in the south china sea and even economically. so, the areas are not that -- the other area, of course, is that's a problem in all of mainland southeast asia is drug-resistant malaria, which is a huge problem, and if this spreads, it can end up in africa, and god help us all. we don't know what will happen. so, that would be another area they could cooperate. i'm sorry. i'm making this up as i go because i don't sit around thinking about this one very much. >> yeah, there are plenty of areas where u.s. and china share common interests. there are common interests but there are also diverging interests and it's usually decided that the diverges interests outweigh the common interests. how about from the chinese perspective? what are some of the areas? or not really? [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] >> so, she very much agrees with murray that, first of all, the water issue, the water resources issue can be on top of the list, can be discussed. [ speaking foreign language ] >> so, she recognized that in ter

is threatening the south china sea. could you expand upon that? there is a recent report the vietnamese accepted cold through a third-party flagship coming from north korea. i'm wondering what you think about that. was that purposely done? or was it more of a low-level thing involving corruption or serve different explanation? >> alliance are the first one. i have saw the press reports but i do not know what caused that. vietnam and north korea used to have good relations. those have deteriorated a lot. the vietnamese of government and officials were livid about the recruiting of the vietnamese woman to be involved in the killing of kim jong-un non nam. i don't know what's going on there. vietnam had committed to implementing the resolutions. a lot of countries are ending up with stuff that i don't know if they knew would actually come. on the military, i think the military sorta has a duel view of china. on the one hand like you say there is a lot of anxiety and then you have to talk about what part of the military are

are on our side and close the south china sea? michael: china is not in a position to do that. they definitely would not act. china has been too smart. china does not act that way. china takes a little piece at a time. brian: would you trust the chinese? michael: the chinese will do whatever is the best for china. right now, the current administration cannot count on china to help with the north korea situation. it is in china's best interest right now. so keep that in mind, china will always do what is for the best of chinese interest. not the whole region. everything reverts back to china. brian: the name of the book is "crashback." it is about the united states navy and its relationship to the chinese navy. our guest has been michael fabey. we thank you very much. michael: thank you. ♪ announcer: for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q&a.org. programs are also available as c-span podcasts. ♪ announcer: if you liked this interview with michael fabey, here are some others you might e

, can they close the south china sea? >> china is not in a position to do that but china has been too smart, china doesn't act that way. china takes a little piece at a time. the chinese will do whatever is in the best interest of the chinese. it is in china's best interest to keep the unstable western pacific. keep that in mind, china will always do what is in the best chinese interest. they won't do the whole regional interest. everything reverts back to china. >> the name of the book is crashed back. it is all about the united states and the relationship to the chinese navy. our guest has been michael fabey . thank you very much. michael: thank you. >> for free transcripts or to give us the problems about the program, they doesn't -- visit us at q&a.org. q&a episodes are also available on -- on c-span podcast. >> if you like this q&a, here are some others you might enjoy. scandalmpus on the involving a malaysian defense contractor arrived several u.s. navy officials with cash, prostitutes and other gifts and exceed for

and close the south china sea? michael: china is not in a position to do that. china has been too smart. china does not that way. china takes a little piece at a time. then: would you trust chinese? michael: china will do whatever is the best for china. right now, counting on china to help with north korea, it is in china's best interest right now. so keep that in mind, china will always do what is for the best of chinese interest. not the whole region. everything reverts back to china. brian: the name of the book is " crashback." our guest has been michael fabey. thank you. michael: thank you. ♪ announcer: for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q&a.org. programs are also available as c-span podcasts. ♪ announcer: if you liked this interview with michael fabey, here are some other two might enjoy. a book about the scandals involving a malaysian defense contractor who bribed u.s. navy officials with cash, prostitutes, and other gift in exchange for a classified informati

will soon finish its military zation of seven reefs in the south china sea an international tribunal in the hague in two thousand and sixteen rejected china's argument that it enjoys historic rights over most of the south china sea but the pictures clearly show that china has built a massive runway on mischief reef which the tribe you know ruled it was in philippine waters including control towers and radio meters often used in milegi communication small the reefs now have wind turbines help pads and observation towers transport ships designed to carry are more details and up to eight hundred troops have also been spotted. according to security experts three of these reefs now have three kilometer long runways making them as effective as aircraft carriers china has also built the harbor facilities extending the reach of its maritime assets not only in the south china sea but also the central pacific i don't think the philippines can do anything about it from the military point of view. the least that the government should do is to ask the government what are their intentions on the s

all this areag out here, east china sea, south china sea, that is their territory. it is theirs. everything along there are basically, they have said that we controlled the skies, the waters here. if you want to sale here, you e,ve to get our -- sail her you have to get our permission. the u.s. contention is, no, this is international waters and skies and we will do what we want. the top of the east china sea, those were kind of surveillance ships. that was a chinese maritime forces. this would be more or less commercial forces which actually rnmentith some of the gove forces. that was a lot of screaming. sea, of the south china one of the most important places for chinese militaries for ,ecret subbase is -- subbases m -- thatup starts fro is.here ep3 got some other intelligence along the region there. right as it was doing that, they had a chinese aircraft that went up that basically started doing some kind of aggressive actions toward an aircraft. it was particular case, a collision. as a result, the chinese aircraft was lost, the ep3 was forced to land, they kept our crew ther

is making rapid progress building military bases in the south china sea. hello there we're seeing some heavy snow over moscow recently we've seen so much snow that it's actually brought down over two thousand trees and that in turn has brought down some power lines as well and it's also caused a fair amount of disruption now on the ground there around fifty centimeters of snow that's just lying there at the moment now fortunately it looks like the worst is over the system responsible for all that wintry weather it's gradually pulling away towards the northeast but behind it is going to tell a good deal cooler so the maximum temperature on tuesday we're just looking at minus ten so a very cold day here still the end of the snow over europe though still for the southwestern parts there is this circulation here has gradually edging its way across parts of france and across the alps as well still more wintry weather out of that and further south where it's a little bit too mild to see snow we'll be seeing heavy rain there work its way across italy and eventual

its neighbors on militarizing features in the south china sea. china is leveraging in modern predatory economics to course neighboring countries to reorder the end of pacific region to their advantage. when you go through this it's the national defense strategy and even going back to the document that the executive branch put out in december there is this and then there is this documents that hold together in a way that we are going through our national strategic reviews and posturing our defense strategy and its of note and encouragement, certainly, at the very end of this thing we're talking about alliances and partnerships and strengthening alliances and attracting new partners and ensuring that we maintain favorable regional balances of power in the end of pacific and that's the term of the general mattis is using. the military department to be prepared is always present regardless of the administration. you think through how are we going to do this. at the end of the day, the smart person does not want to go to war and at the same time the b

is making rapid progress building military bases in the south china sea. and spa the international olympic committee lands another bowl for us as athletes ahead of the upcoming winter games. hello there we're seeing some heavy snow over moscow recently we've seen so much snow that it's actually brought down over two thousand trees and that in turn has brought down some power lines as well and it's also caused a fair amount of disruption now on the ground there around fifty centimeters of snow that's just lying there at the moment now fortunately it looks like the worst is over the system responsible for all that wintry weather it's gradually pulling away towards the northeast but behind it is going to tell a good deal cooler so the maximum temperature on tuesday we're just looking at minus ten so a very cold day here still the end of the snow over europe though still for the southwestern parts there this sick elation here has gradually edging its way across parts of france and across the alps as well still more wintry weather out of that and further south

the photos that show china's making rapid progress building military bases in the south china sea. and in schools the eagles have landed back in philadelphia off their super bowl victory but the policy isn't over yet. through tranquil a rave you can use. them too long to use and it's in the show. hello western europe become a story of snow spend long time coming but actually from the sudden shows aspiring right up to goods in beyond the british isles it is snowing currently now the amount the fed in northern spain has caused some disruption to the idea the they are to the point where they had to clear trees from the main live out of madrid going north to a story is but that is a lie the amount of snow is still going in fact it's some of the snow has been thrown down the atlas mountains but it's crept up through france to this is paris now it's not spectacular rigidly of course it snows in paris about nine days a year but it really settles no i think what it settled very much were not for very long this time while it proved the point is actually indeed in paris surprisingly this is

around table on the south china sea. it was conducted under chatham house rules but i think there was consensus. it was notjust a simple issue of who owns what. there are a number of claimant states within the area and if truth be told, all of them have built on disputed features. it is just that china built to go. that will continue to be an irritant. an issue. it will continue to be an issue. it will continue to be an issue but despite that i would say that compared to previous years, the fa ct that compared to previous years, the fact that we are talking about the area and focusing on confidence building measures between asean and china including an agreement that we wa nted china including an agreement that we wanted —— we met crowd standing two weeks ago and i think that has brought down the temperature. china has indicated it would like to take on the wide of role globally that also includes its neighbours. do the neighbours since this in practical terms? in a big way. not only do you sense it, it is a disrupti

military expansion in the south china sea in march the chinese consulate in manila philippines media published photos last week showing that china has continued to build installations on the disputed spratly on the news. in the capital manila. protesters think there is just the start of a long series of campaign to put pressure on. is it into a very good detective government to put out a man. to stop it there is a strike and there's not that area in there now trying to fill their tanks after a little post report shows that china is almost already finished with its military's ation of disputed areas in the spratleys group of islands. in the long run is very damaging one has to be stopped. you may be losing the he was. already controlling huge part of the disputed area. it is our president who does not have the consciousness to fight for our old man but it is easier for him to give our really old philippine rice to the chinese. the spokesperson of president that artist says the blame should be put on the previous government that even president benigno aquino was not able to do anything

china sea. the philippine government this misses this and blames the previous administration so what they want us to see all that we could do is to extract a promise from china any new artificial islands but what you feature people today are all directly islands that were there even before the administration came but these photos are believed to have been taken between june and this summer last year under president rodrigo due to his watch and also the tracer war the fact that the government itself has no coherent policy when it comes to the west for the pins . and that can only be the advantage of the chinese who will then use this situation president there to insists china should still be the country's strongest ally he calls it an independent foreign policy veering away from the united states while trying to build closer relations with china and russia security experts say there appears to be little that the philippines or any other country can do to stop china from its military station and t

officials say they are conducting a routine mission in the south china sea. the contested waterway is believed to hold vast oil and gas deposits and is the route by which five trillion us dollars worth of trade passes annually. our philippines correspondent howard johnson has been onboard the carl vinson for a closer look. we are on the flight deck of the uss carl vinson. it is one of the largest aircraft carriers, and why did today and why have the media been invited on? quite simple, a pr exercise to show they are present in the south china sea, the disputed waters where we have seen china tilting up sandbanks and reefs into artificial island. they have been installing military hardware, they have laid runways and they have even used a coastguard to defend their islands. that has unsettled countries like america, uk and australia who believe in free passage of these waters. in other reasons why the americans here is because they want to win support from the philippines in recent years we have seen the country has pivoted away from america geopolitically and

china's actions in the east and south china seas. and insurgencies throughout south east asia like the fighting in morale we. so what are asian governments buying? —— fighting in the philippines. there is investment in combat aircraft as countries expand and modernise their air force. combat aircraft as countries expand and modernise their airforce. and with the repeated tests by north korea, many countries in north—east asia are beefing up their ballistic missile defence. and while asia is the biggest importer of weapons in the biggest importer of weapons in the wild, countries such as china and south korea are starting to become major arms exporters. it is not easy when your neighbours are increasing their defence spending. no country wants to be left behind. you will take a brave government in asia to slow down. 0ne company that is likely to benefit from that is salas and i'm joined by their chief executive. were talking about robust growth in defence spending in asia. how has that affected your company and can we expect som

will soon finish its military zation of seven reefs in the south china sea an international tribunal in the hague in two thousand and sixteen rejected china's argument that it enjoys historic rights over most of the south china sea but the pictures clearly show that china has built a massive runway on mischief reef which the tribe you know ruled was in philippine waters including control towers and radio meters often used in milot she communication small the reefs now have wind turbines halla pads and observation towers transport ships designed to carry are more details and up to eight hundred troops have also been spotted according to security experts three of these reefs now have three kilometer long runways making them as effective as aircraft carriers china has also built a harbor facilities extending the reach of its maritime assets not only in the south china sea but also the central pacific i don't think the philippines can do anything about it from the military point of view we believe that the government should do is to us. the government will tell you what. the philippine g

military expansion and the south china sea they marched to the chinese consulate in the mill and. media published photos last week showing china has continued to build installations on the disputed spratly islands . has more from manila. protesters say this is just the start of a long series of campaign to put pressure on president to be good to government to point out the man. to stop it maybe there is a show on the area in china this month after a new post report shows that china is almost already finished with military stationed disputed areas in the spratleys islands. in the long run it was very damaging to be. you may be losing there would be he was. already going holing. of the disputed area. it is our president who does not have the consciousness to fight for our old man but it is easier for him to give our really old philippine rice to the chinese. the spokesperson of president detective says that the blame should be put on the previous government that even president benigno aquino was not able to do anything when it comes to china's reclamation and military station activi

china sea is danger. not only because it threatens the country's sovereignty it also threatens the sovereignty of its allies in the asia pacific. during chinese new year old traditions are a big part of the celebrations but the practice of eating shark fin soup is proving controversial activists say hong kong imports five thousand tonnes of shark a year which is driving the animal towards extinction they want the delicacy out a restaurant the vehicle pollen before it's. the chinese new year just around the corner it's the busiest time of the year for shops selling traditional dried seafood and sales are brisk for one of their most popular items shark fin. i guess we should be concerned about shark fin because i feel it depends on how we sculpt after all we have been eating it for a long long time and when it's time to celebrate the traditional delicacy is seen as a sign of prosperity and good fortune consume a lot as you just have no choice because in order chinese new year menu each of the menu have suff

china sea that was released by the philippine daily inquirer shows china has filled several multistory concrete buildings on one of the artificial islands military transport ships are also docked china has previously said the construction is intended to improve peace and maritime security. rex tillerson is in argentina seeking support for tough action against venezuela. venezuelan president nicolas maduro for economic and political crisis that have led to violent protests and shortages of food and medicine and live reports from. washington regards latin america as its backyard that's why secretary of state rex tillerson is here with the u.s. believes it should have an influence but it's a region that often feels neglected by or is in conflict with the superpowers of the north. a few years ago argentina like many of its neighbors was governed by left of center leaders adults with washington and sympathetic to venice whalers them president. not anymore who wants an end of the crisis in venezuela the question is how one of the aspects of considering sanctioning all is what effect will it

china sea the strait of malacca and the suez canal. but in practice two months often go by between the time a computer emerges from the factory in china and is sold in europe. that gave rise to the idea of reviving the overland route of the silk road that once ran through western china central asia and russia. the shortening of the transport period isn't the only goal of this new silk road tensions are growing in the south china sea between beijing and its neighbors taiwan japan and the philippines and even with the unpredictable united states of donald trump an alternative route is becoming vital for china. those holton's a change president xi jinping has emphasized the great significance of chongqing for global and asian pacific logistics one is chongqing is to become a hub for inland logistics that will be open to the outside to. follow. chung shing has a clear directive to turn away from the sea and look west. that's also symbolized by kilometers zero which marks the starting point of the new silk road. in order to supply this new

tree expansion in the south china sea they marched to the chinese consulate in manila philippines media published photos last week showing that china has continued to build installations on disputed spratly islands. has more from a little. protesters say this is just the start of a long series of campaign to put pressure on president to agree good charges government to put out a man. to stop its military is a story i have noted areas in there now trying to kill this man after a local report shows that china is almost already finished with its military stationed of disputed areas in the spratleys group of islands. in the long island was very damaging one has to be started to be reversed otherwise we may be losing access to the he was. already controlling my huge part of the disputed area. it is our president who does not hold the consciousness to fight for our old man but it is easier for him to give our really old philippine rice to the chinese . the spokesperson of president detective says the blame should be put on the previous government that even president benigno aquino was not abl

china sea and threats from north korea. we will be here all week and we are expecting some major announcements, especially in the first several days of the airshow. we will be across all latest coverage in singapore at the singapore airshow. now let's brief you some other business stories. the reserve bank of australia has maintained its interest rate at 1.5%. the central bank says that loose policy is supporting the domestic economy and this should help bring inflation towards its target rate. australian interest rates have been at record lows for 18 consecutive months. singapore's central bank says there is no strong case for banning cryptocurrencies. the bank has been studying the potential risks but the deputy governor says that it is too early to say whether virtual currencies will succeed. iam sure i am sure he is not alone in that thinking. that's it for business briefing this hour. up next, newsbriefing. in the meantime, here are some of your responses to the events around the world. one viewer, stephen, says the wo

the south china sea has shrunk to the smallest ship count in nearly three decades. we become too reliant on special operations forces and radically drawn down our conventional force structure. this has not been lost on china or russia. they're improving their conventional forces and intimidating their neighbors. our force faces a complex collection of threats and challenges from iran, china, russia, and north korea. to isil, al qaeda, and their affiliates. the need for our forward presence is not diminished in the persian gulf nor in the south china sea and the wider pacific. neither has our responsibility to our nato allies in europe or to the republic of korea. no, we have not asked our all-volunteer military to do any less for our country. they've just been forced to make do with less. these short-term funding bills have handicapped our military leaders' ability to make long-term plans and investments. in december, the navy secretary said the inefficiencies from continuing resolutions have cost his department enough money to pay for an entire squadron of fighter

they want hegemony not just in the south china sea but all around the world. what does this mean if china decides to flip the switch on the united states. >> they have 1.2 billion people, they have a very advanced cyber threat capability. they will collect information over and over, at a time and place of their choosing, they will do to us what we are not willing to do to them, attack the power grid. >> laura: how many days does it take for society to deteriorate, food can't be delivered it's all electronic. >> what we started seeing very quickly, when russia started attacking, you will see it devolve very quickly. we don't have the civilian police force, there are only a million cops in the united states. if people decides to start getting out of hand and rioting, they are not enough civilian police force to be able to manage these things. god forbid, you take out facebook, twitter -- >> laura: people freak out at hotels, wi-fi is down. it's like they never lived, they can't survive without that. >> you're talking about hospitalization, critical surfaces, cri

pacific command says that by taking control of small islands in the south china sea, china's intent is clear. watch. >> china is attempting to assert effective sovereignty over disputed maritime features by further notarizing its man-made bases to this very day. china's impressive military buildup could soon challenge the united states across almost every domain. >> and president mao has made it clear he wants his company my country to develop a world-class military. xi is 64 years old and could be in power for decades. martha? >> martha: here now with more, more than three decades of public service, military officer, also the author of "direct force." good to see you tonight, anthony, thank you for being here, general . so first the issue that there is a growing number of authoritarian leaders in various counies throughout the world. does that put us in a pre-world war ii environment? >> i think it might come up martha. i think what we really have to look at is the past nine years, starting about nine years ago when president obama got elected. he had graduated from the jeremiah wrigh

china sea. if this money is provided, all of the problems associated with training and maintenance, will be eliminated? that what thestic house did earlier this week and what the senate did today can come together this week and give us the budget that then, enables us to carry on our responsibilities. obviously, a lot of work goes into the execution. you can count on us. we will earn your trust. we will spend the money wisely. >> i want to ask you about the recently released nuclear posturing review. you are on record as saying, "there is no such thing as a tactical nuke." how does this new review add to global stability? there are many people that if you have nuclear weapons, you will be more inclined to use it. >> what we are talking about here is the nuclear deterrent. we believe that some nations can miscalculate and that nation auld assume that if they use small yield bomb, we would not respond with a very large yield bomb. our response to this is, to make a small yield bond and tell them n

in thee building bases south china sea that are on a good day only three inches above water. they are today mapping the seabed of the indian ocean. and they are not doing it to find fish. they want to know where they can put their submarines when they develop an undersea fleet. this is an aggressive development. there is a panel on china tomorrow. what we require is a comprehensive american strategy. the president has raised the ofues of chinese violations their obligations under international trade agreement, their piracy of intellectual property, their discrimination against foreign business people in china, but we need a political military strategy as well. linkage. that all of these issues are together. trumphink that president now has convinced both north korea and china that barack obama is no longer president which is the single most important thing that he could do. mistake,] but make no cia director mike pompeo said recently, north korea is within a handful of months, his phrase to having the capability of thermonuclear weapons on any american city they want. the tru

china sea. can you tell the country if this money is provided, all the problems associated with training plaguing the military will be eliminated? sec. mattis: i am optimistic what the house and senate did ca n give us the budget that enables us to carry out the responsibilities. by ours, i means all of the leaders at the department of defense. a lot of work obviously goes into the execution and quality of the training. you can count on us. we will earn your trust. we will spend the money wisely. >> if i could ask you about the recently released nuclear posture review, calling on more nuclear weapons to be added to the arsenal. you are quoted saying every time a nuke is used, it is a strategic game changer. how will this posture review add to global stability? many believe you might be more inclined to use them. sec. mattis: we are talking about the nuclear determined. in that nuclear deterrent, we believe some nations could miscalculate, one in particular, if that nation could assumesec: they u

project influence in its region, from the south china sea to the asian infrastructure investment bank, to resep, trying to find a way forward on trade, particularly after the united states pulled out of the transpacific partnership. - the nature of america's role in that global system is changing. countries increasingly feel that they may have somewhere else to go if they don't like what america is offering. - this is very much what's at stake right now. whether we are able to push through and build or rebuild, reimagine a multilateral order premised on some sense of equality between societies or whether we break down into regional blocks with dominant players controlling their spheres of influence. - [narrator] whether an illiberal shift is underway in the world, and what is driving it remains up for debate. - it does seem like it's a worldwide trend. we see authoritarian populism in russia, in turkey, in venezuela, although in venezuela it's collapsing. to some extent people would say that it has happened here in the united states. you see it in europe, and viktor orban in hungary,

s china sea. can you tell the country if the money is providing all of the problems, training and maintenance, will be eliminated. >> i'm optimistic that what the house and senate da can come together this week and give us the budget that then enablestous carry out our responsibilities, all the leaders in the department of defense that will address the issues you brought up. a lot of work goes into the execution, the quality of the training, you can count on us. we will earn your trust on this and spend the money wisely. >> if i can ask you about the recently released review, calls for smaller nuclear weapons to added to the arsenal. here on record saying there's no such thing as a it canty call nuke, it is a stra teej i can game changer. how does this new review add to global stability because there are many people who believe if you have nuclear weapons you're inclined to use them. >> we are talking the nuclear deter rent and in that we believe that some nations could miscalculate, one in partic

of thailand in the south china sea when hey traveled to seek out to a coastal community. during the winter season thailand's end him and coast is often dark and moody tourists go home leaving local fisherman to ply their trade in relative peace but life could become a lot busier if the proposed shipping canal cuts through here some welcome the prospect of investment while others doubt their lives would change for the better. when it comes to megaprojects it's never the people who benefit it's only the rich people big people from bangkok who get more rich from it and never get anything and the government never helps at the moment ships sailing between europe and china for example travel through the dangerous and congested malacca straits often stopping in singapore to refuel or unload before continuing the tide canal would cut more than one thousand kilometers off the journey but could drastically cut into singapore's shipping trade. the backers of this canal proposal have many problems to overcome not least of which is the location between here and the malaysian border th

beijing is building up artificial islands in the south china sea to further its territorial claims there. hong kong which has been special the minister to zone since one thousand nine hundred seventy is also feeling the pressure the former british crown colony was granted special democratic rights until twenty forty seven rights that do not exist on the mainland. but the hong kong democracy movement the so-called umbrella revolution is slowly running out of steam beijing is taking an increasingly direct role in hong kong's affairs and activists there fear the one country two systems principle could become one of one country one system sooner rather than later. beijing meanwhile is still dreaming and would like everyone else to share the dream. don't worry the money for the dream of the chinese people is closely linked to the dreams of the peoples of the rest of the world. it can only be achieved in a peaceful stable international order we must take account of both the domestic and the international situation and continue to pursue a mutually beneficial strategy of openness. on her way to

it has a special report on air and naval bases built by china on islands in the south china sea that the philippines also claims. the photographs show the transformation of seven reefs into military bases — you can see this one has a runway built onto it. the strait times says south—east asian governments are exploring ways to tax online transactions. that's because more and more people are buying things online. it reports the internet economy in the region will be worth as much as $200 billion by 2025. and this is the front page of the china daily. it has a picture of a boy pretending to whip an ox in beijing to celebrate the traditional start of spring, which fell on sunday. in trentin, a celebrity has given birth. -- in trentin, a celebrity has given birth. —— trending. well, there's a new member of the kardashian klan. 20—year—old kylie jenner, here she is in may last year, has confirmed she's given birth to a baby girl, after managing to keep her pregnancy a secret. she finally spilt the beans on social media, announcing that she and boyfriend travis scott welcomed a

disputed islands in the south china sea won't work. it says it will only embolden beijing further. china has angered regional rivals by building a military bases on islands. and the china daily has the story of an 81—year—old who has finally completed her bachelor's degree. you can see a photo of xue minxiu, who started her degree in 1957, but she was also working as a nurse so she had to put it on hold. until now. in trending, trump and the uk healthcare system is sparking discussions on line? yes, let's looks at what is trending right now. donald trump has sparked a backlash after tweeting that the uk's healthcare system is "going broke and not working." his comments are thought to be in response to a protest in london over the weekend demanding more nhs funding. among those who retaliated to mr trump's comments was the british health secretary, who tweeted that he's proud of the system. one of the world's leading ivory trade investigators has been killed in kenya. esmond bradley martin was found in his nairobi home on sunday wit