u. s. navy blockade. so it's a major, major strategic breakout for china. right. and of course, you live in china for 20 years as a business man, you're doing business over there. you live in, in the us now, but you speak chinese and i would imagine i'm going to ask you, have you been following any of the chinese media and how do they, how do they play it in terms of their dana stand there it's, it's basically a black guy in the united states is just one more and you know, from the financial crisis of, oh, $8.00 to the cold experience now into at the collapse of afghan stan in potentially iraq, which basically ran running now is just one more card in the deck of american impotence and geo political stage. yeah, and we say yes and focusing on china here for a 2nd. so a lot of headlines. we've talked about china crushing some of their most successful companies like gant financial or education companies. you know, going back 500 years in china burning their treasure fleet. once again, you know, 500 years ago, i believe it was the bang dynastee where they had the worl

u. s. military and vietnam. the highly toxic herbicide on the fully and cause the suffering of hundreds of thousands of people both vietnamese and american retired u. s. navy commander and lawyer john well spoke to us about the consequences of the chemical and the attempts of veterans and claiming compensation. today, there was cases what they call the ring per besides. and it was used primarily for d, for the asian edge and orange was so name because there was an orange strike around the center of the barrel. of the things like agent blue had a blue stripe, agent, pink, think, stripe, and so on, so forth. as far as we know, agent orange was the worst that some of the others are besides the same chemical components. now, significant portion we would say, currently we're looking at about a $110000.00 claims have been filed. some of those are the same person, multiple plans for the same person, but it's probable that we're, i would say 706070 percent of those folks had some problems. a former us soldiers are still struggling with our injuries from exposure to agent orange and the people of vietnam, or no different hundreds of thousands of suffered lasting ef

u. s. navy, in the south china sea as provocative. now come la harris, his visit is intended to signify 2 countries in the region that the u. s. is committed to keeping a rules based international order and in keeping the south china sea open. now part of the u. s. policy will be about strengthening ties with countries in the region. so the u. s. can be seen as a counterweight to china's growing influence. now how is china viewing this visit? while china's officials in one news agency portrayed at harrison visit as a drive to contain china. and it also describes the u. s. approach as outdated cold war thinking intended to create division and confrontation. now one of the things that harris will have to contend with during her visit is answering questions about of gonna start collapse and answering questions about us as credibility and commitment in keeping his foreign policy promises bow. the head of has the law, those fuel from iran will soon be arriving in lebanon. fuel prices jump by 70 percent off to the government, further reduced

u. s. outreach to asia. the u. s. is increasingly worried about china's growing influence, particularly its efforts to claim large parts of the south china sea. this is also where the u. s. navy has retained the been carrying out freedom of navigation operations, something that china views as a provocation. none us president joe biden is not the 1st to want closer ties with the region. us. president barack obama had his pivot to asia policy, which was essentially about rebalancing foreign policy away from the middle east towards asia down. so for the us, part of it will look like strengthening ties with countries in the region, particularly those with competing claims in the south china sea against china. because these countries, many of these countries are coming on to increasing pressure from china. so strengthening ties. so that the u. s. can be viewed as a counterweight to growing chinese influence. now come, la harris is expected to not only put out the layout, the future of us ties in the region, but also to talk about the need for an open and free indo pacific region. now, how is trying to viewing this while we know that china's official sin why news agency said in an

u. s. navy commander and lawyer john well spoke to us about the consequences of the chemical attempts of veterans to clean compensation significant portion. we would say, currently we're looking at about a $110000.00 claims have been filed. some of those are the same person, multiple plans for the same person. but it's probable that we're, i would say 706070 percent of those folks. had some problems today, there was a case in what they call the ring per besides. and it was use primarily for d, for the asian edge and orange was so name because there was an orange stripe around the center of the barrel. of the things like agent who had a blue stripe agent paying thanks tribe and so on, so forth. as far as we know, agent orange was the worst that some of the others. herbicides had the same chemical component. the i grew chemical giant monson. so is one of the companies under fire. it was a major supplier of agent orange to the u. s. during the vietnam war, despite facing a barrage of legal claims, both it sounded, spurn, company, buyer maintain. they cannot be held responsible for how the m

u. s. is worried about china's growing influence, particularly as efforts to claim vast parts of the south china sea. the u. s. navy has regularly carried out freedom of navigation operations in the south trying to see something that china finds provocative and southeast asia. the us seizes as an increasingly important region. it's coming under increasing pressure from china. so for the u. s. foreign policy here is about strengthening ties with the countries here, so that they will see us as a counterweight to china's growing influence. now, us president joe biden is not the 1st leader to one closer ties with the region. president obama had a pivot to policy asia, which was about re balancing foreign policy toward away from middle east towards asia. now the ca, harris. well, come, harris is also going to be visiting vietnam later this week, where she's also expected in her conversation with the leader to emphasize the needs and the need for an open and free indo pacific region. now, how is all those being seen in china? well, china's official city one news agency said in an editorial on saturday that harris's visit

u. s. navy commander and lawyer, john wells spoke to us about the consequences of the chemical and the attempts veterans to claim compensation. significant portion we would say, currently we're looking at about 110000 claims. have been filed, some of those are the same person, multiple plans for the same person. but it's probable that we're, i would say 706070 percent of those folks. add some problems. today there was cases what they call the ring per besides. and it was use primarily for d, for the ation age and orange was so name because there is an orange strike around the center of the barrel of the things like agent blue, a blue stripe agent paying thank stripe and so on, so forth. as far as we know, edge and orange was the worst, but some of the others are besides had the same chemical component. viagra, chemical giant. monsanto is one of the companies under fire. it was a major supplier of agent orange during the vietnam war. despite fishing, a barrage of legal claims, both it and its parent company bear maintain that they cannot be held responsible for how the military use the product.

u. s. navy intelligence officer, steven rogers, he says he can't help but draw parallels with what happened in vietnam. the goal was to ensure that the app in government was strong, that it was a nation where the people were free. it was a nation, ruled by a constitution and not ruled by any dictator or a terrorist organization. so the goal was never achieve. 20 years of work was put into that we have seen is a caster feet. how do you leave all these people behind the talk about the afghan assistance to, to be met with the baby, torture and murder. this reminds me of saigon. i was in the air force during the time, so i got fell. and when i see helicopters in bul landing on rooftops in an airport and giant us air force planes, having a refugees board, those planes reminds me of saigon and when we see its history repeating itself. so there is no bright future, obviously for our dentist them. but until we make a change in our nation with regard to our foreign policy, we don't have a much of a bright future either. meanwhile, the taliban was seen patrolling the streets of cobbled brandishing we

u. s. navy today has only 430. some of them are 5 times the size of the ships being built in europe at the time. but by 1525, all of china's treasure fleet had been destroy because the political and we were afraid of, of the actual entrepreneurial business elite. so they destroyed that, and that seems to be going on there again. and of course, china did think then for the next few 100 years, that's the key point. there. the, the china went into became the hermit kingdom, or hydra disappeared off the map after they did that for many hundreds of years. and so they have a propensity to commit financial suicide way. and are they doing that again today? because the lead sphere, the rise of the mark and class, the jack mar, for example. you know, he's been shut down because the leads don't like that kind of competition. are they going to do another burning of the fleet? yeah, that's a good question. as you know, everybody's kinda counting on there's being some big economic forks out there to keep the global trade global

u. s. navy today has only 430. some of them are 5 times the size of the ships being built in europe at the time. but by 1525, all of china's treasure fleet had been destroy, because the political or we were afraid of the, of the actual entrepreneurial business elite. so they destroyed that, and that seems to be going on there again. and of course, china did think then for the next few 100 years, that's the key point. there. the, the china went into became the hermit kingdom, or hydra disappeared off the map after they did that for many hundreds of years. and so they have a propensity to commit financial suicide. when are they doing that again today? because the lead sphere, the rise of the merck and class, the jack mar, for example. you know, he's been shut down because the leads don't like that kind of competition. are they going to do another burning of the fleet? yeah, that's a good question. as you know, everybody's kind of counting on there's being some big economic forks out there to keep the global trade glo