China and Taiwan: A Torrid Backstory

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🗓️ 17 April 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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The posturing between the United States and China has been intensifying in recent weeks — China responded with condemnations and military drills after Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, met the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy. Today, Edward Wong, who covers foreign policy at The Times, explains why China is so fixated on Taiwan, and how the U.S. got in the middle of it. Guest: Edward Wong, a diplomatic correspondent for The New York Times.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernici, and this is the Daily.
0:11.5	The posturing between the US and China has been intensifying in recent weeks, especially
0:16.4	when it comes to Taiwan.
0:18.6	Today, my colleague Edward Wong on why China is so fixated on Taiwan, and how the US got
0:26.6	in the middle of it.
0:31.3	It's Monday, April 17th.
0:36.0	So Ed Taiwan has been back in the news again for the past few weeks.
0:41.3	Tell us why.
0:42.3	Well, Sabrina, we saw tension spike this month over Taiwan.
0:46.6	Earlier this month, the president of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, stopped in Los Angeles on her
0:51.1	way back to Taiwan from Central America.
0:54.1	I want to thank Speaker McCarthy for his warm hospitality.
0:59.1	She went to the Reagan Library in Southern California and met with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
1:04.2	The friendship between the people of Taiwan and America is a matter of profound importance
1:09.2	to the free world.
1:10.8	This infuriated the people's Republic of China.
1:14.4	Today China is condemning House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for hosting the president of
1:18.4	Taiwan at the Reagan Library.
1:20.6	They don't only see any form of diplomacy, even informal diplomacy, taking place between
1:25.9	Taiwanese officials and US officials.
1:28.9	And they announced the start of military exercises around Taiwan.
1:32.2	On the Taiwan Strait, China's Shandong aircraft carrier launched 80 fighter jet missions
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