. >>> china's military says it has conducted a drill in waters that include the taiwan strait. is comes at a time when tensions between beijing and washington are ramping up following the visit of a high-ranking u.s. official to taiwan. a spokesperson said on thursday the exercise was aimed at strengthening operational coordination between a number of different unitits. china had announced its military would be conducting five days of live ammunition drills in waters near taiwan ststarting this pas tutuesday. the spspokesperson madade an indidirect referenence to thu.u saying recent moves by major powers have been sending the wrong g message to p pro-indepet foforces on the e island. e official added these developments pose a serious threat to peace and stability in the taiwan strait region. the drill comes asas u.s. healt secretary alex azar wrapped up a historic visit to taiwan on wednesday. he met with president tsai ing-wen and several other cabinet ministers in what was the first trip to a high-ranking u.s. official to the island in over four decades. a chinese foreign mini

cooperation in important areas and of peace and stability across the taiwan strait . china's government has described taiwan as the most sensitive issues and finally u.s. relations officially alex is out of this it is about exchanging ideas for hundreds and hundreds of the team on the story this is designed to provoke beijing the u.s. is already at odds with china over the newly imposed national security law as well as strange and old with this high profile so support the taiwan washington's relationship with the dream only to. training al-jazeera. in pakistan at least 68 people have died as heavy monsoon rains continue to lash many parts of the country more than 300 homes have been severely damaged or destroyed over recent days flash flooding has swept away bridges and destroyed roads which link hundreds of villagers heavy rain has brought flash flooding to large areas of northern sudan hundreds of homes and farms have been damaged or destroyed many of the affected areas are along the nile river which often overflows during the rainy season the japanese government is

, both in beijing and washington, is that the probability of a crisis unfolding either in the taiwan straitsbability of escalation is now a real into a real shooting match and a lesson in history is that it is difficult to de—escalate under the circumstances. you have spoken in terms of the risk of an actual war between the us and china. are you serious? i am serious and i have been a student of us— china relations for the last 35 years and i ta ke for the last 35 years and i take a genuine sceptical approach to people who have sounded the alarm is in previous periods of the relationship but those of us who have observed is through the prism of history have a responsibility to say to decision—makers both in washington and beijing, be careful what you wish for because this is catapulting in a particular direction. when you look at the china sea in particular, that you have a huge amount of metal on metal, thatis, huge amount of metal on metal, that is, a large number of american ships and people liberation army ships, similar number of aircraft, the rules of engagement, the standard operating

military turns to taiwan's forces signaling its displeasure china sent fighter jets to patrol the taiwan strait on monday the taiwanese considered that to be harassment visit has angered china's leaders who consider taiwan to be a renegade province valen to one day seize the island by force if necessary china's foreign ministry is urging the u.s. to respect the one china principle and avoid sending so-called wrong signals to promote independence forces. dopping hunching their substandard relationship between the united states and taiwan and $100.00 taiwan related issues carefully and the probably so as not to cost serious harm to china and us cooperation in important areas and of peace and stability across the taiwan strait. china's government has described taiwan as the most sensitive issue in final u.s. relations officially alex is our visit is about exchanging ideas for combating card the 19th unofficial e this tour is designed to provoke beijing the u.s. is already at odds with china over the newly imposed national security law in hong kong as well as trade and technology with this high pro

the us is defacto embassy on the island attended a service commemorating what is called the 2nd taiwan straits crisis it refers to the chinese bumbling of kinsmen island in 1958 that led to the deaths of taiwanese troops who control the island its proximity to the chinese mainland has always been a source of tension with taiwan. christensen's appearance with the taiwanese view dot coms at a time of growing tensions between the u.s. and china over the united states has continued military support for taiwan which breaching regards as a part of the state of tree from what we can go across to taipei where did i'm a correspondent we have yang is standing by remember good to have you on the program how significant is brant christensen's attendance at this memorial service . so like a lot of the media reports every point christianson it's the 1st director which means that he is the de facto ambassador to taiwan that has ever attended such a come immigration and it also comes at a time when the u.s. has been stepping up a lot of its authorization of military sales to taiwan and also it comes on the ba

cooperation in important areas and of peace and stability across the taiwan strait . china's government has described taiwan as the most sensitive issues inside the u.s. relations officially alex is our visit is about exchanging ideas for combat cards in the teeth and officially this tour is designed to provoke beijing the u.s. is already at odds with china over the newly imposed national security law as well as trade and technology with this high profile so support the taiwan washington's links into the building only deteriorates that training al-jazeera into. so common knowledge is there you know shit against science can't what's driving the movement in germany against coronavirus restriction. and in sports science has been a head for high have skills recognize the fun affair with that story and the like i want to show. how the weather looks relatively quiet compared to recent days across the middle east still some but some places a cloud across southern parts of the arabian peninsula not as wet as it has been over towards that western side of yemen i'm pleased to sa

cooperation in important areas and of peace and stability across the taiwan strait . china's government has described taiwan as the most sensitive issues inside the u.s. relations officially alex is our visit is about exchanging ideas for combat cards in the teeth and officially this tour is designed to provoke beijing the u.s. is already at odds with china over the newly imposed national security law as well as trade and technology with this high profile so support the taiwan washington's links into the building only deteriorates that training al-jazeera into. tyler. prime minister is warning demonstrators not to violate the law the latest protest in days of rallies led by student unions was on the outskirts of bangkok almost $4000.00 times demand the resignation of prime minister channel chart and an end to military rule and also questioned the role of the monarchy which is a 2 subject entire band playing days in bangkok he says the momentum of the protests seems unaffected by the prime minister's warning. there's no sign that the . comments by the prime minister war

navy over navy patrols in the taiwan strait. there was conflict in iran, and this has been the case for decades. the hot spot in this region is china and the u.s., taiwan and the taiwan strait. those are some of the concerns as freedom of operation patrols are a big concern for the chinese. the other english-language version has joe biden on the front page and it says biden may be smoother to deal with. the chinese were unprepared for trump. they say whatever happens in 2020 november, it won't be a black swan event. they will be prepared for either option. david: thank you for that report to tom mackenzie, the coker -- coanchor. we want to keep in mind how this is playing out at the white house and for president trump. we turn to our colleague who covers the white house for bloomberg. how is it looking now as donald trump looks at this convention? >> he is paying attention of course. earlier this evening, he had a press briefing at the white house, and the final question -- his final answer was in response to a question about pre

we have seen massive chinese military exercises in the taiwan strait and we know the chinese government'stely unification of the chinese mainland and taiwan is inevitable. is there not a very real prospect in the medium to long—term that china may well move against taiwan because increasingly it will see taiwan as a nest of opponents of the communist party? absolutely. the danger is always there. if you consider china as one of the biggest threats to the world civilisation we are living in, taiwan is in the blast zone. let me use taiwanese people sentiment to answer this question. these people live in this island. when they breeze in and out, they know the air they are breathing in and out is called freedom and they earned it and they determined to defend it. this is what i am saying. taiwan deserves to be recognised as one of the greatest, most vivid democracies yet the world, the dishonest world decides to exclude taiwan from the club of democracy. why? because china said so. they said they are going to reunify. taiwan was always part of china. taiwan was never really always part of chi

actually seen the increased frequency of different countries sending their warships through the taiwan strait and the frequency have also trigger a more heightened response from china and at the same time the u.s. half has been actually approving a lot more military selves to taiwan over the last 4 years and so these are all feeding into taiwan's growing preparedness and also at the same time the capability of its military in order to prepare for all kinds of scenarios for the chinese military invasion and during the interview mr minister also pointed out the very important thing which is taiwan is basically only hoping that. countries like the u.s. is going to continue to help to approve these moves resells and it is not counting on the foreign powers to actually militarily intervene because at the end of the day they think that their responsibility rests with the story and the tony's people . are there all the time. in taipei. the largest t.v. news network in the philippines has had to lay off hundreds of work. after lawmakers voted to reject its license renewal. to $53.00 of its television

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taiwan strait in the south china sea, taiwan will play an important role in this area.nited states help. withnt to cooperate international communities to peace andegion's prosperity. the national defense capability is our own. actually, we do need some to shorten the gap between taiwan and china. this year is 2020. china has enough capability to transport troops to occupy taiwan. we in the near future, maybe have modernized capabilities. taiwan-ow increased ned capability to defend us and we want to have international structure to maintain the status quo and the peace in this area. of taiwanspeaking zone capability, have you managed to convince the u.s. to upgrade your patriot missile system? any update on that? taiwanthe past 10 years, has fallen far behind in underwater capability and our major tanks, they are 40 years old. our air fighters are 20 years old. so our equipment and our military systems is out of our need. for the past four years, our president put a lot of effort improvingudget, into our special systems, our weapons, and tried to make our equipment -- ou

, both in beijing and washington, is that the probability of a crisis unfolding either in the taiwan straitsility of escalation is now real into a serious shooting match and the lesson of history is, it is very difficult to de—escalate under those circumstances. the authorities in mauritius say cracks in the hull of a cargo ship which ran aground last month sparking an environmental emergency are worsening. efforts to remove the about nine hundred tonnes of oil on—board the stricken vessel are continuing. catherine byaruhanga reports. a toxic trail of oil seeping into the ocean and invading reefs, mangroves and lagoons. the mv wakashio wreckage lay on the mauritus horizon, as crews battled for days to empty it of all of its oil. then things got much worse. cracks on the ship's hull deepened. locals have been wondering why exactly, why was nothing done. why did it take so long? why did the government give so many contradictory messages? mauritius is in crisis. volunteers are using their bare hands to clean up the oil, threatening their most valuable assets — water and wildlife are vital sourc

, both in beijing and washington, is that the probability of a crisis unfolding either in the taiwan straitsthe probability of escalation is now real into a serious shooting match and the lesson of history is, it is very difficult to de—escalate under those circumstances. yes, i think you have spoken in terms of the risk of a hot war, actual war between the us and china. i am serious and i have not said this before, i have been a student of us—china relations for the last 35 years and i take a genuinely sceptical approach to people who have sounded the alarms in previous periods of the relationship, but those of us who have observed is through the prism of history i think have got a responsibility to say to decision—makers, both in washington and beijing, right now, be careful what you wish for because this is catapulting in a particular direction. when you look at the south china sea in particular, there you have a huge amount of metal on metal, that is, a large number of american ships and a large number of people's liberation army navy ships, a similar number of aircraft. the rules of eng

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went to meet the president this morning, chinese fighter jets did cross the median line in the taiwan strait, waters between china and taiwan which taiwan sees as harassment. china sees taiwan as part of its territory. they're making a point. what's your response to that? they know you are here. they are unhappy this visit is taking place. >> it seems to be a continued politization by beijing of public health relationships. this should be sharing information, transparent information, unprecedented public health crisis and instead they seem to want to play political games as they have done at the world health organization. this disease had its outbreak in china. because china did not reveal the rapid human to human spread of the disease, did not reveal what they were learning about asymptomatic transmission, did not share the first viral isolates with other countries. shut down travel even as they allowed chinese to travel throughout the world, they seeded europe. and what spread to the united states was actually the disease burden that was allowed to seed into europe and went to the united s

the pla navy has sailed into the taiwan straits. they have aggressive overflights of taiwan.hey cyber hacked the australian government. these are not our friends. despite what joe biden has said, i think his exact words, they're not bad guys, they're not our competitors. that is just completely willful ignorance. and we absolutely are at a greater threat from data mining from china than we are from banning the app. tiktok. it is just insane to suggest otherwise. leland: where does this go from here in terms of what the president can do unilaterally and where is he going to need bipartisan congressional support, not in terms of going after china but in terms of forcing u.s. companies to turn off the money spigot and intellectual property spigot to china, inc. >> we need congress to do oversight. you can look at the coronavirus task force. they're refusing to look at china despite a columbia university study that says 61% of our casualties would have been saved, those lived would have been saved had china just spoken up one week earlier and the connections with the world health

incident between american and chinese aircraft and ships or something like the south china sea, the taiwan straitsislands claimed by japan and the pacific. the challenge will be to put a lid on it so incident does not grow into a conflict. in the longer run, i am concerned about a u.s.-chinese cold war. an across-the-board competition that at times has us lined up against one another. it is dangerous, it is costly, and it would probably rule out u.s. chinese cooperation in dealing with north korea or dealing with global help or dealing with climate change. i think we are far down that road. david: one of the focal points of our relationship with china under president trump has been trade. the trade issues are not limited to china, they go more broadly, including the institution of the wto and our relationship with europe. what is happening to our economy because of what is happening with trade under president trump? chance toe lost a grow global trade and improve the way it is regulated. if we had stayed in the trans-pacific partnership, that would've deemed us up with countries. we would've repre

earlier this year we saw a real ramp up in the number of chinese military patrols through the taiwan straitsny measures for that so far. david: right. sam, finally here, what else is on the agenda? what is your team watching closely these next couple hours and days? secretary azar met with the president a few moments ago. they discussed controlling the spread of covid-19, but also the deepening collaboration between taiwan and the united states. david: all right. sam, great stuff. ok. sam, your line broke off. thought you just put the phone down. but i know you are not that type. what time is it? we will talk about the markets later and plenty more ahead. this is bloomberg. ♪ this is bloomberg. ♪ write about on time here, about six seconds the open in india. early indications were we were going to open flat, slightly higher. it is going to be a very big week in terms of what it is on deck macro-wise. last week the elbe -- index, a a lotng of conversations about what the government needs to do for the state sinking better. they need cash infusions and of what point, the backdrop of how they s

something military expert .2 as a potential risk in the south china sea and the taiwan strait. >> alwaysreat to have you with us. theng up, more from republican national content -- convention. is coverage of the rnc on bloomberg tv and radio. ♪ >> david: welcome back to special coverage of the rnc. we are waiting now for ben carson and his remarks. on benhave any thoughts carson? >> yes. his remarks are keeping with what we have seen throughout the convention which is they are trying to make the case that the democrats claim that the republican party is racist is not true. night,e henderson last vernon jones, and probably dr. ben carson who is not only a neurosurgeon but also has led hud for president trump. i think he is going to serve several roles including paying testament to the fact he has worked with the president and he knows the president in a way that most people don't. it is also important not only leading hud given what is going on with the pandemic that this renowned neurosurgeon can speak to that. david: thank you. now we go to the convention and dr. ben carson. >> i am a r

, the chinese said they did, in fact, send fighter jets which just skirted the midline at the taiwan straitsve a show of their attitude >> wow a show of intimidation, it sounds like. thank you so much for staying on top of this story. >> yes >>> of course this follows the trump administration's ban set to take effect on september 15th of parent companies of tiktok and wechat we are joined by the former chairman of -- it seems like every day between the chinese and the u.s. governments, what other retaliations do you think we can expect from china and the u.s. as these tensions continue to kind of ratchet higher? >> good morning. there's no telling what's next this is an unfortunate example of political theater running amok between these two powerful nations. if you take the actions literally that the u.s. initiated over just the last few weeks, whether it's tiktok and wechat operation clean network, the president once again resorting to racial slurs in characterizing covid-19, you would think that china has really taken actions that are exceptionally extreme over that period, and yet, they h

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/china relationship is in dire straits and china considers taiwan to be a re renegade province.of fighter jets coming into the air space around taiwan a little earlier today, as well. but he said that there is no message to beijing. this is a message for taiwan, single handedly. and saying that -- criticizing beijing for politicizing the health system, politicizing the health crisis. saying that taiwan and other democratic countries have been transparent and open in the way that they are dealing with the pandemic. but once again, criticizing beijing for not having -- being open enough. but he did not engage when i asked him specifically, why come now? why send this message to beijing. >> paula, great to have you with that interview. thank you. >>> "new day" continues right now. >>> over 5 million cases of the coronavirus have now been reported across the country. and the rate of the spread is stunning. >> if doctors and health care experts are correct, the wave of covid-19 infections is not even close to over. >> we failed early on to adopt the testing that was necessary. and ev

that taiwan has approached this in a transparent, open, collaborative way in the international system and needs to be highlighted for what they have done for global public health, while across the straits of taiwan, china, the people's republic of china, has not been transparent, has not been collaborative and has been at the center of creating this global covid-19 crisis. >> secretary, in contrast here in the united states we have president trump pushing for the re-opening of schools. so we've begun to see outbreaks already and quarantines at schools that returned to class. how concerned are you that we will see more outbreaks when kids do return to those classrooms? >> well, we know that if we practice basics of wearing face coverings, practicing social distance, good personal hygiene and avoiding overcrowded settings where we can't do those things, that we can bring the outbreaks down and reduce our infection rate. 87% of jurisdictions in the united states now have cases decreasing. overall our cases are decreasing in the united states from these simple measures. that's one thing that i've seen here in taiwan, is the effectiveness of face cover wearing and the compliance of individu