tomorrow they could see what they are really applicants. that s when china s armed forces begin its largest military drills and more than a quarter of century. for two days of live fire exercises in six nodes around taiwan. the actions that come within miles of the disputed islands coast, essentially blockading trade and violating taiwan s nautical linear spaces. at the same time the uss ronald reagan aircraft carrier strike groups in the region of the u.s. is taking part in joint military drills with indonesia, australia, japan, and singapore. all this as washington warns china not to turn this into a crisis. shannon, what we need to know? shannon: i was talking with michael pillsbury. we know him as one of the most foremost authorities on china and he said this is kind of a very dangerous period especially when you have these drills and exercises going on. not that they themselves, they are provocative. there s always this chance of a mistake when you have these forces. t
the way here. we will be joined in a moment. john: but first, a fox news alert, a furious china and military on high alert. house speaker pelosi s trip to taiwan is now over, as the world awaits the fallout promised by the chinese government. good wednesday to you. gillian: pelosi met with taiwan s president and other senior leaders during her 20-hour stay in taipei. reaffirming the commitment to taiwan s democracy and supporting the island militarily. critics say it does more harm than good in an already unstable region. john: communist regime planning a series of live fire exercises tomorrow. ten miles off the coast of taiwan. tennessee republican senator bill haggerty has expertise as a former ambassador to japan. gillian: aishah hasnie joins us this afternoon. how is the white house responding to china s plans? hey there, good afternoon to you, gillian and john. the white house is really trying to get china to not increase tensions any more, to not escalate the
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Traditionally summer camp has been used to over create recruit. On todays program, we are delighted to have two participants that were part of the taiwan 2013 project, and share with us their experiences living and working in taiwan for the summer. They are gina holly. Welcome to the program. Thank you. And david wang. Thank you. Were going to start off with a question to two of you, to tell us a little bit about yourselves. My name is gina holly. Im 22 years old. Im from los angeles, california, and i just graduated from the university of california berkeley. Very good school. Also where i got my phd and law degree. [laughter] david, tell us about yourself. My name is david. My family comes from toronto, canada. My school is the university of toronto. Also a very good school. [laughter] never heard of it. Im studying contemporary Asian Studies and political science. What are your plans after graduation . I would like to get some reallife experience first and work a little bit before i
Traditionally summer camp has been used to over create recruit. On todays program, we are delighted to have two participants that were part of the taiwan 2013 project, and share with us their experiences living and working in taiwan for the summer. They are gina holly. Welcome to the program. Thank you. And david wang. Thank you. Were going to start off with a question to two of you, to tell us a little bit about yourselves. My name is gina holly. Im 22 years old. Im from los angeles, california, and i just graduated from the university of california berkeley. Very good school. Also where i got my phd and law degree. [laughter] david, tell us about yourself. My name is david. My family comes from toronto, canada. My school is the university of toronto. Also a very good school. [laughter] never heard of it. Im studying contemporary Asian Studies and political science. What are your plans after graduation . I would like to get some reallife experience first and work a little bit before i