change in the aggressiveness by china under president xi? sure. china has gotten considerably more aggressive under president xi. there s no doubt about that. there s been more intrusion into chinese air identification zone. there s been more chinese military exercises. more quite sort of chilling rhetoric from across the taiwan strait. there s no doubt about that. the chinese see the united states as hollowing out it s a term they keep using. hollowing out the one china policy. since trump became president. there have been a lot more high-level codels, congressional delegation visitors. but particularly during the trump years by republican senators and indeed by a cabinet secretary, alex azar, in 2020. so both sides are accusing the other of escalating it. i have no doubt that china is more responsible for the escalation. and i have no doubt that xi
ed essentially said the u.s. should be cautious on its words and not send the message that one that threatens peace and stability across the taiwan strait. take a listen. translator: on issues concerning china s core interests such as sovereignty and territorial integrity, china has no room for compromise. no one should underestimate the chinese determination to defend their sovereignty and territorial integrity. the foreign minister also condemning the united states for raising military tensions by commenting on taiwan affairs. there s no questions tensions are high between taiwan and mainland china. in fact, in the first five days of this month, china sent more than 150 planes including fighter jets and nuclear bombers into taiwan s air identification
from defense officials that it happened in the south china sea. the u.s. says that s international water, mostly under international law. china claims most of the china sea has its friction under water. and the u.s. and uk and other nations doing what is essentially a multinational force led by china s carrier strike 21. they, too, were operating in and around the south china sea. it s a show of force by china, as we see more aggressive actions from the chinese against taiwan. we saw it not only on the day of the accident, where the chinese through more than 30 million tear aircraft, but also a couple days later when they through more than 50 military aircraft into taiwan s air identification zone. earlier, the minister said they
welcome back to cnn newsroom. i m rosemary church. china is accusing the u.s. of deliberately sabotaging peace and stability in the tied with an taiwan strait. this is just one day after a ship sailed through the waters separating them. tensions in the south china sea have been on the rise recently after more than 2 dozen chinese military planes entered the air identification zone. the u.s. is taking action againstonline. and if you go on press tv, the justice department says that it has seized dozens of iranian