Rice universities Public Policy hosted the event. It is over one hour. Welcome to the Baker Institute webinar. I am steve lewis. The head of our china studies program. We are happy to have you all this afternoon. Thank you for tuning in. I am hoping not only do you find it informative and unique colleague, but froma welcome respite domestic politics, which is never as important as aging asian affairs. I would like to thank all of you again. Our hardworking staff at the Baker Institute. My Research Assistant for helping. The foundation for endowing a lot of the events here. The doctor i have known her for 10 years one of our top scholars. I think it has been 10 years. She was a postdoc here for asian interested in media. Had her and her expertise in many of our past webinars on chinese politics. We are happy to have her again today. Also, we are happy this year because she is newly minted as an associate professor, tenured professor at media studies at the university of virginia. The on
Since 2016, what Public Policy issues are motivating voters this week and take a look at Political Trends that can give us clues. And we go live now to hear about u. S. Relations with china from assistant secretary of state for east asianing and pacific affairs, david stilwell. The events hosted by the Hoover Institution. Pacific affairs, david r. Stilwell, who is joining us from tokyo today and will address the theme of todays session, covert, coercive and corrupt, counterrerring Chinese Party malign influence in free societies. Following his address, he will engage in a conversation with two leading china scholars, orville shell and arianna movstro. But first, its my pleasure to introduce condoleezza rice. Im delighted to open this session of our project at hoover on chinese sharp power. And i especially want to welcome assistant secretary of state for east asian affairs, david stilwell. This project, i think, is one of the most important that were engaged in because we face an extra
Welcome. Today i want to discuss a theme that deserves far more attention and that is america is a force for good in the world. Last week the Food Bank Program was awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to improve conditions for peace around the world. The wfc is run by executive director david beasley, former governor of softer line who deserves along with his team a huge amount of credit for the organizations success over the past few years. W fp depends completely on voluntary contributions and hes grown his budget from about 6 billion in 2017 to more than 8 billion and 2019. That money translated to real lives saved is what the Nobel Peace Prize reflected w fp now helps feed more than 100 quadrillion people in 80 countries and the United States in the United States has supplied 40 of the w fp budget and by far the greatest contribution from any nation in the world. More than 700, 700, or than 700 times what china has in more than two and half times the second largest co
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh Mcenany the getting criticized for calling out cnn. Cnn in the luxury of their white tower, not in my backyard studios are complaining word choices used to cover and talk about riots when innocent lives and billions of dollars of property are being destroyed in riots. Including businesses owned by minorities. This story, congressman ben cline on house judiciary on senator rand paul, jim jordan rat kelling the cages of d. C. Bureaucracy, take action on the bidens alleged corruption, details in government documents showing millions of dollars pouring in from overseas to accounts connected to hunter biden and possible criminal actors while his father was Vice President. The criminal actors are those involved in potential sex and Human Trafficking rings that biden, hunter biden could have been affiliated with or associated with. Well break it down. Also tonight top rnc official Harmeet Dhillon, senator mitching mcconnell sounding the alarm on democrats
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh Mcenany the getting criticized for calling out cnn. Cnn in the luxury of their white tower, not in my backyard studios are complaining word choices used to cover and talk about riots when innocent lives and billions of dollars of property are being destroyed in riots. Including businesses owned by minorities. This story, congressman ben cline on house judiciary on senator rand paul, jim jordan rat kelling the cages of d. C. Bureaucracy, take action on the bidens alleged corruption, details in government documents showing millions of dollars pouring in from overseas to accounts connected to hunter biden and possible criminal actors while his father was Vice President. The criminal actors are those involved in potential sex and Human Trafficking rings that biden, hunter biden could have been affiliated with or associated with. Well break it down. Also tonight top rnc official Harmeet Dhillon, senator mitching mcconnell sounding the alarm on democrats