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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.08,0:00:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,China is trying to divide the US \Nand Europe on Ukraine! Meanwhile,  
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.36,0:00:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Donald Trump is making an offer India \Ncould find hard to refuse. And is the  
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.00,0:00:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,US changing its Taiwan policy? That and \Nmore on this week’s China News Headlines. 
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.04,0:00:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Welcome to China Uncensored, I’m Chris Chappell. 
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Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.48,0:00:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,US President Donald Trump is \Nmaking a lot of folks angry. 
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.76,0:00:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The good news is, if you make enough people angry,  
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.04,0:00:43.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you’re bound to make at least some of the \Nright people angry.

Because a change to the  
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.16,0:00:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,State Department’s website regarding Taiwan \Nhas sparked a fiery rebuke from Beijing. 
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.44,0:00:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Previously, on the State Department’s U.S. \NRelations with Taiwan fact sheet, it said “we  
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.00,0:00:58.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do not support Taiwan independence.”\NThat line has been removed.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.44,0:01:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does that mean the US now supports Taiwan \Nindependence? Who knows. Certainly not Beijing. 
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.16,0:01:07.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At a regular news conference on Monday, \NChinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson  
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.72,0:01:13.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Guo Jiakun urged the US to immediately \Ncorrect its mistakes or risk further  
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.12,0:01:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,damage to Sino-US relations and said the \NUS should act with the utmost caution.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.72,0:01:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, I’m sure King Donald Trump is worried about  
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.76,0:01:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,potentially upsetting people with \Nwild things posted to a website.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.96,0:01:29.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In response, the State Departmentclaimed \Nthat the update to the website is routine 
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.44,0:01:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pointed out that the US’ “one \NChina policy” is still mentioned there.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.60,0:01:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A spokesperson for the department has \Nclarified that it doesn’t support any  
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.00,0:01:40.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unilateral changes to the \Nstatus quo from any side,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.40,0:01:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which also now appears on the fact sheet.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.80,0:01:48.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This isn’t the first time this has happened. \NIn fact, that line was also cut back in 2022,  
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.20,0:01:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,although it was added back a month later. Will the \Nchange hang around this time? Only time will tell.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.04,0:01:59.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Taiwan is considering a multi-billion \Ndollar arms purchase from the US. 
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.96,0:02:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The talks are ongoing, but three sources \Nsaid on Monday that the package would  
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.40,0:02:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,include coastal defense cruise missiles and \NHIMARS, with one source saying “I would be  
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.04,0:02:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very surprised if it was less than $8 billion. \NSomewhere between $7 billion to $10 billion.”
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.68,0:02:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The US might want to send Guo Jiakun an edible \Narrangement as a thank you, because his tirade  
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.68,0:02:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the best sales pitch possible to make \NTaiwan want to buy a bunch of weapons.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.60,0:02:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The package is intended to demonstrate the US’ \Ncommitment to defending the island, especially  
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.80,0:02:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said \Nhe wished to speed up arms deliveries to Taipei.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.56,0:02:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,HIMARS, in particular, has provento be \Neffective in Ukraine against Russian forces,  
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.52,0:02:44.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Taiwan–like the CCP–has closely been observing \Nthat war to see what works and what doesn’t.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.60,0:02:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Taiwan isn’t the only Asian country looking \Nfor US weapons to defend against China. 
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.72,0:02:53.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,President Trump and Indian Prime Minister \NNarendra Modi are discussing a trade route  
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.88,0:02:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through Israel, along with a \Nboost in arms sales to India.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.40,0:03:01.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I guess maybe Trump should send \NGuo *two* edible arrangements 
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.64,0:03:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The proposed trade route would run from \NIndia through the UAE, Saudi Arabia,  
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.56,0:03:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jordan, and Israel to Europe, basically \Ncircumventing the CCP’s Belt and Road Initiative.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.44,0:03:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This plan builds on one initiated \Nby former President Biden in 2023.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.28,0:03:20.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In addition, Modi and Trump discussed an \Nexpansion of US military sales to India  
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.28,0:03:25.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,starting in 2025. India wants to modernize \Nits military, and, since 2008, the country  
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.80,0:03:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has agreed to buy more than $20 billion in US \Nweapons, but these talks would expand on that.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.96,0:03:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trump also said that the US would eventually \Nprovide India with F-35 stealth fighter jets,  
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.52,0:03:39.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,although he didn’t say exactly when.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.42,0:03:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It looks like BRICS might have some upcoming \Ntrouble with internal cohesion and partnership.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.80,0:03:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Trump has even more to offer India!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.08,0:03:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like mediation to ease India-China tensions.\Nin 2020, Trump offered his help in…
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.56,0:03:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mediating India’s border disputes with China.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.28,0:03:59.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And during his joint press briefing \Nwith Modi, Trump restated the offer.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.07,0:04:03.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trump: “And I look at India, I do see the \Nskirmishes on the border, which are quite  
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.36,0:04:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,vicious, and I guess they continue to go on. If \NI could be of help, I'd love to help, because  
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.08,0:04:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that should be stopped. That's \Nbeen going on for a long time” 
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.08,0:04:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is Trump so confident he’d \Nbe a good mediator? I mean,  
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.08,0:04:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what does he know about the art of the deal?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.68,0:04:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Modi himself didn’t react to the offer. But the  
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.12,0:04:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misriin a \Nlater press briefing rejected the offer. 
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.48,0:04:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said the issue was a bilateral one \Nbetween Beijing and New Delhi. It’s a  
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.60,0:04:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shame. I think Trump could have gotten \Na gold toilet thrown into the deal.  
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.16,0:04:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,China is set to build its first \Ndeep-water station under the sea!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.20,0:04:40.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes… Under the sea, under the- that’s as much as  
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.84,0:04:44.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can do before Disney hits \Nus with a copyright claim.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.20,0:04:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The facility is expected to become operational by \N2030 and will be housed in the South China Sea. 
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.12,0:04:52.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which, I’m sure, has nothing at all \Nto do with cementing the CCP’s illegal  
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.76,0:04:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,claims to the area! This would be like \Nme building a treehouse on my neighbor’s  
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.96,0:04:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,property and yelling, “Get off my lawn, invader!”
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.92,0:05:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The station will focus on researching the  
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.68,0:05:06.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,deep sea and exploration for methane \Nhydrates and other energy resources.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.32,0:05:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No doubt they’ll share the information \Nwith other countries in the region!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.96,0:05:14.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This facility is meant to make China look like a \Nmajor scientific power when it comes to deep sea  
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.32,0:05:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,research, particularly compared to the US and \NRussia. Because while artificial intelligence  
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.52,0:05:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can help with this facility, it’s also meant to \Nsustain teams of scientists for several weeks.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.88,0:05:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fortunately, the scientists already \Nhave lots of experience being locked  
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.80,0:05:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in claustrophobic conditions for weeks on end.  
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.68,0:05:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after the break, just what \Nis China’s position on Ukraine?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.84,0:05:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Welcome back.  
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.92,0:05:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,China is sending mixed signals \Nregarding the war in Ukraine.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.56,0:05:43.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the past, China has offered to be a \Nmediator in the conflict. And last week,  
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.40,0:05:46.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to anonymous sources \Ncited by the Wall Street Journal,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.24,0:05:50.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they made the offer again, trying to \Nplay the role of peacemaker in Ukraine.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.56,0:05:53.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The WSJ reports that “part of \Nthe proposal involves Beijing  
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.80,0:05:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,acting as a ‘guarantor’ by sending \Npeacekeeping troops to the region.”
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.84,0:06:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The White House didn’t say if they had received \Nsuch an offer but rejected it out of hand,  
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.64,0:06:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,possibly because any mediation \Ndone by China would completely  
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.24,0:06:08.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exclude Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy .
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.76,0:06:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although some say Trump is \Nkind of doing that already.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.32,0:06:16.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Europe also expressed skepticism, \Nciting China’s aid to Russia during the war.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.12,0:06:18.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,China’s desire to get involved in Ukraine  
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.20,0:06:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might have something to do with \Nthe country’s mineral wealth.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.04,0:06:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to the National Interest, “the \Ncombination of Russia’s military presence  
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.60,0:06:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Ukraine and China’s economic might give [China,  
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.16,0:06:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Russia, and North Korea] a window of \Nopportunity to exploit the minerals with  
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.36,0:06:36.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,far-reaching implications for global \Nsecurity and global power dynamics.” 
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.24,0:06:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And anyone who has a problem with it, 
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.48,0:06:41.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Russia’s gonna toss them right \Nout that window of opportunity.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.80,0:06:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, last week, China said it wants to \Nbe involved in the peace negotiations.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.80,0:06:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then, earlier this week, Beijing \Nresponded to a US proposal for  
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.72,0:06:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chinese peacekeepers in Ukraine.\NWith a resounding “no comment.”
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.68,0:06:58.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In response to the proposal, Foreign Ministry \NSpokesperson Guo Jiakun, he’s had a busy week said
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.96,0:07:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“we don’t comment on a hypothetical question. \NChina always upholds a just position on the  
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.92,0:07:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,issue of the Ukraine crisis, and we’ve made \Nthis very clear on multiple occasions.”
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.56,0:07:12.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn’t agree more! China has \Nmade its position very clear!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.64,0:07:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But not just.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.56,0:07:19.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems clear that all of this is part of some \Nkind of grand game between Chinese leader Xi  
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.24,0:07:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jinping and US President Donald Trump, \Nbut what are the plays? That’s unclear.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.60,0:07:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some say China is seeking to \Nexploit the growing US-Europe  
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.88,0:07:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,divide amid Trump’s foreign policy shifts.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.48,0:07:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After all, at the Munich \NSecurity Conference recently,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.56,0:07:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the new US administration \Nclashed with European leaders,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.04,0:07:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,China tried presenting itself as \Na stable and cooperative partner.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.28,0:07:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite being about as stable as \Na house of cards on a see-saw.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.16,0:07:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps China hopes that by \Nstepping into a European conflict,  
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.08,0:07:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can make a deal that will reduce \Nor even remove European and US tariffs.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.00,0:07:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Some analysts even suggest that China could \Nexploit gaps in US-EU coordination on economic  
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.08,0:08:01.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,policies, making it easier for Beijing \Nto navigate Western trade restrictions.”  
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.52,0:08:05.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is stupid because China isn’t \Ngoing to dump loads of money into EU  
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.20,0:08:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,security. China is not going to step \Nin and fund all the things the US used  
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.84,0:08:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fund. They’re actually strategic about \Nhow they use their foreign investments. 
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