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As the world faces a choice between autocracy and democracy, she is expected to meet taiwan president on wednesday. Pelosi received a welcome in taiwan. This is its tallest building, type a one, a one which was used to display a message to the House Speaker in her country, china and russia of warm that the u. S. That produces visit is provocative and destabilizing beijing. These taiwan is a breakaway province. It says it will launch targeted military actions around the island. Armored vehicles were seen patrolling the port city of young men across the straight before pelosi arrived in type pe. Beijing is condemned. Her visit is a serious violation of the one china principle which have a severe impact on a diplomatic relations. Well, the relationship between china and taiwan is a complex one. Over the centuries, the island has been self administered, colonized by the netherlands and ruled by china and japan. After world war 2, china again took control of it. But i was officially known as the republic of china argued. It was never part of the peoples republic of china or established by now and 971. 00, the United Nations that it would only recognise the p o. C is representing china, effectively expelling taiwan. Subsequently, many countries including the u. S. And japan switch, that diplomatic recognition from the r o c to the p r c. Since sy, in when became ty ones, president a more countries of con, ties with it, and subsequently received Chinese Investment and loans. Now only 14, that sovereign states have full diplomatic relations with taiwan, the mainly the caribbean, Central American and Pacific Island nations, as well as the holy c shebra towns. He joins us live now from washington. And theres been this briefing by john kirby. She just tell us what the white house is saying about nancy pelosi trip tickets. Like the fact that its not being officially backed by the present bite. And the message is this has nothing really necessarily to do with us. Nancy pelosi is, is the speaker of the house. Its a separate wing of the government and for the congress. Not the executive. They have no say is a message in what policy does, but they talk about the historic or precedents because newt gingrich, as, as we will reported, did visits under when bill clinton was was president. And they said, look, this is perfectly normal. It doesnt suggest any, if it has continuity, there is a suggestion, you know, the speak of houses before and other speakers visiting, visiting now to the china does not take the, the, the symbolism in the same in the same matter. And paul, it actually because, unlike newt gingrich, when he visited bill clinton was the president , nancy pelosi as part of the same party as joe biden said, that suspicion that this is part of some, some part of chipping away at the one china policy, the, the acknowledgment of the one china policy that the u. S. The u. S. Says its retains and thats, that was in the endo, very much of these messages. Theres been no change of policy. The u. S. Does not support taiwanese independence. The one trying to policy is to the place be clear, the speakers visit is totally consistent with our long standing one china policy. Weve been very clear that nothing has changed about i want child policy, which is guided course by the taiwan relations act. 3 joint u. S. P r. C communications. 6 assurances. We said that we oppose any unilateral changes to the status quo from either side. We said we do not support taiwan independence. And we said, as i said again yesterday that we expect cross street 10 differences to be resolved by peaceful means. Kirby went on to say that the us does not seek a crisis. It will not engage in what it called. Sabre rattling, it was pointed out that the u. S. Does currently have 4 warships now stationed in the region, but koby seem to scoff at that. There is some confusion that which is quite interesting from kirby there. He did mention that they were expecting all the expectation was for the military drills to be more in the medium to long term. But there is some confusion because when pelosi actually touch down, there wasnt announcement from the chinese government. The military drills would begin on thursday, thursday, and the weekends are off, the police he had left, but there was also a message from the Peoples Liberation army that in fact, later on, the message was the drills may begin on tuesday and kirby suggested, well, there may be some things going on right now as well. That there is that ambiguity actually as to when whatever response is being taught by aging using the military, using the pap, potentially the supplement of the island in some way. When that will begin so that that is something thats gonna be really interesting to watch and the coming out. Thank you very much. Washington jambert can see. Well, she was just mentioning reports of chinese jets crossing and taiwan straight ahead of nancy pelosi arrival the vehicle. Pollen is the International Editor of taiwan plus, and she says taiwan is exercising caution. This kind of activity, if it is china, just sending warplanes into what you call the air Defense Identification Zone. The a d i v. So thats an aerospace at taiwan monitors. Its quite predictable. China does that every time it feels like taiwan has displeased it. And often that displeasure comes from delegation for in delegation, disappearing or tie one exerting itself on the international stage, or how and at any point exerting its sovereignty. And, you know, making clear that he doesnt believe it is part of china. Now the question is, will those planes go further into that a d, i the, and hot that a Defense Identification Zone into bonafide tie one Aerospace Ben that will set a precedent that that will very clearly send a message. I mean, there are questions about whether they would even dare asli over a high one fall in thats the case then thats definitely racking up pension and maybe leading to some kind of conflict because every time trying to send those planes over and even if it is on time when theyre based, taiwan military scrambled their fighter jets to try and monitor the activity if not trying the weight china from going any further. So, you know, that kind of activity is being very closely watch militarily. In fact, pie one says its increases level of military at alertness and defending itself, not only and their faith in its waters on land. And it is taking that with much caution, especially given china, very angry rhetoric and aggressive threats towards pie one or people in taipei have smiths views on my there nancy pelosi visit will make any difference. But younger who i really want to see her. I hope that the relationship between taiwan and the u. S. Can improve a little bit. So policies visit should be a good thing for us bible regarding china statement, actually, its always be my way to look at it with peace of mind. And were not overly scared me of all of the, of the visit wont have any real benefit in the end, were just a chest piece in someone elses game. Its very hard for taiwan to walk its own path because we are so nondescript on the international stage. So this visit doesnt mean anything to be honest, its just a war of words. Sherry, rigor is a professor of east asian policy at Davidson College in as what the universities in both china and taiwan. Shes also the author of why taiwan matters. She joins his life by skype, from charlotte, north carolina. We were hearing that briefing earlier from washington. John kirby, does it the white house distancing itself from this visit by nancy pelosi . Does it suggest there . Is there an inclination to try and contain any tensions that might result from this . Yes, there is certainly do want to contain the tensions that have already resulted and will continue to result from this event. But i think its going to be really very difficult. The u. S. On china, were already on really thin ice together. And this has the potential to push the relationship in as sharply negative direction. And i think it will be hard for the white house to reduce that effect. Why is that . What would it involve . How much worse could things get between between the 2 . Well, you know, i dont know about, i dont know how many of your listers understand american football, but in american football youre trying to move from the ball from one end of the field to the other. In increments of 10 yards. And you know, if we think of the u. S. And china, the relationship being kind of at the 20 yard line, normally trouble accumulates one yard at a time. But the intensity of the p. R cs reaction and the inflexibility of the policy teams respond to that reaction, i think have kind of jumped maybe 10 or 20 yards in a single day. So what i think the potential of this visit is to really put u. S. And p r c, relation on a really much more negative track in a very short period of time. Thats really interesting what you say. I dont know if there is an american football analogy for this, but weve had these threats of a military response from china. But we know that the president wants to go into town. Has the congress coming up in october president , be that will be the focus inside china. Hell want that. Will he not want not to go ahead without triggering any sort of conflict abroad . Sure. I dont think the p r c is at all interested in having a conflict now or really anytime in the near future. But the way i see this situation developing is that the peers, the leadership, is really worried that taiwan and the us will Work Together to create a situation that will force she didnt paying and his government to respond beyond what theyre really comfortable doing. At this particular moment, so theyve tried really hard to push the us to kind of calm down the progress toward taiwan, being more assertive on its own behalf. And the harder they push, the harder some elements in the u. S. Are pushing back. And so i think what weve seen is the p r c. Really trying to hold the line on this, this visit, and this escalation and the result of their strong response was that the quality team decided ok, thats it. We got to go. And so now we have both sides, i think beyond where they really intended or wanted to be in terms of how far theyve, theyve moved this conflict ball down the football field. Bit in china and taiwan, i suppose are a bit stuck with each other. Its very important trading and economic relationship, despite historical animosity is not, not, is not going to limit any response to just say bratley for now. Yeah. So, you know, i dont think this issue, this situation is really about taiwan much at all. I think its about us, china, tensions. Its about us domestic politics and the need to to appear tough. And its about p r. C. Domestic politics. And the need to appear tough on that side to taiwan is caught in the middle, and taiwan will probably bear the brunt of the p. R cs reaction. Because precisely because its right there, there have already been economic sanctions by the p. R. C against taiwan. And you know, i think while i dont, i dont anticipate that, you know, military conflict is going to begin immediately. I do think that taiwan will pay a price for the actions that the u. S. Official have taken. All right, well thank you very much sherry rigor for a johnny from charlotte, north carolina. Youre very welcome. Still i had for you on this news out from london. Russias top court designates ukraines as a regimen to terrorist groups, even captured soldiers facing much longer sentences. Ah, the rocky politician, what cultural thunder tells his followers to leave parliament and continue their sitting outside and in support. They still impact champion reminds everyone why she still the woman to beat Commonwealth Games actions later. Ah, new details of emerged about the killing of al qaedas leader in afghanistan on sunday. A man also watery was reportedly struck by to hell fire missiles while standing our balcony in central kabul. U. S. President joe biden to approve the precision stroke strike last week. After months of planning, official say no one else was killed or wounded in the attack. Confirming the strike bidens said justice had been delivered to the man who help coordinate the 911 attacks which killed almost 3000 people. Lets just give you an idea of where that strike took place. Shortly after dawn on sunday, it was at the heart of what was cobbles, diplomatic district, a busy neighborhood where there are several embassies, some suspended operations off to the west side, coalition withdrew from afghanistan. Last year, al jazeera is ali lottie, fee has more from kabul, were here in the neighborhood where im and i was our, he was allegedly killed. And as you can see, this is a perfectly residential area. Theres travel agencies, theres grocery stores, theres banks, all of these things are leading to increasing worry among the us. Who feel that the outcry, the leader was being housed in a perfectly residential urban center of the city. And at the same time, the tall barn is upset that a year after their occupation ended the u. S. A still conducting drones strikes on what they consider to be sovereign novel on territory or below. So worry is an afghan journalist who was forced to leave the country when the taliban took power. Again. He joins us now from toronto. What are your sources telling you about when zoe . Here he made it to cobble and why he was that according to some sources, he may have been transported from north, was it on or via northwest sometime in may by as is have connie, whos a member of the county family. But what is extremely clear and backed by evidence that he was being hosted by 2 top aids mollys entity and is the chief of staff for the interior minister, a is the police chief of cobble, some for a shared with me. I would actually confirm that these. Ready houses in the street was frequently being used by senior leaders, including members of the county family and reportedly visited by so i didnt have county and so so you know, it leaves little no doubt as to why it was under the direction of the counties. Were being told that after the friday, at least 12 fatalities were there are 4, and 5 is mostly arabs, several egyptian nationals, and shortly afterwards residence in the shower in our neighborhood, which is not very far from ship or reported seeing foreign fighters and their family members including children being rushed away in vehicles or is that how witnesses perceived them to be honest with you, this is a major shaw, the fact that kind of feel safe in the heart of cobble city knowing that the american intelligence and other western intelligence agencies not only had a presence in these areas, but they have had wealth of knowledge and i would like to think an Extensive Network of informants and the taliban at 1st denied it, but they were later on forced to basically accept when President Biden announced the news. And it sort of shows you that the relationship between ill tie them up on is historical. Its ideological. And its also generational. Theres been many inter marriages or himself has been in the region since this. So this is a major blow on and credibility as the de facto rumors of why i was going to ask you, what has been the taliban reaction to this . One 1st dollar bond basically said this was just another mortar rocket attack. Later on this and it was an empty home that was being targeted. We have to also remember that this area may have been used by pakistani on meters to to be leaders who have been frequently in a hosted by that kind of network. Because theyre from the sam tribes region and you know, the Afghan Taliban in particular mr. Connie has been sort of the key guarantor of negotiations between the pakistan on and ive won taliban, but now, you know, according to some reports, senior tyler, my leaders in commanders are not visible because theyre probably fear more broad strikes in the Eastern Province of host. Some residents said drones or flying over that part of the country, which is the home for mr. So i didnt have kind of, hes been frequently visiting that area over the last several months, mainly because of the deadly earthquake that it was there. But it was so sorry, if you can actually quickly ask you how might this affect the relationship then between the kind of an efficient non existent. But nonetheless, i will effect relationship between afghanistan and america. Well, on most recently, it was back to stand. Were discussing, you know, how the United States could and fries the assets after donavon took over militarily. So there would have been a shadow over casting dive. And in reality, the African People will suffer. But more importantly, internally for the internal consumption, the taliban will find this very demoralizing. Because there is this arrogance within their fighters and commanders projecting themselves as a force that can really bring down any army on its needs. Remember, the taliban continued to talk about defeating the west. They continued to project themselves as you know, the liberators. And it only comes weeks before august the 15th year on this day, campbell fell to the taliban without really a single bullet being 5. Thank you very much, appreciate it. So why, for joining us, staff now the u. S. Could soon be making about 5000000000. 00 worth of arm sales to saudi arabia in the united arab emirates, your state department, it has approve the potential sale of patriot missiles and related equipment to saudi arabia. The deal valued are about 3000000000. 00. Meanwhile, a potential sale of just over 2000000000. 00 worth of airy defenses to missiles, the u. E has also been appro