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China: friend or foe?
Chinese President Hu Jintao is in Washington for a three-day visit what is crucial in diplomatic relations. On CNN's American Morning, author and columnist, Gordon Chang discusses the importance of this meeting. To the statement, "We need China more than China needs us," he gave an unequivocal No.
VP of Asia Society: Chinese Pres. Hu Jintao's visit to U.S. is a 'big deal'
Chinese President Hu Jintao arrives in Washington D.C. today. Tomorrow he will engage in a high-profile meeting with President Obama to discuss trade, currency and a host of other issues. The United States has a lot riding on its relationship with the rising super power to the East and, as a result, many eyes will be watching to see how the meeting between the two leaders goes.
Eliot Spitzer points out on the Parker Spitzer blog that the differences between the U.S. and Chinese economies are still vast; however, the gap is closing quickly:
"U.S.
GDP: $14.7 trillion
Population: 311 million
Per capita GDP: $47,123
China
GDP: $5.7 trillion
Population: 1.3 billion
Per capita GDP: $7,500
China’s economy is growing at a rate of 10%, while ours is growing at 3%, and their enormous surpluses are permitting them to acquire critical resources around the world. "
Kiran Chetry talks with Jamie Metzl, the Executive Vice President at the Asia Society and a former State Department and National Security Adviser, to discuss the relationship between the two nations. He says, "Any major issue that the United States or the world faces in the 21st century will need to be addressed by China and the United States working together." Hear more from Kiran's interview:
Independence in Africa: A new beginning for embattled Sudan?
It is the most important global story in the world right now and chances are... you aren't paying attention to it. Africa's largest nation, Sudan, has been war torn for almost the entirety of its post colonial history. Factions in the northern and southern regions of the country have been clashing for years and the south may soon be on the verge of taking an historic step towards independence.
New York Times columist Nicholas Kristof, former President Jimmy Carter and one-time sexiest man alive, George Clooney, are helping the effort to get the historic decision to a peaceful vote and resolution.
Kristof joins American Morning today to explain the situation in Sudan and clarify why a secession of the South would be an optimistic future for the region.
First mate: Boys were ‘skin and bones’ when fishermen rescued them
(CNN) - Just over 50 days after three teenage boys got lost at sea, and two weeks after hundreds turned out to mourn them, the father of one of the teens rescued 240 miles from land said a traditional celebration is now in order."I couldn't believe my son and his boys were found again. Unbelievable," Tanu Filo, whose 15-year-old son Filo was among the survivors, told CNN Thursday in a telephone interview from his native Tokelau Islands. "I was on cloud nine. I was so joyful." The younger Filo and his cousins - Etueni Nasau, 14, Samu Pelesa, 15 - were famished, dehydrated, exhausted and sunburned when a crew member on a fishing boat two miles away spotted their 12-foot metal boat and alerted his superior.
Today on American Morning, we talk to Tai Fredricsen, the first mate of the fishing boat that rescued the three lost boys.
Live from Figi, Fredricsen tells the heroic rescue tale of how he saved the boys lost at sea in their aluminum dinghy.
Korea expert: U.S. response to N. Korea a 'difficult needle to thread'
(CNN) - North Korea on Wednesday blamed South Korea for driving them "to the brink of war," a day after the North shelled a South Korean island and killed four people. South Korea provoked the shelling of Yeonpyeong Island by holding a military drill off their shared coast in the Yellow Sea, North Korea said. Pyongyang made the accusation through its state media, referring to a military drill that Seoul holds every year.
Today on American Morning, Victor Cha, a former NSC Asia affairs advisor and senior advisor and Korea Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies, explains the conflict.
AM’s John Roberts asks Cha if the conflict could turn to all out war, and how the United States should respond.
Tigers Face Extinction: Poaching, massive decline in habitat to blame
Wild tigers could become extinct in 12 years if more action isn’t taken, according to global wildlife experts.
The World Wildlife Fund says only about 3,200 tigers remain in the wild, down from an estimated 100,000 a century ago.
Sybille Klenzendorf, director of the species conservation program at the World Wildlife Fund, talks with AM’s Kiran Chetry this morning. She explains how fast the numbers are falling and what humans can do to help.
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