and it came to light the western part of china was far less developed than the eastern part of china. each of the ports were exporting billions of dollars. and therefore the emphasis began to shift. towards the western part of china. about the same time we had a change of government in pakistan. from one democrat elected government to another democratic elected government. and they came up with this idea that what if the chinese and the western part of china and we have economic priorities. the idea of china and pakistan economic corridor has been at a conceptual stage. but there are mighty big mountains which are prevented that. but the two governments took on the challenge. and started connecting across these nonsense. these two regions. china and pakistan. it was a win-win option for pakistan and a win-win option for china. for china because if you want to come to the -- through the red sea to the mediterranean, you will probably go over the land for 5000 kilometers and then rougthe state another 8000 kilometers to come here. from -- about 2000 kilometers. it will make economic sen

governments took on the challenge and started connecting across these mountains, these two regions, western china and pakistan. it was very good option for pakistan and for china, to invest in china, if you want to come to the persian gulf and onto the red sea into the mediterranean, you would probably go over the land for 5,000 kilometers and then to another 8,000 kilometers to come here. whereas the other way is 2,000 kilometers. it would make perfect sense, economic sense that you should utilize this link to reach to the-- to the, you know, sea that would link china to europe and gulf. so, that is what actually pushed both governments to move in that direction. it was also the underlying emphasis that the net gain will not be restricted only to the people of pakistan and people of western china, but in good time this should blossom east and west and should bring prosperity to all. in fact, already there is a talk of extending it westward to afghanistan, should afghanistan become peaceful because if you go up north, the first region to benefit is kandahar region of afghanistan. and it makes eco

it came to light the western part of china was far less developed than eastern part of china. was exportingty billions of dollars of goods. the emphasis began to shift towards the investor part of china. we had a change of government from one democratic government to another. the present government came up what if theea that chinese are focusing on the investment part of china and we have the economic reward these -- the idea of the corridor had been at a conceptual stage bigted, that there are mountains which had prevented it. the two governments took on the challenge and started connecting across these mountains. it was a win-win option for pakistan and china. for china, if you want to come question, through the mediterranean, you probably go over the land for 5000 kilometers and then another 8000 to come here. it would make perfect sense, economic sense that you utilize two links ofreach china. pushed what actually governments to move in that direction. it was also the underlying emphasis that the net gain will not be restricted only to the people of pakistan and western ch

and so we're talking hundreds of terawatt hours of power that can now move from western china to eastern china or southeastern china to the coast. and this will make it much easier to have this kind of interregional trade of electricity. and presumably much more efficient. the same time that the coastal areas are also doing what they can to reduce their own coal consumption, or in some cases the emissions from that, as we see much more on the boiler side and also on the power side. i think it's going to be an attractive option. china is also in the middle of power reforms. and how -- what this additional infrastructure bill, that should actually hopefully make the power reforms more effective. >> i guess last question for this segment, on india. india still has about 3 million people that do not have access to modern form of electricity, if i'm not mistaken. yet i guess the utilization of the thermal power fleet -- coal, predominantly coal, is fairly low, if i'm not mistaken. in the low 60s or high 50s. what's happened there? >> well, i think the utilization factor, load factor, is more

constitution in a creation of a way as for his accomplishments well he has reinforced ties with china or of western new warmer ties with china similarly with russia but i think these eastern anything in the last five years it has been to kind of divide should society as we know in one side these kind of nationalists who support him who are more inward looking perhaps a little bit eastward looking the other side of czech society or a more liberal and pro european. looking ahead to the second round how much of a favor i asked if he could be reelected. well he's less a favorite now than he was before the first rounds he got thirty eight percent which is less he was expected to only opinion polls the second place candidate you should draw her he got twenty six and a half percent which doesn't seem so high but before the first round many of the other candidates the aren't and some apparently none seven hundred it's said publicly that they would support whoever got into the second round against and this evening they have reiterated their position they're all friends who go there and their combined suppor

." - it's the u.s. presence in the western pacific that enables china to rise peacefully without destabilizing the region, and that's why i think the balance in strategies is actually a good policy. - the pivot to asia was actually supposed to happen 25 years ago. - our two nations have a special role to play in the world, and a special relationship. we've got great responsibilities and also great possibilities. and my administration hopes to work with you to build this potential into a greater reality that will help make this world a safer, more peaceful, more prosperous place for us all, for today and for generations to come. - after the berlin wall collapsed, there was a call we need to focus now on asia. but remember then that saddam hussein invaded kuwait soon after, and then you had 9-11, invasion of afghanistan, of iraq, so this is a long time coming. it's very natural policy evolution. after all, asia is the organizing principle of the world economy, to a large extent. - china has certainly reacted to the pivot to asia fairly negatively. china is inclined to see any number of u.s. init

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it came to light that the western part of china was far less developed in the eastern part. they were exporting billions of dollars of growth and the emphasis began to shift. about the same time we had a change of government in pakistan in the present government came up with this idea that we have economic priorities, the pakistan china corridor existed but there were mountains that prevented that. the two governments took on the challenge and started connecting across these two regions. it was a win-win option for pakistan and china. for china, if you want to come to the mediterranean, you probably go 5000 kilometers and another 8000 kilometers to come here said it would make sense that you use this link. [inaudible] that would link china to europe so that is what actually pushed governments to move in that direction. it was also the underlying emesis that the net gain will not be restricted only to the people of pakistan and china. but, in good times this should bring prosperity to us. in fact the thought of extending it should become peaceful because if you go up north, t

western allies of the nineteen fifties korean war to discuss the current crisis on the peninsula with the absence of russia china and north korea itself the proposed solutions to work rather limited. the pressure. that pressure to include cutting off diplomatic ties with north korea and the specter of russian meddling. a number of influential u.s. democrats claim the kremlin is behind whistleblower chelsea manning's decision to run for the senate. and what goes up must come down cryptocurrency suffer a double digit losses in the past twenty four hours amid global talk of potential regulation you money. it is wednesday afternoon here in the russian capital you're watching r.t. international thanks for joining us. south north korean officials are meeting for a third time in the space of just a few days to further discuss peace efforts that includes the potential participation of the two countries under a unified flag of the upcoming. meanwhile western allies of the one nine hundred fifty s. korean war have gathered in canada for separate talks on the current crisis with a seemingly rather different approach it is

and to all the world tpp look like one of the great clues to stand against china to force china to adhere to western standards of trade and business operations. to be seen as a hardliner in china and pulled the plug on tpp, a lot of people are confused. >> will take two from over here. for some reason, all the ladies are lined on the side. >> there quick to the fight. i was hoping you could speak to the rate of staff turnover in the administration. how has this different from previous administrations and what is it say about the current administration? >> there are many ways to answer this, i'll just say i don't really know the reasoning, i'm not in there. what is not normal as high-level departures in the first years. what is typical or departures after about two years. these jobs are high-pressure, especially the first couple of years. it's not just dragging from a firehose, wisconsin. you wake up and you have a hundred messages to answer. what i think is different is when i came into the obama administration we are like a family. like i can punch my brother but you better not punch my brother. >>

the real worry i think for the western european countries for japan for china for the united states maybe for russia but i haven't looked at the numbers is that most of us are facing increasing costs of pensions for the elderly increasing the health care costs because of the elderly many of which fall in the public purse must there are measures taken to cut fiscal expenditures or raise taxes tax revenue so while we are all facing bigger problems it will be global disequilibrium not one or two countries now you mention the issue of savings and i think this is another factor that stains the current pattern of the american spending that you that people are encouraged to spend more than they're earning that there is no other various the bush tradition of saving up money putting aside trump and his policy is rich i suppose you know they're great. do you think any american administration at this point can promote actively promote policies that would encourage people to spend last and to save more saving more i think is that we're hopeful probably see that in the spending less and that a dad doe

: according to one official, china has increased its defense spending by 10% each year for the past 20 years in an effort to counter u.s. abilities to operate in the western pacific. this pentagon report says china has modernized its conventionally armed missile source extraordinarily raptly and this map lists the types of missiles in range of u.s. bases in japan. park aircraft, similar to this american f-22 at kadena airbase in southern japan. hardened aircraft shelters like those at misawa airbase, and above-ground fuel tanks laid out like those at a u.s. military fuel terminal. america's military advantage has eroded in part because it's been fighting wars for the past 16 years. but secretary mattis said, "no enemy in the field has done more to harm the readiness of the u.s. military than congress' inability to agree on a budget." >> glor: along the border between north and south korea today was olympic torch was carried across the unification bridge near the demilitarized zones. though bitter enemies, north and south will march together at the opening ceremonies in three weeks. after three years of drought, a metropolitan area of nearly four million f

has been the first visit also from a western leader since the congress the communist party congress of china yesterday i was. in. one of a town which belongs to you one which did to you which you are bound to where you spent a number of years of your life. managed to witness. great swathes of cheney's history and. the speech which. i made reference to that and i think that is in perfect harmony with what you have just now said i have also seen victoria's. china. sky scrapers the. big investment international nature which has been made in the new china which is a real hallmarks of the new century which is opening up now and will also with the attempt to bring people out of poverty and a new era as you said is opening up now with. one which has to do with the chinese situation in the strategy of which are you blind the one nine hundred congress is. a real ambitious strategy for your country and one she's aimed at a greater world harmony in general because at the moment we stand. a. where lots of technological environmental changes afoot. and because we are experiencing also a period of very pr

dangerous and it needs to be confronted by the your days imposed by russia by iran by china and by other non-western countries for your time and your thoughts this hour jamal wakim professor of history and international relations at lebanese university in beirut thank you. moving on the luxury swiss resort of davos is opening its doors to the annual world economic forum and with this year's focus on creating a shared future in a fractured world it's pulled in a record number of heads of government that includes time trump who is just the second u.s. president to attend the summit as jacqueline bouvier reports. the world economic forum is well underway here in the scenic town of davos nestled in the swiss alps and the guest list is chock full of political heavyweights such as may mccrone and to many surprise trump no one expected mr america first to even consider participating in a forum whose boast the globalist idea of creating a shared future in a fractured world and yet he's slotted to be the last speaker of the event and will most likely use that opportunity to soapbox about his own brand of eco

immigration, the native-born population in the united states demographics look just like japan and china and westernd we will not have money for social security or medicare. >> tucker: we won't. okay. so -- >> so we -- >> tucker: unfortunately we don't have time to impact this. i don't accepted that stipulation. let me ask you, this knowing what we do about the evolution of the american economy becoming more tech focused, we aren't we just importing people that have a higher likelihood of succeeding in that sector? we're not doing that. we're -- our immigration policy is based on lettuce picking. why would we do that in a high tech world? >> it's not only based -- >> tucker: it is, actually. >> it's a fair point to say should we have more skilled immigrants. the danger is you would block, say, doris salk that came here with no education. she had jonas salk that cure polio oh. >> tucker: spare me. let's get fact based here. i'm for immigration. lots of immigrants start companies as you know. here's a list of the immigrants that founded billion dollar startups. number 1 country, india. then canada. th

of upward mobility china has no intention of slowing down the development of its universities it wants to become a key player of global higher education the us australia and western europe all covered this new market countless partnerships are entered into every year between china and foreign countries. the entire world has its eye set on china and china has its eye set on the entire world in two thousand and three tome university research has developed the shanghai ranking the most media tightest the most controversial and the most followed ranking report worldwide a world ranking based on the number of nobel prizes fields medals and publications in scientific journals the united's. it's clearly dominates the ranking among the top hundred there out of the fifty american universities eighteen dish for french and four german. so i'm afraid international rankings are important and i sound afraid because i absolutely hate them but in some parts of the world in particular they all count it rankings. as good god all the stuff in and out of here dion's from sean proved he couldn't this question if one could really and us up on us didn't. dodge any president and off tra

western allies about nine hundred fifty s. korean war to discuss the current crisis on the peninsula but with the absence of russia china and north korea itself the proposed solutions appear limited. supply and that pressure just could include cutting off diplomatic ties with north korea. and the specter of russian meddling returns a number of influential u.s. democrats claim the kremlin is behind whistleblower chelsea manning's decision to run for the senate and. russia's investigative committee presents the evidence that it says refutes a key claim about alleged systematic systemic doping by russia during the structure of the pick. a very warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with me and nicky aaron thank you for joining us this hour now south and north korean officials are meeting for a third time in the space of just a few days to discuss peace efforts that include the potential participation of the two countries under a unified flag at the upcoming olympics meanwhile the western allies of the nine hundred fifty s. korean war have gathered in canada for separate talks on the current crisis with a seemingly different

situation as i mentioned ok just to follow on that similar vein of thoughts with most western leaders when they go to china pressured to hold china to account for its human rights records will we see macron doing that with china or is that going to be pushed to the sides in favor of this new partnership. well actually we'll never know because he is office has already announced that any kind of talk about human rights will be in private and so there will be no report on it in terms of how micron is looking at this i mean he's in a difficult position you know this book fire and fury coming out as this meeting comes about the world is facing very very strong questions about what exactly the u.s. direction is and what is trump's role in it so you find yourself with very very few partners the e.u. needs markets china is a massive market he's trying to figure out how to do it look for him to be pressing on issues like opening up finance services for chinese but for french banks in china they already have the first one a license was granted to a french bank to start operating in china i think you'll see this bein

and international china specialist andrew young thinks the presence of russia and china at the meeting would limit western countries upset to pressure north korea. well obviously. the trauma administration doesn't the feel the time is ripe for them to talk to the north koreans yet because they want to put more pressure on north korea and put it. up the rhetoric and also the tactics of foreclosure for example they're not ruling out something like even up blockade problem seems to think that all his higher octane sort of rhetoric has achieved something at least the north koreans beginning to talk to the south koreans so they don't want to give up the option. of trying to talk with the allies so trying to group the allies together the exclusion as i said of both russia and china is because they fear that if russia and china are invited to join they're likely to scuttle. america's option for for for coercion. russia's investigative committees claiming a new evidence refutes allegations of state sponsored sample swapping at the sochi olympics well joining me live now is daniel hawkins who has more on the story

the child abuse agency heart wants to highlight is that are the flaws in western democracies as opposed to. the politics in china or you know other countries. like russia for example and other developing countries but i think that this kind of filibustering as we are seeing in the united states as well as party ryrie are very much the stock of trade in western democracies they are seen as the kind of check and balance that is part of western democracy be democracies but the unfortunate thing is that all these. filibustering and party ryrie sometimes translate into holding back the country in the holding back each news which can impact upon the likelihood of people where it's a maybe a one party state this is the case in china if there is a. light in leadership and then things get done much more quickly and there is less chance of forward in the country the whole country to ransom as it were i mean it is pretty much a standstill at the moment but. are you suggesting in that case that the u.s. political system is inefficient because of these dip disputes and the fact that the country has kind of come to a halt. we

immigration, the native-born population in the united states demographics look just like japan and china and western will not have money for social security or medicaid. >> tucker: oh, we won't. unfortunately, we don't have time to unpack this. i don't accept that stipulation. let me ask you this. knowing what we know about the evolution of the american economy becoming more tech focused, why are we importing people who have a higher likelihood of succeeding in that sector? we are not doing that. our immigration policy is based on lettuce picking. why would l we do that than a high-tech world. >> it's not only lettuce picking. it's as fair point to say we should have more skilled immigrants. the danger of that, of course, you would block say doris salt who came to this country with no education, she had a child who cared polio. >> tucker: spare me. i am for immigration, lots of immigrants starts company -- stt companies, as you know. here's a list. number one country, india.in canada, united kingdom, germany, france, armenia, none of these countries are in the top five for immigrants to the united s

china appears to be the place to visit among western leaders this month.t week the uk's trade secretary ian fox was in beijing laying the groundwork for a trade agreement and now french president macron is on his first state visit to asia since his victory in the election last year. our reporter is here with the latest. that is right. it is an obvious choice for president macron. china is the biggest economy in asia. there are reports already that airbus is in talks to sell 100 planes to china in a deal worth over $10 billion. it is quite interesting, because of what president macron has said in his new year is a statement, in which he has urged the need for a stronger europe to face china. let's have a listen. translation: we need to be and more sovereign, more united, more democratic europe. i deeply believe europe can become the economic, social, environmentally friendly, scientific power that will be able to face china and the united states. well, of course, president xi jinping wants to achieve the china dream and france remains cautious of its many f

and the real worry i think for the western european countries for japan for china for the united states maybe for russia but i haven't looked at the numbers is that most of us are facing increasing costs of pensions for the elderly increasing the health care costs because of the elderly many of which fall in the public purse must there are measures taken to cut fiscal expenditures or raise taxes tax revenue somehow we are all facing bigger problems it will be global disequilibrium not one or two countries now you mention the issue of savings and i think this is another factor that stains the current pattern of the american spending that you that people are encouraged to spend more than they're earning that there is no other various the bush tradition of saving up money putting aside trump and his policy speech i suppose you know they're great. do you think any american administration at this point can promote actively promote policies that would encourage people just band last and to save more well saving more i think is the we're hopeful problem sees in these spending less and that a d

>> minji: i think a lot of my western friends come here thinking china is a posh version of north korea -- or the party controls everything. but, they come here, they're surprised it's actually not that much. they do seem to be promoting the free market even more with the free trade zone. >> anthony: right. >> minji: just established in shanghai, so it's amazing. >> anthony: from what i see everywhere i go, the world is becoming more chinese -- chinese influence, chinese food. uh, if you build a casino in vegas, or a hotel in singapore, you have to consider what will the chinese think. is that exciting? uh -- >> minji: it's exciting that we finally have an influence that we wouldn't. like china is sort of in the spotlight in a central stage now that we wouldn't have dreamed of like, say, only a decade ago. >> anthony: for me, i think, uh, you know, the communist menace that we used to always talk about in america, i think the most terrifying scenario is that china becomes a completely free-market, non-socialist, non-communist society, because you'd bury us. [ laughter ] evacuations are

that connected china with the west and macron is making a speech where he is talking about the historical significance of the franco chinese relationship france was one of the first western countries to recognize the people's republic of china and french president serve made it a point that early in their terms of office they come and visit china given all the uncertainties on the international scene right now both countries will welcome the chance of continuing this tradition that feels so familiar tomorrow tuesday the visit continues to beijing where in addition to meeting with his counterpart chinese president xi jinping and the pomp of official banquets and visits to the forbidding city there will also be the trade deals announced meetings between the delegation of french business people with their chinese counterparts macron in his new year address called upon your up to overcome its differences to become a unified force in the world democratic and environmentally responsible he said a force able to stand up to the likes of the united states and to china this visit gives him the chance to advance that agenda to head down the policy and egypt tonight's meeting of a p

program the two parties key to the korean crisis apart from north korea china and russia are excluded from this meeting of twenty western. nations in canada. now obviously for its part of america's got so far strong. he doesn't want to exclude the. vast bulk of the which is supported by russia and china as a way to solve problems but as far as the traumas can sign he does want to give up that option and hence the exclusion of both russia and china from these talks now as far as north korea's going so. for the first time they're talking to the south koreans but what does kim jong un want what he wants out with lee is that insurance policy the insurance policy is his nuclear weapons and his missile delivery programs now he has to make substantial progress on these two fronts so he feels a little bit more confident to really start talking at least initially to the south koreans of course initially this pos are limited to the olympics but this is a very positive gesture suggesting that the north koreans are relatively more confident they have now developed this insurance policy in terms of nuclear weapons and delivery syste

looked like one of the great coups to stand as a buttress against china and to force china to adhere to really western standards of trade and business operations. so to pull out, to be seen as a hard-liner on china and to pull the plug on tpp, it left a lot of people confused. they still are confused. questioner: thank you. ms. chambers: we'll take two from over here. for some reason all of the ladies are lined up over here on this side -- [laughter] questioner: hi. i was hoping that you could speak to the rate of staff turnover in the trump administration. chiefly how has this differed from previous administrations and what does it really say about the current administration? ms. talev: sure. gosh, there's a lot of ways to answer this question. one, i'll just start by saying again, i don't really know exactly a lot of the reasoning. because i am not in their. this manyt normal, is high-level departures in the first year. what is typical are departures after about two years, i would say. because these jobs are very high pressure, especially the first couple of years can be -- it's not just drinking fr

in 2008 and 2009, western banks were going down in china. lessons learned about what they got wrong a decade ago? ago to thet a decade side for a moment. i think what they are doing right in china is taking the slowly approach. they know china is going to be the most important market for them in asia. in terms of wealth management, it will eventually be the biggest market in the world. they have to be on good terms with the government and clients there. tom: great work out of china by our team smart comments from ubs. we will continue with jpmorgan. lots more to talk about as well. coming up, we will look at the new brexit. prime minister may is back from holidays. i guess the big four in the british cabinet stay. we will do that in the next 20, maybe the next 45 minutes. your morning briefing across a warmer north america. bloomberg radio, coast to coast. stay with us. it is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ francine: good morning, everyone. this is "bloomberg surveillance." tom and francine from london and new york. new year, new cabinet. we're talking about

of upward mobility china has no intention of slowing down the development of its universities it wants to become a key player of global higher education the us australia and western europe all covered this new market countless partnerships are entered into every year between china and foreign countries. the entire world has its eye set on china and china has its eye set on the entire world in two thousand and three time university researchers developed the shanghai ranking the most media tightest the most controversial and the most followed ranking report worldwide a world ranking based on the number of nobel prizes fields medals and publications in scientific journals the united states clearly dominates the ranking among the top hundred there out of the fifty american universities eight hundred lish four french and four german. so i'm afraid international rankings aren't and i sound afraid because i absolutely hate them but in some parts of the world in particular by all accounts it rankings a. strong. part in it for us of all of these. yes. dodger only president went off track is. up till the end and raking in sit with your one and. only phone. from the high hi

of upward mobility china has no intention of slowing down the development of its universities it wants to become a key player of global higher education the us australia and western europe all covered this new market countless partnerships are entered into every year between china and foreign countries. the entire world has its eyes set on china and china has its eye set on the entire world in two thousand and three tome university researchers developed the shanghai ranking the most media tightest the most controversial and the most followed ranking report worldwide a world ranking based on the number of nobel prizes fields medals and publications in scientific journals the united states clearly dominates the ranking among the top two hundred there are over fifty american universities blish for french and for german. so i'm afraid international rankings aren't and i sound afraid because i absolutely hate but in some parts of the world in particular by all accounts it ranks. strong. printed for us of all of these. yes. dodger only president went off track is. up to the end and raking in sit with your one and. from there the have it tucked it does rain can of gone

china itself. tom: emma with your years of coverage of the chinese media, what do you make of the fact that these different sources are just playing the western media off of each other? bloomberg reports a good story -- a story based on good sourcing and reuters comes back with a story that it is not true, are they playing a shell game with western media? emma: perhaps. it is very hard to know. i think the nature of the denial

of upward mobility china has no intention of slowing down the development of its universities it wants to become a key player of global higher education the us australia and western europe all covered this new market countless partnerships are entered into every year between china and foreign countries. the entire world has its eyes set on china and china has its eyes set on the entire world in two thousand and three tome university research has developed the shanghai ranking the most media tightest the most controversial and the most followed ranking report worldwide a world ranking based on the number of nobel prizes fields medals and publications in scientific journals the united's. it's clearly dominates the ranking among the top hundred there and the fifty american universities eighteen blish four french and four german. so i'm afraid international rankings are important and i sound afraid because i absolutely hate them but in some parts of the world in particular they all count it rankings. good god all the stuff in and out of here dion's from sean he couldn't just question it from couldn't they lend us up on us didn't wonder your. daughter only president w

aspect of the franco chinese relationship the fact the france was the first western country to recognize the people's republic of china back in the one nine hundred sixty s. and the french president's traditionally is one of their first things that they do in office is plan a visit to china which obviously he's doing he's also likely to talk about his support for the belton road initiative this is seen as the modern day equivalent of the silk road it is a project that is very close to chinese president xi jinping his heart it's one of his pet projects and so macron obviously is doing well by giving his support to that tomorrow the visit moves to beijing where he has meetings with the chinese leaders and where we can expect to see many of those trade deals which are long awaited being signed elizabeth and is that what i want out of this visit. that's very much top of his wish list of the trade deals there are very important trading partners china is a big buyer of air bus airliner jets france and china collaborate on nuclear power projects so we could expect further announcements on that and also france does have a tra

bolshevik revolution, little italy and not germany.y -- nazi we can shift our gaze to western imperialism and most notably, china. this was the beginning of the rise of what was later called third world nationalist revolutionary movements. the impact of these three forces is still out with us today. fascism, communism and are more or less that ideologies. one thing that is less commonly brought up in smithsonian is him. the reason it is important is that it is there with us today, it has been with us ever since fdr enter the white house in since thearticularly german invasion upon in 1939. fdr was close to wilson and his secretary of state was in fact much closer. the transposition of wilsonian thinking into american foreign-policy came about very the outbreak of world war ii. said, not much is known or appreciated about thatow wilson, i would say perhaps he could win the most important president was disliked, he was certainly very much disliked in his own time by people who opposed the war and to your page the favor by punishing them. the liberal left of that supported his presidency and indeed supported the wa