Created something similar, here if we talk. About varieties for the northwest, then we have a variety called cornflower, look, it has an elongated tuber, it is purple blue, but it is not enough to make a new variety, it is important that the potatoes are free from viruses, because they can carry away more than half of the harvest; to get rid of them, biologists isolate healthy cells from the plant and even more, expose them to antiviral drugs and thermotherapy, that is, they are kept at. They use technology with which seed material can be obtained even in winter, and the most interesting thing is that soil is not required for propagation of tubers, the roots of the plant are directly in the air, this is the socalled aeroponics, take microplants and plant them in these. The nutrient solution is supplied directly to the root system in the form of a fine aerosol; there is no soil, which means there will be no fungal diseases or any insects from disease carriers. You dont even need to wash
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
Good morning and welcome to the National Press club, the place where news happens. I am the president of the National Press club and the managing editor. This morning, we have a special headline event featuring diane foley, the minor a mother of journalist james foley was murdered by isis and 2013. We will have a panel of experts discussing how to address important issues. As we all know, unfortunately, this is in dire need now as journalists remain in harms way around the world. The National Press club is actively working with the wall street journal release the reporter who is being unjustly detained in a russian prison. They continue to advocate for the release of the captive there for more than 11 years. We have a usually active press team here works tirelessly to promote the freedom of the press here and abroad. Today, we are also aware that over 11 journalists and counting have already been killed or lost as casualties and the israelhamas war over the past nine days. We are mourn
Good morning and welcome to the National Press club, the place where news happens. I am the president of the National Press club and the managing editor. This morning, we have a special headline event featuring diane foley, the minor a mother of journalist james foley was murdered by isis and 2013. We will have a panel of experts discussing how to address important issues. As we all know, unfortunately, this is in dire need now as journalists remain in harms way around the world. The National Press club is actively working with the wall street journal release the reporter who is being unjustly detained in a russian prison. They continue to advocate for the release of the captive there for more than 11 years. We have a usually active press team here works tirelessly to promote the freedom of the press here and abroad. Today, we are also aware that over 11 journalists and counting have already been killed or lost as casualties and the israelhamas war over the past nine days. We are mourn