Years and that xi, china has become more forward leaning, we have more strategic competition. the cia chief said it s not a question of if but how. if they attack taiwan, would australia help? we re not dealing with hypotheticals. australia supports a one china policy, but we also support the status quo when it comes to the issue of taiwan, that people respect the existing structures which are there. i believe that clearly is in the interests of all parties and i have taken the view as well that it is not in the interests of peace and security to talk up those issues of potential
The world. she feels strongly about supporting the kinds of values that we stand for and working with our friends. again, taiwan has been a friend for a long time, and particularly in a bipartisan way. it wouldn t surprise me if she went. now, she was speaker of the house for part of the time you were the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. she s a tough, uncompromising person, wouldn t you say? yeah, she s a very, very tough woman who knows how to get things done. she cares deeply about the security of our country and the world. she cares deeply about human rights. so i don t think she would do anything she hadn t really thought through. she understands the stakes and in the end i think, while if she
She he was the chief military adviser to presidents george w. bush and barack obama. welcome, mike. let me ask you first, isn t it likely that nancy pelosi has decided not to go to taiwan? in other words, when the speaker of the house issues a press release where she lists the places she s going, she did say that the trip will include those stops. is it possible she might make a surprise visit to taiwan even though she hasn t listed it? hi, fareed. good to be with you. i would expect that it is very possible that she could still make a surprise visit. as controversial and as important as this has become, i wasn t surprised at all it wasn t part of the release schedule and she s in that area of the world she s been there many, many times in that area of
That. and the latest efforts in ukraine s war. trying to take back territory from russia. also, one of the biggest business fears about a potential chinese attack on taiwan is what happens to tsmc? this is the most valuable company in all of asia. it makes many of the chips in many of your high tech devices. i get a rare interview with the company s chairman and ask him about those fears. first, here s my take. is it possible that despite all the partisan noise and disbelief joe biden is actually managing to do something that he promised during his campaign? govern from the center. the evidence is piling up. if the compromise hammered out on wednesday between chuck schumer and joe manchin passes, it will be the largest
Many in the tech and business world think immediately of tsmc. i had the pressure of a rare interview with its chairman. what would happen to taiwan and to the taiwanese economy if china were to invade? of course the war brings no winners. everybody is losers and people in taiwan have earned their democratic testimony in taiwan and they want to choose their way of life and we think that, indeed, the chip supply is a critical business to the economy of taiwan, but having a war in taiwan, probably the chip is not