it also sales ships through the taiwan strait as part of what it calls freedom of navigation maneuvers. but whether this translates into act, if you are support to defend taiwan during an invasion is less clear. so high pay is expressing for so 1st part all we are very clear that that depends upon what is our own responsibility. and we also are very clear about what the tell our relations act safe. that how our relations act say, said the will, i be se, se is obligated to provide taiwan with defensive articles. and the u. s. has been living up to the commitment all of the power relations act. and we appreciate that very much. it's confidence that taiwan is trying to communicate, also reflected in this video. and military is trying to prove that it was safe. gov, the island sovereignty, no matter what. so lots to pick up on. and to help me do that, i'm joined by did a book respondent william young in art, i pay bureau william at the outside joseph who are using china of breaking a state, a school that of crossing the median line in the taiwan strait. what is all that about? so we know t

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 own capacity to produce semi conductors here in the united states. we design them, but the actual production is done in a handful of places and taiwan produces most of them. if that's disrupted the effect on the global economy would be devastating. >> last week on "60 minutes," the president of iran told lesley stahl he would consider re-entering the deal on iran's weapons program. >> iran has continued to try to add extraneous issues to the negotiation that we're simply not going to say yes to. we will not accept a bad deal. the response that they've given to the last proposals put forward by our european partners have been a very significant step backwards. and so i don't see any prospects in the very near term to bring this to a conclusion. >> antony blinken is 60. one of his grandparents was born in ukraine. his stepfat

so this week you can read more of william's analysis on the situation in the taiwan straits on our website. believe it today with images of for taiwan, so defensive preparations in the face of increased chinese assertiveness. news is just back on monday. we'll see event. good bye. 2 2 great architecture is something you feel in your bones, architect venus, chin to rome, once to turn houses and buildings into experiences. ah, on maricia, he is building his dream. ah, every max. next on d. w. as you've got an easy to thought, they will grade, he will be able the mm hm. i'm standing in front of the house. nelson mandela moved into our thing is released from prison in 1994, i guess at the housing food at only u. s. papers, oprah winfrey, magic johnson, and now you could pick it says, welcome to sanctuary, mandela: a. find out how and either either unusual material to create beautiful and haunting ether chapel with.

but the uptake intentions across the taiwan straits has left them bodied for their future in the event of a dangerous escalation. did under correspondence, zachary li reports as their megan worker in taiwan. when you separate glass works hard to support his family, back home indonesia. he's never been interested in politics. i'll erase intentions between china and taiwan. have started to worry him for my family. the indonesia is asking if it's still safe here and whether there will be a conflict. if the worst happens, they've asked me to just come home. i don't get it booked. and his colleagues now thought about tie one china relations every day. 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 l

joseph who accusing china of breaking a state, a school that of crossing the median line in the taiwan strait what is all that about? so we know that the media line of the tow and stream has always been unknown of fish, so demarcation between one in china and during the past times when the government is brought by the more friendly to china friendly coming down, aging, actually risk back to the unofficial line that's between the in the middle of the toe and street. and that is why they are not really crossing any of their military aircraft across that line. but now that since the pillow seats visit the in the long standing dissatisfaction with the government here in taiwan, china has decided no longer to respect. and they have made it very clear that this is what they are going to start doing every day, or on a very, very for on basis from now on and putting a lot more pressure on time ones, national defense and also the regional security. so china already breaking it to them, perhaps taiwan, also breaking into in that joseph, who essentially said that china wants to invade taiwan. and the re

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 asking if it's still safety and whether they'll be a conflict. if the worst happens, they've asked me to just come home and his colleagues know, talk about taiwan china relations every day. at his bending over 7 years in taiwan, he could never have imagined needing to plan a war time vacation to get worried about a war here. especially since the u. s. did not intervene in the war and ukraine. for now, i don't think the possibility of war is very high, but i haven't heard of any evacuation plan. i don't have a how i have nearly 700000. my good workers mostly found in indonesia, in the for the been more than half of them worked in in manufacturing factories. others working a

paused after arriving at the taiwan pylos, the united states again sent two missile cruisers to the taiwan straitstroyer kept them in line of sight just in case. pekini. it was called another game of muscles. after all, if washington really does not support the independence of taiwan about what, as the representative of the white house kirby again stated, why then is this a conditional, median line of the strait, on which the states of the island insist from the land controlled by taiwan, by the way, even to the middle of the line is not reach the taiwanese coast for almost 190 km and only 10 to the mainland won semyon in full view. no wonder chinese copters are here? they gave it away, how in the midst of the second taiwan crisis of the fifty-eighth, shells with propaganda leaflets of chinese communists flew, local residents, they have long been adapted and melted down for souvenirs and remembers how 21 years ago it was from here that the dialogue on reunification with china began 21 years ago zane men initiated the start of communication across the strait. we are closest to the mainland at that

taiwan. their position has been changing over time in terms of their disturbance of the status quo across the straitse 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 to members about this legislation. i would prefer to lay it out to them than to lay it out on tv, but i will say this, there are elements of that situation with respect to how we can strengthen our security assistance to taiwan that are effective and robust, that will improve taiwan security. there are other elements. david: let's go back to ukraine, in hindsight, which

channel we continue to release moscow condemns the us provocation and of their socialists in the taiwan straitis in samarkand at a meeting with chinese president xi jinping, talks between the leaders of russia and china are taking place these minutes on the sidelines of the summit of the shanghai cooperation organization. for our part, we firmly adhere to the principle of one china and condemn the provocations of the united states and its satellites in the taiwan strait. we spoke about this from the representative of the head of parliament quite recently in vladivostok. before kaplan ties between our countries are actively developing in last year, the trade turnover increased by 3.5% and exceeded $140 billion in the first 7 months of this year, the volume of mutual trade increased by another 25%. i am convinced that at the end of the year we will reach new record levels, and in the near future, as we agreed, we will increase the annual turnover of goods to 200 billion or more billion. and the footage that we have just received from the white house prime minister mikhail mishustin addressed the

defining a kind of new normal is the expression that, that traversing the, the median line of the taiwan strait. more frequently. how is taiwan going to be responding to this new normal? this is a tough situation for us. i must be very frank about this. even though the nice government has already announced the end of their large scale joint military exercises, but their military activities along the power street or around taiwan has not stopped. they continued fly beer in place and sell their ships to the waters, wor, airspace near ty, 12 patrol the area we're trying to upset the status quo when we, when we recorded their air activities, the hip between 5 to 15 airplanes crossing the medium line of that went straight and 2 to 3 times of that number of sorties conducting air exercises either in the northern part or southern part or pie was a d i z. so the kind of disturbances to us or aggression against taiwan is still there. so even though with the announcement of the end of large scale military exercises, the continued to do it. and if you look, look at their ships coming closer to one. this t

been defining a kind of new normal is the expression that traversing the, the median line of the taiwan strait more frequently. how is taiwan going to be responding to this new normal? this is a tough situation for us. i must be very frank about this. even though the nice government has already announced the end of their large scale joint military exercises. but their military activities along the power street or around taiwan has not stopped their continued fly beer in place and filled airships to the waters war airspace near. ty, 12 patrol the area we're trying to upset the status quo. when we, when we recorded their air activities, the hip between 5 to 15 airplanes crossing the medium line of that went straight and 2 to 3 times of that number of sorties. conducting air exercises, either in the northern part or southern part or once a d i z. so the kind of disturbances to us, or aggression against high want is still there. so even though with the announcement of the end of large scale military exercises, the continued to do it. and if you look, look at their ships coming closer to one. this

defining a kind of new normal is the expression that, that traversing the, the median line of the taiwan strait. more frequently. how is taiwan going to be responding to this new normal? this is a tough situation for us. i must be very frank about this. even though the nice government has already and now the end of their large scale joint military exercises. but their military activities along the power street or around taiwan has not stopped their continued fly beer in place and filled air ships to the water is war airspace near ty, 12 patrol the area we're trying to upset the status quo. when we, when we recorded their air activities, the hip between 5 to 15 airplanes across in the medium line of that went straight and 2 to 3 times of that number of sorties. conducting air exercises, either in the northern part or southern part or pie wants a t i z. so the kind of disturbances to us, or aggression against high one is still there. so even though with the announcement of the end of large scale military exercises, the continued to do it. and if you look, look at their ships coming closer to one.

so international rules of what it calls a washington's interference in the taiwan straits. you go to what one china principal is the prevailing consensus in the international community and the basic norman international relations. speaking of rules, keeping one's commitment is the most basic rule. if the u. s. cannot even keep its own word. how is it in a position to talk about rules and order a country like that can only become a disruptor of international rules? well, that's furious, respond spy, beijing comes after us, vice president comalla horace, accused china of committing provocations around ty, one while form a u. s secretary of state might pompeo code on washington to prevent a quote, chinese century. china has flexed. it's military and economic might, to coerce and intimidate it's neighbors, and most recently, provocations across the taiwan strait. if we want to free 21st century and not the chinese centered century, which is using pink dreams up, the all paradigm of blind engagement must end tensions. overtime. one increased after us. how speaker nancy pelosi vi

those who work on asia, there have long been concerns about the shifting military balance in the taiwan strait. there's been a recognition that this balance has shifted largely to china's favor in recent years and of course this has raised questions about what more can the united states do to ensure that taiwan coulddefend itself , to ensure china can stand up to growing chinese aggression which has escalated across all domains, military and economic and diplomatic vis-cvis taiwan. i think for the united states and its allies, this has, the ones in ukraine i think especially for european countries and realized we don't want something similar to happen in asia. there's been an explosion of interest and desire to support taiwan.there have been a number of high-level visits by asian and european officials and of course us officials as well. and i think there are also, there's greater willingness by certain asian allies of the united states like japan to talk about contingencies in the taiwan straits to make sure we are prepared if there were to be some sort of kinetic action there. but i think it

a satellite for provocations in the taiwan strait.return, president xi did not give much to president putin. it did not talk about how china is willing to work with russia, talked about how china is concerned with being a great power with assuming responsibilities and trying to inject stability and positive energy to a world in chaos. a very different tone between the two leaders here. dani: and it is not just xi and putin. we have modi meeting with putin today. what are we hoping for from that meeting? bruce: prime minister modi is trying to strike a balance and he wants to be close but not too close to russia. russia is a longtime provider of weaponry to india, a major trading partner. india's imports from russia have soared the last year. they have imparted 13 billion u.s. dollars from russia this year. india buying a lot of fossil fuels from russia. on the other hand, given that india also has a close relationship with the united states, they do not want to appear too close to russia. interesting that prime minister modi arrived a

in relation to their republicans and democrats the united states, no matter what happened, the taiwan straithe opposition war of drones will it end if the anti-russian enclave in ukraine ends how is the liquidation of our inkur there is a place of fighting? the united states is experiencing the strongest domestic political split that can escalate into big trouble president biden. he himself escalates the situation of the ex-president trump and the republicans, he calls the embodiment of extremism that threatens the very foundations of the united states. but 72 million voters voted for trump in the last election, while the level of confidence in the biden himself is nowhere lower. so why is biden provoking the republicans, and to. what could our correspondent in new york understand? valentin bogdanov deep america , which threatens with reprisal, its deep state lined up in a long line to pennsylvania came donald trump people. maybe it would have been smaller, but before trump, joe biden visited here, calling everyone semi-fascists. after that , it was simply impossible not to come. trump rises

position has been changing over time in terms of the disturbance of the status quo across the taiwan straittions they are taking with their military to undermine peace and stability. the american position has remained steadfast and consistent. a one china policy, the taiwan relations act. three joint communiquÉs we agreed with with china in the 1970's and 80's that laid out from our perspective how there should be no unilateral changes to the status quo across the taiwan strait. we continue to believe that end we will continue to push against any effort to change the status quo by force. >> there is legislation now moving through congress to toughen up existing support the u.s. has for taiwan. the strange and developed a position on that yet? >> i will have the opportunity later today to go up the hill to talk to members about the legislation. i prefer the opportunity to lay it out for them before i lay it out on tv. there are elements of that legislation with how you can strengthen security assistance to taiwan that are effective and robust and will improve taiwanese security. other elemen

that is, the situation in and around the taiwan strait is heating up, and it is not for nothing thatvely involved in the exercises. on our territory, and uh, there uh, there is an exercise of ground air naval forces. and there are not suspicions, but there are expectations that the supreme commanders of china and russia may meet in vladivostok according to my information, it is possible to change previous plans, sen-ping, they are only lijanshu, uh, than the permanent committee will come to vladivostok in order to meet again, but with vladimir vladimirovich . they are just bigger. ah, exercises of the joint strategic forces can take place, that is, this joint launch, the parallel launch of russian and chinese hypersonic missiles that will hit the same target becomes more real, and from the other side, information was received from the american that that plans for a space war against china are being worked out, two dates are called, 25 and 29 years to

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 separatist activities and take the most forceful steps to oppose external interference. only by pulling down separatist activities can we forge peaceful reunification. only when china is completely reunified can there be an enduring peace across the taiwan state. in the scheme to interfere in china's internal affairs is bound to meet the strong opposition of all chinese and any move to stop china's reunification is bound to be crushed by the real. the international community closely follows china's development since the international congress 10 years ago, socialism has entered a new era. in the past decade, china has made historic achievements and the transformation in pursuing economic and social department. in this decade, it also realized it his

principle, and one china, we condemn the provocations of the united states and its satellites in the taiwan strait. in the face of unprecedented changes on a global scale we are ready with our russian colleagues to set the example of responsible world powers and play a leading role in order to put such a rapidly changing world on a sustainable development trajectory. naturally, in the course of the discussion, trade and economic relations between the two countries were also touched upon. last year, trade between russia and china reached a record $140 billion. accordingly, this year, taking into account western sanctions against russia and intensification of trade relations. naturally, a new record will be set, in addition, more. uh, in addition, the transition to settlements in national currencies is being discussed back in vladivostok at the eastern economic forum between gazprom and the chinese giant with npc, an agreement was reached to pay in rubles and yuan 50 to 50. and i want to draw your attention. we have the opportunity here at the negotiations to work only with a limited number of journ

only when china is completely reunified can there be enduring peace across the taiwan strait. any scheme to interfere in china's internal affairs is to meet the strong opposition of all chinese. and then he moved to extract -- any move to extract china's reunification is bound to be crushed by the wheels of history. the international community closely follows china's development since the 18th national congress. socialism with chinese characteristics has entered a new era. in the past decade, china has made historic achievements and transformation in pursuing economic and social development. in this decade, it also relies a historic leap in its relations with the world and made historic contributions to the international community. china is fully implementing a new development philosophy of innovative, coordinated, open development for all. and is pursuing high-quality development and fostering a new development paradigm. with a strong leadership of the efforts of the people, the strengths of socialism with china characteristics, a solid foundation, and strong confidence in ac

to become a more capable force, that timeline for, you know, for moving potentially across the taiwan strait becomes shorter and shorter in terms of tactical warning. so, forward force, as the navy and the marine corps are, are in a position to be able to respond. so, we think that, again, forward deployed naval forces, particularly if we can keep forces home ported forward puts us in a better position to respond best. >> now from the online audience. >> following up on your comments on the arctic, what about the american arctic and the u.s. coast guard operations there? do you see more cooperation with the services? how does the navy-coast guard interaction been playing in that area? >> i will tell you we're highly reliant on the coast guard as a partner. they've just put their five most capable cutters in the western pacific, and they just did a few months ago, just did a big commissioning ceremony and i think the three ships in guam simultaneously. they're on a great vector right now in terms ever their capabilities. we're leveraging that, whether that's in the caribbean, whether it's in

for example, sending aircraft above the territory of the taiwan strait.at least for south korea, the most imminent threat is north korea's nuclear missile threat. and i don't want to be hypothetical about the practical situation. however, as the head of state of my country, as well as the korean military, i would like to note that our alliance with the united states is expanding its horizons to economic fields, as well as cutting edge technologies. therefore, we will work together in order to contribute to global peace and stability, as well as expanding freedom to the world's citizens. >> when nancy pelosi came to the region, after visiting taiwan, she she visited south korea and you did not meet with her personally. you said you were on vacation. this is south korea's closest ally, its only military ally. it seemed to many people that this was an odd or unusual decision for you to make, and that it was really not about a vacation, it was that you were trying to be nice to china. how do you respond to that? >> translator: with respect to her visit during

provocations across the taiwan straits.ks out on this. when they talk about the provocations, think mean things like nancy pelosi coming here to taipei. a very rare visit by such a senior member of the u.s. government. and they are talking aso about a bill working through the u.s. senate right now, which would provide some $6.5 billion of military aid to taiwan. that is a bill the chinese are absolutely furious about. it's been interesting here on the ground. we have been hearing from taiwan these officials. they are learning a lot of lessons watching the ukrainians fight against russia as they think about the possibility of a chinese invasion one day here in taiwan. they say the biggest lesson is the value of asymmetric war wear. taiwan is 23 million people. china is 1.4 billion. they know they koent win a conventional war against china, but they are looking at ways to fight a gorilla warfare against any invading chinese force shs trying to hit soldiers quickly and get out of the way before they can respond. so a lo lot of

principle of one china, we condemn the provocations of the united states and its satellites in the taiwan straitar president putin, my dear and old friend, we are very glad to meet again in february this year. it was a pleasure for us to celebrate together the day of the beginning of spring, the opening of winter olympics to discuss grandiose plans for the development of chinese russian relations in the face of unprecedented colossal changes of our time on a global scale. we are ready with our russian colleagues. show an example of a responsible world power and play a leading role to put such a rapidly changing world on a path of sustainable and positive development, in addition, it is ready to exchange views on the bilateral agenda, as well as international and regional topics of mutual economic interest . relations between russia and china are strengthening the target to bring the annual trade turnover to a record high of the equivalent of 200 billion dollars. multilateral projects can also contribute to this. such , say, as the project under discussion for the construction of a branch of gas

out from our perspective that there should be no unilateral changes to the status quo across the taiwan straitlieve 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 to members about this legislation. i would prefer to lay it out to them than to lay it out on tv, but there are elements of that situation with how we can strengthen our security assistance to taiwan that are effective and robust, that will improve taiwan security. there are other elements. david: let's go back to ukraine, in hindsight, which is always 2020, is there anything that administration could have done to prevent putin from invading or convincing allies more forcefully the invasion was going to occur? what do you think you should have done in hindsight, if anything? jake: given that we are in the middle of this crisis, it's hard to get the perspective to say

almost half of them crossed the taiwan strait's so called median line between the taiwanese air zone.ost were fighter jets. three reconnaissance drones were detected. taiwan has vowed a hard line stance against incursions. earlier this month, its military shot down a civilian drone that flew into its airspace near the chinese coast. beijing has been boosting its pressing in the skies around taiwan even as washington has pursued closer ties with taipei. u.s. president joe biden recently vowed to defend taiwan if it's invaded which china says is a threat to peaceful reunification. >>> ukraine's president has announced major prisoner exchange with russia. zelenskyy says more than 200 people have been released. >> we're bringing people home. today we have 215 pieces of good news. this is definitely a victory for our state, for our entire society. >> the deal with moscow is said to have been mediated by turk you and other parties. it is the largest prisoner swap so far into russia's invasion nearing the seven month mark. zelenskyy says 108 members of the battalion were freed. they fought a

right next to the chinese shores, not only in the taiwan strait, they come up to the ports of shandongunder the pretext of exercises. uh, from south korea, by the way, now there are exercises with the south koreans, and on american ships, by default, american strategic bombers always have nuclear weapons. the chinese see the economic war against them. uh, for example, in the fight against purchases by the chinese. uh, electronics. the same chips, yes, and the chinese, like us, are tired in this area and depend on american from taiwanese chips, a and eh chinese. so they are not blind. they see, the chinese are not deaf, they hear and the chinese have not lost their sense of smell. they heard the stench that comes from the american media with the center of the psychological struggle. look at the stink about uh the chinese roots of covid-19 when they tried to set the whole world on china what stink was about sindian that supposedly there was slave labor, uh, is used and due to this, this tragically important area is developing, and china, you see, literally. here on saturday there was suc

we seek to have stability upon the taiwan straits. remain committed to our one china policy which has helped prevent conflict for four decades. and continue to oppose unilateral changes in status quo by either side. we support a african union-led peace process to end the fighting in ethiopia. restore security for all its people. in venezuela, political oppression has driven more than six million people from that country. we are in a dialogue to return to free and fair elections. we stand with haiti as it faces political fuel-tkpwa*pbg violence and enormous human crisis. we call on the world to do the same. we have more to do. we'll continue to back the u.n. mediated truce in yemen, which has delivered precious months of peace to people that have suffered years of war. we'll continue to advocate for lasting negotiating peace between the jewish and democratic state of israel and the palestinian people. the united states is committed to israel's security full stop. and a negotiated two-state solution remains in our view the best way to e

and most recently, provocations across the taiwan strait. tensions over taiwan increased as you as healthy can. nancy pelosi visited the island last month. china called the move a provocation and responded with military drills around time one. this month, washington approved more than a $1000000000.00 worth of arm sales to the island, which china considers its sovereign territory. then more recently, joe biden said, washington would defend taiwan with troops at the white house, backtracked on that statement, asian classified those latest moves as a violation of both its territorial integrity and the one china policy observed by the u. s. and other high profile american visitor to tie one for me, you a secretary of state mike upon p. o also promote an angry response from beijing. when he said, washington must act to prevent a quote chinese sensually. if we want a free 21st century and not the chinese centered the century, which is in print, dreams of the all paradigm of blind engagement must and she, she you portrait, the former politician. you mentioned how to bankrupt reputation, whose cl

we seek to have stability upon the taiwan straits. remain committed to our one china policy which has helped prevent conflict for four decades. and continue to oppose unilateral changes in status quo by either side. we support a african union-led peace process to end the fighting in ethiopia. restore security for all its people. in venezuela, political oppression has driven more than six million people from that country. we are in a dialogue to return to free and fair elections. we stand with haiti as it faces political fuel-tkpwa*pbg violence and enormous human crisis. we call on the world to do the same. we have more to do. we'll continue to back the u.n. mediated truce in yemen, which has delivered precious months of peace to people that have suffered years of war. we'll continue to advocate for lasting negotiating peace between the jewish and democratic state of israel and the palestinian people. the united states is committed to israel's security full stop. and a negotiated two-state solution remains in our view the best way to e

the ability automatically to draw us into a war across the taiwan strait. the official u. s. position doesn't commit to military action to defend taiwan. although washington does send military aids to the island. the latest funding with announced earlier this month, including more than a $1000000000.00 in arms and the delivery of an array of anti ship and anti aircraft missiles. it response china reiterated that tie. one is a quote inalienable parts of its territory and its washington to immediately revoke the arm sales. the weapons package comes to a month off the us house beacon nancy pelosi visited tie pay, which prompted major chinese military drills close to the islands with folks who at martin, president of finance it softly eagles who stays the us must be very careful. i support the message to china that we want less aggression from china. after that, i think we need to be very, very careful with the situation. i mean, you know, i, i think we've seen that china is taking advantage of the regime of their, of biden's weakness. they've been doing more exercises and more