defend itself? and also, on the solomon islands, the south pacific, who said, you know, can only us go there? australia go there. china cannot. who can divide which part of territories belong to whom? but basically, china isjust going there to do the green and the sustainable development and maintain some local order. well. ..helping other countries on their request. yours is a very benign interpretation of china s intentions. but i think nobody would argue that, over the last five years, president xi has followed a very clear and determined strategy of projecting china s power in the world in a range of diverse ways, from soft power to economic power to sometimes military power. now, ijust wonder if, in the current economic climate in china, xi s strategy is sustainable cos it costs a lot of money. and right now, there are signs of a serious slow down
to sometimes military power. now, ijust wonder if, in the current economic climate in china, xi s strategy is sustainable cos it costs a lot of money. and right now, there are signs of a serious slow down in the chinese economy. well, i think it s actually not. of course, this pandemic hit everybody, but china are probably the least hurt because we still maintained, last year, 8% gdp growth, and this year. well, excuse me, but last year, 8% growth. this year may well be down to 4% or, at best, 5% growth. and if you look at things like retail sales, the sales of new cars in china, the chinese consumer is withdrawing because they are clearly deeply concerned about the economic situation in your country right now. absolutely. i mean, there is concern.
so why china cannot defend itself? and also, on the solomon islands, the south pacific, who said, you know, can only us go there? australia go there. china cannot. who can divide which part of territories belong to whom? but basically, china isjust going there to do the green and the sustainable development and maintain some local order. well. ..helping other countries on their request. yours is a very benign interpretation of china s intentions. but i think nobody would argue that, over the last five years, president xi has followed a very clear and determined strategy of projecting china s power in the world in a range of diverse ways, from soft power to economic power to sometimes military power. now, ijust wonder if, in the current economic climate in china, xi s strategy is sustainable cos it costs a lot of money. and right now, there are signs of a serious slow down
and the first thing she was taught when she was doing her teacher training was how to do your training of children, to teach them how to hide under desks and what to do when a shooter comes into your school. so, this is something that is part of everyday life in america. it s incredibly sad, it kind of feels i think probably, i m guessing, it will fuel a national paranoia, a feeling that someone is always after you, a feeling that you re never quite safe, that there is somebody with an agenda you don t understand who is gunning for you literally. and ijust wonder if who is gunning for you literally. and i just wonder if we who is gunning for you literally. and ijust wonder if we can already see in the american approach to national politics, international politics, that sense of fear and paranoia that must start at a very early age in schools. paranoia that must start at a very early age in schools. actually, the . un early age in schools. actually, the tun lobb early age in schools. a