and taiwan. as we continue to grow our economic relationship together, a tax treaty represents the logical net move -- next move. advancing this legislation to president trump's desk is the right thing to do for american workers and our economy as a whole. i want to thank ranking member for helping lead this effort and introducing this legislation with me. today we are showing the world that american leaders are united in standing up for our workers and businesses. i urge all of my colleagues to support this bill, to help critical american manufacturing sectors, and protect our national and economic security. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from california is recognized. ms. chu: mr. speaker, i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. chu: i rise in strong support of h.r. 33, the united states-taiwan expedited double tax relief act. i want to thank ranking member neal and chairman smith for working on th

but what about taiwan, the island we're reporting from?al part of its territory, even though it's been separately governed for nearly 80 years. china carries out regular military exercises offshore and often intrudes into taiwanese airspace. so, is taiwan up for negotiation, too, or does china actually intend to take it over by force as a matter of principle? ..being scrambled behind me here... i asked our asia correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes, but what about taiwan, the island we're reporting from? china regards it as an integral part of its territory, even though it's been separately governed for nearly 80 years. china carries out regular military exercises offshore and often intrudes into taiwanese airspace. so, is taiwan up for negotiation, too, or does china actually intend to take it over by force as a matter of principle? ..being scrambled behind me here... i asked our asia correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes, who was in seoul, for his thoughts. when xi jinping says the return of taiwan to the motherland, as he puts it, is in

do you think that taiwan can really defend itself?se, we have to defend for ourselves. but we cannot live without other support, like the support from the us orfrom other, um, democratic countries. but you may not get that help from president trump. i think it's hard to answer the question at the moment, but i know that taiwan, we have the semiconductor industry, which is very important to the world. so i think at some point, if the world needs this industry, that maybe the us will do some help. what you were saying earlier, it gives a strong impression that it's not taiwanese people versus chinese people. it's the chinese government versus the taiwanese government. is that accurate, do you think? yeah. yes. i think so, because we don't have the reason to hate chinese people. because we speak the same language. we share a certain level of the same history. i personally don't have any bad feelings towards chinese people. but we just want to remain as taiwanese. we want to be ruled by a democratic government. would you want to go on liv

but what about taiwan, the island we're reporting from?n integral part of its territory, even though it's been separately governed for nearly 80 years. china carries out regular military exercises offshore and often intrudes into taiwanese airspace. so, is taiwan up for negotiation, too, or does china actually intend to take it over by force as a matter of principle? ..being scrambled behind me here... i asked our asia correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes, who was in seoul, for his thoughts. when xi jinping says the return of taiwan to the motherland, as he puts it, is inevitable, he absolutely means it. i think the question we all have, and i don't have an answer to it, to be honest, john, is when does he mean that and how does he intend to do it? his intentions, i think, are very, very clear, that he believes taiwan must be, as he would put it, reunified with the rest of china within his term. or at least it has to happen before... ..before the 100th anniversary of the revolution, in 20119. so that's the absolute sort of end date, is 20

one area of| contention has been taiwan, how does donald trump see taiwan and fit it into his relationshipsound contradictory but they come together, one, the national security officials with donald trump understand allowing taiwan to be swallowed by china would be a grave threat to the us and its allies and so they are going to focus on building a defence capability to prevent china from attacking taiwan. at the same time a major concern for donald trump has been burden sharing our allies do enough for their own defence and i go to taiwan frequently, i was there the summer they are moving in the right direction but still not doing enough and we have seen donald trump give some statements saying taiwan does need to do more if they want to be protected. i think there will be an emphasis on burden sharing but also the pentagon prioritising the taiwan scenario. matthew kroenig. former pentagon strategist. thank you. vice president of the atlantic council's scowcroft center. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. a policewoman in nor

and jimmy says, i want to, you know, taiwan, i want to move to taiwan. taiwan's future. he really, really thought that what was happening in taiwan presaging what would inevitably happen the mainland. so he he moved taiwan moved the whole family set up again as in hong kong first he sits up next magazine, then he sets up taiwan apple daily. and he was very forthright that this was going to be a springboard to the mainland, that it was just a matter of time and not not too many years before taiwan would be a springboard to to, you know, an open, free media in the mainland and apple daily was going to be there and him but i mean it i mean think at least conversation with jimmy uso taken with the possibility that well the counter argument to people that somehow like send money to and others that you know chinese culture wouldn't allow a democratic process and here you had in taiwan a chinese culture the taiwanese still think of themselves as taiwanese properly so, but chinese culture and they had they produced a democracy yeah. no, it gave the lie to to what the chinese com

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is now up 7% since taiwan that is serious pin action.y did taiwan semiquarter raise so much money. simple. all its bullish revenue for its first quarter and the positive commentary about its long time government growth potential. taiwan also unveiled its equipment budget for the full year of 2025, it was enormous. company's best spent 38 to $42 billion. which will be up 10% from last year and up over the number that wall street was expected. management said about 70% of its pwuplgt will be spent on quote advance process technologies end quote. again, the equipment to make gpus and other accelerates. basically chips from envidia and their imitators. i am surprised that envidia did not go up everyone more. the taiwan semimanagement expects this money to be well spent. they said, a higher level is always correlated with better the next year. the expenditure guide is why the group has caught fire other the past few days. capital spending from the world's largest foundry and that's the name for big manufacturing facility means money spent on

now the 2nd thing is autonomy of taiwan. do my best judgment? need to be preserved for the benefits of the people in taiwan as well as for china as a whole. now eventually peaceful reunification which will be much better than any other form and one country to system or even one country to resist them. for example, can be figured out, and the americans worry about the supply chain of the 70 conductors, i think channel can be flexible enough to declare the whole island of taiwan as the because the free trade zone in china. and they will be guaranteed to, inc. and out for the semiconductor chips of all kinds. so i think we need to focus on really what's the most important matter that is the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of china. and the fact that there is only one china and taiwan being part of china on that basis. a lot of flexibility is an adapt ations can be worked out to satisfy the legitimate interests of many countries, especially the united states. because the united states care about free flow of chips and out of taiwan it, whi

now the 2nd thing is autonomy of taiwan. do my best judgment? need to be preserved for the benefits of the people in taiwan as well as for china as a whole. now eventually peaceful reunification which will be much better than any other form and one country to system or even one country to resist them. for example, can be figured out, and the americans worry about the supply chain of the 70 conductors, i think channel can be flexible enough to declare the whole island of taiwan as the because the free trade zone in china. and they will be guaranteed to, inc. and out for the semiconductor chips of all kinds. so i think we need to focus on really what's the most important matter that is the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of china. and the fact that there is only one china and taiwan being part of china on that basis. a lot of flexibility is an adapt ations can be worked out to satisfy the legitimate interests of many countries, especially the united states because the united states can about free flow of chips in out of taiwan. it which

arguments about taiwan?essage to putin and xi jinping, you can't take over someone else's country, you can't cross borders by the use of force. so it sends the wrong signal. i was ambassador to nato. on 9/11, the first country that came to support us was canada. denmark supported us. these are great allies of the united states. and we americans built a world order on sovereignty and the viability of country's borders and respect your allies. the biggest difference between the u.s. and china right now, china has no allies. we have the nato allies and the east asian allies. so that is the difference maker and we should respect the sovereignty of our allied countries. nick: nick burns, thank you very much. nicholas: thank you, nick. ♪ amna: one of the legacies president biden leaves behind when he exits the white house is his record on conserving and protecting the country's public lands and water. deb haaland, biden's secretary of the interior, played a key role in implementing his policies over the last four

for instance he said history would next taiwan. progresses china is getting weaker receive from its crumbling economy that is true. also the people in taiwan are developing an identity that separate from china. in a recent pew research survey, 67% of the people on the island said they were primarily taiwanese. only 3% said chinese. in the younger age cohorts 18 -- 24 the numbers were 83% taiwanese, 1% chinese. she she and ping knows that. that's w why keeps on talking about inevitability because it is not inevitable. that's why he has to say it is. mark: and got a big military if they decide to attack taiwan, there's going to be a massive devastation at a minimum. he does have the capacity to take over the geography appeared to take over the island. not perhaps the culture. and so i wanted to ask you this. what historic claim does china have over what was, i've been looking into this a little i cannot find any. what historic claim to the even have to taiwan? >> they don't have much of a claim at all. the cheating dynasty ruled taiw

let's talk about taiwan. i had the chance to go to taiwan in the year 2000. it was the second presidential election there first one where people were coming convinced they might be able to hold a democracy. i believe they've earned the right to have a voice in international affairs, i also believe that they are a great risk right now with chinese xi jinping plan to be aggressive militarily towards them as my colleague senator rick its just so noted. will you support in your role as secretary of state taiwan's right to have a voice in international affairs participate in international forums and will you support the porcupine strategy providing that we will supply them with defense articles and defense services in such quantity as maybe necessary to enable taiwan to meant a sufficient self-defense capability. that's from the 1979 taiwan act in our current law. >> i'll point out in the taiwan relation act. i believe the year 2016 i was lead republican sponsor and reauthorizing and reinvigorating it. i think multiple or consecutive presidential administrations b

and the fact that there is only one china and taiwan being part of john on that basis. a lot of flexibility is an adapt ations can be worked out to satisfy the legitimate interests of many countries, especially in the united states because the united states care about free flow of chips being out of taiwan. it, which in my view may be a very legitimate consideration. if president trump, who likes to be a president to engage in a lot of 1st goes to tie one, will china be able to live with that? no, i think if that happens, the diplomatic relations between china of the united states will be broken 1st because the china will never allow any country in the world into the united states of america to have relations with both china on the one hand and taiwan on the on the if you want to bets on taiwan since the united states has been on tie while the national is the government several times in history, then you need to walk away from china. that's the, a quick pro cold situation. i don't think any real need to all the united states want to solve it. you as relations with china

and trump may not care about the taiwan straits, but the taiwan straits care about, you know, him, right. they, they, they care about, you know, the united states and the south china sea might be an even bigger flash point. then the taiwan straits. although intrinsically they are linked together. so, i mean, again, there's only 3 types of, of us, of foreign policy and political lead. they all want war with russia, china, e, ron, they just prioritize which of those 3 wars they want more. well, i mean, they had in 2025, which one is which one is on the top of the totem pole? i would have to say e, ron, but china comes close behind and russia hasn't gone away. george, hep, what, what's your, what's your ranking? i think, i think it's the russia of any around in china. okay. we still got 30 seconds. go ahead. george. as well. i think it so because russian work is the ongoing one and, and therefore because i think this is going to be the subject of, at least for the 1st 6 months, maybe even the year of the trump administration. i've tried to deal with this uh, ukraine issue that's i think it'

, i went to taiwan in 2000. i believe they earned the right to have a voice in international affairs, i believe that they are a great risk right -- they are at i great risk right now with xi jinping's plan to be aggressive militarily toward them. will you support a role in secretary as state taiwan's right to have a voice in international affairs. participate in international forums and support porcupine strategy. to enable taiwan to remain a sufficient self defense capability. >> let me component out on taiwan relation act, i believe 2016, i was lead republican sponsor and reauthorities it, i think that the multiple consecutive presidential administrations of both party made clear policy of u.s.bo toward taiwan that multiple administrations, made clear our policies, with regard to second point about international forums. asean is a great example where it is being tested. the last year, at their conference the chinese were able to prevent participation by the tie -- any mention of taiwan in the memorandum this y

taiwan issue. any effect on like buying him. he refused to make any commitment to coming to taiwan is assistance in the event of an invasion. so i think it's going to be, he's going to wage a serious a economic war against china. and particularly he's going to wage a war against china throughout the world. you know, he's going to track down the countries that are doing deals with china. you know, some of this is going to stop black mainland extorting countries that are assigned onto china, including, including friends and allies. exactly. you know, just you sign on through this with, with china, you know, you've been a, you know, the china is going to build a portfolio or railway for you. you got a field, the ross of the united states. i think that's always good to wait wage. this war against china market, the last pontificating words without giving a prediction. go ahead. yeah, i don't. i don't think we should completely write off military conflict with china as, as the tariff or will escalate the

officials in taiwan blaming a chinese ship for cutting an undersea internet cable near taiwan harbormonth. service was minimally interrupted. it sent a message about the vulnerability of tie wasn't's internet infrastructure. the latest in a string of sabotage efforts in china. a commercial ship was accused of deliberately cutting data cables in the baltic sea. nato providing enhanced deterrence. china reported building d-day style barges as fears grow of a chinese invasion of taiwan coming. joining me is york space system executive chairman, former pentagon intelligence senior executive, charles beam. it's so disturbing. your reaction to all of this? >> hi, maria. first, thanks for having me on. and yeah, it is incredibly disturbing but it should be no surprise. if we remember the intelligence committee declassified a lot of things about two years ago, saying they had specific intelligence that the president, xi jinping, specifically told his military that he wants to be ready for a land invasion of taiwan in 2027. and the reality is that he may or may not do that but he wants his mi

taiwan semi shares up 4%. the news taking wind out of the sails of taiwan semi. the stock still rocketing higher after the blowout report. taiwan semi is the largest maker of chips. >>> back on wall street, stocks moving higher yesterday. a major factor is the drop in bond yields after the cooler than expected inflation report ahead of the inauguration on monday. the question is if the bullish sentiment can last with the impact of the trump administration tariffs and tax ies and the impact on the inflation and deficit. if the potential policies delay or pause fed rate cuts. joining me now is the ceo of gold vest advisory. good morning. >> good morning. nice to see you as well. >> we saw a rally on wall street yesterday. tech stocks rebounding after the nasdaq six-day slide. i want to talk about the cooler than expected cpi report. a lot of people thought it left the door open for fed rate cuts. people thought the fed wasn't hawkish enough. you have to explain that. i haven't heard anybody else say that. >> the thing is as you saw, last rate cut, we had more fed h

xi claimed this, quote, people on both sides of the taiwan strait are one family.one can sever our family bonds. taiwan's president pledging to strengthen his country's defenses by boosting its defense budget. want to bring in gatestone institute seen year fellow and author of plan red, china's project to destroy america, gordon chang. telegraph those comments from xi jinping. what was he really saying? >> what he's really saying is that the quote, unquote, reuni reunification which should be unification, because china has not ruled taiwan. that's not inevitable. people of t taiwan don't considr themself part of the chinese family. 67% of the people on the island say they were primarily chinese, 3% said primarily chai -- primarily taiwan ease, 3% said primarily chinese. i think xi jinping realizes that as time progresses, taiwan is developing an identity separate and apart from china which is why xi jinping talks about inevitableity all the time because knows that it isn't. cheryl: the chinese state sponsored actor who hacked the u.s. treasury department targeted t

shares of taiwan semi up nearly 4% after a big earnings beat.a supplying showing no signs of slowdown in the a.i. spending boom. net profits up 57%, hitting a new record. high performance computing division continuing to drive sales. taiwan semi's cfo telling that after tripling in 2024, revenue from a.i. is expected to double this year. but can the company keep delivering on such high expectations? how are you feeling about taiwan semi? >> a lot better than apple, frankly. at 23 1/2 times, talking about 57% earnings growth, 39% revenue growth, and yes, i understand there's concern around a.i., but would you rather be a.i. and have that exposure or would you rather be exposed to automobiles or smartphones? that's perhaps why we saw some of the apple selloff today. i think this is a situation where management has aligned with secular trend, and it's probably positive. >> but are we immune from china tensions with taiwan semi? >> here we go. here we go. >> definitely not. but we like to play -- we play a lot of games. >> so many. >> it's fun. >> w

arguments about taiwan?age to putin and xi jinping, you cannot take over someone's country by the use of force, so it sends the wrong message to xi jinping. on 911 the first country to support us was canada, denmark. these are great allies and we americans don't of world order on sovereignty of countries, borders to respect your allies. the biggest difference between the united states and china right now, china has no allies. we have nato allies and east asian allies. we should respect the sovereignty of our allied countries. ♪ correspondent: thank you. amna: one of the legacies president biden leaves behind when he exits the white house is his record on conserving and protecting the country's public lands and water. deb haaland, biden's secretary of the interior, played a key role in implementing his policies over the last four years and i spoke with her earlier this week. secretary haaland, welcome to the newshour. it's great to have you here in person. haaland: so happy to be here. amna: so as the very fi

let's talk about taiwan. i had the chance to go to taiwan in the year 2000. it was the second presidential election there first one where people were coming convinced they might be able to hold a democracy. i believe they've earned the right to have a voice in international affairs, i also believe that they are a great risk right now with chinese xi jinping plan to be aggressive militarily towards them as my colleague senator rick its just so noted. will you support in your role as secretary of state taiwan's right to have a voice in international affairs participate in international forums and will you support the porcupine strategy providing that we will supply them with defense articles and defense services in such quantity as maybe necessary to enable taiwan to meant a sufficient self-defense capability. that's from the 1979 taiwan act in our current law. >> i'll point out in the taiwan relation act. i believe the year 2016 i was lead republican sponsor and reauthorizing and reinvigorating it. i think multiple or consecutive presidential administrations b