part of a history of humiliation which remains unfinished business good evening. i m fareed zakaria. welcome to a special hour on taiwan the national palace museum holds much of china s most precious works of arc treasures from the song dynasty vases from the ming dynasty 8,000 years of priceless history it s china s metropolitan museum of art. it s louvre but it is not in beijing it isn t taipei, the capital of taiwan race for territory began in 1949. there has to be no compromise at the end of a brutal civil war china s leader, chiang kai-shek, shipped those treasures to taiwan. the communist or in the young phi valley to keep them from i m his rival. mao zedong they carried those treasures with them because as the guardians of the chinese civilization, they felt that they had to also be the guardians of those objects. year after year. the civil war goes on, chang and his nationalist party had been fighting mao and the communist as party since the 192
in a conversation with henry kissinger in the 1970s, china s leader mao zedong said he could live without taiwan. for now but in 100 years, we were wanted. he said and what s more? we are going to fight for it mao s one on hundred-year deadline may arrive ahead of schedule in a chinese documentary called chasing dreams the country s bravest warriors declared their willingness to die. in an all-out invasion of taiwan it was accidental. if it s too hard to remove the mines and taiwanese waters. one says we would use our bodies to clear a pathway but we shouldn t go to my fighter jet would become a missile rushing towards the enemy if i used up my ammunition says a pilot i want to see the other side of the strait. a soldier declares i ve been preparing for that day a war over taiwan would be an act of madness tens of thousands could die nearly one million jobs have disappeared. there could be a global great depression nuclear weapons would be on the table
targets linked to houthis in yemen. president biden has issued the following statement today at my direction us military forces together with the uk and support from australia, bahrain, canada and the netherlands successfully conducted strikes against a number of targets in yemen used by houthi rebels to endanger freedom of navigation on one of the worlds most vital waterways did it let s get some immediate reaction to this development in the statement from the us president. let s quash now to washington and our correspondent there. what can you tell us? figs correspondent there. what can you tell us? correspondent there. what can you tell us? as you said we had a statement you tell us? as you said we had a statement from you tell us? as you said we had a statement from the you tell us? as you said we had a statement from the white - a statement from the white house confirming that the strikes have begun, saying it was the us, uk and lists a number of nations includ
the us and britain have begun strikes against targets linked to houthi rebels in yemen. we can cross to will vernon. what can cross to will vernon. what can you tell us? can you tell us? very few details at can you tell us? very few details at this can you tell us? very few details at this stage. - can you tell us? very fewl details at this stage. what can you tell us? very few- details at this stage. what we do know is that several us officials have been speaking to news agencies, to reporters, saying the united states and britain have started carrying out strikes against targets linked to the houthis in yemen. that s all we know so far. we haven t had any official word from the white house or from the pentagon. earlier today, when a pentagon spokesman was asked about that, they said they would not comment on any. they wouldn t speculate on any potential military action. from what we re hearing, it seems the strikes have started. one houthi official has written on socia
kevin mccarthy in california. and an early morning statement the spokesperson for the chinese ministry accused washington of colluding with taiwan especially over the issue of arms sales. earlier mr mccarthy said they must strengthen economic cooperation with the island that china has claimed as its own. claimed as its own. whether it s out deep claimed as its own. whether it s out deep commercial - claimed as its own. whether. it s out deep commercial ties, strong people to people relationships or shared values, our cooperation with the people of taiwan continue to expand through dialogue and exchange. mr mccarthy is the most senior us figure to meet with a taiwanese leader on american soil since 1979, taiwanese leader on american soilsince 1979, despite taiwanese leader on american soil since 1979, despite the rhetoric, though, taiwanese firms do big business with both china and the united states in fact china is taiwan s largest trading partner. earlieri spoke with the