Mike Pompeo, who was the U.S. secretary of state during incoming President Donald Trump's first term in office, is visiting Taiwan for the fourth time. Pompeo stated that China does not have the power to decide the fate of Taiwan or Asia.
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00:00Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says China's leader Xi Jinping does not have
00:06the power to decide the future of Asia or even of Taiwan.
00:11Free nations, especially those in this area, in the Indo-Pacific, must send an unambiguous
00:16message to Beijing that you are free, that Taiwan is free, that Taiwan is independent,
00:24and it's going to stay that way.
00:25Nothing's going to change it.
00:27Pompeo was the top U.S. diplomat during Donald Trump's first term as president and is making
00:33his fourth trip to Taiwan.
00:36He called on the incoming Trump administration to advocate for Taiwan's international participation
00:42in academic, business, and intergovernmental organizations.