to beijing, mr xi was inspecting people s liberation army troops near the taiwan strait. he told them they must dare to fight and added: it is necessary to deepen war and combat planning, focus on military training for actual combat, and accelerate the improvement in our capacity to win. live now to bbc asia correspondent rupert wingfield hayes in bangkok. what do you make of those comments, how significant are they as janet yellen was about to arrive? fist they as janet yellen was about to arrive? to arrive? at the timing is interesting. to arrive? at the timing is interesting. we to arrive? at the timing is interesting. we don t - to arrive? at the timing is. interesting. we don t really know how much of a coincidence it is, or whether presidency is making a particularly pointed remark when he knows there is an important american visitor on the way. president she. taiwan is a big issue between china and the us, and china has been unhappy about how much closer
peter boghossian, welcome to hardtalk. i think we have to begin with that word woke . it is so widely used now. i am mindful that its origins in the united states were amongst the black community who insisted, demanded that people should wake up, get woke to injustice. now, that s a positive. you invest the word with a great deal of negativity why? it s not that i invest the word with a great deal of negativity. it s that it s become a catchword. we can use other words. helen pluckrose from the author of cynical theories called it. a british writer and academic. exactly, exactly. ..called it critical socialjustice, people maajid nawaz, also from here, has called it regressive leftism, wesley yang calls it the successor ideology. so it s an ideology that goes by different names, but it basically means the same thing. there s a suite of conclusions around which it cohers. so, for example, the author ibram x kendi, says that any disparity in outcome is due to a system.
gaining political traction. but is he stoking a dangerous culture war? peter boghossian, welcome to hardtalk. i think we have to begin with that word woke . it is so widely used now. i am mindful that its origins in the united states were amongst the black community who insisted, demanded that people should wake up, get woke to injustice. now, that s a positive. you invest the word with a great deal of negativity why? it s not that i invest the word with a great deal of negativity. it s that it s become a catchword. we can use other words. helen pluckrose from the author of cynical theories called it. a british writer and academic. exactly, exactly. ..called it critical socialjustice, people maajid nawaz, also from here, has called it regressive leftism, wesley yang calls it the successor ideology. so it s an ideology that goes by different names, but it basically means the same thing. there s a suite of conclusions around which it cohers. so, for example, the author
Played some great points this is bbc news. we will have the headlines and all the main this is bbc news. we will have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. the western liberal tradition prizes intellectual freedom, tolerance and the power of reason. from academia to politics, there s supposed to be a shared commitment to fact finding and good faith debate. well, that s the theory. what about reality? well, my guest today, peter boghossian, is a philosopher who quit his us university post claiming academia had been corrupted by woke ideology and the grievance culture. he s now a leading figure in an anti woke movement gaining political traction. but is he stoking a dangerous culture war?