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Is there anything more confused than President Biden's policy toward China? It's possible that there is, but nothing comes to mind.

Freedom caucus are playing politics with pentagon funding. and one republican senator is holding a crucial military promotion. things seem to be going great over there, but here is a really important question many of them seem to be making time to explore. is barbie communist? >> senator ted cruz accusing the new barbie movie of pushing ccp propaganda and groveling to the communist regime. his criticism is coming after vietnam banned the movie overseens with a map showing chinas claims to the te...

>> senator ted cruz accusing the new barbie movie of pushing ccp propaganda and groveling to the communist regime. his criticism coming after vietnam banned the movie over scenes with a map showing chinas claims to the territory in the south china sea, the so-called nine dash line. so, joe, is barbie communists? >> maybe. >> is barbie communist? maybe. yes, you heard that right. apparently, republican senator ted cruz, barbies alleged communism, based on a map in the movie, is more offensive tha...

Across the ocean. he basically was saying theres so many instances where, you know, theyre trying to appease the chinese, and theyll have to go back and fix or blur something out. this was the first time hes ever seen a movie try to, like, preemptively before that even happen fix something. griff: well, first of all, amazing package, i loved it. [laughter] second of all, this isnt the first time weve seen hollywood kowtowing or, as mike gallagher said, to the communist chinese party, ccp, censor...

That gives china control over the south china sea. corres corres correspondent aishah hasnie is here to tell us what its all about. >> reporter: trouble in barbie land as the world awaits the release of the summers most highly anticipated movie, china hawks on capitol hill are bursting barbies bubble. >> theyre willing to turn their eye to make a buck. >> good gracious. you know, stand up for freedom. >> reporter: the outcry is over this scene of barbie standing next to a world map which appears...

Its not political. its just stating the obvious. its crazy what people can get canceled over these days. and it ends up being like a group of kids on twitter that have the power to ruin peoples lives. >> brian: dont let them cancel you. do you still not get along with piers morgan. >> brian: you do. >> carley: i love his show. i would go on record and say it right now. >> brian: i would not be surprised if that gets you booked. lawmakers particular off book. >> carley: who knew barbie the movie ...

Hasnt done before. it started trying to implement its territorial sort of ownership of the area it calls the nine dash line. this is off the coast of china that the u.s. says and according to international law is international waters, but china, by doing ever aggressive patrols and harassing philippines ships, japanese ships, merchant ships in that area, they are sending the message that, yeah, international law may say one thing about this area, but through our actions wide receiver increasing ...

Boris. this incident comes at a very sensitive time so lets expand the conversation with cnn military analyst, general wesley clark. he is a former supreme allied commander of nato. general, thanks for being with us. at the core of this incident is the dispute between china and the united states over the south china sea of the china says this happened over their training ground. the united states says this is international waters. im wondering what you make of that dispute? >> well, i think it...

Supported by its ambassadors in the West, such as Emmanuel Macron, China pretends that it seeks only "win-win cooperation," mutual respect, and the avoidance of "bloc confrontation." Unfortunately for China, the Philippines just proved how shallow those claims truly are.

2023 will mark the second year in a row that China's defense budget is slated to increase at a faster rate than the general economy, a potentially worrisome trend for Beijing, writes analyst Dean Cheng.