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Be able to deal with whatever threat china represents. >> and there are more step as well. there's also this new u.s. base in guam and increased military cooperation with japan. how do you expect china to react to all the u.s. activity in the region? >> well, there's no question they'll be nervous. we've not only improved our positioning in guam, we're in the process of improving our position in japan as well, in okinawa. and in addition to that obviously this announcement that we're going to have access to additional bases in the philippines represents a very important step for the united sta...

Very important for the united states to be taking whatever steps are necessary in order to be able to deal with whatever threat china represents. >> and there are more steps as well. there's also this new u.s. base in guam, increased military cooperation with to japan. how do you expect for china to react to all the activity in the region? >> there's no question they'll be nervous. we have not only improved our position in guam, we are in the process of improving our position in japan as well, in okinawa. and in addition to that, obviously, this announcement that we are going to have access to...

But if taiwan becomes a subject of domestic intense interest in both countries explicitly, the tension can only get worse. it's clear kissinger feels the west isn't yet engaged with the long—term challenge china represents. i asked him how the west should confront it. we will have to develop a concept of dealing with china that can be maintained over an indefinite period of time. it can change with every administration. i think it is a historic task for the west. just as all american presidents used to summon the evangelist billy graham for a public show of spiritual contemplation, so kissin...

Intents interest in both countries, explicitly, the tension can only get worse. it's clear kissinger feels the west isn't yet engaged with the long—term challenge china represents. i asked long—term challenge china represents. iasked him how long—term challenge china represents. i asked him how the west should confront him. we would have — west should confront him. - would have to develop a concept of dealing with china that can be maintained over an indefinite period of time. it can change with every administration. i think it is not a task for the west. just as all american _ not a t...

Contact with the people involved and they won't be able to say, as jim was able to say, as i was able to say through all those olympics, i travel around australia, i went to the great wall of china. >> right. >> give people some sense of what it feels to be at an event that's so large in its scope. that is just greatly reduced. >> have you ever seen a games like this where democracy versus autocracy were competing political visions are so at the forefront? i mean, to some degree it's always a subtext when these games travel around the world but it feels much more vivid this time. >> it was the...