u. s. and regional allies like australia say that would fuel tension. president jo biden's, recent comments on taiwan have also angered beijing on tuesday. he said the u. s. would respond militarily. if the island was attacked. the white house later walked back his comments and china's human rights record is undermining relations with western countries. they've repeatedly criticized beijing's crack down on descent and hong kong and alleged abuses in send j. ah. all right, let's go ahead and bring in our guests from only in maryland, michael, the swain, director of the east asia program at the quincy institute for responsible statecraft. from london. martin jack, author of the book when china rules the world and from bay ging henry, we are one founder of the center for china and globalization thing tank a warm welcome to you all and thanks so much for joining us today on inside story. henry, let me start with you today in this address, secretary of state, blank, and said, put simply, united states in china have to deal with each other for the foreseeable future. that's why this is one of the

u. s. is standing in support of ukraine and you heard pelosi say herself. her words saying that the u. s. would stand with ukraine until victory is one. now this visit comes about a week after the u. s. sent 2 secretaries to cabinet secretaries to keith, also to be meet with zalinski and following that visit the defense way that the u. s. is approaching this, which is very significant. and given the pentagons assessment, that momentum does appear to be on the ukranian military side. and he want mookie tell us about president biden's were request for further aid to be provided to ukraine. yeah, this is 33000000000 dollar from the top senator in the senate, the leader, a chuck schumer who said that he wants to pass legislation that would also allow the u. s. government has seized the ass arcs, take their money and send it right to your brain. this is the kind of stuff we're talking about. yas, managers. now if that passes, it would be a significant shift because currently the sanctions against russia involved blocking transactions. but for the usa, ukraine's army says russian forces are intensify

u. s. isn't decades long stance of strategic ambiguity toward taiwan remains unchanged. a day after he bowed that the raps would defend taiwan with force should china attack the island? beijing said the u. s. was playing with fire. and how to berlin, when the phone to sleep. relegation play or victory against hamburg is the capital city side. another season in the top flood. ah hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. 3 months into the ukraine war, the fighting has moved largely to the east of the country. there. russia is making slow progress in its attempt to control the don bass region. for now, the center and west of the country are no longer threatened by artillery or war planes, but some towns outside of kia that sought devastating fighting are still struggling to recover. the w corresponded max thunder visited the town of hoster mal. we're an international team of psychologists are helping residents process the wounds of war a busy morning at the clinic and the key of suburb hostile mount bullet holes in the window is bear witness to the russian occupation. medical staff have been working round

u. s. government for reaffirming their commitment to the island, mrs. what biden? how to say? when asked by reporters, what the u. s. would do in court case of an attack by china. are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan? if it comes to that you are, you are the 2nd member, we made a 2nd and we may, we are not look, here's a situation. we agree with the one china policy we signed on all the attendance agreements made from there. but the idea that it can be taken by force is taken by force is just not just not appropriate or dislocate the entire region and be another action similar to what happened in your crew to buy in this speaking a tokyo, an early we spoke to tokyo, based journalist sonia blash care and he has her take on biden statement. well, it's real enough for the u. s. and japan to make such strong statements. as was mentioned in the report earlier, biden said he would defend taiwan, which is very strong. at the same time he reads it reiterated that, you know, they would prefer a piece of peaceful resolution stability in the region and all that. but it keeps saying that they would defend taiwa

u. s. policy of strategic ambiguity on taiwan. saying the u. s. would take military action if china invaded the white house later, roll back the statements. but there is clearly stronger us backing for taiwan. china's leader, she, jim ping has threatened to take the island by force if necessary. beijing says it's recent exercises around taiwan, where a solemn warning against colluding with the united states has cross straight rivalry moves closer to the danger zone. robin sou will be watching and if you'd like to watch a deeper analysis of the chinese threat to taiwan, you can head over to our youtube channel to watch taiwan. china's next target did i lose. chief international editor richard walker takes a closer look at the evolving danger from china towards taiwan. now taiwan has also served as a safe haven for some hong kong is fleeing begging security, correct on many activists, politicians and protested, have fled to the island for the most part. they were welcomed there and there were even plans to make it easier for hong kong. to become permanent

u. s. would respond. are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan? if it comes to that, yes, you are. as a commitment we made reaction from beijing was swift. don't help me on the yet. we deplore and reject the u. s. remarks. have actually taiwan has a unique part of chinese territory. hello monkey taiwan is purely a matter of china's internal affairs. social, we will not stand for foreign interference. c, u. s. has long pursued a policy of strategic ambiguity, 21. not promising outright whether it would come to the islands defense if it were attacked by china. president biden said in tokyo that china was already flirting with danger, by conducting military exercises so close to taiwan. german chancellor, olaf schultz is on a 3 nation trip to africa. his 1st up in the synagogue was followed by nisha in west africa. she visited german troops, training local special forces to fight islamist militants. his 1st visit to the continent as chancellor will end in south africa data please. chief political editor, michaela christner is travelling with the germ

u. s. would respond. are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan? if it comes to that, yes, you are. that's a commitment we made reaction from beijing was swift to help him if on the yellow we deplore and reject the u. s. remarks. have actually tie one is a unique part of chinese territory and i one key taiwan is purely a matter of china's internal affairs. special people, we will not stand for foreign interference. the u. s. has long pursued a policy of strategic ambiguity toward taiwan. not promising outright whether it would come to the islands defense if it were attacked by china. president biden said in tokyo that china was already flirting with danger, by conducting military exercises so close to taiwan. allegations of abuse of minorities are likely to dominate a trip to china by the united nations human rights chief michelle. betcha. les, we'll visit the remote chung region where it's claimed to wiggle and other muslim minorities suffer. serious miss treatment u. s. is labeled it genocide, regulators and rights activists are concerned that ch

u. s. would respond if that were to happen. and mister president, if you could tell us how the u. s. is prepared to respond, we would appreciate it. hate. oh, thank you auntie wine. in the senate meeting. it was brought up in our discussion with the situation in the taiwan straits look what i want to consider. you're, you're thinking of as you go and i, the fundamental position of japan and united states was reaffirmed. there is no chance and the children we were part of cooperation among democracies can get big things done, scares me the word fair of the u. s. president joe biden, as he visits japan, he was thinking alongside japan's prime minister, who said that both leaders had agreed on reinforcing japan's defense capabilities. they went through a number of initiatives that spring in rob mcbride. he's in tokyo force and rob, like i said, they went through a number of things, should we read between the lines of the different issues they spoke about is basically how to re balance the region, visit e, china's influence i mean, i think that's all intentional biden's visit here is this

u. s. would announce as they were giving ukraine additional weapons system, the things you the ukrainians have been asking for them. what longer range artillery they went fighter jets. they didn't make any announcements from the us side. but they did highlight what other countries are doing especially grateful to denmark, which announced today that it will provide a harpoon launcher and missiles to help ukraine defend its coast. and also like to thank the czech republic torch, substantial support including a recent donation of attack, helicopters, tanks and rocket systems. and today, several countries announce new donations are critically needed artillery systems and ammunition, including italy, greece, norway, and poland. the cranium military's capacity to defend their homeland against russia attack is directly tied to the quality and quantity of the assistance they are receiving. so the harpoon missile there could be very important since these ukrainians were able to down that russian ship the

u. s is relationship with china, you had president biden in his recent comments on taiwan. those comments angered beijing on tuesday. he said that the u. s. would respond militarily, if the island was attacked. the white house later walked back those comments. but how much has that upset aging? well, i think the meeting will cause the ship broken by and has been talking on quite a few times. and every time president, by the way, we respect china on to 6th judge diagnostic allies against china. we were really, we were a big by one china policy, but every time that's why he's on to other people. he sounds different. so that's really, you know, made china kind of difficult to do and then, but also i think that you, great thing has really started as will reminder to the people of all the hello, when the nato usa rashi will try you see why one sovereignty and turns her in turn, that is why it is that that's really good because international condemnation and, and criticism and highways recognized by 16070 countries auto china. that's the conditional issue is done. the diplomatic ties with john is paul john. so john, on national sovereignty and territ

u. s. would be there for ukraine until victory was one. those were her words. it's words that were also echoed by the 3 democratic congress. people who also accompanied pelosi on this visit. she also sank zalinski for defending democracy. she said for his nation and for the world, which again emphasizes this u. the u. s. commitment to seeing a victory for ukraine as its military assessments show that momentum, maybe on ukraine's side. here russia, meanwhile, is intensifying attacks and did seizing more territory in easton ukraine. the town of dope road police around 50 kilometers from the frontline was targeted on saturday. 7 people were injured when a residential building was struck. al jazeera is child structured is they were the child of god, robledo all off road to per road show you this registered jewel blog, this sir, this residential blocker and a missile land. basically next to it yesterday morning, around 20 families living in there. the majority of them had been evacuated in the, in the weeks her previous weeks, miraculously only 7 people injured, app

u. s. would respond. are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan if it comes to that? yes, you are. as a commitment we made reaction from beijing was swift. don't help me if on the young we deplore and reject the u. s. remarks dick had i sure a taiwan has a unique part of chinese territory. hello monkey. taiwan is purely a matter of china's internal affairs. i showed you that we will not stand for foreign interference. the u. s. has long pursued a policy of strategic ambiguity toward ty, one, not promising outright, whether it would come to the islands defense if it were attacked by china. president biden said in tokyo, that china was already flirting with danger, by conducting military exercises so close to taiwan. over more than this, i'm joined now by sheila smith. she is a senior fellow for asia pacific studies at the council on foreign relations. she joins us from washington, d. c. it's good to have you on the program. there was nothing ambiguous about president biden statement on the possibility of military intervention in the event of an attack or an invasion of

u. s. would be supporting them in the process. me, president, her name is still a said finland was open to discussing turkish concerns about their applications. he also said helsinki was prepared to commit to turkey. security. turkish government has said that it will oppose members for sweden and finland over receive support for the current will. here in germany, chancellor, olaf sholtes is pledged to supply more weapons to ukraine to work quickly to make you were up independent of russian energy. he was addressing german law make as a head of an extraordinary european council meeting. later this month to discuss the war chancellor, sholtes and russian president of lot of your poaching was making a mistake. if you thought peace could be imposed on you crate by force. not emerg locked, quoting putin still believes that he can bomb his way into dictating the piece of it, but he's wrong of yes, he was wrong in judging the unity of the ukrainians. ok, now under the termination of our alliances, johnson it, russia will not dictate a pi

u. s. would do in case of an attack by china. are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan? if it comes to that? yes, you are. that's a commitment. we made a 2nd, then we may, we are not look, here's a situation. we agree with the one china pulse. we shined on. all the attendance agreements made from there. but the idea that that could be taken by force was taken by force is just not just not appropriate, dislocate the entire region, and be another action similar to what happened in, in your crew. now generally, sonya laska is in tokyo and asked her given biden's remarks how real the threat of a chinese invasion of taiwanese then? well, i mean, considering what he says, obviously there are people who fear that it could be real. do you think that way in japan, however, it's not a matter of something that would happen very soon. it's real in the sense that they are trying now to prevent this from happening by showing a strong deterrence by really looking shoulders and saying, hey, we will not let this happen. and whi

u. s. would follow basic diplomatic protocol. we should clarify opposition immediately. let me tell you something. you have no right to tell china that you start from a position of strength when talking to us about many are beginning to think that perhaps the bind administration made a pretty big mistake. handing us china relations over to this guy. the bite and administration is determined to make sure that taiwan has all necessary means to defend itself against any potential aggression, including unilateral action by china, to disrupt the status quo that's been in place now for many decades. taiwan is a very sensitive issue for china. china considers it to be a renegade province and the united states agrees with them apparently, but also thinks it's a good idea to send taiwan stockpiles of weapons. lincoln seems to be the master of dissing base. jang, on other issues here is spouting off about misuse of technology. we've been deeply concerned about what we're seeing from china in terms of its misuse of its technology to try to do things like increased surveillance, har

u. s . would lay open. but marco minarda, i came of a wool if i could jump in here. okay, well let's do a little bit of math right now. ok, i mean, there are, i don't know what percentage of the ukrainian population is already left ukraine in gone to europe. okay. then we can take a look at, there's probably a lot of elderly people, you know, all these european countries have large, elderly communities, young people don't want to fight this war. so going back to brad's point, so all of this money, all this hardware is going to go to nazis as that julian and, and that's going to be the use ally in our partitioned ukraine. wow. talk about values. continue marco, when it's true, the neo nazis in the ukraine are relatively small in number, but hugely significant on the streets where they hold the discipline. they keep the population and all that noise have done, since they were allowed into power by the you and the u. s and others in 2014. so they're, they're on the streets keeping order that they are in the army. making sure that things are done as they won't they be th

u. s . would lay open by market mccarty. my grandmother was if i could jump in here. okay, let's, let's do a little bit of math right now. ok, i mean, there are, i don't know what percentage of the ukrainian population is already left ukraine and gone to europe. okay. then we can take a look at, there's probably a lot of elderly people, you know, all these european countries have large, elderly communities, young people don't want to fight this were so going back to brad's point, so all of this money, all this hardware is going to go to not cease as that julian and, and that's going to be the use ally in a partitioned ukraine. wow. talk about bow use, continue, marco. what is true, the neo nazis in the ukraine are relatively small in number, but hugely significant on the streets where they hold the discipline, the keep the population and all that noise have been since they were allowed in to power by the you and the u. s. and others in 2014. so they're, they're on the streets keeping older. they're, they're in the army making sure that things are down as they won't th

u. s. would have leaked document suggest the supreme court may reverse a landmark abortion law. ukrainian theater group. it's keeping its children's show alive, spreading messages of joy, hope and unity overseas. ah, it's performing in the greek capital as part of a 2 day tour that almost didn't happen. 3 male members of the job have gone back to fight for their country. the roles have been taken up by artists from russia, belarus, and poland. yet almost, i know everybody turned out to be shocked by the situation. the act is too. and if we have a choice to stop and face an uncertain future or go on, the performance to support the act is a lot both physically as well as being a diversion for them. we derive a loss of joy from the chaise. it's the front line. now, it's the most important thing at the moment. ah, this is all disease. these are top stories, ukraine's accused russia or bombing, the school in the eastern region of la hans. that happened in the village of belo. god if come the governor

u. s. would be there for ukraine until victory was one. those were her words. it's words that were also echoed by the 3 democratic congress. people who also accompanied pelosi on this visit. she also sank the lensky for defending democracy. she said, for his nation and for the world, which again emphasizes the u. the u. s. commitment to seeing a victory for ukraine as its military assessments show that momentum may be on ukraine side. here russia, meanwhile, is intensifying attacks aimed at seizing more territory in easton ukraine. the town of debris around 50 kilometers from the front line was targeted on saturday. 7 people were injured when a residential building was struck out 0 child straps. it is, then we're in the town of repair. now i'll ask, it just depends. well, it show you this residential blog. this said this residential block at a, at a miss all land basically next to it. yesterday morning, around 20 families living in there. the majority of them had been evacuated in the, in the weeks previous weeks, miraculously, only 7 people injured, apparently

u. s. i would say some of each, but also neither. there are writing factor including writing and party commodity prices. supply chain and balances the recovery pandemic which was faster than expected, but also balances in the labor market. along with the fiscal stimulus, which was popular among both parties. it's really the task for the better reserve and u. s. government to adjust monetary policy so that supply and demand come into balance. but also so that fiscal policies oriented in the future to provide more stability in terms of market and business expectations. biden said he couldn't predict how long these inflated prices would be a fact of american life. tell us more about the plan. he announced this week. will these policies how p think i think will to some extent, but really what the country needs. if we're just looking at inflation allowance is to look at the current parts of the index which are rising sharply. these include energy, not surprisingly, that will sort itself out by itself. but partly that's out of the control

u. s. would lose access to a safe abortion on the states of move to enshrine abortion rights. ice is like the launch, which was approved an amendment to guarantee reproductive rights. algae there is patty colleen reports now from washington. i, a late night leak and an impromptu protest. the majority of supreme court justices apparently toys to decide that the ability to have an abortion in the united states is not a constitutional right, meaning tens of millions of american women could soon find themselves unable to get the procedure. president joe biden warned the impact could go far wider, basically says, all the decision, your private life will, you know whether or not you decided to see the child and not worry about the voice of others. what are the, how you raise your child? what is your fuel? does this mean that in florida they can decide are going to pass a law at the supreme court today? politicians and protesters came out earlier. i mean, i, this is the 1st time that i've ever attended

u. s. would respond militarily to a chinese invasion to take the island of taiwan that bay ging regards as a break away territory. are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan? if it comes to that, yes, you are. as a commitment, we may the u. s. dance on taiwan has been far more ambiguous in the past. and the white house immediately had to release a statement, trying to clarify the u. s. position. but what sounded like a threat to china brought this response. hello, monkey, crucial the taiwan issue of purely china, the internal affair, which won't stand for any foreign interference issues bearing on china's co interests, including the serenity and territorial integrity that is normal for compromise or concession and no one should underestimate the chinese people's firm resolution. this is turned into something of a distraction in what is meant to be a strong show of unity against russian aggression. and also against increasing military threats from china. as well as increased missi

u. s. would be there for ukraine until victory was one. those were her words. it's words that were also echoed by the 3 democratic congress, people who also accompanied pelosi on this visit. she also thanked the lensky for defending democracy. she said for his nation and for the world, which again emphasizes the u. the u. s. commitment to seeing a victory for ukraine as its military assessments show that momentum may be on ukraine's side. here in eastern ukraine, russia is intensifying attacks as it moves to take more territory in the region. as the new front of moscow is offensive to miss all struck the town of the repeal on saturday. one shell had a residential block is about 50 kilometers from frontline. i was so strong. charles stratford is there were in the town of repeal. yeah, now i'll ask, it just depends on that. show you this residential blog, this sir, this residential blogger, and a miss all land basically mixed to it. yesterday morning, around 20 families living in there. the majority of them had been evacuated in the, in the weeks her previous wee

u. s. would the u. s. goes to what china over taiwan would it ever come to that? well, that's why what president biden said today is cause so much media attention as well as attention from the relative relevant governments here in taiwan and in china. because the policy has been the st. what we call strategic ambiguity, we don't know under what circumstances the united states will come to defend taiwan or intervene with american troops. i think it's a safe assumption that event, if a military situation united states would certainly take an action similar to what we see with ukraine to provide urgent. we needed military assistance. but the issue, whether or not us troops were become involved, basically be in a war with china, which also could involve japan in a war with china, possibly korea as well. if us troops were dispatched from korea that, that has been began big part about the policy. and obviously china does not want us to say that it's going to provide a security guarantee to taiwan. there are, of course, many people in the united states including us congr

u. s. would intervene in several instances, notably in the dominican republic.cuba was especially resistant to american intervention, an attitude which sent the volatile tr into a tirade, saying this. i am at this moment so upset with the infernal little cuban republic but i would like to wipe its people off the face of the earth. i would like that they behave themselves, be prosperous and happy, so that we would not have to intervene. now, lo and behold, started an utterly a justifiable and pointless revolution that has got things in such a snarl that we have no alternative except to intervene. latin americans tended to be skeptical or opposed to such intervention, regarding it as a infringement to their sovereignty, and particularly fearful of the u.s. using it as an opportunity for annexation. i'm out of roosevelt vehemently denied. an actual operation, the corollary did not result in prolonged american [inaudible]. but it did lead to distrust and hatred which many south american republics had toward the united states for many years until the corollary was of

some would argue many are arguing here in the u. s. is time to set aside that strategic ambiguity, make it clear commitment that we would come to tie wants defense. because the threat seems to be growing by the day. it bred before we're going to want to ask you what would happen if china were to invade taiwan and would this be a war that the west would be able to win? wow, what a we need more than 30 seconds for that one, but i would just tell your viewers that did this can take many forms, right. can take a blockade, it can take a cyber attack. hybrid warfare can be many things other than people's liberation. army soldiers come to shore and taiwan, but we need to make taiwan a porcupine. and that means missiles and other type capabilities. more missiles fewer and one tanks and the list goes on. but that, that's some of the things we need to be focused on. now, before the invasion curse, not after make taiwan a porcupine. that's the take away for that. we've had so far bread women from the foundation for defense of democracies bread as

u. s would intervene militarily in taiwan if china were to invade. you are. that's the commitment we made. we agree with the one china policy, but the idea that that could be taken by force. just taken by force is just not just not appropriate. the president's remarks are a clear break from the long standing policy of strategic ambiguity to taiwan. for years, the u. s has expressed support and helping taiwan defend itself but has remained vague about whether it would use military force. the white house quickly downplayed the president's statement saying , as the president said, our policy has not changed. he reiterated our one china policy and our commitment to peace and stability across taiwan strait top chinese spokesman is slamming the president taiwan is an inalienable part of chinese territory. the taiwan issue is purely an internal affair of china and cannot be interfered with by external forces. still some of the president's outspoken critics have backed the aggressive stance, especially in the wake of russia's invasion of ukraine. you don't want ambig

u. s. military would inter vein and inter to your point. he was, he wasn't worried about ruffling the feathers in beijing. was he? no, he wasn't. and frankly, i have been a voice because saying we should be more help, more in taiwan. but let's just be clear that the u. s. policy has been, you know, we don't want to taiwan to declare independence. but we also want to turn to turn chinese aggression and we want to provide taiwan the means to defend itself. this is the balancing act we've been trying to strike for decades. somewhat argue many are arguing here in the u. s. is time to set aside that strategic ambiguity, make it clear commitment that we would come to tie wants defense. because the threat seems to be growing by the day. it bred before we're going to want to ask you what would happen if china were to invade taiwan and would this be a war that the west would be able to win? wow, what a we need more than 30 seconds for that one, but i would just tell your viewers that did this can take many forms, right. can take a blockade, it can t