30 minutes past the hour. i m christi paul. i m victor black wewell. it shot down a medium-ranged target ballistic missile over the pacific. this is coming as north korea warned this morning the u.s., that they will respond with, quote, firm action if washington claims to, quote, strong sanctions. after president trump blasted china over pyongyang s latest missile test. on the same day, two b-1 bombers flew over the korean peninsula in a show of force. hour after president trump s tweets, chinese president xi jinping displayed over a massive military play and s&p 5vladimirn attended his an navy day show in
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imagery and other monitoring systems. this latest north korean missile test does come just ahead of this economic forum that s going to take place in beijing. what does this say about the influence china has over pyongyang. china has little influence or a lot of influence. they have a little influence if they re going to try to influence north korea by small means. but still china strategically believes it s better off with even a hostile nuclear armed north korea than a potential ally with the united states. if china were to say to the north koreans, we don t want you to have nuclear weapons, and wire going to use all the methods at our disposal, including cutting off food,
tunnel, they ve completed all the initial preparations. they ve got to go forward at some time. but this is a real test of how much leverage beijing has over pyongyang, and so far i think the chinese are winning. elizabeth: elaborate a little bit on the relationship between beijing and north korea. if i m not mistaken, in 2017 the trade between the two countries has increased up to 37%. so what is the end game here in beijing? what is the goal that they re trying to obtain? yeah, i think the short-term goal is that they want to use north korea against the u.s. because every time north korea does something provocative, we then become distracted in our conversations with china over issues that we think are important such as cyber theft, red story trade practices predatory trade practices, you name it. and also we always send a secretary of state to beijing to plead for their cooperation, so beijing thinks this endlessly creates bargaining chips for them.
they ve got to go forward at some time. but this is a real test of how much leverage beijing has over pyongyang, and so far i think the chinese are winning. jack be nimble, jack be quick, jack knocked over a candlestick onto the shag carpeting. .and his pants ignited into flames, causing him to stop, drop and roll. luckily jack recently had geico help him with renters insurance. because all his belongings went up in flames. jack got full replacement and now has new pants he ordered from banana republic. visit geico.com and see how affordable renters insurance can be. how to win at business. step one: point decisively with the arm of your glasses. abracadabra. the stage is yours. step two: choose la quinta. the only hotel where you can redeem loyalty points for a free night-instantly and win at business.