Taiwan Is Key to Xi’s Chinese Dream

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🗓️ 28 July 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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A.M. Edition for July 28. The second in our four-part series on China: “The State of Xi’s Chinese Dream.” Wall Street Journal deputy China bureau chief Josh Chin and reporter Joyu Wang trace the rapid growth of China’s military under Xi Jinping and how officials in Taipei and Washington are preparing for the possibility of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. Plus, Donald Trump is indicted on more charges in the classified documents probe. And the Bank of Japan jolts markets after hinting it would tolerate higher interest rates. Luke Vargas hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The journal's Tech Live is returning to Laguna Beach, October 16th through the 18th.
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0:14.0	Slash Tech Live Podcast.
0:22.0	Trump is indicted on more charges in the classified documents probe.
0:27.0	Plus, the Bank of Japan jolt's markets after hinting it would tolerate higher interest rates,
0:33.0	and our look at how far China is willing to go to retake Taiwan.
0:37.0	It's one of the central contradictions of the China dream.
0:40.0	She wants China to be seen as a responsible and respected global power.
0:44.0	But he also wants China to be whole, and if he were to launch military action against Taiwan,
0:48.0	he may or may not succeed on the first goal.
0:51.0	It's Friday, July 28th.
0:53.0	Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of What's News,
0:58.0	the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.
1:06.0	Donald Trump has been indicted on additional charges related to his handling of classified documents,
1:12.0	including that he ordered a worker at his Mar-Longo resort to delete camera footage
1:17.0	so that it couldn't be turned over to a grand jury.
1:21.0	The additional charges from special counsel Jack Smith,
1:24.0	broadened an indictment that was brought by a Florida grand jury in June,
1:28.0	and Cummins Trump braces for separate federal charges over efforts to undo his 2020 election loss.
1:35.0	A Trump spokesman described Smith as leading a witch hunt
1:39.0	and called the new indictment part of a Department of Justice campaign to harass the former president.
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