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
States in october november when youre campaigning theres going to be 2 problems for the voters number one vaccine cold it does either whatever you want to call it lock down that whole bally weight number one number 2 theyre broke no jobs no money being a problem regarding it maybe even trued so youve got these 2 problems disease and no jobs then guess what its chinas fault the disease came from china and joe biden loves china the jobs where your jobs ive got the answer Joe Bidens Administration all short of its chinas fault and joe biden loves china youre going to win those swing states dont worry. Ok well i wish it were that simple ok because. American industry has been hollowed out i would say a number of president s allowed it to happen and watched american c. E. O. s do it ok so i think we need like a Church Commission to investigate how this all happened here tom let me go to you i mean youre an Old China Hand same question to you because i did living in russia for 22 years and i