Apparently drifting further apart while the u. S. And beijing fight out of bitter trade war here on to the points we ask or rival how dangerous is china. Thanks so very much for joining us here on to the point where my studio guests are political scientist t. D. Kirsten tuck blow who believes that china will do away with a liberal democracy if the west allows it to also with us is journalist felix levy who argues that europe must be hard and firm in its dealings with the chinese leadership just like the chinese themselves and a warm welcome to 2 author alexander girl who say as long as there are a concentration camp. In china that can never be normal relations with that country. Thank you all 3 for those initial comments felix id like to begin with you it is not been a good week for already troubled relations between the e. U. And china one Senior Member of the European Parliament a green member of the Parliament Said those relations are now as bad as it any time in recent decades do y
Were joined by the smithsonians michel delaney. Tell us what your title is and what your job is . Thank you. My job is assistant director for culture at the smithsonian Smithsonians National team of the American Indian. I lead the scholars, the historians the curators at the museum who are in charge of producing exhibitions, the books a lot of the Educational Programs and symposiums, and work with a collection of about 824,000 objects. But i have a real interest in photography and we have also over 500,000 photographs in the National Museum of the American Indian archives center. So i have been working very hard in the years that ive been spent at this museum. I am a 30 year career at the smithsonian but i just joined the American Indian museum in the last year and these photographs are of much interest to me is an archivist. So you wrote an article about the collection. Tell us why you wrote the this article a virtual tour of history. Thanks richard. We have a great magazine. American
Democracy becoming a fully democracy in a western style but somehow it makes a china finds its way under see this. The opposite is happening and. To the question if china is a rival or a partner i would say of course i mean china is a big country with 1300000000 people and economy the economy is strong and the rest of the world of course has to keep on talking negotiating and communicating with china but Uncertain Terms human rights whats happening in bed in hong kong and dealing with taiwan i think. I would totally agree. I would call it is not a partner is an enemy and so i have i would say ok and if she is not willing to to to compromise on any terms i would say. The west of europe or and also germany has to has to consider heart of measurements what can the europeans learn from the americans on dealing with beijing or why i think they i think they have a lot to learn from the americans this extraordinary level of research and knowledge going on in the us into china that i simply do
Did meet today, but there was no deal announced on a new round of relief. Weekly jobless claims this morning remained near 12 million, and the monthly payrolls data may still telegraph a great deal of doubt about the economic recovery. Investors continue to bid up stocks, the s p 500 and the nasdaq and the green, despite one of the biggest cliches of the year no connection between the stock market and the economy. Joe will put the cliche to the test today. Joe not everyone accepts that, even though it is repeated all the time. Our guest points out that if you were to break down stocks by quintile of sales growth, you see that the companies with the highest sales growth are on the right side, the far right column, they have the strongest yeartodate return, pretty clearly. On the left, the worst sales growth, you see the worst return. Judging by return performance of companies, you can see whether stocks are connected to the fundamentals. Romaine they look like they are. Some would argue
And imposing Surveillance Systems on its own citizens as europe and china are apparently drifting further apart while the u. S. And beijing fight out a bitter trade war here on to the point we ask old rival how dangerous is china. We. Are thanks so very much for joining us here on to the point where my studio guests are political scientists t. V. Kirsten tough blow who believes that china will do away with a liberal democracy if the west allows it to also with us is journalist felix levy who argues that europe must be hard and firm in its dealings with the chinese leadership just like the chinese themselves and a warm welcome to 2 over alexander girl who say as long as theyre a concentrate. Camps in china can never be normal relations with that country. Thank you all 3 for those initial comments felix id like to begin with you it has not been a good week for already troubled relations between the e. U. And china one Senior Member of the European Parliament a green member of the Parliam