this time that the exiled turkish journalist meets svetlana itsyana sky, exiled leader of the opposition in bella. luce, of course, i'm tired, i'm tired physically, and tad morally is too much on my shoulders. but i have to hold this weight because i'm responsible for the future of our country, for the people who are behind the past. guardians of truth starts february 18th on d. w. a. a chinese balloon flying high over america has led to the cancellation of high level talks between beijing and washington and halted any chance of a thor in relations between the 2 countries. the american said the balloon was spying and shot it down over the atlantic. chinese claim it was studying the weather and straight unintentionally. of course, it could hardly have come at

a worse time. my guest in bridging his senior colonel ju bow expert on chinese security and strategy. i think the world is looking really dangerous in that, or it seems that the world is totally split apart from the balloon. there are plenty of other irritants with washington. wanted to discuss china's refusal to condemn moscow. the invasion of ukraine and its increasing threats directed a taiwan dish china preparing to take the island by force. ah, senior colonel as you bow. welcome to complex on. second is said last year. china's balloon got shot down after violating new air space. it had no right to be there. of course why the indignant response from bay ging is it that they just don't like getting caught? i think as the chinese government has expressed regret already and therefore i

believe the american government should not makes it really fuss about it. after all is just an accident. so they should not really bother too much about it. if i compare this kind of entry, which is most unfortunate to americans are numerous and endless. reconnaissance, i said late, it's a lot chinese coast or the south china sea in the name of freedom navigation. i would say that he pays a purposeful while ours ah, ah, you know, divergent. in this case, you say, you know, that america is making fast, but we've had claims of overreaction from your government, a statement of strong discontent and protest. there was even a threat of retaliation. we reserve the right to take further measures. what happened to china? cool for cool heads. you're not telling me china. i wouldn't have done exactly the same thing if a u. s. balloon had floated over its territory. well,

i think you have the use the right word overreaction, and that is how we have described american action. american pot china coast would reserve the rise, you know, to reciprocate if there is a tate. of course, you can expect that pat, but i believe the general spirit of the remarks of a spokesman is to have will, you know, kind of a cool headed conversation to talk about all this. because there are so many millions that rules regarding a share regarding shipping the industry but to my knowledge, not as so many rules are made about this kind of balloon stuff while ago. historically, the rogers and the law of the war which prohibits for example, throwing projectiles explosive from balloons. so if the united states believe is su, so alarming, then that probably believe this will provide a good chart for the 2 countries to talk about all these things that in

a candidate to honest man. well, let's just look at china's claim. beijing says this was nothing more than a weather balloon. it was blown off course by unpredictable winds. and yet out of almost 10000000 square miles in north america to choose from, your balloon just hovers. it talks itself for a while above americas missile silos in montana water. coincidence that china really expect anyone to believe that explanation. well, if the people do not believe it, then my question is, how can shine that, you know, project a such a big balloon, which is the lodge of those 3 buses which move slowly and in the direction of the united states. knowing this is shorter than will be detected. knowing mr. asked the blink, an american secretary is set to visit a china enormous real time. what is the purpose of child doing that?

well, somebody didn't want to visit. if you can't control your balloons and prevent them from violating other countries aspects, perhaps you shouldn't be flying them in the 1st place. well, i think you know, the use the balloon for scientific research. it a the perfectly legal and it is allowable, as i said before, this is simply an accident, while people make mistakes and they could be accident. so it is, it is all right, and we are honest about that. we expressed regret, and we hope this page would it be over if this page you not over then we should discuss about how we should avoid the things you know from happening in the future . the americans track this balloon for some days. last wednesday, the state department raised the issue with your embassy in washington, but got no answers. so here's the question. why did begging wait for the americans

to raise this issue? if it was an honest mistake in an innocent flight, why didn't making act according to international norms and immediately allowed washington when this object violated us? asked bass. i don't believe the chinese government was silent. actually if you read the website, the chinese news report and fast spokesman actually was talking about this almost on daily basis in recent days. and from the past, the remarks of the spokesman she mentioned, declared is that we would you know, investigate the, into the situation because the minister of foreign affairs should not be supposed to know everything beforehand. and this is down to us honest attitude for her to say like that. and then for china to find it out. and the china very soon has expressed an opinion through a statement here from

a fact to china had the chance to raise this issue of its own accord with the americans. you told me i didn't know where it's balloon was. it didn't raise the issue. it waited until the americans raised it and then last thursday, when the us announced the president, the presence of the balloon, your spokeswoman played dumb saying china would gather and verify the facts. there was nothing to gather or verify was the senior colonel jo saying, well, you'll read you exactly what it was because the state to bomb and raise these you with your diplomats. so why play dumb? honest people don't need to do that? do they? well, i think the meters for foreign affairs should not be taken for granted that they should know everything beforehand because he's not of that. everybody would provide me information beforehand and if there is an accident or if there is an instant, well when it is become public or if municipal foreign affairs is well of it, of course it won't start investigation with approval over the charges for

government. and then we could find out to the choose. yeah, well, this is the obvious natalie. there's nothing wrong with that. this time, according to the pentagon, this isn't the 1st time you've done this pentagon says you've got away with doing this at least 4 other times. it seems you send these balloons off and you can't control them, you say and, and then you don't draw attention to the countries whose face you're violating. that doesn't seem to be the act of a responsible power, which trying to continually says it is. well, pentagon would say so many things, and i don't know which one is true and which is not. but i know actually the one thing is true. what know what the general's talking about. china and china going to attack taiwan in 2025, a panic underneath the rest of the disagreement. and this car with this discrepancy will show actually that method, lee, how divide in the united states has become in terms of coordination on moms where

a branch is in terms of coordination within the military. so right now, the give me much whoa, whoa, the united states must be highly divided. you don't seem much better coordination in china. to be honest, if you don't know if your ministry don't know where your balloons are and they sail blindly over whichever countries they, they feel like at the particular time and you say nothing about it. what, what's puzzling about china's indignant reaction to the shooting down is that it seems to want to make this an even more damaging effect than it already is. why you are talking about a damaging i believe. but this is, stephanie has affected a china us relationship. if this is what you want to talk about, this relationship is already enough. as you said, then to has certainly affected this relationship. but i believe

we need to sit down to talk about so many so many important issues. we should not let a big balloon overshadow. this relationship that would be silly. yeah. drums as a balloon, only the balloon and that it is that it is no longer there and it will be left to probably in history. but there are so many pressing hardy issues was this 2 countries to deal ways as this a, the priority. otherwise, why wouldn't providers and as the blink and to come to china. so you think the visits of antony blanco, us secretary of state can be resurrected? can it? is this what china wants? i think he himself has spreads out every word to come to china at the earliest possible time. i believe he's waiting for me for, for the lapse of time to setting stand because he certainly would not wish his visit. apparently, a very important visit to be overshadowed by big or symbolic

a balloon. this is of like a hollywood movie. let's talk if we may about the war in ukraine, one of the subjects that mr. lincoln might perhaps have discussed with the government of his trip, gone ahead. you've written that china has taken a careful line between russia. it's strategic partner and ukraine, a significant trading partner. but it's not just a polite way of saying you're sitting on the fence waiting to see who wins after you don't want to back a loser. do you? well, it still is a difficult situation for everybody, including china, because that as you have are corrected or quoted in my, my opinion. well, the russia is china strategies partner, but will have a very good relationship with ukraine. well, i believe the china has a try. these best to be in a neutral position at china has tried to best to be impartial. and i tell you,

i leave for china is just sitting on the fence. this is definitely the wrong impression. think of this every china joins the russia. yeah. you can. you child to take a russian side? well, probably already in the 3rd world. whoa. but a child hasn't as far back as last. may you, acknowledged? pretty bluntly. that's putting all out war against ukraine had failed. and you weren't impressed with his frequent threats to use nuclear weapons. is that a view shed by the communist party, the senior echelons, the communist party in the military and china? that is my personal view will, i believe that this wall will continue, but they are putting will not be a victor or a loser because russia is so big and yourselves as a strong. so russia want to lose this war, but it kind of hard to win this war because actually russia is fighting against the

nato indirectly in terms of the potential of him using nuclear weapon. i believe my also is a very straight forward. no, because this would be the humanity because this would be a guess and the promise of russia when it declared that a joint statement with the other weapon states that a nuclear war can never be won. therefore you should not to be fought at all. so he's proteins, nuclear blackmail, a step too far for china as beijing started to get irritated by moscow threats. i think we should not talk about. we didn't talk about a using nuclear weapon directly, but he did the mentioned as a hints how nuclear weapons might be used if he talking about the president during the 2nd world war. what i think it was referring to, what happened to an exactly anna hero shima, but that is

a bad example to quote you not to commit a murder because you have just seen the murder. right? so that is the use of nuclear weapon is against the chinese policy is again to humanity. the should not be encouraging in any circumstances with any reasons at all. so what we're trying to do about it, you keep saying that in the past that china should do more, what more should it do to prevent present nuclear war? yeah, china actually has already done something because the german chancellor shows with that to china. it was stressed by present a shooting pain that a nuclear weapons should not be used. europe and mister shows just went back and said simply because of this agreement, he's a big to charge was less wow. i'm the present a. she mentioned this again during the but natural meeting with the prison abided at the g. 20. so china's position on this issue is clear cut. it is crystal clear.

and is there any sign that moscow is listening to china's position? i want to be able to speak on behalf russians, but i believe, well, if somebody has written some opinions in there, he, in the economist all chinese president has a talk aid on more than one occasions. russians should have heard it. you wrote recently that by threatening ukraine, which chose to give up its nuclear weapons. russia has already tarnished its reputation. didn't it also tarnish its reputation by murdering large numbers of ukrainians who posed no threat of any kind to russia? while we're talking about a wall and the was definitely it would have a casualties. so we talk about war crimes, senior colonel bu, but talking about war crimes here. when you're just talking about war,

we're talking about women being raped. we're talking about men being executed in cold blood. we're talking about children being deported from ukraine to russia. we're talking about war crimes here. while, while prime definitely related to war, because without was how can we have low primes? this, the passion to either war. but we do in china understand this and the we do called a full respect for sovereignty. but in this case, do not just mention about the war to self. and the more important thing is also to discuss why this, what has happened at all, because of nato's expansion. because all the western countries, all, because all nato countries has a perfectly connected warnings from the even the somebody union study from gorbachev. the bar is also to present the pooty, well, what makes food to a person to put in different from his predecessors. he actually was not owning the

warning. he carried it into action, so that he, that is a difference. so i believe to resolve this issue. i don't know how long it will last, but eventually that they will come when the war becomes finished. but how can we make sure that any war like this will not happen again? i believe nato should read a section, so to stop expansion anymore. probably exchange over russia, suppliers of not using nuclear weapons, because this is what russia nuclear blackmail this would be giving into nuclear black mail. and then, and then anybody can do that, north korea could do that. pakistan could do that. iran, maybe if it gets nuclear weapons, could do that. you up in the way, the moment anybody rattles and nuclear weapons that you, you step back. that's the end of deterrence. do you really want that? is that what you're advocating given to anybody who threatens you with a nuclear weapon? well,

that's exactly what i'm against. because the nuclear weapon is not supposed to be even kept in the hands of the nuclear weapon states. but just make sure back down simply because put in is threatening it with nuclear weapons. no, it's not my point. and they don't also have the nuclear weapon states among them, right. and you have the strongest submitted or power. you have a problem. so you will have britain who will also have nuclear weapons. yes. why not threatening to use it? i'm like russia and nato is not threatening to use it. nuclear weapons. natal you that not a threatening not to threaten to use nuclear weapons. that is correct. but a nato have not a pledge to stop expansion, which caused russia to panic and which caused russia to threaten the nuclear weapons. so therefore, they're not talking about the view. you russia about a house you could reach

a compromise. we can not only talk about facts on this alone until we come to root causes that well won't be able to find the right way to address all these problems . let's talk about the other major issue on the horizon, which is taiwan and china's increasingly threatening behavior towards it. last year, chinese plains made over 1700 cushions into tie one's ad defense identifications, our largest in question was by 47 planes on christmas day. a chinese spokesman said it was a response to american provocation. and yet paging continues to insist. it's for peaceful striving for peaceful unification. has a funny way of showing it's peaceful credentials, doesn't. you're using the wrong word in cushions. there isn't there. you know, i did advocation one where or even s base of the tower, which because of i e is part of china. yes. we have within the many flights within them as a warning against the potential over

a taiwan become and then separate is a part of china. so we want to subsidize from happy i'm happy you mention the united states and well, this is almost like a chicken egg. questions, but look that the fact that last the polosa visited china. yeah. use by the will. warnings from china in the bible, disagreement of from that pentagon and from a president biden. so she's still insisted to go. she probably would be remembered she, i think she want to be remember as someone who has left her legacy. but history is not only written by the victors is also written by lou. this why me in such a loser? why don't we just cut through the rhetoric about peace? the message is clear enough. china will take taiwan by force. if it was surrender voluntarily and that time is getting close, isn't that the bottom line? i don't think so because the want to threaten this fall then what all these threats

flow. i think a child in china, us the readiness to use force is just the maintain at the last non peaceful means. because the taiwan that is totally shattered, the battered would not be in the interest of the whole china. therefore, we have to spread that with multiple society and it would make the optimal step to resolve this issue peacefully. but the one load we are not guaranteed that definitely we might be able to, to resolve this abuse party. so we, in the military have to be well prepared. what does that cover, what, what does a peaceful, federal market or any country to save god? it's a sovereignty. what does it look like with taiwan? what does a peaceful settlement look like with taiwan? taiwan, giving it to one child to beijing. yeah. that's it. well we, we have a lay down conditions and, you know, for, for having to tie when need people to listen to. and so these conditions are not

secret at all. and we would be very much, you know, tolerant with that. but it was system with a way of living, look at the fact that that's how you want to practice as a mind, you certainly your better relationship with wisdom and the china. and he has read the many benefits. why? because the men of china has more trust him is a question of trust is, although at that time we did not have a time table to say when we should have become re unified. but at least the men in china, i believe. but it is possible for us to become re unified peacefully, if we go down the road. right now, we're doing the time card time and, and hong kong is the model for this the same blueprint as hong kong. is that right? people will be divided into patriots. and traitors, the so called traitors who want to demonstrate and protest on the streets will go to jail for a long time. and the patriots loyal to the new masters in beijing. we'll get all

the top jobs. is that the scenario trying to? well, well i think you just making it to simplistic into a black and white picture. so that's what's happening in hong kong. that's what's happening though i don't think so. essentially what you're asking is whether democracy in hong kong has it could be maintained maintained right? yeah, asking the question about democracy, but let me tell you democracy has many forms. and the what is clear in the world today is that is not my remark. it says the there the report, munitions, record a conference, not only in the world is it become less western, but also the west yourself is becoming less the west. and if you're talking about democracy, democracy has been declared. i mean that western democracy has to be declared according to freedom house ever since a 2006. and i believe this country martin continued to declare how many people in the west really be living western democracy. yeah. and to look at the united states, you been why you for people according to, to the media,

wouldn't believe the nice the my just to end up having, having the see will will soon. yeah. you both have democracy. look in china these days. we just had the largest anti government protests and decades against the 0 cove its policy. how do democracy look in your country these days? i think you have a handpick to some st. let me tell you what democracy in china, democracy in china means that we had to 1st of all pay attention to people's the right of subsistence and development, and which party in human history can actually lit shaker poverty of 800000000 people in 40. yes, this is done by the chinese communist party by repression. so by re press charges, people are starting to much better off that in the past. yeah. any people over the age of 40 would you would recognize that. so we are having chinese democracy in the o way. so you are actually referring everything to kind of western type of

democracy. i believe this is somewhat biased. senior colonel, if you're both, we've discussed international issues. we've discussed briefly issues inside china, seen from beijing. just how dangerous is the world looking right now? i think of the world. are you looking really dangerous in that it seems that the world is totally split. yeah, china ask val, corporation with the united states, but we always got from united what they called a competition or you make stream competing. let me ask a question. when the competition is already extreme, how far is it away from a conflict? it is good that a china is or the rising power in the still talking about the cooperation, which makes you will feel safer, corporation or competition senior economies. you bo, thank you very much. we run out of time. thanks for your time. thanks for being on

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