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i do not have i easy answers for this because the us china tension, the us china relationship is the looking at a situation with this pandemic which may have come out of china which is probably advanced china's economic progress by a few years. and many other parts look to china and feel like it works and the advance economy system has not worked as well for them and so, we are in a very troubling moment and the us needs to look very hard how to deal with china and... very hard how to deal with china and. . ._ very hard how to deal with china and... when joe biden sa s, china and... when joe biden says. i'm — china and... when joe biden says. i'm not _ china and... when joe biden says, i'm not going - china and... when joe biden says, i'm not going to - china and... when joe biden says, i'm not going to let. says, i'm not going to let china eat our lunch and the implication of that is that the us is going to disengage from china and compete very aggressively against china in different parts of the road economy, do you think he may be making a mistake, a self harming mistake?- making

so that china could use the threat of sanctions as a means to influence policy. so clearly we learn something from the trump administration but all that said, i would hope we would end up with a more level economic relationship goingforward at least more printable . >> there's a lot of good points you mentioned and i think i'll pick up on three. one is the constructive coordination with i think hopefully there will be signs of that in thisadministration . reading about the us presidential envoy for climate don terry was in china for a visit. on china -related issues defend constructive so i see that as a good sign and hopefully we will be to get into some of that as we move forward in the conversation and i'd love to hear about that the last point is also something i look to continue on later on about fuel circulation and a lot of different interpretation. now going forward will come back to that point a little bit. >> so let's bring it into the conversation. of course if you have anything to add on the chin

no, that's absolutely right and i don't have easy answers to that because the us—china tension, the us—china—europendemic which may have come out china, has probably advanced china's economic progress relative to the rest of the world by an extra few years. and many other parts of the world look to china and feel like it works, and the advanced economy system has not worked as well for them. so we're in a very troubling moment, and yes, i think the us needs to look very hard at how to deal with china. so... and it may involve a retreat from globalisation. yeah. so, when biden talks about china and says, you know, �*i'm not going to let china eat our lunch', and implication of that clearly is the us is going to disengage economically china and indeed compete very aggressively against china in different parts of the world economy, do you think he may be making a mistake? a self—harming mistake? well, the problem is china is also making our lunch. laughter. they make a lot of what we consume. well, that's my point. yeah. and the intermediate products. well, i mean, we are where we are. and it's not an

the us climate envoy, john kerry, is travelling to china to try to persuade beijing to agree to new targetsficial from the biden administration to visit the country. the us wants china to stop building coal—fired power stations and to end the financing of overseas coal projects. here's our environment and energy analyst, roger harrabin. superpowers and super—polluters. the world can't address climate change unless both are willing to turn away from fossil fuels and both are ready to cooperate. that's the mission of the us climate envoy, john kerry, visiting china in the hope that the rivals can pause their political discord for the sake of the planet. china has as much coal—fired power capacity as the rest of the world put together. it's offering, informally, to freeze emissions by 2030 and stop all carbon emissions by 2060. at the moment, we are seeing that countries like south korea and japan, and also china, are funcing a lot of — funding a lot of the new coal—power development in the region. obviously, they are one of the big drivers of coal emissions, of carbon emissions, in the world.

us public radio. his podcast frdh is inspired by the ambition ofjournalism as the first rough draft of history. and in the studio, the bbc broadcaster and china vincent nee. welcome to all of you, it is good to have you with us this easter weekend. pope francis, who delivers his easter message for a second yearfrom inside the basilica rather than to the thousands of catholics who gather most years in st peter's square, practised what he preaches when, last month, he made the first ever papal visit to iraq. he was seeking not only to reconcile christianity and islam but also to inspire muslims to heal the division within theirfaith. yet faith is weaponised in conflicts around the world, used, if you'll pardon the expression, to demonise minorities. china, this weekend marking qingming, the tomb sweeping festival, stands accused ofjustifying conversion and supression of uighers on the grounds of their faith, islam. it now permits catholics to worship. is that reconciliation or has the vatican been co—opted to beijing's cause? how credible is reconciliation in brazil or the united states, where politics is now so polarised, and, perhaps not coin

the self-governing island claim by mainland china, the us- countries. mainland china, the communist party to try to change the way china operates towards taiwan to become more aggressive? i way china operates towards taiwan to become more aggressive?— become more aggressive? i think the coal is become more aggressive? i think the goal is deterrence. _ become more aggressive? i think the goal is deterrence. to _ become more aggressive? i think the goal is deterrence. to send _ become more aggressive? i think the goal is deterrence. to send a - become more aggressive? i think the goal is deterrence. to send a signal l goal is deterrence. to send a signal that using force to change this status quo is not going to be acceptable and i think both countries have an interest in supporting taiwan and make it defend itself and be resilient in taiwan is a democracy. taiwan also has key capabilities when it comes to semi conductor industry and therefore, i think that if you want stability in the region, and what rule of law, you have to show that matters to you and

treatments over its uighur minority, us—china relations have been been in china, urging superpower cooperation to reduce emissions. the round table a symbol of working together. the us will announce its planned emissions reductions at a joe biden climate summit next week. he admitted... it's not easy for any country. we all face this challenge. but europe has set a goal of 55% reduction. the uk has set a goal of 68% reduction. so we are evaluating right now what we ourselves can do. china's already the world's top new factor of wind turbines and solar panels. thejoint statement said finance must shift towards renewables, away from coal. environmentalists say the statement is positive, but warned that tackling climate change will need all nations to strive much harder. roger harrabin, bbc news. a look at our latest headlines... the two russian men suspected of carrying out the salisbury nerve agent attack three years ago are being sought by police in the czech republic. a senior conservative mp warns borisjohnson he'll lose the support of the so—calle

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side should abandon the cold war game in 0 sum thinking friday china fired back at the move saying the us should treat china u.s. relations objectively and rationally and do more things that are conducive to the healthy and stable development of china u.s. relations many would die out containment and suppression by the united states cannot stop the pace of china's scientific and technological progress only strengthen china's determination and will to innovate independently and while china works to innovate independently the move is starting to trickle down across the globe even the u.s. is starting to feel its effects we fully recognize that this is an issue that is impacting industries across the country including the auto industry auto companies particularly general motors and ford are caught up in a global shortage of semiconductors where most come from china including another chinese company that was blacklisted last year r.-o. factories are now shutting down because those chips are needed to get cars off the assembly line not enough chips you know cars to make next week there's going

was the promise after the 1st summit between the leaders of the us india japan and australia so there really are the words is to keep china in its place brilliantly about every using the word china i show you want me you will take a look at their p.r. video often in a few words as we go. in the dish to be china free and open and close it and help the unless you china. to be china i think straight course power china committed to addressing the world's defining challenge the rise of china moment of crisis something. to be china. and china. about the threat of climate change and combat the threat of china our savior the pain of watching you basically goes on like that some of the cord the asian nato we say 50 denied because it is not a minute to your lines for the 1st time canada is participating in a joint exercise in the pacific ocean with the nations to rise the. sea definitely not a military alliance as ever though self-interest is likely to be the main enemy of this group they 1st got together back in 2004 to respond to the booking day tsunami when they tried to go steady off towards. make it all a bit more official the

in terms of the us, john kerry will be talking to his counterpart in beijing, expressing their concern and why chinarts given the amount of pollutants they put into the sphere but the us is yet to set targets for itself?— targets for itself? that's something _ targets for itself? that's something that - targets for itself? that's something that were - targets for itself? that's i something that were liking likely come up. with the trump administration pulling out of the climate called, how they can reset leadership, what kind of targets they set themselves. it also puts you under, the us is fragmented. we have states pursuing a green agenda. it will be important to see the federal government can harmonise some of these policies were seen in the us and just reassert leadership and just reassert leadership and set an example. find and just reassert leadership and set an example. and next week's event _ and set an example. and next week's event that _ and set an example. and next week's event that joe - and set an example. and next week's event that joe biden i and set an example. and next week's event

a version of the same question how essential is it right now that the world's 2 top polluters china and us remain on the same page when it comes to combating climate change going forward very important. we are talking about solving 50 percent of climate mitigation challenge if the u.s. and china comes together horton dumps of current emission and historical emissions so it is going that the u.s. is ambitious and i am very happy that u.s. has announced 50 percent cut in emissions and china has to be more ambitious than what it has announced so far jana is talking about an exit of 2060 but i think maybe 60 is the ear right now because of a cut in technology that is available and i think that that can be you know enhanced significantly then missions can be increased significantly get more technology and efficient technology really able to acknowledge coming into the market so it is very important for us china in fact it is important for g 20 which accounts for 80 percent of the global pollution to come together and address this issue i just want to add another point behind what that for us it

of air new zealand tells us they are testing digital vaccine passports as a way of re—opening travel routes. more now on climate change and the a0 world leaders — including china'snt xi jinping — who willjoin a virtual summit on the climate crisis hosted by the us. ahead of the earth day event, presidentjoe biden is expected to outline us plans to cut emissions over the next decade — and seek commitments from the world's other big polluters. in a moment we'll be getting some views from the us and china — but first — the here's samira hussain in new york this will be closely watched for two reasons. what it says and what can be accomplished. this is a put opportunity to joe biden to send a message to show that united states is joining international efforts to fight club —— climate change was not that the four years under the trump administration and its policies of climate change denial, is over. what will be more closely watched is what comes from this two—day summit. mr biden campaigned on and has made it the environment and has made it the environment a priority for his administration. now he needs to make good on that promise. it is being reported at the whit

and there, you did have this bilateral agreement between the us and china to make major progress in addressinga peak and bring then down, and that's happening, and china, to bring them to a peak, at the very least, within the next decade. obviously, china doesn't have the legacy we have of two centuries of access to cheap fossil fuels. they're still building their economy, they're still, you know, industrialising, in the industrialising phase of their economy. and that's why it's so important that china and india, which is in that same phase, not go down the fossil fuel road. but, with respect, they've gone a long way down that road already. and for them, there's just a basic question of economicjustice, which remains unresolved. and i'm going to quote you the then—environment minister of india back in 2015 around the signing of the climate accord in paris, he said, "look, developing countries have a fundamental "right to develop. "they need carbon space," as he put it. "developed countries must now vacate that space. "we cannot suffer because of their sins." and i think that attitude still pr

$50000000.00 people as each person requires 2 doses the russian chance has not yet been approved for use in china but assuming that that happens the chinese manufacturer will distribute it domestically as well as abroad of us putting veils been licensed in almost 60 countries under the 1st bush thing to galvanize moscow and beijing have plenty to gain from working together on vaccines for china to help russia to produce the a vaccine and to introduce that to the chinese consumers as well as markets outside of china would be a very china has one of the largest the manufacturing capacity is in fact seeing so if we use the formula produced by the russian side or the production of a vaccine physically in china it will be a when we situation i do not see any reason why this vaccine should not be approved of by the chinese rowland's or oranges and i hope the chinese people will have a choice if they want to use one or 2 or 3 chinese vaccines they will be able to do that if they prefer those who make vaccines they were have a choice to be made by themselves. less a new search for this hour but before i

china it wanted to use this opportunity to show that while comes all foreign investment into the country and it does so many foreign businesses have to grab this opportunity when that in the investment china is searching this year with the amount of actual foreign investment used in china in the 1st 3 months of 2021 up nearly 40 percent year on year but let's not forget about nike and adidas boycott overseen jones cotton controversy that clearly they won't tolerate companies which bite the hand that feeds them are growing as an issue between china and investors so i want to ask you the climate has been seen as an area of cooperation with a few areas of cooperation perhaps between the u.s. and china did you get any sense of that from the speech. or nothing much was said but they foresee stitch china and the united states issue a joint statement on dressing the climate crisis and it is said that john kerry went to china to persuade him to attend the climate summit and just this morning she has confirmed his attendance so i guess actions speak louder than words here or so it's on han from t

the us climate envoy, john kerry, has arrived in china to try to persuade beijing to agree to new targetsants china to stop building coal—fired power stations and stop financing coal ventures abroad. here the yellow spots show you how many coal power plants there are across china. the red spots are the new ones. if we look across the rest of the world, you can see that india is another country still building coal powered stations, while if you look at europe and the us there are plenty of grey spots, which mark where coal power plants are being decommissioned. just last week, a report by global energy monitor said that the new coal—fired power stations opening in china offset all the closures in the rest of the world last year. let's now hear from lorry maileeveer who is the lead analyst at centre for research on energy and clean air. he tells us why it is this meeting between the us and china is important. both of these countries have taken steps in thejoe biden administration has a much stronger approach to climate than donald trump did. china has made a very significant long—term commi

balance of japan about a quarter almost a quarter of that foreign trade of japan is going to go with china us so china is a very important economic partner and it also explains why japan is a bit hesitant to. go with us on this complete pushback against china now mr to guy is the 1st foreign leader there the president biden is meeting in person this this signal that the us is putting japan at the heart of its asia policy absolutely i think this is a very very strong signal that the us places huge importance on japan and in fact it's also in line with the previous. meeting that i mentioned a foreign and defense minister so actually our foreign minister blinken and defense minister austin of the us. took their 1st foreign visit to japan so in march and so this really shows that the us places japan at the center for. security policy especially because of the china alexander the cauchy is with the asia division at the german institute for international and security affairs to thank you for your time thank you. i think looking at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. iran sa

us more. how is china doing? tell us more. how is china doinu? . �* , tell us more. how is china doinu?, exports crew at doing? that's right, exports grew at a — doing? that's right, exports grew at a robust _ doing? that's right, exports grew at a robust pace, - doing? that's right, exports grew at a robust pace, but l doing? that's right, exports i grew at a robust pace, but that 30% growth still disappointed many who had forecast an even stronger rise, import picked up, and a faster pace, about four year highs, up, and a faster pace, about fouryear highs, and up, and a faster pace, about four year highs, and that is another boost to china's economic recovery as global demand heats up in part due to progress in worldwide covid vaccine vaccinations, and remember that china was the only major economy to post— gdp of over 2% last year, an economist say this is partly due to growth from a low base, but there is evidence that it is also generated by demand for goods such as medical and work from home equipment, and the growing economies of countries that buy from china, such as the us, tha

folks arms sales volume all the sales volume there comes from china china makes up about a 3rd of b.m.w.'s overall sales and dimed us else 29 percent of its vehicles in china the u.s. however remains germany's biggest trading partner last year germany sold 104000000000 euros worth of goods and services is a 12 and a half percent decline on 29000 largely because of the pandemic but china is not far behind here germany exported goods with nearly 96000000000 euros to china last year wallace unchanged from before the pandemic now that was a lot of facts and figures and we need certainly somebody to put all of that for us into perspective and i'm doing a big round here obviously due to the pandemic restrictions but we're both tested clifford coonan here is in the studio with me and clifford 1st of all. well we just heard i mean china is increasingly looking into building its domestic market is the good old bad news for foreign companies. well in some ways it does offer opportunities for foreign companies as we've seen with the with the trade days are there that it's there or it's becoming a great export market it's long

additional charges as we speak now with steve sang he is a political scientist and the director of the so us china institute in london one of the world leading centers of expertise on china steve thank you so much for joining us what does what we have been witnessing today mean for the hong kong pro-democracy movement. finally it is a very sad day for all kong democracy movement is not unexpected i think. on the steep side sentences really have been generally expected and it is i think a judge was trying to do a bit of a balance between and causing a lot nikolay and allowing some of the sentenced people to have suspended sentences but still it is to send a very clear message to many people in hong kong that peaceful demonstrations are no longer tolerate. and i mean we have had developments we have to say you know since these charges were leveled since this trial and i'm thinking about the other pro-democracy cases which are now pending in the courts for example the nearly 50 activists that have been charged with subversion in february under the new national security law when you look at these most

china. how can the us repair how it's seen around the world? propaganda. the chinese communist party wants you to believe that america is in decline. that's nonsense. this is a strong nation, with deep democratic institutions. well, the china challenge for this administration is probably the biggest faced by any us administration since the second world war. the balance of power is slowly but steadily shifting towards beijing. it's why i've therefore described the 20205 as the decade of living dangerously in us—china relations, because when you start to achieve parity between states on the economy, on the military, on technology, then, frankly, you have much more volatility in their behaviour, towards one another. and with china's influence sprawling beyond its borders, that volatility has the potential to send shockwaves around the globe. kevin rudd, who has met china's leader on many occasions, believe xijinping is a man in a hurry. his doctine on china's foreign policy is to push hard and fast and far in the assertion of chinese interest and

china. how can the us repair how it is seen around the world? i china. it is seen around the world?— is seen around the world? i think that question _ is seen around the world? i think that question is _ is seen around the world? i think that question is basically - is seen around the world? i think that question is basically chinese propaganda. the chinese communist party want you to believe that america is in decline. that's nonsense. this is a strong nation with deep democratic institutions. the china challenge is probably the biggest _ the china challenge is probably the biggest faced by any us administration since the second world _ administration since the second world war. the balance of power is slowly _ world war. the balance of power is slowly but — world war. the balance of power is slowly but steadily shifting towards beijing _ slowly but steadily shifting towards beijing. the 20 20s are described as the decade _ beijing. the 20 20s are described as the decade of living dangerously in terms _ the decade of living dangerously in terms of— the d

folks arms sales volume all the sales volume there comes from china china makes up about a 3rd of b.m.w.'s overall sales and dimed us else 29 percent of its vehicles in china the u.s. however remains germany's biggest trading partner last year germany sold 104000000000 euros worth of goods and services that is a 12 and a half percent decline on 29000 largely because of the pandemic but china is not far behind here germany exported goods with nearly 96000000000 euros to china last year while this unchanged from before the pandemic now that was a lot of facts and figures and we need certainly somebody to put all of that for us into perspective and i'm doing a big round here obviously due to the pandemic restrictions but we're both tested clifford coonan here is in the studio with me and clifford 1st of all. well we just heard i mean china is increasingly looking into building its domestic market is the good old bad news for foreign companies well in some ways it does offer opportunities for foreign companies as we've seen with the with the trade days are there that it's there or it's becoming a great export market it'

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china is the big actor here, going from going way behind the united states and energy used to being way ahead, so china now has emissions from their mostly coal-fired power plants. there emissions are now longer -- larger than the united states and europe combined. india is starting down that road area you see at the summit yesterday, the chinese communist leaders, be -- xi jinping saying they will continue to go up. they are really playing us for fools. i think a lot of people in the media go along with that, it is like they are part of the team, they are a party to the paris climate treaty, so they are doing their part. there emissions keep going up and economy goes rooming and we are putting off on our economy by making these promises. host: if you charge on the new york times demonstrating what you're talking about, emissions by country in the united states here on the left. declining emissions as you can see. european union is the same. then there is india, and on the far right and large increase there is china. during his remarks in the climate summit yesterday, president xi jinpi

that you know china has been more expansionary in its neighbor operations and so australia charity us china as this. increasing reach of force and it might have a long term threat perceptions to what's times expection and i mean this also depends goes down to the underpinning of the current political debate going on within australia and china that they are often a lot of political disagreement going on and it's just a situation where i think australia is looking to invest more in its equipment particularly as a way of modern life seeing its military in the event there possible further expansionary a military strategic policy that china might implement over the last over the next 102030 years and it comes down to the fact that china is really there made it pretty clear to them that by 2049 there are most of their mother's asian program aims to be. equal to the world's leading militaries and so are the countries that just generally reacting to china the rise of china david in washington do reports like this expose are a kind of a hypocrisy in a way because as well as these reports we also get

consumers as well as markets outside of china would be a very china has one of the largest the manufacturing capacity is in vaccines so if we use the formula produced by the russian side or the production of a vaccine for the cli in china it will be a when we situation i do not see any reason why this vaccine should not be approved of by the charlies rowland's or oranges and i hope the chinese people will have a choice if they want to use one of 2 or 3 chinese vaccines they will be able to do that if they prefer those who make vaccines they were have a choice to be made by themselves. it's another story we've been following and will continue to follow closely there is no letup in the migrant surge on the southern u.s. border with up to 6000 people being detained on a daily basis after crossing from mexico all accompanied children as young as 3 are being held in shelters in texas and some have been stranded there for more than 2 weeks the situation is drawing concern from countries right across the world including from russia it is about issues she says the should because the migration crisis at the u.s. mexican border is becomi

china. to the threat. across the country. welcome to news asia it's good to have you with us japanese prime minister you're she said to be the 1st world leader to visit u.s. president joe biden on friday reports suggest an increasingly assertive china will be a key theme of the talks japan is also a security ally of the united states and both have defined the nation as a quote cornerstone of peace security and prosperity in the indoor pacific region i'll be discussing that further with an expert in a moment but 1st this report. and presidents and a prime minister new to their leadership roles but each with years of experience treading the fine line of tough diplomacy. increasingly the main tools of such diplomacy look like this. u.s. exercises with asian allies meant to deter aggression. aggression especially from the chinese who have just this week sent fighter jets to skirt taiwanese airspace. taiwan itself proclaims its strength by showing off new naval hardware. all this as u.s. diplomats diplomatically tell the people's republic of china the p.r.c. to back off our commitment to taiwan is rock solid we've of course taken

china's theft of us technology. that's inside our universities and our government research and development laboratories. i believe i would like to, the panelists to consider how we take further action to protect our technology. the report that we are discussing today is incredible work. i believe it will be recognized as very significant work that you ladies and gentlemen have done. we thank you forit. it's going to take a lot to get our head wrapped around us . a lot say it's the first time since world war ii america's technological dominance is the backbone of which economic nuclearpower is under threat . i asked doctor schmidt to reflect upon that statement and tell america how the federal government and private sector can work together to train the next generation of patriots both civilian and military to protect our research from theft and to gain dominance in these fields. and as related to that questioni'm going to turn to you doctor schmidt . until recently, in our military academies we teach that each natio

it wouldn't even be the case i can't think of how they could have put pressure on us we are in no way affiliated with china people from various countries were part of our team who went to carry out this investigation on behalf of the w.h.o. and what would have been the point of pressurising us we hardly liaise with officials we were largely in touch with scientists. from has long been banned by social media giants but that doesn't mean their powers are the war president is over it was real on tuesday that facebook could remove an interview with him posted by his daughter in law auntie's caleb moore where the social media giants are now the new thought police. big tech censorship just keeps coming the latest is an interview from former u.s. president donald trump getting scrubbed from facebook in line with the bill quip placed on donald trump's facebook an instagram account says a content posted in the voice of donald trump will be removed and result in additional limitations on the account donald trump is not the president anymore you sunning himself in florida so why exactly is it so dangerous for people

use. shery: our china economy editor.t is facing a new wave of selling pressure after rebounding from its worst month since 2019. hundreds of companies are preparing to exchange the currency to pay dividends. our greater china executive editor joins us with the details. how much pressure are we talking about? john: there is a fair amount of pressure. every year, there are many chinese companies listed overseas, every year around this time they have to pay dividends. so they need to pay cash in dollars, in the case of hong kong, hong kong dollars, and 82 pay that to the investors. we are looking at quite a large amount. obviously, the recent weakness in the yuan has been more attributable to the strength of the dollar. haidi: we also saw janet yellen refraining from labeling beijing as a currency manipulator, but they are honing in on the role that state banks usually play when it came to under the hood currency intervention. john: the currency has been an issue for a while between the two countries. the report did not nam

charges for speaking now with steve sang he is a political scientist and the director of the so us china institute in london one of the world's leading centers of expertise on china steve thank you so much for joining us what does what we have been witnessing today named for the hong kong pro-democracy movement. 58 is a very sad day for kong democracy movement is not unexpected i think. on the steep sides and considers really has been generally expected and it is i think a judge was trying to do a bit of a challenge between and causing a lot of nikolay and allowing some of the sentenced people wish to have suspended sentences but still it is crucial to send a very clear message to many people in hong kong that peaceful demonstrations are no longer tolerate. and i mean we have had developments we have to say you know since these charges were leveled since this trial and i'm thinking about the other pro-democracy cases which are now pending in the courts for example the nearly 50 activists that have been charged with subversion in february under the new national security law when you look

china is arrival, not a rogue. that was a useful way to think about the differences between the two. we cannot ignore china. and we shouldn't there is a lot of room for us to work together in terms of trade for example. but we underestimated the communist party's commitment to keep their police state in a closed society and authoritarian government. we thought just maybe if they were part of the wto they would become a democracy. that didn't exactly happen. we have some targeted areas like intellectual property, cyber, were obviously they are very aggressive. we need to push back hard like keeping the south china sea open navigation is another important area. and getting back to where we started, the best way to keep this piece on - - to keep the pieces be strong in the unenviable adversary for another country. so to recognize we have a problem is the first step to the solution there is broad recognition china is the number one challenge for us. i don't think the military with conflict with china is inevitable. but if they miscalcul

the 2015 iran nuclear deal will begin in australia in the coming hours representatives from the us china and germany russia the u.k. france and iran are meeting in vienna us and even in officials are not planning to meet directly a biden administration wants to revive the deal which collapsed after former president donald trump with chile u.s. support we don't underestimate the scale of the challenges ahead these are early days we don't anticipate in early or immediate breakthrough as these discussions we fully expect will be difficult but we do believe that these discussions with our partners and in turn our partners with iran is a healthy stepped step forward. jailed russian opposition leader alexei has reportedly been moved to a medical facility to be treated for a possible respiratory illness will be tested for over 1000 after posting online that he has a high temperature and a bad cough he says 3 of the 15 inmates in his block are in hospital with suspected tobacco sis and been on hunger strike since wednesday still ahead on al-jazeera we'll look at how and to build ai new cannot in