Evening Edition: Preparing For Possible Conflict With China Over Taiwan

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🗓️ 21 December 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Over the recent months China has stepped up military and diplomatic pressure focused on its ultimate goal of claiming Taiwan as its own. Beijing has conducted air and sea military operations near Taiwan and has warned allied countries not to interfere. FOX's Trey Yingst speaks to Hal Brands, with the American Enterprise institute and author of 'The Twilight Struggle: What the Cold War Teaches Us about Great-Power Rivalry Today', about the question of Taiwan and what a war with China over the island could look like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:19.5	Tuesday, December 21st, 2021. I'm Trey Yinks.
0:27.0	Analysts are warning that war with China over the issue of Taiwan would be long and messy.
0:32.0	Did you ask military analysts, would the United... issue of Taiwan would be long and messy.
0:32.6	If you ask military analysts,
0:34.5	would the United States be able to prevail
0:36.8	in an effort to prevent China from blockading
0:40.3	or occupying Taiwan if a conflict were fought now or in 2025 you'd get a wide range
0:46.7	of answers which would simply reflect the fact that there's a lot of uncertainty about how well
0:50.8	the United States would do.
0:53.0	This is the Fox News rundown, evening addition.
0:57.0	Chinese President Shizin Ping has pledged what he calls reunification with Taiwan.
1:05.0	Amid increased tension, the United States is warning China against taking fresh military action,
1:10.0	but experts warn any future conflict could be beyond what the United States is prepared for.
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