afford another covid. we need get to the about the of what happened with this pandemic so that it never happens again. and, bret, another report that s just come out in the journal of science suggests that the renal original w.h.o. investigation of the ohr jibs of covid was fundamentally flawed chronologically many of those cases had nothing to do with the wuhan wet market a narrative china was suggesting so long that suggests patient zero is a long way from being found and lab leak theory remains a very real possibility. bret? bret: we ll stay on this story. benjamin hall thank you. a scandal dating back to last year s presidential campaign. it concerns hunter biden investment deal with the chinese state-backed company and be what newly uncovered records indicate. here is news correspondent william longness. hunter biden flew with his father, then vice president, to china in 2013. at the time the media thoughts it was no big deal. six years later neither did joe. how many time
Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka showcase the diversity of China’s engagement strategies in a very multidimensional region but also make clear that influencers across South Asia are learning from each other’s experiences with Chinese money and power.
couple things. one of them is that the most pro-china leader in the eu would be angela merkel, the german chancellor. she is not running for a fifth term as the head of her party, so she ll be stepping down later this year. and that gives president biden an opportunity to work with the new german government. but the more important thing is that europe has really been china s to lose. last year europe and china were very close. this year, especially last month, we saw china do things which really irritated european leaders and so europe froze the implementation of that investment deal. lithuania left the 17 plus one china forum. this is really important developments for the united states. so, biden will be pushing to lead a new infrastructure project, to compete with china. do you think he can g7 allies on board? i think he can get their rhetorical commitment to the build back world better.
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Audio 05:31 Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders attend the closing session of the Chinese People s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China March 10, 2021. REUTERS - CARLOS GARCIA RAWLINS 26 min China has recently drawn damaging international criticism because of plans by the National People s Congress to further curtail freedom in Hong Kong. In spite of that, Beijing and Brussels are trying to finalise what has been described as the biggest investment agreement in history. But will it ever be ratified? Advertising Read more