July 19, 2020 | On GPS: China's Ambassador on tensions with the U.S.; Tony Blinken on how Biden would conduct foreign policy; Iran's mysterious mishaps

Fareed Zakaria GPS

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🗓️ 19 July 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Airdate July 19 2020: After a dizzying week in U.S.-China relations, as each hurtled sanctions and condemnations at the other, an exclusive interview with China's Ambassador to the U.S., Cui Tiankai. Fareed asks him about the tensions brewing over Hong Kong, the Uyghurs, the South China Sea and more. Then, Biden advisor and former Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken weighs in on the future of relations between the two superpowers. Also: Iran's unexplained incidents, fires and explosions--what's behind them? Or who? The RAND Corporation's Dalia Dassa Kaye helps get to the bottom of the mystery. Finally, what has this pandemic done to humanity? French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy explores the effects of Covid-19 in the U.S. and around the world. GUESTS: Cui Tiankai, Tony Blinken, Dalia Dassa Kaye, Bernard-Henri Lévy To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is GPS, the Global Public Square.
0:03.8	Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world.
0:07.2	I'm Farid Zikaria, coming to you live from New York.
0:12.8	Today on the show, the tension between the United States and China gets thicker by the moment.
0:19.4	Hong Kong, Huawei, the Uyghurs, all major points of contention.
0:24.6	Will this become a new Cold War?
0:27.6	I will talk first to the Chinese ambassador to Washington,
0:31.0	Sué Chang Kai, then to the former Deputy Secretary of State, Tony Blinken.
0:36.8	Then a big fire at a port, an explosion at a nuclear site, a major chlorine leak.
0:44.0	What in the world is going on in Iran?
0:47.2	We will get to the bottom of this mystery.
0:50.6	Also, empty streets and sidewalks around the world.
0:55.0	Billions of people can find to their homes.
0:58.0	What has this pandemic done to the world and to humanity?
1:02.6	I will talk to the French philosopher Bernhard Oryl-Libby.
1:07.0	And finally, from questioning President Obama's place in work,
1:10.4	to declaring dead people were voting for Hillary Clinton,
1:14.0	Donald Trump's conspiracy theories are the subject of my new special airing Monday night at 9pm.
1:21.6	I will give you a sneak preview.
1:25.0	But first, here's my take.
1:27.0	With the pandemic overshadowing everything,
1:29.4	one can sometimes forget there is a presidential campaign going on.
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