corvettes conventionally powered submarines that are used mainly in the seas near around around china, the east china sea, south china sea, yellow sea and what have you for the defense of china, the pla, navy is built primarily to defend china from attack from the sea, which is, of course, is something that happened to china repeatedly in the 19th century and early in the 20th century, being invaded from abroad. and so, for example, they have about 50 conventional diesel powered submarines, 90 odd small corvette s and frigates and an important to think about when you look at the totality of the western pacific is that if it turns out there's a fight appeal, a navy is not going to fight alone. they have the entire play. air force. they had the land base play navy, air force, and they have pla rocket there as part of a joint campaign on their their their part and they make sure they can all of those systems effectively with it of a really incredibly effective open ocean system. let me finish with a thought on everybody. ask how good are these guys? and i think the answer is we don't know for sure. again, the seve

and austria against the face of intensifying pressure from beijing in that south china sea region. hina, focus when it comes to china's tech sector. baidu's stock fell. it highlighted the growing costs of trading and developing ai to fend off competitors. the results followed his appointed numbers out of alibaba, another sign at private sector is following -- running out of steam. let's bring in our guest. brandon ahearn. it has been a trying few years for the private sector particularly across text. it looks like perhaps with the federalization of the moves in alibaba, that we were starting to turn a corner. let's talk about baidu first. is this the expenditure investors are willing to tolerate with the opportunities of ai? brendan: chinese equities have been eviscerated as an arca class. considerable underperformance relative to particularly suck u.s. equities has really weighed on investor sentiment. a lot of the assets have moved out of the region into india and japan but particularly to the u.s. and u.s. technology. i think baidu's results missed revenue by 16 basis points and

like an explosion, that’s why i think that yes, here’s the red sea, right now, that means the south china seaffic, if this is blocked, world trade will cease to exist, well, next is the financial system, then kom went further, the americans have nothing to do with it, here they are, you know from the business agreement how this is force majeure happened. pure, pure force majeure , it’s no one’s fault that as a result of force majeure, in general the parties disperse to the original state , starting everything from a blank slate, but not based on the actual expenses incurred, the americans will count, but in short, that’s all that was there with debts, forget it, everything would be fine if this had not happened, this force majeure and the collapse of the entire financial war as a result of the war. systems of the world, but america could not save the whole world, it could not, so, but let's start with a blank sheet of paper, so i think that this goal, the main thing is that... which, by the way, our president said, they bought real assets with empty money. trump carried out the transfer of in

so now you have south china sea. ou have china building a massive fortress with massive, massive runways for the biggest military planes in the world. and they've got those excavators. they're not caterpillars. by the way, i have to tell you. and they're digging and they're taking and they're ripping the hell out of that ocean. they're ripping it and ripping and rip. and they're building an island in the south china sea, and that's going to be a military fortress. and they're not supposed to be doing that, but they have absolutely no respect for a president. they have no respect for our country. so they're doing it. and i say i said to a friend of mine from china, because actually i do a lot of business with china, they're fine to do business with. i make a lot of money with china. it's very good if you know what you're doing, you can make a fortune with china. they buy my apartment. i have the biggest bank in the world and one of my buildings in manhattan in china, biggest bank in the world, 400 million customers, th

and has been _ in the south china sea and has been a — in the south china sea and has been a keylike vietnam. and this balancing act and it— vietnam. and this balancing act and it won't change. it's a pluralistic country, it's inclusive is. there's lots of religions— inclusive is. there's lots of religions and cultures here. that's— religions and cultures here. that's something that we see none — that's something that we see none of— that's something that we see none of the division between istam — none of the division between islam and secularism that we've seen _ islam and secularism that we've seen in — islam and secularism that we've seen in the past was that it does — seen in the past was that it does seem inclusiveness is a bil does seem inclusiveness is a big part _ does seem inclusiveness is a big part of the indonesia package. big part of the indonesia package-— big part of the indonesia package. big part of the indonesia ackaue. ., . package. one quick word about one misconception _ package. one quick word about one misconception about - one misconception about indonesi

doing the same. leaving east the us in china, both been carrying a military exercises in the south china sea. with intensifying focus until i won the beijing claims as part of its territory to be taken by force if necessary. and there is rising tension on the korean peninsula with north korea's lead. kim jones saying unification is no longer a possibility in size, korea and japan, strengthening the military forces. well, russia has become a strong ally of p on young since its invasion of ukraine, conflicts, also badging elsewhere with war and see done and volatility inside sea. done that follows the war in neighboring ethiopia as t gray region in which hundreds of thousands of people were killed and were attentions remain high. with more confrontations, pitching east directly against west many, and i questioning whether the world sliding to will to white global conflict along with the hora, that would bring image and kimber out 0. the inside story, the again is bring in now just now in new york is chris hedges for the middle east bureau chief of the new york times and the prize winner and bo

whether that's the rules of the game over taiwan, the south china sea, over economic issues, over technical issues in our technological issues, including the issue of espionage. what do you mean, the guidance of the other girls of the day right now? and i'll refer back to the other issues. and the get back to china is, is that with russia and ukraine, and in the sense of order across europe, plumber proved violated the rules of the game in a conflict which has been going on since 2014, including russian occupation, a part of the country by watching the drug military invasion that's crossing a red line. her boss broke the rules of the nature with the nature of its attack on israel, on october 7th, because it carried out the mass killing of civilians. and then of course, israel breaks the rules of the game on a day of one day upon day basis with this indiscriminate war with the us in china after a period of heightened tension in 2022, including over taiwan, including over military issues. there has been an effort in the past year on both sides, including a series of high level meetings, evasi

there's uh, you know, united states military exercises in the south china sea. there's the build up of some of the islands on the south china sea and that whole pacific rim discussion is a fascinating conversation for another time. i will look forward to due to having that with you and a guy is a host and a reporter for see gtm radio. it's a delight to be able to have this conversation with her so that we can all learn perspectives that we don't often take into account. thank you so much and it's a pleasure talking to you rick is as i, as i earlier, our mission is a great honor to talk to you and i learned a lot as a host from you. oh, that's nice to you to say. i appreciate that. thank you very much. thank you. hey, before we go i, i want to remind you of our mission and simple really. i want to the silo the world . we've got to stop living and these, these little boxes truths don't live in boxes. truths are everywhere. i'm actually inches, i'll be looking for you again, right here, where i hope to provide is a direct impact. the russian states never as tight as

and _ ambitions in the south china sea and has been a key partner for the — sea and has been a keyc country, it is inclusive, lots of religions and — inclusive, lots of religions and cultures here. that is something in the selection we haven't— something in the selection we haven't seen the division between islam and secularism we have seen— between islam and secularism we have seen in the past. we have seen _ have seen in the past. we have seen inclusiveness and it is part— seen inclusiveness and it is part of— seen inclusiveness and it is part of the indonesian package. 0ne part of the indonesian package. one quick— part of the indonesian package. 0ne quick word from you about a misconception about indonesia when it comes to democracy, what should the international audience know? it is what should the international audience know?— audience know? it is a lively democracy. _ audience know? it is a lively democracy, young _ audience know? it is a lively democracy, young one - audience know? it is a lively democracy, young one they| audience know? it is a lively - democracy, young on

but there's also been the build-up of military bases in the south china sea, the increase of air sortieslanes. do you see a lowering of the temperature in the south china sea? >> no. and that's a problem. >> you don't. >> and then in taiwan, following speaker pelosi's visit, we have seen for 16 months a much higher rate of chinese both air activity and naval activity that is very intimidating. meant to intimidate. >> they haven't pulled back on that. >> they haven't pulled back on that. i think ultimately, they want to become and overtake the united states as the dominant country globally. and we don't want that to happen. we don't want to live in a world where the chinese are the dominant country. >> when the cold war ended, we all thought our system had won. you know, their system failed. our system rose up. now, he's come back and said no, no, the communist system is the right way. i guess we didn't bury that after all. >> you know, it's interesting to compare the old cold war with this time. what distinguishes this time versus the old cold war, soviet union had a strong military and

fuel and food reserves there, there are no legal possibilities for solving the problems of the south china seacle: japanese, which means a nike publication, the same thing, china is creating, which means it is allowing its military to civilian fuel facilities, creating reserves, reservists, facilitates their access to the old part, and so on. what are we talking about, and whether this taiwanese operation to provoke the united states will happen much earlier than the beginning, which means, than the presidential elections in the united states. we all expect that after the presidential elections in the united states an open recession will be announced in the united states, it will already be public, or maybe it is still so serious that it is still hidden that it may come out already in the second quarter. that is, we may be underestimating the severity of the situation, which has now developed in the united states, and as if indeed in this difficult situation, vladimir putin’s interview with tucker carson , then another interview, that means a post-interview, yes or there, that means, in which,

already participating there, so they deployed 452, which are fully armed regularly fly over the south china seatrait , that is, these dozens of aircraft, and - according to many military analysts, the meaning of these exercises is, so to speak, to prepare for the practice of air strikes on china, on the coastal regions of china, more moreover, not only to work out attacks on china, but also to work out a system of protection against a possible contour attack from china, that is , the scenario itself already suggests that, so to speak, some serious events, they they are preparing for this, they are bringing it closer , even more interesting is that in parallel... also very interesting things, they write that china must show its red lines, we will show our red lines, but this will be a long, long conventional war, we we must prepare for it and we must go to the east, and practically here they are prescribed to win this war, because this will be a decisive test for all, as they call democratic nations, you see, this article itself is the preparations that are underway and are happening in this reg

south africa. it urged israel to take more care, but did not condemn israel i action, in contradiction to its position on china in the south china seaussia and ukraine. that is an important point. cariona: is that where international focus should be given one million people are sheltering in rafah with nowhere to go while israel is planning its operation with airstrikes ongoing? james: as the american government has said and president biden,iis need a credible, executable plan for these million civilians along the border, and that makes sense. it is not all about civilians in gaza. it is about an existential attack on israel, on the seventh of october. existential in the mind of israelis and many of us in americ israel has to fight this war and that involves taking out the remaining hamas battalions, four of them, of the original 24, that are still in rafah, and getting hostages out through negotiations. without pressure on hamas, you will not get them to release hostages. caitriona: israelis have set the beginning of ramadan as the date to have all the hostages before it begins a grand invasion. you spent a lot of time in that area

suffers more than anyone, and the reason for all this is the houthis and the middle east and the south china seais is all due to the fact that a multipolar world is coming. it is important that russia and belarus, under conditions of unprecedented external pressure , closely interact on the world stage and inevitably and invariably act as true ally to each other. among the tasks of the union state , at all costs, to eliminate everything that hinders the mutual supply of goods, level conditions for enterprises, eliminate barriers in the field of government procurement, remove restrictions on the transit of goods, the question of creating common oil and gas markets remains open. data, fundamentally important topics, we regularly, we are discussing, agreements have been reached, i think that the government should. oktyabrskaya railway in the direction of the ports.

china, which wants to dominate the south china sea, it is a crime for it to dominate, for the usa it that the main problem of russia and the main, if you like, crime that russia wants to commit is to weaken the united states of america and divide nato, that’s what a normal country is. the world has read that it turns out that russia’s goal is, not as these 2 years have been telling, violence, occupation, to reach, to seize everything, to create dictatorships around the world, no, russia wants a slightly weaker united states of america and a disunited nato. who in the world having read this phrase, you may feel some kind of antipathy towards russia; it is already obvious that this goal is shared by probably 99% of the countries that are not part of this bloc. there is also an interesting passage where stotenberg suggests that the americans do everything to undermine the transport and logistics infrastructure of china, not to export any dual -use goods there at all, and such aggressive rhetoric, i remind you, jans stoltenberg has been nominated as a candidate for the nobel peace prize,

but indonesia, like a lot of countries worry about china's ambitions in the south china sea and has beenis a pluralistic country, it is inclusive, lots of religions and cultures here. that is something in this election we haven't seen the division between islam and secularism we have seen in the past. we have seen inclusiveness and it is part of the indonesian package. 0ne quick word from you about a misconception about indonesia when it comes to democracy, what should the international audience know? it is a lively democracy, a young one they have only had free elections for the last 25 years. but they're not going to buy all of the western package. people don't like conflict, they worry it can get out of hand and what the president has done, he has brought everyone in and you haven't had a lot of debate about a lot of policies. it is the indonesian style, find a consensus it is not the rowdy, democratic politics we are used to in the west. not as confrontational in the public space. so there's quite a bit of stake here, regarding the indonesian elections. we will be watching closely he

recognize that china is really playing hot game geopolitically also specifically regarding the south china sea and to i was in the last year and i felt that they are no more open to negotiate with you and was the united states. it's no wonder volkswagen. he's also making another attempt to find success in india, the germans, and now launching a co operation with indian call make him a hand truck. we will supply our electric drive and batteries sell technology to our colleagues in india that has benefits. of course we have additional scale, so we achieve more value on the new world thrives on volume and benefits from the economies of scale that we bring to the technology. and i think it's good not to put all your eggs in one basket. in other words, not everything is focused on the chinese markets. gem and comic has set about 40 percent of the vehicles to china. companies like vw has played a role in the countries transition from bicycles to cost and made a hefty profits in the process. but india is not china, according to how much sort of g, one of india is most important. automotive generalist

stories, the philippine coast guard says chinese vessels made dangerous blocking maneuvers in the south china sea this month as tensions persist between manila and beijing over disputed waters. four chinese boats patrolled philippine vote on more than 40 occasions. china, for its part, says the philippines activities were on an illegal intrusion and measures taken by the chinese side were quote, professional and standardized. the biden administration is launching a $5 billion semiconductor consortium to bolster chip design and hardware innovation in the u.s. it firmly established the national semiconductor center which plans to invest hundreds of millions of dollars into workforce development and will offer grants for semiconductor research. officials are working to prevent china from benefiting from the funding. a major chinese city has scrubbed a game scheduled for lionel messi's national team amid a public uproar over his failure to play in a recent hong kong match. the sports authority says the upcoming friendly with the argentine squad has been canceled due to well-known reasons. the develop

more than anyone, and the reason for all this, and the houthis, and the middle east, and the south china sea, with the rise of problems, it’s all because a multipolar world is coming, as the russian foreign minister said, the monopolist doesn’t want this, so and using different methods they try to keep it. especially in africa, where we are called, i talked with the presidents, they are really waiting for us there, first of all the russian federation with enormous opportunities, i understand that the time is not easy, but nevertheless africa is waiting, knowing how it was in soviet times, russia there. a historical maximum in mutual trade, why a friendly dialogue is easier to convert into economic records, and for whom our progressive development of relations has become a bone in the throat, the decision of the supreme state council of the union state was discussed by the guests of the editors’ club, why there was a howl, what a union state is, this is the hcv that took place in st. petersburg, it is important from a different point of view, the future course has been confirmed. there are th

terror on australia and the philippines have been conducting joint see an ad patrols in the south. china sea on his foreign ministry, responded saying maritime security. corporations should not home of the countries. asians warships have been detected invoices of the philippines coast for the pains president said to them. marcus junior says his country is on the front line, if narrow time disputes, and will not see one square inch. marcus is in australia and will attend to a special summit if the association of southeast asian nations in melvin next week the city of could be in bolivia, has been declared a disaster. so in due to flooding, thousands of homes have been damaged across northern bolivia, off the days of heavy rain. 42 people have been killed. jews who heavier the normal rainy season, which experts have blamed on the new weather, passing a carpet emissions from wall 5 and the amazon rain forest at the highest levels for the month of february and 21 years presented . authorities say wall 5, i'll move in 465 percent compared to this time last year. so i want to say the resulting pol

and so the united states administration has, is clause very deep in those countries along the south china sea. and they're constantly pushing them towards confrontation with china. so really, china and russia, they're both backed against the same wall. so whether there's a war or an effort against china or against russia, it's the same thing as those nato l. g, b, t q, a lions trying to dominate the world force. they're very bizarre, ideal of ideology on all countries that are in its orbit. and this includes poland, poland recently had a shift in its government, and now they're starting to talk about instituting these kinds of ideological changes in what was once the most conservative country in europe. so that you are l . i guys have nothing to put too much stock into elections and democracy. you know why? because the leads don't believe in it. okay. they want us to pretend that it's real . okay. a topic for another time. that's all the time we have gentlemen. i think my gets an deal to florida and in saint petersburg. and of course i want to thank our viewers for watching us here at archie.

now we're getting tensions with uh, with china and in the south china sea and taiwan. and of course now, after afghanistan, the failure of afghanistan, we have the new or the newly resurrected crisis, with russia. that is now manifest itself in the conflict in ukraine, where american defense manufacturers are bringing in all time profit. so i mean if one takes a look at the salaries of the ceo's of these companies, you know, they're making $2325000000.00 a year. that doesn't come for free, doesn't they need to produce things to get this money. from the end of world war 2 to 2001, the united states initiated the 201 out of 248 on the conflict. breaking out in $153.00 regions accounting, some oldham, 80 percent of all was that took place throughout that time the america was leading the world. we are the one indispensable nation that we have unique capabilities that nobody else has to. america's army is the best for us on the planet. the us knows already collect data on strategy, weapons and true numbers for each of the targets, but also studies that combined in detail. t

and scott, a show in the south china sea. so a floating barrier across his entrance has been a number of incidents between philippine ships and chinese coast called navy vessels in the maritime area. both badging of the same still frontier over the show, just under maritime know, is recognized as the philippine tote train. now the image is both report and video distribution by the philippine coast guard last week that shows 2 chinese coast guard and feasible bodies, the pulling fluid tank at barriers at the shows entrance as well as always, all websites out there dot com has the very latest on off top stories in the meantime, to stay change, hang on out as their accounts hang, the cost is on the hello west stace best the cloud and right across here. once again, we got more of that instead of web sweeping in from the atlantic because of cloud. angry weather systems pushing some very wet and when the weather in, in the process front, seeing some raw, the gnostic condition, strong winds at times, have you right now the little ar

as china has caused panic, often members of its close god voted a to his boat and the south china sea. the incident took place off the coast of the convent items, a contested area, which is controlled by taiwan location, the close to the chinese mainland page, invalid to increase patrols in the area last week in response to a boat capsizing thousands of training doctors that some of south korea's major hospitals for staging a will cause they protesting against the government plan to boost admissions into medical schools. eunice kim has more from the capital, so they plan outsized role in the operations of these hospitals, including offerings, bedside parents, they are critical in emergency care units. now the group representing vented issue a statement that statement moments ago.

and the philippines have been conducting joint seat and patrols in the south china sea. on his foreign ministry, responded saying maritime security corporations should not home of the countries. asians warships have been detected invoices of the philippines coast.