China 101: Why Taiwan Matters | Dan Blumenthal

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Dan Crenshaw

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4.6 • 16K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Dan Blumenthal is the Senior Fellow and Director of Asian Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. We discuss the history that led to China's escalating tensions with Taiwan, why Americans should care about Taiwan remaining free, and the near-term prospects of a total collapse of the Chinese state.

Dan Blumenthal previously served as senior director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia at the Department of Defense. He is the author of "The China Nightmare: The Grand Ambitions of a Dying State and An Awkward Embrace: The United States and China in the 21st Century." Follow him on Twitter at @DAlexBlumenthal.

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0:00.0	We hold these truths to be self-evident.
0:02.0	That all men are created.
0:04.0	Because I remember Congress, I get to have a lot of really interesting people in the office.
0:07.2	Experts on what they're talking about.
0:09.2	This is the podcast for insights into the issues.
0:11.6	China, bioterrorism, Medicare for all, in-depth discussions.
0:16.0	Breaking it down into simple terms.
0:18.0	We hold these truths with Dan Crenshaw.
0:22.0	There you go, I have landed.
0:24.0	China is again trying to coerce and intimidate Taiwan.
0:28.0	Military exercises that are encircling the island.
0:30.8	Challenging Taiwanese airspace and launching missiles from the mainland toward Taiwan.
0:35.2	She and the CCP are justifying these exercises as an appropriate response to speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit
0:41.2	during a congressional delegation to East Asia.
0:44.0	To her credit, Speaker Pelosi was not dissuaded from visiting Taiwan even though China
0:48.4	and the Biden administration opposed the visit.
0:50.8	The Chinese warned prior to her visit that the US will pay the price of Pelosi visits
0:55.2	and have since ended bilateral coordination on issues such as climate change.
0:59.2	I don't know.
1:00.0	Military defliction.
1:02.0	Such a response to a mere visit.
1:04.0	I wanted to bring in someone who could inform us on why Taiwan matters.
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