I appreciate the fact that you have given me a heads up on this already today privately that we are going to make progress on the demonstration of the U.S. strategy vis-a-vis China, and again, its intent is to not confront but to help…

I am actually thinking about some of the more direct economic impact, for instance, anticipating that China relies on Taiwan, for instance, for semiconductor needs of various kinds.

I would note that the law that was passed called for this to be presented to Congress, some in public, and then some classified, as opposed to just an in camera review.

I, for one, was surprised to see their treatment of Australia, for instance, and wondered how that could possibly be in their interest to offend a nation in their region as they did, obviously, a nation with which we have a close…

I think Xi Jinping is an intelligent person, that military action is not the right path for him to consider for a lot of reasons.

My assessment is that there have been nations that have severed relations with Taiwan but have not gone the other way.

My assessment is that there have been nations that have severed relations with Taiwan but have not gone the other way.

They have done a number of things which have weakened, from my perspective, their ties with those nations.

That is their objective.

I would note that the law that was passed called for this to be presented to Congress, some in public, and then some classified, as opposed to just an in camera review. So I would expect that the State Department would follow the law as…

But what are the other dimensions do you think of that key strategy?

Some weeks ago I asked Taiwan's representative to the United States, what was the single most important thing we could do to convince China that it would be unwise to consider a military action of invasion against Taiwan, and the…