Broadcasting Time: 2006-05-17

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Taking to the television early yesterday morning, US President Bush took 19-minutes to explain to his people why he wants 6,000 US National Guard troops to patrol the US/Mexico border.  The cost: Around 1.9-billion dollars.  The President insists this is not militarization.  But how much support is this going to receive?  A new poll suggests 79-percent of the people who watched Bush's speech support the President's initiative.  However, it's widely believed Bush's biggest challenge will be convincing lawmakers that this is a good move.  Ni hao, this is People In the Know, China's only daily English-language political current affairs program, online at www.crienglish.com here on China Radio International.  In this edition, we'll talk about the new plan by Bush to put National Guard troops on the US/Mexico border, and the political fallout from it.  We'll talk to a traveling scholar from the United States and a Chinese expert on the US.  That comes your way next, here on People In the Know.

This is People In the Know.  To help us discuss the newest plan in the United States to beef up it's border security, we're first joined by Mr. Matthew Tompkins with the University of Georgia who is currently a visiting lecturer in Shanghai.

And after we take a short break, we'll hear from a Chinese expert on the United States.

Ni hao, you're listening to People In the Know, online at www.crienglish.com here on China Radio International.  I'm Paul James in Beijing.  In this edition of our program, we're talking about US President George W. Bush's plan to deploy 6,000 US National Guard troops along the Mexico/US border to try to stem the tide of illegal immigration.  For more on this, we're now joined by Professor Wang Yiwei with the Center for American Studies at Fudan University in Shanghai.

And with that, we come to the end of this edition of People In the Know, online at www.crienglish.com here on China Radio International.  Questions or comments for us can be sent to crieng@crifm.com.  For Executive Director Lin Lin, and Producer Chen Xi, I'm Paul James in Beijing.  Ming tian jian.  We'll talk to you tomorrow.