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Options. then came deng xiaoping and his policies that opened china up to the market and the world. they had resulted not just in sustained peace and stability, but what the economist jeffrey sax has called the most successful development story in world history. for four decades china's economy grew at almost 10% per year and gdp per capita has jumped more than 25 fold. with this economic progress has come the creation of a new chinese society, much more open, more ambitious and confident of its place in the world. it's only natural people in china have a great measure of pride and satisfactio...

Perceived as a potential leader of that party? and it's also very interesting lesson, this is someone, as you said, who's been a celebrity, been a part of the elite media he's now condemning for quite a long time, for two decades at least. and it kind of goes to show just because you're media trained in one area, you're able to succeed in one area, does not mean you can translate that necessarily to another area. and i think this is kind of a lesson in overconfidence and hubris. >> interesting. and meanwhile, he lost his tv show. let's take a look at this week's cable news action while i have,...

Direction. >> that was dr. anthony fauci warning against overconfidence amid the downward trend of covid infections, the average number of cases fell about 5% in the past week. joining us now to talk about this, physician and fellow at the brookings institution dr. patel, a former obama white house policy director and msnbc medical contributor. we're so grateful for you to be here. it does seem like cases are still dropping. here in the northeast, they have definitely declined from the peak, and because the peak is so high, despite the decline, they're still relatively high and the country is ...

Ambitious and confident of its place in the world. it's only natural that people in china have a great measure of pride and satisfaction, and that can sometimes morph into overconfidence and arrogance. and when they hear criticisms of their country in the west, they may well wonder whether the foreigners are just resentful of a china that has moved up so fast in the ranks of nations. whether an american in particular wants to keep china in its place. it's a fair question. it's always been difficult for the existing superpower to find space for an up and coming one. but it is surely made far mo...

Their -- the russians' willingness to use multiple rocket launch technology against kharkiv last night, you will see the same thing meted out to kyiv in the coming days. so, they will go through approach of overwhelming brutal firepower to create shock and awe, to blast the -- the ukrainians into a surrender and the ukrainians will not do that. i think ukrainians will fight as long as they can and then they will switch to an insurgency and to a war resistance from the west. i think that's the strategy for the ukrainians going forward. >> yeah. i -- what -- what is your assessment of how russia...