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How close is China to invading Taiwan?

Amanpour

CNN

News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

The United States is increasingly worried about a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. The Commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command says the US military has done a lot of work in taking lessons learned from Russia’s war in Ukraine and applying them to US support of Taiwan. But he’s also been warning that the Chinese threat to Taiwan is “closer to us than most think." Joining the show to discuss is Taiwanese-American journalist Brian Hioe.  Also on today's show: Vivian Schiller, Twitter's former Global Chair of News; David Grann, author of The Wager; John Oppermann, Executive Director, Earth Day Initiative  To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to Amman 4. Here's what's coming up.

0:07.0

The threat to Taiwan, Washington War games a Chinese invasion as the Taiwanese

0:14.9

foreign minister warns of conflict in 2027. I get a view from the ground from

0:19.9

rider and activist Brian Hugh.

0:22.6

Then, I think a lot of cases is the average citizen

0:26.2

that knows more than the journalist.

0:28.0

Elon Musk's new Twitter gamble.

0:30.3

I get the latest on what removing verification badges could mean for

0:34.2

disinformation and a tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder. A claimed writer

0:39.8

David Gran brings us the fascinating story of Castaways descending into chaos

0:45.0

from his new book, The Wager.

0:47.0

Plus, we're just at the cusp of maybe the most ambitious climate legislation and climate action that we've seen both in the US and around the world.

0:56.7

Protecting Our Planet, Executive Director of Earth Day Initiative talks to Hari Streina Vassin about the high stakes work of tackling climate change. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Bianna Galadriga in New York sitting in for Christiana

1:22.2

Amanpour.

1:23.6

When Russia brazenly tried to take over Ukraine last year, it sent chills up the spines thousands

1:28.4

of miles away in Taiwan.

1:30.6

The island has been under the thumb of China for years, many of its residents living in constant fear that Beijing, like Moscow, will one day decide to invade and try to capture it fully.

1:41.0

The United States is increasingly worried about just this scenario.

1:44.4

A congressional select committee war game to Chinese invasion this week. The

1:48.4

Committee's chair saying it revealed the need to arm Taiwan to the teeth.

1:52.4

The commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific the need to arm Taiwan to the teeth.

1:53.0

The commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command says the U.S. military has done a lot of work in taking lessons learned from the war in Ukraine and then applying them to U.S. support of Taiwan.

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