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00:00Hello, Tele3 English presents a new episode of China Now, a webmedia production that showcases
00:13the culture, technology and politics of the ASEAN.
00:16In the first segment, we are going to start with China Currents, where we explain how
00:21and why the Ministry of State Security disclosed a major espionage case involving the British
00:26Secret Intelligence Service, recruiting a couple from a central state agency.
00:31Also, China has successfully landed on the moon its second spacecraft and more.
00:36Let's see.
00:37China Currents is a weekly news talk show from China to the world.
00:41We cover viral news about China every week and also give you the newest updates on China's
00:47cutting-edge technologies.
00:48Let's get started.
00:49Hello from Shanghai, this is Lisa.
01:01Welcome to another episode of China Currents, your weekly news report of what's trending
01:06in China.
01:07Let's start this episode with another foreign spy busted in China.
01:12On May 3rd, the Ministry of State Security, the Chinese Anti-Espionage Authority, disclosed
01:18a major espionage case involving the British Secret Intelligence Service, MI6, recruiting
01:25a couple from a central state agency.
01:29So the story begins with a couple, Wan and Zhou.
01:33In 2015, Wan applied to participate in a China-UK exchange programme to study in the UK.
01:41MI6, valuing his position in a core confidential role, quickly facilitated approval of his
01:48application.
01:49Upon Wan's arrival in the UK, MI6 arranged for personnel to provide him with special
01:56attention, including dining invitations and sightseeing tours, to understand his personality,
02:03weaknesses and hobbies.
02:06After discovering Wan's strong desire for money, MI6 personnel, posing as alumni, befriended
02:13him on campus and offered him a part-time consulting opportunity with high compensation.
02:20Tempted by financial incentives, Wan agreed to engage in paid consulting.
02:26Initially, the British side used public research projects as a pretext, gradually involving
02:32Wan in core matters of the central state agency, with payments significantly higher than normal
02:38consulting fees.
02:40Although Wan became suspicious, he continued to provide consulting services under the lure
02:46of substantial money.
02:48After some time, the British side assessed the situation as mature and introduced MI6
02:54personnel to Wan, revealing their identities and requesting his services for the British
03:00government, promising higher payments and security guarantees.
03:04Seeking personal gain, Wan agreed to the British amount and completed the estimated procedures.
03:11MI6 provided spy training for Wan and instructed him to return to China to gather important
03:17intelligence.
03:18Wan's wife, Zhou, also worked in a critical department.
03:22MI6's confidence in their control over Wan repeatedly pressured him to recruit his wife,
03:29proposing double compensation.
03:31Despite initial hesitation, Wan succumbed to persistent persuasion, inducement and even
03:37threats from the British side, eventually convincing Zhou to agree to gather intelligence
03:43for them.
03:44Thus, Wan and his wife both became spies for the British side.
03:49With a thorough investigation and solid evidence, the Chinese National Security Agency decisively
03:55took action, legally detaining and interrogating Wan and Zhou, thereby uncovering a significant
04:03MI6 operative within China's internal system.
04:07The case is currently under further investigation.
04:10Next up, space.
04:12According to Chinese state media, on 2 June, China has successfully landed its second spacecraft,
04:19the Chang'e-6 unmanned probe, on the moon's far side.
04:24The feat marks a key milestone in achieving its mission to bring home, for the first time
04:29in human history, samples from an unexplored region from Earth's natural satellite.
04:36As stargazers around the world hold their breath for this epic movement.
04:41According to the China National Space Administration, the lander-ascender combination of the Chang'e-6
04:50After traveling in orbit for some 30 days since its May 3 launch, touchdown at the designated
04:56landing area at 6.22am Beijing time in the South Pole-Adkin Basin.
05:02The next day, after being powered by the 3,000-newton engine for approximately six minutes, the ascender
05:10of Chang'e-6, which carries valuable rocks and dust collected from the far side of the
05:16moon, took off from the lunar surface and entered its pre-set lunar orbit with success.
05:23What's worth noting is that during the sampling and storage process, Chinese researchers in
05:28ground laboratories simulated the sampling area's geographic model based on data sent
05:35back to China's Queqiao-2 relay satellite.
05:39This simulation provided critical support for decision-making and the operation of various
05:44stages of the sampling process.
05:47Next up, on the 4th of June, Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif kicked off his visit
05:53to China, which marks his first China visit since he started his second term as Prime
05:58Minister in March.
06:00Chinese expert from state media said this high-level visit will further enhance ties
06:06between China and Pakistan, push forward development and upgrade the China-Pakistan economic corridor,
06:13and expand cooperation in emerging sectors such as new technologies.
06:18They also believe that while security issues along the CPEC still remain a challenge, Sharif's
06:24visit will avalanche mutual trust and push for new cooperation between two countries
06:30to inject strong momentum into the CPEC.
06:33We're coming with serious plans to make our friendship become much higher than the
06:38Himalayas and deeper than the deepest ocean of the world, Sharif said in an interview
06:43with Chinese media in Islamabad ahead of his China trip.
06:48Next up, drones.
06:49On 5th of June, DJI, the world's leading manufacturer of civilian drones, announced
06:56that it had successfully completed a high-altitude transportation test with drones on the south
07:03slope of Mount Everest.
07:05This marks the first time a civilian drone has completed a round trip on the route at
07:10an altitude between 5,300m and 6,000m, setting a new record for civilian drone transportation.
07:19Between 25th April and 1st May 2024, DJI's payload drone team conducted a week-long high-altitude
07:27flight and transportation capability test in the Mount Everest cell space camp and above,
07:33verifying the drone's adaptability to high-altitude flight, empty flight, and loaded flight.
07:39The results demonstrated that the unmodified DJI Flykart 30 can stably fly at around 6,000m
07:47in temperatures of minus 5 degrees Celsius and wind speeds of 15m per second with a payload
07:53capacity of 15kg.
07:56In the transportation mission, carrying 15kg over a route length of 2.6km and climbing
08:04a height of 700m, the Flykart 30 had 43% battery power remaining after one round trip.
08:13And the power system still had over 20% power margin under extreme climbing conditions,
08:19demonstrating stable power system performance and further room for altitude improvement.
08:25This is also the first time a drone has been used for transportation under natural conditions
08:30at an altitude of 6,000m and in real mountain conditions.
08:35It is worth noting that the FC-30 was optimized for various extreme scenarios during the product
08:41design phase.
08:43In the recently concluded 40th Antarctic Expedition of China, the FC-30 also passed the test of
08:49the harsh Antarctic climate and harsh environment on drone flight performance.
08:55It demonstrated stable flight capabilities and reliability, significantly improving the
09:00efficiency and flexibility of scientific research work.
09:05Before the measurement in the Mount Everest area, the extreme bottom-line verification
09:10for an altitude of 6,000m was also carried out in Xizang.
09:15Next up, let's take a look at Chinese Chip.
09:18Imagine you are sitting in a cozy room, your mind drifting peacefully.
09:22Your brain hums along in a state of tranquil response, neurons firing at a gentle measured
09:28pace, expending minimal energy as it maintains the basic functions of your body.
09:33It's as if your mind has settled into a restful slumber, conserving its power for when it's
09:39truly needed.
09:40Suddenly, a loud crash echoes from the next room, drawing you from your meditation.
09:46Your ears perk up, frantically relaying the unexpected sound to your brain.
09:52In an instant, a surge of electricity sweeps through your neuron pathways, as if someone
09:58has flipped a switch.
09:59The neurons responsible for processing the auditory inputs spring into action and firing
10:05rates spiking rapidly.
10:07Your brain's computational resources quickly reallocate, directing your full attention
10:13towards the source of the disturbance.
10:15Blood flow increases, metabolism ramps up, and your mind becomes laser-focused, ready
10:21to investigate and respond to this silent new stimulus.
10:25The transition is seamless and lightning-fast, occurring in mere fractions of a second.
10:31With remarkable agility, your brain has shifted from a low-power resting state to a heightened
10:37state of activity.
10:39Dynamically marshalling its resources to address the pressing matter at hand, rather than wasting
10:45energy on irrelevant information, your mind has sufficiently focused on what demands its
10:50immediate attention, exemplifying the remarkable adaptive capability of the human brain.
10:56The brain's remarkable ability to dynamically allocate resources based on demand is the
11:02envy of most of the current AI systems, which continuously consume power.
11:07Even in idle state, to emulate the energy efficiency of the brain, researchers from
11:12the Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Science have unveiled a groundbreaking
11:18neuromorphic chip called SPEC, which promises to revolutionize machine intelligence by mimicking
11:24the dynamic computing capability of the human brain.
11:29The chip, designed through a collaborative algorithm software-hardware design, can achieve
11:34energy-efficient spike-based computing, offering significant advantages over traditional AI
11:41systems.
11:42They published the result on the journal Nature Communications.
11:46Neuromorphic computing inspired by the human brain has long been hailed as a potential
11:50solution to overcome the resource and energy constraints faced by traditional AI methods.
11:56The human brain operates on just 20 watts of energy while running complex neural networks.
12:02By abstracting brain computations into neurons and synapses, previous neuromorphic platforms
12:08have demonstrated impressive energy efficiency using spike-based communication and computing.
12:15However, researchers have questioned whether the current level of abstraction in neuromorphic
12:20systems truly emulates the brain's efficient computation.
12:25This leads to the development of SPEC, a sensing-computing neuromorphic chip that introduces an innovative
12:31approach to dynamic computing.
12:33One of the key advantages of SPEC is its ability to enter a low-power resting state when no
12:40input is present.
12:42This feature closely resembles the brain's ability to dynamically allocate resources
12:47based on demand.
12:48Just as the brain conserves energy when not actively processing information, SPEC mimics
12:54power consumption when it does not receive any input.
12:59The chip achieved this by employing an asynchronous design.
13:03Unlike traditional AI systems, SPEC remains in a low-power resting state until it receives
13:09input.
13:10The design eliminates unnecessary power consumption, making it high-energy efficient.
13:16When an input is detected, the chip swiftly transitions from its resting state to an active
13:21state.
13:22To handle input, SPEC integrates the Dynamic Vision Sensors, which serve as the eye of
13:28the chip.
13:29The DVS is an asynchronous sensor that generates binary spikes when changes occur in the visual
13:35sensor's brightness.
13:37Unlike traditional cameras that capture frames at fixed intervals, the DVS only generates
13:43spikes when there is a change in the scene, reducing redundancy and conserving energy.
13:49When a DVS detects a change in brightness, it asynchronously and sparsely generates a
13:55stream of events in the form of binary spikes with associated addresses.
14:00These spikes represent the visual information and serve as input into the neuromorphic chip.
14:06Upon receiving the spike, SPEC's processor activates and leverages its hardware circuits
14:12designed to perform distributed convolution processing of the spike's train.
14:18Remarkably, SPEC exhibits ultra-low latency, processing a single spike with a latency of
14:24only 3.36 microseconds.
14:27This rapid response time enables real-time computing and makes SPEC ideal for applications
14:33that require quick and accurate processing, such as mobile devices and the Internet of Things.
14:39By combining the low-power resting-state capability with the asynchronous event-driven process
14:44facilitated by the DVS, SPEC achieves remarkable energy efficiency and dynamic computing capabilities.
14:52The chip's ability to adapt its computational resources based on input demand, just like
14:57the brain, opens up new possibilities for efficient and intelligent machine learning applications.
15:04The breakthrough represented by SPEC holds great promise for the future of machine intelligence.
15:10Its dynamic and energy-efficient computing capability paves the way for more efficient
15:14AI systems addressing resources and energy constraints and unlocking new frontiers in
15:21edge computing applications.
15:23As researchers continue to refine and expand upon this technology, the potential for neuromorphic
15:29computing to reshape the AI landscape and power advanced applications becomes increasingly
15:34tangible.
15:36And that is all for today.
15:37Thank you for watching this episode of China Current.
15:40If you have any thoughts or comments about our show, please reach us at the email address
15:45below.
15:46I'm Lisa, look forward to hearing from you, and see you next time.
15:54We will go for a short break now, but we'll be right back.
15:57Stay with us.
16:14Welcome back to China Now.
16:16In this second segment, we have Thinkers Forum with Dr. Heiko Heppert, professor of international
16:22economics at Nendron Business University, talking about if the West can really recouple
16:29from China.
16:30Likewise, is Yin Kar-Wan, professor of international relations at Ramin University, talking about
16:37the China-Taiwan-U.S. situation.
16:38Let's have a look.
16:53If you look at big companies in China, they are here already for 20, 30 years.
17:03They invest a lot of money to build their presence here.
17:07And I don't believe that these big companies may leave China.
17:12Of course, there are, if you look at plans for expansion, maybe they are not reinvesting
17:20their profit in China, but they may do that in other parts of the world.
17:25That is possible.
17:26But I would not expect a big trend that companies are leaving China.
17:32Maybe small, medium-sized enterprises are doing that because they are a little bit more
17:36footloose than the big companies.
17:39However, if you look at the large companies, they are considering changes in the supply
17:45chain, in the global supply chain, because they foresee future tensions between China
17:51and the U.S., China and Europe, and they want to protect their supply chain to make sure
17:57that the supply chain is still working and is efficient.
18:00And for that, you see some developments.
18:04For example, they may make the statement that they produce where they are consuming the
18:12product.
18:13So, if you look at the Chinese market, then many companies are also producing in China
18:21or producing nearby China to make sure that the market can be supplied with their products.
18:27So, producing where the consumption is.
18:30Again, that can be China-related, but it can also be Asian-related.
18:35There's also a trend that they want an alternative for the bilateral components or the bilateral
18:46flow between the U.S. and China, so that specific raw materials, which are now exported from
18:55the U.S. to the Chinese subsidiary or to the subsidiary in China, that you see that now
19:02they are using South Korea or Singapore with their investments to make sure that the raw
19:07materials can also be more or less supplied by these markets instead of from the U.S.
19:14So, they are building up parallel supply chains, and you may refer to that as the China plus
19:20one strategy, that it is not only supply chains where you have dependence on China, but you
19:30also are looking for alternatives.
19:32It does not mean that you are leaving China, but there will be a sort of additional parallel
19:39supply chain than only the Chinese supply chain.
19:43And by the way, I think also for China, it is impossible or not very wise to decouple
19:51fully from the global supply chain.
19:53So, the Chinese economy also needs part of the supply chain.
20:00So, the big companies need China also in the future, and China needs also the big companies
20:07also in the future.
20:08And there are sensitivities clearly, but I don't foresee a sort of structural trend that
20:15China will be decoupled from global supply chains.
20:19Yes, clearly already in 2012, I think we had a lot of problems with the rest of the
20:29inflow of solar panels from China.
20:32And then the EU tried to increase tariffs, but because they were afraid for retaliation
20:40from China, they stopped the increase of tariffs.
20:44And therefore, the solar panels were able to be exported to the EU market.
20:51Now, we have the same situation.
20:54We think we need to protect our domestic market from the enormous inflow of, for example,
20:59solar panels from China.
21:01And the world indeed is changing.
21:03Now, we see a little bit more defensive, aggressive move that the US, but maybe also the EU, will
21:11continue with their statement and their investigation that there is unfair practice and that they
21:17will increase tariffs.
21:19So, from that angle, you would expect there will be a sort of intense fight in the future
21:26on all kinds of products.
21:29However, I don't foresee that the fight is out of control, in a sense, because we need
21:36each other.
21:37The world is so interconnected that it would be very strange and not very logical and very
21:44irrational to decouple.
21:51In general, you could say that Chinese companies going abroad, they are moving abroad due to
21:56the market, mostly.
21:58And if you look at whether they are successful or not, there are some success factors to
22:04explain the success of Chinese companies abroad.
22:08And these are more or less the same type of success factors as what we see from Western
22:13companies moving or doing business in China.
22:18So, you have to localize your product.
22:20You have to make sure that cultural differences may have an impact on the way of doing business.
22:29You have to comply with the local rules.
22:32And also, the head office is important.
22:35It's clear that if the head office is very centralized, but in the market itself, you
22:41have to localize, there's a mismatch.
22:44And the mismatch in that type of companies creates, in many cases, the failure.
22:49So, we call that the governance structure should be aligned with the strategy you have
22:56in other markets.
22:58So, that's the general idea on factors explaining success and failure.
23:03Now, one strategic choice, obviously, is how to enter foreign markets.
23:09And you may enter foreign markets just by an alliance or even via export, but you may
23:16also go to the market due to or with ownership, that you want to have full ownership and that
23:24you want to have management control what you are doing abroad.
23:28We call that a foreign direct investment.
23:31And we have two types of foreign direct investment.
23:33We have greenfield investments and we have M&As, mergers and acquisitions.
23:39So, what you see in many cases is that the Chinese companies, when they are moving abroad,
23:46they mostly are using the M&A track because they want to have speed in their international expansion.
23:55And you can imagine, it is clear that an M&A is much faster.
23:59However, if you look at how a government reacts on that, a government would prefer a greenfield investment.
24:08Because if you look at a greenfield investment, that is a new investment, that's a new plant,
24:14that's new labor, that is increasing competition.
24:18While if a Chinese company is taking over a domestic company, it is more or less only change of ownership.
24:26There is not so much impact on the economy.
24:29We have the sensitivity that maybe all kinds of negative spillover effects are happening.
24:35So, Western companies are more and more eager to screen, to assess investments from China.
24:43We call that investment screening mechanism.
24:46That makes it difficult for Chinese companies to follow the M&A track.
24:53In general, if you believe that globalization has an issue in giving away autonomy,
25:02then as a nation state, you may have the attitude that you have to reduce more or less globalization
25:09and you have to reduce all the activities which are connected to the world.
25:15So, in that sense, if you think that the hyper-globalized world may also create the issue of giving away too much sovereignty,
25:25you may block companies at the border or you may block exports via higher tariffs.
25:30So, the general vision, the general view of the Western economies nowadays is that hyper-globalization means that we have to give too much autonomy.
25:42And that the role of the nation state, therefore, is under attack.
25:46And that is why, in general, we see that we are emphasizing that certain strategic sectors,
25:54where we think, where the West thinks that they are very important for the future competitiveness of a country,
26:04that these sectors should be protected.
26:07And that we are not giving away the autonomy of these iconic companies and these strategic sectors.
26:16You see, indeed, with this investment screening mechanisms, that we put more and more sectors inside the screening.
26:25Because, again, we believe that giving away too much autonomy would not be wise.
26:32But there's another side on this, because I always hear from the Western point of view,
26:38that if a Chinese company is taking over a high-tech company in the West, that we should block that.
26:45Because of the issue that maybe the knowledge will be transferred back to China.
26:53But I think that is a thinking mistake.
26:56Because, in many cases, Chinese companies are not looking for the knowledge today, or the technical knowledge today,
27:06but they're also looking for the technological knowledge for the future.
27:10If they invest in a Dutch company, they will make sure that Dutch company will develop.
27:19Because they are looking for, obviously, future knowledge.
27:23For myself, I don't have the feeling that we should be afraid that after takeover, the Dutch company will disappear,
27:33or that the knowledge will disappear.
27:35The Chinese part will invest in that future technology, which also is important for the Netherlands in this case.
27:46In the past three days, you may know, in Singapore, there is a so-called Shangri-La Forum.
27:55And many people noticed, the first day of this forum, on May 31st, the two defense ministers met together.
28:09One is Defense Minister Austin from the US, and another is Mr. Dong Jun from China.
28:17I think the media paid a lot of attention to this high-ranking meeting.
28:24Many people noticed, during the dialogue between these two defense ministers,
28:30the Taiwan issue is a very hot issue, a very prominent issue.
28:34Mr. Dong Jun from the Chinese side made it very clear, Taiwan is the real red line of China.
28:40Taiwan separatists, and some people from outside the world, if they want to play the card of Taiwan, they got counterback from China.
28:50In recent months, people who pay attention to the Taiwan issue should notice that this issue has become hot again.
28:58And the very important reason is that Mr. Lai Qingde, he delivered an inaugural speech in May 20th.
29:09In that speech, his position is very provocative to mainland China.
29:15He stressed on his point that Taiwan and mainland China are separate.
29:22Taiwan is a sovereignty.
29:25Let's go beyond the bottom line of Beijing.
29:30That provocative gesture made Beijing very angry.
29:36You see some measures taken by Beijing.
29:39One is military exercise surrounding Taiwan.
29:42That is some economic punishment and medium critics.
29:47And under this background, Lai Qingde does not step back.
29:51He's still very tough.
29:53And behind him, some US politicians give him support.
29:58So that makes the situation around Taiwan really dangerous.
30:04As you may know, Taiwan is part of China.
30:07And it traces back to many years ago.
30:09If you're interested in Chinese culture, you should know the story of the Three Kingdoms.
30:16In Chinese, we call it the Sanguo Yanyi, the Game of Three Kingdoms.
30:21And one of the kingdoms is so-called Dongwu.
30:24And the leader of Dongwu, called Sun Quan, at that time, he sent his general ship to Taiwan and claimed the sovereignty of Taiwan.
30:36So this claim of sovereignty can trace back to nearly 2,000 years ago.
30:43But in modern history, because the Qing Dynasty was defeated by the Japanese Empire in 1894, the so-called Jiawu War.
30:57The war occurred in the Jiawu year.
31:00So Taiwan separated 50 years to the Japanese Empire.
31:06But after the end of the Second World War, Taiwan went back to China.
31:11The later time of the Second World War, there is a so-called Cairo Declaration signed by three leaders of the world at that time.
31:21One is Franklin Roosevelt, the President of the United States, and the Winston Churchill of Great Britain, and Mr. Chiang Kai-shek, the leader of the Republic of China at that time.
31:31According to the Cairo Declaration, the Japanese Empire must retain all the territory they seized from China.
31:41So that's a very important document with international law impacts.
31:49And two years later, the famous Boston Protocol fully, 100% accepted the stance of the Cairo Declaration.
32:00That means the Boston Protocol ordered or demand required the Japanese Empire to retain all the territory, including Taiwan, back to China.
32:15And as you may know, in the August 15th, 1945, the Emperor of Japan Empire at that time, they fully accept the requirements of Boston Protocol.
32:32So from the perspective of international law, Taiwan back to China in 1945.
32:41Later on, Taiwan separated with mainland China, not because the invasion of other country, not because of the impact of international law, but because civil war.
32:55You may know, between 1946 to 1949, in China, we have a very tragical situation.
33:05At that time, the two major parties, one is Communist Party of China, one is Nationalist Party of China, they fight each other.
33:15We fell into a civil war.
33:18And the result of this civil war is that Kuomintang, the Nationalist Party of China, they fled to Taiwan.
33:29Then leads to the separation of Taiwan with mainland China until today.
33:35So basically speaking, now Taiwan and mainland China separated for a while because civil war.
33:43It's a result of civil war.
33:45And both sides, during when Kuomintang run in Taiwan, both sides declared they represented the whole China.
33:55But in recent years, when DPP, Democratic Progressive Party of Taiwan, came into power, they changed their attitude.
34:04They changed their political position.
34:07They intend to legally separate Taiwan from whole China.
34:13That's something not acceptable from Beijing's perspective.
34:18So that's why in recent years, the relations across Taiwan street become very unstable.
34:25But up to date, the leaders in Beijing, their position looks like this.
34:32China will be unified.
34:34But Beijing side put peaceful unification on very top.
34:41Although mainland China owns obvious military advantage, Beijing now owns the choice of use of force to unify China.
34:52But up to date, the leaders in Beijing still put peaceful unification on very top.
35:01So that's the main reason why, although the cross-Taiwan street relations has problem, but the situation around Taiwan is still quite peaceful.
35:14But with very recent political change in Taipei, Lai Ching-de, who publicly claimed he's a Taiwan separatist,
35:28with Lai Ching-de, these Taiwan separatists came into power.
35:34Then the situation now facing some danger.
35:38And the next thing worse is that, although Taiwan issue basically is an internal issue of China, because as I mentioned, it's a result of civil war.
35:51But at the very beginning, the United States involved in China's civil war.
35:57During the civil war between 1946 to 1949, U.S. backed Kuomintang, backed the Nationalist Party of China.
36:10So to some extent, the U.S. involved in China's civil war.
36:14And after Kuomintang fled to Taiwan, U.S. gave full support to Taiwan, including military support.
36:21So that makes situation very complicated.
36:24Legally speaking, Taiwan issue is an issue of Chinese internal affairs.
36:29But because of this historical reason, the U.S. is a party involved in this game.
36:36And on U.S. side, I think the quite high percentage of U.S. strategy want to play the card of Taiwan against mainland China.
36:48Although the U.S. side still promise to so-called one China policy.
36:55You know, they give service every day.
37:00They said we were loyal to one China policy.
37:03But their behavior betrayed their promise.
37:07Their behavior is to encourage Taiwan to separate.
37:11So that makes the leaders in Beijing in a very awkward situation.
37:17As I mentioned, Beijing determined to unify the whole China.
37:21That's a promise to the whole nation.
37:24On any circumstances, Beijing will not give up this stance.
37:29We will unify the whole China.
37:31Now the new situation in Taiwan in U.S. forced Beijing authority to give more serious consideration of a non-peaceful unification.
37:46So that makes the situation looks much more dangerous than before.
37:53As all know, this year, 2024, is the general election year of the United States.
38:01And compared to previous election, this year the partisan politics really get worse.
38:11Democrats, Biden side, they legally sued the former president, Donald Trump.
38:22And put Trump in a very dangerous situation.
38:26On the other side, the Republican side, quite a lot of the Republican supporters become more and more enthusiastic to support Donald Trump.
38:36So the split of partisan politics really get worse.
38:40Whether this election can end in a peaceful way, we don't know.
38:45As for the result, from Chinese perspective, there is no substantial differences between the two candidates.
38:53As for Taiwan, I think no substantial differences.
38:59Both of them will play the card of Taiwan.
39:02So both of them will lead to this result, that they will force our leader in Beijing to make the decision in the near future.
39:15I personally believe within five years, there will be no Taiwan issue.
39:21We resolve that. Nobody can stop China.
39:26Because we will resolve Taiwan issue by use of force, that means there will be no one state, two system.
39:35No arrangement like Hong Kong. Just one state, one system.
39:41So that will be the result.
39:45So Taiwan people look funny.
39:48They refuse the one state, two system arrangement.
39:53That means finally they can only face in one state, one system.
39:59I think that will be the future.
40:04And this was another episode of China Now, a show that opens a window to the present and the future of the ASEAN.
40:10Hope you enjoy it. See you next time.
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