US-CHINA-TAIWAN USAGM
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- US-CHINA-TAIWAN USAGM
- May 26, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script USAGM SHARE (PLAYBOOK SLUG: US-CHINA-TAIWAN HEADLINE: US Secretary of State to Clarify US Policy Toward China TEASER: Amid Chinese outrage over President Joe Biden’s recent Taiwan remarks, Antony Blinken is set to outline the US stance PUBLISHED AT: 5/26/22 at BYLINE: Cindy Saine CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: VIDEOGRAPHER: PRODUCER: SCRIPT EDITORS: AP, Reifenrath, DJ VIDEO SOURCE (S): Saine Skype Video interview, AP, Reuters, AFP PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _x_ RADIO __ TRT: VID APPROVED BY: TYPE: EDITOR NOTES: )) ((INTRO)) [U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to deliver a major speech Thursday outlining U.S. policy toward China. The speech comes just days after President Joe Biden said the United States would defend Taiwan militarily if necessary — a remark that got worldwide attention and angered leaders in Beijing. VOA's Senior Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine reports.] ((Video: AFP V000_32AW9HX: Zoom in Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, US President Joe Biden, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi pose for photos at launch of Quad Fellowship)) ((NARRATOR)) During a Quad meeting in Tokyo this week, leaders of Japan, India, Australia and the United States warned against China’s attempts to "change the status quo by force" amid concerns it could invade self-ruled Taiwan. U.S. President Joe Biden took it a step further, saying the U.S. would be willing to intervene militarily to defend Taiwan if China attacked the democratic island. He and administration officials later clarified the remarks, saying there was no change in the U.S. policy of strategic ambiguity, in which the United States deliberately avoids laying out how it would respond to such Chinese aggression. ((Video: 14;12;26;01 MRT PRICE entrance BROLL)) State Department spokesperson Ned Price: ((Video: 14;12;26;01 MRT PRICE entrance BROLL 20 seconds -OVER TO Price SOT: 14;12;56;13 MRT PRICE our policy towards taiwan has not changed at all)) (Ned Price, State Department Spokesperson)) “As you heard from the president today, as you heard from the president the other day in Tokyo, when President Biden said, and I quote, “Our policy towards Taiwan has not changed at all. We remain committed to supporting the peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits [[Strait?]] and ensuring there is no unilateral change to the status quo.” ((VIDEO: AFP V000_32AW8JQ: 1. Tracking shot Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida welcomes India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they arrive and pose for photos before the Quad summit, over to AP: Video ID: 4380992, Blinken elbow-bumping with the Japanese FM)))) ((NARRATOR)) In the wake of the U.S. president’s remarks, Asian leaders, including those in Beijing, will likely be listening closely to Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s China policy speech on Thursday. ((Video: AFP V000_32AX7CG: 1. Wide shot Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin arriving at regular foreign ministry news conference 2. Close-up Wang speaking during the presser)) ((NARRATOR)) A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson accused Biden of hollowing out Beijing’s "One China" principle, which asserts China’s sovereignty over Taiwan, and supporting Taiwan separatist activities. ((Video: recent B-roll of shelled cities in Ukraine)) Brian Harding of the U.S. Institute of Peace rejects this notion, noting world leaders are rightfully concerned about the importance of defending countries’ sovereignty and territorial integrity in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. ((Video: Brian Harding SOT in Frame, VOA Video Share: https://app.frame.io/player/4a207f6f-336b-428a-8cf5-fa283cbc8089 TC: 00:02:19 - 00:03:06)) [[Radio Intro: Brian Harding is with the United States Institute of Peace. He spoke to VOA via Skype.]] ((Brian Harding, US Institute of Peace)) ((Skype)) “If there were to be outright aggression against Taiwan like we're seeing right now in Ukraine, I think President Biden is absolutely right that there would be U.S. military action against that threat. I think it's also notable that President Biden made these comments in Japan. Japan has made a notable shift in publicly declaring that its security is closely linked to what happens in Taiwan and the Taiwan Strait.” ((Video: AFP V000_32AU4XH: Blinken elbow-bumping with the Japanese FM)) ((NARRATOR)) Harding says he does not expect many surprises or big policy shifts in Secretary Blinken’s speech. More likely, it will reflect a desire to return the focus of U.S. foreign policy to Asia and the Indo-Pacific region. ((Video: Brian Harding SOT in Frame, VOA Video Share: https://app.frame.io/player/4a207f6f-336b-428a-8cf5-fa283cbc8089 TC: 00:04:10 - 00:04:55)) (Brian Harding, U.S. Institute of Peace)) ((Skype)) “The history of the 21st century is being written in Asia — not just by China, but also other rising powers — and how the United States and its allies and partners, the international system, adapt to a rising China and also an increasingly authoritarian China domestically and not the China that we expected.” ((Video: AFP V000_328749B: 3. Wide shot official introducing handbook contents 4. Close-up handbook also available on defense ministry's website 5. Mid shot online version of handbook contents 6. Mid shot handbook cover as displayed online)) ((NARRATOR)) For its part, Taiwan’s military announced at an online press conference last month that it has published a handbook for civilians on how to prepare for a potential Chinese invasion, including learning where safety shelters are beforehand. Cindy Saine, VOA News
- NewsML Media Topics Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date May 25, 2022 22:52 EDT
- Byline Cindy Saine
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America - English