and thought out the usual way. tony grow old is of the u. s. sending more troops and asking as to go to the u. s. for training shows that the situation across the taiwan straits is indeed perilous. if it wasn't the u. s. would not be doing this is why we endanger ours because we've become a porn and the conflict between china in the u. s. law. william, your other son, but there are these sentiments, the oppositions alone or do they represent a considerable view in taiwan population. i think these views represent a certain faction inside a tony society, even though we are seeing the number impose, suggesting more and more people are willing to fight for time one, if a conflict broke out with china. but at the same time, there are people who i've been talking to in recent months and weeks staying at the end of the day, maintaining peace and stability across the toe and street is still their top priority. and they are concerned about the moves and deepen ties. between the u. s . and taiwan in on the military front. and also the, you know, want these kind of gestures, the news are going to send signals to be jane and how beaching as possibly going to resp

u. s . and taiwan in on the military front. and also the, you know, want these kind of gestures, the news are going to send signals to be jane and how beaching as possibly going to respond. so clearly these are not only, you know, restricted to the opposition politicians that we heard, but at the same time the they are being shared among tony's of population as well. there are also reports of us how speaker kevin mccarthy is planning to visit the taiwan. you talked about sending signals to beijing is type a open to such a visit. i think the context of this visit compared to last august visit by the former house speaker, nancy pelosi is very different. we are in a lead up to the presidential election in the january of 2024. so a potential mccarthy visit is going to have a huge impact on domestic politics this year. and how that's going to affect the political landscape here. it is on predicted right now, but at the same time, we know that for the ruling party, it could of play into their advantage. and for the a position party th

u. s. and taiwan may be busy, but the communication lines of beijing are in a sorry state to sports now and soccer star leno. messy as one fif was top male player ward for the 7th time at a gala in paris. last year, he guided argentina to the world cup title and won the french league with p. s jeep arsole honors alexia protest took on the women's award for 2022. that were a vote by fans and soccer personalities. aah! lyn messy has gone from winning this famous trophy for the very 1st time to receiving a 7th fifo world. best male player, a war for now. no good about me were here was crazy for me. me sorry chief my dreamed it. i had been hoping for, for so long in city. he fought off competition from his petty salmon teammate and france forward killing and pappy as well as rail madrid's champions league gwinnett. carry bens emma argentina's wilken. when also meant linelle. stallone was named best men's coach while england's triumph in the women's european championship . the 1st major honor landed serena vague. men, the female coach award, the best women's player, went to spain's alexia protes

doesn't have a lot of military experience and taiwan as an island and am, you know, invading an island incredibly heart. and then of course, there still the u. s. factor will the u. s. defend taiwan, or really help taiwan and with us than escalate in a, a real pacific war. so i think in are there lot of variables still on the table, but it's clear that she's in pink once taiwan to back in chinese fold. and i wouldn't doubt that an intention, no point. he makes it very clear. however, there are very many variables as you mentioned, and also very dubious or, or confusing discourses, even in china when it comes to the use of force. generally, it is always mentioned, but it is always mentioned that they don't want to do. i think them as we are know that is hard to get like so the opinion polls phrases upon chinese public comment. people are actually supporting to take over town by force and how much not, but look at the sentiments from people and i think it's, it's similar but, but like russia, you know, they call one when something turn only happens and how i is always a very good excuse to unites sort of on a national level. and i think a 11 art

and it would have come at a time when the us china relationship is very tense. there are a lot of very thorny issues, certainly from the u. s. perspective. from taiwan and hong kong to the south china sea and russia's war ukraine. the u. s. once china to take on a bigger role there. so it was seen as an opportunity to at least engage in some dialogue. but the cold, it appears that this balloon incident has derailed the visit and it has caused a lot of concern here in the us. the pentagon has held a briefing on this, what do we know about this blues purpose and where it's going? yeah, we listened into that briefing into a few interesting points. i want to bring up that came out of this briefing. first of all, we got a direct direct reaction to china's explanation that this was a weather balloon that went off. course the spokesperson for the pentagon said, we know that this is a surveillance balloon. we cannot be specific on why because it is classified, but we know that it violate a us airspace and that is not acceptable. every moment of this balloon is being tracked by the pentagon right now. it is moving eastward, over the u. s. it is a, around 600

u. s. a chinese balloon when of course, and drifted across the u. s. in circumstances that were out of the chinese government's control. but closely related to taiwan was planned despite beatings, repeated warnings, and could be seen as a challenge should one china principle. in fact, the u. s. has been a frequent uninvited guest to chinese territories. take the south china sea for example. every year the u. s. military flies, hundreds by planes of the region for recognizance and us naval ships have frequently flex their muscles year chinese waters including the taiwan straits, under the guise of so called freedom of navigation. u. s. military activities have also caused casualties among chinese military personnel and civilians. over the years, china and d, u. s. has experience far worse situations in recent decades, and here they are. so we will have to wait and we didn't see the western states are attempting to suppress any alternative voices of sovereign states. that's according to russia's top diplomat survey live rob, who gave a press conference while visiting baghdad, as part of his middle east and africa. tor dustin villa. this is young. thi

u. s. a chinese balloon when of course, and drifted across the u. s. in circumstances that were out of the chinese government's control. but closely related to taiwan was planned despite beatings, repeated warnings, and could be seen as a challenge should one china principle. in fact, the u. s. has been a frequent uninvited guest to chinese territories. take the south china sea, for example, every year the u. s. military, $500.00 by planes of the region for recognizance and us naval ships have frequently flex their muscles. the are chinese waters, including the taiwan straits, under the guise of so called freedom of navigation. you must military activities have also caused casualties among chinese military personnel and civilians. over the years, china and the u. s. has experience far worse situations in recent decades. and here they are. so we will have to wait and we didn't see the palestinian health ministry has accused israel of denying cancer patients the right to medical treatment abroad and made an ongoing stand off surgeons from palestine perform to kidney transplant operations in the gaza strip. we spoke to one patient father who said the

doesn't have a lot of military experience and taiwan is an island and you know, invading an island is incredibly hard. and then of course there's still the u. s factor. will the us defend taiwan or will they help taiwan and will this escalate in a real pacific war so i think you know, there are a lot of variables still on the table but it's clear that she jinping wants taiwan to back in chinese fold and i wouldn't doubt that intention no point, he makes it very clear, however, there are very many variables as you mentioned and also very dubious or or confusing discourses, even in china when it comes to the use of force, uh it is always mentioned, but it is always mentioned that they don't want to do it. i think as we all know that it's hard to get like sort of opinion polls for example in chinese public how much people are actually supporting to take over taiwan by force and how much not, but look at the sentiments from people and um i think it's similar a bit like russia you know, like when when something internally happens and taiwan and um i think it's similar a bit like russia is always a very good excuse to unite sort of on a national le

and trying to deter russia. there were several other issues that are on the table right now for the u. s. in china to discuss from taiwan to the south china sea and so on and so forth. there were so many thorny issues that it wasn't expected that the secretary of state entity blink and trip to china would be really that progressive that they would make that much of a breakthrough. but this has certainly soured the relationship even further. antony blinkin saying yesterday that he made very clear to his counterpart in china on the phone that this is seen as a serious breach and that they might make a trip in the future. but the conditions have to be right again, and we don't know what will be deemed as the conditions being right. again for secretary blinking to actually be able to make this trip. ok, so me some a standard reporting for us in washington d. c. thank you so much to me. to ukraine, our fighting rage is on around the city of bach moot. ukraine's army has been dugan for months to push back russian forces. but despite tensions between both sides cave and moscow say they made the largest exchange of prisoners. s

she went on to china's territory in taiwan without the permission of the us recognize chinese government. the u. s. government recognizes one china. and yet in violation of that, the u. s. secretary of state went to beijing and created a, went, went to taiwan and created a diplomatic crisis. and so china is pointing out that while they are not intentionally violating any countries, territorial integrity or aerospace, it appears the united states ban on continuing to haunt china with their provocations around taiwan that are definitely intentional and involved more than just balloons. and this point high ranking officials, and there is also, may be pointed out that us drones and other us aircraft have violated the territorial integrity and air space of countries throughout history. this kind of thing is happening from the us side. however, this has not stopped american media from going into an anti china overdrive. there's all kinds of very fierce allegations and heated language being displayed on us media and from us officials. very interesting development start to kill him up and thank you. according to the u. s. military, the chines

and it comes just last summer. of course, m u. s. how speak and nancy pelosi m inflamed tensions with a provocative visit to m. taiwan, which is in breach of the one china policy, which of course a u. s. m. support, but it is also flooded the island with billions of dollars in, in weapons and, and arms. i think her record levels while i'm, you know, the u. s. talks about the threat posed by china. yet it continues to sell battleships in the south china sea. and it's a cute itself undermining our regional stability with the signing of the orca security pat, which it signed last year with them with britain or, and australia which was aimed countering chinese military power. that was the aim of this a pat they said, but of course this latest simpson is a new blow to already tense us china relations. and i'm sure we'll be hearing a lot more about this. and coming days, correspondence, steve sweeney with the details. thank you. earlier we spoke with nelson wong by chairman of the shanghai center for rem pack and international studies. he says, china has no need to use such balloons as surveillance devices. they say is apparently not a pleasa

u. s. military forces in the asia pacific region. recently, the u. s. agreed with the philippines to expand defense cooperation, including access to military bases within range of taiwan or u. s. general side washington and it's asian allies are committed to countering quote, aggression from china. i'm personally a very booey by what i see by our allies and partners in this region. and the way we've come together in response to aggression by the p r c by north korea to say we will not let that stand countries like japan and australia to other great allies in this region for us have shown that they will band together, that they will that they will not stand for aggression from these, from these nations that have decided they want to change the world order out here. state hearing will be bringing the gas later in the show to discuss this topic further in depth. iran is celebrating the 44th anniversary of is it sonic revolution, isaac of aeration, of the unity of the nation. and a reminder to the u. s. of its. 6 failure to contain the will of the iranian people 44 years ago, although the square root of one was jam packed with hundreds of thousands of iranians, if not millions, to welcome a man who changed t

i think reco spending levels and bite and himself has threatened military action to defend taiwan from china and the u. s. has continue to say, oh, battle ships down the south china sea. and is it cues itself of undermining regional stability with the signing of the o? because packed with the security packed with britain, australia, when 2021 which is containing china's military power. but of course, this latest incident is a new blow to the already tense us china relations. earlier we spoke with nelson wong, the vice chairman of the shanghai center for win pack and international studies. he say it's china doesn't need balloons, despite on america. they say is apparently not a pleasant incident, but i don't believe it is. why is for anybody to make a big fuss up there because the chinese government has confirmed in the 1st place that this below all this ship or exactly what you call it, is from china. and china feels regret for its intended entry into u. s. s. space china has enough satellites already in china wants to do any surveillance. why should they use the pollutants, which are so big and so obvio

and for the u. s taiwan is a great example of this because the u. s. is that a protector of taiwan? the consensus is that president, she, during probably next 5 years, is going to absorbed taiwan peacefully by force, by both whatever. but one of the reasons that taiwan is important is because chips computer chips. and so what is the united states been doing last year and this year president biden has from a business perspective, there are a 145000000 consumers in the russian federation. so no company is going to want to write that off. and even since february 24th of last year, the number of companies that have remained in the russian federation are much higher than people think for various reasons, whether it's, you know, legal or it's positional. but they've remained and, you know, the u. s. government goal with respect to changing the behavior of the russian federation when it comes to ukraine. it's difficult to separate that from the impact of sanctions and with respect to access to the marketplace. because for us companies even today, and this goes sort of circle to what i was

following and meeting with visiting us, lawmakers say in vin, said taiwan, cooperation with the u. s. is meant to curb or authoritarian expansionism reference to china, which claims taiwan as territorially and technology. demonstrators have held fresh protest in mulder's capital demanding resignation. president my ascended hotel, the being organized by a minority pro russian party. the government says they are part of a wider plan by moscow. 6 to destabilize the country you as president joe biden has arrived in poland after making a surprise visit to ukraine. arden flew from the polish border into warsaw, and if was one coming up a long day of travel that included the trip to keep by train in austin of the half a $1000000000.00 of military aid for ukraine, including ammunition, radar, and other equipment. while in warsaw, by them will make the polish president along with leaders of other countries on nato's eastern flank. the u. s. latest diplomatic blitz comes just days ahead of the was one year mark and russia's expected spring offensive. ah, a gesture of solidarity, and a vital re

and we're also reports of supporter chance calling on the turkish government to resign. you're watching database in is coming up next on d, w, news, asia, taiwan, and the u. s. have been beefing up their military ties, but will the enhanced cooperation make the island safer from chinese depression? my colleague thrash, energy will bring you that story and a whole lot more after a short break. it's worth more on the website, d, w dot com. i'm sarah kelly and berlin. thank you so much for joining me. take care with ah, with ah! a with a 2016 as like a bunch of the queen cousins wanted to see if germany was for me. the last few years have been quite a ride in burly in touch with averted on the home when it comes to germany is. and of course i always look in the eyes, birch is, but perhaps the biggest on the new hobby of mine, i'm no longer approved. i love to be and then you'd better repose americans. but when you're feeling multiple giving you a real life, which coaches just another way of living, are you ready to meet the driver and then join me, right? just do it on the w. mm. mm. should we? mm. how do we treat animals? and why hasn't anything changed in th

and for the u. s taiwan is a great example of this because the u. s. is that a protector of taiwan? the consensus is that president, she, during probably next 5 years, is going to absorb taiwan peacefully by force by both whatever. but one of the reasons that taiwan is important is because chips computer chips. and so what is the united states been doing last year? and this year, president biden has been traveling around saying we've, we're investing all this money to bring chip manufacturing back to the united states. we're part of the result of that is you weaken taiwan in terms of its ability to have people supporting its independence. the same goes with respect to other countries and they've become very adapt at replace it. let me ask you specifically about the american intention desire to penalize russia because with all due respect to iran, nicaragua, and cuba, you know, that animosity with the united states has, they said, you know, david versus goliath dynamic. you know, one country is much bigger than the other, but russia is a fairly big market, not as big, of course as th

i think reco spending levels and bite and himself has threatened military action to defend taiwan from china. and the u. s. has continue to say, oh, battle ships down the south china sea and is accused itself of undermining regional stability with the signing of the all. because packed with the security packed with britain, australia, when 2021, which is containing china's military power. but of course, this latest incident is a new blow to the already tense us china relations for my israeli prime minister, natalie bennett has detailed his role was attempting to broker a peace still in the 1st weeks of the ukraine conflict last year and an interview which moscow have yet to respond to bennett, said his f as well to me, at least down by washington and its allies on the call. i was just a mediator. i turned to america for guidance. i didn't do as i pleased anything i did was coordinated down to the last detail with the u. s. germany and france. they blocked the west, wanted to keep the pressure on putin rather than negotiating money. there were several round of negotiations between moscow and k of in the 1s

and drifted across the u. s. in circumstances that were out of the chinese government's control. but all those visits to taiwan was planned this by business repeated warnings and could be seen as a challenge to the one china principal. in fact, the u. s. has seen, i've been frequent uninvited guest to chinese territories. take the south trying to see, for example, every year u. s. military send hundreds biplanes over the region for reconnaissance. now the us naval ships have also frequently flex muscles near the chinese waters, including the highlands greats under the guidance, the so called a freedom of navigation. so u. s. military activities have also caused casualties, chinese military personnel and civilians over the years. in 2001 a u. a spy plane illegally enter china's airspace in this house, china c and rammed into chinese fighter jet chinese pilot, one way was declared missing and assumed debt. and in 999, the u. s. b 2 bomber bomb. the chinese embassy in belgrade during and the whole military operation. this right killed 3 chinese reporters and entered dozens of other people. back to you, tanya and

now this comes as china has recently accused us of jeopardizing peace and stability in the taiwan strait. after a u. s. navy recognizance flight recently flew over the area and response. washington said that the flight was conducted in accordance with international law . well, tensions have certainly been rising between china and americans to start about cove . it. recently, the chinese foreign ministry calls for washington to stop smearing china in response to recent us claims that cove. it was likely china's fault. the u. s. energy department has concluded that the coven pandemic most likely arose from a laboratory leak, according to a classified intelligence report recently provided to the white house and key members of congress. the energy department made its judgment with low confidence accordance to people who have read the classified report. she and she see a lovely is extremely unlikely. this is an authoritative scientific conclusion that experts from china and the world health organization region. after visiting the relevant laboratory and no hon and holding in debt exchanges with relevant re

and 5 other major airports. beijing has been to u. s. defense companies from trading with china over there, arms sales to taiwan. the commerce ministry added lockheed martin and raytheon to its so called unreliable entity list. top executives will be banned from entering china and the companies will be fined. it's not clear, however, how china will enforce the funds. maybe you've heard of quiet quitting. well, the former c e o of consumer products multinational unilever is warning companies of conscious quitting. paul pullman says younger employees want to work for companies that match their values and will quit. those that they find lacking his net positive organization has released a survey of workers between 18 and 41 in the u. s. u k. showing that 2 thirds believe companies aren't doing enough about social challenges, nearly half so they would consider resigning from a company that doesn't match their values. i spoke earlier today with pullman the former unilever head about that survey and asked how exactly younger work workers differed from their elders? well, we're seeing a big different steve, and thanks f