A court in south africa 2 black man appear in court charged with killing a white farm worker. Ah. And more than a fire isnt prisoners are exchanged in a deal that could revive peace talks to end yemen civil war. And our view to stem it with all the days sports news would champion south africa withdraw from the Rugby Championship citing play welfare as the main concern. But we begin in thailand where theres been violence between police and antigovernment protesters Security Forces used Water Cannons to break through a barricade set up by the demonstrators in the center of bangkok thousands have been defying a ban on gatherings for seconds nights that theyve been calling for the prime. Mrs resignation and for reforms to the monarchy but in spite of the surprise. Is refusing to stand lets get more now from aljazeera scott heide lawyer he joins us live from bangkok and scott weve been seeing dramatic scenes over the last hour or so it seems slightly calmer night when you are just give us a
Countries do not take a shit. Thoughts all from me for today kavanah and will be here at the top of the hour with the very latest in Global Politics next year on our team crosstalk separating me from reality and misunderstanding china. Hello welcome to crossfire all Things Considered in this president ial election cycle both democrats and republicans claim to be tough on china but does that actually in fact what does the American Public really know about the. Today on this edition of the program we attempt to separate myths from reality. Processing china anymore im joined by my guest Tom Wilkinson detroit hes president and c. E. O. Of t w and associates as well as a regular contributor to china us focus dot com and we have James Bradley in new zealand he is a New York Times number one best selling author of china mirage as well as host of his own pod cast untold pacific right gentlemen cross uprose in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it ok lets
And c. E. O. Of t w and associates as well as a regular contributor to china us focus dot com and we have James Bradley in new zealand he is a New York Times number one best selling author of china mirage as well as host of his own pod cast untold pacific right gentlemen across up rose in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it ok lets go to new zealand 1st james. China is mentioned over and over in this election cycle in the United States both parties like to differentiate themselves it seems like thats the message is the same in following this election and how china is. Objectified i would say what is the biggest misconception about china as its reported by the media. To begin to question it would take too many hours if were going to talk about misconceptions about china no i would make the case that with chinas population number one country in the world its the least understood country by americans fewer americans have been to china over the las
Zealand he is a New York Times number one best selling author of china mirage as well as host of his own pod cast untold pacific right gentlemen across up rose in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it ok lets go to new zealand 1st james. China is mentioned over and over in this election cycle in the United States though both parties like to differentiate themselves it seems like its the message is the same in following this election and how china is. Objectified i would say what is the biggest misconception about china as its reported by the media. Too big of a question it would take too many hours if were going to talk about misconceptions about china no i would make the case that with chinas population number one country in the world its the least understood country by americans fewer americans have been that china over the last 400 years compared to going to europe but in terms of the election if i was president Trumps Campaign advisor this is
Amplifier is going to be around the plane china strategy the g. O. P. Amount all they came out a few weeks about a month ago talks explicitly about that when anything comes up blain china issue that to me is that may be a good political strategy the question is whether. Thats really going to set us in a good position as we move forward as james pointed out 1. 4 percent and people. A large economy growing all the time how are we going to assure that china doesnt become a nightmare more than a dream where we can find ways in order to Work Together we need to get past this election cycle and whoever is elected is going to have some repair work to do to assure that chinas rise doesnt come that the u. S. Is demise ok well james if this kind of begs the question because. People are commenting about a new cold war i dont like that phrase because the cold war that all of us remember was very specific and it was very ideologically driven this is not the case here so it does does america need ch