troops beyond taiwan, for any beyond taiwan. the real key to success is for the enablement of taiwan to be more effective, to feed a fisherman to fish, for taiwan to be effective in its own ability to fight, have the operational constructs for it to defend itself so that the matter can be resolved under peaceful conditions with principles of self-determination. u.s. troops on taiwan and have the tremendous risk of tripping china's 2005 anti-secession law, specifically clause two, which is a foreign power intervenes on its behalf. however, defensive services is an element of the taiwan information act, so i do not discuss u.s. presence in taiwan. >> this week the national security advisor elevated the concerns in the industrial base. it was pretty fascinating. the bottom line is the defense industrial base is not ready. if there was a type -- a conflict right however taiwan, because we have been stretched so thin, your suppliers are challenged, how have you been taking this on within ge aerospace, and how do you see the defense i

and it relates to taiwan. it relates to taiwan. we need to be stronger in that region, which reduces the probability that that will ever happen. jennifer griffin: what are your priorities in the next two months? what are you going to try to achieve? what do you have left that is undone, that you're frustrated that you won't have a chance to achieve? secretary raimondo: oh my god, that is such, look, i'll be very honest. i'm sad to be leaving. i have a lot more work i want to do. so what i'm trying to do now is just tee it up for the next administration to be successful. i have all these chips act deals that i need to complete. there's a lot of work i told you just this past week to give you a sense, people are saying, gina, are you still working? this past week we made several chips announcements. i announced the result of a defense production act survey into legacy chips, which i want to try to take action on before i leave. possibly there's a need for tariffs on legacy chips. as i've said, the ai work has to be done. so there's j

happy new year in taiwan and — happy new year! happy new year in taiwan and they _ happy new year! year in taiwan and they get _ happy new year! happy new year in taiwan and they get to - happy new year! happy new year in taiwan and they get to do - happy new year! happy new year in taiwan and they get to do it - in taiwan and they get to do it all over again within lunar new year comes around so which of course, is the main celebration. that is taipei. it is a bit more muted affair in beijing, fairto is a bit more muted affair in beijing, fair to say, but those pictures there are in taipei and are still going there and in hong kong. goodness me, that is quite a celebration! aside from watching the fireworks, there's people in taiwan might have been watching the new year message from the chinese president president lee —— —— president president lee —— —— president xi. in his end of year message, the chinese president xi xinping said no one can stop china's "reunification" with taiwan, laying down a clear warning to the pro—independence forces in taiwan. russia's president vladimir

taiwan, the province is in front of taiwan, from today until wednesday, michael.something president-elect trump has given his views on several times that sees taiwan almost as a competitor that has taken the conductor's chip manufacturing business away from us. they provoke beijing all the time. this is the current leadership in taiwan. they are only empowered by 40% of the vote. the other party which wants a reconciliation with china, party leaders have gone to beijing to xi jinping, this party controls the parliament in taiwan so i think what president trump has been saying is we don't want to get in the middle of the political fight in taiwan between the two parties and also president-elect trump has many times referred to my friend xi jinping. i think he's gathering the weapons, the pressure, the various things he can do to make sure there's peace in the taiwan strait and not provoke china but also not surrender. president trump is very famous for putting the first u.s. training troops in uniform from special forces into taiwan but he kept it secret. unfortuna

, worry about china going into taiwan, will america support taiwan?d to worry not just about the western pacific, we need to worry about the homeland. what do you mean by that? >> thank you for bringing that up. as a navy admiral i'm required to say i'm worried about the chinese navy. but you are right. the chinese navy's threat to the homeland, the chinese threat to the homeland is as serious or more serious. cruise and ballistic missiles that can reach and touch our country which we have no realistic defense. even more important, the cyber threat to the united states. we had a compromise of our telecommunications network and one was a significant operational preparation of critical infrastructures, the chinese putting in malware that can attack our systems. china is a significant homeland threat. >> trace: it really is. you look at things like the chinese spy balloon and we did not get a lot of answers on that. it flew over for a long time and we just kind of washed it away but it's in the back of people's minds, they are looking at things like this

we cut off taiwan.n if they cut off taiwan, it's very hurtful to us. >> so the audience here put at lower levels of risk nuclear threat, climate change, , global nationalism, strength of the dollar, the refugee migration issues. is that appropriate or do you think those are of a lower-leve lower-level, low order of risk? >> no. let's talk nuclear. we haven't mentioned iran except casually. i ran it is virtually at breakout, , meaning that only doesn't have the capacity but they could easily have the will to build a nuclear bomb. and let's understand, that could be imminent. if that happens, one, we and if you have said we will never let it happen. that's a strategy to contemplate. but two, that will set off i would say will an arms race in the middle east. saudi arabia has the capacity in fact, most people think it is already paid for a nuclear bomb from pakistan, and other countries are interested. they can't win stable in the east is now. think about many countries in middle east and rogue actors with

we have an economic security interest in defending taiwan. permitting the access to become stronger and bolder will mean that ultimately we have to defend those places at much higher costs then we will today. there is a profound connection between security and economics these days. the nostalgic view of america is that we can live here in splendid isolation and make everything we need on our own. it might costs us more but it is worth it to not be engaged in the nasty and terrible world. it's just not true. host: is that reflected in the president's current ideas for trade? guest: it's not. the europeans have made a lot of bad decisions over the last 25, 30 five years. they haven't invested in their economy. during covid, the way that the equivalent of our counties and states sent information in about cases ends so forth? you know how they did it? fax machine. they didn't do it through email or the internet, they did it by fax. the germans make a great 20th century scenery. they haven't modernized. they are more capable in competing with the

we need to help taiwan defend itself and possibly defend taiwan if china makes a move.et with the president of taiwan he used a basketball analogy to describe the competition with china. one-on-one game china can beat us. but if the u.s. has a team against china to include our regional allies no way china can beat us. if we lead, if we get out of the cycle of self-loathing and self-doubt and recover the confidence necessary to act as the leader of the free world, i think we can deter china from invading taiwan. we can wage peace with the same creativity that we tend to wage war. >> shannon: peace through strength as reagan said. there is an warning about phones and companies compromised by china. the affected companies are responding right now. we don't believe any fully removed the chinese actors from their network. the risk of ongoing compromises in communications. they talk about getting into u.s. call records, listening to live conversations. i'm not sure people have heard the story or understand how widespread it may be. >> troubling. everybody at a personal and bu

d w's type, a bureau chief in taiwan. so great to have you with me here today to talk whether china rules the world. and um, before we get started, i just want to play in one sound bite from germany's tongue slip off salts who was asked about hybrid attacks in german parliament. just 24 hours ago. let's take a listen to these mission. it was asking for, i'm good for the these are the main sources of the attacks. the concern or cyber security comes, as we all know from russian until they come on every now and then they come from china and that must not be denied. and the reason i'm saying this richard is because there was a real reluctance by jove in town. so we'll have sold to actually name china and as a source of these attacks. now, just off the, he said this, we got news out of the united states, which is clearly going public, which is also an unusual step about this attack. so it can just just give us a sense of how much this was in the background or in the foreground as you were traveling with them these 4 minutes to

how can the us defend taiwan? how can do us defend alcholay, so from a chinese invasion, if in 5 years, china has 234 times as many ships can completely dominate the seas. it won't be able to, so this is a massive prior team for the americans right now. and they are going to need one expert was telling me they're going to need japan. they can then meet south korea, they're going to need the allies, the major to support them with that. so that's gonna be an interesting test for donald trump. can he go from these his previous america, 1st to america, plus friends in order to deal with the challenge of china in asia. but those, the kinds of things really bottom line kind of like have we gotten of stuff challenges the us is going to have to deal with it to face up to, to deal with china. well, clearly we are back and you're also here in europe where military hardware is, it is just as important. yes, it's least as important as old as a strategic tool that we're seeing. so clearly heading into new era that so thank you

will continue to help taiwan obtain the capability it needs to defend itself. that has been our work throughout. we do not want to see any kind of unilateral change to the status quo in the taiwan strait. we have been clear about that as well. there is a lot of speculation about when president xi will decide to do one thing or another. i would just say from my vantage point at this point in time, i do not think an attack is imminent for unavoidable. our goal is to make sure we continue to work with like-minded partners and allies to ensure that we maintain a free and open indo-pacific. we have been pretty successful thus far. >> [indiscernible] do you think that will have any impact [indiscernible] secretary austin: i will begin by saying our relationship with the prk is ironclad. i expect it will continue to be that way. throughout this process, my staff at the assistant secretary level, my senior military officer in theater, the chairman of the joint chiefs, have all continued to engage with their counterparts to ensure we maintain open lines of communication

>> no, in fact, taiwan would become more important. interestingly, you can see that, it tsmc is building a huge plant in texas and diversifying in the u.s. that is going to be important as well. at the end of the day, very difficult to replace taiwan. the industry there, the backup, the software companies doing the software for the chips are in taiwan. of course, they can move anywhere in the world. i think you will see taiwan continuing to become important. remember, india is coming up. india will soon be a major producer of semiconductors going forward. >> it is playing an increasing role as we see a.i. come to light. do you expect the dollar, mark, to continue to surge? at what point does that become disruptive to emerging markets? >> already it has had an incredible impact. all of these countries have been devaluing against the u.s. dollar. i think we are probably approaching the high point of the dollar index and it's unlikely to go much further. although there will be individual cases where the emerging market comes with value. i

they stole 95% of our business. >> it's in taiwan right now. >> taiwan is not actually stealing jobs or stealing business opportunities from the u.s.. taiwan is actually helping us to extend its semiconductor supply chains. >> leaders in taipei are publicly optimistic emphasizing strong ties with washington. on the streets, feelings are more mixed trump doesn't like war, so that's reassuring. >> in the long run. i fear trump may put taiwan's safety at risk. >> an uncertain future under trump, 2.0 is pretty much the only guarantee. will ripley cnn, taipei still to come, tempers flare on the field after michigan's stunning upset win over rival ohio state. >> the act that had players throwing punches cnn heroes, an all star tribute meet and celebrate the honorees. >> then find out who will be hero of the year. plus, a special tribute to michael j. fox cnn heroes, an all star tribute next sunday at eight on cnn. >> this is the carry on closet, the suitcase with a one of a kind closet system that keeps you organized anywhere. pack all you need for up to ten days and travel without ever un

military's best plan for chinese invasion of taiwan is flooding the taiwan strait with thousands of drones to delay the chinese attack and allow u.s. allies to muster additional military in the region. he wants to turn the taiwan straight into an unmanned hellscape buying more time for the rest of everything. the admiral thinks the navy is too slow. in 2020, it was concluded that hundreds of low-cost drones are key capabilities to prevent china from gaining superiority. wargames by the u.s. air force emphasize the critical role that a drone swarm would play in thwarting the invasion of taiwan. a build volume of 50 by 50 centimeters, they cannot build many components based on billed material. not yet. they are doubling down on platforms. you cannot 3d printing an aircraft carrier. these are ship wide issues we are talking about. we need the r&d investment. they only focus on the pacific, disregarding other theaters. they ask how the army will transport ourselves. we have our own ships. not having enough funds, the navy ignores our 500 million dollars guaranteed a federally backed loan up to

just think of what we could do with taiwan. if industry gets behind, we could turn that place into a hedgehog, not high-end capital ships, but making sure the taiwanese have enough aerial drones, undersea drones, conventional sea drones, precision guided munitions, air defense systems to make coming across 120 miles of the taiwan strait prohibitive. we've been down this road before, we've been down this road in the 1930's. i know because in my hometown you can still see the warehouses in new orleans that were owned by a fellow named andrew jackson higgins, who built supply boats for oil rigs in the gulf of mexico and the bayou of louisiana. and because people like george marshall had interesting ideas, he went to mr. higgins and said, can you take those supply boats and help me land an army in north africa? and we did. so i don't mean to wax poetic, but we can do these things, but we need a consensus. but we need a consensus based on the american people understanding the threat. and we haven't had that. gen. fenton: hey, oren,

is there some sense in taiwan that donald trump is going to change policy vis-a-vis taiwan and theirto china? what do you think? >> well, i'm not sure that there's going to be much anticipation that a new trump administration would act much differently than it did the first term and that is fundamentally change america's position, decades long position of not recognizing taiwan's independence and encouraging a peaceful resolution of the dispute across the taiwan strait. but that being said, there's lots of questions across the world amongst many friends, allies and enemies, exactly which direction president trump will go and so it wouldn't be surprising that while in hawaii the president lai was trying to get insights as to what to expect. maria: are you expecting a more peaceful backdrop as president trump enters the white house, brent? do you think things change here next year? >> i do. i think things will change and it's going to get a little bit more chaotic before it peaceful again. thankfully we know what to expect and so do our adversaries. trump will take a clear and strong p

from taiwan. so we have to be eyes wide open about that and do everything we can. at the same time, we ought to be doing everything we can to de-escalate so it does not happen. i think -- i cannot remember the number, but there are $1 trillion of trade that will come to a screeching halt if there were that kind of conflict, so i think we have to -- we should not allow it. and we have the ability working with our allies around the world to make sure he not happen. one important point on that, i am costly thinking about the future. how do we innovate and modernize government to meet the threats of today? one thing and that bucket is the indo pacific. the united states for too long took our eyes off of the ball in the indo pacific. and so i hope the trump administration has a serious economic strategy in the indo pacific and if he pulled out of tpp, it better be something else. if you allow china to totally corner the market in indonesia and the philippines and malaysia and have total access to two clement roles and have all the i.t., all the ai, that is a bad day for

taiwan so taiwan on the taiwan divining hole didn't hit home for the yuan then dual to asia in ebay news. you login here on the tonga divining line will be an ac or is a some menial chung da which is to be tinder new york, georgia uses taiwan in naval the whose island torture journal young, which. chin they appear along with his or josh binyon chin. it was it how you ever or should you so avoid taiwan george in the old says you the soldier or shoe shall you just go all the way down thank. this is what she just said sorry yeah okay. some people me why i write about from 100 years ago. i always tell them writing about the past a means of moving toward the future. more than a century ago, some taiwanese people began making this the assertion taiwan belongs to the taiwanese. today, taiwanese continue to assert this. but now we are addressing to a different audience. before we were saying it to the japanese. now we are saying it to the chinese for more than a century in between. taiwan has never stopped facing the threat invasion from another powerful nation. meanwhile, internal the taiwanese

i have also worked to strengthen taiwan's military readiness through the taiwan security act. congress must keep their eye on the c.c.p. and build on this progress. for now, i will be heading back to my home in sunny california, but while my time in congress is ending, i will always look for ways to serve the country that i love. i always treasure the friendship i've made, both in washington and in southern california, like all journeys, this one is ending for a new one to begin.

with taiwan as the major headwind in 2025.etitive landscape is evolving real time. tech giants like openai and -- however, when a retains to amd, which has seen main competition with nvidia, they are not a believer and it coincides with new research about a new have a analysis that looks at new amd software compares nvidia and they found that nvidia scored well above amd. some of the wildcards, bank of america is launching into 2025, sentiment around a.i., china's recovery, and the prospect of tariffs. president-elect trump has already threatened to put tariffs on taiwan semiconductors, the main manufacturer of cutting-edge chips and experts say that taiwan could potentially be a bargaining chip in u.s.-china trade negotiations. >> i think we will see president trump take a hard line on china but on taiwan and other issues of china's concern, we will see less hard- line from trump as we saw during the biden administration. biden stated unequivocally on four occasions that if china attacks taiwan, the united states will defend

and taiwan. we've seen this increased in mid a tree, increasing with a trans invitation by china seems slicing the news harmonies president has come into the office in may. again. this is a time when he's politician that page in views as a separate system has refused to communicate with. despite the office of tools from the time when use government, it's important to point out. but when it comes to these types of chinese military drills, that if the goal is to intimidate its high ones, people the time when he's population, that's high. when these public remains extreme, become around these types of journals. again, over the course of today, despite reports and managing that, that might be some type of them and attractive is to increase some of the tracks if it's here around. so i want really no sense of alarm um or panic uh on the streets of type a. i'm further afield across taiwan as well. james, thank you very much. that was our correspondent james chase or in type a little south. korea's justi

i'm a journalist from taiwan. i have a question about taiwan.we've seen the biden administration have collaboration on semiconductor makers between taiwan and tsmc, and they are setting up the factory in arizona and that collaboration by the administration just proved the latest pda to support taiwan. do you see any risk on a possible trump administration because we for trump talking about taiwan took our jobs and we don't have to pay that much for taiwan. do you see risk or is the change going to be possible? >> on that particular issue i don't, what you are describing is our effort to address resiliency in the supply chain for high end chips. i don't think anybody is comfortable, i'm certain -- i'm sure there's an engineer or two in the crowd and nobody is comfortable with single points of failure. when you identify single points of failure in the business that we are in, you quickly remediate that. in my view, wet every administration would command, when confronted with the need to have resiliency in our department, in the supply chain that i

to taiwan. we know that there are billions of dollars in outstanding sales that, you know, taiwan has made a contract. how does he come in and manage that situation. >> president trump was pretty darn consistent. sometimes you do not know. what will happen in ukraine. some things are really clear. he understands the need to build up our defense space. increasing our military capabilities. i think on taiwan, that would be very attractive to him. i think that it is $22 billion of backlog from the united states. also, it is a heck of a lot cheaper to prevent a war than have to fight one. i think they will do that not only from massive investments in defense which we need the supply chains. many of which are vulnerable to china. >> there is a lot for the new trump administration to confront great to see you. >> great to be with you. >> building up their military capabilities and influence around the globe >> former congressman working on what he likes to see a new defense secretary to do to inform t

a range of pressure tactics against taiwan.itary to be ready to take taiwan by force by 2027. china strengthened its relationship with russia and expanded its drone enterprise. cooksey in the pacific region is the most stressing theater for the quantity and quality. because the prc is the most capable potential adversary in the world. experience a new wave of corruption related investigations of senior leaders. including the chinese defense minister which may have disrupted progress towards david 2027 modernization goals. >> 15 senior pla officials already rounded up is just the tip of the iceberg. cooksey report does not mention the recent chinese hacking campaign, salt typhoon. one of the largest intelligence compromises in u.s. history. chinese hackers breached u.s. telecom and internet service providers accessing the cell phones of top u.s. officials and private citizens. at the pentagon jennifer griffin fox news. jon: up next on the fox report, tribbett's are pouring in from legendary baseball legend ricky. we will tip our

i'm a journalist from taiwan. i have a question about taiwan.we've seen the biden administration have collaboration on semiconductor makers between taiwan and tsmc, and they are setting up the factory in arizona and that collaboration by the administration just proved the latest pda to support taiwan. do you see any risk on a possible trump administration because we for trump talking about taiwan took our jobs and we don't have to pay that much for taiwan. do you see risk or is the change going to be possible? >> on that particular issue i don't, what you are describing is our effort to address resiliency in the supply chain for high end chips. i don't think anybody is comfortable, i'm certain -- i'm sure there's an engineer or two in the crowd and nobody is comfortable with single points of failure. when you identify single points of failure in the business that we are in, you quickly remediate that. in my view, wet every administration would command, when confronted with the need to have resiliency in our department, in the supply chain that i

no longer officially recognizes taiwan. u.s. troops pulled out.he island democracy of 24 million people, now facing the growing threat of a possible chinese attack. >> from taiwan's perspective, that meant that it officially became an unrecognized state. and that really is what put taiwan in this very compromised position internationally. >> the u.s. maintains unofficial ties with taiwan, regularly selling weapons to its military. china. experiencing huge economic growth due in large part to its relationship with the u.s. now, china is the world's second largest economy, but prosperity did not trigger political reform. chinese leader xi jinping could potentially stay in power for life with a military more powerful than ever. bilateral relations dropping to the lowest level in years. carter always maintained people to people. ties will prevail, that the best thing to do is to try to find some accommodation with china and to respect each other, and to try to find ways to cooperate rather than to confront one another with the differences that do exis

no longer officially recognizes taiwan. u.s. troops pulled out. the island democracy of 24 million people, now facing the growing threat of a possible chinese attack. >> from taiwan's perspective, that meant that it officially became a unrecognized state. and that really is what put taiwan in this very compromised position internationally. >> the u.s. maintains unofficial ties with taiwan, regularly selling weapons to its military. china. experiencing huge economic growth due in large part to its relationship with the u.s. now, china is the world's second largest economy, but prosperity did not trigger political reform. chinese leader xi jinping could potentially stay in power for life with a military more powerful than ever. bilateral relations dropping to the lowest level in years. carter always maintained people to people. ties will prevail. >> the best thing to do is to try to find some accommodation with china and to respect each other, and to try to find ways to cooperate rather than to confront one another with the differences that do exist

stay with the money in taiwan. believe a chinese invasion is an old to your friends and some are preparing the military is cutting several middle of the island. a 25. you diligently trains of civil defense costs be good to be come back to read for the day and she hopes would never have crossed generational experiences this winter tactics. witness divided straits on a jersey to choose is a centuries old game steeped in tradition instructed. you put a new generation of kings and queens is taking the chest, the world by storm prodigies from india. i'm making them off on the international stage or the old in regard to a to something big for my says and make updates. smitty, especially no other country has reduced as many grand must as in the last decade, leaving behind traditional chest powerhouses like russia and the usa. that's quite the ad because you feel that styles are lining or something to get any plans across the country. players as soon as 4 years old of talking to chess academies on the 101 east goes inside

to politicians is it advantageous if they show the flag in taiwan? scarlet: it depends on who you ask. the younger generation would say they like saying that because they see taiwan as its own country, culture, separate entity. if you ask the older generation, you might get a different answer. the older generation has ties to the nationalist government that fled to taiwan from mainland. paul: how do you think the folks in china are thinking about this incoming administration to mark what is the view? concern, optimism, fear? scarlet: i think they feel like they know they are dealing with a known quantity. the fact that president-elect trump invited xi jinping to his inauguration, and she's and his team saw it for what it was, -- xi jinping and his team saw it for what it was, a flex, and they are not attending. it is a little bit of like recognizes like. did i tell you that i scored two goals for my team this season? tom: did you look at the puck? scarlet: it dribbled in but i goal is a goal. i scored two goals. tom: from outside the circle? scarlet:

to taiwan.know there are billions of dollars in out setting sales that taiwan has made a contract with us and we have not been able to deliver a number of reasons. how does he come in to manage that situation? >> president trump is pretty consistent in some areas. he doesn't know what's going to happen with taiwan and ukraine but some things are clear. he understands the need to build up the defense base and vastly increase the military capabilities. i think on taiwan that would be very attractive and tie on wants to take responsibly for their own defense and i think it's $22 billion of backlogged arms purposes for the united states. and also it's a heck of a lot cheaper to prevent a war than have to fight one. i think now is the time to portray strength and i think the president will do that not only with massive investments in defense which we need, we are not big enough as a foursome we have different modernization. but also an industrial base as well and supply chains. many of which are vuln