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more on our website bbc.co.uk/news and the news app. now on bbc news live to singapore for asia business report. taiwan troops to the polls, willits tiger economy help the ruling party stay in powder quote eczema? texting may be all fun these days. we will get a peek at an invisible keyboard that may change the way we use our smartphones. good morning, asia. hello, world. it's a friday, almost the weekend.

glad you could join us. let's start of the programme with the taiwan elections as voters had to the polls this saturday to decide the next president and legislature. this comes at a time when china and the us have locked horns over trade. the global microchip industry has emerged from a slump and has been a major driver for the local economy. well, growth was firm in 2019 2.6% and should be largely repeated in 2020. because of the president is re—elected, it is expected that taiwan's economic reliance on china will be reduced. the majority of particularly young taiwanese people, they are not really in favour of

warmer ties with the mainland. they are worried what ties to the mainland means and they don't even call china mainland. they think of china is a completely different country and so i think young voters are more than likely to bring this home for the incumbent. but during the time, the taiwanese economy has blossomed despite the ongoing us china trade war. with the economy growing for 1h consecutive quarters. that's absolutely right. taiwan has been a beneficiary of the trade war. you have a number of large taiwanese companies that were manufacturing in china that have relocated back to taiwan, in part to avoid the trade war. have also seen increasing exports to the united states out of taiwan. taiwan has managed this quite well and although the party is not traditionally seen as the best economic managers in taiwan, they have an increasing wage growth, they

have an increasing wage growth, they have had really low levels of unemployment so while there is still some concern here on the ground, i do think a lot of people are worried about stagnating wages and high property prices, like many places in the world. the dpp has done a good job in the last few years of managing a complicated economy. briefly, the mantra taiwan safe, people which. how will this goal be implemented? i do think that han thinks he can pick up the phone to beijing where is the opposite is being offered by, —— sai. she really wa nts to being offered by, —— sai. she really wants to reduce that trade dependency. cash-strapped air india is running out of options to find

the buyer. it's faced heavy domestic competition from budget carriers. the civil aviation minister says it's now time for india to get out of the airline business. —— for the government. thank you forjoining us. government. thank you forjoining us. first of all, why can't air india find a white knight? well, that's a very good question. 0ne india find a white knight? well, that's a very good question. one of the answers to that would be the manner in which the government of india in 2018 had conducted the first attempt at selling air india. the kind of closure is the government had put in, possible transaction, had put up a lot of potential buyers because air india is already cash—strapped in heavily debt ridden. there is debt to the tune of eight dollars. the government of also said they would retain about 24% of the stake for

air india. 76% would be given out and they also said two—thirds of that debt would be born rather than by potential buyers. all of this made it rather unattractive input of some of those buyers. the government seems to suggest that they are willing to be more flexible to make ita willing to be more flexible to make it a more attractive option. despite its mountain of debt, what is the edge ofair its mountain of debt, what is the edge of air india? that's interesting. this is significant because air india has been around for a long time. it has a robust existing network across the world, some of the most prime arrival and departure slots at crucial airports across the world and also has some of the most experienced employees. it isa of the most experienced employees. it is a very strong brand, something that has been stressed on by the government itself and something that is also been viewed by a lot of

potential buyers. the last time the government put it out, you haddix questions of interest like singapore airlines, that he had, lufthansa, and several other airlines. let's see with the government is attempting to make it more attractive. hoping against hope that there still may be a buyer for air india. thank you for the update. in other business news making headlines, apple's stock rising up the news broke that iphone sales in china jumped 18% in december. they shipped more than 3 million devices in december ahead of the chinese new year, a major gift giving holiday and this comes after a period when iphone sales in the country slumped due to competition from its chinese rivals. well, the mainland is experiencing a 7— year high inflation rate and that has something to do with soaring walk prices. it nearly doubled last month

compared to a year ago levels according to official figures. that's despite the government's effo rts that's despite the government's efforts to ease the meat shortage due to a disease out. surging prices adds to challenges for communist leaders who are trying to shore up slowing economic growth and resolve a tariff for with washington. samsung has developed a way for smartphone users to type on a table or other services as an alternative to tapping on the handset‘s own screen. it's software attracts users fingers by the bone's front facing camera and works out where the taps would correspond to being on a qwerty keyboard. let's find out more about this latest technology from chris box at the ces tech expo in las vegas. look, mum, no keys. mrs selfie type

from samsung lab. instead of typing ona tiny from samsung lab. instead of typing on a tiny samsung smartphone screen you can use yourself the camera and touch type on the table in front of you and the camera recognises the letters you are trying to type in your head in a weird thing is, i've been put it in training mode, i've only had a few minutes to tried and i really got some speed up, it does work. 0bviously i really got some speed up, it does work. obviously i have to type particular way, i'm not the best touch type at home. i usually stab at the keys, not very professional. and this is training me so that the ai can recognise where my fingers are. let's bring in one here. tell me, what is the idea behind this? there are many different ways you can type. there are some who prefer typing on a physical keyboard and this is one solution that can carry out extra devices. and it's a research project so when what we see it on the phone? still we are working hard on this one and there is no official date for the release

but we will see how it goes in the future. there is another device designed to speed up your typing. instead of tapping into keyboard, you move the around. if you move them at the same time, you can play chords that are like whole words. i have no time to practise so i would be good at this but wiley hopefully you are good at this. let us put it to the test. can you type this for me, this is bbc news. so how long is it take you to get used to wiggling his around. it's actually much faster to learn traditional keyboard. you can match your qwerty speedin keyboard. you can match your qwerty speed in less than a month. we already know a qwerty keyboard is in the most official way efficient way of typing. how will you convince people to adopt this system? care quarter, if we show this to kids at a school, they love it. they say this is better than a qwerty, can i keep this. challenge we are facing, people over the age of 30 or a0 who

invested a lot of time in a quota, it's going to be hard for them. qwerty was something that didn't even run on electricity so we are trying to eliminate that. iam old i am old school, i still prefer a keyboard. have a quick look at how asia—pacific markets are appearing in mid—morning trade. the decay continues to be in positive territory, up by a third of a percent. the all 0rdinaries index gaining 1.5%. percent. the all 0rdinaries index 5%. up percent. the all 0rdinaries index gaining 1.5%. up by 0.a% and this is after major gains for us stocks overnight and they surged a press record highs as investors took heart that the conflict is not escalating and a trade deal with china will likely be signed next week in washington. thank you for investing your time with us. this is bbc news — the top stories this hour.

canada's prime minister says there's evidence that an iranian missile brought down a ukrainian passenger plane that crashed near tehran. and a day after the duke and duchess of sussex announce they're stepping back from royal duties, meghan leaves the uk for canada. a young singerfrom brighton has topped the bbc‘s sound of 2020 — which aims to predict the biggest and brightest new stars in music. celeste, who's 25, follows in the footsteps of previous winners like adele, sam smith and ellie goulding. she was chosen by a panel of one hundred and seventy figures from the music industry. here's our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba. (tx) —— here's our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba. # it wouldn't move # what could i do...# the soulful sound of celeste. # i touch your head...# the young singer, raised in brighton, who's been named the bbc‘s sound of 2020.

well, i can't wait now to see what the rest of the year looks like. i think you can never predict, even though sometimes you really want to, like look into a glass ball and see what's going to happen. but, no, i'm just like so thrilled and excited and, yeah, i can't wait. # i don't want to put on pressure when i'm talking to you...# she's already made appearances on shows like later with jools holland and now she's following in the footsteps of previous sound of winners, the likes of whom include ellie goulding, sam smith and adele. one of the most important things for me is that it will hopefully mean that more people hear my music and are aware that i'm making music. a confident live performer who played glastonbury‘s introducing stage in 2019, 2020 will bring different pressures.

there's an element that, like, now there's a heightened expectation, potentially, that you really want to make sure you live up to it. but ultimately, like i said, it is encouraging. so, yeah, it's cool! the new year will bring new music, which she hopes willjustify the industry's faith in her. lizo mzimba, bbc news. # from strangers to friends, friends and lovers...# don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @lvaughanjones. mike embley will be back with you. now on bbc news, sport today. hello, i'm katie shanahan and this is sport today,

live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: atletico madrid fight back to stun barcelona to reach the final of the spanish super cup. after a thriller in cape town this week, is there still a place for 5—day test matches? and shane warne's baggy green cap raises more than $500,000 at auction for the bushfires appeal. hello and welcome along to the programme. we'll start with football, as atletico madrid have beaten the reigning champions barcelona 3—2 to reach the final of the re—vamped spanish super cup, which is being played in saudi arabia. after a goalless first—half, koker put atletico madrid in front one minute after the re—start. barca replied with two goals in quick succession