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inaugurated. i can t say it anymore clearly of what it means for washington, dc to be a sank taker city and be shire that people who live here feel free to call on their government for help. and call on the government dor help she did. red straight governors like abbott in texas and doozy in arizona have been sending illegals to our nation s capitol by bus for the last few months. some even arrived as recently as this morning. this is a very small, little, tiny portion. we re talking about 4,000 people out of millions who have crossed our border. and now that bowser is seeing what border states have been dealing with since biden and harris came into office, it s not in my backyard. the department of defense of course is jumping all over this saying, quote, the secretary takes this request for assistance very seriously. the question now becomes, if it s so easy for bowser to call in the national guard and get legitimate, immediate response from the department of de ....
back when trump was being inaugurated. i can t say it any more clearly what it means to for for washington, d.c. to be a sanctuary city and to ensure that people who live here feel free to call on their government for help and call on the government for help. she did red state governors like abbott and texas and deucy in arizona have been sending illegals to our nation s capital by bus for the last few months. some even arrived as recently as this morning. this is a very small little tiny portion we re talking about four thousand people out of millions who have crossed our border and now the border is seeing that border states have been dealing with since biden and harris came in office. it s not in my backyard. the department of defense, of course, is jumping all over this saying, quote, the secretary takes this request for assistance very seriously. the question now becomes if it s so easy for bouser, then call in the national guard to get legitimate immediate resp ....
right now, it seems many of those bridges are being burned. would you agree? well, i think it s. yeah, absolutely. we see things have changed a lot in the last five to six years, basically. and a lot of dialogue has been cut off. there s a lot of communications cut off. and most, of course, on top of that, the covid 19 pandemic has also isolated many countries. and also given the, you know, the trade war, the sanctions, the. ..ideological and tax code decoupling and all those things add up. i think that we really need to strengthen the dialogue, strengthen the communication and bridge building. absolutely. i hope we will continue to do that. but in the context that you ve just laid out, everything from protectionism, economic nationalism to the impact of covid around the world, do you think it was wise for china to declare such a complete strategic alliance with vladimir putin, as it turned out, right on the eve of his invasion of ukraine? does that put beijing in a g ....
the head of the agency says he believes russia is strategically reducing supplies now to prevent european countries from stockpiling gas. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. on the eve of russia s february invasion of ukraine, president xi of china and president putin declared their two countries enjoyed a friendship without limits. is that a strategic partnership that beijing may come to regret? my guest is influential chinese think tank founder and sometime government adviser henry wang. from a draconian covid response, to stalling growth, to a western alliance reinvigorated by that ukraine war, are china s vulnerabilities suddenly in sharperfocus? henry wang, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, steve. it s a pleasure to have you on our show. i m mindful that you were the founder, the creator of a think tank, the center for china and globalization. you said you wanted it to be a bridge between east and west. right n ....
to a western alliance reinvigorated by that ukraine war, are china s vulnerabilities suddenly in sharperfocus? henry wang, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, steve. it s a pleasure to have you on our show. i m mindful that you were the founder, the creator of a think tank, the center for china and globalization. you said you wanted it to be a bridge between east and west. right now, it seems many of those bridges are being burned. would you agree? well, i think it s. yeah, absolutely. we see things have changed a lot in the last five to six years, basically. and a lot of dialogue has been cut off. there s a lot of communications cut off. and most, of course, on top of that, the covid 19 pandemic has also isolated many countries. and also given the, you know, the trade war, the sanctions, the. ..ideological and tax code decoupling and all those things add up. i think that we really need to strengthen the dialogue, strengthen the communication and bridge building. absolutely ....