this is what they want to do to taiwan when they want to invade taiwan. that's time was foreign minister speaking exclusively to d. w reporters in taipei. today we go deeper into ty wants perceptions of the dangers. it faces from china. ah irish manage. you're welcome to d, w, and use asia. glad you could join us. taiwan says it's military shooting down a chinese drone was the most appropriate thing to do. the incident occurred on thursday when the military shot down a chinese drone that flew over taiwan, jin men islands, which lie less than 5 kilometers from the chinese coast. this isn't the 1st time china has flown drones over gin men. just last week. this video emerged of taiwanese soldiers throwing rocks at a chinese drawn, hovering above their post on the gym and islands. towns foreign minister dozer foretold dw, in an exclusive interview, that this was part of china's attempt at cognitive warfare against the island. in this revealing interview, he also said this was in town part of china's court playbook in the future. envision of taiwan? yes. ball

for virtual taiwan. it's an online platform that allows for civic debate on legislative topics with fostering this digital democracy is one side of audrey tanks work. but there's another more disquieting side in late 2021 time when he's officials set the government faced up to 5000000 cyber attacks for probes per day. in may 2020 hackers, targeted a state run energy company causing payment issues and chaos at gas stations across the country to help protect against such attacks. the minister employs whitehead hackers to test government projects and software programs. make sure that we also understand so called the read him thinking how the penetration testers think about this as, as the we can defend ourselves better and also pro active leave hunt. and he threats the c e o of team t 5. but taiwan based cyber security company is familiar with many cyber espionage groups. they were even able to identify the one responsible for the energy company attack called a p t 41. they are a notorious group of china ba

this is what they want to do to taiwan when they want to invade taiwan. and all of these exercises were responds to nancy pelosi is visit here at the beginning of august when you reflect on that visit. that was debate about whether it was the right thing to do was worth it for all of this. let me make a clarification. the chinese were claiming that the speaker pillows his visit to taiwan is something that they need to respond to. a speaker closes visits with high one he just one of those strings of the visitors come with high one and there was precedence for example, newt gingrich also visited taiwan before. and we have so many senators and congressmen or senior officials visiting high one from other parts of the world. and from this you can see that china just use this as a pretext to launch the military threat against taiwan. and what i would say is that the speaker pelosi specialty wanted some more ill booster for the 1000 people tie one has been facing the threat from china for all these time. and if there is any one, want to show their support for ta

this is what they want to do to taiwan when they want to invade taiwan. and all of these exercises were response to nancy pelosi is visit here at the beginning of august. when you reflect on that visit, there was a debate about whether it was the right thing to do was worth it for all of this. let me make a clarification. the chinese were claiming that the speaker pelosi visit to taiwan is something that they need to respond to. a speaker close his visit to taiwan. he just one of those strings of the visitors come, he's with high one. and there was presidents, for example, newt gingrich, also visited taiwan before. and we have so many senators and congressmen or senior officials visiting have one from other parts of the world. and from this you can see that china just use this as a pretext to launch the military threat against taiwan. and what i would say is that the speaker pelosi specialty wanted some more ill booster for the town. as people pie one has been facing the threat from china for all these. hein and if this any one want to show their support

i'm glad because taiwan is a democratic country bobbing, plunging into a void, provoking china. taiwan was long, reluctant to take in any one playing hong kong. but in 2020 taiwan gave refuge 211000 hong kong. ers wanted to escape china's brutal suppression dissent. ah, it had become clear that for president she jane pink, the promise of one country to systems meant something very different than what hong kong had hoped. admit, do you believe in one country to systems it will taiwan be the next hong kong? ah, you along to i lows are empty words you do you understand what i mean by that? funny. ha, you mean by lodge alex on la dos on bomb, something that doesn't exist? yeah, yes, sham, meaningless saying, ah, china would like to re conquer taiwan territory that it considered its own to de taiwan stands at a crossroads. will the de facto independence of their country become official, bore will beijing to everything in its power to assume control of taiwan? ah ah oh, i've been like africa not taking things in the global in that's i have decided you know and i'm going to get original. i'm

this is what they want to do to taiwan when they want to invade taiwan. and all of these exercises were responds to nancy pelosi visit here at the beginning of august. when you reflect on that visit, there was a debate about whether it was the right thing to do. was it worth it for all of this? let me make a clarification. the chinese were claiming that the speaker pillows his visit to taiwan is something that they need to respond to by speaker closes, visits with high one he just, one of those strings of the visitors come, he's with high one and there was precedence for example, newt gingrich, also visited taiwan before and we have so many senators and congressmen or senior officials visiting have one from other parts of the world. and from this you can see that china just use this as a pretext to launch the military threat against taiwan. and what i would say is that the speaker pelosi specialty wanted some more ill boost for the town. his people tie one has been facing the threat from china for all these hein? and if there is any one, want to show thei

at his bending over 7 years in taiwan. he could never have imagined need in to plan a war time vacation. i worried about a war here, especially since the u. s. did not intervene in the war and ukraine. many got no use for now. i don't think the possibility of war is very high. but i haven't heard of any evacuation plan either. i don't know how i nearly 700000 my co workers mostly found in them in the lisa in the philippines, while a half off limb works in manufacturing factories, others working as givers or nanny killed up a new gun is one of them. she lip lip lip pins to come to tie one in 2015 and know works as a domestic helper. but no gun also choose a migrant workers union. and his font that worries about a possible taiwan conflict. why sprayed in filipino community here? it seems like if someday this whole fries for the war and we don't know, work and legal guests in by one. also the, the problem here is where the language barrier or the migrants in the loop class. so yeah, we cannot guarantee of ourselves here, but

i'll erase intentions between china and taiwan. have started to worry him for my family. indonesia is asking if it's still safe here, man. and whether there will be a conflict. but yeah, if the worst happens, they've asked me to just come home. i know that about the buddha and his colleagues . now talk about tie one china relations every day. after spending over 7 years in taiwan, he could never have imagined need in to plan a war time vacation. to get a worried about a war here, especially since the u. s. did not intervene in the warn ukraine medical. i know you that for now, i don't think the possibility of wars very high. but i haven't heard of any evacuation plan either. i mean by the iowa william de la tower has nearly 700000 migrant workers, mostly on vin, them in the lisa in the philippines. molar, half of them worked in, in many victory in factories. others working as caregivers or nanny guild, that a new can is one of them. she lip, lip philippines to come to taiwan in 2015 and now works as a domestic hoper bunk and also c

migrant workers in taiwan, on edge hundreds of thousands of southeast asians live and work in taiwan. but language barriers and fears over job losses are taking their toll on them. are correspondent reports and with smog season, fast approaching deli rolls out, its latest plan to fight the toxic fumes electric vehicles. ah. i british energy. welcome to the w news asia. glad you could join us. recent tensions between china and taiwan are also having an impact on a somewhat hidden community. se ation migrant workers in taiwan. according to official records, there's nearly 700000 of them. working on the self governing islands. they work mostly in factories and as caregivers. but the uptake intentions across the taiwan straits has left them bodied for their future in the event of a dangerous escalation. the double correspondence, zachary li reports as a migrant worker into one. what use up works hard to support his family back home in denisia. he's never been interested in politics by the race intentions between china and taiwan. have started to worry him out of my family and indonesia is

just as her words in taiwan were trying to create trouble for taiwan for, for china, with regard to taiwan. and it's also an indirect attack on turkey, which by a large, has not been supportive of the nato aggression against russia using ukraine to attack russia. turkey is being has not taken part in sanctions and it has been in a way around. she plays its own little game because turkeys arising power and wants to reassure itself of his own position in the, in the region. but that's what nancy pelosi trip means. it means that the united states is trying it, as mr. moore passes, trying to stir up trouble and to discredit russia with armenia and try and draw a media away from russia to try and anger as a by gen and stir up trouble with as a version and makes it more aggressive. and therefore, allow more american intervention of what that would be at no idea because the american seem to be very weak lately and being of the sport, anybody including ukraine. yeah, you know, it's interesting how there always seems to be a much bigger goal when it comes to these trips, where you as politicians ju

and its allies and taiwan will not be ready for taiwan crisis at that point if current trends continue. we could reach a point in taiwan's poseable calendar where it becomes increasingly clear that more nationalists, pro-independence forces, or ascendant and the kmt, may simply be a force. if you put those things together, that could create a convergence of circumstances in which xi jinping feels like he has the ability to use force and feels like he has the need to do it. but that does not make it in evitable because it also depends on what taiwan does, what the u.s. does, what america's allies do. my preference would be for us to treat this issue with a great deal or urgency so when xi jinping looks at the situation, note, that is still too risky for my liking. -- no, that is still too risky for my liking. >> the u.s. used to have eight formal treaty alliance with taiwan from the 1950's until the end of the 1970's. he broke that alliance when we transferred diplomatic recognition from taipei to beijing during the jimmy carter era but congress responded by passing something called the

tell us about the reaction in taiwan to biden's remarks. united states president joe biden on sunday, reaffirm that the u. s. troop defend taiwan human defense of chinese invasion. how a ministry of foreign affairs will come that i that has that. and on monday, the spokes person expressed the or think and emphasize that biden administration took office public has repeatedly reiterated the security company. men of the united states to taiwan and taiwan will continue to extend its self defense capabilities and fairly receive more expansion. and the question of china over, as we know that this might be the time sim, spider became president, he publicly said the us to defend taiwan if china launch a military attack and what's also significant to taiwan biden's remarks came days after the senate boring radiation committees passed the taiwan policy act, a b o that's authorized by point $6500000000.00 us dollars in found the weapons and military training for taiwan. so we believe that the, with the low pass and the remarks given by, by them it is

a clips to taiwan to defend itself.ntentionally ambiguous, because it is not saying the u.s. military would, or would not come to taiwan. >> because that is what i wanted to ask you. does the u.s. have a commitment to defend taiwan in the case of an attack from china? >> no. according to the taiwan relations act, no. >> so is the comments from the u.s. president -- does it signal something, a move away from strategic ambiguity to something else potentially? >> yes, definitely, definitely. it is a combination of signaling. it is signaling to domeic population because the midterms are coming. it is signaling to china that the u.s. will not sit idle like it probably did in 2019 in the case of hong kong protes. it is signalg to foreign partners thathe u.s.s determined to defend mocracies against authoritarian regimes. on the o hand, it is signaling a number of threats including to the dostic popation. on thetherand, it is signing to cna andoreign allies whether this changes the whole equilibrium. in my view, it is a slight

this is what they want to do to taiwan when they want to invade taiwan. at the same time, because taiwan is very, very dependent on the united states for insecurity in terms of providing weapons. and also the sort of implicit promise of support from the united states. but i want to talk about what we've heard from president biden over the last year or so on. 3 separate occasions and joe biden has said, yes, the united states would defend taiwan. going beyond the official us policy only for the white house press team within 24 hours. having to walk that back and say, oh no, nothing's changed. it's exactly the same. how does that, how does that make you feel the sense of complete confusion about the u. s. policy coming from the president himself? what we're not confused? we are very clear that that depends on how one is our own responsibility. and we also are very clear about what the hell are relations at face that hello relations act. say that the when id say is obligated to provide taiwan with defensive articles. and the u. s. has been living up to the c

i want to taiwan. some are talks on economic cooperation in the high tech, the sector where our partnership is the great last month i was proud to sign legislation establishing our state's 1st foreign trade office in taiwan, both arizona and taiwan, our global semiconductor leaders. and it is in this industry where our partnership is the greatest. now it's important to know that there is bipartisan support in the us for maintaining the status quo over taiwan. but what happens if beijing decides to invade the island? the w's chief international editor, richard walker, has this exclusive interview with ty, one's foreign minister, joseph, who, what is your sense? i, you concern that innovation really is potentially coming and if so, what kind of a timeline do you currently looking at? well, i can come in on the timeline, but if you look at the chinese statement, the statements coming from their senior officials. they've been saying that the taiwan belongs to china, and they want to unify with taiwan peace

david: china-taiwan, do you see any problem occurring or the chinese will invade taiwan?e: it remains a distinct threat that could be a military contingency around taiwan, and the people's republic of china has stated its official policy, it is not taking the invasion of taiwan off the table. that remains one of the potential options for taiwan. their position has been changing over time in terms of their disturbance of the status quo across the straits. the american position has remained steadfast and consistent. one-china policy, taiwan's relation back. three joint communiques that we agreed with china in the 1970's and 1980's that laid out from our perspective that there should be no unilateral changes to the status quo across the taiwan strait. we believe that and will push back against any effort to change the status quo by force. david: there is legislation moving through congress to toughen up the existing support the u.s. has for taiwan. has the administration adopted a position on that yet? jake: i will have the opportunity later today to go to the hill and talk

for a battle here on the streets of taiwan. and there's some people use a buzz words like a natural warfare and they say taiwan. she prepare for that or tie, watch it up a porcupine strategy. so we are a lot of these different buzzwords. but again, even it's changing the doctrines. it's changing the way that planners have gone about this for a long time. and that's still very much a work in progress. the problem is taiwan might not necessarily have him back given the right level from china. so ultimately, it's not just the u. s. decision. it's really something that policy makers, politicians, and the public here in taiwan really need to come to a consensus, then go about doing what is necessary to defend their island. how do you expect china to respond to this move? i mean tensions have, of course, already been heightened since the policy visit. can we expect action well, we can certainly back date and say, and they've made some will make more in the coming gauge and the statements from different agencies of the chinese governm

we're taiwan is trying progressively to tighten its grip on, on taiwan, increasing military pressure, increasing attempts to diplomatic isolation, and to blame whatever it does on the west, on the united states. so massive military exercises last month. wayne done the visit by how speaker pelosi but those were exercises. i suspected the chinese would have undertaken. in any case, in your book, you argued that the west long underestimated china are the times turning. i think there's much more realism now in the united states, in europe and asia, about the challenge, the china poses to liberal democracy and peace and stability in the region. and that's a big change and it's happening quickly, but it's not uniform. some people, some places are a little bit of added, some are behind and it's not sufficient. i think we are not yet to the point where we formulated agreed policies that we can implement to try to respond to the aggressive things that john has been doing. why would the us consider intervening in taiwan in a way that it's not doing in ukraine, which has been attacked by russia

and of course turning to taiwan i think the people of taiwan watching the situation in ukraine this has been very sobering and it's kicked up this desire to be better prepared. there's a lot of enthusiasm for civilians learning about first a for instance. there is growing support for expanding military training for men over the age of 18 which right now is four months but they want to increase it out to a year so i think it's really added energy for this desire to taiwan to beef up its defenses and finally for china i think it's been really interesting to see how china has been reacting to these comparisons so beijing has been the staunchest voice for making the case ukraine and taiwan are not the same. and they said this is because taiwan is not a sovereign state whereas ukraine is beijing has accused the united states of exploiting the situation in ukraine to try to increase support for taiwan and they blamed washington for allegedly emboldening independent forces or independent forces in taiwan so that's kind of where china is coming from and it says that the united states is asking

to create one china or one taiwan. the one china principle has become a basic norm in international relations and a consensus of the international community when entering into diplomatic relations with china. 181 all recognized and accepted there is but one china in the world and china -- taiwan is a part of china and the prc government is the sole government representing the whole of china. china is not only upholding its sovereignty and territorial integrity, but also truly safeguarding peace and stability across the taiwan straight. the principle of not interference that is vital for developing countries. china will continue to work for a peaceful reunification with the greatest sincerity and effort. to realize this goal, we must combat taiwan's independence with the firmness to resolve and take the most forceful step to oppose external interference. only by resolutely, have we forged a true foundation of peaceful unification. only when china is completely reunified can there be enduring peace across the taiwan stra

does not support taiwan indendence.u of force to resolve the issue between the mainland and china. so the president is stating a fact that, if china uses force against taiwan, the united states would respond. it's not a fundamental change in policy, it is a reiteration of reality. nico: what would u.s. military involvement in taiwan look like? guest: in part we see already efforts by the unid states, and this has been ongoing for years, but it has intensified, help taiwan strengthen its own capacity for self-defense. . that is first and foremost. but also, the united states is doing things along with its regional allies to try to increase its ability, if necessary, to intervene on behalf of taiwan, to help it resist innovation. that is the worst case scenario. the usp six to prepare for it in order to deter it, to discourage beijing from other contemplating use of force. nicole: unsurprisingly, beijing is furious, and president xi is under a lot of pressure at home these days for a number of reasons. do you expect more

but taiwan certainly is not there yet. i don't think you can necessarily compare taiwan and ukraine with of their readiness. it's certainly going in that direction and i think the united states and allies should be supporting that while making it clear to the people of china that we are not trying to necessarily prejudice the outcome of the resolution across the differences. that's the question the people of china and taiwan must come to an agreement on peacefully, and that's kind of what we stand for making sure no decisions are made a under coercion and both sides can negotiate peacefully. >> let me raise the question about the u.s. policy towards india with an observation based on what you said in the first round and you said that india has always been interested in maintaining if i understood correctly a the separation between russia and china rather than an alignment between them. i suspect most american foreign policy experts would agree with that overall strategic concept. we don't want the close alignment as far as

of so-called preventive and comprehensive sanctions against taiwan.h, china, in the manner of those that were introduced against russia, which worried europe, which, unlike its overseas partner, has already strongly felt the opposite the effect of such sanctions policies. why did the united states decide to ignore the principle of one china, what is the threat ? democrats in congress, the latter today submitted to the senate a taiwan policy bill which includes here restrictions against china's first persons to accelerate the transfer of weapons to taiwan and the financing of its defense. i don't want to get too far ahead, because this is just a project for now, but as always, as it progresses. we are working on it together with congress. that being said, i would like to remind you that the administration continues to step up support for taiwan. you saw that about a week ago we announced another round of more than a billion dollars worth of weapons to taiwan. this will enable us to deal with the threats they continue to encounter definitely from the si

arms transfers to taiwan and funding for its defense. do not want to run far ahead, because this is still only a project, but as always, as it progresses. we are working on it together with congress. that being said, i would like to remind you that the administration continues to step up support for taiwan. you saw that about a week ago we announced another round of more than a billion dollars worth of weapons to taiwan. this will enable them to cope with the threats that i do not continue to face definitely from the prc until now, with respect to taiwan, the white house has been guided by named one by politics. china, that is, washington recognizes that the island is an integral part of the chinese people. to the public, joe biden himself voted for this 40 years ago, while still a delaware senator, on a new bill. may jeopardize such a policy. what kind of china is washington talking about if the united states is only spurring separatist sentiments on the island with the supply of weapons, and in congress they even demand to maximize mil

is this really the weapon that they supply taiwan, the americans said taiwanese social networks, andearly depicted. the island authorities are now trying to go there. show that they can resist china and, as if laughing , a new video that did not go unnoticed on both sides of the strait, another chinese copter dropped put on a bag of wasabi and a pickled egg taiwanese general. indeed, they managed to declare before that that they heroically defended the airspace in beijing from the reconnaissance drone, they answered this briefly. this is generally who taiwan is a province of china, which means it does not have a ministry of national defense, the actions of the taiwan authorities to escalate tension mean nothing beijing knows the taib is worth washington with a remarkably intoxicating frenzy whose own spending on the army is greater than that of russia chinese foreign ministry and now , with the filing of washington, taiwan is already inflating the military budget, the head of the island administration. canvin for everything. you're the military base in peng worse boasted of putting a

and others to keep taiwan's seat became nothing but a piece of paper. once and for all, resolution 27 58 resolve politically and legally and resolved the issue of representation of the whole of china, including taiwan, in the u.n. and international institutions. it has completely blocked any attempt by anyone from any country to create two chinas or one china and one taiwan. distressful has become a basic norm in international relations and a consensus of the international community when entering into diplomatic relations with china, 181 countries are accepted that taiwan is a part of china and let the prc government is the sole legal government representing the whole of china. janet is not only opposing its sovereignty and territorial integrity but also truly safeguarding peace and stability across the taiwan strait, a principle of noninterference, a basic norm in international relations that is vital for developing countries. janet will continue to work for peaceful reunification with sincerity and effort. to realize his goal, we must combat taiwan's

s. military involvement in taiwan look like. in part, we see already efforts by the united states and this has been ongoing for, for years, but to intensified to help taiwan strengthen its own capacity for self defense. that's 1st and foremost, but also the united states is doing things along with its regional allies to try to increase its ability if necessary, to intervene on behalf of time want to help it resist an invasion. that's the worst case scenario, but the u. s. c h to prepare for in order to deter, to discourage beijing from ever contemplating the use of force. yeah, unsurprisingly, beijing is quite furious and president, she is under a lot of pressure at home these days for a number of reasons. do you expect to see more than just muscles like thing coming out of time? no, i think the muscle flexing, flexing in the harsh words, are part of a larger strategy we're time one is trying progressively to tighten it to grip on, on taiwan, increasing military pressure, increasing attempts to diplomatic isolation and to blame

s. military involvement in taiwan look like. in part, we see already efforts by the united states and this has been ongoing for, for years, but intensified to help taiwan strengthen its own capacity for self defense. that 1st and foremost, but also the united states is doing things along with its regional allies to try to increase its ability if necessary, to intervene on behalf of time want to help it resist an invasion. that's the worst case scenario, but the u. s. c h to prepare for it in order to deter, to discourage beijing from ever contemplating the use of force. and surprisingly, beijing is quite furious and president, she is under a lot of pressure at home these days for a number of reasons. do you expect to see more than just muscles like thing coming out of time? no, and i think the muscle flexing, flexing in the harsh words, are part of a larger strategy. taiwan is trying progressively to tighten its grip on, on taiwan, increasing military pressure, increasing attempts to diplomatic isolation, and to blame whatever i

men and women, would defend taiwan in the event of a chinese invasion. >> yes. >> but official u.s. policy is and has been for decades to remain ambiguous about defending the island. >> china has acted increasingly aggressively when it comes to taiwan. that poses a threat to past peace and stability throughout the region. >> the foreign minister must have asked you to explain the president's remarks. >> we had a conversation about our different approaches to taiwan. and i reiterated what the president has said. and what he said clearly and consistently. our continued adherence to the one-china policy. our determination that the differences be resolved peacefully, our insistence that peace and stability be maintained in the taiwan straits, and our deep concern that china was taking actions to try to change that status quo. that's what the issue is. >> blinken warns that turbulence in the taiwan strait would wash around the world. >> taiwan itself were anything to happen, it is where virtually all the semi conductors are made. one of the reasons we're now investing, so heavily, in our

sanitary shield of the country rospotrebnadzor today celebrates the 100th anniversary of one china, taiwanategy of washington confrontation with beijing and what role did the island occupy here, which the americans themselves once recognized as chinese. and the alarming indicators why even court decisions do not help many russian families in the treatment of children from diabetes? armenia and azerbaijan managed to agree on a truce, which was reported in the security council of the armenian republic, where they noted that we are talking about oral agreements of a document that would guarantee the termination regime. no fire yet. according to representatives of the armenian side, the truce came into force the day before at 8:00 pm. bye no new shelling on the border between the two republics was reported in the azerbaijani foreign ministry , they said that they were interested in normalizing relations with armenia, while baku is ready to take all measures to resolve the situation by diplomatic methods earlier on the intention to compromise with azerbaijan and sign a certain document in the a

then he said on cnn that we would defend taiwan, use military force to defend taiwan.es said no change in u.s. policy. in may, he was in tokyo and said it again, and no change in policy -- at some point you have to take the president seriously he means what he says and i'm sorry, he's the commander in chief for better or for worse. when the president speaks, that is u.s. policy. it's not what an unelected aide that got 0 electoral votes, john that jake sullivan got votes or antony blinken got electoral votes or lloyd austin, total they got is 0. joe biden won the presidency. when he says we will defend taiwan that is policy and they have to salute and fall in line. >> sandra: john kirby was here on america's newsroom this morning and said this. >> we have been nothing but consistent on this. the president was answering a hypothetical question about the defense of taiwan and he answered it in that context. he's also been clear in the past when he has answered similar questions similar ways, that you know, nothing has changed about the one china policy, nothing changed a

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