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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

is a future of taiwan and the future of the unresolved territorial issues in both the east china sea and the south china sea and in a different context the sino indian border. so are these reconcilable? well, the basic question of logic, no. but what is manageable and what i think is therefore doable is a series of mutual understandings perhaps reached internally and diplomatically about what constitutes the red lines in the mind of each government in each system which cannot be crossed unless you want to risk moving across that tripwire into the real risk of crisis, conflict and war. and that can only be done with a level of what i describe as just a jerry hume clarion as to what that is and to be there for not just policed episodically and accidentally by a mood in the congress this day or a crazy opinion piece in theji global times in beijing the next day. it should be the business of the national security adviser of the united states and his or her chinese counterpart to be the role and placement of those red lines. because if you breach them operationally, then the will be an opportunity at t

russia's invasion of ukraine has antagonized the west and his efforts to grab territory in the south. china sea have angered china's neighbors. relations with the united states or at their lowest ebb for years, while tensions between the a, you and china could escalate if she strengthens his commitment to a confrontational foreign policy. while the rest of the world is easing cove, at 19 restrictions, china's authorities have intensified their efforts to contain outbreaks with strict locked downs mass testing and lengthy quarantines. this 0 covert approach is one of she's landmark policies. it's also turning into the most potent test of his leadership so far as one person was arrested in beijing hanging a protest banner in the city. such, protest actions a highly unusual economic growth under she is suffering and fears of a global recession, triggered by the war in ukraine, have hit confidence. any hint of china's future direction will be followed closely around the world. border fabi and klatera is in beijing and following the story for us, i asked him whether he thought she's moved towards a

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

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

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

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

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

, although the south china sea is only 50 km away but it's already territory. vietnam, the length of laos is 236.800 m², the population is 7 million 200.000 people, the capital is in yantia, the state language is lao. laos is beautiful a very beautiful country in southeast asia but unfortunately unfamiliar to russians, although if you find yourself in laos, you will be amazed, how many laotians speak russian, how friendly, how warm, they treat russians. in general, there is, uh, a historical explanation for this and, uh, tradition. this is what the formula of power discussed about the past and present of laos with the chairman of the national assembly of the lao people of the democratic republic, comrade and father khon. born december 12 , 1956 in the mail commune of weyang-sai district provinces. huahan, laos 1977-1983 studied at lomonosov moscow state university 1983-84 lecturer in political economy of the higher party school in vietnam 1984-87 post-graduate student of the stupid political science specialty. economi

and this is the company that did a lot of work building the islands in the south china sea, these artificialt china is militarizing and is making the south china sea into basically what could become a chinese lake. this is, you know, very much a problem for u.s. foreign policy, for the u.s. navy. yet at the same time, mckinsey's also been doing consulting work for the pentagon and for the u.s. navy. amna: the private firm, which takes in an estimated $10 billion in revenue annually, has always been a pipeline for prestige and power, amonits alumni are transportation secretary pete buttigieg, arkansas senator tom cotton, outgoing facebook executive sheryl sandberg, and many more at the highest levels of private and public sectors in the u.s. and globally. as well as their children. mckinsey recruits heavily from the ivy league, promising not only lucrative careers, but the chance to make a difference. >> your team can take on some of the worlds challenges. mike: this is very attractive to idealistic young students. you know, if they don't want to go work for goldman sachs, if they don't want

problem but the biggest risk is geopolitical and that is going on in russia and you cane, the south china seabut december 5th. that is where the g7 said they will effectively prices on russian oil. i don't know about you. i've been in the business a long time. i've never seen price caps ever work ever. jack: the liquidity point, i tf that issue but on wall street it is a big deal and could get worse. i want to take this to the retail level. you have a force of 2000 financial advisors. what are they hearing from clients? what are the big concerns? >> a lot of the things i have been saying but interestingly the clients are okay with not trying to time a bottom. what they are doing is moving cash into what is a pretty good alternative yield. the one year is one hundred 60 so clients to the extent they want to see how this plays out are happy with leaving money in a short-term treasury because that yield is so much higher than it was before so i don't see clients in any way panicking or trying to sell out of this market. jack: we haven't seen rates like that for a long time. they are dangerous in

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

, the rain has shifted further south away from indochina but we have a typhoon sitting in the south china seahening. it is expected to weaken either time it works its way towards vietnam on wednesday. it will still bring strong winds and rough seas. ♪ witness inspiring films from around the world. >> they will not stop the violence until the power is theirs. >> witness intimate portraits and epic struggles. >> it is not just the people. >> witness the human spirit and bitter reality. >> there are still men that believe women are their property. >> witness award-winning voices telling groundbreaking stories. witness on "al jazeera." ♪ ♪ anchor: a reminder of the top stories. britain's prime minister has been accused of a running scared after failing to address parliament days after replacing her finance minister. her new chancellor announced a raft of u-turns. liz truss has since apologized for economic mistakes made but says she is determined to lead the conservatives to the next election. four people have been killed and 16 injured in drone strikes on ukraine's capital. the early morning att

only towards taiwan but also in the whole region on new year's day o i wanted east china and south china seas during the last military exercises the chinese penetrated as far as the first island chain deep in the pacific ocean china signed a security agreement with the solomon islands which very far from china but very close to australia and new zealand but chinese authoritarianism looks not only at this part of the world it also looks at the indian ocean the chinese take a broad initiative to create its naval ports along the indian ocean, this shows china's ambitions to expand around the world, in our opinion, china with its power can be more dangerous than russia. it has the ability to project its philosophy and authoritarianism to change the rules of the basic international order. now we see that china and russia cooperate with each other, this is a very dangerous trend. i think that, in response, democratic countries should cooperate to prevent the further spread of authoritarianism, mr. minister. assistance to taiwan is provided and can be provided to ukraine in these difficult times for