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2040	3760	Taiwan is in the middle of 10 days of
3760	5720	intense military drills in preparation
5720	7680	for possible attacks from the Chinese
7680	9520	mainland. At the same time, the Trump
9520	11280	administration is considering a $14
11280	14240	billion arms sale to the island. Fox
14240	15760	News foreign correspondent Jeff Paul
15760	19520	joins us from Taipei. Hello, Jeff.
19520	21000	>> Hey, Shannon. Well, yeah, the annual war
21000	23280	games are well underway here in Taiwan,
23280	25240	testing this island's readiness for a
25240	28000	potential attack by Chinese forces. And
28000	29800	this year, the drills are far more
29800	33760	realistic and much more intense.
33760	36120	It's a scenario rooted in reality.
36120	38800	Taiwan is attacked by neighboring China
38800	40800	and its forces must protect the Asian
40800	44480	Pacific island of 23 million people.
44480	46280	>> We step up our training activities,
46280	48200	conducting repeated drills through
48200	50800	unplanned, irregular, and no notice
50800	51790	scenarios.
51790	51800	scenarios.
51800	53560	>> The annual drills are meant to examine
53560	55800	Taiwan's readiness amid growing Chinese
55800	56390	pressure.
56390	56400	pressure.
56400	57800	>> You will see more and more Chinese
57800	60480	warships, Chinese warplanes moving
60480	61520	around Taiwan.
61520	64040	>> China-Taiwan analyst Sung Win Tee says,
64040	65880	"This year is less about performative
65880	68120	displays of firepower and more about
68120	70000	improving combat capabilities."
70000	71320	>> You are seeing a new degree of
71320	73080	seriousness in Taiwan defense
73080	75400	preparation you haven't seen um in quite
75400	76120	a while.
76120	78640	>> Civil preparedness is tested, too, like
78640	81160	here in the city of Kaohsiung.
81160	82960	And just like that, one of the largest
82960	84800	cities here in Taiwan coming to a
84800	86520	standstill. You can hear the warning
86520	88160	sirens going up, basically telling
88160	90600	people to get inside and take shelter.
90600	92800	It is a drill meant to prepare everyone
92800	94880	here on this island for the possibility
94880	96960	of an incoming air attack.
96960	99160	Taiwan knows its defense can't solely
99160	101400	rely on its soldiers. Everyone has a
101400	102240	role to play.
102240	104920	>> It's feel like a little bit uh
104920	108400	scared, but um after that, we we know
108400	111240	it's like the um very secure.
111240	113280	>> However, the US is currently stalling on
113280	116120	a massive $14 billion color package to
116120	118920	Taiwan. After a visit to China in May,
118920	120760	President Trump called the defense deal
120760	122960	a quote very good negotiating chip with
122960	126040	Beijing. Sung says it's not just about
126040	126790	Taiwan.
126790	126800	Taiwan.
126800	128840	>> Taiwan is a democracy standing on the
128840	131880	front line of China's rivalry with the
131880	134990	democratic world.
135000	136400	>> Now, later this week for the first time
136400	138920	ever, Taiwan will intentionally throttle
138920	140959	internet services for several portions
140959	143320	of this island. The idea is to test how
143320	145320	people communicate in the event of a
145320	147000	major attack. Shannon.
147000	148440	>> All right, Jeff Paul in Taipei for us.
148440	150280	Thank you, Jeff.
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