Hey, okay, I promise I'll keep this debrief short. So I just had my date with the Bumble

guy so cute. He surprised me with tickets to see this band I love. Then he got us a spot at

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This is John Batcher from a much longer conversation with Bill Gertz of the Washington Times National

Security correspondent about the threat to Taiwan by the People's Republic of China here at year's end.

Many voices have said the war was coming 2025, 2026, 2027.

I asked Bill if there's anything in the pattern of provocations of crossing the line of

harassment that has changed in the last year.

Any reason to believe that China is moving inching up towards a direct confrontation?

Bill's answer is complex and very convincing.

Here's Bill Gerds, Washington Times,

there's much more later in the show

with Gordon Chang, my colleague.

It's not dramatically difference,

but it is gradually increasing.

That is the threat.

And I think what set it off was a year ago

in August of 2022 when then House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan,

we saw the largest war games around Taiwan

that the PLA has ever conducted.

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