chiang kai-shek, along with his supporters, offended taiwan, he and about one and a half million peoplelished a government in exile there. chiang kai-shek named the territory of the republic of china subject to him and ruled it for the next 25 years, since the 2000s, power in taiwan began to change for the first time , a politician not from the gondon party became president. for almost 8 years , the island was ruled by the democratic progressive party, which openly advocated the proclamation of a separate state. while supporters of gondo. they were not opposed to reuniting with china. therefore, until 2016 , the conflict in taiwan's china was a smoldering, then briefly, flashing light , depending on which party came to power. however, everything changed during the presidency. tsai invin. the people of taiwan demonstrated to the world by their actions that we, as a free and democratic people, will defend our freedom, democracy and way of life. each of us took a direct part in this, my dear ones. it is the ivanites who did this inven represents the democratic progressive party. he , too,

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he felt was supporting a corrupt chinese regime of chiang kai shek. and he turned against the american military power very early. he saw he wrote letters home that are in the frank church papers in boise, where he talked he was he was felt revolted by the american atomic bombing of japan. even though everyone else in the army in china was elated by it. and he came to the us. he turned down an opportunity to stay in intelligence after the war which might have led him to join cia if he had stayed in and he up going back to boise and after he had suffered cancer. he went to law school and, ran for senate when he was only 32 and got elected and when was first elected he was a he was a very he was a very traditional. cold a democratic cold warrior of the 1950s. and it really wasn't until vietnam that he was radicalized and i would wanted to ask tom to speak a little bit about what church did not know while was joining the senate and become and beginning to fight against vietnam war in the early sixties. he did not yet know about the cia because the cia the

he felt was supporting a corrupt chinese regime of chiang kai shek. and he turned against the american military power very early. he saw he wrote letters home that are in the frank church papers in boise, where he talked he was he was felt revolted by the american atomic bombing of japan. even though everyone else in the army in china was elated by it. and he came to the us. he turned down an opportunity to stay in intelligence after the war which might have led him to join cia if he had stayed in and he up going back to boise and after he had suffered cancer. he went to law school and, ran for senate when he was only 32 and got elected and when was first elected he was a he was a very he was a very traditional. cold a democratic cold warrior of the 1950s. and it really wasn't until vietnam that he was radicalized and i would wanted to ask tom to speak a little bit about what church did not know while was joining the senate and become and beginning to fight against vietnam war in the early sixties. he did not yet know about the cia because the cia the

the chinese mainland, but is home by taiwan. remnants of the chinese civil war, when general chiang kai shek defeated troops retreated from china to taiwan in 1949 . they retain control of these islands as a 1st line of defense. the islanders tell us that champion is now one of them. she's even taken over leadership of the community center. she takes us to a meeting, she's organized there for people with dementia. tells us more about what makes her adult at home. this special she's a woman model of the many people in the month 2 islands don't just own property in taiwan. but also on this one of these mainland to i became communicate easily in the same language here. how many have relatives on the mainland? hi say, when i came here, i understood that much so belongs to him by one family, but ties to the chinese mainland. i'm much closer to francis and cameron. gonzalez will not be in the judge who can send me the fence winder glance. that ferry service has resumed twice a day. the journey takes just 25 minutes. for 3 years, during the pandemic, there were no fairies. the passengers are almost

when general chiang kai shek defeated troops retreated from china to taiwan. in 1949, they retained control of these island just as a 1st line of defense. the islanders tell us that tion shawn in is now one of them. she's even taken over leadership of the community center. she takes us to a meeting, she's organized there for people with dementia tells us more about what makes her adult at home. this special she's a woman mazda of the many people in the month. 2 islands don't just own property in taiwan, but also on this one these mainland to i became communicate easily and the same language here. how many have relatives on the mainland? hi say when i came here i understood that much so belongs to my one family, but ties to the chinese mainland are much closer to francis and coming going. so i will not be in the child, or she can send me the that's why they're in the land. that ferry service has resumed twice a day. the journey takes just 25 minutes per 3 years during the pandemic, there were no fairies. the passengers are almost all taiwanese, chinese people a

reminded him completely of the chinese nationalist army and the chinese nationalists regime of chiang kai shek. and he went back to washington and began to slowly to turn against the war. he was, since he was so close to kennedy, he was very discreet and subtle about his criticisms of the war at. he turned he would the the south vietnamese government but he wouldn't criticize his the kennedy administration's policies and it was really only when lyndon johnson president that began to turn openly against the us policy in vietnam and his relationship lyndon johnson went downhill very fast. he johnson had been senate majority leader when church was first elected to the senate and they had had very up and down relationship. he was in the senate very volatile but now it went completely south because church willing to be very open in his opposition to the war and he was the first major senator who johnson considered credible to openly turn against the war and he really pressured william fulbright was the chairman of the senate foreign relations at the time to hold hearings on vietnam. and it was the

it's always been a hot button issue with the republican party going back to the relations with chiang kai-shekhips with the republican party. there's always been ambiguity, and over the past step years the u.s. rhetoric against china has escalated. we're doing planning against china in the pentagon. we're budgeting and buying forces to be able to deter china. got to be careful not to just make a self-fulfilling prophecy in that case. really we have one fight we have to help ukraine on and that's a critical fight for the future of the world. china not necessarily so. so a lot rides on what the united states does with ukraine, and if we support ukraine and ukraine flounts that soviet aggression and takes back most or all of its territory, there's a settlement there that's satisfactory, this would also cool off the situation in taiwan. >> and one thing all sides seem to agree son a conflict over taiwan would be devastating for all involved, chinese forces, u.s. forces and the taiwanese themselves. general wesley clark, always good to have you on. thank you so much. >> thank you so much, jim. >> b

he felt was supporting a corrupt chinese regime of chiang kai shek. and he turned against the american military power very early. he saw he wrote letters home that are in the frank church papers in boise, where he talked he was he was felt revolted by the american atomic bombing of japan. even though everyone else in the army in china was elated by it. and he came to the us. he turned down an opportunity to stay in intelligence after the war which might have led him to join cia if he had stayed in and he up going back to boise and after he had suffered cancer. he went to law school and, ran for senate when he was only 32 and got elected and when was first elected he was a he was a very he was a very traditional. cold a democratic cold warrior of the 1950s. and it really wasn't until vietnam that he was radicalized and i would wanted to ask tom to speak a little bit about what church did not know while was joining the senate and become and beginning to fight against vietnam war in the early sixties. he did not yet know about the cia because the cia the