Empire strikes back: China deploys fighter jets to Taiwan (Full show)

China is conducting military exercises aimed at proving its ability to isolate Taiwan. This comes at a time of ever-greater closeness between Taiwan and Washington, putting the long-standing “One China“ doctrine in jeopardy. RT America’s Alex Mihailovich explains. Then former UKMP George Galloway shares his insights.(4:52) Then “On Contact“ host Chris Hedges weighs in on the brief blocking of RT Arabic channel on YouTube (12:09) before RT America’s Faran Fronczak and Steve Christakos discuss a Supreme Court case that will determine whether amateur athletes will win the right to compensation. (17:24) Plus, RT America’s Trinity Chavez reports on bizarre scientific research into humans’ ability to one day evolve venom-production. (23:04)