now beijing is making a push into electric cars, hoping to dominate what it believes will be the transport industry of the future. in 2016, china sold more than twice as many electric cars as in the united states. astonishing for a country who had almost no technologies he just ten years ago. all of this has translated into jobs big league as president trump might say. 3.6 million people are already working in the renewable energy sector in china compared with. 77,000 777,000 in the u.s. donald trump has talked about how china is killing us and how he is tired aboof hearing about china s enviable growth numbers. they are focussing on the future and ensuring it ll be the world s leading producer of clean energy. meanwhile, the united states under donald trump will be
twice as much as the united states. now beijing is making a push into electric cars hoping to dominate what will be the transport industry of the future. in 2016 china sold more than twice as many of the electric cars, an astonishing catch up that had just ten years ago. all of this has translated into jo jobs. 3.6 million people are working compared with 777,000 in the u.s. donald trump has often talked about how china is killing us and how he is tired of hearing about the enviable growth numbers. beijing is getting high growth by foe wcusing on the future an ensuring it will be the world s leading producer of clean energy. the united states under donald
gotten. but we haven t gotten anything in return. we can see that. there were a number of missile tests. one sunday, one the day before. the chinese can t stop them or don t want to stop them. neil: what if they can t stop them? that is scarier. i think the chinese can. they say they can t. we have to do this on our own and we have to start working with our friends and allies rather than with an adversary like china. china is north korea s best friend, has been supporting north korea not only with 90% of their external trade but providing 90% of their oil. much of it on concessionairery terms. the other thing that they get is confidence that they re safe from the rest of the world. so the regime will sting with kim jong-un. now beijing can stop it but they don t. they think this dynamic is pretty good for them. thanks, gordon. best selling author north korean show down.
helping our fellow men and women to survive digging out children, women, men, out of of the rubble. so these are ordinary people. i think it s important to remember that they need to be protected, as well. we thank you both for joining me this morning. thank you. thank you very much. and you can catch their documentary the white helmets it s on netflix right now. still to come in the newsroom, trump calls into question a long-standing diplomatic tradition between the united states and china. now beijing has a stern warning for president-elect trump.