rigger — a brown professor of east asian politics, and recently a fulbright scholar at the national taiwan universityr how the people of taiwan itself felt about speaker pelosi's proposed trip. this whole controversy is also controversial in taiwan because many people there are eagerfor the united states and political figures within the united states to show support for taiwan but they also know that they are at the front line, you know? they are the immediate target of beijing's activity and so on the one hand, you know, they appreciate gestures of support like this but on the other hand i think there is a certain understanding that if the us is not careful, taiwan could actually be put in a tight spot. is there, perhaps, a degree of cultural misunderstanding at play here in the sense that it may be difficult to convince the leader of a one—party state thatjoe biden does not actually have the authority to prevent nancy pelosi from going to taiwan? sure. that is definitely part of what is going on. the prc has a very strict hierarchy and leadership of the chinese communist party are ranked in order a

rigger, a brown professor of east asian politics, and recently a fulbright scholar at the national taiwan universityipei. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. i wonder how the people of taiwan may feel about all of this? is there a danger here that nancy pelosi's proposed trip could prove more harmful to the people of taiwan than to us— china relations? yes. this whole controversy is also controversial in taiwan because many people there are eager for the because many people there are eagerfor the united states and political figures within the united states to show support for taiwan but they also know that they are at the front line, you know? they are the immediate target of beijing's activity and so on the one hand, you know, they appreciate gestures of support like this but on the other hand i think there is a certain understanding that if the us is not careful, taiwan could actually be put in a tight spot. actually be put in a tight sot. , , ., , , actually be put in a tight sot. , , ., spot. is there, perhaps, a decree spot. is there, perhaps, a degree of— spot. is there, perhaps, a

it's national taiwan university, and there are 30,000 students here, so they come in and out, in and there's a big demand for bicycles here. tell me about the youbike system, because i understand it's quite a popular one; it's well used, very successful. very well used, very successful. the turnover rate is about 10 times a day. per bike? per bike. just for context, a bike being used five times per day is considered a really big success in a bike-share system, so ten times a day - that's ... i don't think i've ever heard of another city in the world where it's that high. in my opinion, it's all about the convenience. we have a very widespread metro system, and we have like two or three hundred youbike stations in the city. on average, every 400 or 500 metres, you have a station. so it becomes very, very convenient. you don't need a bike of your own. you just rent one. riding on the sidewalks, right? yeah. this is a very asian thing. yeah, we learned some from tokyo. personally, i don't like it, because it's too narrow. yeah. but i mean, for me, it's not the way forward. i mean, this

one to preserve relations with china. former general max, you was the dean of taiwan national defense universities, political warfare college. how likely, in your opinion is a chinese attack on tie. what? ah, i think it's more than to use less likely is because china is facing external and internal problems. the external, as we know, japan, united states, they already said that any a tech on taiwan will be you know, equal to take on the japan or even the united states. he will have to response in kind and domestically right now it's not a good timing for she came into on to use force against i want is because are internal issue such as economic situation. i use downtown, and are they efficient or they are serious, are economical, you know, problems such as they are so many local banks now is on the bridge of bankrupt. so i don't think you say a right timing for chance to decide to attract. i want at this moment, what about she's popularity though, if it's just taking a battering wouldn't taking just a few outlying islands very close to the mainland, be something that would boost popularity at home

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well that kelly from pusan national university and south korea says taiwan is fragmented us china relations. i think that one has really grown insignificant in the sign years, a relationship in the last few years. president jean pang of china is now looking to stay in power in the fall and the 3rd term. and he's really campaign of which is fairly unprecedented in china. and he's campaigned on nationalism for this and reification with taiwan. i think there's sort of a sense out there that this is become sort of like the mission of his presidency that he needs to do this before he passed away. and on the other hand, on the american side, joseph biden has been less than big us about the american security commitment to taiwan as president. in the past, your viewers will probably recall that the u. s. is making recall strategic ambiguity. there is this kind of here their stance around the issue of time needs independence and things like that and others. but there's been a hawkish turn in the united states on china in the last year that began under trump and continued into with via ministration.

the next time round, or they speak with one a low and robert kelly of pearson national university in south korea says taiwan is playing a bigger role now in the us china relations. i think one has really grown insignificant in the sign years, a relationship in the last few years. president jean pang of china is now looking to stay in power in the fall and the 3rd term. and he's really your campaign, which is fairly unprecedented in china. and he's campaigned on nationalism for this and reification with taiwan. i think there's sort of a sense out there that this is become sort of like the mission of his presidency that he needs to do this before he passed away. and on the other hand, on the american side, joseph biden has been less than big us about the american security commitment taiwan as president. in the past, your viewers will probably recall that the u. s. is making recall strategic ambiguity. there was this kind of here their stance around the issue of time, needs independents and things like that and others. but there's been a hawkish turn in the united states on china in the last few years that beg

national university, supporting the whole you. >>> today, house speaker nancy pelosi will depart for a tour of asia. it is still not clear, however, whether she will stop in taiwans a day after a contentious call between president biden and chinese president xi jinping. xi delivered an ominous warning about taiwan saying, quote, if you play with fire, you get burned. the white house has refused to expand on what exactly xi meant by that. i'm joined by former congressman from california, jane harman, distinguished fellow and president emeritus. good to have you on. first question, should nancy pelosi go to taiwan? >> i think it is up to her. and the white house is saying that too. when i was in congress i went to north korea, syria, libya, and as head of the wilson center i went to taiwan. i met with the current leader when she was the opposition leader and there is a difference. pelosi is third in line to the presidency, which is why i gather china is so anxious about this visit. but she is in a separate branch of government from the executive branch, and she is entitled to go. one other comment, finally there is good news from congress, the chips bill and the e

national security. at home, chinese citizens are stealing technology, infiltrating our universities, meanwhile, they are helping putin to invade ukraine by buying oil from him, in addition, they are also trying to intimidate their neighbors include taiwanell, rich, bitch, the chances are not very great or passionate prime minister, but in any case, he also decided to play the chinese card in order to get elected strongly. it seems to me that the key is what you turned here vyacheslav alekseevich attention - this is that within the framework of the election campaign, and certainly in the uk and the united states, there are anti-chinese sentiments in the united states. we are even talking about a cross-party anti-chinese consensus, that is, both republicans and democrats in congress oppose china but still, these are the statements , which would have shown both cnn and uh, sunnah to me, it seems to be uh, whipping up with some political goals. so it's not just an expression. uh, just positions. how many some game in chinese on chinese map? what exactly the american game is not completely clear, but i think in the near future it will become, and it will become, but it’s clearer taiwan and xi'an report here is the liberal wing of the diplom