China, Taiwan and rising tension.
Tangle
Isaac Saul
4.8 • 672 Ratings
🗓️ 13 October 2021
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
In the last two weeks, China has conducted several consecutive days of military exercises over Taiwan, sending a record number of fighter jets into Taiwan's airspace. This included a four-day period when it flew 150 military planes through Taiwan's airspace, which left the Taiwanese air force scrambling to respond. Taiwan's foreign defense minister Joseph Wu said "we are very concerned China is going to launch a war."
In today's episode, we explore what's going on and what the U.S. role should be.
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| 1:06.0 | I am your host, Isaac Saul, and on today's episode, we are going to be talking about China and Taiwan and some |
| 1:12.1 | of the tension happening there, what it means for the U.S. and the world. We are going to be skipping |
| 1:17.8 | our reader question today because this story requires just a little bit of background knowledge |
| 1:22.7 | and laying some groundwork. So we're going to take a little bit of extra time to do that. |
| 1:27.0 | Before we jump in, as always, we'll start off with our quick hits for the day. |
| 1:41.6 | First up, the Biden administration says it will reopen the land borders to non-essential travel from Canada and Mexico starting in November. |
| 1:50.4 | Travelers will have to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to cross those borders. |
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| 2:02.1 | yesterday. Number three, Social Security checks will increase by 5.9% in 2022, the largest cost of |
| 2:10.1 | living adjustment in 39 years and a reflection of rising inflation. |
| 2:15.4 | Number four, the House voted for a short-term increased the debt limit, ensuring that the |
| 2:20.3 | U.S. government can pay its bills until December when another standoff between Democrats and |
| 2:25.4 | Republicans is expected. |
| 2:27.7 | Number five, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas ordered ICE to stop mass raids |
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