missed her. p.c. sorry got any more sitting as the missile. an exclusive report from a destroyed city. philippines in the sights of us starts oct 24th on d w. this is d w news asia coming up newfound friends the solomon islands and china have recently established diplomatic ties china says this is to both countries benefit look at exactly how. but this comes at the cost of taiwan what options does president citing one have been taiwan keeps losing diplomatic allies to china.

i'm very strategy welcome to dublin years asia it's good to have you with us an island paradise in the pacific ocean but now at the center of a strategic game of diplomatic chess this isn't a common description for the solomon islands but since it established diplomatic ties with china last month the us and taiwan have sat up and taken notice. at the center of it all is the small island of an island with only about 20100 inhabitants it has now been leased to a chinese company as part of a court strategic cooperation agreement the company intends to develop a refinery on the island but its potential use as a military base has experts what it is worth remembering this deal came about after the solomon islands broke off diplomatic ties with taiwan the diplomatic loss was 15th again for china which now has an island in waters that have traditionally been

under the u.s. of influence listen to what the foreign minister of taiwan said about this recently . colton's that if you go to the right my brain should read more or you. read an old 'd. maid or. you know you know for sure. they are still. 'd very good or. want to see that it was the later it was. one. that it is too late to do with aig. so what does he mean we need to take a look at 2 maps to understand this and to explain that all the talk about a repeat in the studio to help us make more sense of this polo welcome what is the connection between the south china sea and the pacific. let's 1st take a look at this map of the south china sea the red line that you can see here is

what is known as the 9 dash line that is the day my cation line for china's unilateral claim to these voices if you look at the blue dots that those are the. those are the territorial claims of the other countries in the region now china claims it has an historic claim to these forces the u.n. says there is no legal basis for such a claim but that doesn't seem to bother the china there is an economic side to this these waters rich fisheries water there is also potential oil and gas reserves there but this really comes down to military dominance now there are islands scattered across this area some of them are just shoals or tiny coral outcrops that was until beijing started developing them forming them into solid land and building hobbist and military installations there so what is the connection between this situation and the pacific so the taiwanese farming is that we just heard there he

says that china will do to the pacific what they have already done to the south china sea. so look at this map this is to log if china gets a military presence here that is significant firstly there is a strategic significance we have a stray right down here the strait between australia and have new guinea is a major shipping route but there are also a military significance to this flag it was ones the capital of the british protectorate of the solomon islands it was taken by the japanese during the 2nd world war it was really won by the americans during the famous battle of got a canal so these islands have always had a link to it to the west for the last 60 years and this is what it really comes down to beijing is challenging washington's status in in the pacific ocean and washington already have military installations in strategic waters belonging to other countries in this area and now it seems beijing is doing the same all out soccer thanks very much for coming in and breaking that down on the maps for us.

and the other side of the story is of course that all of this has come at the cost of taiwan and its ties with other countries the united nations recognizes only beijing as the government of china and not taiwan this means only a handful of countries have diplomatic ties with taiwan at the moment that list is incredibly short only 15 countries including vatican city recognise taiwan as a country since 2016 taiwan has lost 5 allies to try another most recent ones being you saw them there the pacific nations of cuba and the solomon islands. here is what the prime minister of the solomon islands said on his 1st state visit to china after his country established diplomatic relations with it. my government and people have chosen to be. on the right side of history. and normalize

relations with the people's republic of china the prime minister of the solomon islands there with me in the studio for more is a taiwan's representative to germany share where there's a share thanks so much for being with us you heard the prime minister of the solomon islands has the solomon islands chosen to be on the bright side of history when i think i want to thank him for his choice because it may have their points. over from taiwan to china but what i will what i want to say is that these islands which has been released to a chinese company with very close ties to to the chinese coming to the region is cote. i think they will be too lucky if you wait a little bit because china is buying. habits not only these 3 lucky we. do. we know and so on and so on china

is expensive they have american power as it's just country is not at the market one so you cannot expect too much because they are doing sons in not only for commission but especially for me to it's interesting many of the play of words that you used over the there won't be too lucky there's a player of the foreign ministry of taiwan is also using its calling it dollar diplomacy and in this particular instance it said i quote false promises of large amounts of foreign assistance on the part of china and so basically what the foreign minister of taiwan is saying that china is lying well that's that put putting this way i used to see. if china is a free country is a democrat who won there would be no problem they can buy 2020 or 30 he was everywhere the problem is just take a look at what's happening on hong kong and in the last the 4 tickets they have

been trying to straighten taiwan not only that it knew you must say you people must have heard about these into the pacific into pacific strategic. adams and the critic of the cargo and oh oh both lists. oh all this business what they are doing is to expense their power and. not only telling this written over countries like philippines that vietnam like a very unsettling back to the south china sea that people are just talking about but just go back to a point that you were making you said that if china was a democratic country and if i look at what you're saying now you almost seem to be saying that if china was a democratic country this sort of expansion of power would be ok no in this case i wouldn't i wouldn't have used the word expensive i want to say they are trying to. the business of china and everyone could really get some profit from that and in

the case as 14th already happens it's not the case because the rear report purpose is to get what they want and not to share with the people what they can share all right let's look at the timing of these moves taiwan is headed towards a presidential election you know john you do next year do you think it's generally do you think what china is doing has something to do with the elections in taiwan. is not only what they're trying to do they have done already seen the night in 996 went to one when when the taiwanese people tried to elect our president directly and there kept some favorites in the i wouldn't say which party but they have their own favorite and are praised in training one has been so brave to say no we won't accept one country 2 systems we won't accept a soco to 2092 consensus let's just look at it i need to ask you questions on that

let's just listen to what your president had to say. october 10th national day celebrations and then you come back and continue talking to the representatives. the overwhelming consensus among taiwan's 23000000 people is our rejection of one country 2 systems regardless of party affiliation a political position. one country 2 systems will never be accepted in taiwan and what we were talking about is that not a provocative statement coming from the head of taiwan well. because one has suffered under much you know 494-9987 we know the difference between free hight freedom and dictatorship so we we have so much. respect with what we have seen through speech of the of the region and

so on and hong kong china tibet they don't have it that means one country system because when holder was given over from the u.k. to train on the former. president of china say it. just look over here telling his people what happens to hong kong opiated make the future of taiwan that was the promise and after think you 2 years homeowners people say the same thing to us today will go tomorrow turn but not as a promise but as a warning in terms of promise what about the consensus of 19 men to do in ridge 5bb there's going to be that there was going to be one china is that no longer relevant i would like to point out this $92.00 sentence the consensus of $92.00 was achieved between that chunk. and the communist party and that

means that one is people know not to the obligation to get into the state of what one's tongue in cheek and his party wanted namely to say we owe we owe. the men and we don't do that the town is people wanted to want to see to the word we are we are at the market take and we want to govern us in the sovereign state you just to be clear what you are saying is that taiwan now rejects the consensus of men to mentor to. yes well this is and i have to say it in the other with their name and 19th consensus it was agreed to disagree between as we like to point out between chunk and coming as far to the voice or to telling us people we are a channel or what one west of our state but we have to leave it there for the time

being but thanks so much for coming in representative where share it will come when these are now with pictures of the dress rehearsal for the royal bob sort of anything tied on the final chapter in the permission of king rama the 10th and you next time i was.

after the fall of the berlin wall to midnight. there are growing fears the world could slip into recession china the world's 2nd biggest economy disappoint. this was weaker than expected data in the 3rd quarter and if that wasn't bad enough investors worried what's it feel fishel figures don't tell the whole truth. also coming up the transatlantic trade spat over airplane subsidies takes off as billions of dollars in the u.s. terrorists hit the exports like wind and hot.

asia. with us emerging market stocks ended a 6 day winning streak today on dismal data from china its economy grew at its slowest pace in nearly 3 decades in the quarter weak demand at home and abroad is hitting production the trade war with the u.s. doesn't help either. leap from the steel works. to the container ports of guangdong and to shanghai as luxury shopping malls growth in the world's 2nd largest economy is losing its gloss china's g.d.p. grew by 6 percent in the 3 months to the end of september the weakest growth since china started reporting data by quarters in 1903 officials warn of an increasingly challenging environment. to the economy maintained overall stability in the 1st 3 quarters however we must know that given the complicated answer dear economic conditions at home and abroad slowing global growth.