all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you from new york. hey mark today on the program a rare conversation with the great jon stewart fareed. it s we either have the rule of law. we have no rule of law. i will ask him about american politics, the economy the wider world. who knows where else we will go. you want to be upset about real things. but isn t that what drives comedy or art or anything? and the big meeting in moscow. she jinping traveled to russia this week, but three days of meetings with vladimir putin no white russia wants this . but what does china have to gain from this massive show of support? we will explore. also the crisis continues as the ripple effects from the collapse of silicon valley bank and others continue. what can we learn from past bank bailouts and crises? i will ask the historian neil ferguson. but first here s my take. the most interesting outcome of the three day summit between vladimir putin and xi
politics, the economy the wider world. who knows where else we will go. you want to be upset about real things. but isn t that what drives comedy or art or anything? and the big meeting in moscow. she jinping traveled to russia this week, three days of meetings with vladimir putin. no why russia wants this. but what does china have to gain from this massive show of support? we will explore. also the crisis continues as the ripple effects from the collapse of silicon valley bank and others continue. what can we learn from past bank bailouts and crises? i will ask the historian neil ferguson. but first here s my take. the most interesting outcome of the three day summit between vladimir putin and xi jinping got limited media attention. describing their talks, putin said. we are in favor of using the chinese yuan for settlements between russia and the countries of asia, africa and latin america. so. the world s second largest economy and its largest energy exporter. together act
? there is, are we at some kind of very, very precipitous moment. i think we have to be careful of escalating us the spiral that both sides are. don t want to go down. but you know each side ramps up and admitting he does go down to, um , when it comes to taiwan. the fundamental reality is that the people s liberation army is not ready to take taiwan successfully or quickly. so we re talking about a joint operation here, which would involve land, sea and air and i think that s a fundamental hit at the plot is not ready. at the same time. if china thinks that peaceful reunification is not going to happen, or that outside forces are going to be taking taiwan further and further away, i was interviewing a senior colonel of the people s liberation army on my podcast just this week, he said. this and these are the thresholds where if let s say america triggers taiwan to move ever further away from the people s republic of china or if the if the taiwan declares independence
fundamental reality is that the people s liberation army is not ready to take taiwan successfully or quickly. so we re talking about a joint operation here, which would involve land, sea and air and i think that s a fundamental hit at the plot is not ready. at the same time if china thinks that peaceful reunification is not going to happen, or that outside forces are going to be taking taiwan further and further away , i was interviewing a senior colonel of the people s liberation army on my podcast just this week, he said. this and these are the thresholds where if let s say america triggers taiwan to move ever further away from the people s republic of china or if the if the taiwan declares independence , and those will be the red lines for beijing, really, to take military action now on this visit, i think presidents i was very shrewd, insane to kevin mccarthy. please don t come to taiwan. don t do but nancy pelosi or come to you and said, and i think that does take some of the stin