and south china sea is this quality water in southeast asia, 90 percent of the trade go to chinaand china in several countries, including money asia, the philippines and vietnam, the share claims on this particular body of water and this i is also a huge area f oil deposits and extracting it and that is a huge deposit of natural resources and you can understand why they should share this body of water and economically, as well as other interesto in their overextended so in china did is or was, they came up with this idea on the island, in the south china sea. and it they were not sure what china was doing, they just said, we want to make sure that we have a station here so we can over the fishermen and to report whether and people said okay that is fine. so the first island in three years, china reclaimed 3000 acres of land through this artificial island. and china has a silent, they have a station of troops and basically established administration of district, they did it but also the surrounding waters andnd now china has saidy doing that, china has claimed the south china sea

spot near mainland china so it's about what's happened in hong kong and taiwan and out of the south china seas. i would be glad to answer questions about hong kong and taiwan but i want to direct your attention to the south china sea because we don't pay enough attention to what's going on although it is important. to reflect a new tactic that's the thing dealing with the communist party. they have new tactics so what's happening at the south china sea is a trial run of the tactic. it means that it's without using military. basically it enables the country to expand its territories without having to fight a traditional war that's what they call the gray zone tactic when it expanded in the south china sea. so it is a very strategic body of water in southeast asia. it's a major trade route so 90% of the trade going into china goes through that and china and several countries including malaysia, philippines and vietnam share claims of this body of water. sometimes the claimant overlaps. so there are historical disputes over what area is yours versus mine. this is also the area with huge mineral a

so, by doing that, china expanded its claim of the south china sea to 90%. so, basically that is supposed to be a shared international body of water, now it is china's own backyard. and now, any fishermen from other countries if they want to have access to it or oil exploration ships, china will send its postcard, very aggressive coast guard and sometimes navy to drive them out in the name of protect china's territory. so it's this if i build it, it's mine strategy. so that's what we call gray zone tactic. and china, it's important that we understand that because now, based on its success in the south china sea, now china is using that exact same strategy of the land to expand the land order dispute with other countries. so the magazine foreign policy last month published a stunning discovery basically china had built three villages inside the border of a small buddhist country that shared borders with china. even though it's built a border, for the longest time even in the 80s, china's own tourist map claimed those lands belonged to bouton. once they built i

china sea. it shall -- south china sea is the body of water in southeast asia. some major trade routes of 90% of the trade through china goes through them and china in several countries including malaysia philippines and vietnam share claims of this body of water. sometimes their claims overlap. it's yours versus mine and this is an area of huge minerals as well as oil and gas deposits. you can understand why the country share this body of water. there's a u huge economic intert as well as the national security interest to maintain their claim. what china did was under the first obama administration china came up with this genius idea. they built an artificial island and use the reefs in the south china sea and the united states did not object. in the countries nearby they weren't sure what china was doing in china just said we want to make sure we can have a station here so when fishermen get into trouble or have trouble in shipping lanes. people are like zero go. china reclaimed 3000 acres of land and building artificial island. once they built this island they

china encroaches in the south china sea and tries to impede commerce and such a large percentage of commerce goes through the south china sea, unless the u.s. navy's presence. the same could be said of our air force and army around the world. it is expensive having an expeditionary force around the globe. we also do our very best to make sure that our men and women in uniform have good pay, great health care, good military housing in the same cannot be said for militaries around the world. there is a reason we spend what we do, but i agree with you, we have to make sure that we are transparent and accountable and efficient. the dod has not passed an audit ever, and they completed their first audit three years ago and we are giving them a number of years to come online, that is a good step, holding the dod accountable for it spending and that is the responsibility of the members of congress, the house armed service committee and the senate of armed services committee and the oversight committee to make sure that the taxpayers are getting a good return on their defense dollars and all federal

so we're seeing more concerns being raised by the eu and others about china in the south china sea and taiwan. and this is our greatest asset, i think it would be a mistake to view this as a bilateral competition between the united states and china. we need all of our friends and allies to join us in determining -- deterring china from aggressive military action say, in taiwan. we need all of their help in order to leverage things like export, our program here which many countries are modeling out after what we did in congress, because they share many of our concerns. so yes, i think working together makes enormous sense. and i was encouraged by what we are seeing. i just wish it were happening faster. >> senator casey? >> yes, tom. i think it might be that pandemic which unfortunately with all of its horror and devastation was shining a light on a number of problems that we may have been aware of before, but maybe not to the extent or didn't fully understand the extent or the gravity of the problems. and which unless we take action has is over a barrel too often, we don't want to put

this south china seas territorial dispute is seen as the next security flash point in asia. beijing's illegal reclamation and growing military expansion have angered other climate countries like indonesia, vietnam, and the philippines who have accused of blatantly violating international law. but china stands accused, once again, this time by a global research group which says it found evidence that the chinese government may be sponsoring espionage operations on several governments across se, asia. the group recorded future says it's been able to identify what it describes as 400 online servers located in southeast asia. communicating with an online infrastructure connected to chinese state sponsored actors by using a custom malware to attack governments and private organisation websites in the region. among the targets, our malaysia's ministry of defense and the royal militia, police, as well as vietnam's ministry of environment and central office of the communist party. also described as victims of cyber intrusions or the philippine navy. the department of foreign affairs in manila

over control of this south china sea jamal alan bargain, i'll 0 manila all in 450 couples from several face and backgrounds have tied the knot in a single mass wedding in northern india ceremony was held in india's to pradesh state and was organized by local government officials as a wedding gift, the cost of the wedding feast was covered by the authorities and $462.00 was also deposited into each bride's bank account. mass weddings are popular in some parts of india, especially in among poorer parts. the community now 6 more civilians have experienced travel into space on the 3rd commercial passenger mission by blue origin and by amazon founder jeff pays us. they included 74 year old laura shepherd, churchy daughter, a former nasa astronaut allen shepherd. who are the new shepherd, spacecraft was named after she was one special guest alongside the feed, paying passengers on the 10 minute flight where they will briefly experienced weightlessness for touching back down safely and the last day of texas tv present her former and i fell start michael strahan strand was the other invited gu

the territorial disputes in the south china sea. as soon as the next security flash point in asia of the allegations of chinese government hacking. and in the sports news, catherine cooper, fans more reasons to believe that they can be successful. but next year's world comfortable actually coming up later in the future. ah, president abraham racy, says iran is serious, are at the latest round of negotiations to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. and if world powers are willing to remove sanctions and agreement can be reached. state c . v reported those comments as talks continue for another day in vienna. the u. s. special envoy to iran rock valley is to to join the negotiations this weekend. u. s . officials, one of consequences. iran didn't return to the deal until iran has been standing firm dos that your bodies in vienna. she joins us live now. so the talks today, what's happening daughter well, the talks continued from 9 am vienna time on saturday, and they are taking parts in various working groups to chime, hammer out some of the

seeing more concerns being raised but by the eu and others about china's activities both in the south china sea and in taiwan. and i think again, this is our greatest asset. i think it would be a mistake to view this as a bilateral competition between the united states and china. we need all of our friends and allies to join us in deterring dschina from aggressive military action. let's say in taiwan and we need to, we need all of their help to leverage things like export controls, things like our rcv is program here which many countries are now monitoring after what we did in congress a few years ago because they share the same concerns and the same older abilities. so yes, i think working together makes in honest sense and i'm encouraged by actually what we're seeing. i justwish it were happening faster . >> senator casey . >> yes tom, i think that it might be that the pandemic which unfortunately with all of its horror and death and devastation was shining a light on a number of problems that we may have been aware of before but maybe not to extend or didn't fully understand the gravity of s

forces to help the republic of china naval forces to reclaim all these islands and reefs in the south china sea, from the surrounding japanese soldiers. therefore, we do not need to look beyond 1945. we just need to stop at 1945 and check all the historical records. and china has undisputable crane to laws, islands, and reeves, et cetera. and where you accuse china of violating other countries claims, where do they trace their claim back to 1945. we need to call a spade a spade. thank you. go. thank you. thank you very much. after the break, after another week of u. s. u. k armed violence in palestine, we speak to the palestinian, the message of the u. k. about a new ultimatum for israel. all the small can we help? we bought 2 of going undergrad. ah, join me every thursday on the alex salmon. sure. i'll be speaking to guess of the world of politics, sport business. i'm sure business. i'll see you then. ah christmas the traditional yuletide holiday this year. i'm making this traditional with a special christmas guide. me christmas tolerance diversity guide. we all know that christmas is a family

it disagrees with, and china laying claims to large parts of the south china sea countries across the region. what this behavior to change we do to that's why we're determined to ensure freedom navigation in the south china sea, where beijing's aggressive actions there threatened the movement of more than 3 trillion dollars worth of commerce every year. think and stressed that the u. s. is not trying to make countries choose between the us and china and for many countries in the region. there is a balancing act involved. china is a very important trade partner. but many of also traditionally looked to the us to provide security in the region. some analysts say that for the us to deepen its ties in the region, it has to have been effective economic strategy. and bring can seem to acknowledge this in his speech, things the us will identify opportunities for us companies to operate here. as well as for more foreign direct investment to flow into the region. in south korea has had his worst day of the pandemic recording. 94 deaths on tuesday. the korea, disease control and prevention agen

over control of this south china sea, jamal alan dorgan al jazeera manila. though there's a small but increasing me vocal push for independence in south africa. western cape province support is argued that the national government is dragging the province down. but some critics say there's a racial motive out there as for me to minerals ah olympian. he hasn't had a job for more than 5 years. he runs an advocacy group for the unemployed. here in south africa's western cape province, about 29 percent of people don't have jobs. the national average is nearly 35 percent aaliyah's unhappy with the government's policies, the laws addressing issues that currently exist, unemployment for a lot of those who are in bed wetting and bubble outside with you in problem. the forum has thousands of members who support a call for the western cape to secede from south africa. the province has the 2nd largest economy in the country, though supporting an independent cape say, a corrupt, national government is draining its resources to aid poor provinces. so effectively, the peop

forces to help the republic of china naval forces to reclaim all these islands and reefs in the south china sea, from the surrounding japanese soldiers. therefore, we do not need to look beyond 1945. we just need to stop at 1945 and check all the historical records. and china has undisputable crane to laws, islands, and reeves, et cetera. and where you accuse china of violating other countries claims, where do they trace their claim back to 1945. we need to call a spade a spade. thank you. go. thank you. thank you very much. after the break, after another week of u. s. u. k armed violence in palestine, we speak to the palestinian, the message of the u. k. about a new ultimatum for israel. all the small can we help about 2 of going undergrad long when i was showing wrong when i just don't hold any world. yes. to see how it becomes the advocate, an engagement, it was betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground. what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy foundation. let it be in arms. race is on offensive, very dramatic develo

influence in the region, a standoff between beijing and other countries in the resource rich south china sea has gotten more tents in recent years. because we all have a stake in ensuring that the world's most dynamic region is free from coercion and accessible to all. that's why there's so much concern from northeast asia, the southeast asia, from the meek, on river, the pacific islands about asians aggressive actions. claiming open seas as their own, the starting open markets through subsidies to its state run companies denying the export. so revoking deals for countries as policies. it does not agree with engaging and a legal and reported and regulated phishing activities. countries across the region . what this behavior to change we do to florence louis is following developments from column for we've heard the brighten administration. talk about how it's rivalry with china is its biggest jo, political test of the century. and you know, this visit really is about in a way the u. s. trying to reassert its influence in a region that former president, donald trump, pat in a way neglected dur

forces to help the republic of china naval forces to reclaim all these islands and reefs in the south china sea, from the surrounding japanese soldiers. therefore, we do not need to look beyond 1945. we just need to stop at 1945 and check all the historical records. and china has undisputable crane to laws, islands, and reeves, et cetera. and where you accuse china of violating other countries claims, where do they trace their claim back to 1945. we need to call a spade a spade. thank you. go. thank you. thank you very much. after the break, after another week of u. s. u. k armed violence in palestine, we speak to the palestinian, the message of the u. k. about a new ultimatum for israel. all the small can we help? we bought 2 of going undergrad. there is no such thing as you rely on security. all real security is always collected. this is precisely how russia use and was western hostility and nato expansion. moscow is presenting ways to avoid conflict. here on security is the west suite at the switch with welcome back at the same you. k, labor party conference were anti jeremy corbin, leader.

s. conduct freedom of operation, freedom of navigation operations quite regularly in the south china sea, much to china's annoyance, and lincoln says the u. s. now wants to deepen or strengthen connections with existing treaty partners. i'm including japan and korea. now earlier this year we saw the u. s. reach a new cic trilateral security pipe with australia and the u. k, which will give us trailer access to nuclear pilots, submarines. now on the economic front, there isn't anything concrete as such, but lincoln did say that the u. s. now wants to identify new opportunities for u. s. companies to operate in the region as well as for more flow of direct foreign direct investment into saudis, asian countries. thorne, sorry, a little bit. thank you. in the news ahead, the u. s. medical son reaches a $40000000.00 settlement and a price gouging case, but its former owner still faces trial. until you are time magazine named avon musk, a person of the year and sport. a jain to football is given the supersize tribute in his hometown. far i will have that and the rest of the day ah hello hope y

over control of this south china sea. to melinda, again, al jazeera manila. now the one thing stepped up for fighters hiding in the thick forest of eastern congo. soldiers from uganda's army recently crossed into democratic republic of congo to track down the allied democratic forces. though the joint military operation says early successes include enemy camps destroyed fighters captured on hostages freed malika web. how's the story? ah, over the last 10 days, the people of this small board of town in democratic republic of congo have seen thousands of you. camden troops crossing canada's army says it's in congo to hunt down an armed group called the allied democratic forces or a p f, which is blamed for killing thousands of civilians in this area. over the last 7 years. government army has been accused of meddling and looting minerals in congo several times since it 1st invaded 25 years ago. i mean, to be honest, we did not celebrate the arrival of began to troops crossing a border, but we hope they can help deal with the insecurity that we've been facing fo

over control of this south china sea, jamal alan dorgan al jazeera manila ah type. okay, check out the headlines here on al jazeera, a series of tornadoes as ripped through 6, you estimate western states. more than 70 have been killed in kentucky alone. dozens of fear debit of factoring. the town of mayfield after the roof caved in. president biden described the tornadoes as among the worst in american history. and as promising emergency assistance for all states effected. i want folks from all the states, you know, we're going to get through this for you to get through this together and the federal government is not going to walk away.

cyber attacks are likely to increase in line with growing political tensions over control of this south china sea. jim l, as in dog n al jazeera manila, japan is hosting an international some its own global abductions. japan has long accused north korea of abducting and detaining hundreds of its people nearly 20 years ago and of career admitted it had kidnapped 13 japanese nationals. they were forced to train spies in the japanese language and japanese culture. young young allowed 5 of them to return home, but said the others had died. the president, becky foster, his name da geophysicist. as the new prime minister last seen, a zarbara will replace joseph murray the buyer who was dismissed on wedding sale to protest calling for his resignation. the country unseen. a search and violence by arm groups, the kill thousands of people. some groups in south africa's western cape province, a pushing for independence support for the governing party has dropped in recent years with it losing power in the major cities in recent local elections. while those behind the move force secession, say the african na

over control of this south china sea, jamal alan dorgan al jazeera manila, which is stephen, is the chief research on the list of id harvester, cybersecurity industrial analysis group. jones me now by scott from birmingham in michigan goods have with us mr. steven on the program. exploiting a security weakness his pants, the name of the game and hopkins are getting cleverer and wiser about how and where to find a vulnerable weak point. absolutely, and of course, intelligence agencies have take advantage of the weakness in their adversaries of it's, it's their duty. you would say to collect the intelligence that they're asked to get and of course are going to and i don't know of a single country that wouldn't do that if given the resources to do so. just for our audience as well. i mean, when we're talking about hacking and it's a new story, we tend to think, i'll just give a quick example of things that happened this year. colonial pipeline in the u. s. toronto transit system in canada, microsoft exchanges in the us bank. okay. always in thailand, the national treasury in brazil, toshiba

but also a strong signal that there expansionism, and aggressive -- aggression and -- in the south china sea and india is unacceptable, and the united states will continue to compete with them, and the united states will not tolerate that type of behavior. so, i fully support the diplomatic boycotts and i am pleased we did not extend that to a boycott of the athletes. i believe that the olympic games are an opportunity to try to at least expand friendship, and goodwill around the world, that is what they were intended to do for the last 100 years, so these athletes have trained hard and can still be ambassadors for goodwill across the world and from the united states. and the diplomatic boycott is certainly appropriate. host: ukraine, president biden set to hold the high-stakes call today, what does he need to say? guest: i think he needs to say that the united states is firm and its resolve to ensure that the -- that russia will not expand further into the ukraine, and will not violate ukraine's territorial integrity more than they have because we know that they already have, and that we wi

they raised issues there are tensions in the south china sea as well_ are tensions in the south chinaas well as the taiwan straits. indeed. — as well as the taiwan straits. indeed, after those talks, president chi warned — indeed, after those talks, president chi warned that any encouragement of independence, taiwan cosmic independence, taiwan cosmic independence would be playing with fire. independence would be playing with fire -- _ independence would be playing with fire. —— taiwan cosmic independence. the relationship of us and china involving, — the relationship of us and china involving, he had to see nearby that officials _ involving, he had to see nearby that officials describe the approach to china _ officials describe the approach to china as — officials describe the approach to china as one moving of engagement to one of— china as one moving of engagement to one of the _ china as one moving of engagement to one of the competition. they seem to be moving _ one of the competition. they seem to be moving back towards engagement, i think. _ be moving back towards engagement, i

, it's not went away in china and we see lots of interesting developments taking place in the south china sea and that's a growth, we have seen the international system change and china assessing itself and that's a post-war context. >> chris, do you have anything to add? i think that was great comment? >> no that was comprehensive. andrew does a great job of capturing. >> i thought that was fantastic and kind of takes us to our last question here which in a sense one of the questions that we have gotten from our audience. you know, what implications does the cold war have for today's military for global affairs and i think it goes along with this idea that you just mentioned with so many nations still communist governments and did the cold war really ever end or has it become less prominent. did it just shift in ideology, you know, did the cold war just really kind of end with the soviet union and now we are dealing with something similar but, you know, different name. >> so i will try to tackle that that 8 russians were sent out of belgium, brussels, sent packing for being intelligent offic

that is why you see the chinese taking the south china sea and making them into military installationse lake, threats against i russia has no problem with that or with the stripping of hong kong of its autonomy and various freedoms. xi jinping has no problem with putin taking over ukraine if that is what he wants to do in exerting more influence their, that weakens western europe, both want to do that and both see the americans as the most important proxy to that in the european secondary but that's the immediate goal. >> how their cooperation working to do that? you mentioned the un, to make that essentially a feckless body in enforcing global rules but how else are they working together? >> a treaty, neighborliness and friendliness they revived and are extending, talking about increasing economic relationships. more trade, finding ways around the financial system. a big threat to russia i would say, to boot and in terms of ukraine is for the us and the eu to do serious economic sanctions like taking russia off the international banking system, talking about setting up their own. they

process in a number of companies -- and a number of countries, expansionist activities in the south china sea east genesee -- east china sea, and they have ramped up an anti-china coalition, which is still nascent, but this has defended taiwan, since people now see, instead of china saying we deserve taiwan, it is ours or ought to be ours, they are seeing a very aggressive china and are therefore becoming much more sympathetic to taiwan. in, taiwan doesn't have to use this as a political tool. it has already got it. and you hear people in publications saying if china were to invade taiwan, which it keeps threatening to do, and it is making gestures in the direction, that would destroy taiwan's semiconductor manufacturing corporation, and china would be the big loser as well. in a way, taiwan is in a good position in that sense. and it doesn't have to be overtly, look at what we have got and what will lose, because i think most of the world is aware of what would be lost. >> are there any viable or concrete short-term solutions that could help with the shortage? >> not for producing more ships

cyber attacks are likely to increase in line with growing political tensions over control of this south china sea. jim l as in dog n, i'll 0 manila ah, ty brokerage, i got the headlines here on al jazeera, a series of tornadoes as ripped through 6 us midwestern states. more than 70 have been killed in kentucky alone. dozens of fear debit of factoring. the town of mayfield after the roof caved in. president biden described the tornadoes as among the worst in american history. and as promising emergency assistance for all states effected. i want folks from all the states, you know, we're going to get through this for you to get through this together and the federal government is not going to walk away. this is one of those times when we aren't democrats or republicans. sounds like i probably, but it's real where all americans, we stand together as united states america. and so i said all the victims, you're in our prayers and all those 1st responders, emergency personnel and everyone helping your fellow americans. this is the right thing to do with the right time, and we're going to get through thi

lots of incursions or impulses that carry on the ocean all kinds and possibly so our eats into china, south sea, and other waters around china. this is a very serious matter. and china condemns such incursions and they are not purely freedom of navigation as the sizes they are using. freedom of navigation as an excuse to challenge channel sovereignty and territorial integrity. and in such a way, china, not only content states will prepare the consequences for such violations of china's national interest. i mean, now we will come watch our video about the economist magazine on our youtube channel in widely quoted, remote will happen peacefully if we can. and not peacefully, if it has to be. so we need to prepare for that day when the reunification will happen. and i personally believe no force whatever from whichever part of the world will be able to stand in the way of chinese people's reunification. now, you know, repeated an expert opinion over the decade saying china's economy was about to blow up its poor growth. all the rest of it. we have headlines in nature, nation media saying you have

especially if you look at the south china sea. and if you look at china's increasing their missile capabilities with the hypermissile that they are a talking about. hey, this is serious business here, and they are definitely expanding their military, and it's a problem for the united states, because we have not expanded our potential at the same rate the chinese have. i think we can expect to see a beefing up of the military when it comes to these kind of issues in the year or two to come. >> it will be interesting as we head toward beijing in february. >>> now the news, wall street thinks the federal reserve is going to remove all the easing policies that has helped economic growth. that should help temper inflation, but scott mcgrew says that could also slow job growth. >> so the fed has two missions, and what it does definitely affects you. number one, make sure people are employed. that's working. also control inflation. but these makes are almost always in conflict, because, if you super charge the economy and you get this, yo

let's check out where it is going to go, sliding into the south china sea as we get toward the weekend we will look toward vietnam to see another vent file so we will go here for a closer look. this will be late sunday into monday. next, northern china, also korea. a cold blast of air. some see induced snow. i'm going to put the covers on. the darker the blue, the lower the temperature. seoul, minus three degrees on friday. our three day forecast, that is below average. thank you for joining in, see you in a bit. >> the weather, sponsored by qatar airways. >> boys breathe and fly pigeons but in this occupied palestinian city, boys are also closely watched by israeli forces. at times, shot at and often arrested. a tale filmed over five years of a coming-of-age in a place where even a child's imagination is restricted. the skies above, a documentary on al jazeera. ♪ anchor: you are watching al jazeera. a reminder of our top stories, france is banning both non-essential travel from the u.k. which reported a record number of infections for a second day. south korea is reinstating stricter

naval power in and around taiwan and in the south china sea.t fort, the united states has many forward bases from japan down through south korea, and of course guam itself, u.s. territory. and we have a significant allies in the region, including japan. and by the way, great footage of the carrier. i am a little surprised you did not show the british carrier, queen elizabeth, which also operates those beautiful aircraft. so the u.s. and their allies still have a strong hand of cars -- cards. but china is clearly ramping up and i think it is a matter of time. laura: the u.s. has always had a policy of strategic ambiguity towards taiwan. is that a weakness as china flexes its muscles? >> not quite yet. i think as nations me toward collision points, clarity becomes more valuable. at the moment, i think it is fair to say we should rest on strategic ambiguity. in other words, saying to china, we will perhaps react militarily if you attack. on the other hand, we do not want to embolden independence movements on taiwan. it is a delicate dance and over

subverting the democratic process in a number of countries and expansionist activities in the south china sea in east china sea. and they have really ramped up a, a, an anti china coalition which is still nascent and, but this has benefited taiwan since odd people now see, instead of china saying, we deserve taiwan. it's ours, or it ought to be ours. they're seeing a very aggressive china and their, their fort becoming much more sympathetic to taiwan. so in a way, time one doesn't have they use this as a political to, it's already got it. and you hear people in the publications saying if china were to invade taiwan, which it keeps threatening to do, and is certainly making gestures in that direction up that would destroy taiwan semiconductors, manufacturing corporation, and china would be the big loser as well. so in a way taiwan is in a, in a good position and in that sense, and it doesn't have to be overtly look at what we've got and what you'll lose because i think most of the world is already aware of what would be lost. jim, are there any viable or concrete short term solutions that coul

ongoing attempts to rally a new alliance in asia against beijing, with constant provocations in the south china sea, with washington propaganda machine constantly dehumanizing china unfairly accusing of genocide and gross human rights violations. i wouldn't say the u. s. is being careful, i would say rather, that it's being extremely aggressive. we're in a very fraught moment. the pandemic, of course, is made things even more tight. and so i think what we're saying is 2 countries. and the case with russia and china that have a lot of shared teaching interest and finding that close consultation benefits. most of them, i think that they have some shared strategic interest. but i think we see it on, on multiple fronts. i think both of them are tired. the dollar as the global reserve currency. i think they're both tired of this sort of irrational flip flop politics coming out of washington. i think they understand that to move forward. they need to find a way to transcend the american lead order, and i think that's what they're working to do. that's all for this. our see you in 30 minutes. ah, a with t

beijing continues to cause cause to intimidate and to make claims to the vast majority of the south china sea, you think the communist by the will remain calm. as the rhetoric is heated up more and more in coming weeks. listen, the americans should know better than many other countries because ink 1945 when japan unconditionally surrendered. japan surrendered all the islands aisle reefs in the south pacific sea to the republic of china. because at that time, china in the form of the republic of china, the united states and the former soviet union and grip, and to a lesser extent, france, we were the victor nations, after defeating nazi germany in europe and imperialistic of japan in the east and japan surrendered everything to charlotte in 1945, china in 1945 was the only independent country standing on its feet after winning the war against japan. so the united states knew this part better than any other. and just as a matter of fact, the united states dispatched it's only or forces to help the republic of china naval forces to reclaim all these islands and reefs in the south channel see fro