playing by the rules of the game that the united states laid out china will be wait ahead off the united states and this creates a fundamental die lemma of how to manage china and the problem has been that china does not want to change the setup because it works more or less pretty well for china but for the united states something needs to change in strategy and that's not yet figured out how to change that in strategy and so instead we have this doubling down in rhetoric that china's cheating china's doing this love love love love love trying to create a coalition against china but the fact of the matter is one needs to have a backup criteria one needs to have better accusations against china to be able to create that coalition against china and that's not looking at i think this is to some extent trust tradition and ceo at the u.s. and and that should not be the case because china as as we just said is just still end up alone including income economy and it is not a given that the chinese communist party will be there for her that's not been the case

china i'm afraid as far as silicon valley is concerned is the head of united states in that game. uan: i want to ask you about how china is covered in the u.s. and western media. you mentioned the technological competition that often gets some play but the main issues that the u.s. press seems to concentrate on our the trade deficit with china, the democracy movement in hong kong, or the fate of the musli uighurs in china. very little attention is played to china's role as the principal reducer of poverty in the world. today there are about 112 million manufacturing workers in china. that is more than the combined workforce from a manufacturing workforce of the united states, germany, france, italy, and japan combined. what has happened over the last 30, or years is that china has lifted about 700 million people out of extreme poverty. could you talk about this role of china is changing the nature of the distribution in terms of -- of course, american companies have benefited from the low wages in china, but the chinese people have also had enormous change in the living standards a

and china and the aspect of national security. the united states has been engaging, sort of in a romantic way, in china economically. there has been increasing security concerns coming from china, and now last friday in alaska, the contentious meeting is on full display. host: that is part of the reason we are having you on, to check in on u.s.-china relations. this was the first significant meeting between leaders of china and the u.s. government could secretary of state antony blinken there, and the leader of the foreign affairs chief or the chinese communist party. he was there as well. what was the stated purpose of that meeting? guest: the purpose was because china was trying to make connections with the u.s. officials in charge. the purpose has been for decades peaceful relations with the western world so they can rise as a global state. what is a surprise to many people was people thought the biden administration was going to be in some sense relatively softer on china compared to former president trump. those people will have to think again

so i look at the two countries, the united states, china, the west, asia, and say, what's missing hereolve it. what do the chinese do? they lock everybody down and go to total surveillance state. edward: from a national security perspective then, your expertise, when china says it has a handle on the spread of the virus do we actually believe they have a handle on the spread of the virus? mutations, if the virus doesn't actually go away, could be a national security risk, right? >> oh, yeah. if china doesn't have a solution to this, they're not vaccinating their people f anything, they will send a faulty vaccine, potentially a faulty vaccine they developed to the third world. they're not getting herd immunity. their solution, almost if you got any access or any exposure to it, you're really shuffled off to another part of society. you're not allowed to go out of your apartment. you're not allowed to mix with the rest of society. in the west we have a very different tattooed. we'll find a cure, we'll find a cure quickly and then we'll have herd immunity. even if there are successive wav

and of course with the united states, china is competing very directly. ina is putting on a charm offensive with japan. julia: is that working? is japan responsive to china's charm offensive? steve: japan is responding -- is responding with eyes wide open. japan is concerned about the way but then japan also does not want to get into a situation of direct confrontations with china , whether on its own or with its allies. julia: what do you think china's strategy is in the indo pacific region, and particularly in hong kong? steve: in terms of the indo pacific, the chinese don't really look at it in terms of thindo pacific. we s it as part of the initiative that h a dimension that goes into the into pacific. they also then looked at the asia-pacific situations in a different light. over hong kong, china isimply going to tighten its control. they will not tolerate any kind of democratic development in hong kong, nor any effective opposition being mounted anywhere in hong kong. julia: just going back to what you were saying in my first question, you said the a

touch briefly on this tension between china and the united states and the region of xinjiang. ng from the -- association, urging western countries to stop wrongful actions by putting restrictions on changing textile products -- on xinjiang textile products. the statement came from the china cotton association. the conversation around h&m and nike this morning, and maybe talk of a boycott in the mainland in china because they have been boycotting cotton from that contested region in the mainland. lisa: and it raises questions for the u.s. government, and frankly the european union, if they are going to but sanctions on the chinese government. what are they going to do to support their companies that have revocations with respect to boycotts? looking forward to the conversation with kevin cirilli later. not whether i am breaking overtime and about to have a nexus crisis slowly -- and existential crisis slowly. [laughter] jason farley is with us, johns hopkins school of nursing professor. let's talk about antibodies and what we all need to know this morning. jason: good morning. i

james bays, al jazeera, anchorage. >> in the lead up to the meeting, china's leaders expressedoncerns to the u.s. secretary of stateantony blinken criticized china's threats to regional security and businesses to south korea and japan. a week earlier, the u.s., india, japan held a summit. china's growing influence in the asia-pacific region drove much of the discussion. the final communique did not mention beijing, but voiced support for the rule of law, democracy, and a region unconstrained by coercion. let's bring in our guest. from washington dc, scott snyder, senior fellow for korea studies and director of the u.s.-korea policy program at the council on foreign relations. in beijing, the beijing bureau chief for newsweek. and the founder of strategic pan indo pacific arena and former director of political and security community in the asean secretary and. scott, let me start with you. it was quite a tense confrontation at the beginning of the meeting between the u.s. and china. how unexpected was that? >> i don't know that it was necessarily that unexpected. the biden administration has spent a week framing its

what's happening in what already happens in hong kong territorial disputes in the south china seas the united states for 4 years during the trumpet ministration has let these issues go out of control and china was able to really reassert itself and gain confidence and stature as a regional power but of course as foggy and mentioned china sees itself as a global power on equal footing with the united states and that's really where china is standing up and saying hey takes one to know one by an administration if you can use your economic power and military might throughout the world to advance your interests why have you get to then also tell us not to so really it's an investigating exchange the likes of which we have not seen probably ever to really see these 2 global powers face to face calling each other out very populous come back to you in beijing now given that situation with these 2 rival powers facing off here how much cooperation do you think is going to be possible between the u.s. and china. i think not much i mean politically they're drifting apart as much as ever economically. only i see

china. in the middle of the crisis, this from chinese state run media, questioning whether beijing might holdthat america needs but are made in china. >> the chinese government has explicitly threatened that cutting off life-saving medicines to america as a tool of economic warfare, and that's actually not just economic warfare, that's real warfare when you start killing people. >> we can't have 90% of antibiotics made in china. we can't have most of our personal protective equipment outsourced. we need to bring it back into the country. maria: on top of this, the chinese communist party has yet to stop the intellectual property theft. senators cotton and ted cruz claim that the communist party has directed engineers to steal medical data, to try and come up with a cure for cancer as well as a cure for covid-19, before the united states, believing that a chinese vaccine will show economic superiority to the united states. >> i have little doubt that the chinese intelligence services are actively trying to steal america's intellectual property, as it relates to the virus that they unleashed on

the united states and china exchange sharp words in the first high level direct talks since presidentng the trial of a canadian man charged with spying in china begins today — more than two years after he and another man were detained. it's ten years this week since the start of the war in syria and the attempt to oust the regime of president bashar al—assad. in a once—prosperous nation, three quarters of the population are now in need of humanitarian aid. food prices are rocketing, leading to widespread malnutrition, particularly among children. 0ur middle east editorjeremy bowen — who's covered the conflict since the start — has been assessing the impact of the conflict a country destroyed, perhaps half a million people killed. 0ne estimate is that 22,000 of them were children. at the centre of too many tragedies to count are the decisions taken by president bashar al—assad. he says he saved syria. with the russian air force, the president saved his regime. zabadani, outside damascus, in the first year of the war. a taste of freedom. it became a war when the regime crushed peaceful

the problem with the united states. china russia countries which they don't like it to you doesn't matter what kind of regime they don't have. problems with different regimes countries generally is quite a bit like saudi arabia for some but it is a. different regimes which was. very strong the americans come to nothing their books so the result is that they don't know what to do with the job to know. where. an entire village in alaska has had to move if another country threatened to wipe out an american. we do everything in our power to protect the. water the escaping climate change is the same threat right now alaska does seem some of the fastest coastal erosion in the world lost about 30 feet. 35 feet of grass in just about 3 months while we were measuring. in case the river is. closer to the power. or were part of a murder of a person from. welcome back to the kaiser report imax keyser time nattering turn to dan collins dan welcome back to the kaiser report thematics going to be back well right so we always come to you for

of the united states china. pushed back against government plans to ban face coverings and closed islamic schools. welcome to. join us the united states and japan say they are committed to opposing china coersion and destabilizing behavior towards countries in the in depressive big region the commitment comes after a joint meeting between u.s. secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin with their japanese counterparts in tokyo lincoln and austin other 1st members of president joe biden's cabinet to travel up to to shore up alliances in the region at a time of growing chinese assertiveness. the decades long friendship between the u.s. and japan was rattled by donald trump's turbulent america 1st policy but now after a high level visit by america's top diplomats and its defense chief things are back on track sectarian austin and i are the 1st members of president biden's cabinet to make an overseas trip and for that trip we come to japan because for more than 60 years our lives has been a

in china is only counts one 6th of that of the united states. we have achieved the goal of basic poverty elevation in china under other countries such as developed countries will do. as well. in china now we have achieved great historic. results. in achieving. basic prosperity china chinese people 'd. they chinese told me let's party trying to play our own value basic human value peace development justice not and. just shortly and. democracy what would you call the international society for the case. based international system placed by the united nations it's based. into the snow lol it's not they small number of countries but at least on that route i don't loose i'm based there whose based international was pasted on their lives. china. has its own way of democracy america has its own way of democracy china the united states democracy democracy in the united states was not only evaluated by the united states people in the united states and also will be evaluated by the people in the world how china is doing it's not evaluated not only by the un

family opposed to the united states interfering in china's internal affairs. a confident country is able to look hard at its own shortcomings. on the issue of human rights. we think we not just states can do better. it's the opportunity for us to explain where we are coming from here where you are coming from when there is a make around as a tax on accusations that is not hospitality not. also on the time in miles minute show authorities continue their crackdown against anti protesters journalists are also in the firing line but they haven't yet been silenced. you know one of the local media outlets have stopped publication for now but the impression that i get that people aren't here reporters are just continue reporting. welcome to the day u.s. and chinese diplomats have clashed of their 1st meeting since president biden took office for. the face talks in alaska got off to an icy stuff with each side attacking the other among the issues with human rights the coronavirus pandemic in china's military buildup in the south china sea the u.s. accuses china of thre

china is the foremost competitor to the united states since the soviet union. it presents a challenge across the domains of trade, technology, governance and security. and on the other hand, collaborating with china is so important for tackling issues such as global health security, climate change, food security, peace keeping and more. most recently, top u.s. and chinese diplomats engaged in a rather tense exchange in alaska, senator sullivan's home. and, in fact, he was also in alaska as these meetings took place. so it is very fitting that today's discussion was organized by the atlantic council center for strategy and security. which is played truly a key role in shaping the council's efforts to develop strategies for addressing the china challenge. most recently the atlantic council released the longer telegram towards a new america/china strategy. this is a paper that calls for^ focus to focus on the fault lines among xi jinping. the paper has already started to shape policy debates around china as it drew widespread attention and conversation among foreig

china is the biggest trading partner of far more countries than the united states is. reality is the only way to influence china is if the western democracies work together in tandem and yit is nt clear that the europeans are willing to kind of sign up. >> richard, what about the business with russia? is this a refreshing degree of candor from biden or does it complicate negotiations with russia? >> so let me did he the skunk at the garden party. the issue is not whether putin is a killer. he is. but saying whether that publicly advances things. i think it makes it more difficult for president biden to sit down with him. how do you sit down with a killer. and also the united states doesn't have that much influence, whether it is with russia or china on the human rights issues. we could broadcast our feelings but mr. navalny is going to rot in jail for quite a while and mr. putin will continue doing what he's doing in ukraine and in syria, that shows the gap between our rhetoric and our ability to deliver. so it is not simply to signal. the question is does this help us

and china in the aspects of national security becausesp the united states has been engaging in a romantic way and china economically for the past 20 years but for all this time increasing there has been increasing security concerns coming from china and now the last friday in alaska with a contentious meeting, the attention is on full display there. >> that is part of the reason we have you on this morning just to check in on u.s. china relations and where they stand now. this was the first significant meeting between leaders of china and the u.s. government, secretary of state anthony lincoln and the leader of the foreign affairs chief for the chinese communist party and -- he was there as well so what is the stated purpose of that meeting to begin with? >> the purpose of the meeting just like at the beginning of every other u.s. administration is that china is trying to make connections with the new officials in charge and purpose has always been for decades that china wanted to maintain some sort of peaceful relations with the western world. this way they could rise in the global stage

to live up to the commitments made in the paris climate agreement overall china admits almost double the c o 2 of the united states but per capita the us takes the lead china responded to the meeting of the quad saying exchanges between governments should be to create understanding not target 3rd parties the meeting of the quad comes just days before the us secretary. state and national security adviser will meet with their chinese counterparts in alaska that meeting is expected to be more forceful as the united states confronts china over issues of economics security and human rights kimberly health at al-jazeera the white house. well let's not bring in our panel joining us from atlanta georgia is failing lang's a professor of international affairs at georgia institute of technology in new delhi we have job and jacob who is an associate professor in this apartment of international relations and governance studies that shift now is our university over in beijing and sumach is a senior research fellow at the center for china and globalization thanks very much for your time gentlemen thanks for joining us failing i'

the concern by the united states that china has been identified as a major geopolitical threat is concerned there from the part of the united states is china's growing assertiveness whether it be militarily whether it be economically and this meeting of the quiet is coming at a critical time because it comes just days before another significant face to face meeting this time taking place in alaska next week that is when the national security advisor jake sullivan and the u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken will be meeting with chinese counterparts there and that meeting is intended to be much more forceful this is where the united states will take up these issues of concern the growing authoritarian nature of the chinese government as well as concerns over human rights so this was a prelude for the an opportunity for all of the nations of the quad to get a message in advance of what is expected to be a significant meeting with china in the days to come all right thanks very much from washington kimberly halkett with that story thanks kimberly meanwhile in a development several prominent

trust china the over king with all member state that's not what i asked you and little that's not what i asked you i asked you whether the w.h.o. trusts the information that china gives you in say yes or no or hell say yes so they're going to stand right so china does not belong to the degree to a tipping region i mean that you have to acknowledge so i think that's not the whole thing about which you have not talk i'm talking about the w.h.o. as a whole the world health organization is a how would you represent in europe and i'm asking you a simple question which has a yes or no answer which you don't seem to want to answer does the w.h.o. trust what it information it gets from china that's a pretty simple question yes or no do you. absolutely and we have longstanding relationship with all doubly chill member states we have country offices in 156 countries the day after the 1st report was coming out of whom we were in touch with the chinese authorities but this is a evolutionary process even do one mission we not come back with all the answers more questions are giving rise to more que

trust china the over king all member state that's not what i asked you a little bit that's not what iasked you i asked you whether the w.h.o. trusts the information that china gives you it's a yes or no or hell it's a yes so there you go i stand right so china does not belong to the degree to a tipping region tim i mean that you have to acknowledge so i think that's am not talking about which you have not talk i'm talking about the w.h.o. as a whole the world health organization is how would you represent in europe and i'm asking you a simple question which has a yes or no answer which you don't seem to want to answer does the w.h.o. trust what it information it gets from china that's a pretty simple question yes or no do you. absolutely and we have longstanding relationship with all doubly chill member states we have country offices in 156 countries the day after the 1st report was coming out of whom we were in touch with the chinese authorities but this is a evolutionary process even do one mission we not come back with all the answers more questions are giving rice 2 more questions

state department is correct and china has been putting out in deceit and this information you have also put out to sea and this information. very good team you were mentioning a number of times the united states of america 2 weeks ago i had acting investor of the united states of america here india office reach was very clearly expressing the tourist industry to ship of the debris charities office for europe and he collaboration in many had to talk to the region director of the united states central control that dr anthony showed that i felt a very strong level of trust every single day i have a conversation with the prime minister the president's we also involved the youth the civil society so maybe did we have to agree to disagree but i don't see how we can because the white house itself said last month as i pointed out earlier we have deep concerns about the way in which the early findings of the war have investigation were communicated and questions about the process used to reach them that doesn't sound as though the white house is very impressed with what with what you've been doi

the quote is concerned about china's growing assertiveness in the asia pacific region and the world the united states certainly sees this alliance to stop the growing influence of china if not contain china it is not dissimilar to the nato organization which was started $947.00 to stop the increasing influence of military threat that was coming from the soviet union as the world battles the covert 19 pandemic that originated in china the group also announcing on friday a new initiative to manufacture and produce u.s. vaccines in india financed by japan and the united states and supported by australia the quad committed to delivering up to 1000000000 doses to i.c. on the indo-pacific and beyond by the end of 2022 climate change is the other big challenge the group must confront how to push global nations to live up to the commitments made in the paris climate agreement overall china emits almost double the c o 2 of the united states but per capita the us takes the lead china responded to the meeting of the quad saying exchanges between governments should be to create understanding not target 3rd parti

for so long china with the expansionist goals the united states with he world, is it likely will be able to avoid if not openwork then at least the cold war some really serious prolonged conflict with china, briefly if you would. >> i think it's very unlikely there will be a military war and also somewhat unlikely a cold war why, we both need each other the people of china needs to work with people in america and vice versa into countries need to work together, what we realize by president xi and president biden why we do find ways to make sure that we americans are not taken advantage of by china. gerry: my great thanks, thank you. coming up another crazy week in the woke culture wars, off some the woke culture wars, off some thoughts on ♪ ♪ ♪ the woke culture wars, off some thoughts on ♪ ♪ ♪ deposit, plan and pay with easy tools from chase. simplicity feels good. chase. make more of what's yours. (vo) ideas exist inside you, electrify you. they grow from our imagination, but they can't be held back. they want to be set free. to make the world more res

family opposed to the united states interfering in china's internal affairs. a confident country is able to look hard at its own shortcomings. on the issue of human rights. we think we not just states can do better. it's the opportunity for us to explain where we are coming from to hear where you are coming from. the tax and accusations that is not hospitality. also all the time in my last minute show authorities continue their crackdown against anti protesters journalists are also in the firing line but i haven't yet been silenced. you know one of the local media outlets have stopped publication for now but the impression that i am getting that people are. reporters are just continue reporting. welcome to the day u.s. and chinese diplomats have clashed at their 1st meeting since president biden took office for. the face talks in alaska got off to an icy stuff with each side attacking the other amongst the issues with human rights the coronavirus pandemic in china's military buildup in the south china sea the u.s. accuses china of threatening global stability c

according to secretary of state playing games china is the only country with the economic military and technological power to seriously challenge the stable and open international system old rules values and relationships that made the world work the way we wanted to is china really a threat to washington's global system. this is crude oil. so they need to actually physically pump it out of the ground you would have well well well well well. there's a lot of money with the oil and with that comes. a lot of a lot of people from all over the country. if you don't make a $100000.00 a year. as a minimum there's an issue. here in the. they were told $60.00 a day it's hard work for the workers not used to work and so they want to relieve their stress of how do they relieve their stress these may move that outlet that comfort these men that. people have been murdered up here people can raise their massive drug issues up here you have a boom you have everything else that comes along with money. is you'll media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. tyson

trust china the over king with all member state that's not what i asked you a little that's not what i asked you i asked you whether the w.h.o. trusts the information that china gives you it's a yes no no or head and say yes so you know i stand right so china does not belong to the degree to a tipping region tim i mean that you have to acknowledge so i think that's am not talking about which you have not talk i'm talking about the w.h.o. as a whole the world health organization is a how would you represent in europe and i'm asking you a simple question which has a yes or no answer which you don't seem to want to answer does the w.h.o. trust what it the information it gets from china that's a pretty simple question yes or no. absolutely and we have longstanding relationship with all doubly chill member states we have 20 offices in 156 countries the day after the 1st report was coming out of whom we were in touch with the chinese authorities but this is a evolutionary process even do one mission we not come back with all the answers more questions are giving rise to more questions and 2

teens from the united states and china meeting in anchorage -- teams from the united states and china meeting in anchorage, lascaux. it seems like trade is going to be front and center. kate: the tariffs remain in place on billions of dollars worth of each other's goods. that is part of a trade war that erected under donald trump. they have not rolled back those tariffs on china with the exception of medical equipment. a phase i deal to ease tensions was reached back in january of 2020 but data has not suggested that beijing has increased purchasing as many goods from the u.s. as promised. joe biden has echoed many of his previous answers concerns when it comes to intellectual property rights and open markets for u.s. companies in china. beijing has accused washington of violating international trading norms as well. >> spea-- [speaking chinese] kate: both sides downplaying any idea of breakthrough. a number of american seeking unemployment benefits rose last week, bucking a trend that raised hopes about a labor market recovery. 770,000 new applications were reported across the countr

the united states accuses china of an attack on democracy over beijing's plans to change hong kong's electoral system. this is the world. that's the rallying cry of protestors in senegal on the 3rd day of angry demonstrations over the arrest of an opposition leader. another protesters killed in me in march for the un envoy. against the military's brutal crackdown tell you why these tire tracks on the red planet are a milestone for the mission. but over in the united states has condemned china's proposed new veto power on hong kong selection of politicians they're calling it a direct attack on the territories autonomy beijing revealed the legislation on friday the opening of its largest political meeting the national people's congress the changes would effectively dismantle hong kong's opposition by allowing the chief executive to appoint members of parliament in line with a beijing appointed committee bronze when speaking to opposition leaders in hong kong about the challenges they say they won't give up without it. no kin hey represents what's left of a once thriving opposition part

authoritarian and corrupt with graphic displays of violence and bloodshed often broadcast in the same state china and it has made the speech. central to good duffy's room with his cult of self defined by his eccentric plan of showmanship the thinkers and the speech was a textbook example it was a moment that put together rhetoric and spectacle starting with the setting a military compound in the plants of tripoli. i think the. allies izzie as has sanctuary it says has like a safe haven and a symbol of resist. the place is so eerie because parts of it have been subject to an air strike by the us and 1986 and get duffy kept it the way it is as a symbol of how he resisted him very alyson when called in is him so for him it was a very important setting because that place is filled with simple the statue of the fist crushing american war blaine every time they cut to the fist to show that look we resisted the americans so we can do anything to libyans a bad day if you're trying to translate it into english in means the door to glory . glory to the gadhafi regime from from his perspective as a military

particular to say we need you to come with us as we approach china going forward because there's been a wholesale repositioning i would say of the united states strategy towards china that began under trump already a realization that the wealth that china now has that it has built up over the last 20 or 30 years is not going to result in a more democratic china which is what many liberals in the west had hoped and there is i think broad consensus now in the united states and in much of europe that that's just not going to happen china is an authoritarian state and we need to be prepared for the consequences of that and act accordingly and i think this is what his mission is. let's talk a little bit about what the chinese reaction was we heard after those meetings in alaska from the american side that behind closed doors the tone was more civil what did chinese leadership have to say about the tone behind closed doors if anything well i think for china they didn't expect that they didn't expect it to be so that this home would be would have been so harsh and i think for china it is now clear that the you as it's not. going to be. i think becau

for so long china with the expansionist goals the united states with ble to avoid if not openwork then at least the cold war some really serious prolonged conflict with china, briefly if you would. >> i think it's very unlikely there will be a military war and also somewhat unlikely a cold war why, we both need each other the people of china needs to work with people in america and vice versa into countries need to work together, what we realize by president xi and president biden why we do find ways to make sure that we americans are not taken advantage of by china. gerry: my great thanks, thank you. coming up another crazy week in the woke culture wars, off some the woke culture wars, off some thoughts on [announcer] durán catches leonard with a big left. ♪♪ you can spend your life in boxing or any other business, but one day, you're gonna take a hit you didn't see coming. and it won't matter what hit you. what matters is you're down. and there's nothing down there with you but the choice that will define you. do you stay down? or. do you find, somewh

particular to say we need you to come with us as we approach china going forward because there's been a wholesale repositioning i would say of the united states strategy towards china that began under trump already a realization that the wealth that china now has that it has built up over the last 20 or 30 years is not going to result in a more democratic china which is what many liberals in the west had hoped and there's i think broad consensus now in the united states and much of europe that that's just not going to happen china is an authoritarian state and we need to be prepared for the consequences of that and act accordingly and i think this is what his mission is. let's talk a little bit about what the chinese reaction was we heard after those meetings in alaska from the american side that behind closed doors the tone was more civil what did chinese leadership have to say about the tone behind closed doors if anything well i think for china they didn't expect that they didn't expect it to be so that this home would be would have been so harsh and i think for china it is now clear that the you as it's not going. i. think because before

what austin calls america's edge over china is more like a chasm. the united states has nearly 20 times the number of nuclear warheads as china. it has twice the tonnage of warships at sea, including 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, compared with china's two carriers which are much less advanced. washington has over 2,000 modern fighter jets compared to beijings roughly 600 according to sebastian roblan. and the u.s. deployed this power using a vast network of some 800 overseas bases. china has three. china spent about $250 billion on this military which is a third as much as the united states. michael o'hanlon noted that if china were in nato, we with berate it for inadequate burden sharing since its military outlays fall below the nato 2% minimum. at the height of its imperial might in the late 19th century, great britain adopted a two-power standard. its navy had to be larger than the next two put together. u.s. military spending remains larger than the next ten countries put together, six of which are washington's close allies. america's intelligence budget

democratic china which is what many liberals in the west had hoped and there's i think broad consensus now in the united states and much of europe that that's just not going to happen china is an authoritarian state and we need to be prepared for the consequences of that and act accordingly and i think this is what his mission is. let's talk a little bit about what the chinese reaction was we heard after those meetings in alaska from the american side that behind closed doors the tone was more civil what did chinese leadership have to say about the tone behind closed doors if anything well i think for china they didn't expect that they didn't expect it to be so that this home would have been so harsh and i think for china it is now clear that the you as is not going to be i. think because before before the meeting there were still a little bit of hopes that the you as might actually still be because it's biden out or it's not trump it's like a little bit more predictable maybe that he might be a little bit. he might go just go a little bit more like. a track but at the end i think after this meeting it's just