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Your own. This is where democracy lives. Cspan, powered by cable. U. S. To china Nicholas Burns talks about relations between the United States and china at an event hosted by the Brookings Institution in washington, d. C. This is a little over an hour and 10 minutes. [indiscernible chatter] good morning to all of those who have joan into joined us in the auditorium and online. Im the Vice President and director of Foreign Policy at brookings and im delighted to welcome you to our public event featuring a discussion with the honorable Nicholas Burns, u. S. Ambassador to the peoples republic of china. Ambassador burns and his Hardworking Team at the embassy are on the front lines of one of the most complex and consequential bilateral relationships for the United States. The u. S. Mission he leads includes Public Servants from 47 u. S. Government agencies and sub agencies. He oversees the embassy interactions with china on the full range of political, security, commercial, economic and c
Institution for a decade. One of our finest and most objective i think in scholarly think tanks in washington so im glad to be here. Glad to be with ryan and patricia will have a conversation and i will not bore you with a long speech. They have asked me to give a few introductory comments. I wanted to do that to set the stage of where i think we are in u. S. China relations. Ive just come back four days ago from beijing and its been a very active period in a relationship with the china and was with the president in woodside, California North of the stanford campus for his meeting with president xi jim king. I look at this and i think most people do come of the u. S. China relationship is the most consequential relationship the United States has now. Particularly we will have it for the next couple of decades. We are the two leading economies in the world and will be into the 20 40s and we are the two most powerful militaries in the world and certainly will be for the next two or three
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And the authorities are calling on residents to donate blood. In the last few minutes morocco has declared three days of mourning, and the National Flag will be flown at half mast throughout the country. The 6. 8 magnitude quake struck in a remote area in the atlas mountains, around 45 miles south of the popular tourist destination, marrakesh. Tremors were also felt in the capital rabat, some 350 kilometres away. President biden said hes deeply saddened by the events. Chinas president xi has also sent a message of condolence. Charlotte wright has this report. The horrifying moment a powerful earthquake hit morocco. Cctv shows people running for safety as buildings begin to crumble in marrakesh. Elsewhere in the city, diners frantically flee a restaurant. Outside the historic kutubiyya mosque, dust rises from the tower, prompting fears it might collapse. Marrakesh is 45 miles from the epicentre in the atlas mountains. Those in the city said it was terrifying. The floors were violently