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The Inside Story: U.S. – China, Under Pressure (Episode 09, October 14, 2021)
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Voice of ELIZABETH LEE, VOA Correspondent:
China’s air force flies close to Taiwan …
Putting the U.S. on high alert.
Antony Blinken, U.S. Secretary of State:
The activity is destabilizing. It risks miscalculation, and it has the potential to undermine regional peace and stability.
From Taiwan to trade ---
Human rights to climate change ---
Even video games and blockbuster movies ...
The many challenges that face the leaders of China and the United States …
On “The Inside Story: US-China, Under Pressure”
The Inside Story:
ELIZABETH LEE:
Hi. I’m Elizabeth Lee, reporting from the State Department, where U.S. diplomats oversee the nation’s foreign policy.
President Joe Biden campaigned on building a new approach to foreign policy and relations with China.
But little has changed between the two countries in the nine months of Biden’s presidency.
Chief U.S. diplomat, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, warned China earlier this month about its military planes entering Taiwan’s defense zone. And that is just the latest confrontation in a multi-layered competition between Washington and Beijing.
We’re going to begin at the White House and our bureau chief, Patsy Widakuswara.
PATSY WIDAKUSWARA, VOA White House Bureau Chief:
In the past several days, China has sent about 150 military jets into Taiwan's air defense zone, prompting warnings from the Biden administrati ..
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