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hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. another crisis in the taiwan straits, as china escalates in response to the visit of us house speaker nancy pelosi. beijing will hold live fire military exercises just off the taiwanese coast. but ms pelosi is unrepentant about her visit. our about her visit. delegation, our about hervisit. delegation, of our about her visit. delegation, of which i am very proud, our delegation, of which i am very proud, came to taiwan to make it unequivocally clear. we will not abandon our commitment to taiwan, and we are proud of our enduring friendship. what would a naval embargo of taiwan mean for the gloabal economy? taiwan is the world s leading producer of computer chips. the battle for the tory leadership rumbles on. a new poll suggests that liz truss is way ahead of rishi sunak
advanced semiconductors, there s just one taiwanese company, tsmc, that makes more than 90% of the entire global supply. you might have read that the us has begun trying to solve the problem. joe biden is about to sign into law a bipartisan bill congress passed last week called the chips and science act which will provide tens of billions of dollars to companies developing semi conductors with tax credits for research. emily taylor is the ceo of oxford information labs. she is also the editor of the chatham house journal of cyber policy. she s in oxford. welcome to the programme. talk to me about taiwan s role with semiconductors. if there was to be in embargo, if china was to block the air and in embargo, if china was to block the airand dc, in embargo, if china was to block the air and dc, exported from taiwan, what would that mean for the global economy? it taiwan, what would that mean for the global economy? global economy? it would have a really significant, global economy? i
in september 1991, in tiananmen square, where she unfurled a banner in support of those killed during the 1989 protests. ryan hass is a senior fellow from the brookings institution. he s previously served as the director for china, taiwan and mongolia at the national security council, advising president barack obama and other white house officials. you very welcome to the programme. the us has always maintained a of strategic ambiguity when it comes to taiwan, and what his response would be to any invasion of the island. do you think it still is ambiguous? another way of thinking about strategic another way of thinking about strategic ambiguity another way of thinking about strategic ambiguity is - another way of thinking about strategic ambiguity is dual - strategic ambiguity is dual deterrence, strategic ambiguity is dual deterrence, the strategic ambiguity is dual deterrence, the idea - strategic ambiguity is dual deterrence, the idea is. deterrence, the idea is basically that
to take a three hour detour around the phillippines. and it remains tense. at one point today, taiwan scrambled its own fighterjets to ward off those from china that had crossed the taiwan strait median line that separates the island from china. while she was on the island, the speaker spent time with members of the parliament and the business community. and at her news conference with the president tsai ing wen, she promised america s continuing, iron clad commitment to taiwan s democracy. our solidarity with you is more important than ever, as you defend taiwan and your freedom. we are supporters of the status quo, and we don t want anything to happen to taiwan by force. so strength, and one of the biggest sources of strength is democracy. other us senators have visited taiwan this year without stirring such a reaction, but nancy pelosi is the third in line. and she is a renowned china hawk, which will not be lost on beijing. these pictures were taken