it's all from taiwan, but they have no idea about taiwan. so in the past, we manufactured a lot of things and now we emphasize on research and development. so i think we always want to improve and also prove ourselves on what we can do with limited resources. (che hui liao) i'm a full-time blogger. i'm a tech bloggernd high tech manufacturers in taiwan are always interested in working with me... taiwan isn't a big island, but almost all of the 3c products get launched here initially. most of us technology students strongly believe that if a mobile phone can be successfully marketed here, the product will be a hit all over the world. taiwan is like a miniature-scale example of globalization. i've never heard of a country or region in the world that has such widespread internet access as taiwan. everyone has a phone with network access and it's really affordable. this kind of access is almost unseen in other parts of the world. older generations, like our mothers, fathers and grandparents, they all have cell phones and surf the web. even stree

overall, william will growing us. taiwan military exchanges keep taiwan more safe or less. so i think of, we focus on the content and the actual practical side of the exchange. and the purpose of these trainings is going to help taiwan overall to enhance its defense capabilities. and hosts also help to push time one to really over all spend more of a budget and resources on the necessary aspects of his military and also national defense. but if we start to let the discussion about the political implication of these trainings and exchanges to dominate the over all dialogue and also the focus of this training, then perhaps it's going to start to create some misleading and also misconception inside the civil society. so i think it's very important for the government to try to focus the purpose of the training on what is actually going to help tie one william young in type a or is a pleasure talking to you. thank you so much for the context. thank you. and that's it for today on our website. can find plenty more ongoing tensions involved in the us, china, and taiwan. and as the

overall, william will growing us. taiwan military exchanges keep taiwan more safe or less. so i think of, we focus on the content and the actual practical side of the exchange. and the purpose of these trainings is going to help taiwan overall to enhance its defense capabilities. and hosts also helped to push time one to really over all spend more of a budget and resources on the necessary aspects of as military and also national defense . but if we start to let the discussion about the political implication of these trainings and exchanges to dominate the overall dialogue and also the focus of this training, then perhaps it's going to start to create some misleading and also misconception inside the civil society. so i think it's very important for the government to try to focus the purpose of the training on what is actually going to help time one william young in type a always a pleasure talking to you. thank you so much for the context. thank you. and that's it for today on our website. can find plenty more on growing tensions involved in the us, china and taiwan. and a

overall, william will growing us. taiwan military exchanges keep taiwan more safe or less. so i think of, we focus on the content and the actual practical side of the exchange. and the purpose of these trainings is going to help taiwan overall to enhance its defense capabilities. and host also helped to push time one to really overall spend more of a budget and resources on the necessary aspects of as military and also national defense. but if you know, we start to let the discussion about the political implication of these trainings and exchanges to dominate the over all dialogue and also the focus of this training, then perhaps it's going to start to create a misleading and also misconception inside a civil society. so i think it's very important for the government to try to focus the purpose of the training on what is actually going to help tie one. brigham young in taipei, always a pleasure, talking to you. thank you so much for that context and you and that's it. for today on our website, you'll find plenty more on going tensions involved in the us, china, and taiwan.

taiwan relationship. this raised valid questions on the one china policy and in addition to the focus on the military equation, we need to confront that part of the equation as well. >> i think actually something we agree on is a lot of the arrangement on both proliferation to some extent but also taiwan issue that were satisfactory in an era defined by dramatically unequal power balance and inability to do anything about it are no longer satisfactory. i don't think we can keep sticking to -- we may formally stick with the status quo, i think we should keep it formally but understand we come with type one. i don't favor to one defendants, i would not go as far to reassure him i don't think we have an interest in that but that's ambiguity where there's clearly a different understanding of the beijing side for many decades and find when the chinese didn't do anything. now they potentially can so having a cleart. understanding f how to deal with that i think i important and i agree they need -- there needs t

taiwan is not going to fall into their lap. the only way to get there is military force, and they will come to that conclusion in my view is they probably already have. i don't think there's any reason to think we are smarter than they are. so i think that that -- and this is, i think, a fundamental -- and i mean, i think paul -- this is kind of the right debate to have. i don't want to put you in a box, but my approach is sort of deductive and structural, and i think the other approach, the emphasis is based more frankly on dealing with the chinese -- i mean, i have experience with the chinese over the years but nothing like paul does. where do you put that weight in terms of continuity based on the history that we know or what we expect the rationalistic costs and benefits or a sort of calculus? especially when we think about matters of war and peace. if we look historically, countries can radically change their orientation, their behavior, and this is important because china has immense incentives to generate as much surpris

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 level. and i think 11 article recently published is quite interesting is the chinese ambassador in france so he

overall, william will growing us. taiwan military exchanges keep taiwan more safe or less. so i think of, we focus on the content and the actual practical side of the exchange. and the purpose of these trainings is going to help taiwan overall to enhance its defense capabilities. and hosts also helped to push time one to really over all spend more of a budget and resources on the necessary aspects of his military and also national defense . but if we start to let the discussion about the political implication of these trainings and exchanges to dominate the over all dialogue and also the focus of this training, then perhaps it's going to start to create some misleading and also misconception inside the civil society. so i think it's very important for the government to try to focus the purpose of the training on what is actually going to help tie one william young in type a or is a pleasure talking to you. thank you so much for the context. thank you. and that's it for today on our website, you'll find plenty more ongoing tensions involved in the us, china, and taiwan. and

of taiwan, a high visibility threat to taiwan. we did not deploy forces against china directly. but the provocation in that case was taiwan. the president of taiwan tried to move taiwan toward a more legal independent stance. the united states blocked it. the united states said that is too destabilizing. you do not want to do that. so it did not deploy force. it will make a calculation as to when and how and under what conditions to deploy force. that is not simile a tactical question. it is also a strategic question. -- to defend taiwan because that could create problems in taiwan and china. for them, the worst case situation, and drag us into war, which we do not want. host: eddie is calling from texas on the independent line. caller: i was going to make a comment about the chinese balloon. most likely it was filled with helium gas. the only place you get helium in the world is in texas. i use this as an analogy because here it is we sent china helium gas they needed to float that thing over here. to use an analogy on you, it lo

we take a closer look at taiwan china relations. will beijing ease tensions and a highly controversial meeting top officials, there seemed to suggest its possible if only ty, ones opposition party were in charge, plus, willing to die for another country, the story of taiwanese volunteer fighters who travelled all the way to ukraine. ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. a visit to beijing by a delegation of politicians from taiwan main opposition party, the coming dog. the cam. t 4 short has been closely watched and controversial, controversial because china has sent almost 2000 fighter jets into ty, one's air defense identification zone over the past 12 months. so the cam t's overtures come at a time that to tie one's government in power. the democratic progressive party seems badly timed, but the can t says engagement is necessary, especially when the fact is that so much business is done between the 2 sides. in the meetings, however, of top aging officials, comments about politics, not business, grabbed the headlines. china

of taiwan, a high visibility threat to taiwan. we did not deploy forces against china directly. but the provocation in that case was taiwan. the president of taiwan tried to move taiwan toward a more legal independent stance. the united states blocked it. the united states said that is too destabilizing. you do not want to do that. so it did not deploy force. it will make a calculation as to when and how and under what conditions to deploy force. that is not simile a tactical question. it is also a strategic question. -- to defend taiwan because that could create problems in taiwan and china. for them, the worst case situation, and drag us into war, which we do not want. host: eddie is calling from texas on the independent line. caller: i was going to make a comment about the chinese balloon. most likely it was filled with helium gas. the only place you get helium in the world is in texas. i use this as an analogy because here it is we sent china helium gas they needed to float that thing over here. to use an analogy on you, it lo

we might see a split in the, in the blue color in taiwan. that will be very interesting to watch now and you know, so we've talked about the islet remaining pretty divided when it came, when it comes to the kind of relationship it has with aging, with some pretty strong feelings from those opposed to better relations with china . people who feel taiwan is a democracy and not like china with its authoritarian system or king. i want to share with viewers a story from our type, a reporter catch one year about a young taiwanese man who went to ukraine to join the fight. take a look with the men who recorded the this is tony, do he crossed a war front? i want to fight for you cren fades and we're told unfair of asia. the shells were flying around me, volumes of meal, but once a bomb fell in front of my trend show very dark. i was lucky, it didn't explode. just i couldn't believe it is. i went on gun via he went to you . cranston, after the war, started to help refugees that he saw things that made him want to fight. so it's all. this was early in

we might see a split in the, in the blue called in taiwan. and away, very interesting to watch now and you know, so we've talked about the islet remaining pretty divided when it came, when it comes to the kind of relationship it has with aging, with some pretty strong feelings from those opposed to better relations with china . people who feel taiwan is a democracy, and not like china with its authoritarian system. martine, i want to share with viewers a story from our type, a reporter catch one year about a young taiwanese man who went to ukraine to join the fight. take a look with the men who recorded the this is tony, do he crossed a war front? i want to fight for ukraine. faith and we're told unfair of asia. the shells were flying around me, volumes of meal, but once a bomb fell in front of my trend show very dark. i was lucky, it didn't explode. just i couldn't believe it is. i went on gun via he went to you . cranston, after the war, started to help refugees that he saw things that made him want to fight. so it's all. this was early in

we might see a split in the, in the blue color in taiwan. that'll be very interesting to watch now and you know, so we've talked about the islet remaining pretty divided when it kind, when it comes to the kind of relationship it has with aging, with some pretty strong feelings from those opposed to better relations with china . people who feel taiwan is a democracy and not like china with its authoritarian system. i think i want to share with viewers a story from our type, a reporter catch one year about a young chinese man who went to ukraine to join the fight. take a look with the men who recorded the this is tony, do he crossed a war front? i want to fight for ukraine. faith and we're told unfair of asia. the shells were flying around me, volumes of meal, but once a bomb fell in front of my trend shell radar, i was lucky. it didn't explode. just i couldn't believe it is. i went on gun via he went to you. cranston, after the war, started to help refugees that he saw things that made him want to fight. so it's all. this was early in the war

, china from invading taiwan. or deter our ability to stop china elsewhere. this story of american empire, the story of liberal empire, -- it is told by neoconservatives on the right, and liberal globalists on the left. they make up the umi-party that transcends all administration. it's hard to challenge them. they have gotten good at telling their favorite story. anyone questions them gets labeled as anti-american or putin's puppet. today i thought we would try something different, a little unique for washington. today we could try telling the truth. the truth is, americans have been sold a bill of goods. our current foreign policy is not working. it has not worked for decades. it is not working for our security, it is not working for our economy, it is not working for the american people. it has cost them their jobs, their towns, their communities could. -- all of that thing so the bad trade deals that we were promised would make all of us richer. instead our industrial base has been hollowed out and good paying

support taiwan's radar program. since 2010 we have notified congress of over $37 billion in arms sales to taiwan including more than $21 billion since 2019. we think this is quite krit queasm believe we need to help them in asymmetric weapons capabilities. help them train and integrate their reserves. make sure that they have mobile and agile systems. and this is what jessica is very focused on to make sure that taiwan has what it needs. i don't know whether dr. ratner would like to add something from the defense point of view on this. mr. ratner: i'll echo what secretary sherman said. we are ex-teemly focused on understanding and communicating with taiwan about what specific articles, defensive articles they need for their defense and for deterrence and we're laser focused on that with all the attention and urgency it deserves. sen. risch: i do want to underline, we wrote a letter asking specific kee requests about what the taiwanese were asking for and what they were given, if you can dig that out and answer that,

if china were to invade taiwan today they would prevail. which is why we are at an inflection point, a moment where we have to make some tough decisions. i would submit to you a moment for real change. it's time to adopt a different foreign-policy and a nationalist foreign-policy. we hear a lot these days about something called a rules-based international order and i'm sure you've heard this phrase. politicians and other experts whenever they want to send a few billion dollars more to some other country. let's be clear on what we are talking about with a rules-based international orders in some form of heaven. founded on the assumption that if we abolish borders and allow capital to move freely and empower the giant multinational corporations that somehow the american people will be better off. somehow we will make america more like the world in the world more like america. free minds and free markets or something like that. that's what we have been promising for years now. there was never a time and that was good and it's apparent now. all

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 article recently publishes quite interesting is the of a chinese ambassador in france. so he did a show on france t

invading taiwan has been xis goal for years. he wants control of the pacific, he is determined to submit his place in chinese history. just six months ago before the chinese communist already in beijing, xi said that the historical wheels of national reunification and national rejuvenate -- rejuvenation r -- -- are -- >> and we -- >> against china, anywhere else would matter much. so what happens if tomorrow we wake up and an invasion of taiwan has begun? what can america do about it? this time, looking specifically at the pacific. they are concentrated on a small number of airbases, which makes them easy targets. and china has invested in weapons, undercutting our airpower advantage. what else do we have? well, we have -- how they're going to help us defeat a chinese invasion. china has built up defenses designed to neutralize them early in a fight or them so far away that they would be useful. now, we do have an undersea advantage, but we only have so many submarines. we've only got so many weapons the fire from them and we've

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 old. 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 all know that is hard to get lake. so the opinion polls phrase upon chinese public how much 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 come when, 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 article recently publishes quite interesting is the of a chinese ambassador in france. so he did a show on france

s. defend taiwan are really help taiwan and wilson escalate in a, a real pacific war. so i think another lot of variable still on the table, but it's glue that she's in pink once to want to back in chinese fold. and i wouldn't doubt that an intention nor a point. he makes it very clear. however, there are very many variables as you mentioned, and also very dubious or confusing discourse, 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 come when, when something turn only happens and how i is always a very good excuse to your nights. so the m. f on a national level, and i think a 11 article recently publishes quite interesting is the f, a chinese ambassador in france. so he did a show on france

eh, taiwan was never part of the people's republic of china. it would be a takeover of taiwan. it would be the ultimate victory of the communist party in the civil war that it fought to where they came, te and it would kind of achieve that, that goal the same time. the question is, what to do about this? i think the real challenge is to prevent this new cold war between the u. s. or it's alice and, and china and russia from turning into a hot war over taiwan and to what we need is effective deterrence. that means sir, not only military capabilities for taiwan to defend itself, but also a clear commitment of europe. fir of germany, to say she should ping, you need to decide. do you want to be technology and economic leader and to do business with us or, or do you want to take over taiwan? you can't do both. and if you move on taiwan, you upset the peaceful status quo. then you will face sanctions the same way. put in is facing facing them. so to make the choice very clear to the chinese side, and their choice also implies the way commerce works. now the coven 19 pandemic, and th

s. defend taiwan, or will they help taiwan and withers 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 choosing ping once tomorrow 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. yes, 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 lake. so the opinion polls phrases upon chinese public how much 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 could, when, when something internally happens and how i is always a very good excuse to unites sort of on a national level. and i think a 11 article recently publish is quite interesting is the of a chinese ambassador in france. so he did a show on franc

that we can deter any chinese menace toward taiwan. host: is that you are assumption that the u.s. public would support defending taiwan against a chinese invasion, is there enough support for that right now? mr. bolton: i think this is what political leadership is all about. if you explain to the american people the threats we face, the threats are allies face, and the threats to the ways we live here at home and the steps that need to be taken not out of charity or humanitarianism, but for cold hard national security american interests. i think people will respond to it. and i think that for a good long. , 15 years or more, is that american leaders are not going to talk about the hard reality of the outside world of the people. when that happens, the natural reaction for people is to say that the threats are not there when they are there. political leaders have to pick up their socks and be clearer with the american people. host: you have said that you are weighing a presidential run in 2024, tell us why. mr. bolton: i had not origin

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what training does taiwan need? what weapons is taiwan ready to buy? the biden administration has yet to respond to these questions, mr. president, even though we know the state department and defense department have completed the analysis. in this case, silence will only make the situation worse. we need answers. i reiterate, congress needs this information to perform our duties, our constitutional duties effectively. so i'm calling on the biden administration today, mr. president, to work with us to accelerate the transfer of financing, sale of a key set of military capabilities to taiwan. the president needs to use the authority that congress provided to transfer $1 billion in weapons to accelerate the expansion of our training programs in taiwan. make no mistake, the president's actions will have a direct, will have direct consequences for taiwan's ability to defend itself and for our ability to prevent a war in the pacific. without these tools, china will continue to gain the upper hand in the taiwan strait. we need to offset and deter the chinese

policy toward taiwan is really spelled out in the taiwan relations act which wasre passed over for decades ago, and has been translated into something that is often referred to as strategic ambiguity. what a quickie but the conflict were to break out in the taiwan strait. there has been more and o more debate in the last two years or so whether the united states should shift to a position of strategic clarity and issuing something closer to an alliance like guarantee that it would come to taiwan's aid if it were attacked. do you have a few of which of these policies makes the most sense, or is it aside to play because primarily a capabilities problem rather than a clarity of commitment problem? >> i think it is a moot point. i think president xi and the prc assume that the united states would come to the aid of taiwan. japanai clearly believes that an attack on taiwan would threaten their national security interests, particularly given the nature of the disputed islands in the south china sea. again, i'm a little a confident about what some of our other friends might do and so i don't thin

i to react to the threat to taiwan?— to react to the threat to taiwan? ~' , ., ., taiwan? i think there is a lot of wishful — taiwan? i think there is a lot of wishful thinking _ taiwan? i think there is a lot of wishful thinking and - taiwan? i think there is a lot of wishful thinking and a - taiwan? i think there is a lot of wishful thinking and a lot| of wishful thinking and a lot of wishful thinking and a lot of mirror imaging. the united states and china and countries tend to view other countries policies as they view their own, and so from a us perspective we think, "well, taiwan is not important enough to risk able over. china should want prosperity and peace over all things." if ukraine has taught us anything it should be to reinstitute the lesson that countries and leaders often fight was over territory. actually, 80% of wars over the past of the past couple of hundred years have over territory. there is nothing new here. wejust territory. there is nothing new here. we just forgot what history should have taught us. which seems to happen an awful lot, doesn't it

taiwan. we think about our own posture in the wild. we must recognize that china has also invested heavily in proactive diplomacy. china now has more diplomatic posts than any other country. chinese diplomats are on the ground, making the case for china's values, pushing for chinese investment and the united states is and keeping up. while china's pouring money into africa, for example, we've got a 40% vacancy rate at our embassy in niger. chronic staffing shortfalls from mali, tomorrow tanya, to chad. secretary sharon, secretary sherman and dr. reiner, let me be clear. i am planning a robust agenda in congress. this particular congress. china will be a big part of it. i've had conversations ranking member, working together to come together, which i think we will, on a comprehensive china legislation. today, i released a detailed 46-page majority staff committee report outlining what needs to happen to realize the administration's vision for the indo-pacific. i will give you the short version

someone to follow up on something you mentioned was a threat to taiwan. i know you visited taiwan. give us your assessment of taiwan as a country. their capability and willingness. be obvious are an important partner there. they are still on the front lines. tell us taiwan's posture here and there threat. >> i was in taipei with a group of senate colleagues house colleagues a year ago november. same that nancy pelosi did we still got threatened by the ccp for going there and said we were going to start a world war or something. it was a lot of bluff and bluster. there is the taiwan's relation active sonic we're starting from nowhere. i think under the taiwan relations act we are committed to providing the memes to defend themselves. it is an island and much more difficult than ukraine has been for example to rearm and defend. one of the people i admire on this topic a book called strategy of denial his thesis, they are not ready to fight a two front battle one in ukraine being a reagan expert we all hope and pray the reagan doctrine prevails for peace, strength and deterrence. the

position on taiwan? mr. bolton: i think it is getting better. i think that deployment was the correct decision. but i think there is a lot more to do. i think that we have to assume that the time is short, given what china has been saying given the preparations it has been making. i think there has to be a lot more, simply increasing taiwan's military cap abilities, but also showing increased american support. i think that the time for strategic ambiguity over taiwan is gone. i think that deploying naval vessels, and putting more americans to assist taiwanese of -- taiwanese forces. and over the next several years, recognizing that taiwan is an independent country. i recommended in the year 2000 we extend full diplomatic recognition to taiwan. i think that we should today. and i think we should integrate taiwan into more collective defense organizations between japan, australia and others. the more taiwan is linked in with others that worry about china's belligerence, the greater the chance that we can deter any chinese menace toward taiwan. >>

s. defense taiwan, or will they help taiwan and withers 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 ping 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. jim, 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, tell them 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 could, when, when something internally happens and how i, it's always a very good excuse to unites sort of on a national level. and i think a 11 article recently publish is quite interesting is the f, a chinese investor in france. so he did a show on fr

that president carter that signed the taiwan relation act and recognized china wasn't in taiwan in 1999. there's no reason to think that we can't continue this tradition president. >> neil: let me ask you something, congressman gonzalez. if china innovates taiwan, is that an act of war? >> president biden has made it very clear that we are going to stand with taiwan, that we're going remain there by our allies. we have to get to a point -- i spent 20 years in the military. i spent five years in iraq an afghanistan. i want to prevent wars. i don't want to see america got drug -- >> neil: i understand that. but if china invaded taiwan despite that, is that an act of war to which we should commit troops? >> 100%. i would argue that china is doing that exact thing right now in cyber space. that's where these wars star. they start in cyber and goo on from there. it's important that we have a bipartisan delegation continue to make this trek and show that america is going to stand by its allies. >> neil: all right. does that mean then to you as well, congressman, ro khanna, that china inviting

by 2027 with taiwan are authorizes much as $2 billion to taiwan between now and 2027 do you support the full implementation for military financing taiwan? >> we have to look at every way possible to make sure we meet the needs of taiwan you are all aware their production and delivery delays worldwide we are reviewing and talking to the private sector about that long lead production time and delivery delay because they p are affecting all partners not just i want. >> we need to look at every single option. >> the department was clear that any authorization should be metav with an appropriation as it relates to the security support. >> it also authorizes $1 billion annually for drawdown authority. >> you are over time. >> thank you mr. chairman. i will come back to this but i would like to say that china is serious and i went to do everything we can to learn the lessons from ukraine. >> we agree. >> were to ask a question china has one of the most sophisticated global campaigns of repression around the world of any nation and the fbi has warned that china is conducting global campaign

i know you visited taiwan. give us yourwa assessment taiwan as a country their capability and willingness to defend themselves forit it obvious that we are an important partner there. there certainly on the other frontlines tells your assessment of taiwan's ' there and you're threat? >> i was in taipei with the group of senate colleagues house colleagues lest a year ago november. we do not get nearly as much attention is nancy pelosi did for some reason. [laughter] but that is okay we so got threatened by that ccp for going there. they said we were going to start a world war orr something. it was a lot of bluff and bluster. we had the taiwan relations act. sonic we are starting from nowhere. under the taiwan relations act we committed to providing them the means to defend themselves. it is an island much more difficult then ukraine has been for example to rearm. and to defend. one of the people whose work i admire on this topic who wrote a book called strategy of denial. his thesis is we are not ready to fight

so our geography with taiwan is something we cannot negotiate. it's there and any major show down there between china and taiwan, united states is going to affect us, which brings us to the number 2 issue. when you already have a treaty or last your brother prepare for that situation than just standing under the on the sidelines. because the philippines cannot be neutral. visa of a u. s. even actual war happens. allies cannot be neutral. not having said that. it's interesting. they say, you know, it takes an nixon to go to china. you could also argue that it takes a marker junior to correct the excesses of a did. there's administration, i think president did there to went a bit too far in use. our strategic flirtation, we china, and also with his animosity towards the west. so marcus junior, who is a suppose it alla of the deter, this is ashley correcting that. my warn is that he might be over correcting that and doing things too fast, because it makes sense for the philippines to solidify its alliance with the united states. but the war we have

taiwan. and that actually is highly provocative to the chinese government in beijing. the chinese public. and, you know, by showing these acts of love toward taiwan may actually provoke exactly the kind of military attack. we really want to avoid. we have time for just one last question. so i'm going to ask it if it's okay and it's no, i i would love it to be from your book, but i'd your book is background it. i have to emphasize you must go out and buy because if you want to understand more about what we've been talking about susan really lays it out thorough research and understanding of history very quickly talking about politics in the united states is the republic to sweep the house and the senate. do you think there's a danger there will be more provocative statements about taiwan calling for taiwan's independence? if there is, what will that do? yeah, i mean, the problem ability of a mainland attack on taiwan go way up if there is a declaration of independence or any kind of position f

i know you have visited taiwan. give us your assessment of president sy, taiwan as a country, their capability and willingness to defend themselves. obvious he were an important part of their but they are on the front lines. tell us your assessment of taiwan's posture and their view of the threat. >> i was in taipei with a group of senate colleagues a couple of house colleagues a year ago november, and we didn't get nearly as much attention as nancy pelosi did for some reason. but that was okay. we still got threatened by the ccp four are a going there they said we're going to start a world war something, i don't know about a bluff and bluster. but with the taiwan relations act. it's not like we're starting from nowhere but i think and of the taiwan relations act we committed to providing them the means to defend themselves. and it'ses an island, and much, more difficult than ukraine has been, for example, to rearm. and to defend. one of the people whose work i admire on this topic is elbridge colby, so you know, wh

lessons learned from ukraine to taiwan? or just-- >> i would emphasize, there are lessons, i would say, for many parties out of the ukraine situation. i think one lesson is clearly, you know, it's the old saying of you know, strategy is for amateurs, logistics are for professionals. logistics, logistics, logistics, the russians have found logistics to be really hard. and we have to focus on that. and i'm pleased, for example, general flynn has a war game called unified pacific and one of the things it's focusing on this spring is contested logistics, and digging into that. and i had asked our, the head of army material commands, general ed daley, to partner with general flynn and really focus on the contested logistics, requirements for the logistics, and they've come up with sort of a list of requirements, if you will, at the tactical and operational and strategic level and we're trying to focus on that. another lesson coming out of-- of course, you see the importance of unmanned aerial systems, whether it's, you know, how

i am concerned about taiwan. i think we have whispered in taiwanese leadership we are going to be there for them, president biden has sent messages to that effect pub publicly. we've seen not respond to penetration of their own airspace much less taiwan's airspace. we witnessed here on the public relations nightmare and not have a rational explanation as to what took place. the present instincts and the pentagon told us is going to be a debris field endanger others. that what the retake of that should have been i still want shot down, bring the options we can do it safely and that is what should have been executed in my judgment. the fact it has not explained the situation we are in now. >> what does that say to you it appears the white house and the pentagon were at odds in terms of what to do and how quickly to do it? folks in the report is accurate the president had the right instinct, should this thing d down. we presented qualifiers to that. i understand about the debris field and it is certainly an issue. i

i've been to taiwan and i think it's valuable for members go there. i'm hoping to bring a bipartisan group at the appropriate time and perhaps we could do a field hearing in guam on the way back. but again, we have our first hearing on tuesday. we're going to pass rules the morning of. we got to crawl a little bit and then walk and maybe we can run with our fan fancy field hearings. >> is this the year tiktok gets banned? >> i don't think it's going to get banned. i think what we're asking for is tiktok is owned by bytedance required to provide its user data, including on the 140 million americans, as well as control of algorithms to the chinese communist party upon request. all we're saying is, if tiktok is going to operate here, don't have that user data and algorithms controlled by an adversarial regime. >> understood. we'll be watching your hearing on tuesday. thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> we'll be right back. only $11. dealdash.com the fair and honest bidding site. this kitchenaid mixer sold for less than $26. this i-pad sold for less th

what if it isn't about taiwan. it's extremely disturbing to this relationship between russia, china and iran building. i think there are many lessons of ukraine conflict as we mark the first year anniversary but one of those lessons is that this isn't a bilateral problem with putin. there is a kind of a block forming here that is cooperating against us. china thinks, look, russia's enemy is our enemy. if they with weaken the united states in europe, let's do it. we have to stand strong because, you know, russia isn't just in ukraine. they're in africa kicking the french out of places like mali and central african republic and libya, they are in syria, they have occupied georgia for years. you know, they're messing with the government in maldova and we have to have comprehensive view of putin and putin, china and iran are posing to the national security and that's what i'm talking to the clients and i'm glad that we are getting more questions and companies are starting to react which is -- which is good but it's obv