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Can Taiwan defend itself from Chinese invasion?
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Can Taiwan defend itself from Chinese invasion?

China appears to be preparing for an invasion of Taiwan, but the island’s physical geography and international support would make any armed conflict the most complex and deadly in modern history. CSIS China Power Project director Bonny Lin joins Ian Bremmer on GZERO World.

Could China invade Taiwan?
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

Could China invade Taiwan?

China is conducting near-daily military exercises in the Taiwan Strait and the risk of conflict is getting higher. Could Beijing and Taipei be heading toward war? Ian Bremmer sits down with Bonny Lin, director of the China Power Project at CSIS.

GZERO World podcast logo superimposed on a photo of a statute of a Taiwanese soldier with a Taiwan flag.
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

Taiwan's strategy for countering a Chinese invasion, with Bonny Lin of CSIS

Tensions are rising on the Taiwan Strait. Could Beijing and Taipei be heading toward war? Bonny Lin, director of the China Power Project at CSIS joins Ian Bremmer on the GZERO World Podcast.

Trump-Musk rift over Trump's "big, beautiful bill"
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Trump-Musk rift over Trump's "big, beautiful bill"

On Ian Bremmer’s World In 60 Seconds: Ian breaks down the rift between President Trump and Elon Musk over Trump’s “big beautiful bill”, Mexico’s democratic backslide, and South Korea's new leadership.

A carcass lies on a grassland in Oendor-Bayan county in central Mongolia, 03/29/2000
Asia

Mongolians are reeling as their herds starve

Mongolia’s government is scrambling as catastrophic weather is killing animals so quickly that a quarter of the national herd may starve.

​South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol speaking at the presidential office on TV at Seoul Railroad Station in Seoul. April 1, 2024
Viewpoint

Viewpoint: South Korea’s president looks to legislative elections to kickstart his agenda

All 300 seats in South Korea's unicameral legislature will be up for grabs in the April 10 election, offering President Yoon Suk-yeol the opportunity to kickstart his agenda.

South Korea's deputy foreign minister for political affairs, Chung Byung-won, Japan's Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Takehiro Funakoshi, and China's Assistant Foreign Minister, Nong Rong, pose for photographs during their meeting in Seoul, South Korea, September 26, 2023.
What We're Watching

To win back South Korea, China tries to chill out

Diplomats from China, South Korea, and Japan agreed to resume high-level trilateral meetings at the “earliest convenient time” in a signal that Beijing may be rethinking its aggressive foreign policy approach.

Fish and sashimi imported from Tokyo are displayed for sale at a market on August 24, 2023 in Hong Kong, China.
What We're Watching

Fish fight: China vs Japan

Why did China’s annual imports of Japanese seafood fall 67.6% in August?

Taiwanese soldiers stand guard as a Chinook Helicopter carrying a tremendous Taiwan flag flies over a military camp, as part of a rehearsal for the flyby performance for Taiwan’s Double-Ten National Day Celebration, amid rising tensions between Beijing and Taipei and threats from China, in Taoyuan, Taiwan 28 September 2021.
AI

China tries to shape Taiwan’s Elections

As Taiwan’s election season gets into swing, China is attempting to use its economic clout to swing the vote away from the ruling, independence-minded Democratic Progressive Party and toward the more Beijing-friendly Kuomintang.

Bar charts of Singapore, South Korea, and the Philippines's views on the US and China
Asia

The Graphic Truth: Perspectives on the US and China

How are the US and China are faring in their competition for influence in East Asia?