Themselves up again as the reasonable party versus the u.s. which is continuing to give weapons to ukraine. what this could do to china though is damage it in a way that some of the politicians haven t quite caught up with. speaking to senior european official last week, he talked about how nations across europe are watching china s tacet support of the war and reconsidering their business dealings with beijing. and spoke of if china does go ahead and arm russia, that europe and the u.s. could use the same sanctions regime that they are using right now against moscow against beijing at a time when beijing s economy is really struggling. colonel, president biden pledged new military assistance to ukraine, it doesn t include fighter jets or long range missiles yet. do you think that is just a matter of time?
Are starting to come down. this move by authorities comes just days after protesters erupted across the country against beijing s zero covid policy. this breath of fresh air for some exhausted citizens carries a harsh reality. experts predict a tough covid winter is likely coming. the winter is a, the worst time to have a large epidemic because hospitals may already be under pressure for other reasons during the winter. the highly contagious omicron variant is already spreading through the chinese population. unlike the rest of the world, very, very few people in china have had covid and that s because of the strict lockdowns that the chinese government has implemented so there s low baseline immunity. the other issue is that china has been using its domestically produced vaccines, which are less effective than the mrna vaccines. china has one of the world s highest vaccination rates, but
In madrid and, before that, the g7 in the bavarian alps. both promised to support ukraine for as long as it takes. general sanders was arguing for muscular deterrents, the not very disguised message to presidents and prime ministers being, do you want history to remember you as it remembers neville chamberlain, who delayed war by appeasing hitler but did not prevent it? liz truss, the uk s foreign minister, seemed to get the message, declaring, we are keen to protect the defence of taiwan against beijing. this in a week when china s president xi jinping visited hong kong 25 years after british control came to an end. he was celebrating its rebirth. the uk isjoint guarantor of hong kong s freedoms. well, that went well, didn t it? in the studio with me, suzanne lynch, an irishjournalist now based in brussels for politico.
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From the china that was opening up just a decade ago to a china now on a different track. cnn s kristie lu stout joins us live from hong kong. christie, good morning. reporter: in 2008, the summer games was called china s coming out party on the world stage. it had the mantra, beijing welcomes you. this year the 2022 games will be monitored for acts of fro test against beijing. it will be held in this covid bubble ceiling olympic participants and athletes from covid in china. all the athletes, all the participants must stay inside the bubble and have to undergo daily covid-19 testing. in fact, according to the global times today, the pre-game bubble has already kicked off. it started today welcoming olympic personnel from overseas. it also announced there is this high-speed train that has this divided carriages to separate