Money, Democracy, China: Understand the US-Taiwan Alliance

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🗓️ 5 June 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In the landmark bipartisan foreign aid package that passed earlier this year, there was money for two allies in ongoing military conflicts: Israel and Ukraine. But there was also money for the Indo-Pacific region. So why is the U.S. interested in the region and how is Taiwan involved?

This episode: political correspondent Susan Davis, defense correspondent Tom Bowman, and foreign correspondent Emily Feng.

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1:00.0	I'm Susan Davis I cover politics.
0:58.0	I'm Toham Bowman to cover the Pentagon.
1:00.0	And Emily Fang's correspondent in Taiwan joins us now. Hello Emily.
1:04.5	Hey, thanks for having me.
1:05.7	So today on the podcast, we're talking about the US relationship with Taiwan.
1:10.5	President Biden has committed to defending Taiwan and its democracy in the event of a military
1:15.9	attack by China, which of course views Taiwan as part of its country.
1:19.8	A recent foreign aid package for Ukraine and Israel also included billions of dollars for the
1:24.3	Indo-Pacific region, but specifically to bolster defense capabilities around Taiwan.
1:30.2	Emily, can you take a step back and explain for our listeners who are not experts on this issue or the region
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