Asia Society President and Former Australian Prime Minister, Mr Kevin Rudd, speaks to CNBC’s Dan Murphy following U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan.
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Today it’s a 50/50 chance US may win, in 2-3 years no way in hell can the world bully USA with al it’s Allies can even make China sweat. This is why US want a war with China in a bad right now.
no.we r ready.we r angry and have lose all our patient.
What she achieved, Ice-cream
I don’t understand is in a country like usa how come she have all that power. There’s millions off young people can much better than she.
you are wrong. Pelosi is the best (but not good enough) the US has to offer.
@awang belantara best in what?
@Dkboy. Meaning whatever she is doing will backfire because of her inability to think through. She said that reason she went to Taiwan is because as a child she was told if she dig deep enough, she will end up in China. That already means she believes Taiwan is part of China. She wants to humiliate China but ended up humiliating herself because her husband was arrested while she is in Taiwan. Now the Taiwanese are blaming her for the blockade, not China, putting the pro independence party in a tricky position in the next polls. She ended up confirming China’s suspicion that US will support Taiwan’s independence. But China need not invade Taiwan. A nice long blockade will hurt Taiwan nicely. And US won’t attack China because its a blockade, not attack.
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👉 CCP characteristics, will suffer dearly afraid may end of CCP characteristics, splits possibilities high another USSR of 1990
Pelosi has a long standing view of human rights……are you sure Mr Kevin? So the millions of people who bombed to death, starved to death and sick to death because of the wars of America invading to Iraq, Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, Lebanon……..they are not human? Or they are human but no human rights? according to Pelosi’s human rights belief? I’m speechless
BS, US is not ready. Rudd is an imperialist at heart.
Nancy 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
Your Americans white man people and Nancy Pelosi think ,. Your Americans white man people policy document statement are really so strong 💪 only taking about a word came out ,. no need to responsible and promise your ownself Americans white man people talking the word came out playing a fool with another country citizens people and no need to sign up yourself signature document statement ,. Your Americans white man people think another country people are really rubbish stupid people ,. Your Americans white man people and Nancy Pelosi can bully the Taiwan 🇹🇼 citizens people easy to talking the Taiwan citizens people interest values money into your Americans white man people and Nancy Pelosi into your ownself personal money pocket income ,. Your Americans white man people and Nancy Pelosi,. ( man and women ) looking like the Taiwan 🇹🇼 citizens people are really the hotdogs 🌭 sausage and your Americans white man people and Nancy Pelosi taken a kinfe slowly cutting the hotdogs 🌭 sausage little bit be come your Americans white man people and Nancy Pelosi morning fresh beard freak Taiwan citizens people interest values money 💰 be come until your Americans white man people and Nancy Pelosi your ownself personally money 💰 pocket account,. ( our people see it ) your all Americans white man people and Nancy Pelosi ( man and women ) your All people,. Seem like the dirty people sitting on the road side taking up the broken pot asking the people money in the road side for free lunch,.. your Americans white man people are really like this rubbish people sitting down on the road side asking for a people money 💰 in the road side for free lunch,..
As the older generation would advise, just because you can say or do something, don’t necessarily mean that you should. Pelosi is one of those old Washington relic who is way pass retirement and shelving.
Taiwan is a province of china and 182 countries acknowledge and recognize it. Those who disagree about facts and truth then i have an advice for you
Go cry ab it f00l.
Who is around Taiwan now, its not the US. All the talk in the world will not change that.
American government said we admit “one China”policy, but do the opposite way! Make your words!!!!
@All-Prolifik where is your address, I am going to visit your bedroom. Can you please let me know????
@王茹嫣 bring your chop sticks! We’re having hollow tips for brunch 🥢
Taiwan is not American business! Do your own business!!!
Oh please. Pelosi pays lip service to humanitarianism. She cares nothing for people unless it helps her political and profit driven motivations.
Background Facts:
Taiwan and mainland China separated as a result of an unfinished civil war;
US resolution 2758, Taiwan is part of a China;
181 nations established diplomatic relations with China acknowledge Taiwan part of China;
Taiwan’s name ROC , Republic of China;
ROC constitution included Taiwan and mainland China;
US is among the 181 nations made the same promise, then slice by slice breaking the promise.
14 billion Chinese people being screwed, upset and angry, each and every time when another slice cut.
@Tony M Many bad things have been done it it’s name
@Andy .P The issues with Christianity is its ideology. Its intolerance of other religions and beliefs, it’s arrogance and self-righteous barbarity and superiority complex. It is widely seen in Christians and politicians of such countries for centuries. It is very ingrained and stubborn and repetitive.
Nancy should resolve homelessness in San Francisco. Clean your own house before criticizing other countries. Nancy is a fraud on human rights this is well known as she has been in government for 50 years. And done nothing to benefit American. Just another narcissistic grifter
I’m hoping someone out there could write this century’s version of Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War. Even if a war doesn’t occur (hopefully), there is much for our descendents to learn from this series of events in a period characterized by two Titans of modern civilization. I just hope our species learns from the past and doesn’t continue to repeat it’s mistakes….
As long as money and power is involved it won’t change.
We really need a gentleman’s agreement between Russia, China and USA not to use nukes in a conflict between them. Unfortunately, you don’t stay in power in there by being a gentleman.
@Bill Seron The unholy trinity is at play…mega ego, power and money. It has always been this way since humans inhabited earth 🌎.
@Ghost Whisperer depends which cultures but half of the human population are of that nature yes
Has it ever occurred to Kevin that he is not the only authority when it comes to China? He is a smart guy and has a lot of experience, but his judgment is not necessarily the best one in many cases.
I agree
Out of jealousy about China, Again USA and the West failed to let the Chinese fight each other for the purpose of separating Taiwan from China and destroy constant economic progress of China by constant provocations against PRC…… ……..though Taiwan Govt once representing the whole China in UN when backed up by USA from 1949 to 1972 as puppet China …..Well done by PLA of China…..Today’s Ukraine is tomorrow’s Taiwan……
Kevin is not being honest when he implied that CN shouldn’t read what the US has been doing for the past several years as a walk-away from it’s one-China policy–it could be worse, it’s saying one thing, doing completely the opposite–a double-faced snake. Also it’s not about Xi, how about 1.4 billion people’s rage about being lied to and played by the US?
when one side is really ready, the won’t be fight anymore. all fight starts when both sides are not ready.
When did Rudd morph from a political party idiot to a world pundit
Kevin you are not trustworthy
Thank you
According to Taiwan internal report, Taiwan government put $9M into Pelosi’s pocket for her trip. I strongly urge US government to investigate this. How can our free world leader deal with such corrupted government as a glory.
The underlying question is. How many foreign civil conflicts does the the USA and Australia want to become involved in ?. Lets take time to examine this potentially very dangerous situation. The korean Civil War, still unresolved. The Veitnam civil war, over twenty years for nothing . Afganisitan, another lesson in futility., another twenty year lunatic exercise.
All said and done, China, and Taiwan, is a Chinese civil matter. Indeed I want this situation resolved peacefully.. All others, including that big stupid oaf, America. And America’s silly little shadow, Australia. Should keep their nose out. The ultimate bottom line is. This situation has nothing to do with civil rights. It is all about money, money, and more money. The Jew / American Dollar, verses the Chinese Yen. War is the major way in which the Worlds super rich make their money. Followed by medicine, and then bloody layers. Consider this un-change fact. A massive eighty percent of the Worlds wealth. Is in the hands of just eight percent of the Worlds people. All the rest of us are no more, or less than economic cannon fodder. So unless you personally can right now order. A two hundred million dollar super yacht. The minimum base entry level for the rich. Consider this fact. The time is long over due for the abolishion of treacherous political parties. Whom can only be described as been the Rich Master’s servants. Starting with America, and Australia.
Wow! Tough talk from someone who admits he is just “economic cannon fodder”.
I like your report. However, the sound quality is not as good as it can be.
The US can send its diplomats where they want too
@awang belantara They have send them 3 weeks ago
@J Mcc and after that Lindsey Graham said US will help Ukraine fight until the last Ukrainian. But we don’t want to send our soldiers to help you. But we will keep on sending our politicians until there is no more Ukrainian. Then we go home back to US.
China’s economy is in a fast downhill slip. It will soon lose strength to support dictator Xi Jinping’s ambition. His China dream is just an empty dream.
Are you referring to the US? It sounds like the USA
USA will not fight a war for Taiwan against China. Both USA and China are nuclear countries, in nuclear war there is no winner.
China will invade Taiwan.
China does not want to prevent Nancy from going to Taiwan. China wants Nancy to go Taiwan as soon as possible.
China will build a large statue of Nancy Pelosi in the sea between Taiwan and China, even those who pass on ships say that this is the woman who brought Taiwan back to us.
China does not want to shoot down Nancy’s plane, and China only wants Taiwan.
China said to Nancy, “Thank you for your trip, which made all Chinese people happy.” This is a victory for us in China on Taiwan Independence Day.
Whats sad is both sides seem to wish they could👎
Rudd is an ati China propagandist. China is its own country and government. You know the US falsely uses human rights claims to gain support from within the US and the international community to sanction and punish China. There is no genocide going on in China. Taiwan is a part of China and it will be reunified with China no matter the cost. If the US wants to wage war with China over Taiwan it better be prepared to lose and suffer irreparable militart and economic. damage.
Pelosi has the right to visit TIaiwan 🤣😂 omgosh this clown has no clue. She can visit Taiwan but as high ranking government official of the US she does NOT of the right to make official trips to Taiwan without the express permission of Beijing. If Xi decides he wants to visit separatists in Haiwaii and Washington says that is not allowed, does this guy think Xi has the right to visit? Then why have rules and policies if we can do whatever which way we want. Rudd thinks he can speak a few Chinese words he is THE expert on China.
Pelosi will always put her personal wealth and interests before world security and the lives of millions.
Kevin has put on alot of weight
Times change. I thought Trump was starting a war with China. Now a provocation like this proves that the two countries aren’t ready for war.
I wish his timetable was right. I don’t think we have very much time left.
Pelosi dosn’t give a dam about Julian Assange who is dying in prison for exposing US war crimes, but she hypocritically supports Taiwan’s Independence.
The biggest achievement of Pelosi’s visit was to expose Taiwan to China’s military threat, and the USS Ronald Reagan hiding in the corner was as cowardly as Biden.
1860 Civil war , when US Lincoln attacked the South. 1949-2022 Civil war CCP’ party’s PLA army between KMT’ party’s National army continue the 4,000 years united civilization. Winner takes all lands. Loser losses power/authority.
Please go away Kevin 11 nobody cares what you think, I seem to remember you sucking up to China years ago and look where it got us.
This Kevin Rudd is a pro Chinese when he was PM,CCP lobbyst were around him.
Intense is the love Speaker Pelosi has for the ppl of mainland China
She’s a senile old biddy that needs to go to a nursing home like Joe Bidden.
Kevin, you sound like Nancy is a true democratic representative when you mention she speak against human right in China! When you well known over 90% of Chinese approve of their government and less than 40% Americans approve their government? Nancy is an evil old witch trying to stir up war in Taiwan so military weapons company will benefit again while the rest of the world pay and especially US public taxes will be spend more on weapons and cut the little benefit left for US public. How evil and corrupt are these US politicians, btw all of them are very wealthy! May be land of opportunity is for the politicians? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
“Existential Threat” to any nation is not a zero sum game. War is seldom in any nation’s interest. It does not have to be when people can learn to appreciate and accommodate different of point of views, collaborate and coexist peacefully for the greater good of mankind.
What happened was Pelosi aka America had insulted Xi aka China with a useless tour vs China’s sovereignty . This is especally so when Xi , the most powerful man in the world , came out to voice his oppositions. This pure arrogance and insult .
Remember China is not Libya but the world’s most powerful economically and militarily today.
China at last has come out of its docile nature to a more responsive giant. So watch out.
Nancy, what were you thinking? Now look what you’ve done. San Francisco is a total mess, and now you went 6,524 miles to make another mess. 🙄
US promotes war so it could sell weapons to benefit its US military industries. Now that Iraq and Afghanistan war is over, US military industries wants another war somewhere else to market and showcase its weapons. They get Ukraine and possibly in Taiwan to buy more weapons to defend itself.
So the chest thumping are just indulgence of the political elite? It means there is no backing out of it then in the end and inevitable.
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No one is ever ready to go into a war… & if u.s. wants to hit China, it’s now, by the end of this decade, China will be too powerful & chances to win without massive casualties will greatly reduce.
Rudd is full of it. “Rights of the Taiwanese people”? Who defines those rights? Is he referring to the secessionist element within Taiwan? It’s not just Pelosi, does he approve of Pompeo’s reference to Taiwan as a ‘sovereign state’? The Mainland, as well as many in Taiwan itself, will tell you Chinese territorial integrity trumps any such perceived ‘rights’.
@Andy .P Who told you I was fan of the CCP? But in answer to your question the answer is yes, though I’m not sure they’ll be the only ones paying a cost. But again, the incoherence: Taiwan is Chinese territory, Japan isn’t, where’s the connection? Moreover, USA should be pushing back on the PRC’s overreach in the Sth. China Sea. Instead they’re reversing long standing policy & now seek to bring Taiwan into the Western Block. Chinese call that ‘nicking their territory’.
@ELLAS Have corrected my earlier typo – thank you. The connect with Japan is that if Taiwan falls Japan will be a lot harder to defend along with her islands. As for over reach in the SCS. I think if a America – China war then all superpower wars turn into world wars. SCS will be fought over.
@Andy .P Don’t worry about grammar, haven’t taken it myself.
Look, I’m quite ill, but if/as soon as I recover enough, & if you’re interested, I’ll try & give you an outline of some of the necessary background in order to try & understand what’s going on. Some of it involves Chinese history, for, without it you can’t understand all the factors that informs their thinking. So if I mention what the Chinese call ‘regionalism’ you won’t know what I’m talking about or its relevance regarding Taiwan. It’s also what drives the Chinese apoplectic when they hear ‘rights’ being mentioned. Then I’ll give you my take on what the USA is trying to achieve. Whether it’s a sensible strategy, etc. Remember, we’re talking Taiwan, nothing else.
Anyway, if you’re interested I’ll try to do it. Given my health, it may take several installments but I’ll make it systematic so hopefully it gives you – & others – something to work with rather rely on the nonsense that’s out there. There are some good shorthand takes like Paul Keating’s (though I think he over does the Australia/Asia bit a little). Joe Siracusa is good. But they don’t give you enough to work with. Not their fault, just media being what it is. Me, I have no vested interest in defending China. I’m Greek Australian, so there’s affinity there & by extension to the USA. The PRC’s position/disregard (similar to the Turk’s) on maritime international law doesn’t help Greece. You get the picture…
@ELLAS Hey, thanks for replying. First of all focus on your health and hope it all works out. I would be very interested in what you have to say. Agreed keep it to Taiwan – to easy to disappear down rabbit holes.
It is a war of choice for the US. The Chinese see Taiwan as a domestic affairs.
Nonsense, utterly nonsense. 360MM Americans are all ready to die to defend Taiwan.
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China( China Communist Party) does not want Taiwan . Taiwan is the most liberal country in Asia . Taiwan liberal ideology will be threat to Chinese communist party if Taiwan would become part of China. China just want to save face and maintain status quo. Nancy Pelosi visit to Taiwan is not about Taiwan and China . Pelosi visit to Taiwan is payback for China support of Russian invasion of Ukraine. However, both US and China have to back down before SHTF because of their childish games.
HISTORY: The first country to ever attack Taiwan, China with a warship was the US in 1867.
The country that supported Japan invading Taiwan during the Mudan incident was the USA in 1874.
The country that sold weapons to Japan during the first Sino-Japanese war leading to China’s defeat and forcing China to cede Taiwan to Japan was the USA from 1894 to 1895.
The country that pushes Japanese containment of China is the USA from the 19th century until today.
So can Taiwan really say the USA is their friend? Taiwan now is being used to serve USA imperialist interests. After WW2, the USA broke its promise to return Taiwan back to China.
USA and Russia have over 90% of the nukes. The geriatric dragon is not even a player. The only danger fat boy poses.
Is that, his obsolete thinking. Will result in complete destruction of the planet. By the only TWO super powers. Once the nukes start to fly. It’s over.
Taiwan is the most heavily defended place on earth.
Russia’s economy is the size of Spain they are too weak to do anything, let’s just ignore what Russia has to say and continue to prick them in Eastern Europe, I mean what’s Russia gonna do anyways? It’s not like they are ready to invade Ukraine right?
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What makes him so sure
It is iron clad set rock solid cornerstone that there is permanently NO future for USA & democracy in Taiwan island PRC .
The problem with Rudd’s analysis is he is thinking and looking at things or situations with a projection from an Anglo’s mindset.
He’s racist
Gary Hart is director of this TV play, he manipulated it all for money, she is just a main actress.
KRUDD is a midguided freak don’t listen to anything he says.
This is about a chip shortage
Chips are gold and Taiwan makes 90% off the most advanced chips. Both countries need those chips. Again it’s a money thing
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Who’s fault of the China’s aggression to taiwan in your views ?
Shut up, Rudd. You’re history. Nobody’s giving you any attention anymore.
I would strike now. Its time, the US is not ready and waiting will not make things better. Nuke the first carrier group that gets in the fight, just to demonstrate willing. 😉
China is ready. US, are you ready? Looking at the fast retreat of the aircraft carrier, No!
Because you’re a spy for the CCP. You can’t let the CCP to whatever they want. I live under their import ideology in Cambodia. We should stand up the CCP
Bring it on!
I don’t agree with him. The question is, would China stop the malicious ambition to control Taiwan if Pelosi didn’t visit? Flat out NO! So the logic served more sound to visit and maintain the relations with Taiwan and surrounding asian countries than to fold.
^…. Kevin Rudd is on China’s payroll…^. China’s “Asian society” in America is a spy organisation… Kevin Rudd is one of the concubines of Xi Jinping…
^^^^ China’s bribery, bat soup, gutter oil, plastic rice, Chinese female children and many things have totally twisted the brain of Kevin Rudd. Kevin is a troll of China’s disinformation campaign Worldwide to cover up war criminal China’s Uyghur Genocide, Tibetan Genocide,,Yellow Uyghur Gansu Genocide,,Kazakh Aksay Genocide … Kevin Rudd is one of the concubines of Xi Jinping of CCP….. Kevin Rudd is on China’s payroll and he is the president of “China’s Asian society “…. Kevin Rudd is twisted zombie of China…..STAND UP TO STOP CHINA’S UYGHUR GENOCIDE, TIBETAN GENOCIDE, MANCHURIAN GENOCIDE, YELLOW UYGHUR GANSU GENOCIDE, KAZAKH AKSAY GENOCIDE….
Even if China and Taiwan go to war, I deeply hope the U.S. stays out of it.
US China war? Are you kidding me? You don’t get it do you? First, US want to drag China into expensive war and slow down Chinese economy because there’s no way, US able to compete with China today.
Second, of course Biden Boss send their Weapon Salesman/Lady to offer their products knowing Country like Taiwan have tons off money.
Third, Rob them by asking Taiwan moved their assets to US, TSMC for example. Just by promising US Puppet a Green Card.
It’s. Big Action……
Do this ….. do that … whole U.S. fleet shows up ……. cool…!
Maybe I am a conspiracy theorist on steroid…I think what America, and Nancy Pelosi has done, is the copybook of Ukraine. Isn’t that a very long bow to draw? Well, please hear me out.
Ukraine drew the irk of Russia because of the fuzzy relationship between it and NATO. NATO expanded into Ukraine progressively, hence alarmed Russia endlessly. Some five months ago, Russia used that as an excuse to invade Ukraine. And Bingo…that is exactly what America has wanted. What?
Well, pay attention to how America behaves. It is not sending in troops to fight for Ukraine because a dead US service man will be political poison for any US administration. So weapons and money are being sent instead. But the US didn’t stop at these, it joined forces with Europe to impose sanctions on Russia. But why? It is to weaken Russia to the point that it no longer poses as a threat to the US.
What has Russia and China in common in this? Simple. US will want to see a long and drawn out war between China and Taiwan. Again, America won’t send troops to help Taiwan, but instead send in weapons and money to wear out China, as it attempts to do so on Russia.
However, China is a very different horse. It has a much stronger economic inter-dependency between itself and the world, even the US is not immune. A struggling China will be akin to swinging a wrecking ball across the entire globe. We are still suffering from the disruption thanks to COVID. A long war between China and Taiwan, with the west fighting in the shadow behind Taiwan, will send the entire world economy back by decades.
The question is…does the US has the ability to continue to support Taiwan in a prolonged war with China? If the current economic situation in the US is any guide, I dare say NO. No one has the crystal ball to predict in what shape the US and China would be in the next decade. If we are to be brave enough to use the current environment as a guide, I would say it is a 50-50 chance America won’t come out a winner in a battle with China. This is vast different to the 4 decades ago when China could barely cross the Taiwan strait without becoming a sitting duck for the US’s superior military prowess.
The Pelosi visit was a deliberate provocation knowing the known objections on China’s part. Nothing really was achieved as a result of the visit beyond poking the nose of the dragon.
you can’t be friend and enemy at same time
can you be friend and enemy same time
What a stupid statement. No one is ever ready to fight a war. There is always more preparation that can be useful.
Taiwan is only good for the US as long as Taiwan is leading the chips industry. If the US can make its own chips, the US will leave Taiwan.
Pelosi a champion of human rights? 500k Iraqi children were murdered by the illegal invasion!
China would of behaved this way at some point in the future.
No, I don’t agree with you, for example, someone bullies ur kid, you won’t let your kid go to school
thinking this way
Taiwanese enjoys freedom for almost 70 years. if your country has the same situation. you will stay in the back also China is always saying something not doing anything.
Thanking about it
Why should they go to war? China wants to keep its economy going and help keep Asian economies up. This is when recession is dragging down the US and European economies. It’s the time for China to take the opportunity to make more economic gains. Why should they be distracted and waste their money with a war?
WHAT ELSE SHOULD CHINA CONCLUDE? US has all the intentions to walk out from the one China policy! US makes deals, and when they are not convenient for them anymore they change them….it is the law of the jungle!
The US deserves these and more; Pelosi must be sanctioned as the warmonger for her own political gain, chips, share price, and political legacy. What evil can this be? made in the USA.
.Kevin Rudd is on China’s payroll and he is one of the concubines of Xi Jinping…
Who cares what this ponderous ass has to say.😂😂😂😂
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China thinks that though Taiwan has not declared independence the US would love it if it were an independent nation, in spite of saying it doesn’t want it to, and thus would settle for Taiwan living as one, indefinitely, without declaring independence (without the marriage certificate), ONLY to avoid a conflict with China, just as Bababra wants to avoid upsetting Mark.
These intellectual idiots don’t know what they’re talking about if China starts a war over Taiwan the United States will crush them. They have a coastal Navy and one aircraft carrier and a bunch of Internet hackers but when it comes down to facing bullets they’re men are a bunch of cowards and products of a one-child policy in China the people will Revolt if they see their sons who are expected to take care of them in their golden years slaughtered on Mass. The United States is too far out of reach for China to be effective militarily and in the alternative the United States will destroy all their hydroelectric plants all of their dams like the Three Gorges dams all of their Naval ports and the world will protest against China and stop doing business with them and the Communist party will be overthrown. People are forgetting that the Japanese military are not a bunch of suckers and they will fight and the Australians will fight and the Filipinos will fight all on behalf of America and don’t forget about India and Vietnam who also hate the Chinese with a passion so basically the Chinese will Target Guam and Guam will probably not do very well from it but after that it is open season on the Chinese. They don’t want to fight The Americans because they know it’s suicide. They just spent 30 years coming out of abject poverty and America will put them back into dirt houses and no infrastructure and their people will revolt against the Chinese Communist Party and remember the Taiwanese are well-trained and their island is basically a porcupine that the Chinese will have to navigate through and it’s going to be difficult and there will be a lot of losses and the Chinese idea of prosperity will get flushed down the toilet