Blinken visits China: The view from WashingtonーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS

now for more uh let's go into Washington's perspective NHK world's International politics commentator hanazawa yo is here with us so uh as we just heard blinkin is urging China to stop supplying Russia uh with Goods that could supports military why is this significant the US is concerned that China's growing influence could shift the world order so they see it as critical to cut ties between China and Russia they are also accusing China to bolster bolstering uh Russia's capabilities in Ukraine real progress on this however is unlikely China and Russia are likely going to continue to stay align and also unlikely another major Focus the issue of Taiwan uh China is unlikely to change or budge its position but how about the US the US also has no intention of compromis on Taiwan at all there are two reasons one is that the US presidential election is only six months away the perception of China in the US is rapidly deteriorating Biden and Trump are both trying to appear tough on China ahead of the election Biden Administration cannot make concession on China also the US side appeared to have have heightened sense of urgency around Taiwan this means ass sour with Intel on us Japan security told me the US military is Haring preparations on the assumption that the there will be a Taiwan contingency as early as next year China is rapidly building up its military power especially its missile capabilities the US believes that China is gradually changing the Status Quo as Chinese fighter jet repeatedly cross the Medan line across the Taiwan straight which had been protected in the past from the beginning of his presidency Biden B has sought to deter China from the invasion of Taiwan we have seen this through economic pressure around semiconductors and to add to that the US is now conducting joint military exercises in the Philippines since you mentioned um us Philippine ties is something that we can't miss out how do you see the US military's presence in the Philippines the South China Sea is also important for the US to counter China but main focus of US military this time is preparation and enhancing the tance for taian contingency recently it brought a missile run system called Typhon to Lon Island for the exercise this is the first time for the this is the first time the US military has deployed this in the in the Pacific region it can launch tomahawk missiles and other missiles with a maximum range of over 1,000 kilometers which is enough to reach the Taiwan straight the US is also uping its infr structure on the batang island about 200 kilometers from Taiwan there is a Longway there and there are plans to build a port that US military vessels can use in times of Crisis so overall what can we expect from the US on China in the coming days uh agency about China's influence is growing in the US this year the us assert critical infrastructure was targeted by the hackers supported by China and Biden is trying to further tighten restrictions on semiconductor exports the US Congress is agging high ranking officials to put more pressure on China even if the Chinese side makes some concessions it will not mean much to the US because the target for the US is the Taiwan contingency it is expected that the US will continue to increase pressure on China while trying to maintain a careful balance through continuous high level talks thank you for your Insight you my pleaseure

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Published: Tue Apr 30 2024