me the most about this state to rise is that someday we won't even see the really. good. history behind it simply my husband went to peru because of the crisis. if he hadn't gone there we would have died of hunger. down the. story. coming up. china that is that's the central question our star one head to the polls to elect a new leader. that lives in the shadow of china. on your plate full. japan's.

welcome to. it's good to have you with us live on what's on saturday in presidential and legislative elections but until the question of whether the island looks towards or away from china the will come from one of these 2 presidential candidates incumbent leda showing when and how a main challenge for you now trying when comes from the independence minded democratic progressive party on core you is from the opposition borman tongue which advocates closer ties with china these opposing stances have defined electoral politics in taiwan since that 1990 s. but it's on the taiwanese island of kingman just about 5 kilometers from china at

its closest point that you can really see the influence that china has on taiwan did a lot of fun and phoebe kong filed this report from there. this is the border of taiwan but this time it's claire says here we are on cayman island where you ok tional only see the flags of political rivals china and taiwan flying side by side. one cooperative project is the stress of war which stores water pumps from china that helps fill some of needs in 2018 cumin turn to china to receive persistent water shortages. but also manages the waterworks here for him interaction it's more than just the policy shapes his everyday life. there's a chinese idiom that says a close neighbor is more helpful than distant family the pipeline is groundbreaking eases cross straight hostility and sets a precedent to connect our electricity grids or even build

a bridge in the future we want friends instead of enemies many on the island. which most likely not the majority of taiwanese. parliamentary candidates from a pro independence party is skeptical his opposition to china has raisen beijing's influence has been the central issue ahead of this weekend's elections the whole says it was only when hong kong descended into political turmoil that he made up his mind. i will leaflet speech of the hong kong protests because the trigger a strong sense of national doom looking at the tragic outcome of taiwanese have to think about whether we should still see closer ties with your family tell you the regime behind hong kong. this is taiwan's closest place to china which is only a row 5 kilometers away it used to be the front line in conflicts that case ago that military very case was left here but nowadays china is trying to narrow this taiwan not only comically but also politically how one is authorities see this

threat and has been this so saying itself on china over the past 4 years. china a friend or a person who has power to unify self-loading taiwan and the one country 2 systems as china did with hong kong if necessary by force but these idea was rejected by taiwan's president who is seeking action. because china friendly rival hungary or you has a different response to beijing's intimidation tactics. ties economic cooperation which one and his friends also support they largely rely on china for a living. but we are used to see china as a threat but not now i saw a gradual progress when i got in touch with the chinese and we want a peaceful and prosperous lives instead of constructing a so-called threat i don't care whether there will be unification or infiltration

this is not what my generation will encounter. taiwan and china to interact with we must be treated fairly i mean state to state relations what kind of price are we willing to pay for that taiwan should be more aware of china's sharp elbows than anywhere else in the world because we're on the front line we have the only place where china wants to take control of. decades ago. used to broadcast to china propaganda to the mainland it's now a tourist destination but the message of freedom and democracy is the most distinctive difference across the straits remains just as timely as ever. and joining me. the also of that report from are used to show a bureau in taipei and also joining us is correspondent but is bringing it. to you 1st is the china sentiment on. the overall view would taiwan would you say

well it's represents the view of a certain number of taiwanese hold on the main island but. obviously and that's hollows and getting less popular when compared to a decade ago when we talk about the. opinions that we have experience in taiwan for decades is a complicated issue because it involves identity very was an economy and for many a generation in taiwan most of them they identify themselves as ethnic chinese in the broader sense because many of them to taiwan by the chinese civil war where they still have some family ties with the mainland china but on the other hand 40 younger generations who were born and raised in taiwan they simply don't recognize themselves as chinese they think they are taiwanese they have nothing to do what china is they have no bonding with the mainland china and more importantly they

feel that china is getting more aggressive and intrusive taiwan's fundamental values which is the marcus see and civil liberties in recent years and this further make them feel good at this and from the mainland china and economically there have been heated debate about what should depend on china's market or not so this is also something and have long been argued in almost every single elections in the past. what you want to see. these presidential elections. the fact that beijing was able to conquer taiwan that the communist party was unable to conquer taiwan in 949 has been a major tarnish on beijing's narrative that it has united pacify and liberated china and it remains

a tarnish on this easy piece narrative until today in recent years beijing has even intensified its compay to bring taiwan under the rule of paging and season ping has made it a clue has made it a major issue of his signature policies so a win by the pro independence camp in these elections would of course damage the taiwan policy off the c.c.p. as one of the core policies of this nationalist narrative that beijing is pushing toward it would show that beijing does not have the soft power to convince people that it is a good governance organization c.b. when it comes to taiwan sovereignty this is been an issue in presidential elections since 1960 what is so special now.

well when we look at exactly one year ago a chinese president xi jinping gave a speech on china on china's taiwan policy where he took a tough stance on unification with taiwan under one country 2 systems so this is the formula where china adopted to take hong kong back and the control in 99 the 7 from the britain and but for many home when he is on the island they view that the . post has been an explicit example of the failure of one country 2 systems and further deepen their distrust to us beijing's commitment and many of them they are they are afraid of. taiwan's will lose its way of democratic its them a product way of life iraq government can get too close to beijing and some even anxious about whether there will be a political agreement with beijing if of china friendly candidates whose high won. final question to you given what's happening in hong kong is that everything can be

doing about the messaging for taiwan from the communist party. we don't know that if it is what is happening in the back behind closed doors what we have noticed is that beijing has not said anything in public about these upcoming elections probably reflecting that stepping out in favor of the kind it or you would probably not hope he's course. but his belief in beijing and joining us from taipei thank you both very much. this looks like a lemon but tastes of so much more japan's usual fruits of god the creative juices flowing in the well of. a that's not all there bubbling up in the world of well as

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