US-China: Could There Be War Over Taiwan? | Insight | Full Episode

It’s one of the most daunting questions of the 21st century: Will there be war over Taiwan?

Tensions in the Taiwan Strait are at their worst in 40 years. October 2021 saw a record number of Chinese military jets fly into Taiwan’s air buffer zone. Things between Beijing and Taipei have been acrimonious. Washington’s strained relations with China make matters even more fraught.

Will China’s President Xi Jinping use force to settle the Taiwan issue once and for all? And if he does, will the US come to Taiwan’s defence, as President Biden seems to have promised? Is Taiwan under Tsai Ing-Wen prepared for war? We hear from political analysts, military experts and more.

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[Happymind-happyworld.]

What hurts me the most is that younger people are going to pay with their lives because certain old men have issues and unnecessary egos

[regorflora]

There is already a war going on between this two. Soft war.

[jmlin]

If war breakout, I will go back to Taiwan and help defending her at all cost. Freedom is not free.

[lordlee]

Did they interview anyone who’s pro unification? I rest my case. It’s not a balanced report

[agc]

Good attempt by CNA to shed light onto the issue. But how can they not invite Professor Kishore to share his thoughts. I reckon he will take most of the commentators featured to school.

[markstevens]

Contrary to what most Asian & Australian people believe the overwhelming majority of Americans are not willing to sacrifice themselves or their children in a war with China over Taiwan…. It doesn’t matter what American politicians say, the American people are not willing to do it!

[elixxur]

War is old men arguing and young men dying. Ignore the politics and instead force the old men to fight instead.

[accn]

Both the Chinese in Mainland and Taiwan don't want the war, but only the US Army want to stir it for war because they can have more budget. This is purely US interest.

[RevolutionarySM]

Taiwan only became a limited democracy until after 1988. Before that it was an anti-communist dictatorship ruled over by the right-wing Chinese nationalist party. The current ruling party is liberal and said to be Taiwanese nationalist in opposition to the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang). However despite their Taiwanese rhetoric, the Democratic Progressive Party has not declared independence and still maintains the Republic of China as build by the Chinese nationalists since 1911.

[seanavp]

*Why the U.S. all the time?* *Always and forever having to be the worlds top cop.* *Have Germany, France, UK defend Taiwan.* *Have the EU defend Taiwan.* *I'm sick of being pulled into other nations BS -*

[bowlampar]

We don't wish for war, not seek war, nor start a war. But we must be prepared and get ready to defeat war coming our way.

[pinocchio]

who else jump straight to the comments..

[tonyj]

This is an incredible reporting thank you for your hard work..

[jaytso]

The notion of "freedom of flight" is not so different from that of "freedom of navigation"

[ファイブスター皇帝マッカーサー]

Why isn't the United States supporting the independence of the Luhansk and Donetsk republics, which are fighting for American values, for freedom and democracy, for defending human rights against Ukrainian aggression

[misslen]

No fighting please! Leave Taiwan alone!!!

[KuangTu]

All they talk about is what mainland China is doing now. They never talk about what Taiwan was doing with US's support when the economical and military power balance was the opposite decades ago. Let me give you a hint, worse than what the mainland is doing right now.

[marmorego]

After 20 years war fighting in Afghanistan, what's next war United States to fight?

[flyingpig]

Clue to the answer: was there a way over Georgia in 2008? Was there a war over Syria in 2011? Was there a way over Ukraine in 2016?

[Jojo-nzuw]

THE CHINES LOST THIS WAR IF AMERICA OUR SIDE IN TAIWAN