my responsibility is to maintain the status quo in the taiwan strait well-protected taijuan and maintainingemocracy, peace and prosperity, so no such framework exists. we must work to maintain the peaceful status quo because taiwan is already a sovereign country. >> how confident are you that the u.s. will have taijuan's back should the situation with china escalate? >> the u.s. is a close friend of taiwan. we are partners in a number of areas, from politics, the economy, human rights, to our society. because taijuan's security challenges are a global concern, the upkeep of peace and stability in both the taiwan strait and the indo-pacific region fulfills the common interests of the international community. i believe all democracies in the world, including the u.s., would be aware of how to respond if such a scenario were to take place. >> where do you want the world to know about you as a person? >> i am a rational and steady leader. i know how we can respond to the challenges we face as a country. i also understand that the serious and complex issues in the taiwan strait call for irration

ready relations across the taiwan straits, the united states is not containing the status go, it is great and more and more on sale to taiwan separate is so that's eventually on one particular day the separate. this can declare full independence from china, which is that because the chinese people in the chinese government would never allow that to happen. and it will trigger a full allows compensation across the taiwan straits and eventually may even drag the united states into this ongoing and escalate to come for the duration. therefore, i see the united states to be fully aware of the consequences of its enhanced and increased on sale to taiwan. and should really put a stop to such very provocative and dangerous actions, which eventually will serve no good ends for the only serve the ends of increase in patient and may be putting the, pushing the situation beyond the point of no return. a basic has responded showing very clearly how it feels about this and a bill. do you think we can expect a response from the us? um, what do you think those say if they do as well as you can, the unit

i asked our corresponded james, traitor in taipei to update us on developments in the taiwan strait. oh, let's run through some of the specific faster roles the festival, these, the joints, naval and at combat readiness control spearheaded by china is eastern. if it's a come on, that's a part of the chinese ministry that is responsible for the pot of china, which is close to us to tie one just over the taiwan straits. according to that, come on the aim of these drills as a test. the miniatures ability to seize and see spaces and it's high. one time, one of the defense ministry says these chinese drills are taking place around the north and southwest all the time. one's main lines. i think there's 14 through i crossed in 8 ships, 26 of those are across today across the median line of the taiwan strait. that's a buffer line in the water that separates tie one from china and has kind of been respected by tie one and china for decades is a line that's the 4th is done across tie. one says, is despite ships on the cross to respond to these trails. now course china says this is a serious wa

ministry that is responsible for the pot of china, which is closest to tie one just over the taiwan straits. according to that, come on the aim of these drills as a test. the miniatures ability to seize and see spaces and it's high. one time, one of the defense ministry says these chinese drills are taking place around the north and southwest all the time. one's main lines that includes floating through cr, often 8 ships, 26 of those across today, across the median line of the taiwan strait. that's a buffer line in the water that separates tie one from china and has kind of been respected by tie one and china for decades is a line that's the 4th is done across tie. one says, is despite ships on the cross to respond to these trails. now course china says this is a serious wanting to what they call, set protest forces. and the in that what's troublemaker, which is time, once vice president william live, which belongs to the ruling policy here in taiwan. as you will know, china is use military exercises before to send a clear message about this offering to the dispute. like in response to then

chenzhuang my responsibility is to maintain the status quo in the taiwan strait while protecting taiwan and maintaining democracy, peace and prosperity. so no such framework exists. we must work to maintain the peaceful status quo because taiwan is already a sovereign country and china keeps pushing on the status quo and it keeps pushing its fired a missile over taiwan. it's crossed the median line in the taiwan strait and it's simulated a naval blockade. what is your red line on the increased tensions impacting the status quo in the taiwan strait have not originated from taiwan. they are due to china's growing assertiveness. china not only seeks to annex taiwan, it also hopes to change the international rules based order. under these circumstances, we must be clear taiwan's security is of international concern. peace and stability in the taiwan strait is aligned with the international interest. so we because challenges in the taiwan strait are a global concern, a global red line will also be taiwan's red line. and my personal red line. you've said provocative things in the past that wi

my responsibility is to maintain the status quo in the taiwan strait while protecting taiwan and maintainingsuch framework exists. we must work to maintain the peaceful status quo because taiwan is already a sovereign country. china keeps pushing on the status quo and it keeps pushing. it's fired a missile over taiwan. it's crossed the median line in the taiwan strait and it's simulated a naval blockade. what is your red line? the increased tensions impacting the status quo in the taiwan strait have not originated from taiwan. they are due to china's growing assertive ness. china not only seeks to annex taiwan, it also hopes to change the international rules based order. under these circumstances, we must be clear tie one security is of international concern in peace and stability in the taiwan strait is aligned with the international interest. so we. because challenges in the taiwan strait are a global concern, a global red line will also be taiwan's red line. and my personal red line in ukraine. president zelensky rose to meet the challenge when russia invaded. what did you personally lear

room that have all the companionship, the saving through what content of ships is saving through taiwan, strait and 90 percent of the most of bins. sidney comes out the trips of producing tie one, i'm sure the international community will come to the realization that they will be impacted if the war is not stopped in other than that, we are also seeing many other countries taking more actions. do you think the west has been tough enough on china or you have in the past appeared to blame europe in the us for not resisting home combs, new security law and the trashing of human rights and civil liberties. but that came with that. what put the west of done about hong kong and what happened, what the chinese introduced. the whole goal is a true tragedy. it happened right before our eyes, that the national security law was imposed. this place of where people used to enjoy freedom and openness in all of us stopping all those freedom as being taken away by the chinese government. and we did not see this as an isolated case. we as also that even 2014 over at crime. yeah. and the west and reaction to rus

uh, some important some is the leaders always reaffirm the importance of use instability in the taiwan strait. and they also oppose any human data with change of status quote in this part of the world and somebody even the post the use of force. and lately, there's also a new language coming out of europe, saying that the piece instability of the power straight is an integral part of the global security and prosperity. and with all of this, i'm sure the international caution against the chinese use support or teen to an ex tie one is sufficient and we hope the international community can continue to pay attention to that you, chinese motivation, they'll be using force against taiwan. so he's very strong words from the international community. strong was from the west or enough to, to, to china. there were plenty of strong words directed reading that put in before he invited ukraine on the wall. it was a had any way. so it was a strong was maybe a slight to develop to diplomacy, a slightly exaggerated in diplomacy these days that is available. cool. very good question. in fact, other than stro

well, we my response ability is to maintain the status quo in the taiwan strait while protecting taiwan and maintaining democracy, peace and prosperity. so no such framework exists. we must work to maintain the peaceful status quo because taiwan is already a sovereign country. how confident are you that the us will have taiwan's back should the situation with china escalate? the main goal, said taiwan to the us, is a close friend of taiwan. we are partners in a number of areas from politics, the economy, human rights to our society. england, taiwan, the because taiwan's security challenges are a global concern. the upkeep of peace and stability in both the taiwan strait and the indo-pacific region fulfills the common interests of the international community. i believe that all democracies in the world, including the us, would be aware of how to respond if such a scenario were to take place. what do you want the world to know about you as a person? was lying. i am a rational and steady leader. i know how we can respond to the challenges we face as a country. i also understand that the se

. >>> the deputy head of taiwan's main opposition party has met with a top chinese official on cross strait affairs. it comes as they're go gearing up for taiwan's presidential election in january and beijing is keen to strengthen ties. china's state run agency reported the taiwan affairs office directing met with the vice chair on wednesday. some claim separatist forces in taiwan are colluding with external powers forcing taiwanese to choose between peace and war. he says beijing wants to work with the knt and other parties to restore peaceful relations. he said his party is willing to strengthen cooperation with the mainland. the knt is pitching a conciliatory stance with beijing as it's hoping to win back power for the first time in 80 years. >>> meanwhile, taiwanese armed forces will be getting an unprecedented boost from the united states. washington has okayed the first ever transfer of military aid to taiwan using a program typically reserved for sovereign states. u.s. media outlets report the state department notified congress of the aid package on wednesday. taiwan is being offered

the camp david statement talked about the importance to peace and stability in the taiwan strait.s is something the leaders of japan, the u.s., south korea, have already said and other joint statements. i think the real concern is there might not be any kind of restraining factor in terms of the intensification of changes across the taiwan strait. i sense in japan and south korea, there is a feeling that the united states may be overreacting to some of the provocations by china. so doing might be exasperating the tensions and ultimately increase the danger of military conflict. so they would be very much interested in having the u.s. engage in a serious dialogue with china in order to stabilize relations with china and try and diffuse tensions across the taiwan strait. >> this summit has been a real shot in the arm for american diplomacy. the troubled relationship between south korea and japan has been the weak link in washington's efforts in the indo pacific. why was the moment right now to bring it together and how has the biden done it? >> major credit has to go to president yo

the camp david statement talked about the importance of peace and stability in the taiwan strait. this is something that the leaders of japan and the united states and others have said in statements, but i think the concert as there might not be any kind of constraining factor in terms of the intensification of tensions across the taiwan strait. i sense that in both japan and south korea, there is a feeling the united states may be overreacting to some of the provocations in china and in so doing, might be exacerbating the tensions and ultimately increasing the danger of military conflict in the taiwan strait. both seoul and tokyo would be very much interested in having the united states engage in a serious dialogue with china in order to stabilize relations with china and tried to refuse -- try to reduce tensions across the taiwanese strait. geoff: this summit has been a shot in the arm for american diplomacy in asia because the trouble between south korea and japan has sort of been a weak link in washington's efforts in the pacific. why was the moment right now to bring this tog

you are seeing an increase in military exercises by china in the taiwan strait. is a concern about the security situation in the region , and japan and south korea are feeling that they have mutual interest here that they need to work together on, together with the united states. of course you have had the united states pushing for this relentlessly. you heard the president talked about how many times they've been on the sides of other summits rather than this one. so you've got that as well. i would say secondly quite clearly that there has been a rapprochement between japan and south korea in the last few months, led by the new leader of the south korea, who really made an effort to try to overcome some of those historic tensions, and the japanese leader reciprocated. as mr. biden was saying, this is something that has been started, triggered by the leaders themselves, and the united states is working with it. sumi: barbara, one more question, we know that china has criticized the summit, saying it is a mini-nato. what is washington's response to that? barbara:

that have all the container ships, is saving through what content of ships is saving through taiwan, strait and 90 percent of the most of bins. sidney comes out the trips up producing tie one. i'm sure the international community will come to the realization that they will be in have to, if the war is not stopped in other than that, we are also seeing many other countries taking more actions. do you think the west has been tough enough on china? you have in the past, appeared to blame your up in the us for not resisting home combs, new security law and the trashing of human rights and civil liberties. but that came with that. what could for west of done about phone call and what happened with the chinese introduce the the whole goal is to try to the it happened right before our eyes that the national security law was imposed on this place where people used to enjoy freedom and openness and all of a sudden, all those freedom as being taken away by the chinese government. and we did not see this as an isolated case. we as also that even 2014 over at crime. yeah. and the west and reaction to r

taiwan. we call for a peaceful resolution across the strait issues. the leaders -- their aides are at the podium. it's hard to see on this small monitor. andrea mitchell, our chief foreign relations correspondent, talk to me about how momentous this is for president biden. >> it's a very big deal. talking with republicans and democrats, anyone caring about foreign to policy, bringing these two countries together who were adversaries because of the atrocities of the japanese' 37-year occupation of the peninsula and afterwards uncertain allies bringing them together, in this first summit and to do it at camp david, which has a history, of course, of presidential visits with foreign leaders going back to world war ii is so important, certainly during the reagan years and memorably with jimmy carter, even bill clinton trying to make peace there and regretting failing in 2000 after the election there. so this is a location that is iconic worldwide, and to bring them together, it's terribly important. what's important is the conversations behind the princip

call us for ships traveling up and down the taiwan straits. we see it like monthly sending an obvious signal telling china us back off, but china is no longer a country with just a tech based economy. really now has the world's biggest navy arguably capable of blockading everything that comes in and out of taiwan if it wanted to. including think about this, the export of trips, which would in essence freeze the u. s. economy. in fact, the world economy. why? because everything that we buy here in america is made the chips. remember what happened with the supply chain disruptions that were caused. during coven, you remember that? right? you remember how hard it was to buy a car or anything for that matter? well, if china were to do that, if china were to block a coast of taiwan from getting those chips out of there and going throughout the world and specifically to the united states, experts say it would be $100.00 times worse than the supply chain disruptions that we saw during cove it and that that would be a massive global chip. one k j now

our approach is to maintain the status call and trying to keep the peace and stability over the taiwan strait and have on the open institute to invite the chinese for negotiations. and on the other hand, we also strengthening our defense capabilities to prevent china from thinking that they can take, tie one over easily. and at the same time, we are engaging with the international community so that they can support, tie one more and they can help strengthen. i was defense capability, say with the oldest we are trying to deter war from happening and it's not just high one. we have liked by the populace, they understand the cost for the world if the war is to break out and we all wind what we can to prevent work from happening. what is the world joseph low? thank you very much for being on complex some. thank you. well, thank you very much, mr. sebastian. the the the, to the point. clear positions, international perspectives. you have done a pretty gauzy and has been laid to rest his wagner groups. brief, mute. ne, opened a troubling chapter. the kremlin wants to close. house ensure is put in s

call us warships traveling up and down the taiwan straits. we see it like monthly sending an obvious signal telling china back off. but china is no longer a country with just a tech based economy. really now has the world's biggest navy arguably capable of blockading everything that comes in and out of taiwan if it wanted to, including think about there's the export of trips, which would in essence freeze the u. s. economy. in fact, the world economy. why? because everything that we buy here in america is made the chips. remember what happened with the supply chain disruptions that were caused during coven, you remember that? right? you remember how hard it was to buy a car or anything for that matter? well, if china were to do that, china, or to block a, the coast of taiwan from getting those chips out of there and going throughout the world, and specifically to the united states. experts say it would be $100.00 times worse than the supply chain disruptions that we saw during co that and that that would be a massive global chip or k j. now i

call us warships traveling up and down the taiwan straits. we see it like monthly, sending an obvious signal, telling china back off. but china is no longer a country with just a tech based economy. really now has the world's biggest navy arguably capable of blockading everything that comes in and out of taiwan if it wanted to, including think about there's the export of trips, which would in essence freeze the u. s. economy. in fact, the world economy. why? because everything that we buy here in america is made the chips. remember what happened with the supply chain disruptions that were caused during coven, you remember that? right? you remember how hard it was to buy a car or anything for that matter? well, if china were to do that, china, or to block a coast of taiwan from getting those chips out of there and going throughout the world and specifically to the united states, experts say it would be $100.00 times worse than the supply chain disruptions that we saw during cove it and that that would be a massive global ship war. k j now is a

the chinese military holds drills and the taiwan strait and, and his tie with these space which taipei says intimidation, south career and japan also accused badging, of aggressive behavior and territorial disputes in the east and south china seas then is north korea and it's increasingly frequent weapons tests, so missiles have landed in japanese waters and is accused of flying drains into south korea an aspect i will discuss this with, i guess in just a few moments. the 1st this report from car like history in the making a moment unimaginable a few decades ago. the 1st official meeting between the 3 heads, the state, and the sign of improve relations between south korea and japan. the senate appointed 1st, the us, the president, prays to pay for what he calls more than political courage. seem like i'm happy is because i am this is another great, great meeting mister president. mister prime minister i uh, we made this a storage place to make a historic moment. and i believe that to be true. tokyo and so have a long history of hostility and fort relation since depends occupations on th

taiwan is fox condemnation from china, which claims washington under mine security, within the taiwan straits that creates tension. between playing truthfully box b, one china policy and does not recognize taiwanese independence along the way. as when men university told us that washington is moved amounts to an attempt to fuel a full scale conflict between china's mainland and the break away islands. high was part of china, which uh, the us company trucks are nice with the so you community class. so americans, while it is coming across any weapons that the u. s. sales to taiwan is a pull the oil in the fire. i've been coming to that type. i'm pundits are treat uh, the can not kept the buttons power across the highway straight a because the us can the so the most about the last day to weapons to taiwan inside . well now everybody about to what day were after that unification, the weapons of epic 40 and the chinese hands. so this out just a song, not so odd, won't stay up. and so type one and events in a way expensive a price. it just actually use of a type one. it's just that clarity in cover

hotspots, condemnation from china, which claims washington is undermining security within the taiwan straits and creating tensions. washington claims it's 20 bucks. these one i'm trying to policy and does not recognize that kind of searching high sauce tomatoes underneath the, the a, when he way a ren men universe. they told us this washington's move amounts to an attempt to fuel a full scale conflicts between chinese mainland and the brake line. highway as part of china, which uh, the us company, trucks are nice with the so you community class. so americans violent and disease coming across any weapons that the u. s. sales to tell you what is a pull the oil in the fire. i think harvey to that type i'm pundits, are treat uh they can look up the buttons power across the highway straight because the us can most of the most of our, the last day to weapons to taiwan inside. well now everybody about to what day were after that unification. that weapons wrap it for me and the chinese hands. so this out, the song or not so long, straight and weapons to type one and events in a way expensive a price

my responsibility is to maintain the status quo in the taiwan strait while protecting taiwan and maintaining democracy, peace and prosperity. so no such framework exists. we must work to maintain the peaceful status quo because taiwan is already a sovereign country. how confident are you that the us will have taiwan's back? should the situation with china escalate? the main goal, said taiwan. the you the us is a close friend of taiwan. we are partners in a number of areas from politics, the economy, human rights to our society with taiwan. the and because taiwan's security challenges are a global concern in the upkeep of peace and stability in both the taiwan strait and the indo-pacific region, fulfills the common interests of the international community. i believe that all democracies in the world, including the us, would be aware of how to respond if such a scenario were to take place. what do you want the world to know about you as a person? was design. i am a rational and steady leader. i know how we can respond to the challenges we face as a country. i also understand that the serious a

chenzhuang my responsibility is to maintain the status quo in the taiwan strait while protecting taiwan and maintaining democracy, peace and prosperity. so no such framework exists. we must work to maintain the peaceful status quo because taiwan is already a sovereign country. so how confident are you that the us will have taiwan's back? should the situation with china escalate the minguo state, taiwan? the us is a close friend of taiwan. we are partners in a number of areas from politics, the economy, human rights to our society. with taiwan. the and because taiwan's security challenges are a global concern for the upkeep of peace and stability in both the taiwan strait and the indo-pacific region, fulfills the common interests of the international community. i believe that all democracies in the world, including the us, would be aware of how to respond, and if such a scenario were to take place, what do you want the world to know about you as a person? what's the thing? i am a rational and steady leader. i know how we can respond to the challenges we face as a country. i also understa

ships have been operating so far. 26 of those are crossed have crossed the median line of the taiwan strait. this is the kind of the stretch of water that separates taiwan from china. and as a line through the middle of it, which would decades this kind of form, that kind of been a tacit agreement between the 2 sides and the track off to one cross. those bar is one say that they've dispatch ships. i'm titans to respond to, to these dates as thrills and is handling the situation. of course, now i'm trying to says this is a serious one into what they call the separate test forces. and as he mentioned, that follows this trip. and william lied to uh, to stop by and visit new york in san francisco. and china is use military exercises before we send a clear message to its perceived photos. like up to nancy pelosi is visit to taiwan last year. how does this compare as well and the key missing bits of information right now is how long these drills are going to last full. so when the time when the car in simon is present in transitive through los angeles and met with the the us house speaker, kevin

just today we've seen 7 chinese jobs across the median line of the taiwan strait and the and the daily occurrence now. and over the past year, we've had full scale military and drills around taiwan, including the souls being shot over to my pay. and that type of behavior has usually pushed people towards ty, one's governing costs, even if you pay. mostly, i think because of the lack of belief across the whole of society, without making overtures to beijing is really going to less than those threats a tool. so we went out today actually and typing off people about this exact issue i feel that tell them when these people don't want war. but it seems that's not the case in china. the chinese communist party is different depending on these compared to taiwan. is the main source of cross straight tension. i want you to send the situation until i wasn't really that tense. for me, it's not too bad. it's all about how these issues are used by politicians. sold by the sound of what woman barely and cheap, and i do see how neighbor chandra is good at emotional black miles. that's how this societ

ships have been operating so far. 26 of those are crossed have crossed the median line and the taiwan strait . this is the kind of the stretch of water that separates tie. one from china and as a line through the middle of it, which for decades is kind of unfolding that kind of been a tacit agreement between the 2 sides and the track off to one cross. so as bar is one say that they've dispatch ships, i'm titans to respond to, to these they just rose and is handling the situation. of course, now i'm trying to says, this is a serious one. is what they call the separate 6 forces. and as he mentioned, that follows this trip of william lied to uh, to stop and visit. neal can san francisco and try to use military exercises before send a clear message to its perceived, follows like often as people overseas visit to taiwan last year. how does this compare as well and the key missing bits of information right now is how long these drills are going. so last full. so when the time when the car in time needs preston trends to through los angeles and that with the, the us. how speaker kevin mccarthy. ear

the reason why the us is increasingly hesitant about direct military intervention in the taiwan straitstrait has undergone historical changes. the island 's military is vulnerable to the rapidly growing mainland china. in the western pacific are no match for conventional forces. china needs to further consolidate this trend in order to force american society, including the american elite fear military intervention in the taiwan issue. in the end, the world will fully understand that the united states will not dare to send troops to the taiwan strait. yeah, look really here in the global security equation. yes, there is also a regional equation, and here in the asia-pacific basin, and now these equations are being changed, both from china and from the american side , the americans made a very powerful move by spending in the chamber, and the three countries themselves, japan south korea and states a, a new military bloc is actually emerging. and all this is not on paper, because the first military exercises are already being held, in which the philippines wanted to be involved. they did

. >> peace and security in the taiwan strait is not only taiwan's problem, but rather an internationalissue that concerns all the countries of the world will stop when taiwan is safe, the world is safe. when there is peace in the taiwan strait, there will be peace in the world. amy: in the occupied west bank, mourners marched in a funeral procession friday for 23-year-old mahmoud jarrad, who was shot dead during an israeli raid in the tulkarm refugee camp. at least eight others were injured. this is mahmoud jarrad's mother. >> he was ambitious like other youngsters. what youngsters one, do have a home, to marry. everything disappeared. amy: a group of over 1500 academics from around the world, including israel and the u.s., signed a statement condemning "israel's regime of apartheid" against palestinians. they write -- "there cannot be democracy for jews in israel as long as palestinians live under a regime of apartheid." in other news from the region, palestinian officials, including president mahmoud abbas, welcomed their first saudi arabian ambassador. nayef al-sudairi will serve as

paul: bonnie, you signaled the possibility of greater military activity around the taiwan strait. of course, with that kind of thing going on, the odds of misunderstanding or something else going wrong increase. where you put the chances of a potential flashpoint in terms of china and taiwan and a risk of war that would drag in the u.s. and its allies? bonnie: there has been a great deal of military activity around taiwan. on virtually a daily basis, especially since the speaker of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi, visited taiwan last summer. the chinese have been crossing what is called the media line in the strata that was set up by the united states at a 1950's. but it was never accepted by china, though, tacitly if you. now there has been an enormous amount of activity not only in the air, but also navy ships coming within the -- up to the 24 nautical mile, what they say contiguous zone. so not inside taiwan's territorial airspace or sea space. if the chinese want to get more aggressive they will operate closer. if they were to fly or sale inside what is the 12 nautic

what i tell them is if a war breaks out in the taiwan straits , relations get worse, there will be heavy economic sanctions . the toolkit america has his economic sanctions. a lot of it rises to that level. it may not be true in the taiwan straight but there's a blockade or cyber attacks or actions against taiwan the first reaction will be economic sanctions. the chinese have been preparing for that for many years and they are trying to suck as much american investment into china as they can because they don't want their bonds canceled, they want to have some thing to fight back with. the way they'll fight back, the more u.s. investors they can get the more leverage they can have over us and the more they can mitigate financial sanctions down the road. the wall street guys think that's ok because the u.s. government will bail us out. it doesn't matter what happens. wall street will get bailed out. i assume they feel they will get bailed out but i think there's a consensus the american public won't go for bailing out black rock are for these companies that have made massive bets on china.

kim jong-un has been more outspoken in this regard, not only tying peace and stability in the taiwan straito the region but also the international community and they have done this in a trilateral context. the last thing i would add is in south korea's own in the pacific strategy, they link peace and stability in the taiwan strait to security on the korean peninsula. often times historically korean leaders have talked about the piece being essential but the inversion of the linkages very notable. i don't know in my research of that ever happening. nevertheless i think the focus is overwhelmingly preventing this from happening. just to plug another organization, the atlantic council just produced a report yesterday that talks about some of these scenarios and the risks of whether coordinated chinese north korean actions or uncoordinated and there are distinct risks to both, what that might look like and the ways to think about that. other questions? i might ask my colleague if there is anything online. >> there is a question online, given the rising influence of chinese and the alliance, how