military bases around the south china sea so now the french are getting involved emanuel macron is seeking to position france as an alternative power to both china and the us in the south china sea as the unprecedented military buildup in the region. got to love him also last month he declared it a hunt to kill a submarine into the south china sea. britain of course is reliving former glories britain's newest aircraft carrier h.m.s. queen elizabeth would be deployed to the south china sea in the coming months when you spend all that money on a ship about $3000000000.00 quid it's important show that wasn't a complete waste of cash to do something with it they get the violin will dispatch a warship to asia on its return journey it will sail through the south china sea yes even junius ending if we get this german even have a navy and if so who let germany have a navy we've been here before people and you got to love this question stroke headline from c.n.n. from last week china has built the world's largest navy now what's beijing going to do with it i don't know. protect yourself from all th

this against the other claimants in the south china sea against taiwan and against australia is a strand is the latest target of china's trade coercion and chad china is now boycotting about a dozen products from australia because it's angry that camera has called for an investigation into the arjun's of covert 19 among other. ills that it has is it has committed because it has offended the chinese so i think these are what i was call this very expansive tool box. actions and precious is really quite challenging to the world. the final question here we've got about a minute left what should america's allies expect after this meeting in alaska i think to be quick not to see a further step be operate tracon i mean obviously cha-cha intersect all of a key trajectory now but what i think china has see happening is that there is this coalition fully now it's built around to tears but it was also around so i think this is the moment that china also needs to reflect about when things are going meaning that we are entering a dangerous phase there is still time for alternative policy which would

due to discuss problem issues including trade human rights abuses and the militarization of the south china sea. news from berlin you can follow us on instagram or twitter news or you can go to our website dot com . it should be no surprise after the pandemic in trump's america 1st china would like a change in u.s. relations a reset but beijing may have to reset its expectations instead u.s. president biden is sending his top diplomat and national security adviser to meet with their chinese counterparts in alaska they'll bring a list of complaints and demands and when it's over the chinese may say see you again soon the american reply thanks but we'll wait and see what you do 1st i bring golf in berlin this is the day. china is using tor brush to systematically rolled out. the united states should reverse course and stop interfering in hong kong. taiwan is a positive china which is a historical and legal fact function of use human rights and. with that enjoy social stability economic growth and national unity. and so. we have indisputable solvency of the main south china sea islands sometimes.

a military threat and became a miner the british going all the way around the world to to the south china sea which from the stars i know has that be it where china is the south china sea is called that for a reason here i mean if. it seems to me that we're seeing so much of a military response i mean is i would think that's a kind of the last thing you would want to be presenting well there's so many things you can diplomacy the can happen for that mean you know when this is all but all that doesn't know how to react military let's go to our other guest in washington mr cooper go here you know that it's one of. the perfect find out if one talks about globally expansionists in terms of china being doing this this globally and then all the issues that we talk about a frankly right acted stirfry in which some 18 many of which are tests already pretty legitimate claims i mean if i come to the south china sea you think about they didn't get china india border dispute actually china prior to what happened on the volga at what sort of boundary resolution proposal with regard to a certain segment of

you don't need 4 aircraft carriers for the south china sea. you need aircraft carriers for one reason alone and that's to project how how you used. question chris speculation. that the pacific is a pretty big place. but to say that china is not a threat or who are merely concerned with regional issue is the ride by the fact of building amphibious ships which are meant to project power and building aircraft carriers new creasing numbers which are meant to be the same ok india sending 3 aircraft carriers already has and will have 3 aircraft carriers by 2030 i don't know anybody saying india is the expansionist i'm going to south america i'm going to get somebody so i mean we need to have a little bit of shared interests in this in the context of this debate from. me let me get any air limits but when and if you know we just have we have the quad you know we have in the events being. it's being designed at least by some people in washington to be kind of in asia nato obviously to contain china and so i mean when you see this containment policy bei

percent up from 6 percent last year and generally there's been increased activity around the south china sea and at as we speak we do have military pond that naval exercises so china throwing its weight around in the south china sea the east china sea and the yellow sea at the moment now of course in china's eyes and they say that beijing says that it's done nothing wrong that this is its territory that it's protecting the that it's only responding to increased u.s. activity in the region and we have seen certainly last year when president donald trump former u.s. president on top was in power increase so-called freedom of navigation exercises in the south china sea region but another reason that they do is watching this trip closely is of course that beijing has its own officials saying blinken and dig sullivan in alaska on thursday and they're getting a sense of whether the u.s. will use these allegiances with japan and south korea as some sort of bargaining chip during this meeting on thursday but of course china wants to find common ground but we still have to see. whether these disagree

paging supercold more than 200 boats that it said response it near the spratly islands in the south china sea their presence is also raising could put concerns about possible conflicts over fishing rights jamila island ogun reports from manila. the philippine defense chief calls their deployment a provocative action and a violation of the country's maritime rights the military released photos of chinese ships mord at wits and reef it says the vessels are well within the exclusive economic zone of the philippines the country has launched a diplomatic protest against china the chinese embassy says these vessels were not part of any maritime militia but fishing boats taking shelter jurong rough seas the philippine military has rejected that explanation whitson refits claimed by the philippines china and vietnam it is that eastern most part of the spratleys group of islands there are very large. and the number of. these ready by militia. or. employed and that's basically. inability to make it appear nonmilitary but actually. under the control of the military. in china they look like mission rest

we come back why the philippines says it's being provoked by chinese boats that spotted in the south china sea. and the un human rights council islam sri lanka for human rights abuses against minorities we'll have reaction from colombo want to stay with us. it's time for the perfect gentlemen. sponsored point qatar airways. very much a game of 2 hobson terms of the weather across the middle east at the moment it's 5 enjoy a warm and sunny across southern parts of the region but plenty of cloud and plenty of snow too across northern parts who say temperatures in anchorage struggling to get to 3 degrees celsius something like a 10 degree drop of the sort of values that we saw earlier on in the week has some blustery showers to moving in across the eastern side of the mediterranean sweeping across cyprus into lebanon see some of that western weather just easing across into northern parts of syria and increasingly turning to snow in the process quite a brisk wind into southern areas of iraq northern parts of saudi arabia and that's going to get pushed over towards the gulf as we go on through thur

. >> i want to talk about an issue that concerns the countries when it comes to the south china sea andha's militarization of the seaway. where do things stand when it comes to that issue? >> first of all, when anyone wants to understand the south china sea, they should not get worked up when all of the delegations get together to have a working group session. the meeting is at the working level, even if you have it strong, the foreign minister or the president who may not like the language may dial it back. the very simple example being ideally, to see the south china sea code of conduct being concluded by 2021. and some heads of states and foreign ministers were not really sure whether he meant by the end of 2021, or to prevent it from going any further. so it takes a lot of diplomatic practice to the extent of what asean really does and how asean uses western terminology in international relations in a completely different way. confidence does not have very -- in trust. it is all about information sharing and trust building, and networking. >> president biden has made it clear he wan

this against the other claimants in the south china sea against taiwan and against australia is a strand is the latest target of china's trade coercion and chad china is now boycotting about a dozen products from australia because it angry that camera has called for an investigation into the arjun's of covert 19 among other. ills that it has has it has committed because it has offended the chinese so i think these what i was call this very expansive tool box ready some actions and precious is really quite challenging to the world you know the final question here we've got about a minute left what should america's allies expect after this meeting in alaska i think to being a court not to see a further stepping up of rhetoric and i mean obviously cha-cha intercept all of a teacher victory now but what i think china has see happening is that there is this coalition only now it's been surrounded terence but it was always around so i think this is the moment that china also needs to reflect about when things are going meaning that we are entering a dangerous phase there is still time for alte

see the news of this against the other claimants in the south china sea against taiwan and against australia is a strand is the latest target of china's trade coercion and chad china is now boycotting about a dozen products from australia because it's angry that camera has called for an investigation into the arjun's of covert 19 among other. ills that it has is it has committed because it has offended the chinese so i think these what i was call this very expansive tool box. actions in precious is really quite challenging to the world you know the final question here we've got about a minute left what should america's allies expect after this meeting in alaska i think to be in the court not to see a further stepping up of rhetoric and i mean obviously cha-cha intercept all of a teacher victory now but what i think china has see happening is that there is this coalition fully now it's built around to terence but it is also around so i think this is the moment that china also needs to reflect about when things are going to mean we are entering a dangerous phase there is still time for alterna

the philippines are urging beijing to recall more than 2, how boats spotted in the south china sea.s raising concerns over conflicts over fishing rights. >> the philippine defense chief call theirs deployment a provocative action and a violation of the country's maritime rights. the -- they released photos of chinese ships moored at whitson reef. they say they're within the economic zone of the philippines. the country launched a diplomatic protest against china. the chinese embassy said these vessels were not part of any maritime militia but fishing boats taking shelter in rough seas. the philippine government has rejected that explanation. the reef is claimed by china, the philippines and vietnam. it is at the eastern most part of the islands. >> they are fairly large, 55 to 60 meters. the number is huge. these maritime militia vessels are specially designed for the purpose for which they're employed, and that is to establish a civilian presence and active toy -- activity to make it appear nonmilitary but it is under the control of the military apparatus in china. they look like f

i think the south china sea is going to be absolutely critical in future going forward because this iswhere china is going to try to really make its mark with the blue water navy. it's been doing its best to a symbol of blue water navy. it's getting very close, and i had some help from some great experts from the naval war college who testified before congress. in testimony nobody really paid much attention to. i watched this testimony. it was just shocking. it's gotten worse since then. i think how fast and how far china can go in order to really solidify its hold over the south china sea and then build out from there, he does it already is building up from there. it's already starting to establish, they call it the string of pearls, which is chinese bases around the indian ocean, the periphery of the indian ocean. they are doing it in some of the most insidious fashion. they go in and they wrong thesea governments like, one was sri lanka and one was djibouti and whatever, finland and huge amounts of money which they can't pay back and they said well, instead of that, why don't we put

whether it relates to the south china sea or the north china sea or the agreement made on taiwan or a whole range of other things. and the third thing, and the thing that i admire about dealing with xi is he understands, he makes no pretense about not understanding what i'm saying any more than i do him. i pointed out to him, no leader can be sustained in his position or her position unless they represent the values of the country. and i said, as -- and

alaska meetings where human rights coronavirus pandemic and china's military build up in the south china sea now from the very start us secretary of state antony blinken wasted no. time and calling out the chinese delegation also discuss our deep concerns with actions by china including actions wrong hong kong taiwan cyber attacks on the united states economic coercion toward our allies each of these actions threaten the rules based order that maintains will stability that's why they're not merely internal matters and why we feel an obligation to raise these issues here today but china wasn't having any of it chinese communist party foreign affairs chief yang jiechi fired back by questioning america status as a leader on the global stage. when talking about universal values or international public opinion on the part of the united states we hope the u.s. side will think about whether it feels reassured saying those things because the u.s. does not represent the world when it only represents the government of the united states. all right let's get more on this needing now we have jessica berl

international condemnation china continues its reclamation and expansion of many areas in the south china sea setting up maritime patrols and airships on disputed islands and reefs tension has been rising in the area for years. and philippine president through the go to ted has refused to assert the landmark ruling and taken a softer approach to dealing with beijing but this critics say he's ilda too often and too much in exchange for promises of grants and projects that remain largely unfulfilled the presence of a chinese armada also means that the philippines stand to lose another critical fishing ground this is similar to what happened in 2012 when china took control of scarborough seoul and in the region where one 3rd of the global trade passes through each year there is little doubt that the south china sea will be the next security flashpoints. dogon al-jazeera in manila. australian authorities are warning they may need to order more evacuations as heavy rains continue across the east coast hundreds of people have been rescued and thousands more evacuated in the state of new south wales

it's a sofa looking ice cream cone you know the idea that we need a surface fleet out in the south china sea to fight a war that will never happen with china is absurd the whole purpose of our foreign policy is to prop up the military industrial complex and also the the push for more power for a larger budgets by the military so this is what drives and so if washington loses its enemies it loses its own internal sort of mechanism for continuing to function and that's the real problem that's not being discussed daniel is here i don't think i'm going to have to jump in go ahead tom yeah i mean i think it's important to point out one of the things that you're seeing in a transition now and i think that it bodes well is that domestic policy is being linked with foreign policy what i was talking about a minute ago is beginning to invest back in the american build back better biden's campaign theme in installments or what this is something that i think that you're going to see well and policy going forward is a linking of what happens on the global stage impacts what happens domestically and by st

what we are seeing now is the militarization of the taiwan straits in the south china sea building artificial i own. president she's worldview is that democracy is weak and that dictatorships are strong and that he is more effective and he wants to take china back to like imperial china and that would include the territory of that so he rightfully sees the areas in the south china sea, hong kong and taiwan all of that is rightfully theirs and it is a matter of time before, you know we could see more aggressive and we are already seeing provocative moves in the taiwan straits and also the aggressive nature by which the patrol the south china sea and create these artificial -- our pacific fleet is very engaged in that area and it is important to remember as a congress to say that we are watching you. i passed the taiwan assurance act to make sure that the ccp knows that invading taiwan will not be acceptable to the american people spirit congressman, you have been a leader on the effort to move the olympics next year's winter olympics from beijing to somewhere else. you have been also advocatin

intentions as well. >> we've watched president xi make a commitment that he wouldn't go to the south china seaat you see going on in the south china sea, harassment, intimidation, they want to 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 r

we can't turn over the entire south china sea to china as territorial waters.claim -- but we cooperate where we can. the environment, prepare for the next pandemic, work together on medical diplomacy in the developing world. confront where we must, cooperate where we can. let's avoid the 2030 for scenario. lisa: you're giving me permission to go with gloomy what-ifs. i'm wondering as you look towards with the risks are. what does a war look like in a post nuclear era? >> it will include cyber as a significant component particularly by the end of the decade as quantum computing collides with what we think of traditionally think of computing. it opens many more capabilities. stealth will be better than it is now. space will be an important, own it. -- an important component. you will see good old-fashioned naval conflict here because for better or worse we will not get into a land war with china. it will be played out in the scenarios. lisa: do you think the united states is the intellectual capacity and the government jobs needed to be filled to repair themselve

with this pledge to respond to china's attempts to control the seas that surround it and addressing aggressively in course should behaviors from china especially in the south and east china sea. i know japan shares our concerns we're trying to be stabilizing our actions japan also got an assurance from the u.s. that it remains committed to the complete denuclearization of its neighbor north korea but more fundamentally this visit is a chance to reset relations after 4 tumultuous years under the previous administration of donald trump so we think we're all over them so i think there is an appreciation of a much more focused strategy in principle the u.s. is going to be under by the illustration much more concerned about how the u.s. speaks with its allies on wednesday this mission continues to south korea where dealing with north korea will dominate the agenda with concerns about the lack of any response from pyongyang to repeated u.s. attempts at dialogue of course the policy is always our goal our goal is to reduce the risk of escalation but today we have not received any response time to coincide with this diplomatic mission and with the resumption of jo

we're not going to seed the south china sea to china. it means confronting on human rights. look at the cover of the economist this week, but it also means cooperating wherever we can. i think climate is a terrific place to think about it. bottom line, we need a plan, we need to get our allies in the game. and we need to get final -- we need to get the u.s. inner agency kind of pulling together, not in different directions. >> richard, let me come back to you for a second before i get to zanny. i'm looking at the gamut of issues and you raise some of them but it does seem to me, if you want to actually get something done in myanmar and maybe restore the previous government, if you want to get something done on iran, you know, not just climate change but even the pressing problems of today, china does seem pretty crucial. do you think there is any discussion on those issues or is the possible confrontation we're seeing matched with the private freezing of the relationship? >> well this discussion of these things privately even in anchorage, what there hasn't been in progress.

because it is where the south china sea and east china sea meets.n the middle of our western defense perimeter. tell people not only in the region, but around the world treaties with the u.s. don't mean anything. this is going to be a test, not just for the biden administration but for the united states as a whole. and we could very well end up in a situation where china dominates the international system. there are no more rules. it is might makes right. the whole post-world war ii system will go down the drain. that is not impossible. i'm not saying it will happen. but it is not impossible. charles: right. right, gordon chang, thank you very much. you have been so spot on about this for so long. we have news for you, folks. "new york times" reporting that president biden considering a 3 trillion-dollar infrastructure package. would also include climate changes. it would include tax increases a whole bunch things. news keeps filtering out on it. i want to bring in from bolden wealth management group, gene -- gina bolden. you see a lot of trial gal

we see this in china's efforts to threaten freedom of navigation, to militarize the south china sea, to target countries throughout the indo-pacific with increasingly sophisticated military capabilities. beijing's military ambitions are growing by the year. coupled with the realities of modern technology, the challenges that once seemed half a world away are no longer remote. we also see this in the new military capabilities and strategies russia has developed to challenge our alliances and undermine the rules-based order that ensures our collective security. these include moscow's aggression in eastern ukraine; its build-up of forces, large-scale exercises, and acts of intimidation in the baltic and black sea, the eastern mediterranean, the high north; its modernization of nuclear capabilities; and its use of chemical weapons against critics on nato soil. and beyond china and russia, regional actors like iran and north korea are pursuing nuclear and missile capabilities that threaten u.s. allies and partners. the second category is non-military threats from many of these same countr

money and the reason why the americans in the grocery increase in a military presence in the south china sea is to contain china no different to how nature is its and sincere contain russia in europe but then there is none for. from busha there is no fret phone china out to another similarity between china and russia russia's achilles heel manes the north caucasus even though the region is being so early logics that pacified it wouldn't take much for a serious conflicts and that is why in the 90 nineties and even today western special services a still looking to foment or in the north caucasus and at the same time the americans and the british understand that china's achilles heel is seen jack and that is why they are alleging that the chinese government seized persecutes in the muslim region of the muslim population of this region and has established concentration camps that the americans and the british have not provided any substantial reference of any kind whatsoever to corroborates that hype indeed the chinese off fighting terrorists in changing not simply islamist terrorists comprised