taiwan. and as she mentioned when she received the award, this is not just the recognition of her, out of taiwan, the people and the place, willing to fight against communism, stand up for democracy. highly appreciated -- highly appreciative of receiving the award. when john mccain was serving in congress, he was a highly supported figure for the taiwanese people. every time there is a need for congress to speak out in defense of taiwan, he is always out there and is the champion of taiwan security. he is a champion for taiwan being a democracy, fighting against communism. to the taiwanese people, he is a hero and i know he is also a war hero for the united states, but to taiwan, it means more than that. we will treasure his support and we will remember him forever. mr. esper: thank you for sharing that, those are written or flexion's about a great man who many miss of course, and certainly with every thing happening in europe with regard to russia and ukraine. let me dive into a question tha

taiwan.is a very significant and important figure in our relationships with the united states. i am glad you mentioned about the john mccain award for our president. it is in recognition of the president's high contribution to defend taiwan and to defend democracy. as the president mentioned, we received the award and that this is not just recognition of her but recognition of taiwan people and the place waiting to fight against communism. waiting to stand up for democracy. we are highly appreciative of receiving this award and the john mccain, when he served in congress, being highly supportive figure for the taiwanese people. every time there is a need for the congress to speak out in defense of taiwan he is always out there and he is a champion for taiwanese security. he is a champion for taiwan being a democracy, fighting against communism. to the people he is a hero. i know that he is also a war hero for the united states but to taiwan it means more than that. we will treasure his suppor

the united states is committed by law under the taiwan relations act, to provide taiwan the ability toefend itself. whether we would come of the united states would, come to taiwan's aid and fight on its behalf with a conflict on the mainland and china, that is operated under a policy known as strategic ambiguity. we will not say whether that we will or we won't. there is debate on whether we should change that. ultimately, the most important thing is have steady deterrence with china and upholding the status quo. on the one hand, we need to spend additional -- send additional messages to deter china but we also need to provide reassurance that we are not going to unilaterally change our political viewpoint toward taiwan, which could precipitate china to start a conflict. if the president flew to taiwan, that has the potential of being interpreted in beijing as the change in the u.s. political position to support taiwan's independence, and that is not consistent with our policy. we can't deter china and support taiwan without taking moves that create instability and end up itself. host

and so i'm wondering what does taiwan get out of all of this? i mean, they are poking the hornets nest here. so the move from taiwan is not only to help louisiana, but as a part of town, his effort to strengthen relations with the european countries. and what we need to know is that behind all this, this, this very important us factor, both taiwan and at least the ann lee who any a hack, closed military and security ties with the united states and are 2 of the most pro american places in the world maybe both at the top of the government and at the grassroots level as a us, china rivalry intensifies luthey luthey any a decision to establish a presence in taiwan if halted due to a pressure from bay gene will certainly bring shame to the united states. d w's so song han reporting from ty bay, so thank you. hong kong has announced rush corona virus restrictions as the city a record of 625 new infections on tuesday. a number paling and comparison with outbreaks around the world, but an alarming signal to officials in hong kong that have adopted china

ready or attack in taiwan? well, i think while people do take the possibility of a military confrontation with china seriously, i think over time people have been simply ling under the possibility or the shadow of a chinese military confrontation scenario for easily over a quarter century. by now, so i think over time people just begin to try to tune it out and leave their lives for the most part. and i think for the general public that the sense they have, obviously for the gum and leaders and those why in the military they do, they are being a lot more proactive in terms of finding out are ways to improve the capacity and mitigate risk of confrontation. with china, speaking of the responsibility really, i mean we look at military modernization that i want is undertaking. i wonder if that is the corner stone of taiwan strategy to counter the threat from china? yes, i mean i've entire one's strategy towards managing military threats on china are essentially 2 pronged. you can talk about a internal mainstream. o

ukraine today, taiwan's defense ministry reported jets and a reconzn plane flew over a taiwan controlled island. taiwan fighters were deployed to warn away the jets they dismissed tensions by the british prime minister britain said there would be consequences for places like taiwan if the west failed to support ukraine's independence china's foreign ministry responded, taiwan is not ukraine. taiwan has always been an inalienable part of china. this is an indisputable legal and historical fact. >> eunice yoon live for us in beijing. what of china? dewardric mcneal is with us, former defense appointee under president obama specializing in east asian relations thanks the picture is clear there's a war. russia warring in ukraine. and at the same time, the chinese flying yjets over taiwan what are we supposed to make of this >> well, shep, i will tell you that when it comes to taiwan, as you just heard from eunice, china has made it very clear its intention to reunify taiwan with the mainland. every leader from mao to xi has made this clear. shep, they have spent billions of dollars upgrading

the times in taiwan they are a changin'. and all for the better. the strength of democracy on a municipal level, here in taipei, do you think that is a tool, like a powerful tool? yeah, because taiwan is a small country, and taipei is the capital, so everything happens in taipei is not local. for example, what our mayor says will influence the people's thoughts, nation-wide, so i think it is very important at the taipei municipal level to stop the chinese influence. let's not forget that, officially, taiwan is a province of mainland china, a giant political force that has a complicated relationship with democracy. i think i believe in democracy because of the common ground for us to stand together and fight with china. we fought for democracy for a very long time, and especially the younger generations, because i was born in 1987, and so for the young generation like me, freedom, democracy and human rights are essentials for our lives, and we will unite across gender, across race, and anything. that is what we hope. the fight for freedom, for democ

is governed by the taiwan relations act, which mandates the united states sell to taiwan defensive weapons that is capable of having taiwan be able to resist an armed or forced reunification and that is significant. that does not exist, as you know, with ukraine taiwan and china are integrated in a way on the technology side. china far more dependent on taiwan for things like chip investment, development, and research for a chinese chip industry that's nascent and looking to grow, taiwan is extremely important. >> but - >> and on the military side -- >> please, go ahead quickly. >> on the military side, shep, this is a situation where taiwan is separated from china by a strait it's not a land border so this would be a significant amphibious landing or troop airlift from china i just don't think with all of the new capability that the pla has, it's prepared to execute that action now. >> we got to look forward, though, because we know that's what vladimir putin has been doing since he captured crimea, which enabled all of this. we can go back even further. what he says what he wants is the

i ukraine and china's claims over taiwan? ., �* ~' , taiwan?n't think there is much that is related to - taiwan? i don't think there is| much that is related to them. one thing that is very noticeable is, we talk about these crises over ukraine, over taiwan. in most cases, we don�*t talk about the people most affected, the ukrainians, the taiwanese. that�*s the similarity. i do think there are a lot of differences. it is clear that russia is perhaps willing to invade, to use military forces, to risk this hot war over ukraine. china may end up in a similar position, the right now i believe that china thinks it can get taiwan back through coercion, through pressure, through isolation in the international field. pressure, through isolation in the internationalfield. i think president xi jinping believes, over time, think president xi jinping believes, overtime, he can think president xi jinping believes, over time, he can get taiwan without having to fire a single shot. taiwan without having to fire a single shot-— single shot. natasha kassam, tha

is required to do under law, united states providing supplies and assistance to taiwan to help taiwanelf, so that is a question of what the level of military support would be, and i think it would likely be very high. there is a broad skill recognition that needing to deter chinese aggression against taiwan but also against disputed territories in the east china sea with japan or south china sea, potentially on the border with india, is essential. it is not just about the territory, small pieces of territory. it gets to larger questions of regional and global security. i think the united states would not stand aside and let china take over taiwan without any massive response. host: let's talk to ethan calling from honolulu, hawaii on the independent line. good morning. caller: a ha, c-span. -- aloha, c-span. in addition to two questions -- i have two questions. in addition to what you have mentioned, what is china afraid of in regards to the united states? my second question is, are there conflicts between china and russia, regular con -- conflicts between them? guest: thank you for y

all forms of terrorism all banned and transmitting to another country through taiwan. a suspended only residence are allowed to enter the island. every one must quarantine for 2 weeks and south isolate for another 7 days despite being fully vaccinated. i'm in the major international airport and taiwan, but you can barely see any passenger in the arrival whole. this used to be one of the busiest appleseed the world, but passenger for the m dropped to a less than a 1000000 last year. the was in for decades, morris can only fish a tie want if he and i really get married. but they con to unless they meet face to face. many by national couples are stuck in the same dilemma. you have gone, it is unfair. i mean, we're not married, but we're also a couple like like every one should have the right to be with their loved ones. i could understand the closed border policy 2 years ago because we didn't have vaccines at the time with the 1000000 meal. but now almost everyone's fully vaccinated and the new variants are much milder. yet the same policy remains. i can't accept that wit

i think the german government taiwan would be considered as a friendly state. i don't think they per se, have a problem with investments from taiwan. yet, of course there is the concern about she wants to do political location as you point out. and in fact, it's worth pointing out here that the chinese government approval on this investment, which was required because in these sorts of investments approved as required market market, regulatory authorities in many countries. the fact that many people don't realize came with so many conditions attached, that in fact it would have guaranteed future supply to china from global wafers. and so tronic the future company. and that was possibly something that the german government in its own way was quite concerned about what kind of message does this into other companies who are investing in building this kind of technology or other key technologies when they're looking at their options for selling their production or for merging? well, i think it's, you know, questionable that the german government frankly has said no

all because it allowed taiwan to set up a representative office there. now both lithuania and australia are calling on the world trade organization to intervene the lithuanian foreign minister and met with his australian counterpart on tuesday. both countries want to strengthen their ties and take to an action against china's trade blockade. and in these developments, lithuania has urged countries to resist what it calls chinese coersion. shares with the, with the way any and foreign minister had to say both russia and china currently ask act as disruptors of the global rules. they slowed up. so basically it's not, it's not regional. it's not just in the pacific regional issues or european regional issues is some of the global players that are acting destructively. and we have to ask, act counter disruptive lee. or here in germany, the economy ministry is raising the alarm about natural gas stocks in the country. as there's rise about a possible invasion of ukraine by russia. gas reserves and the country are down to near 35 percent. that's below the crit

and taiwan is still under tight coffee. the rules doesn't hold on under the sierra cove, it policy, taiwan has kept a sport as seo to since the beginning of the pandemic. all forms of terrorism, all band and transmitting to another country through taiwan is suspended. only residents are allowed to enter the island. every one must quarantine for 2 weeks and south isolate for another 7 days despite being fully vaccinated. i'm in the major international airport in taiwan, but you can barely see any passenger in the arrival whole. this used to be one of the busiest apples into wode, but passenger for them dropped to a less than a 1000000 last year. the was in for decades. morris can only fish a taiwan if he and i will get married. but they con to unless they meet face to face many by national capos are stuck in the same dilemma. you heckle it is unfair . i mean, we're not married, but we're also a couple lifeline. every one should have the right to be with their loved ones. i could understand the closed border policy 2 years ag

so taiwan is willing to provide or what whatever assistance week we could over. as recently as the summer containers were rolling from lithuania to china via the new soap road route. in the meantime, china white lithuania from its customs database. the result, the loading terminal in lithuania is at a standstill with the waning politicians, blaine, china g r. c is trying to build a sino centric world, ignore the international world order, and instead of supporting fee market build a system where our busiest political will is dictating where businesses should go and what they should do. the lithuanian economy is suffering from the boycott. german and french companies are also caught in the middle. china insists on blocking all goods made. in lithuania, german business representatives in the baltic states are counting on a solution through the world trade organization. class of all clear china is violating w t o rules here. the e u internal market is also affected as to because of our close economic ties then, which is why brussels has now actively intervened. this

the was in for decades, morris can only fish a taiwan if he and i will get married. but they con to unless they meet face to face. many by national capos are stuck in the same dilemma. you go, it is unfair. i mean, we're not married, but we're also a couple like like every one should have the right to be with their loved ones. i could understand the closed border policy 2 years ago because we didn't have vaccines at the time with the now nino. but now almost everyone's fully vaccinated and the new variants are much milder. yet the same policy remains. i can't accept that with my beautiful cove, it restrictions have and a to come less long distance relationships and the past 2 years. i renamed morris, are one of the few capos still surviving love from afar. yes, hoping to meet soon. that's it for today was of course more on our website, the devil dot com, forward slash asia. we leave today with pictures of her wedding to remembered in thailand where 40 couples died the not this valentine's day. arriving at the ma ceremony in an elephant parade ensued. moral green. do

thus, this laga national inch bond. taiwan also wants to play it's part to ease the burden. it wants to fund investment projects in lithuania, to the tune of 1200000000 euros. a spanish island paul now was devastated last year by a volcanic eruption that destroyed the homes and livelihoods of thousands of islanders. but it may also prove a lifeline for one of spain's poorest areas as investments and even taurus return. it's an erie and compelling sight solidified walls of lava 70 meters. high gases still seeping from the crater. it's also attracting tourists to le palmer, keen to see for themselves the aftermath of interruption that lasted $85.00 days may be continued. basso land zone is get holidays runs an 11 hour trip around the volcano for tourist, from the nearby island of 10, a refi at a $125.00 euros per adult. decided business is booming or so well. worse aren't for the local people. but the soft for the tourist. okay. because they seem new really, really close. these were can and i and you see the lab i and rest and her maybe maybe an okay as ah, is good for the loc

c 10 taiwan semiconductor manufacturing company into japan to bill semiconductor companies. there. so it does send signal that europe is not entirely open for business when it comes to these types of investments. and germany or your european union were able to differentiate a little bit more between what kinds of investments are say for europe and what kinds of paps not safe. my don't think that they've particular done that in this case. all right, so more questions perhaps, and answers coming out of this deal or no deal. dickerson taught low senior fellow, the german council on foreign relations. thank you very much. thank you. a good investment advice can come from anywhere. but what about your local cafe? when coffee joint in ne, highland has become a hot spot for crypto currency traders and is even offering investment advice. of course crypto markets can be more jolting than a double espresso. at the hip coffee and restaurant cafe in thailand, customers are being encouraged to eat and drink in front of their screens. these screens however, show the latest prices and trends in c

morris can only fish a taiwan if he and i really get married. but they con to, unless they meet face to face many by national capos are stuck in the same dilemma . you hankle it is unfair. i mean, we're not married, but we're also a couple like why every one should have the right to be with their loved ones. i could understand the closed border policy 2 years ago, because we didn't have vaccines at the time with the marine meal, but now almost everyone's fully vaccinated. and the new variants are much milder. yet the same policy remains. i can't accept that with my beautiful cove, it restrictions half and a to come less long distance relationships and a past 2 years. i renamed morris i. one of the few capos still surviving love from afar. the berlin all has made a name for itself as the most political of all the major international film festivals. now, after a lukewarm start, it's beginning to live up to its reputation. over the weekend. the competition put women front and center, focusing the wine white on the fight for their rights and the rig

morris can only fit a taiwan if he and i will get married. but they con to, unless they meet face to face many by national capos are stuck in the same dilemma . you go, it is unfair. i mean, we're not married, but we're also a couple like, like every one should have the right to be with their loved ones. i could understand the closed border policy 2 years ago because we didn't have vaccines at the time with the machine, but now almost everyone's fully vaccinated. and the new variants are much milder. yet the same policy remains. i can't accept that with cove at restrictions, half and a to come less long distance relationships. in the past 2 years, i renamed morris i one of the few capos still surviving love from afar. blood, the berlin international film festival women are being featured front and center, especially the fired ford beer writes and the ranks of others. robbie a corners is a woman on a mission. one that might seem impossible. that'll sierra take on the u. s. government and when and last reasons movie robbie a corn us versus geor

60000 bottles, we're headed there, but within, diverted to taiwan. yet this drink is very popular. in lithuania, william, it's inexpensive them and we're proud of it because it's made here. it's there, but it was pain. i'm a kind relations or frosty between with the when you're in china and there's much more at stake than alcoholic beverages. china is boycotting all goods from the small country. the crisis was triggered by the opening of an official taiwanese representatives office in the lithuanian capital, vilnius eric long as ty, one's representative in lithuania and understands how tricky the situation is for his host country. chinese 3rd party of which is responsible for this. i think good china should find a solution. they should step back. they should not do this any more. and at the same time, we understand that china will continue to bully towns, friend assault i, one is willing to provide or what, what ever assistance week we could over as recently as the summer containers were rolling from lithuania to china via the new soap road route, in the meantime, china white lithu

he has his eyes tonight on taiwan.the world doesn't stand up for ukraine, then that will be a green light for president xi. >> sean: jennifer griffin, i fear the worst. i think president xi is watching closely. he stated openly he believes in reunification in taiwan and has been flying fighter jet over taiwan air space. i predicted after the olympics we might see activity there as well. i hope i am wrong. jennifer griffin, thanks for being with us tonight want joining us now a former cia station chief dan hoffman. you know a lot. i have been with you in singapore and you warned me about my own personal communications. do not turn on any real phone of yours because it would be hacked. we are hearing reports that the ukraine government, banks and mobile communication s have been jammed over eastern ukraine. how will that impact the world's ability to know what is happening in this hour? >> this is part of russiaao hybrid war. i was in moscow in 2008 when russia launched a hybrid war against georgia. it's similar. false c

morris can only fish a taiwan if he and i really get married. but they con to, unless they meet face to face many by national capos are stuck in the same dilemma . you, again, i go, it is unfair. i mean, we're not married, but we're also a couple like, like every one should have the right to be with their loved ones. i could understand the closed border policy 2 years ago, because we didn't have vaccines at the time with the marine. but now almost everyone's fully vaccinated and the new variants are much milder. yet the same policy remains. i can't accept that with my beautiful cove with restrictions, half and a to come less long distance relationships and the past 2 years. i renamed morris i one of the few capos still surviving love from afar. european union's highest court has rule that brussels can cut funds from member states, a disregard democratic standards. the case has major implications for poland and hungary. the uses both countries are undermining the rule of law in areas such as judicial independence and wants to slash billions of eu

the ceo of micron who set at the moment there's a 45% cost differential between making a chip in taiwan as he does or in asia versus making it here in the united states. yes, $50 billion coming from the administration in terms of incentives, but that does not make up for the costly labor and regulation. how do we get some economic parity or do we just have to brace ourselves for inflation? willy: one of the reasons a lot of that manufacturing ended up in asia and taiwan specifically is because american investors did not like the capital intensity in the first place and we said let the taiwanese do it because they are willing to do it and we will invest in the design site. that drove them in the first place, so you raise a valid question -- how much as the commissioner of the eu calls it strategical and technical and will consumers pay a higher price for it? that is yet to be seen. romaine: there is a lot more discussion in circles then we have been talking about a few years ago. when you look at the strategic vision of this, is there a way forward where may be the u.s. solidify some sor

they want reunification with taiwan.n us next. ♪ ♪ >> sean: biden tries to play on a tough guy with putin, donald trump laid out the dangers of your stupendous on russian oil. of course, they are lack of paying fair share to nato and the dangers of europe willing make russia rich and putin rich again, take a look. >> energy is a much different story than normal trade. you have a country like poland who will not accept gas. you take a look at some of the countries, they won't accept it because they don't want to be captive to russia. germany, as far as i am concerned, is captive to rush because it is getting so much public energy from russia. we are supposed to protect germany but getting their energy from russia. explained that purity can't be explained, you know that. >> sean: former president trump war in china is absolutely going after taiwan to pursue reunification amidst the eight foreign policy missed that. here with reaction, you can see sitting right next to donald trump, former press secretary of state mike pomp

china-taiwan will have a huge impact because taiwan is the center of semiconductor production and distributionch is the heart of our global supply chain. the key for xi jinping is how i tell my audience that i got control which china has been obsessed with and taiwan is china and how do we make that happen? that's what we will have to watch for. he is doing a nice hat trick with the other hand with taiwan. tom: the tension is between the chinese military and the politics of china. do we have any idea of that relationship? >> the emperor is in beijing. that's the attitude in china. the military piece of this is the supreme and that's what xi jinping made it clear he's head of the red army. the taiwan issue is overwhelmingly strong especially with the diplomacy that china has implemented an china is focused on domestic goals for a modern day socialist country and they want that to spread to taiwan and certainly hong kong . when lisa: lisa: does a health crisis force his hand? carrie lam in hong kong said they are not doing lockdowns and jean jinping said yes you are. treat it as it's the most im

use this tactics on taiwan in a systematic way in old gray areas. the ukraine situation is seen as important lesson for taiwan. ok, so some harm in taipei for us. thank you very much. away from the crisis in ukraine now and to a story that brings together 2 of the big innovations of the 21st century. so far, electric vehicles and 3 d printing the shift away from petrol and diesel means as already a major effort underway to boost your car, battery production capacity and manufacturers a finding innovative ways to produce them. e mobility is on the rise and not just for passenger cars. the orton company near to the air converts diesel van c e drive vehicles. the family business with $150.00 employees is a factory, each conversion, a unique piece. one of the most important components is the battery, the cabinets and his colleagues have to buy all their battery cells in china. that's becoming increasingly expensive, but it is an operating phone battery, so prices in the current economic climate have increased. it's become more extreme now because the tr

how much of a sore spot is taiwan regarded by china?ountries deteriorating and beef being the latest product to be caught up in it all. as she mentioned this is all about the de facto embassy that lithuania opened, taiwan opened in the rainier last year in the capital. china claims taiwan as part of its own mainland and that really started this diplomatic spat. since then, we see a downgrade of relations and product by product been stopped from entering china. lithuanian products. beef, she mentioned, dairy, firm. and it even made to taiwan to give its recipes and what it can do with all this rum that is now, this lithuanian man being found in taiwan because it stepped in to take these products. the effect of this beef ban is not likely to be too big. china imports very little beef from lithuania but china is the word scientist beef importer and so down the line there could be problems and there is one other thing to remember as well. lithuania is a member of the european union and actually, the eu has launched a case at the world trade

globally, taiwan from 31st to 11th. quite a “um -. taiwan from 31st to 11th.quite a jump. as always, _ taiwan from 31st to 11th. quite a jump. as always, thank- taiwan from 31st to 11th. quite a jump. as always, thank you | a jump. as always, thank you very much for talking us through that. a bit of optimism in that report. thank you so much. stay with us on bbc news. still to come, not so modern man: the discovery in france that shows homo sapiens may have arrived in europe a lot earlier than we thought. there's mr mandela, mr nelson mandela. a free man taking his first steps into a new south africa. iran's spiritual leader, ayatollah khomeini, has said he's passed a death sentence on salman rushdie, the british author of a book which many muslims say is blasphemous. the people of haiti havej flocked to church to give thanks for the ousting - of their former president, 'ba by doc' duvalier. because of his considerable value as a stallion, shergar was kept in a special secure box in the stud farm's central block. shergar was driven away in a horse box the thie

easy. pandemic rules is also on the agenda for taiwan. after nearly 2 years following a 0 covert strategy authorities may lift entry restrictions on business travelers. next month, the hard line approach has helped the ireland keep reported karone of ours cases under $20000.00. but there's a cost. for example, 2 couples whose love crosses borders to w's joyce lee report from taipei. it has been over 700 days since iran then, and has singaporean boyfriend more as last met in person. she can't afford to leave taiwan because of the strange quarantine ruse when she returns home. and morris can't come to the island because the body is closed. 2 years apart have been hot on a couple days ago that we can only see each other on the screen whenever i see couples on the street. and i feel very sad because my boyfriend can't be around at home at home. and i will play at 1st, we thought the border would be closed for 6 to 12 months. longer than that, it's already been 2 years. and taiwan is still under tight covey rules like that. and how long under

potential incursion as it relates to taiwan.o question about it. big power adversaries of russians and chinese happening in afghanistan to have serious doubts if america will stand with its allies. so how we handle the ukrainian situation handles that well

they say they will take taiwan because they think taiwan belongs to them and they will. how soon is how we respond to this ukraine situation? we don't handle ukraine well, china will do what they said they will do sooner rather than later. >> martha: we stood by taiwan's right to defend itself. we have a similar arrangement with ukraine even though we took away their arms in a promise we would support them against russia. thank you. >> thanks. >> martha: president biden's path to deterrence and diplomacy to stop this. vladimir putin launched a path of death and destruction on europe's second largest country of 10 million people. war in europe. our breaking coverage continues with former secretary of state mike pompeo. >> we are watching the beginning of another cold war. is this a ruptour in u.s. and russian relations? and they're holding the line on purchase loans with rates in the twos. already own a home and need cash? with the newday100 loan, you can get up to $60,000 or more and lower your payments $615 a month. no bank, no lender, no one knows veterans like newdayu

so what does this in for taiwan at this point, and does the likelihood of chinese action against taiwan increase with this agreement? we've got about 30 seconds left. yeah, i think it certainly could increase. i mean, if the chinese decide that they want to take taiwan back and they certainly might do that. and certainly the united states looked weaker and weaker on this issue. it was a smart p r. move if you will, to side with argentina over the falcons. but there's, there's another issue here as well, and that goes back to the story you just read very quickly about basically germany and france sane. the united states is not going to force our hand when it comes to a war with russia because it impacts us. i talked about this over the last couple of days on the show. it's so important to recognize that in the past, past 2 decades, the united states has had the authority to go around the world and tell other countries this is in your best interest. you will do what we say that influence is significantly downplayed compared to what we're seeing right now. absolutely, and we continue to se

, they would back the chinese up. 50 on taiwan, they would back the chinese oo— on taiwan, they wouldse up. so what do you think somebody like us - think somebody like us presidentjoe biden needs to do now, strategically? i president joe biden needs to do now, strategically?— now, strategically? i mean, note that — now, strategically? i mean, note that this _ now, strategically? i mean, note that this chinese- - now, strategically? i mean, - note that this chinese- russian note that this chinese— russian partnership has really been solidified, but continue the process of trying to have a diplomatic solution to the ukraine crisis, talks are still going on, even as the military buildup continues as well, and then find a way to deal with china too. of course the biden administration wanted the focus to be on china but it is now able to do that —— not been able to do that —— not been able to do that —— not been able to do that in the past few months because of all the challenges coming from russia. thank you angela forjoining us on bbc news. as we heard earlier, a possible russian invasio

the problem was the use of the name taiwanese stopping many countries taiwan's representative offices a nerve with china because it claims taiwan as part of its territory, even though the island sees itself as a self governed democratic state. since then, relations have soured. china denies imposing trade bands, putting the blocking of goods down to a lack of documentation. now only a small part of lithuania's exports go to china, around 1%-2% of exports go to china, around 1%—2% of the baltic state's goods. so even a complete halt to trade would only have a minor impact on lithuania's economy. lithuania's parameter has even said exporters already found new markets, but there could be trouble ahead. lithuania is not dependent on china but it depends on german and french companies that produces some components in lithuania so china decided because it was very difficult for china to hit lithuania because of their very shallow economic operation, so try to let's say except bigger players, german, french companies, to compel lithuania to change their policy towards china. ., , to change t

taiwan is not ukraine. this is happening on the very day. you have to wonder if when putin and xi saw each other at the olympics if this was discussed. >> don't know. you know, the chinese have sent aircraft into the air defense zone of taiwan continually now for several months. so this in itself is not new. i think china is watching very carefully whether putin is able to get away with what he is trying to do in ukraine. maybe that will be a game plan for them in terms of taiwan. but i wouldn't expect anything on taiwan in the near term. president xi needs to get through this november meeting of the communist party where he will be given a third term either for five years or indefinite. i think he wants to keep things quiet between now and then. i think it is unlikely something will happen in taiwan. the issue for china really is if, as i'm sure we will do impose enormous sanctions on russia. that's a dill emma for china. russia will try to get china to help get around the sanctions. if china does it will

potential incursion as it relates to taiwan.o question about it. big power adversaries of russians and chinese happening in afghanistan to have serious doubts if america will stand with its allies. so how we handle the ukrainian situation handles that well >> early 2001 bethany mclean at that time a writer for "fortune" magazine, asked the question in an article how does enron make its money? reporting along with others who wrote articles led to a lot of inquiries that were put to enron management and within a few minutes the company was bankrupt her subsequent 2003 book titled the smartest guys in the room became a bestseller since 2008 mclean has made a career writing about american financial crises and in january she discussed her reaction in an essay about convicted felon elizabeth holmes she wrote for those who believe she was guilty of a great crime, it is a disappointing verdict"

while us argue that has the right to sol, taiwan, millions of dollars in weapons under the 1979. taiwan relations act, while making argues at washington is in violation of the one china policy which sees china as part of sorry, which sees taiwan as part of china. and is therefore a threat to national security. us arms sales to taiwan and china seriously violates the one china, principal and visions of the 3 china us joint communiques, especially the august 17th to communicate seriously, undermine china sovereignty and security interests. damages china, us relation and peace and stability in taiwan surgery trying to formally reject and strongly can and this is interesting because we've seen these tensions over taiwan ramped up specifically with the trump administration, then you at biden, you came in and he was very critical of the way that trump handled these issues, but now we're seeing him continue with the same sanctions continue with the same measures, not really pull back on anything. and it's notable to see how beijing included this new, you know, sanctions act which they took act