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a new, more dangerous phase. taiwan, stop diplomat in germany, joints be in the studio for some on says, ah, i'm british energy, welcome to a d. w. use a shirt that you could join us. join us is it will quote, not renounced the use of force against taiwan to achieve re unification. the warning comes in a white paper on taiwan that china issued on wednesday. it runs off a week of the largest ever chinese military exercises around taiwan. they came in response to us. how speaker nancy pelosi is visit to the island. last week, taiwan responded to the chinese drills with exercises of its own and a warning from the items foreign minister, the china wanted to control lod,

swedes of the western pacific. so where does that leave relations between china and taiwan? to help us on to that, i'm joined the studio by taiwan, representative to germany. sure way, mr. cher. welcome a week of tit for tat military exercises later. where are we with ties between china and taiwan that i used to live here on my nick. they tried to strangle to us, but we didn't give up the freedom. and i think after the tension overrun during the rockets into oceans around, so i don't have one. and what a few minutes i was given china a rocket, and i think we can study it again. yeah. but then it doesn't matter how many rockets are fired on. i will always out fire taiwan. do you think the level of tension between china and taiwan has increased? it is, but we are not standing alone there. where one of the airlines,

the so coach in the pacific strategic at odds with nick us, we need to tripping. we need a u. k for us and jury, but also we are near that by all these countries because we are, we are, we are holding a very key role playing a key role in the, in the pacific strategic lines that we are. we have a very good micro chip, industrial, we have democracy, so we need them and then need, as they can not a road that hasn't become under the control china. all right, dr. is military has also warned court that it will continue to carry out military training and prepare for war. what happens if china tomorrow decides to blockade taiwan than all the semiconductor industry that you're talking about gets located? what happens then? here? that means that we're, we're not the only one country who suffered this brocade, german usa, all a work order with who needs it, microsoft, there were and that could ship that will suffer under that. would that happen?

are you certain that the world will come to tie ones it and if thy one is actually threatened by china for an actual invision, i have been ex very often this kind of questions like what the americans will come over to help us. my answer is always, no, that won't come because they are already there. if you take a look at close glance at that, what was the last 2 years that they do? u. s. navy, the japan is australia. they are the already they are. so we are not alone, of course, we have to get prepared for anything like what happened in the last weeks. i do want to talk to you about that, but let's talk about the preparations 1st. so where is taiwan? nod east, i want in a place in which it needs to prepare economically and militarily and foster potential chinese envision. i think, as we wet that as it's like in all rural men, proper sage is back in part of be room. if you want to have your freedom, you have to be prepared to fight for you or for you for your peace and freedom. and

that's what we've been doing the last in the last yes. maybe in the last ticket you have been doing that, but do you not think that the intensity of that has to increase the frequency with which you do that has to increase? so there is more of a pressure on taiwan is there not after these recent tensions, it is after admit it is, but we want it. that's another reason why we give up our freedom democracy. this over is of course, it is always risk. we are, we knew it by the we are sticking in assemble together. we americans, we sort of friends around what i see didn't a boat and nobody rosabelle. right. but we will talk about that. but i would like to talk about the people of taiwan because everything that you're seeing is the risk for the people of taiwan as to what might befall them in the event of an invasion. and as we saw, and i'd like to show to you as a report that a colleague refers, zachary li, filed from taiwan as to how the current around of military exercises impacted the

people of taiwan. this bomb shelters indians. williams house had been a store room for years, but no, she is preparing to lose it again. the chinese military dream was near taiwan. have made war seemed like a real possibility to her. so and so ha, we need to clean it up fast so we can have a place to hide at the war breaks out. it's safe to stay in here. you can see it is a solidly built shelter. lindsey small bum shorter was built nearly a 100 years ago. during the 2nd world war. she never expected to need it one day. she is not alone leave inquisitor monetary activity has rest concerns here in south and taiwan. residents living nearly airbags are very used to the south of fighter aircraft by the past few days. less they does more fighter jets are taking over a landing even at midnight. and this has arrest worries. here sharon sharon is one

of them. following the news about chinese trios has become a part of his daily routine. he has even asked his local administrator where the air is show to us. are you sure why we are used to chinese intimidation? it's been going on for decades. wow. so, but this time the drills are much closer to us, or no one came here. this of course, has us worried in taiwan constance or bowling military crises. as noti, racing a low cost survey found that a 3rd of the taiwanese are worried about possible conflict with china. some are even seeking medical help to deal with their in diety, psychiatrist yonce homes. he says his patient have increased by nearly 30 percent

clinical power samples on one of my patients has experienced war. although yes, and he feels stressed when he sees reports about the drills or the war in ukraine phase, hong kong g. hi. he has nightmares and can't eat properly or more a home which none, some without by others across the island. however, have taken the tensions. india straight young faced that many here, unarmed to chinese threats. but a father escalation he sees, could quickly upset that balance. mister sher still with us of the taiwanese representative to germany. you saw that report by michael. exactly. the researcher, all this began after nancy pelosi visit to taiwan. did that visit, make taiwan safer? that rico's me a new friend? i met the other days on the street. he introduced himself to me by saying,

hello and manfred of germany. and i say, i'm afraid of china. yes, the straight wind a text of china is for it. mean some of us. but it's wolfy is worth you that pelosi make these visitor and we were coming in from the part of a hard because it was as sign of sample assigned of. so did they're ready. but you've heard those are similar signs before in my question to you is what just i wanna know now after nancy pelosi is visit about us commitment to taiwan that it didn't know earlier. the accretion of china has had already already been there before the visit, the pelosi, maybe people hear these and know that much, but we experience that. that's the reason why parents said i came here. little is visit because i want to support our friendship, not democracy. who ass it under this rating of china. so is that the question is not so correctly?

i would say, yes, we have known that equation of china and the china has to, they are real face. but you just admitted earlier that the intensity of chinese military drills and the intensity of chinese belligerents has increased off of this visit. i'm just trying to understand how that helps i one that mix us, that keeps us bringing us into the awareness of the real field of china. and i think is kit that we knew that they are tempted to us. they are going to attack us . i have known that most people in the 20s have known this is the tin number socket, 1989 on the 4th of july june. we know that with q, the people that we are a tech type one, if the think is necessary, that because they are straightly with us, with military and west, registering the with our democracy. so just to be clear, you think that chinese invasion of taiwan it is not a question of if but when, when yet so clearly in the less than 10 years the chinese,

the chinese government has shown their real fairs not only to what i want, but also towards japan and also especially in the south china sea. that's the reason why there is these concept indoor pacific is strategic alliance. no more asia pacific. right. so a chinese attempt to invade taiwan to re unify with the mainland will succeed or will not succeed. no, no, and will not succeed because you have the indoor pacific around. do we have we hipped our own military? we are working very close. who is the friend never in that was never countries are going to shots over the us hasn't committed that it will commit us troops to fight on the side of taiwan. they don't have to, that's the policy of ambiguity and what they can, what they don't come through. and if i one is left alone to face china, we have to face that. the rent rollin i will,

if you list out of guns you're out man 0 and they're going to pay a big price so big that they will do think it again. it is what is worth it to a tech type one. and then in case the warranty, unify us over unified, whatever you say they should try to attract us, not a tech us, but the john is not listening to these demands it. you're right, but let's see, i think is the is, is it kicking games? we want any way because we had met, we had met the development from the, from the texas dictators if to a democracy. so of the freedom we have the freedom speech, freedom of religion, and so on to marcus, we want to keep it up. let me ask you a question. if you could answer that briefly. if the u. s. does not deploy us troops in assistance for taiwan in the event of a chinese attack and taiwan hope to be china back. wait list, chris, i'm not sure. and to be realistic, to be honest, we have to see, but anyway,

we won't give it up. we won't get by just like below a pillows. the she was frightened, she was wraith and so badly, and she didn't get up. and what happens, she visit fitness you lip that her once the, in the in safety and china launched it a racket. and they come back to la normal life. and i think we did a good decision. we're leave it there. thank you so much for coming in mr. sheet. your where i wonder, was a bit of to germany, and that's all we have time for. thank you so much for joining us today on today. the news is share ah, how about taking a few risks you could even take a chance one was rearing to me. don't expect a happy ending. literature list. germany streams. oh,

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