26 Burst results for "Deng Xiaoping"
The Dan Bongino Show
In 2015, Mark Milley Downplayed China's Power & Threat to the U.S.
"You know my feelings about Billy I think the guy disgraced the country His comments about woke ism and everything else Here's Mark milley flashback 2015 Declaring just keep in mind this is one of the most senior levels of our military is the wrecked access to The White House Under multiple administrations Here he is declaring that no sweat China is not our enemy You think they don't own us Listen to this You alluded to in the previous question China is not an enemy And I think that's important for people to clearly understand China is a rising power China has been a rising power since Deng Xiaoping in 79 You think China's telling their own people behind the closed doorstop What do you think China's military is saying about us If you're willing to go on camera and humiliate yourself and Millie's done this repeatedly with China over and over again and downplay the threat of China Folks I'd go on all day I mean I've got other stuff coming up here 'cause it's not just our military That's been corrupted by the influence of China Remember Joe Biden China is going to be to come on Man come on China's going to remember that one
WLS-AM 890
"deng xiaoping" Discussed on WLS-AM 890
"Understand. China is a rising power. China has been a rising power since Deng Xiaoping in 79. You think China's telling their own people behind the closed doorstop? What do you think China's military is saying about us? If you're willing to go on camera and humiliate yourself and Millie's done this repeatedly with China, over and over again and downplay the threat of China. Folks, I'd go on all day. I mean, I've got other stuff coming up here. 'cause it's not just our military. That's been corrupted by the influence of China. Remember Joe Biden, China is going to be to come on. Man, come on, China's going to remember that one. Here's our business Titans. You know, Bill Gates, major shareholder, found their Microsoft, here's Bill Gates, just in an interview he just gave a little bit ago. Saying that the rise of China, which has been unquestionably bad for the United States at this point. Folks, we mistakenly believe that China's entrance into the World Trade Organization and their embrace of pseudo capitalism, which is what it is. It's not real capitalism. We mistakenly believe a lot of us. And I got to be honest, folks throwing myself on the device. Me included. I always thought that the fruits of capitalism would break down the walls of socialism because people would crave that prosperity and freedom that comes with economic freedom. But I should have listened to Hayek, where economic freedom and political freedom are tied together because it doesn't matter who you vote for. If they can under your communist system, steal your stuff and manipulate your vote tomorrow. Our business leaders don't get this. Here's Bill Gates on China. Saying how it's such a huge win for the world. China's rise. Take a listen, I tend to see
WLS-AM 890
"deng xiaoping" Discussed on WLS-AM 890
"Is not an enemy. And I think that's important for people to clearly understand. China is a rising power. China has been a rising power since Deng Xiaoping in 79. Folks, that's silly. I know we do business with China. China could our heads off. China will gut us, China is a communist country. How can somebody in the military say, oh no, they're basically they are friends. They're good people. Okay, I don't know about the people, but the government, which controls everything in a communist type regime like this, then not good people. Now, here we got military brass jumping up and down to these people are real good, so why did Biden blow the thing out of the air after it got through if there's such good people? Wouldn't they call mine and say, hey, let the balloon go all the way through the country, let us get the pictures and films and everything we need then shoot it. We don't care. I mean, you start asking the question, but you got military people saying this. China's a dangerous country. China is dangerous, folks. You can't sit here and tell me a comedy country is not dangerous. They misuse us all the time when it comes to trade. All the time. I mean, this sit in their Billy Cole plants while they telling us we'll be doing the Green New Deal and they making all the stuff for us to go green. They're going to make the money as we go stupid. All right, let me give you another one. Everybody's heard of the name, Bill Gates. Makes a lot of money. Made a lot of money from China. Listen to mister Gates. I tend to
Asian American History 101
"deng xiaoping" Discussed on Asian American History 101
"The amount of research that we had to do because just what I had was not enough. I had to go through archival material to get certain clips that would then elucidate or elaborate on the material that I had. So it would be there'd be history, but it would be I don't want to call this an historical documentary history is in there, but it is subliminal. And hopefully you just see the lives of these women, but the lives I see within the context of the era in which they lived. So let's transition to some of your other work, both bittersweet and daughter of heaven are such personal works. Bittersweet was your first novel. What was the inspiration for it? I think that after I had started working at this public affairs company and realizing so much what's going on. There was so much news about China, Deng Xiaoping, the end of the Mao era, that made me feel very proud of being Chinese my heritage. And so that when I was growing up was something that I basically wanted to not pay a lot of attention to. I grew up in the 50s. There was a lot of discrimination. And so and you were trying to fit in as a child as a teenager, all of that. And then when I saw this, there was a lot to be proud of as far as the huge progress that China had made. Since the time that we left in the late 1950, so as I started kind of reestablishing my connection with China, it was I wanted to find out more about it. My grandmother was she still living with us then. I think I started feeling guilty. I think there was a lot of guilt. A lot of guilt about that. She was living with us for 15 years. And she was very Chinese, very rural Chinese. And we were, I will speak for myself. I was ashamed of her because she did a lot of things that were just completely un American. She changed her sandbox into a Chinese vegetable garden. And there are just a lot of it was she would hang to air dry her chickens. She would put them on a hanger and hang them from our porch. Smelling. I mean, I had friends come over. They would ask, what is that? Instead of a light hanging from your porch, light fixture. And so all those things were, oh, you just didn't want to go there. But now, I decided, okay, so I wanted to write a book about my grandmother, but at first it started out, I wrote four separate, full drafts, one, a biography about my grandfather. Didn't work.
The Economist: The Intelligence
"deng xiaoping" Discussed on The Economist: The Intelligence
"Of Alzheimer's disease and their families have had one disappointment after another for years as candidate drugs have failed to make it to market. We look at a genuinely promising new treatment that seems at last to slow the march of Alzheimer's. And it's time for our annual cost of living index, analyzing the most expensive and the cheapest cities in the world. As you might expect, inflation has driven up costs in most places. But not all, and there's a new city at the top of the list. First up, though. James zemin, a former leader of China's Communist Party, has died aged 96. In Tiananmen Square today, the Chinese flag was put at half mast. In that same square in 1989, had been protests that were as remarkable in their time as today's demonstrations in China are. People brazenly openly calling for the leader Deng Xiaoping to fall. Mister Jiang came to power after those protests were put to a brutal, deadly end. For the next 13 years, he oversaw transformative reforms to China's economy, but not many to its politics. All the while, the figure he cut on the world stage seemed as unlikely as his rise to power had been. The Tiananmen Square protests were a crucial moment in the succession struggle surrounding Deng Xiaoping. James miles is our China writer at large. There was a huge rift in the leadership between reformers and conservatives and basically this was all about who was going to command the ship once done had faded from the scene. Heading down the road was a hazardous business, but hundreds of people cheered as buses were set alight and army trucks caught fire too. And these divisions were what created the atmosphere that allowed the protests to gather steam leaders were bickering so much and dithering that they didn't step in quickly to prevent the demonstrations from growing. I was in the square at the time covering that unrest as a journalist. And people in China, for the first time, since the Maui era were coming out and calling for the overthrow of a serving leader openly describing him as a dictator. But even then, in Tiananmen Square, you certainly wouldn't have heard people say, well, what about Jiang Zemin? Jiang Zemin didn't really have an illustrious start as a politician. He didn't look like a man of great ambition. He was part of the nomenclature, if you like, of China, a technocrat. And shortly after the Communist Party came to power, that was the kind of role he played. He was sent off to Moscow, in fact, to work in the Stalin automobile factory later on became a government minister in charge of technology. And he was then in Shanghai, the party chief there, cracking down on dissent. He had closed down a liberal newspaper, maybe that's what endeared him to Deng Xiaoping when it was all over when the massacre had been carried out in Beijing. He looked like a tough sword. Somebody who's spoke English, you could deal with foreigners. And perhaps somebody who could get economic reforms back on track. But keep the lid on any descent, a compromise figure perhaps. And so did he fulfill those expectations to calm things to reform things to be a compromise figure? Well, he certainly fulfilled Deng Xiaoping's expectations when it came to ensuring that there were no further protests. He successfully stifled all dissent in the aftermath of Tiananmen. But as for economic reform, that was more problematic. There were hardliners in the party then who were arguing that the real cause of Tiananmen was the way in which the country's economy was liberalizing and that state control over the economy was absolutely necessary to prevent this kind of thing happening again. And it looked like Jiang Zemin was siding with that camp, but lo and behold Jiang the veered in the other direction, the boom, the extraordinary economic growth that we saw throughout the rest of that decade. Dated from 1992 and the rest as they say is history. So that was the kind of ideological journey that he took. But what was he like as a person as a leader? Well, he was a very unusual figure. We had sort of him as a somewhat gray apparatchik before he took power. But it turned out he was much more colorful than that. And he was a bit of a show off. He loved having the stage. He loved to use his English. He loved to show when he met foreign leaders that he had a command of the language. And one of his favorite tricks if you like in search meetings was to recite snatches of the Gettysburg address by Abraham Lincoln. Four squared and the 7 years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent in new nation. Conceived in liberty and dedicated to proposition that all men are created equal. And it went further than reciting from American speeches. He also loved to sing. And much to the astonishment of foreign leaders who he was entertaining. He would burst into song and there was an example in November 1996 when he joined the president of the Philippines Fidel Ramos at that time in a rendering of love
Bloomberg Radio New York
"deng xiaoping" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"This is Bloomberg Wall Street week with David Weston from Bloomberg radio. Ten years of remarkable growth. That's what president Xi Jinping of China focused on in his speech to the party Congress last Saturday. Brought about historical rise. In China's economic strength. In a past decade, China's GDP has grown from 55 trillion to 114 million and come to account for 18.5% of the world economy. Not a bad track record during Xi's time in office, but if prison Xi had been willing to go back to before he was president, the story is even more dramatic. Since Deng Xiaoping initiated the open door policy in 1978, China's economy has gone from under $150 billion to nearly $18 trillion last year. Now that growth is slowing down with possible repercussions for the rest of the world, according to the head of the WTO. If China's economy continues to slow, the way we are seeing that will have a big impact on what happens to the world economy. And U.S. officials like deputy treasury secretary Wally adeyemo say that the open door isn't as open as it used to be. In addition to having resilient supply chains, we want to make sure that American companies are competing on a level playing field with companies in China and around the world and that's why we've taken actions like restraining the ability to ship some key components. But Bridgewater's ray dalio, who's been back and forth to China over the last 30 years, insists that, despite all the problems, he wouldn't bet against Beijing over the long term. I think the longer term picture in China is still bright because I know the people and I know the culture and I think it's good, but they have major issues now. And
Bloomberg Radio New York
"deng xiaoping" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"This is Bloomberg Wall Street week with David Weston from Bloomberg radio. Ten years of remarkable growth. That's what president Xi Jinping of China focused on in his speech to the party Congress lasts Saturday. Watching Keisha brought about a historical rise. In China's economic strength. In a past decade, China's GDP has grown from 55 trillion to 114 million and come to account for 18.5% of the world economy. Not a bad track record during Xi's time in office, but if president Xi had been willing to go back to before he was president, the story is even more dramatic. Since Deng Xiaoping initiated the open door policy in 1978, China's economy has gone from under $150 billion to nearly $18 trillion last year. Now that growth is slowing down with possible repercussions for the rest of the world, according to the head of the WTO In China, the economy continues to slow the way we are seeing that will have a big impact on what happens to the world economy. And U.S. officials like deputy treasury secretary Wally adeyemo say that the open door isn't as open as it used to be. In addition to having resilient supply chains, we want to make sure that American companies are competing on a level playing field with companies in China and around the world and that's why we've taken actions like restraining the ability to ship some key components. But Bridgewater's ray dalio who's been back and forth to China over the last 30 years insists that despite all the problems he wouldn't bet against Beijing over the long term. I think the longer term picture in China is still bright because I know the people and I know the culture and I think it's good, but they have major issues now. And when it comes to China, the person we turn to here at Wall Street week is Deborah lair. She is the CEO of Edelman global advisory and executive director of the Paulson institute. Deborah, welcome back
Bloomberg Radio New York
"deng xiaoping" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"This is Bloomberg Wall Street week with David Weston from Bloomberg radio. Ten years of remarkable growth. That's what president Xi Jinping of China focused on in his speech to the party Congress last Saturday. Brought about the historical rise. In China's economic strength. In a past decade, China's GDP has grown from 55 trillion to 114 million and come to account for 18.5% of the world economy. Not a bad track record during Xi's time in office, but if president Xi had been willing to go back to before he was president, the story is even more dramatic. Since Deng Xiaoping initiated the open door policy in 1978, China's economy has gone from under $150 billion to nearly $18 trillion last year. Now that growth is slowing down with possible repercussions for the rest of the world, according to the head of the WTO. If China's economy continues to slow, the way we are seeing that will have a big impact on what happens to the world economy. And U.S. officials like deputy treasury secretary Wally adeyemo say that the open door isn't as open as it used to be. In addition to having resilient supply chains, we want to make sure that American companies are competing on a level playing field with companies in China and around the world and that's why we've taken actions like restraining the ability to ship some key components. But Bridgewater's ray dalio who's been back and forth to China over the last 30 years insists that, despite all the problems, he wouldn't bet against Beijing over the long term. I think the longer term picture in China is still bright because I know the people and I know the culture and I think it's good, but they have major issues now. And
Bloomberg Radio New York
"deng xiaoping" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"I'm David Westin. Well, the 20th party Congress is ongoing over in Beijing with president Xi having led off last Saturday with a two hour speech. And are still waiting to see the unveiling of president Xi, we assume as the next president as well, because he wants a third term, but also with the people who will be surrounding him. The question is, where is he taking the country and particularly when it comes to the economy and how he is approaching his desire for growth and development. To give us some answers to those questions, we welcome now, Christopher Marquis. He is Professor of Chinese management at Cambridge University, and he is the author of the forthcoming book Mao in the markets. The communist roots of Chinese enterprise, professor, thank you so much for being with us. We look forward to that book, I guess it's coming out in November. But give us your take on what we're seeing so far for president Xi. Yeah, no, I mean, I think that he hit all the sort of key points that people expect him to hit in this speech work report he gave at the opening of the 20th party Congress. I mean, I think economically, you know, sticking with zero COVID is not an optimistic sign to myself to me, you know, tea talks about high quality growth, which in theory makes a lot of sense. It's about sort of equalizing income inequality, but I think the way it's implemented frequently is crackdown on large and successful businesses. So, you know, I'm not super optimistic about Chinese economy moving forward. You've been studying this for years. What do you see in his overall approach to managing the economy? I mean, most of us in the west, at least simply thought that Deng Xiaoping really turned a corner and we went to the open door policy that it opened up the Chinese economy. And even opened up the role of markets to some extent in the Chinese economy, is president Xi following on a track from Deng Xiaoping because I don't hear a lot of talk the way we did from Deng Xiaoping. Now, I mean, I think that's a great sort of question and insight that you have. I mean, I think that actually, and it's the reason why I wrote this book my own markets is that he has reverted back to the set of policies and ideas that were really dominant prior to Deng Xiaoping. And just put very, very briefly. I mean, it's the idea that ideology and the Communist Party is more important than the economy. I mean, I think that Deng Xiaoping and the leaders that followed him certainly value the party, but they saw the importance of the economy actually in maintaining the power of the party. And I think she in some ways is putting the cart before the horse in that he is just saying, okay, we're going to do all these very hard line ideological programs no matter what effect it has on the economy. For those of us who are not students of those where you are, tell us about president Xi's background. Is there anything in his background that has indicated that he is particularly committed to economics that he really cares about economics as opposed to ideology? You know, I don't, I don't think I can't think of anything to be very honest. I mean, his background is very, you know, it's a very deep ideologically focused background. You know, the experience, the cultural revolution, which there's a lot of studies that show that people that come out of that, you know, they have, you know, in many ways or a redder than red, you know, it's interesting. He actually went back to school after the cultural revolution and where as many people actually studied things like economics or markets, he studied Marxism. For his education as an example, I think, you know, in the west when he was originally appointed, you know, he'd been to Iowa. He had spent time with Ben later on governor Terry branstad, who was then the ambassador of China. And I think that we thought, okay, he's been to America seen, you know, the power of actually free markets on an economic system in society. Maybe that would rub off on him. But clearly it was either too short of a stay or maybe had no effect because he is pretty died in the died in the wool ideology above economics. Reading 20th century history of a bit, at least if I were going to pick somebody to emulate in terms of economic policy, I'm not sure I'd pick Mao Zedong. I mean, I'm not sure that he had such a great track record. Right. No, I mean, he had the opposite. I mean, even, you know, really deep supporters of his China will actually hedge their bets a little bit when they discuss his economic work. You know, some of the biggest economic and human disasters in the 20th century may be in world history, we're at the hands of Mao. I mean, the great leap forward his just crazy idea of industrializing China very quickly. So collectivize agriculture, you know, so all everyone's tools and equipment can be burned down into some sort of steel, which actually because they didn't know how to actually make the steel never ended up working. It was a huge waste and led to a famine of 30 plus million people, you know, cultural revolution, this period of upheaval, and difficulty, so I mean, I really very much agree with you that miles is not the person to emulate. But where mild actually did actually do things in a really effective way for himself in the country, I guess, is very effectively communicate to the masses, propaganda, ideology, and I think that is where, you know, she is really following and saying, okay, I want to actually have a powerful Communist Party and not really paying attention to the economic features. Unfortunately, when I was short time left, but briefly, if you can, doesn't president Xi have a problem because he needs to grow that economy. Exactly. I mean, you know, it's interesting in the lead up to this. They're saying that some of the stocks, some of the tech stocks were up after she speech. And I think that, you know, that strikes me as a real short term bet. I think that long term, you know, the longer she is in power, the worse
The Economist: The Intelligence
"deng xiaoping" Discussed on The Economist: The Intelligence
"Sure. A piece of red cloth by sui Jin was an anthem for thousands of protesting students and workers. In the spring of 1989, suijin performed it live at the demonstrators unofficial headquarters. Tiananmen Square, in Beijing. Hundreds of thousands of people are trying to win chorus, long live democracy, calling for the movement to continue to the end as cheering and clapping. What an extraordinary atmosphere. These people are on the crest of a wave. James miles was there reporting for the BBC. These days, he's a colleague of mine at The Economist. In 1989, it did seem or would have seemed from the point of view of leaders in zhongnanhai, the party compound that the parties survival was at stake. Some Genie had been let out of the bottle that without some massive show of force would be very hard indeed to put back in again. The party itself was divided between those who wanted to take a hard line and those more supportive of the students. And if any party leaders publicly sided with the students against the party, that could bring it down entirely. So China's leader, Deng Xiaoping, made a decision. He put the most prominent official who was sympathetic to the students under house arrest, and sent in the army. There are hundreds of people running past me here. He just opened
Bloomberg Radio New York
"deng xiaoping" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Which means they answer to the party. Now, they have a degree of operational autonomy being called the political implication here. So it just hasn't been that kind of discussion because if you look at the growth record, since Deng Xiaoping began opening it up in the 1980s where we haven't really encountered the family. Yeah. Well, the other thing that was so fascinating was president Xi Jinping warning about the dangers of inflation because consumer prices came in this month up 2.7%, which granted, you know, is not nothing, but to us in the United States 2.7% doesn't sound that bad. So it brings up several questions. Well, almost, I'm sure somebody would. How has China been avoiding the scourge the rest of the world is facing? Many prices in China are controlled, but just get back to your board of point. And it's not just president Xi, a PDO two report days before this rate cut. With breathing heavily about inflation. You know, we can't let out God down, you know, we can't overly juice. We can't print lunch, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. So that really discouraged people from thinking that, you know, there's going to be a lot of monetary stimulus in the pipeline and maybe even not. As far as interest rates are concerned. And then you got it. Boom. And then 45 minutes afterwards. You had a string of data releases, which could only be described as some pops, preceding that. You had very, very poor data on credit growth. Yes. So yes, when you look at the data, sure, the data justifies. That we're seeing. Yeah. I mean, obviously, COVID zero and its approach, people have talked about how difficult it is to operate an economy under those kinds of restrictions, but it's not just COVID zero either. There's obviously the tower of question, there's obviously the consumer, the health of the consumer you just mentioned credit growth and so on. So what are your thoughts on whether China inflation at 2.7% is a danger to the Chinese economy and the global economy? Well, if it got to 5%, they would be extremely concerned and there would be all sorts of direct policy responses regarding progresses. But look, we're not at that point yet, the cause for concern. Yeah, a little bit, but the clearly decided that growth is the first order concern. So inflation is now in the back burner. We've seen a big shift in the last few days. You know, it's interesting Bonnie. There was a prominent story in a PBOC aligned publication that cited a number of talking about and anticipation of further monetary stimulus for a PV OC aligned newspaper to put it on the page. That's not an accident. It's all about supporting growth. There is this dual narrative as there is in the United States. You need to fight inflation. We also need to support growth. So I guess the conundrum is there in China too. Just a word on politics because there's always the potential for a disruption. I don't want to characterize it beyond that, but it did seem like we were headed for a bit of a moment between President Biden and Chinese president Xi Jinping suddenly the temperature cooled and in fact let's just have a listen to what Singapore is next prime minister told us recently. We are starting to see a series of decisions being taken by both countries that will lead us into more and more dangerous territory. If an accident would happen today, the consequences may be more difficult to manage. So Dan, the Singapore prime minister in waiting is worried about us most of the world thinks about it from time to time. What are the options for the Biden administration? Well, I think we need to see what happens over the coming months. Right now there's still seems to be some petulance in terms of the sort of response to 90 Pelosi's business. There's a couple of opportunity for president Xi and President Biden to meet in November. One is that the G 20 in Jakarta. And the other is the apec meeting in Bangkok. So we'll see what happens. I mean, I don't know that a Taiwan strait conflict as opposed to saving our editor. I don't know how that helps China's economic growth
Monocle 24: The Foreign Desk
"deng xiaoping" Discussed on Monocle 24: The Foreign Desk
"It's an important factor in our analysis. Xi Jinping is about to conclude his second term in office. And assuming he is reappointed to a third term at the 20th party Congress in November this year. My own analysis is that he's likely to remain in office through until about 2035. By which point he would be a sprightly 82 years old, almost young enough to run for president of the United States. So under those circumstances, it's important, therefore, that we wrap our mind around. Xi Jinping's worldview, not just that of the Chinese Communist Party. And for those reasons, it's important for us to understand that Xi Jinping is doing essentially three big things in China. He's taken politics decisively to the left with more control of the party over people's lives, and with greater personal control by him over the party, rather than through collective leadership. Secondly, he's taken the center of gravity of Chinese economic policy also to the left with a renewed emphasis on the power of the state, the party, stood an enterprises in the rest over the private sector. And then thirdly, he's taken Chinese nationalism to the right, underpinning a new and more assertive Chinese foreign security policy. If I was trying to summarize the Xi Jinping worldview as I've observed it, over the last near decade those would be its essential points. You write in the book that your analysis of what he wants is and I quote an enduring legacy in national and party history superior to that of Deng Xiaoping and at least equal to Mao Zedong, which is quite the ask in practice what would that mean? Well, this is where the Taiwan question looms large. Taiwan within the internal ideologies slash theology of the Chinese Communist Party is the incomplete element of the Chinese revolution of 1949. If you like, it's the bit that Mao didn't get done. So therefore, to occupy a parallel space to Mao Zedong and the Chinese secular Pantheon, retaking Taiwan from a personal political career point of view would be the absolute apogee within their system. I think the second thing is this Xi Jinping like Mao Zedong also understand the centrality of Marxist Leninist ideology in cohering the Chinese Communist Party into a long-term Leninist force in Chinese politics and the economy and in the world. And what Xi Jinping like Mao has done is to re energize Marxist Leninist ideology in a manner in which it stands in stark contrast to the sliding status of ideology under Deng Xiaoping Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao. I think these are two standout features of what Xi Jinping would see as his ideological and national legacy. You've met Xi Jinping and I'm always interested we've talked about this before in the degree to which personal relationships between leaders can shape historical events. What are you able to talk about with him beyond matters of statecraft? Certainly my in discussions with Xi Jinping were a long series of conversations. Most of which are in Chinese about Chinese history, Chinese modern history, the role of the Chinese Communist Party. In fact, the role of his father, who was also a Politburo member under Deng Xiaoping and prior to that a military commander under Mao, and the pre 49 period. And so what I find with Xi Jinping is an ability to range broadly. Over his own country's vast history, but also with a reasonable degree of understanding of world history as well..
The Dinesh D'Souza Podcast
"deng xiaoping" Discussed on The Dinesh D'Souza Podcast
"Again, that's amac U.S. slash dinesh to become an amac member now. Guys, I'm really happy to welcome to the podcast, a China expert in a China watcher, Steve mosher. He's president of the population research institute. He's an advocate for human rights in China and he's the author of the book bully of Asia, a book that really looks at the kind of grand plan of China, not just a dominated Asia, but as we'll see in a moment to exercise a kind of worldwide domination, Steve, thanks for joining me really appreciate having you. You say in your book and this may be kind of punchline that China's goal is to bring America to its knees without firing a shot. Talk about how the Chinese hope to achieve that goal. Well, way back in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union Deng Xiaoping called together the other senior leaders dung, of course, vice premier dong was an effective charge of the country at that time. And he said the old Cold War's over. America has won the Soviet Union has been defeated. The new Cold War is now going to begin between China and the United States and China will win this one. And of course, by China, he means the Chinese Communist Party. And so China has effectively been at war with us across all domains except the kinetic we're not firing bullets at each other for the last 31 years. Americans are just waking up to that fact. So I think the reason for the American slumber and I'd like to know if you agree with this is because America thought that the Chinese were moving away from communism in a kind of reformist direction, they were moving away from socialism and replacing complete centralized state control with the kind of state enabled capitalism. So all of these were seen as positive developments and I think there was some expectation. I mean, ridiculous and naive in retrospect that the Chinese would somehow evolve toward liberal democracy. But why would these predictions so flatly wrong was it never the intention of the Chinese to go in this direction? Well, it certainly wasn't the intention of the Chinese Communist Party to go on this direction. Back in 1958, a long time ago, chairman Mao Zedong, German now being one of the great mass murders of human history, far eclipsing Stalin and Hitler in that regard. Set up in 1958, he set up an earth control committee. Believe it or not. He had an economy of the smaller than Argentina's, and he was setting up an earth control committee because his ultimate plan, of course, was to expand the Communist Party's writ outside of the borders of China. So this has been the goal for a long time. We deluded ourselves back in the late 1970s when I first went to China in 1979, 1980, I was the first American on the ground in China allowed to do research there. We deluded ourselves into thinking that it would, it would bring China around that we would draw China along in our powerful wake and they would become like us, economic modernization would lead to political modernization. And guess what? It didn't happen. That dream ended on Tiananmen Square on June 4th of 1989 in a massacre when the Chinese Communist Party mowed down unarmed students in the streets of Beijing, the capital city. Unarmed students who wanted one. Well, they wanted democratization. They wanted an end to one party dictatorship. They were killed. So that was, you know, it should have been a wake-up call for us in 1989, but we lived with our illusions for 20 years beyond that. Is it because and I remember thinking back now to the early Reagan years in which Deng Xiaoping was seen as well, you could almost call them the Gorbachev of China. And by that, I mean, he was seen as somebody who was of a different stripe than say mouse etung, and that he was moving China. And he did move China in some respects in a new direction, but I think what you're saying is that with regard to centralization, with regard to political totalitarianism, with regard to establishing an unchallenged tyranny, he was no different than Mao. No, I mean, he was a practical man. He said it doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice. He was happy to accept western capital, help from Wall Street, western technology, western investment, and of course we didn't realize at the time that if an American company goes into China, they squeezed the company dry of technology and then squeezed it back out of China. That's how it works. So we did this enormous transfer of capital and technology. We gave them access to our enormous market. We enabled the rise of the country dinesh that wants to destroy us, which is probably the greatest strategic blunder made by any country throughout all of human history. Steve talk a little bit about China is pursuing military initiatives on the one hand and you discuss those in the book. You say, in fact, I thought this was a striking statement. You say that the Chinese believe that in a world of insecurity, the real security comes from being sort of the biggest badass on the planet. And I assume that, you know, applying that to our current situation, if the Chinese were to successfully overrun and overwhelm Taiwan, they would in fact wouldn't they have that reputation. At a time when America has a humiliating defeat in Afghanistan, people falling out of planes, Americans left behind. If the Chinese could successfully subdue Taiwan, the world would take notice in the world would say, listen, the people to be scared of is not the woke military of the United States, but the Chinese..
America First with Sebastian Gorka Podcast
Bill Gertz Describes How Xi Jinping Changed the Chinese Communist System
"But Bill, let's I asked you whether it's a communist state, of course, it's a communist state, but is it a special kind of communist state, talk to us about Xi Jinping, the current emperor, really, and how he has changed the system and really how he will be the head until he dies. Yeah, as you mentioned, the communist system in China is basically very mafia like. It's run by crime families. Communist Party families and factions. It's very strongly factual. We have the party China party school faction. We have the Shanghai faction. We have the princeling faction. Are there any ideological differences or are these just power centers that want to be the most powerful? No ideological differences. They're obviously power for power's sake. Yes. Xi Jinping assumed power in 2012. It comes from the princeling faction. His father was a communist leader who was repressed during the cultural revolution. And Xi Jinping never felt that that was wrong. He's a firm believer in Marxism leninism with Chinese characteristics. And he has begun to ideology the communist ideology in China. He has something that he's adopted. He calls it the China dream, which I call the China nightmare. And this is that China has been fighting its time and building its capabilities as the previous leader Deng Xiaoping once said. It's no longer biting its time. It's now in an expansionist mode. It does not distinguish between its commercial enterprises and its military strategic enterprises,
WBUR
"deng xiaoping" Discussed on WBUR
"The circumstances are unique The agreement is unique It is right that we should feel a sense of history of pride and of confidence in the future There are thank you for the privilege of being the first In the 1980s British prime minister Margaret Thatcher held talks with the Chinese premier Deng Xiaoping They agreed some basics Hong Kong's capitalist system and its way of life would remain unchanged for 50 years until 2047 as a special administrative region of China The two countries signed a joint declaration in 1984 So Stephen let's go one step back Can you explain to us what this concept of one country two systems is The Communist Party in China has been remarkable at doing these kind of mental gymnastics if you like but coming up with an expression or a phrase to explain something very complicated of people and the idea being that while Hong Kong is completely part of China that there are two systems there's one system of governance running Hong Kong and there's one on the mainland The problem of course is that ultimately it is part of China And there's another watershed event to consider according to Stephen In 1989 after the joint declaration but before the handover from Britain to China an event took place that would reverberate in Hong Kong and throughout the world for decades From Tiananmen Square the sound of.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"deng xiaoping" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"It is 5 minutes past the hour Well China's nuclear build up and new warnings about Taiwan for that in other global news here is Bloomberg's Denise Pellegrini Denise Thank you Brian Let's write a warning today from Singapore's prime minister Lucien Leung and he tells us tension over Taiwan could lead to a miscalculation between the U.S. and China We should be concerned I don't think it's going to war overnight but this is a situation where you can have a mishap or a miscalculation and be in a very delicate situation And p.m. least Siena there with Bloomberg's editor in chief John micklethwaite at the Bloomberg new economy forum in Singapore and former treasury secretary Hank Paulson warning meantime that the U.S. and China do need to be careful It is crucial that we have mechanisms for the world's first and second largest economy to coordinate Because the only way to put out the next big fire will be with global coordination And Paulson speaking just a few moments ago there at the Bloomberg new economy formed saying the U.S. and China need to cooperate especially on the environment President Biden plugging his $1.75 trillion infrastructure spending plan Next year for the first time in 20 years which American infrastructure investment will be far greater than China The first time in 20 years And Biden speaking there at a GM EV facility in Detroit The Pentagon offering new assistance to service members and their families struggling amid the pandemic defense secretary Lloyd Austin Unfortunately the pandemic and tight housing markets across the country have made financial struggles even tougher And Austin also talking about the military threat from Russia toward the U.S. and the warnings about holiday gatherings are back the positivity rate of people admitted to hospitals in the U.S. with confirmed COVID cases is now up in 25 states compared to last week Global news 24 hours a day on air and on Bloomberg quick take powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than a 120 countries in the newsroom Denise Pellegrini this is Bloomberg All right Denise thank you very much 7 minutes here passed the hour as mentioned and Stevenson young joins us She's cofounder and research director of Jay capital research It's pretty interesting and that at the Bloomberg new economy forum in Singapore the number one issue is U.S. China relations I suspect that in China it's well down the list except for how it relates to Taiwan and that is a very very big issue So I want to get your views on that But one very big issue in China is how president Xi is kind of reshaping the approach of economic development But let's start first with the politics Are we going forward or are we going backward Thanks Brian Well you know I guess I have to if I choose between those two I would have to say backwards The recent plenum in Beijing was kind of you know nobody knows it's like the papal enclave every time they choose a new Pope It goes on inside Vatican City until the white smoke emerges and the white smoke emerged and it was she didn't ping And I have to say it's a bit of a disappointment One of the things that markets really been struggling with we know this and is the rate of rising inflation Do you think if we were to have the tariffs that were put in place by the Trump administration and the reciprocal tariffs imposed by China after the Trump tariffs were initially imposed Do you think that would lower a lot of the inflationary pressures that we're seeing I don't think it's going to make a huge difference The fundamental problem driving inflation right now is the sort of hiccups in the supply chain Everybody still staying at home and ordering physical stuff and not using services So there's a high demand for physical stuff and then there are all sorts of transportation bottlenecks I think it's not so much the tariffs I wanted to ask you a little bit about the restructuring of the Chinese economy I know that Xi Jinping sees himself on a similar pedestal as Deng Xiaoping and Mao Zedong He's kind of in the middle he wants a little bit of the socialism while a lot of the socialism But perhaps without the sort of crazy campaigns that Mao launched on the other hand he's drawing from dung's emphasis on growth But trying to do it without the corruption without the excessive debt On paper it looks very good Can it be achieved Yes I would say that that's really almost completely untrue If you look at he has a program that he calls common prosperity and if you just hear the words you think that it means evening out some of the incredible wealth imbalances but in reality what's happening with common prosperity is for example taking demanding that private companies hand money to these kind of fishy charities that then give money over to the local governments without much supervision So it's actually much less transparent and I would say it's just a direct way to support people who support Xi Jinping And today we had the annual report from the U.S. China economic and security review commission the call now is for more restrictions on U.S. investment in China and a limitation on American investors and their ability to buy U.S. listed Chinese assets I mean it looks like we're headed for more tension in terms of this relationship and not less It does and it's a shame but it's really kind of it's hard to figure out which what would actually work to open up the relationship and make it work because there's nothing that we're holding out in front of China that China really wants So there's not a lot left that we can do besides just try to keep the channels open and talk So can you put money to work in China You have to you have to apply a.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"deng xiaoping" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Bloomberg daybreak Asia And it is 7 30 in the morning in Hong Kong and Singapore I'm Brian Curtis And I'm Doug Kristin at the Bloomberg interactive broker studio in New York We had a little bit of weakness in the U.S. equity space but persistent concern about rising inflation still dominating a market action And right now in the early going in Sydney we've got the ASX 200 down about two tenths of 1% We'll take a closer look at market action in a moment or two here on daybreak Asia right All right well we go to the Bloomberg new economy for him in Singapore where it is day two and we'll be talking with some of the biggest leaders in finance in trade and also on big issues like climate change We're joined by Bloomberg's editor at large Eric chat skirt Eric thanks very much for taking out the time to be with us and contributing to the show today I'm really interested in what you're hearing about the big experiment that's going on in China at the moment President she kind of sees himself on the same sort of stage as Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping but he's positioned himself in the middle drawing from the socialist values of Mao but also not the crazy campaigns while on the other hand drawing from Deng Xiaoping's emphasis on growth but trying to get past the corruption and excessive debt Are you hearing from people that they're confident about this move or that it is too tough and needle to threat I'll be honest with you and say that people are much more concerned at the moment with China's relations with the United States And less focused at least here for the time being on common prosperity This sort of new slogan of president Xi's in China there was a lot of talk here yesterday about the let's call it dangerous risky if not dangerous confrontation That may arise between China and Taiwan and presumably the United States as an ally and supporter of Taiwan's That was very much front and center Doctor Henry Kissinger was talking about the United States and China being on a precipice and looking in both directions you know with a chasm below looking in both directions of the past and the future with clearly the potential for a great deal of miscalculation there The word miscalculation was also used last night by prime minister Lee who was in conversation with our editor in chief John micklethwait he talked about the potential for a grave miscalculation over China So I would say that the relationship between China and the United States let's call it geopolitics is for the time being more of a focus and perhaps a talking point here than what's going on in China internally Yeah it's very interesting because also at the new economy forum Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon was speaking and addressing plans to double Goldman's workforce in China to around 600 I think that reflects a plan to really wrap up a ramp up I should say a focus on asset management and wealth Why is Goldman so confident about expanding in China right now Well David was pretty funny actually When he was talking to our colleague francine lacquer because she said you know are you worried that they could revoke your license overnight effectively instantaneously He said we worked together for 17 years We've had it for something along the lines of three months And we're reasonably confident that they've given us license to do business for a little while longer The fact of the matter is that China is the world's best growth market It's 1.3 billion people It's growing at a faster clip than almost any other industrialized country in the world And put your Goldman Sachs or whether you're Tesla or whether you're JPMorgan It really doesn't matter If your business is to deliver returns to shareholders and grow you have to look to the world's fastest growing market And so it's easy to understand why the fascination and commitment to China Fascination with and commitment to China exists the problem that we're all wrestling with and for that matter David Solomon is wrestling with is the tradeoffs that you have to make in order to do business with China And that's what the secretary commerce secretary general ramondo was complaining about yesterday that Chinese is living up to its commitments And there is that underlying tension between American companies in particular that want to do business in China and in increasingly well articulated Federal government policy foreign policy toward China Eric thanks for being with us and sharing your perspective will check back with you a little later here on the program Bloomberg is editor at large Eric schatzker from the new economy forum in Singapore We're at 35 past the hour Let's get you what caught up on market action Really persistent concern over rising inflation that dominated market psychology today we had a move lower in equities The concern here being that higher inflation is going to precipitate a shift in Central Bank policy Right now if you look at where we are in early trading in Asia the ASX 200 down about two tenths of 1% I should say Australia not Asia but the futures for the Asian equity markets look a little weak at this point Chicago nikkei future is 29,570 So we're about a hundred points below where we were yesterday in the market in Tokyo largely the function of a stronger yen now at one 14 21 So we had the S&P and the NASDAQ comp each dropping about three tenths of 1% The Dow down 6 tenths of 1% and a ten year treasury at one 58 as we get set for trading in Tokyo Brian I just wonder whether or not the weaker dollar may actually encourage a little bit more risk-taking as the day unfolds We'll have to wait and see especially with yields a bit lower Interesting line just passing the terminal now which could be a very big story today from AFP that Google has agreed on a 5 year deal to pay AFP for online content All right the time here is 36 minutes past the hour It's time for global news.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"deng xiaoping" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Is Bloomberg David Thank you so much Mark Mark just reported the 6th Communist Party plenum has now concluded in Beijing with president Xi receiving a strong endorsement in what they call a historical resolution putting him in a select group alongside Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping We welcome now the former U.S. ambassador to Beijing is max baucus who earlier served for nearly 36 years in the United States Senate including his chairman of the finance committee Mister ambassador being here you know China very well Is this a strong a position for president Xi as it looks for those of us on the outside It is He's been working on his sometime He's very fruit He's very smart And frankly I think a lot of people within China in the Communist Party don't mind this because he's a good symbol for Chinese strength in China and worldwide In addition all leaders want to keep their jobs he's no different And what does he do He keeps the people happy How does he keep the people happy He makes sure their incomes keep going up He addresses air pollution He addresses water pollution Health concerns He's doing a pretty good job And frankly I think we Americans unwittingly are helping him be strong because of all the public criticism that we as Americans have said that way toward China That bullet's a hawks in China and that enables him to consolidate power Well talk about consolidating power because I wonder about one thing and past regimes obviously the president has been very very powerful but you've heard a lot of reporting about people around whoever the president was This time increasingly it appears that it is president Xi and just about nobody else Is he consolidating in that way as well that it really he is really running the ship almost by himself Well he is And frankly I think it's a victory concerning I noticed that the various summits that I intended with the president Obama and she the people next to she were not just foreign policy people whether there is inter sanction and lo and behold at the next selection of members of the family committee for the polar bear with the top body sure enough those people were named to the Politburo So the people he talks to is standing committee of 7 are really his people And it's a danger that he's took not able to hear enough from the outside It's a real problem Many people think that that relationship to the United states and China may be the most important one going forward How well do we understand the inner workings of the leadership of China And are we losing some of our ability There's a report on Bloomberg just this week suggesting that about ten years ago we lost over intelligence capability and it's more of a black box than it has been before It is and it's very unfortunate And I was serving there I'd ask a lot of questions of our intelligence service and I was surprised that they did not get answers They did not know In fact they would ask me in my meetings with not only presidents even others to try to Garner certain information so that they that intelligence committee had to have better information It's very very difficult And I haven't said that It is true we have certain capabilities in China which are clearly kept discuss here But it's difficult It's quite as hard And part of it is the nature of the Communist Party It's almost impenetrable When I was over there you know as American friend of foreign relationship with people get to know each other talk about our kids and the wives and so forth When I started to ask questions about governments about policy man it was a stonewall I got nowhere As China it's very very difficult So with that preface ambassador vodka is take us into what we think is going to be a virtual summit between President Biden and president Xi next week How does that come about What is the relative position of the two parties Because president Xi is coming off of this strengthening of his power if anything while President Biden has had something of a setback particularly when it comes to those elections last Tuesday I was a very very important development that the two are talking to each other and will be next week Number one it's very important for President Biden to show that America is strong We're coming back We're good Build back better means build back better for America too because the more we are proceed to strong in the Chinese eyes the more able we're able to affect policy respect to China The Chinese smell strength better than to any other people They can sense weakness rather than any other people So number one we get to keep showing we're strong and frankly it's not just words It's actually number two it's very important for President Biden to kind of to help clear the air over Taiwan I think that we're coming dangerously close to some kind of hair trigger point where China could do something very inspector Taiwan Why Because there's so much public criticism in the United States against China so much policy and United States especially Congress in favor of Taiwan And I think it's very important for Biden to say hey we support the one China policy We support the communicate Shanghai committee to put China at ease And it's also important not only for she to hear that as Parton for the hawks in the United States to hear that Can we at this point given where we are in the relationship Can we deliver that message Can President Biden deliver a passage without implicitly saying to president Xi And by the way if you want to really move forward on Taiwan we're not going to stand in your way Clearly can I don't know what instance where president Obama did that inspector China Frank is my idea If you just stand up to president Xi on this particular point make it clear to him that do this privately not publicly in a small room as possible make it very clear to him if China goes.
Monocle 24: The Briefing
"deng xiaoping" Discussed on Monocle 24: The Briefing
"Begin in China where president Xi Jinping is expected to push through a resolution at a key Communist Party gathering next week. The move could cement his authority and bolster his case for an unprecedented third term in office. Let's get the latest now with the founder of China dialog Isabel Hilton is about welcome to the program. Thank you. It's a pleasure as always. I use the term unprecedented there. Talk to us why a third term in office would be a milestone for Xi Jinping. Well, it's a milestone since Deng Xiaoping actually destroyed the system of holding office for life because of his rather negative experiences with Mao Zedong. So what Deng Xiaoping did was he set up effectively term limits, so leaders would serve two 5 year terms. That's the life of a party Congress. And you would see the Succession being created in the identification and promotion of the next generation. So there was a next generation that was coming up behind Xi Jinping, but the two leading candidates are now in jail. And Xi Jinping has effectively abolished term limits. So that is a radical shift. And it's a shift that has completely changed the dynamics of Chinese politics. So talk to us about what would have to happen for this to go through next week, as we say. Well, it's not so much next week as the party Congress, which will happen at the beginning of next year. But what's important about this meeting is that it's all about the agenda for that party Congress. And that's when he would be anointed. So if you look at what they're going to be talking about, they're kind of rewriting party history yet again with Xi Jinping in the central role. They'd have to get all of that through without any opposition. And it's not at all clear that everyone in the party is completely happy about this. So they're recreating a kind of an image of China and China's progress, which is focused around a leader. So again, it's very much what Mao Zedong did. You know, some of the content is different. But nevertheless, that's kind of the process. And there's talk about reassessment. Let's talk about some important rethinking of the party history. And again, we haven't seen that since the party had to look at Mao's record and say, well, you know, a lot of it was disastrous, which it did after his death. But we haven't really had that since then. It's been fairly smooth. And now I think we're really probably locked in a big battle about the narrative and about Xi Jinping's role. And one of the key things that this does, of course, is create great uncertainty around what happens when Xi Jinping is no longer around, because one of the great difficulties of the system before was that Succession was a period of violent struggles for power. And dung shopping had done away with that. So now we're back to a zero sum game. And this is a game of course that Xi Jinping himself must now play very hard. When Xi Jinping thinks about his legacy and building on that. Why is it important for him to be the person at the center of attention at the head of this party? Well, because of the nature of the politics that he has reintroduced. It's very dangerous to step down. I mean, one of the characteristics of a stable political system is that you can hold office and you can leave office without ending up by their dead or in jail. And as soon as that uncertainty arises, then people tend to hang on for in some cases really for dear life. Now Xi Jinping has made a lot of enemies. He has put, you know, people who were formerly members of the standing committee of the Politburo, and you don't get much higher than that in China. He's put them in jail. And all the people associated with them, he has led a purge of the party ranks, which is, you know, longer, deeper and higher than anything since the cultural revolution. And you don't do that without making enemies. So now he himself really can't afford to step down because all those people whom his prospects he has relatives, he has jailed, who's, you know, friends and associates, he has damaged. They don't want their moment. They want their revenge. When we talk about Xi Jinping moving forward, obviously, there will be an interest for him to maintain that stability. We talk about, but in his move to consolidate power recently, has there been pushback and could there be pushback here on him trying to create a third term for himself? When all we can really see because, of course, all this goes on behind closed doors. But historically, the power has always been contested, bitterly contested within the party. And, you know, if you lose, you really go down. So one interesting thing that people have commented on in recent months is that ten years after Xi Jinping effectively came to power, and initiated his anti corruption drive, which is the vehicle that he's used to purge the party. We are still seeing really serious purges of things like the security forces, which he completely controls. So you have to ask why this is necessary a decade in given what an expensive and politically difficult process it must be at this point. So I think that whatever is happening in the party, Xi Jinping is pretty worried about it. And I think it also explains partly why he hasn't left China in nearly two years and has barely left Beijing. I think this is where his focus is. And he is looking hard for any signs of dissent any signs of possible opposition. It's in the nature of it that we wouldn't see it till it happened, because if we can see it, you can be sure that he can. And nothing would result. But, you know, we shouldn't rule it out. There are always surprises in Chinese politics. We talked about the sort of reworking of history, but if we look forward under Xi Jinping, what are his goals left that he'd like to accomplish in the China he's created? Well, he said there have been two centenary goals. One is the centenary of the founding of the party, which was much celebrated this year and a lot of historical rewriting went on. And this meeting will revisit a lot of that. Again, putting she at the center of the process. So that was one goal. The second centenary is 2049, which is the centenary of the founding of the people's republic. And of course, the big ambition for that is to reunite as the party would put it Taiwan with the motherland. Of course, Taiwan seized it rather differently. So, you know, the clock is ticking on that one. It's probably unlikely even with the best will in the world that Xi Jinping himself would be at the helm. But that might just mean that he wants to accomplish that sooner rather than later. I think that would be extremely unfortunate. Apart from that, rewriting global rules so that China is less criticized for its human rights. Dominating the standard setting for technology so China kind of holds the patents and everyone else has to follow and making sure that the United States is not able to challenge China in its own region are pretty much the ambitions that he set himself. Isabel, thank you for this. That is trying to dialog Isabel Hilton. Now here is Monaco's page Reynolds with the day's other news headlines. Thanks very much, Daniel. The Australian prime minister Scott Morrison says his nation will not accept sledging and slurs from France. It follows a claim from French president Emmanuel Macron that Morrison had lied to him about his intentions to scrap a lucrative submarine deal. Morrison has denied Macron's claim. Taiwan's defense ministry says it will boost the island's reserve forces next year with a focus on additional training, including combat exercises. The announcement follows increased Chinese military activity in their Taiwan, which has put leaders in Washington and Taipei on high alert..
America First with Sebastian Gorka Podcast
'You Will Be Assimilated' Author David Goldman on China's Contempt for the U.S.
"China is not an enemy. And I think that's important for people to clearly understand. China is a rising power, China has been a rising power since Deng Xiaoping in 79. And they are going to develop themselves in our developing themselves into a great power. That is not to say, however, that they are an enemy. They're not an enemy. They're just a great power. That's according to the chairman of the joint chiefs when he was speaking in his private capacity as chief of staff of the army. The NATO summit, maybe that explains a lot about Mark Billy. We'll discuss the realities of what China thinks they are to us and how they're eating our lunch with the man that we always rely upon to tell us about the geo strategic reality in Asia and in Beijing. He's the author of a fabulous work you must check out right now. It's you will be assimilated. China's plan to Sino form the world. David Goldman. Welcome to one on one. A sub gorka it is an honor and privilege to spend fine with you, sir. Thanks for the invitation. I just realized I'm looking at the cover of your book that the Chinese dragon has a pair of iPhone ear pods in. That's a very nice little touch there. I missed in the past. David, we'll talk about Millie. We'll talk about the truth of China Beijing. Xi Jinping and everything else. But first, I have to ask you. The imagery of these super cargo ships off the port of LA, the president of the United States saying, oh, no, don't worry about it. And then Jen Psaki saying, oh, that's a high class issue. People having the Christmas present. So that's, you know, the pipes don't worry about that. Let me ask you, let's think like the Chinese Communist Party for a moment. What does China think of the fact that America can't unload its cargo ships? The Chinese have contempt for us. They think they can take us. We just published an a four times an excerpt from a book by Chinese economist used to be the chief economist of the World Bank Chicago university PhD. Who says, look at history. Look at the United States versus England at the end of the 19th century. The English were lazy complacent and the United States come from behind, took them out and ate their lunch. That's exactly what we're going to do to the United States now. We've got the people. We've got the supply chains. We've got the technology. We've got the will to do it. America's lazy and feckless and their right for the
America First with Sebastian Gorka Podcast
Xi Jinping Takes a Page From Mao Zedong's Red Playbook
"Start at the top bill. Let's talk about who now runs the world's largest communist dictatorship who is xi jinping. What do we need to know about him. And what changes he made recently to the constitutional order of that communist state. Xi jinping is the ruling dictator of communist china He assumed that position in two thousand twelve and immediately began to undo many of the reforms that had been taking place under deng xiaoping began after maoz demise in nineteen seventy six Basically these policies have been taken in ended attempt to re communize china. I would describe xi jinping a neo. Maoist he's a his as reported in my book. Deceiving the sky his his His favourite leaders are hitler-stalin. And now and he is working very aggressively to return China to its communist roots almost in the style of north korean totalitarianism. We've seen him go. After the business leaders in china who wielded enormous power by becoming billionaires Many of them have been imprisoned. Some have been killed. Some others have been driven into exile. And this is all part of xi jinping plan to once again make china a dominant world communist
Frank Beckmann
Joe Biden tells crowd 'I'm a candidate for the United States Senate' in confused campaign speech
"All the attention will be on Charleston South Carolina tonight when the dem candidates are on the stage for their latest debate before the other primary the primaries tomorrow right in Charleston I think so attendance at any rate Michael Bloomberg the former New York mayor is not on the ballot down there he did not qualify for the primary ballot and South Carolina Joe Biden is the leader at twenty seven percent of the polling Bernie Sanders is that twenty three percent Thomas fire fifteen percent of the vote mayor Pete nine percent and again pardon twenty seven the leader Elizabeth Warren eight percent any culture five percent okay well last night the Charles and they had a Democratic Party first in the south dinner in Charleston and Joe Biden of the front runner in the polls seven South Carolina took the stage and he started he started asking for votes before he did that he also he also talked about his key role as the vice president under Barack Obama in negotiating the Paris climate accords and Joe Biden stood right up and said that he deserves a lot of credit for getting the U. S. into that something that Donald Trump got us out of the goodness in twenty sixteen so here we are here we have Joe Biden talking about that deal that he helped broker the China club records what exactly proudest of is getting past getting move you you're getting control of the Paris climate accord I'm the guy that came back after meeting with Deng Xiaoping and making the case that I believe China we're going if we put pressure on them we got almost two hundred nations to join okay so he negotiated with Deng Xiaoping he said right the Paris climate accords were signed in twenty sixteen Deng Xiaoping died nineteen years before that in ninety seven and Joe Biden's taking credit for negotiating the climate accords Ferris with Deng Xiaoping he talked junk done jumping into it apparently he dug them up in the grave he deserves some credit and absolutely if he was able to do that god blessed well then based on that kind of background to that experience he was he was stumping for votes at the same event last night the Democrats first in the south dinner down in Charleston here's what he said you're the one December rock Obama the presidency and I have a simple proposition here I'm here to ask you for your help right come from you don't get far less you ask my name's Joe Biden I'm a democratic candidate for United States Senate she helped out and not both together by give me a look okay what did you hear I got to play that yeah because the part after extended lab agrees I'm a candidate for the U. S. Senate really and then that's the way he said after that is also telling about what other Byton what is he talking to listen once more here are the ones that Barack Obama the presidency and I have a simple proposition here I'm here to ask you for your help right come from you don't get far less ask my name's Joe Biden I'm a democratic candidate for United States Senate look me over your legacy help out if not both together by give me a look though okay why do you get a pulled for hunter hunter Biden's not on the ballot but that way well maybe I'll just be given a position probably he doesn't need does he he's got a history of that so Joe Biden is the front runner in the polls down there at any rate he's got what a four point lead over Bernie Sanders I think in the latest poll and the best it's just never stops it just keeps on going it's the gift that keeps on giving
WSJ What's News
Decade in Review: The Rise of China
"Charles Hustler has watched China's transformation for the past couple of decades. This was in Beijing for twenty four years until September of this year. He says that back in two thousand ten China was just coming out of two key events that set the stage for decades to come. One was the Beijing Olympics which they held degree fanfare in late. Two Thousand Eight and then in two thousand nine. The Global Economic Crisis Hits and China Seas Employment Sort of plummet in factories along the coasts that had typically typically employed lots of migrants and the government's response was to prime the pump and flush a whole lot of stimulus through the economy and and it worked. The economy just bounced back and by twenty ten. The economy was really roaring and this gave the Chinese leadership ship a degree of confidence that their own economic model of heavy state intervention really worked and that the sort of Western liberal liberal consensus about free markets had been discredited by the crisis on the global stage. China's imprint was mostly an economic one at that point it's companies were starting to go abroad. It had been starting in the previous decade to secure resources around the world for for its economy and the double digit growth that resulted from the stimulus. That was hitting around two thousand ten than just ramped up Chinese appetite four commodities around the world so China starts off the decade in pretty good shape. It's doing well economically. What does that then mean for the rest of the decade? What did we see as the economy gains strength and China begins to have this greater confidence that it's on the right path Ah Political Event occurs which really super charges this and that is the ascendance to power. Four of Xi Jinping the expectation had been that she had been vice president for a few years and before that had risen up the predictable predictable career ladder of various provincial posts and the expectation had been that he would be a leader just like the ones that China had had in the previous two decades. A consensus builder hobbled by the by the fact that he didn't have Supreme Green Power and that he was going to have to work together with other powerful members of the leadership that expectation turned out to be wrong. So let's it's break this down into two parts will look inside China first and then outside China's so talk to me a little bit about how Xi Jinping's vision was realized over the past decade. Did the single most effective thing that Xi Jinping did to assert his own authority and that of the Communist Party was to conduct duct of very thorough going crackdown on corruption. Corruption was a real problem throughout the ranks of the Party and the government it. I was extremely unpopular. He and previous leaders had warned that failure to get a hold of corruption was going to spell the end for party rule in China and unlike his predecessors he was able to prosecute and sustain a campaign That really shook up the bureaucracy Chrissy. He put a lot of people up and down the chain in jail. A took care of a couple of key political rivals by using the corruption and crackdown. And so that sort of softened the battlefield and enabled him to seize control of the governing mechanisms a much more effectively than his predecessors had that he did not stop there. Xi Jinping in an early speech said that One of the problems that caused the collapse of Communist Party rule in the Soviet Union. Was that the party. Had Failed to assert. It's thirty and that nobody would stand up To make sure that the party stayed in charge so he tried to reverse the trend That the Communist Party in China was heading on by imposing party authority more strictly over the media and education and and other aspects of Chinese life. And let's talk about China's ambitions when it comes to being global superpower. You know instead of its. I military. Outpost abroad contribute to combat choosy United Nations. It promoted this huge belt and road initiative and created new financial institutions to make sure that there was money for all of those projects. Why did China decide to engage with the rest of the world in this way? I think there are several reasons reasons for China taking more assertive role in global affairs. I there had been a long running debate about China becoming coming a global power and what kind of global power should it be. Even the United States had been under both President George W W Bush and then Obama had been urging China to take a more active role in global affairs. Since the age of Deng Xiaoping Chinese foreign policy had operated under a victim of keeping a low profile but there were others in China who thought really. It's time China has the wealth and the power To be more active in global affairs and as part of that there were many voices within the power structure in China within the Communist Party elite who felt that The global order was rigged in favor of the United States states and other Western powers in that now that China was strong enough. It should also have a seat at the table and be able to set some of the rules of the global order so so that in China's eyes they were more fair or as others would see it so that they favoured The Communist Party of China. So that's all about China's growing power over the past decade. Let's talk a little bit about the growing backlash what's prompted countries particularly the United States to no longer view China in the same way. And what does that mean for China and the. US has well a couple of things happened to take some of the gloss off of China's rise. First of all. You have a much more. Muscular assertion of power under a under siege in Ping China had for years been been trying to assert control over the South China Sea and the islands in the South China Sea which in whole or in part are claimed by five five other governments and as part of this assertion of power China began to take some of the reefs it controlled in the South China Sea and create create artificial islands on top of them This created a lot of angst among neighboring countries other claimants to the South China Sea and also to the United States because the US Navy had Traditionally seen the South China Sea as open waters of that it could sail through unimpeded. All of these tensions resulted in part in a UN arbitration case which ruled very very broadly against China and Beijing's response was to ignore the ruling and this has precedent other countries including putting the United States have ignored rulings by U. N. arbitration panels when it didn't suit them so China felt that it was acting just like like any other great power would but it certainly showed that China was not going to always be an upholder of global rules. What does China's rise over the past decade mean four all of us than what should we take away from twenty ten to the end of twenty nineteen? I think we can see that. Power is shifting away from the West. The United States is still by far the The wealthiest country it has the strongest military but on relative terms there is a new power in Asia centered in China. The rest of East East Asia has a lot of economic wealth and there are other power centers that emerged over the course of the decade. We have a a revitalised illegalized Russia. To a certain extent India is starting to March up the ladder of economic development Some African economies and economies in South America also gained in in wealth. And so I think we're facing a global order in which power is more diffused and that therefore the US either alone or in concert with its allies are going to have more difficulty shaping outcomes. Combs are former China Bureau. Chief Charles Hustler on China's transformation over the past decade
Morning Edition
China will 'never seek hegemony,' Xi says in reform speech
"Apparently discussing the future foreign forces in Afghanistan and a possible six-month ceasefire in a speech commemorating the fortieth anniversary of China's economic reform and opening Chinese leader, Xi Jinping said his country would stick to its policy agenda despite pressure from the United States to allow more competition in its economic system. NPR's rob Schmitz has more Xi Jinping told an audience of party officials military leaders and entrepreneurs that no one is in the position to dictate to the Chinese people. What should and should not be done when it comes to its economy? The eighty minute address commemorated the fortieth anniversary of Deng Xiaoping's reform and opening-up campaign that a China's economic boom she's remarks range from the economy to the environment to Taiwan in the South China Sea, any present agenda as a logical outcome of the country's reform era in Chinese history. More broadly. He said the country had entered a new era under his leadership and was poised for a bigger role in global affairs. She'll be joined by his colleagues tomorrow the start of an annual policy meeting where new economic reforms might be unveiled. Rob Schmitz, NPR news, Shanghai, Kentucky's governor has summoned the state legislature into special session on just a few hours. Notice.
The Bryan Crabtree Show
Saudi exchange counting on foreign funds to aid Aramco IPO, chief says
"To you by the outlet online huge savings on the things you need in one it's a big doc brown's now support holding a vote on the final brexit deal hammered out between london and brussels the yougov poll for the pro remain group best for britain says the public should have the casting vote on whether to accept the agreement the head of saudi arabia's stock index says it's almost ready for the aramco ipo khalid abdullah al hassan told bloomberg that totta a wool will be good to go on the listing whether it's this year or next the saudi market will come this year later that's a decision by the government the saudi stock exchanges making gold necessary i'm changes to be this here by actually the beginning of two godless when the decision will bring and qatar will meet investors later as it plans its first dollar denominated bonds sale in more than two years officials will meet potential buyers in the uk and the us this week and the government is working with credit suisse in georgia bank on an offering that source of say could include five year and five ten and thirty year notes now kochhar last sold bonds internationally in two thousand sixteen when it raised nine billion dollars global news twenty four hours a day powered by more than twenty seven hundred journalists and analysts in more than one hundred twenty countries i'm deborah mao this is bloomberg thanks so let's get back to one of our top stories president xi jinping will be speaking at the china bow four on tuesday where he's expected to address us tariffs threats publicly for the first time our chief north asia correspondent stephen engle is at the forum in high non steve so what are the initial indicators here as to what a chinese response would look like well we'll know tomorrow well we might know tomorrow when president xi jinping gives his keynote address here and what kind of tone will he strike on the one hand we are already ticipant in that he was going to now some market opening reforms here at the boao forum for foreign access into various parts of this economy a further opening up of the chinese economy forty years this is the marketing anniversary of the forty years since those opened up policies of deng xiaoping so it's a momentous occasion and that's why she jinping is here but at the.
NPR News Now
Trump to seek to "harden" schools against shootings
"Live from NPR News in Washington on core of a Coleman, President Trump is setting up a presidential commission to explore school safety. It's led by education secretary, Betsy DeVos, NPR's Scott Horsely reports. This is the president's first formal policy response to last month's deadly school shooting in Florida, the agenda ally. The White House is generally consistent with policy positions of the National Rifle Association that group supports arming teachers and other school staffers, as well as improving background checks. Although President Trump initially supported a higher age limit for gun purchases. The White House left that out of its recommendation to states. The NRA opposes higher age limits, though administration officials say the Presidential Commission will explore that idea. NPR Scott Horsely North Korean state media has been silent on the upcoming summits with the US and South Korea NPR's Illyes Hugh reports, South Korea suspects. It's because Pyongyang is being cautious North Korean state. Media hasn't covered Kim Germans invitation to meet US President, Donald Trump, the tightly controlled state information arms did note a visit to Pyongyang by South Korean on voice last week during which South Korea says, Kim invited South Korean president Moon Jae in and US President Trump for face-to-face meetings. Further the foreign ministry in Seoul says it has received no official response from the north about the US-North Korea summit Trump last week. Agreed to a meeting with Kim Jong un by May the two Koreas meanwhile will hold a summit at the inter-Korean border in April Elise Hugh NPR News soul voters in southwestern Pennsylvania head to the polls tomorrow for a special election in a congressional district that heavily favored President Trump for member station. W, E S A Lee herring reports on the surprisingly close contest polls. Show a statistical tie between Democrat, Conner Lam, a moderate and former federal prosecutor and Republican Rexecode an ardent conservative in. Member of the Pennsylvania house, The GOP isn't taking the race for granted. This past weekend Trump held a rally for succumbed to try to boost the candidate. The Republican has taken fire for running a campaign that some say, lacks the energy and discipline on Liam side for the GOP defeat here, what some called Trump country could foreshadow broader losses in the upcoming mid-term elections. National republican groups have spent millions on the race in there. Hoping Trump's visit will motivate enough voters to turn out for Sokoto For NPR News. I'm only herring in Pittsburgh. The National Weather Service is warning the Northeast that it's going to get its third strong winter storm to hit in two weeks. This could bring heavy winds and more than a foot of wet snow. That could mean more power outages on top of the outages. The customers got in the last two nor'easter's The Weather services also warning of the possibility of minor coastal flooding The storm is still developing. You're listening to NPR. The Trump administration is moving to limit who was granted asylum in the United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions has made legal filings this month that could affect people seeking the status Sessions is trying to eliminate what he calls rampant fraud and abuse in asylum applications. These have risen sharply. In recent years immigrant's rights activists save thousands of legitimate. Asylum seekers could be turned away including victims of domestic violence. Five people are dead after a helicopter crashed in New York City's east river from member station WNYC Sean Carlsson has more The Eurocopter a as 350 went down in the waters between the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens. Just after seven p. m. Sunday night Six people including the pilot were aboard the helicopter which was privately-chartered for a photo shoot police and firefighters responded to the scene. The New York City Police Department says, divers entered the water to cut loose the passengers who were still strapped into the submerge. Overturned helicopter Two people were pronounced dead on the scene. The pilot managed to free himself and was unharmed the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash For NPR News. I'm Sean Carlsson in New York in China, the National People's Congress has amended the country's constitution and abolished presidential term limits. It means at current president Xi Jinping we'll be able to rule indefinitely. A term limits were first put in place under Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in 1982 They were intended to stop any returned to the dictatorship of Mao Tse tung on Korver Coleman NPR News in Washington.