and then the many repercussions for china-u.s. relations. can the two powers recover from this new low? is this the start of a new low? also justice has been delivered. and this terrorist leader is no more. america kills the leader of al qaeda once again. so just what is the state of terrorism today? how big is the threat to the west? but first, here s my take. the world s two most powerful nations find themselves in a hair raising crisis that could spill into military conflict, and the strangest aspect of all this is how predictable it was. taiwan s status has long been known as the most sensitive issue for both the united states and china. one that has been carefully managed for five decades. and nancy pelosi had signaled her desire to go to taiwan months ago. but on the american side, a series of errors, many tactical and driven by domestic politics, have resulted in a dangerous reality. there is no serious working relationship between the 21st century s two most p
repercussions for u.s./china relations. can the two powers recover from this new low? is this the start of a cold war? i ve got the experts on it all. also justice has been delivered and this terrorist leader is no more. america kills a leader of al qaeda, once again. so just what is the state of terrorism today? how big is the threat to the west? but first, here s my take. the world s two most powerful nations find themselves in a hair-raising crisis that could spill into military conflict. and the strangest aspect of all this is how predictable it was. taiwan s status has long been known as the most sensitive issue for both the united states and china, one that has been carefully managed for five decades, and nancy pelosi had signaled her desire to go to taiwan months ago. but on the american side, a series of errors, many of them tactical and driven by domestic politics, have resulted in a dangerous reality. there is no serious working relationship between the 21st
solution to the problem of taiwan in 1979, a solution known as one country, two systems. saying taiwan could maintain its own political system, laws, even own armed forces. taiwan rejected the offer, but he urged strategic patience and decided to demonstrate the vitality of this policy by applying it to hong kong, once the british handed over the city state to beijing in 1997. spelling out these promises in an agreement with great britain and in hong kong s basic law, it s de facto constitution. for several years, beijing observed one country, two systems in hong kong, and held out the prospect of the same for taiwan. trade between beijing and taipei increased dramatically. in 2015, president xi met with taiwan s then president and they spoke of enhancing ties.
solution to the taiwan problem when it offered it in 1979, a solution that came to be known as one country, two systems. taiwan could eventually become a part of china formally but it could maintain its own political system, administrative laws, even its own armed forces. taiwan rejected the offer, but deng urged strategic patience. he then decided to demonstrate the vitality of this policy by applying it to hong kong, once the british handed over the city state to beijing in 1997. spelling out these promises in an agreement with great britain and in hong kong s basic law, its de facto constitution. for several years beijing observed one country, two systems in hong kong, and held out the prospect of the same for taiwan. trade between beijing and taipei increased dramatically. in 2015, president xi met with taiwan s president and they spoke of enhancing ties,