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八点最热报 | 美国海军代理部长洪超最近在国会听证会上抛出一句话让亚太战略格局骤然绷紧。他说，价值140亿美元的对台军售案被“暂停”了，但更令人震惊的是，洪超在听证会上承认，美国并没有就暂停军售的决定和台湾方面进行沟通。（主播：蔡心慧）
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00:04Acting U.S. Navy Secretary Hong Chao raised a question during a congressional hearing.
00:07a sentence
00:08Even though the strategic landscape of the Asia-Pacific region is tense
00:11He said the $14 billion arms sale to Taiwan had been suspended.
00:16But what's even more shocking is...
00:18When the United States made this decision
00:19Taiwan is not at the negotiating table
00:22Not even at the door
00:23Na Hongchao admitted at the hearing
00:26The United States has not made a decision to suspend arms sales.
00:28Communicating with Taiwan
00:30This is tantamount to telling the whole world
00:32Taiwan is now waiting for a while
00:35A phone call that will never come
00:38$14 billion arms sale halted
00:40The reasons given by Acting U.S. Navy Secretary Hong Chao
00:43It sounds grand and respectable.
00:45He said that in the US military's epic rage operation against Iran
00:49The ammunition was being consumed faster than expected.
00:51After attacking Iran
00:53The United States is currently short of ammunition.
00:55This is the technical reason he gave.
00:58But the political timing of the US suspending arms sales to Taiwan
01:01It is indeed intriguing
01:04The US is now saving its ammunition for Iran.
01:07Leave the promise to China
01:08But did they sell out Taiwan?
01:12If we connect the development and evolution of events
01:14The entire structure is not difficult to see.
01:16That week ago
01:17When the summit was held in Beijing
01:19Xi Jinping issues stern warning to Trump
01:22Taiwan is the most important issue in US-China relations.
01:25If handled improperly
01:27The two countries may even break out into conflict.
01:29On the return trip
01:31Trump told US media
01:32He hasn't decided whether to implement it yet.
01:35The $141 sale to Taiwan
01:37He also casually warned
01:39Taiwan should not pursue Taiwan independence.
01:41The United States will not fight a war for Taiwan.
01:43War 9,500 kilometers away
01:45At that time, some commentators said
01:48Trump on the Taiwan issue
01:49Used as a bargaining chip in negotiations with Beijing
01:52Therefore, the United States at this time
01:54Announced a suspension of arms sales to Taiwan
01:56It is a military need
01:58Diplomatic concessions
02:00Or a strategic probe?
02:01This is exactly Trump's political tactic.
02:04The most dangerous place
02:05Because ambiguity itself is a signal.
02:09Taiwan President Lai Ching-te's response
02:12It also reveals anxiety beneath extreme restraint.
02:15He emphasized US-Taiwan arms sales and security cooperation.
02:17Not only subject to legal regulations
02:19It is also a catalyst for regional peace and stability.
02:22He also said
02:23US arms sales to Taiwan
02:25It is regional conflict and instability
02:27The most important deterrent force
02:29This sentence
02:31It is said to be a deterrent
02:32What I'm asking at the core is...
02:33Do you still count as America?
02:36This arms sales controversy to Taiwan
02:38This also reveals a deeper strategic dilemma.
02:41The United States is making moves on multiple chessboards simultaneously.
02:44However, its strength began to wane.
02:47The complete $14 billion arms sale to Taiwan
02:50Including F-16
02:51Block, time-lapse fighter jets, etc.
02:53Multiple main weapon systems
02:55And the supply chain and ammunition reserves of these equipment
02:58Direct competition with the Iranian battlefield
03:01This is not an ideological issue.
03:03It's a problem of industrial capacity.
03:05U.S. defense industrial base
03:08We are not yet prepared to deal with two high-intensity war zones simultaneously.
03:11Be prepared
03:12What Beijing is seeing is precisely this rift wind.
03:16Acting Secretary of the Navy Hong Chao
03:18Thursday at the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
03:21When testifying, he pointed out
03:23Washington is suspending large-scale arms sales to Taiwan.
03:26The reason is that the US military is targeting Iran.
03:28During the Master's Fury Operation
03:30Ammunition consumption rate far exceeded expectations
03:33The first ten days of the conflict alone
03:35More than 2,000 anti-ballistic missile interceptors were launched.
03:39Strikes were carried out against more than 6,000 Iranian targets.
03:42Center for Defense Strategy Studies warns
03:44Ammunition stockpiles already pose a near-term combat readiness risk.
03:48We provide armor to Taiwan.
03:51Then suddenly for a while
03:53What do you mean by "relationship with Taiwan"?
03:57Relations with Taiwan
03:58I haven't heard anything about Taiwan.
04:00But we have done some
04:02Military and their military and their
04:05We're doing this for a while now.
04:07In military terms, we have
04:09We need military and Epic Fury
04:12We have many
04:13We just need to ensure
04:14Our military and their military and
04:21Hongchao was talking about ammunition logic.
04:23But US President Trump speaks a different language.
04:26Right after the summit ended
04:28Trump spoke frankly to reporters aboard Air Force One
04:31Arms sales to Taiwan are a very useful bargaining chip in negotiations with China.
04:35At the summit
04:36Chinese President Xi Jinping issued a clear warning to Trump.
04:40The Taiwan issue is the most important issue in Sino-US relations.
04:44Improper handling could lead to conflict or even confrontation between the two countries.
04:47Therefore, American media commentators pointed out
04:50Two narratives collide
04:52However, the shortcomings are merely technical explanations.
04:55The theory of bargaining chips is the core of politics.
04:57But the most intriguing thing is
04:59Taiwan was not informed.
05:02No questions were asked
05:03Taipei is still awaiting the finalization of this complete arms sales list.
05:07But what awaited them was silence and the aforementioned development of the situation.
05:11Indeed, we have noticed the relevant information.
05:14However, there is currently no information regarding the United States.
05:17Any information regarding adjustments to this arms sale
05:21Presidential Office spokesperson Kuo Ya-hui confirmed yesterday
05:24Taiwan has not received any information regarding the United States.
05:27News of a suspension of arms sales to Taiwan
05:29On the other hand, the spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Guo Jiakun, was contacted.
05:32The Chinese side reiterated its position at a regular press conference.
05:35China firmly opposes the United States' arms sales to Taiwan.
05:41field
05:41Consistently clear and firm
05:44The suspension of arms sales to Taiwan is more than just tearing apart an arms purchase contract.
05:48Rather, it is the inherent logic of the US Indo-Pacific strategy commitment.
05:52Foreign policy analysts pointed out
05:54The Taiwan Relations Act requires the United States to sell defensive weapons to Taiwan.
05:59But no president has ever claimed that
06:01US arms sales to Taiwan can be used as a bargaining chip.
06:05The Center for Strategic Studies warned
06:07Slowing down arms sales to Taiwan would undermine Washington's credibility.
06:11at the same time
06:12Beijing is also continuously intensifying its military exercises against Taiwan and its incursions across the border.
06:16The logic of this equation is as follows:
06:19Deterrence is based on the adversary's belief that you will keep your promises.
06:23Once arms sales can be used as a bargaining chip...
06:27Strategic signals arrived in Beijing before weapons.
06:30It also reached the capitals of every allied nation throughout the Indo-Pacific region.
06:34Hong Chao said arms sales would continue as long as the government deemed it appropriate.
06:37This statement is both a promise and an empty check.
06:41History can prove the erosion of deterrence.
06:44It was never one side that decided to start a war.
06:46Instead, one side begins to believe the other's promises.
06:49It can be priced.
06:51Trump turned arms sales to Taiwan into bargaining chips at the negotiating table.
06:55The credibility of America's promises will certainly be tested.
07:04It is noteworthy that this pause is triggering new political signals.
07:10The United States' commitment to Taiwan is being put on a price tag.
07:13How much is a pause really worth?
07:16Members of both parties in the U.S. Congress have issued a joint statement.
07:19Demand that the Trump administration continue to fulfill its obligations regarding arms sales to Taiwan.
07:23Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te made a statement at a press conference marking his second anniversary in office.
07:27bright
07:27He will tell Trump in person if given the chance.
07:31Continued sales are the most important deterrent force for regional peace.
07:35They clearly treat managing national and international relations as a business.
07:40Trump
07:40They've already used Taiwan as a bargaining chip in negotiations with China.
07:45This makes one wonder...
07:46In Trump's eyes
07:48How much shelf life does Taiwan have left?
07:51Is this pause a tactical maneuver or a strategic shift?
07:56Trump restructured the framework of the Taiwan issue with a businessman's mindset.
08:00Arms sales come at a price, not as an obligation.
08:03Once this precedent is established...
08:05$14 billion in weapons will not be suspended for now.
08:08It's actually a secondary issue.
08:09What truly needs to be inventoried and expanded is...
08:12Not just US military ammunition
08:14Rather, it's the credibility of the US commitments.
08:16That's the key to this game.
08:18The strategic assets that are consumed the fastest and are the hardest to replenish.
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