This Chinese Government as begin with Gordon Chang Asia x. Wait contributor for the daily beast hes in new york what do you make of chinas claims you think theyve stabilized that gordon. There we dont really know larry because there is now extraordinary information control and the infections to 6 deaths statistics that are coming out of beijing actually support chinese rulers see jim pings policy of getting Chinese Workers back to their job sites so its sort of suspicious now i think that maybe and on where this started maybe theyve stabilized but we also know that there are clusters in beijing and some other cities and so cute very well have in these other locations a new Virus Outbreak but you know as i said because of what beijing has been doing especially putting journalists in jail and all the rest of it we absolutely do not have very much of an idea still can we is says how being is handling this. Well we know that for 6 weeks from december 8th when the 1st corona virus patient w
Of suspicious now i think that maybe and on where this started maybe theyve stabilized but we also know that there are clusters in beijing and some other cities and so cute very well have in these other locations a new Virus Outbreak but you know as i said because of what beijing has been doing especially putting journalists in jail and all the rest of it we absolutely do not have very much of an idea so can we as says housing thing is handling this. Well we know that for 6 weeks from december 8th when the 1st coronavirus patient was diagnosed to january 20th when he made his 1st public a knowledge moment we know that the communist party hid information about the virus that allowed it to spread around china and indeed to escape china and around the world so that is damning of his his policies the real problem is hes now gone back to the secrecy and because of that its very difficult for us to assess whats going on but i dont trust those numbers and we really wont know for quite some ti
Well we know that for 6 weeks from december 8th when the 1st corona virus patient was diagnosed to january 20th when he made his 1st public a knowledge moment we know that the communist party hid information about the virus that allowed it to spread around china and indeed to escape china and around the world so that is damning of his his policies the real problem is hes now gone back to the secrecy and because of that its very difficult for us to assess whats going on but i dont trust those numbers and we really wont know for quite some time how do you think the impact of the corona virus will tip the Global Economy into recession. I think its already happening larry you know were seeing for instance china in february was in a contraction i dont know if theyll be relabeled to recover much in march but we have seen in places advanced societies like south korea italy you know they just shutting down large portions of the country thats going to occur in the u. S. As well so i think that
Claims you think they have stable was it good. There we dont really know larry because there is now extraordinary information control and the infection statistics death statistics that are coming out of beijing actually support chinese rulers siege in pings policy of getting Chinese Workers back to their job sites so its sort of suspicious now i think that maybe and on where this started maybe theyve stabilized but we also know that there are clusters in beijing and some other cities and so cute very well have in these other locations a new Virus Outbreak but you know as i said because of what beijing has been doing especially putting journalists in jail and all the rest of it we absolutely do not have very much of an idea so can we as says housing thing is handling this. Well we know that for 6 weeks from december 8th when the 1st coronavirus patient was diagnosed to january 20th when he made his 1st public a knowledge moment we know that the communist party hid information about the
Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. President biden has reportedly paused arms sales to saudi arabia as his administration reviews relations with his long time strategic ally. Not long ago, candidate biden described the kingdom as a pariah, but is there any prospect of external or internal pressure challenging the authority of saudi arabias De Facto Leader, Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman . Well, my guest is exiled saudi opposition activist, madawi al rasheed. What next for saudi arabia reform, repression or maybe both . Madawi al rasheed, welcome to hardtalk. Hello. You have become one of the highest profile saudi critics of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. I just wonder how you felt a couple of weeks ago when we saw the crown prince so warmly welcomed at the World Economic forum, the online davos event, where he was selling saudi arabia as an Investment Opportunity for the entire world. What did you make of that . Well, its a familiar image and a familiar trick. Saudi arabia ha