Guam 'Highly Vulnerable' to Chinese Attack: Official | China In Focus

a dangerous vulnerability in America's defenses a US military base in Guam at risk of Chinese attacks has Beijing advances missile arsenals more tariffs and tougher laws us lawmakers are calling on the White House to stop a flood of Chinese electric cars into the US the Philippines observing a Japanese Naval drill for the first time ever with the US Australia and Canada join to uphold a free and open Indo Pacific and while Congressman saying China is becoming a greater Threat by the day how and what can us lawmakers do about it we need to push back in concert with our allies what do you think let us know below and subscribe if you haven't already welcome to China in Focus I'm Tiffany Meyer is a US Territory highly vulnerable to an attack from Beijing according to a top American lawmaker the answer is yes the front line he is talking about sits about 8,000 miles from the Pentagon on the South Pacific island of Guam in a letter obtained by Fox News House china select committee chairman Mike Gallagher asked the US Army for details on how to protect the US's westernmost territory so why the sense of urgency Guam is home to US Air Force and navy bases over 20 ,000 US troops are stationed there during any conflicts involving the US in the Pacific such as a possible clash with China over Taiwan Guam would be a key point for hosting us bombers and submarines but that vital military Outpost is now under threat according to Gallagher China has developed quote a formidable inventory of Highly capable cruise missiles adding that those weapons can be launched from multiple platforms including from ships submarines and bombers Guam is a lot closer to China than Hawaii it's located less than 3,000 miles off China's Coast Gallagher said the US Army's efforts to field the air defense system in Guam quote faces an unclear future that's as the launcher prototype selected back in 2021 was delayed to late 2024 due to supply chain issues Gallagher is now asking the Army to provide information on the delays the Army did not immediately respond to a request for comment China is building up its nuclear Arsenal as tensions rise around the world 's Chris spear spoke with Grant Nim senior fellow the center for security policy for the latest on the Chinese regime's mounting stockpile what's the state of China's nuclear Arsenal right now it's according to government estimates it's about 500 nuclear warheads and it's gotten a quickly improving bunch of missiles to send these Warheads out on it's worth noting that for many years it was thought that the Chinese only had about 250 300 and then suddenly around 2021 the experts decided they had 400 and around 2023 did they decid they have 500 uh they're said to have a about a thousand by the end of the decade but one does note that we've always underestimated the speed at which the Chinese develop their capabilities so it's quite possible they have more than that uh particularly since they've got 3,000 miles of underground tunnels in which to hide them and Grant can their nuclear weapons reach the United States right now uh some of them can that all just depends on the missile you're shooting it off of uh and as their say their capabilities increase they will gradually be able to hit us with more and different types of weapons as well we're well within range Now Grant you've said China is going through the biggest fastest military buildup since World War II and it's being ignored by us lawmakers how is this possible well it's not being ignored by all of them but in total they're not able to really take it seriously and more importantly have us do the things that we need to uh to do it was often thought I think that the Chinese just aren't our equals they never will be and like a say a really good sports team like us you don't see your arrival your new opponent coming up and catching up and in some cases surpassing you so was some cases willful blindness I think a lot of it was that the smell of Chinese money uh but we were asleep too many were asleep and nobody was listening to the people sounding the alarm and Grant China's publicly stated goal is to have a worldclass military by 2049 are they on track to reach that goal well I think so they're looking at the air sea Ground Forces outer space cyber electronic warfare uh nuclear missile forces everywhere even uh looking at the moon as well uh in outer space so they have really are going about it systematically and they're making such huge progress that I think one should be very careful to not take them seriously and they will probably be there before 2049 what's your advice to us lawmakers given all this uh first thing you have to do is to stop funding the People's Republic of China we are effectively funding their military buildup you're going to have to crack down on Wall Street in our business class and the donor class that has so much influence on Capitol Hill then come up with a coherent plan for rebuilding our military and fast all right grant Newsome thank you for joining us well thanks for having me is the US aircraft maker Boeing headed back to the Chinese market a Sunday report from Bloomberg says China is eyeing new aircraft purchases from Boeing China stopped buying aircraft from the American plane maker over six years ago in the shadow of growing tensions between the two countries not to mention mention the two deadly crashes linked to Boeing's 737 Max airplanes less than 24 hours after news of the possible China purchase broke Boeing stock started Rising why the sudden change of heart from China many see it as Beijing extending a friendly gesture toward Washington President Biden is set to talk with Chinese regime leader xinping face tof face this Wednesday in San Francisco and on the agenda expanding us China trade besides Boeing Beijing just made an enormous purchase of us soy beans totaling over 3 million tons that's according to the world's biggest crop Trader kgu last week in light of the upcoming meeting beijing's intentions behind the huge soybean order is Raising questions cargill's executive told Bloomberg that China is buying higher quantities than anyone could have imagined soy beans considered a kind of oil seed have a range of uses including as chicken feed feed cooking oil and renewable diesel US President Joe Biden wants to reestablish military to military ties with China White House National Security adviser Jake Sullivan mentioned the news on Sunday something to note China is currently without a defense minister Beijing recently ousted General lean Fu after he vanished from the public view for months here's more US President Joe Biden will push China to reestablish military ties this week in an interview with CBS Sullivan said that quote the president is determined to see the reestablishment of military to military ties Because he believes it's in the US National Security interest and that quote we need those lines of communication so that there aren't mistakes or miscalculations or miscommunication Beijing has largely severed military to military communication with Washington after then us house Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in 2022 the Democratic Island China claims as its own prior to the rupture over Pelosi's visit the US and Chinese militaries cooperated on exercises and training such as this joint humanitarian relief drill in Southwest China in 2016 annual Naval drills off Japan's Coast kicked off over the weekend led by Tokyo the United States Australia and Canada also joined the exercises and for the first time ever the Philippines participated as an observer the more that we get a chance to sell to trade together the stronger that makes our navies the better it makes our navies we all learn from one another the goal of the annual exercises is to show and improve how friendly navies can work together the event also aims to highlight their presence and commitment to defending a free and open Indo Pacific the Allies say increasing aggression and Broad territorial claims from China are working against that the Philippines participation comes as Filipino Coast Guard vessels have been increasingly harassed by Chinese ships in the disputed South China Sea the latest confrontation happened Friday the Philippines accused a Chinese Coast Guard ship of dangerous Maneuvers and Blasting a Philippine Supply ship with a water cannon China defended its action President Biden and Chinese regime leader shping are set to meet this week on Wednesday at the Apex Summit in San Francisco antd caught up with congressman Gallagher at the event to ask him about the Chinese regime's suppression of a us-based Performing Arts company called Shen Yun in South Korea nd's Jeremy sanberg has more on his response we still didn't Congressman Mike Gallagher chairman of the house select committee on the CCP told NTD that China's actions in South Korea is just one example of the regime's economic Warfare I think this is all evidence of a global strategy of economic coercion uh which is why we need to push back in concert with our allies actually think our ambassador to Japan Ambassador Emanuel has done a fantastic job calling out incidents of coercion and calling on the administration in partnership with Congress uh to push back against Chinese economic coercion but Gallagher says the most important thing is reducing China's source of Leverage for coercion in the first place the fact is we've become too dependent on China in a variety of areas whether it's um critical mineral processing or Advanced pharmaceutical ingredients we're going to have to figure out a way to claim our reclaim our economic independence before it's too late because imagine if we found ourselves in kinetic confrontation with China over Taiwan they would weaponize Supply chains they would weaponize those points of Leverage to bring us and our allies to our kns and so we have to take action before it's too late before the shooting starts the congressman says one of the US's greatest strengths lies in its network of allies but that to be victorious in competition against China long term outdated regulations must be reformed to break down walls in the the way of collaboration he's worried high level talks might be leaving out human rights just as in past competitions with existential threats like the Soviet Union we used human rights to advance our strategic in uh uh interest we have to do the same right now we have to put them at the Forefront of our our grand strategy Visa China and we can't um we can't ignore the atrocities uh that the CCP is perpetrating whether it's in Shenzhen whether it's in Hong Kong whether it's just the Chinese people uh who are are victims of the the authoritarianism and the techn totalitarianism of the regime in Beijing Gallagher says the US has delayed key defense actions in order to send high level cabinet officials to Beijing and set up the Apec meeting between Biden and shei over the last years we haven't sanctioned a single Chinese official for the genocide in chinchang we haven't sanctioned anyone for the suppression of freedom in Hong Kong there's been no meaningful investigation into the origins of co uh the attempt to play Down the Spy balloon incident was a joke all in pursuit of this engagement and so I think it's dangerous I think it's naive and paradoxically it's going to make the Chinese Communist Party more aggressive because these Marxist leninist regimes tend to get more aggressive the more you appease and accommodate them Gallagher's message to the business Community is it's time to take off the Golden blindfolds Jeremy Sandberg NTD news World governments are keeping a close eye on North Korea's nuclear threat to better counter it the US and South Korea updated a bilateral Security deal Monday us defense secretary Lloyd Austin met with South Korean military officials to discuss deterrence the annual talks also brought up cooperation on the war in Ukraine and Chinese aggression the upgrade follows a pledge from the US South Korea and Japan to create a mechanism to share data on North Korea's missile launches according to the Pentagon it will facilitate the exchange of realtime missile warning data and improve each country's ability to monitor missiles launched by North Korea the plan is in the final testing stages and will be fully operational by late December a group of lawmakers is calling on the Biden Administration for help to block an unfair competitive Advantage they say is coming from China here's what they're asking for the bipartisan group is pushing for higher tariffs on Chinese cars and to strengthen laws to stop Chinese electric vehicles from flooding the US market they say estate subsidies from Beijing plus China's dominance in raw materials and EV battery making Drive Chinese made car prices so low that the American automakers can't compete states are taking action too voters in rural Michigan just ousted five members of the Green Charter Township's governing board that's after they backed the construction of a major chinese-owned EV battery plant the project was said to bring thousands of jobs but critics raised National Security fear years one trustee cited reports that the wouldbe Chinese owner of the plant had sworn allegiance to the Chinese Communist party and could send sensitive information to Beijing the US pledging to support South Korea with nukes if the situation comes to it defense secretary Lloyd Austin is in Soul Monday for annual security talks with South Korean military officials including the country's defense minister here's what he said we have been tested time and again and we have met every challenge together we built one of the most robust capable and interoperable alliances on Earth we have the third major conflict and aggression on the Korean Peninsula for seven decades if necessary we remain ready to fight tonight this year they're updating a security agreement with the aim of more effectively countering North Korea's nuclear and missile threats the two leaders signed a new version of the tailored deterrent strategy agreement it was revised for the first time in a decade to address the growing threat of North Korea's military nuclear program the new document spells out that the US would mobilize its full range of military capabilities including nuclear ones to defend South Korea in the event of a North Korean nuclear attack that's all for today's China INF focus on YouTube we're now Shar sh in a shorten version of our program here after being demonetized for more than 2 years last month YouTube removed our demonetization status but reimposed it within days if you'd like to support us subscribe to our partner platform epic TV where you can watch our full episodes or consider donating find us at donorbox.org ch- in-focus here's what to look out for in our second half President Biden and Chinese regime leaders Shin ping are set to meet face to face in San Francisco what can we expect from the summit plus reports of chinese-owned crypto mines across the US are sparking National Security concerns what's at risk we spoke to Antonio grao economic and National Security analyst for details thanks for watching China in Focus I'm Tiffany Meyer see you tomorrow