Tensions between China and Taiwan have intensified after one of America's most senior politicians, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, visited the self-declared separate state.

The trip provoked the Chinese to carry out military exercises in the Taiwan Strait - causing concern among the international community.

On the Sky News Daily podcast, Saima Mohsin explores what China wants from Taiwan and what the future holds for cross-strait relations with Amanda Hsiao, a senior analyst for the International Crisis Group specialising in China, and Oriana Skylar Mastro, who is a China and security expert at the Institute for International Studies at Stanford University.

Producer: Emma Rae Woodhouse
Interviews producer: Madeleine Drury
Podcast promotion producer: David Chipakupaku
Editor: Philly Beaumont