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Seriously...

Will the US and China go to war over Taiwan?

Seriously...

BBC

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.1885 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

A recent visit to Taiwan by Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, has heightened tensions between the US and China. America has accused China of dangerous military provocations in the region. China has warned the US not to play with fire. Add to all that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and concerns that China could be contemplating something similar in Taiwan, and it’s time to ask the question: Will the US and China go to war over Taiwan?

Contributors: James Lin from the University of Washington and expert on Taiwanese history Dr Yu Jie, Senior Research Fellow on China, Chatham House

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0:00.0

This was an impregnable fortress. The only way you get out was in a wooden box.

0:05.0

The controversial maximum security prison impossible to escape from.

0:09.0

And one of the duties of a political prisoner is the escape.

0:12.0

The IRA inmates who found a way. of a political prisoner is the escape.

0:12.5

The IRA inmates who found a way.

0:14.5

I'm Carlo Gableer and I'll be navigating a path

0:19.5

through the disturbing inside story of the biggest jailbreak in British and Irish history.

0:25.0

The narrative that they want is that this is a big achievement by them.

0:28.5

Escape from the maze, listen first on BBC Sounds.

0:35.0

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0:39.0

Welcome to Seriously from BBC Radio 4.

0:43.4

I'm Vanessa Kasule.

0:45.2

This podcast finds the world's best audio documentaries and puts them all in one place.

0:51.0

You're about to hear something gripping, extraordinary, and seriously unforgettable. China has just carried out its biggest ever live fire exercises around Taiwan. Real guns, real missiles,

1:17.0

all aimed in the direction of the island, just 100 kilometers across the Taiwan Strait.

1:22.4

The issue of Taiwan is of ultimate emotional, political and territorial importance to the people of China.

1:29.0

So don't mess with us and don't play with fire.

1:32.0

Seed combat drills were carried out around Taiwan's entire coastline.

1:37.0

Its airspace was buzzed by Chinese fighter planes 68 times in a single day and 11 ballistic missiles fired into its

1:46.4

waters. According to Chinese state media some flew over the capital Taipei for the

1:51.8

first time.

1:52.6

Taiwan also reported cyber attacks on its ministries.

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