S8 Ep592: 15. Rick Fischer (SEG 15): Fischer provides evidence of direct Chinese assistance to Iran’s drone and missile programs, including guidance systems and satellite surveillance. He notes that these attacks would be impossible without Beijing's support. (16)
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15. Rick Fischer (SEG 15): Fischer provides evidence of direct Chineseassistance to Iran’s drone and missile programs, including guidance systems and satellite surveillance. He notes that these attacks would be impossible without Beijing's support. (16)
SEPTEMBER 1955
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| 0:00.0 | I'm John Bachelor. I welcome my colleague and friend Gordon Chang at Gordon G. Chang. We turn immediately to |
| 0:22.8 | Rick Fisher of the International Assessment and Strategy Center. The war in the Gulf, the Iran War, |
| 0:29.0 | is global. It's global because of commerce. It's global because the price of oil. It's global because |
| 0:34.9 | the President of the United States is now addressing not only |
| 0:38.4 | our European allies who are reluctant or hesitant to participate in the Iran war, but also Asia, |
| 0:47.2 | also our adversary, the People's Republic of China. This headline from the Financial Times, |
| 0:53.1 | Trump warns NATO faces, quote, very bad future. That's a |
| 0:57.6 | quote, if allies fail to help U.S. in Iran. And then this twist, U.S. President tells the F.T. |
| 1:05.1 | in an interview that China Summit could be delayed. Gordon, I come to you immediately. How is that heard in Beijing? |
| 1:13.4 | Xi Jinping wants the summit because they do need some sort of peace in the trade arena. |
| 1:19.8 | So they will not like this. And matter of fact, their foreign ministry has talked about the |
| 1:24.1 | essential nature of presidential summitry. But President Trump was absolutely |
| 1:28.9 | right to delay because I don't think he should be going for a number of reasons. So I'm very |
| 1:33.8 | happy that he has raised the issue of the summit not occurring. Rick, a very good day to you. |
| 1:39.7 | My first question to you is, how is that heard in Beijing that the summit might be postponed? |
| 1:46.2 | Delayed was the word the FTA use. Is that seen as a threat, as a practicality, as a call for help? |
| 1:53.8 | Well, the Chinese have been letting it be known through semi-state media like the South China Morning Post, |
| 2:01.9 | that they are very dissatisfied with the coordination |
| 2:06.5 | on the American side leading into the summit. |
| 2:10.8 | So while Gordon is correct, they definitely want the summit, |
| 2:15.3 | and the foreign ministry statement in the last 10 hours is quite |
| 2:19.2 | telling. One can imagine there would be a sigh of relief amongst the Ministry of Foreign |
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