of china being -- it is considered a responsible way of achieving it. xi jinping has been studied a lot. maybe a contribution between the fact that to achieve rejuvenation you need a strong economy but you don't want to take any risk. you are ready to crush some of the private sector as well as you did with minority and -- on the protest, i think it was very difficult. the protest was very local. unrest -- most of all i think it is a systemic struggle. in beijing after a lockdown of such a scale it provoked a real difficulty. we ask if it was -- cities completely overwhelmed. the protests, they were of a limited scale. >> good answers from

in the south china sea.ieved we need better and deeper military to military channels so if there is an incident or misunderstanding, we can do you conflict. the pentagon did announce this week and use all the press conference from the assistant secretary of state that we think the chinese have been engaged in dangerous encounters with our aircraft in international airspace. we think that should stop and that is a message we have giving to the chinese at a high level. >> we had the belt and road forum. vladimir putin is here. wanted by the international court for alleged crimes. would you agree that this is reputational damage for china to be associated as the two gentlemen talk about finding an antithesis to the u.s. led world order? >> i don't think this relationship between china and russia has done china much good. for instance in europe where there has been a profound reaction against and in the united states of course against vladimir putin's barbaric war in the ukraine. we warned the chinese publicly n

amidst the recent tensions about chinese naval activities, ranging from the south china sea to the bering sea, a major concern is where do they go next, and one way of ascertaining where the chinese navy may go next for sustained operations is to wear basic bases today. there have been a few places that have been in the news on this front. equatorial guinea, cambodia, of course the solomon islands. today we're going to hear from experts on this topic you can give us some insight into what is shaping china's thinking about such future basis. prompting this discussion is the promulgation of a recent report titled harboring global ambitions, china's ports footprint and implications for future overseas naval bases by a data, a research institution based in williamsburg, virginia, on the campus of the college of william and mary, my alumni, who used a range of novel techniques to provide insights to policymakers. for over a decade they have studied chinese financial movements and overseas port investments. so i'd like to invite our guests up to the stage here first. alex willey, director of pa

clubs with hindus, although there were dozens killed and wounded, then what we are observing in the south chinally the last few years, is the building up and creation of artificial islands, the placement of military infrastructure there, which means more active activity as actually armed. forces of china and border guards, just last week they blocked philippine ships, did not give the opportunity to get to the islands that belong to the philippines from the point of view of international law, i am not talking about the actual hybrid forms, aggressions, this is the use of fishermen, their ships, boats in order to block border ships, warships of other states, and of course, china is a very strong claimant, there is such a concept there these seven lines, a map, this is actually braatsk , china would like to divide the south china sea, which is extremely important in terms of fishing resources, in terms of the energy resources that are there, but most of all because of the supply routes that go through it, and raw materials such as oil, and to the nazi markets , there japanese, south korean, you c

it's called for china to stop what it says, our provocative actions in the south china sea and comes off to a chinese ship, collided with the filipino resupply boats on sunday. chinese ships continue to block many other support mission, so natural and disputed waters. us state department issued a stipend, following the collision saying that stood with the philippines and the face of a piece of chinese, quote, harassment in the south china sea. the doctor's treating injured soldiers in ukraine say most of the war wounds now are the result of shrapnel shells, fragments and land mines. no bullet was all just 0. has spoken to a field matic about the challenges of rescue work. and a watermark has an aerial attacks and fewer face to face bottles. example sharpie has more from the trains southern front line, a computer programmer before the war. now a compact medic, nick named doc based and you're rebutting on ukraine. southern front. drones showing snipers come with a job, he says, and getting to someone who needs help can take all day. what issues? sometimes the evacuation vehicle comes o

of buzz around this very, as it is called, the sandbank, the second sandbank of the tomos in the south china, so to speak, it is understandable to the intelligentsia, but the fact is that the south china sea is understandable, which china considers its trade route, on which it has sovereignty, and so to speak, americans, in general, everywhere, so to speak, are pursuing the so-called freedom of navigation policy, that is, the united states should control it, this is translated into russian. freedom of navigation from american political is translated into simple russian there, we will do all this ourselves, but as for the deep state, which seems to be behind all this, i am a big supporter of the opposite version, that there is no such thing , so to speak, that is not revealed to us , that's what we don't see, the deep state actually doesn't exist, we see them all, well black rock, for example, dim, yes, a famous person, larry fink, in 1988 received a label on becoming one of the richest people in the world and controlling hundreds of trillions of dollars of real estate and other assets around

that's based upon the rule of law and where national sovereignty, including issues such as the south china sea and the right passage in pa important waterway there, the east china sea, taiwan straits is respected and that is australia's position. we cooperate very much with the united states on those matters, and on others. but i look forward to a constructive dialogue when i visit shanghai and beijing. >> extreme competition was not conflict. read the whole paragraph. i talked about we are going to have -- we are going to compete with china on every way according to the international rules. economically, politically and other ways. but not, i'm not looking for conflict. >> jeff chambers. president biden has mentioned, the prime minister flies to beijing next saturday to meet the chinese president and premier. your administration has raised deep concerns over a very long period of time about the chinese communist government's aggressive coercion and intimidation tactics, maritime claims in the south china sea as we have seen with the situation with the philippines. state sponsored cyber at

that's based upon the rule of law, and where national sovereignty, including issues such as the south china sea and the rite of passage in that important waterway there that is the china sea, the taiwan straits is respected. and that is australia's position. we cooperate very much with the united states on those matters. and on others. but i look forward to a constructive dialogue when i visit shanghai and beijing. >> extreme competition was not conflict. read the whole paragraph. i talked about we're going to compete with china on every way, according to international rules, economically, politically and in other ways, but not, i'm not looking for conflict. >> jeff chambers from "the australian." president biden, as mentioned, promised, your administration has raised deep concerns over a very long period of time about the chinese communist government's aggressive coercion and intimidation tactics, maritime claims in the south china sea as we've seen with the situation with the philippines, state sponsored cyber attacks. last week, we heard from the spy chiefs, talking about theft of intell

into patients and best of the, of a, to collisions between philippine and chinese vessels in the south china sea. the countries headlined each other for the incidents on sunday they were between a chinese ship and a filipino official that was supplying troops on an outpost. and disputed voices bound to below is in manila with the lightest as the philippines in china, blaming each other for collisions that happened in the south china sea. on sunday morning, the philippines saying it was dangerous maneuvers by chinese vessels trying to plot the path of philippine brussels on the way to the 2nd palm, a show carrying provisions for filipino troops stationed there. the cost these collisions continued chinese blocking, interpreted by the chinese, the best of with our regular in the rotation and resupply me.

china, on the other hand, they have issues of territorial claims, plus, china claims 90% of the south chinaes from countries. around, well, no one likes this, because these are fish resources, these are oil resources, and this is the main world trade, there 60 percent of the whole is profitable to enter this war now, he will achieve his goals, the fact is, look, we considered china before this time before the russian war, as a pragmatic country that is focused on the economy, accordingly, all wars, it is not in its priorities, but the world has changed dramatically for china itself as well. and plus the war in ukraine, it strengthened the context of this taiwan, the taiwan strait , that is, the united states managed to raise this issue to the international level, because before the war of russia against ukraine, the partner countries did not agree to talk about taiwan, if they left it for this triangle, taiwan, china and the united states, well, plus the sea, this is already what was concerned, it is south china, and for example, nato is a european partner... they tried to stay away so that

president i strong words from president biden earlier this week in relation to the activities in the south china, should china attack —— iron clad defence. what do you think the likely exchange would have been? sure it was candid. _ exchange would have been? sure it was candid. they _ exchange would have been? c”, it was candid. they need to understand the ccp needs to understand the ccp needs to understand that we are treaty allies with the philippines and that any kind of aggression toward the philippines would be something that would trigger our treaty obligations to come to the philippines�*s defence. in general, the ccp is very aggressive with regard to its neighbours, notjust the neighbours, not just the philippines neighbours, notjust the philippines but taiwan, india and others. last night or within the 2a hours, a chinese fighterjet came within ten feet of a us bomber that was going over the south china sea and it could have resulted in a catastrophic incident. so this type of thing has to stop. we saw last night the death was announced of the former premier li keqiang. do you think his

b-52 bomber that was flying over the south china sea.ha bertrand is at the pentagon for us. what more are you hearing from officials on this. >> reporter: this was a close call and it's something that u.s. defense officials say is happening with increasingly regularity over the south china sea. in a statement, indo-pacific command, they said this particular jet was flying with uncontrolled excessive speed in front of and within 10 feet of the b-52 bomber putting both aircraft in danger of collision. it was an extremely close call to put it in perspective, the u.s. military considers intercepts like this to be dangerous within 50 or 100 feet of the u.s. aircraft so 10 feet is close indeed. this comes on the heels of the u.s. military. saying this is frequent. the chinese military has increasingly intercepted u.s. aircraft, over 180 incidents they have seen since 2022, and according to the senior official in charge he said it is a centralized and concerted campaign to perform the risky behaviors in order to coerce a change in lawful u.s. a

sullivan to address areas of concern that we have particular in the south china sea and an opportunityexplore ways in which we keep these channels open and try to get open the military channel communication which is close. >> reporter: the pentagon announcing us jets destroyed two locations in eastern syria that were linked to uranian proxies, this is linked to 19 attacks by uranian proxies in syria and iraq since hamas attacked israel. americans have been injured in this and one death. republicans are concerned president biden is leading from weakness. >> this is when we need a demonstration of american resolve, clearly standing with the israelis because they will need our support both diplomatically and in our security partnership and instead we are getting mixed messages out of the white house. >> reporter: the president later tonight going to a campaign event in washington dc before going to his bloomington delaware home for the weekend. stuart: now this. president biden's approval rating among democrats down 11 points in the last month. big drop. kim, this seems to be because of b

south korea. on the one hand and russia, china and north korea on the other. while strengthening our own coalition, the united states and south korea in my view should resist the urge to allow policy toward north korea to be subordinated to the us china rivalry which may serve to push china, north korea and russia closer to each other. rather, the united states and south korea should pursue efforts to compartmentalize north korea as an area where china maintains a limited shared interest in denuclearization. despite us, china's strategic competition. third, north korea's continued missile testing and the adjustment of its nuclear doctrine will continue to place pressure on the united states and south korea to reconcile the gap between the global view of extended deterrence through which the united states pledges to uphold global non proliferation norms while responding to north korean nuclear threats and the peninsula view, which focuses on the imbalance between a north korea that has nuclear weapons and a south korea that does not as senator romney referenced.