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A child. i have deep affection for my dog. >> this young man started a chinese version of pets.com, then used his money to build a mansion for his dog. xi is now cracking down on all kinds of private enterprise. >> he doesnt have a problem with them getting rich. but he wants them to get rich in a patriotic way. >> at the point at which it began to feel as if it was brushing up against the outer edges of his power and authority, thats the points in which it became intolerable. >> and he may be t...

I have deep affection for my dog. >> this young man started a chinese version of pets.com and used his money to build a mansion for his dog. xi is now cracking down on all kinds of private enterprise. >> he does not have a problem with them getting rich but he wants them to get rich in a patriotic way. >> at the point which it began to feel it was brushing up against the outer edges of his power and authority, thats the point it which became intolerable. he may be trying to quell a deeper fear. ...

Obsession. >> xi jinping often talks about the fall of the soviet union as a lesson for china. >> what accounted for it? what were the stresses? >> why did the soviet union collapse? >> xis answer -- dont try to be too american. >> even though china has emulated america, china still, after all, a socialist country. >> whatever economic reforms they engage in, you cannot allow political liberalization to accompany it. >> and he would point to the soviet example as a sign that thats the risk we fa...

The Soviet Union ceased to exist in 1991 The documentary ‘USSR Collapse: A Crash Course’ looks at the moments and figures that are key to understanding the collapse of the world’s largest and seemingly most unshakable country

Behind the CCP’s horrific crackdown in Xinjiang is a desperate drive to avoid the mistakes that led to the USSR’s collapse.

Is America’s Future a Civil War? As a person who grew up in the glorious aftermath of World War II, it never occurred to me that in my later years I would be pondering whether the United States would end in civil war or a police state.  In the aftermath of the stolen presidential election, it seems a 50-50 toss up. There is abundant evidence of a police state.  One feature of a police state is controlled explanations and the suppression of dissent.  We certainly have that in abundance.�...

He answers it by taking us around the world from bosnia to brazil, south africa to myanmar. the result is a fascinating and deeply engaging book. and now for the last look. donald trump accepted kim jong-uns invitation to meet face to face, and the white house made it clear its goal is denuclearization of north korea. but before celebrating, we recollected ask, is denuclearization a realistic objective? well, its occurred in the past but only four times. three of these cases, be belarus, ukraine...

Days azpoen when he was in the warsaw, he said, well, it was russia, it could have been someone else. he didnt want to go into having a discussion with president putin about what happened during the 2016 elections because that would serve in a way to delegitimize his own election. he wanted to go if as a strong world leader. he wanted to begin to repair a relationship with russia that had gotten into a dangerously low end by the obama administration, in that sense, i think he and president putin...

Attempts to reign in terrorism around the world. >> i think what youre seeing there is a different between american domestic politics, which right now is very nasty, very ugly. and very complicated. the real concerns of other countries. abroad right now, the concerns are not only real but increasingly worrisome. we have seen a rising network of dangerous actors over the past decade or so. as opposed to the 1990s following the soviet collapse. we had a period of america is the lone super power an...