are being discussed in taiwan at least? yes, i think so, because you can tell it's all about mentality huck. we are in a chinese new year lou, the new year a period. so people realized that to have a tight control not be able to gather was friends, family is too much to bear. so on for the border control, you have family overseas, not being able to enter the border. to rejoinder, family again was too much to bear. so i think, you know, people are changing the mentality and it does, the policy is getting adjusted gradually because i think that the government is still pretty cautious about getting the health care institution being overloaded. right. we live there. well that, i mean, thank you so much for joining us today. professor ruby horn from the national taiwan university. thank you for having me. and that's it for today. there's of course, some more on our website did over dot com, forward slash asia, and as ever you can follow us on facebook and twitter. we leave you with the images of preparations for lunar new year.

this, there are more visits by sea merrick and fishers to taiwan ships go through regularly, the taiwan straits to sort of to emphasize the freedom of fading. and people come like the australian prime minister come to taiwan and say. busy well, of course i can see it would be possible either for australia or america, not just for taiwan. should china attack it or invaded ok, well, so since this was causing them, the chinese, this great anxiety about similar tenuously. while that's happening in the south china sea or the indo pacific, as, as we now call it the all because veal, the pull out of a get this done. i mean the, obviously the wieder eastern turkey is done islamic movement has been taken off the u. s. terrorist list and china is putting $2000000.00 of investment need to have it done one f, b i. whistleblower sybil. edmund sydney to seize. jang is the next taiwan is actually happening simultaneously. is that credible that? i think this is very credible because actually in part of sullivan is told, he said part of setting the part of setting the skew global order. in the c n n int

this there are more visits by he merican fishers to taiwan ships go through regularly the taiwan straits to sort of to emphasize the freedom of fading. and people come like the australian prime minister come to taiwan and say, well of course i can see it would be possible either for australia or american, not just for taiwan. should china attack it or invade it? okay. well, similar synthesis was causing them. the chinese, this great anxiety about similar tenuously while that's happening in the south china sea or the indo pacific as we now call it the all because we'll the pull out of get this done. i mean the obviously the we their easton took his time. is lambing movement has been taken off the u. s. terrorist list and china is putting $2000000.00 of burn leave investment to have get this done. one f b i whistle blow, sybil edmund sydney to see as jin chang is the next day. one is actually it happening simultaneously? is that credible that? no, it's a little bit. i think this is very credible because me and part of sullivan's talk . he said part of setting the part of setting this new g

the struggle for equality for taiwan . same sex couples. taiwan law makes it nearly impossible for same sex couples to adopt a child they aren't biologically related to. but a court on the island has made it a landmark exception for one coupled. could this be a harbinger of change? blast later in the program, especially focus on the environment and do stories of people doing simple things to make the changes. beginning in indian control to speed where the residents of a village have been keeping their local stream clean through collective action. and in pakistan, a 10 year old guy uses eco friendly dawes to drive home the message of climate change to happier ah, i'm british manager, welcome to the dublin news asia. glad you could join us. taiwan is the only territory in asia where same sex couples can legally married, but they can't register together as parents of a child they aren't biologically related to. only one among these parents is allowed to, but there is a day of hope. a court in taiwan has for the 1st time allow

and you crave taiwan. and then other places that are all great dangers that this can get out of control. it's very hard to manage the things when they stop, particularly ukraine, because the government there is not in control. the administration is not really who has control of the country. but what i'm really trying to say to you is that i think what we're seeing is an attempt by certainly parts of elements in washington to create the fence that america back, americans on paul. so, and to do that, they want to be quite aggressive and forceful. and so they, to these issues such as ukraine bell arose with russia and they're doing that, the key, russia on the back foot off balance to keep china off balance. but also particularly to try and give the vitamin ministration a success foreign policy. even if for foreign policy success into a strategic blog. i mean, it depends of losing the war to gain the political advantage to come back and say this was a great success. and this is really some of what's been happ

taiwan is a neighbor. i think it's within, i think you can see it from taiwan a vice versa. this is a much different thing and if americans basically say we can't do well enough to taiwan because the chinese are just too strong. how does that apply to japan and the philippines? that's with china want is a kind of like instead of fighting everybody basically taken a few of these guys and the message goes around look, sometimes you're going to be put under the hot microscope and it will go poorly for you. the americans will talk a big game but magical. it's better to cut a deal. that's a very real possibility. at cutting remark about the ties fairly or not but he said they bend before the wind blows. it's an expression that applies to almost pre-much every country, which is they will see where the wind is going and if they think they're going to be left out to dry a will cut a deal. >> so, as the united states puts its strategies together to determine that kind of attack, deterrence theory, which i'm not a scholar, canada divides itself into these thoughts about deterrence by

there are more visits by senior american officials to taiwan ships go through regularly leave the taiwan straits to sort of to emphasize that freedom of sailing. and people come like the australian prime minister come to taiwan and say, well, of course i can see it would be possible either for australia or, or american not to support our taiwan. should china attack it or invade it? okay, well, so synthesis was causing them the chinese just great anxiety about this simultaneously while that's happening in the south, tennessee or the im do pacific as as we now call it of the august feel the pull out of afghanistan. i mean, obviously the weaver easton took his time, is nomic. the movement has been taken off the u. s. terrorist list and you, china is putting $2000000.00 of boundary of investment to have got has done one f, b i whistleblower sybil. edmund said, need to see is jim jang is the next tie. one is actually it happening simultaneously. is that credible? that neo isn't look ahead. i think this is very credible because i me and part of thumb sullivan's talk. he said, part of setting t

and in taiwan, less than $900.00 people have died. yes, exactly. so if we look at the mortality, it is indeed that helen has done, you know, amazingly well in this regards. but for the recent outbreak that from the only con variant, we see that, you know, the vars has reached through the airport, which is the 1st line of defense. so imagining that you know, for the de, from lying at the airport at the border, they have experienced this exhaustion after 2 and a half years of us, stringent border control. so you have to think, you know, how can the entire society to move forward to seek, you know, the balance of between this tight stringent measures while keeping our health care facilities afloat, not overburden and still keep the mortality rate low. exactly. so professor font, does that explain why other countries like singapore new zealand, for instance, who had followed the 0 covert approach for quite some time, have not abandoned it in favor of increased lex emissions? exactly, i think it's all about timing. now the vaccination coverage rate in t

and taiwan. one former diplomat said taiwan is at risk of kind of being loved to death by the united states, kim. because if china after feels that a red line has been crossed, they have a big military, 100 miles across the taiwan strait, waiting to make it clear who has control over taiwan from the beijing point of view. >> yeah. absolutely. listen, thanks so much for walking us through that complex story, will ripley. thanks so much. >>> all right. still ahead, floating oasis, 250 miles above the earth. while russians and americans work to live together for decades. will the ukraine crisis spoil that spirit of cooperation? stay with us. >>> the international space station is one place where u.s. and russian interests converged harmoniously for decades but some former nasa astronauts fear the current crisis over ukraine could sour that relationship. cnn's kristen fisher has that report. >> reporter: the international space station has largely remained quite insulated from geopolitical tensions b

congress visited taiwan. friday china warned wal-mart against removing products made in xinxang, the u.s. government accuses running forced labor camps, homes to millions of muslim minorities, take down all products from a region without valid region hides ulterior motive and stupidity and shortsightedness and will surely have bad consequences. in recent interview when asked to name the biggest security challenges facing the u.s., vice president harris said out democracy and the climate. she did not mention china. china is ramping up mining of social media including facebook and twitter in an effort to boost its own propaganda, julie. julie: lucas tomlinson live in washington for us, thank you. will: president biden warning vladimir putin of severe sanctions but does the threat carry any weight in moscow? we will talk strategy kneel with jamil jabur. ♪ ♪ t ♪ when you have xfinity xfi, you have peace of mind built in at no extra cost. advanced security helps keep your family protected online. pause wifi

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paula, give us the reaction from taiwan to these latest chinese war planes. >> reporter: well, isa, taiwan reacted in the same way it always does have to react when beijing carries out these incursions, which is done frequently over recent years. it does have to scramble and it activates its missile defense system. it also gives verbal warnings. and taiwan is really criticized beijing for what it calls these gray zone tactics, for really putting the pressure on, really testing the air force and the reaction of taiwan itself. now, as you said, it was a significant incursion in the sheer number of aircraft that were involved, not the most ever. certainly the most this year. 34 fighter jets among the 39 war planes in all. now, it does come just a day, as you say, after the u.s. and the japanese navys did have a fairly significant show of force in the waters off the east coast of taiwan in the philippine sea. it's not clear how close it was to taiwan. that information is not forthcoming. but what we saw there was a very large military drill, a navy drill we saw from the u.s. side, for example,

kevin: military conflict is not the answer, that is the new year's message that taiwan is sending to beijing after china's president said people in taiwan want to reunify with the motherland, the question is what's next as tensions rise china expert gordon chang joining us next. ♪ >> vo: so when my windshield broke... i found the experts at safelite autoglass. they have exclusive technology and service i can trust. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ your record label is taking off. but so is your sound engineer. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. ("this little light of mine") visit indeed.com/hire - [narrator] in the world's poorest places, they're shunned, outcast, living in pain. you can reach out and change the life of a suffering child right now. a surgery that takes as little as 45 minutes and your act of love can change a child's life forever. please call or visit operationsmile.org now. thousands of children are waiting. kevin: welcome back 44 minutes af

., stand with taiwan. it is a simple bill but a very powerful one, especially in terms of its deterrent effect. it states that if the chinese communist party initiates a military invasion of taiwan, the united states shall impose a comprehensive sweep of mandatory, economic and financial sanctions. the bill lays out these comprehensive sanctions, some of which are listed here in great detail. these sanctions would be crippling to the chinese communist party, its leaders, and key sectors of china's economy. the bill also calls on the united states to coordinate such comprehensive sanctions with our allies around the globe with the goal of making the c.c.p. an economic pie rya -- pariah globally it xi jinping decides to invade taiwan. this is to make clear to president xi today the true cost of what the military invasion of taiwan would be, thereby heightening deterrence, we we all in the -- which we all in the u.s. senate support. madam president, i believe the stand with taiwan act of 2022 should receive b

you're not buying weapons for taiwan. but i'm curious whether you think there are ways that jointly the u.s. and taiwan can think about new systems, not the traditional hardware that we've had, you know, going through the taiwan straights and standing on our show but things that speak to the ability to deter this very advanced adversary? >> yeah, thanks, david. certainly taiwan is currently under pressure as you read about and we've seen over the past number of months and you could argue years. recently, we've seen extensive maritime pressure. we've seen air pressures or pressures in the air domain, certainly in the cyber domain, undersea, on the sea, above the sea of the that's a pretty tough neighborhood. and we execute our responsibility. we talk to taiwan about capabilities that we think will be beneficial. that said, they get to choose. and because there are numbers of challenges, they're going to have to figure out how to decide which of knows capabilities they want to invest in. and with the help of the defense ind

certainly, taiwan is currently under pressure, as you have read about and we have seen over the past number of months and you could argue, years. recently, we have seen extensive maritime pressure. we've seen air pressures or pressures in the air domain. certainly in the cyber domain. on the sea, under the sea, above the sea. that's a pretty tough neighborhood and we execute our responsibility, we talk to taiwan about capabilities that we think will be beneficial. that said, they get to choose. and because there are numbers of challenges, they're going to have to figure out how to decide which of those capabilities they want to invest in. and with the help of the defense industry, we hope to put those capabilities in their hands so that they can ultimately defend themselves, in accordance with the taiwan relations act. >> so, we will come back again to china but i want to turn to general richardson. ask about a part of the challenge in western hemisphere, in the countries that are in your aor, that's very hard to get your arms around but seems central to their security issues and tha

it caused taiwan to start up their anti-defense systems. all of it, happening as we are one week away from the start of the beijing winter olympics which the u.s. is boycotting diplomatically. out front now, fareed zakaria, host of fareed zakaria gps. and, fareed, you know, i just have to say, you know, we all -- we all know that -- that -- that taiwan, um, is at the core of all of this between the u.s. and china. and yet, the unsaid was said today in a remarkably tough and direct warning by the chinese ambassador who did not just go on npr and randomly stumble into that comment. >> oh, no, the chinese diplomats are very, very disciplined. you are exactly right, that this was a carefully chosen moment. this was the first interview the ambassador has given. um, he is xi jinping's chosen ambassador, unlike the previous one who was a holdover from the old regime. so, what he says matters a great deal. he is a rising star in the foreign policy bureaucracy in china. um, it is, you know, in a sense, a slightly more explicit version of what china

through the taiwan strait, standing offshore. but different kind of things that speak better to the ability to deter this very advanced adversary. >> yeah, thanks, david. certainly taiwan is currently under pressure, as you've read about and we've seen over the past number of months and you could argue years. recently, we've seen extensive maritime pressure. we've seen air pressures or pressures in the air domain. certainly in the cyber domain. on the sea, undersea, above the sea. that's a pretty tough neighborhood. and we execute our responsibility, we talk to taiwan about capabilities that we think will be beneficial. that said, they get to choose. and because there are numbers of challenges, they're going to have to figure out how to decide which of those capabilities they want to invest in. and with the help of the defense industry, we hope to put those capabilities in their hands so they can ultimately defend themselves in accordance with the taiwan relations act. >> so we'll come back again to china, but i want to turn to g

of crisis with taiwan. >> martha: i want to show u.s. and china influence, which aishah just referred to in the map that she showed. this measures influence with other countries through economic cooperation. the united states in 1992, 160 countries that is down 140 in 2020. you can see china's influence with other countries, quite a bit in africa and other nations as well is up to 61. so they are working on supplanting our global position in every way across the board. if you look what's going on in taiwan, hong kong and economic initiatives being made in africa. you can talk about fentanyl crossing our certain border what are we doing to push back and what is the biden administration going to do to change this tide? >> martha, the most important critical thing as always when it comes to international relations is military power. we need to be investing more in our military and the weapon systems that will help us deter and defeat china. that is the ultimate sort of influence around the world. another source is our trading relationships.

taiwan is keenly watching _ think? taiwan is keenlyj watching developments think? taiwan is keenly - watching developments right now in ukraine. they are watching to see what the united states is doing in terms of is the united states showing support, showing commitment and resolved to support a us partner, is the united states able to rally other partners to support ukraine, and also of course taiwan is watching how china is acting, what is china taking away from russian action, taking away in terms of us actions? , taking away in terms of us actions?— actions? president putin is about to — actions? president putin is about to go _ actions? president putin is about to go to _ actions? president putin is about to go to china - actions? president putin is about to go to china in - actions? president putin is about to go to china in the j about to go to china in the next few days. the us has urged china to intervene politically. is there any chance you think they will? i is there any chance you think they will?— they will? i do think china is interested _ they

and japan conducted naval drills east of taiwan. cnn's paula hancocks has been monitoring the situation from seoul, south korea. she joins us now live. good to see you. what more are you learning about china's latest incursion and how taiwan is reacting? >> well, rosemary, this has been happening frequently over recent years. the beijing has sent aircraft usually fighter jets into the air defense identification zone near taiwan. and each time, taiwan's air force is tested, its defenses are tested. as you say, they did have to activate their missile defense systems, they deployed them, they also issued radio warnings, according to the defense ministry. but they have complained of beijing testing out this gray area, as they call it, and constantly carrying out these, what they call infringements. the timing, of course, is always important with these kind of things. as you say, it comes just a day after the navies of the u.s. and japan staged a massive military drill in the seas off the east coast of taiwan, in the philippine sea. it's

for go roll started in taiwan. electric to wheeler only made up less than one percent of the overall sales of to we live in the market today. now, after we started and in just to 5 to 6 years, we're good up market from less than one percent to not over 10 percent overall in taiwan, google ro likes to compare the ease of battery swap stations, vending machines and says they already of number gas stations and 4 major taiwanese cities. the firm has big expansion goals for 2020 to go. guerrero wants their stations to out number, all gas stations in taiwan. and then going after the world's largest to we'll a market, india, china, and indonesia is what we're focus on. for the next phase, taking really all the lesson learn and all the capability and all the technology that we have developed in taiwan. and then going into those large markets to make an impact go. the ro is now looking at a nasdaq listing in the 1st quarter of 2020 to the new business is expected to be valued at over $2000000000.00. not bad for 2 wheels. now, french champagne sales rebounded last year despite many restaurants

at the heart of the dispute is the baltic nations relationship with taiwan. the you has asked the world trade organization to take action. last year, lithuania, allow taiwan to open wooded calls, a representative office in the capital vilnius. but by using the name taiwan, it broke with diplomatic custom and immediately enraged china. beijing saw the outpost as a de facto taiwanese embassy, something it can't accept. china, use taiwan as part of its territory and it rejects any moves to grant the island diplomatic recognition. and it requires countries, it recognizes including lithuania to back, this one china policy. now one of europe, smallest member states, is experiencing the repercussions of its decision in the form of sanctions and blocked import. the european union says that's economic bullying, measures or threats to the integrity of that you single market, self exit interview, trade, you supply change and say hello, negative effect on you industry. this is why we are stepping forward to the front of you. you should rights now today we are bringing th

so soldiers have detained the precedent. china and $39.00 fighter jets close to taiwan as space and the biggest such operation since october. and former catholic pope acknowledging he gave testimony for child abuse inquiry. ah okay, let's get going. beginning with the growing crisis between russia and ukraine, native today saying is going to put his forces on standby and it is reinforcing deployments. a foreign ministers meeting in brussels, say they're ready to impose never before seen sanctions. if russia attacks ukraine . moscow has accused nature of ramping up tensions, and says western countries are telling lies about the situation on the border. the u. k. prime minister bar is johnson wanting a rushed invasion, could be the next chance. yeah. the e u as also placed $1300000000.00 in assistance for kiev. i am announcing a new financial assistance package to the country. made both of emergency loans and grams. first of all, the commission proposes a new emergency macro financial assistance package of 1200000000 euros. this package will help you clean now. to address its financing ne

that's certainly what we have in taiwan. this president has shown his weakness both in afghanistan and responding to russia in response to their threats to ukraine, so certainly china sees this as an opportunity. this administration needs to turn to our allies and bolster the world democracies to oppose chinese efforts to invade taiwan and to, as you said, reunification but also just impose their authoritarian will on taiwan. but i think this is a great opportunity and role for congress. i think it's why these elections next year are going to be so important. taking that gavel from nancy pelosi, i think, will make a huge difference in the house and being able to reinvest in our military, make america strong again, impose on this administration if controls on our border and set us back on the path to a strong america. jason: well, stay with us. we've got to go to a commercial break but, congressman, i want to talk to you about adam schiff, and i want to talk about russia and what it's doing in its move forward and what's goin

so what we're doing in arming taiwan and bolstering taiwan's morale and determination is very important. >> dana: dana asked john kirby this over the weekend. >> china activity here is, in fact, that they recognize that the international community remains committed to trying to achieve some sort of stability and peace there that region. it's a recognition of their part that we and our partners and allies are only getting stronger and more resolved to see a free and open indoe pacific. >> do you think beijing recognizes that? >> yes but they're very much aware as we have pointed out on fox many times china out guns us militarily. i'm not talking about advanced -- [inaudible] >> dana: they want to use the my 2022 app keeping track of their covid status but critics say it's a way for beijing to play big brother. douglas kennedy following this for us. >> the olympics are revealing china's dark side. the chinese government monitored everything, your writings, movements and especially what you did online. >> i think anybody should live in china. anything you say and do online will be monitore

when do you expect china to invade taiwan? >> well, i think xi jinping believes today that his military is capable of invading taiwan. they can execute that operates and if he gives the order. if america doesn't come to its support. there are reasons why he might not do that imminently like the winter x coming up or the party congress later this year was the chinese communist party will give him the unprecedented third term in power, but after that , i think when the geopolitical conditions are right, maybe when the weather data is suitable in the taiwan straits especially if the vladimir putin pulls off an invasion of uke-- ukraine you could see xi jinping go for the jugular in taiwan and that's why it's important we stand by our commitments around the world and that we be especially clear that we will come to taiwan's support to defend its democracy and its autonomy. maria: and quick before you go, senator, you were among the few who wanted a total boycott, not just diplomatic boycott of the beijing olympics and we are about