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welcome. glad you could join us for united states is de facto ambassador to taiwan has attended a military service with taiwan's sighing when it is the fust time ever that a defector u.s. ambassador has attended the ceremony in a move likely to raise tensions with china brant christensen who heads the american institute in taiwan the us is defacto embassy on the island and tended a service called the 2nd taiwan straits crisis it refers to the chinese bombing of kinsmen island in 1958 that led to the deaths of taiwanese troops who control the island its proximity to the chinese mainland has always been a source of tension with taiwan. christensen's appearance with the taiwanese view

dot coms at a time of growing tensions between the u.s. and china over the united states has continued military support for taiwan which beijing regards as a part of the state of 3 from what we can go across from taipei where do democratic fondant we have yang is standing by now remember a good to have you on the program how significant is brant christensen's attendance at this memorial service. so like a lot of the media reports every point christianson it's the 1st director which means that he is the defacto ambassador it's not one that has ever attended such a come immigration and it also comes at a time when the u.s. has been stepping up a lot of its authorization of military sales to taiwan and also it comes on the back of the historic visit of alex as are the health and human services ministers from the u.s. which is also the highest level cabinet members that has ever visited taiwan so

this just shows another sick note that the u.s. has been really more committed to supporting taiwan on multiple fronts talk about the timing all through this commitment and the circumstances this is happening under why is it all happening now. so over the last few months since 2020 the chinese. has really stepped up their military confrontation also aggression round taiwan including flying the fighter jets into the air space of time one and also selling through the. through the time when straight and in fact just this past weekend the also announced that they're going to host a whole month of military drills all around taiwan and that's a life fire drill starting in fact on saturday and right now as we're speaking the p.l.o. and military are conducting their ministry trail in south china sea and also north

of taiwan and they are continuing going to do that all the way until the end of september so the timing of this visit christianson appearing at a military commemoration again is a sign to i think reassure taipei that washington is not turning its back against taiwan at a time when it is dealing with a lot of domestic crisis but you know it is continuing to have an eye on what's happening over here including china increasing military aggression in the region and so taiwan can probably still a lot more a shirt that even if china does launch any kind of military actions there will be a certain type of support from washington but you don't want to see our short can taiwan actually feed coming as it. is increasing his attacks against china in an election year of the election in just a few months away i mean again taiwan the sort of the taiwan is not being used as

election. so i think we have to not only look at what the federal government is doing but also how the congress and also the senate has been proposing a lot of the bills that is going to strengthen the 5 i wrote relationship between taiwan and the u.s. especially there are a lot of a military related bills that have been proposed by the republican members to the senate and these are the more important things that will secure the relationship and the partnership between taiwan and the u.s. in the long run so i think these are stick knows that also should not be ignored as well. we're hearing entire perry thank you so much for that. now the rising numbers of over 1000 cases in indonesia is affecting not just humans but undermost as well a project that aims to train rescued orangutans to live independently in the wire and has have to curtail its operations the reason orangutan and human d.n.a.

is 97 percent identical which means quarantine becomes essential for the primates. humans have to keep their distance from a ring of things too even at lunch time. because both species are at risk of contracting the new coronavirus. these are rang a tang's are under lockdown and have had to stay in their cages for months they think if. you can. find them to get them. to leave. them. right then. there might. be a purse. so they can learn their meals are delivered wrapped in leaves so they have to figure out how to get the food useful practice for when they're later

released into the wild. cages or disinfected twice a day. hygiene is of crucial importance. the teams who care for the animals rotate every 3 weeks before they start work staff have their temperature taken another coronavirus precaution they shot the video for this report themselves by long time d.n.a. is 97 percent identical to the out of humans so they're extremely susceptible to all our diseases especially those affecting the responder to retract. you know that's the main reason why we've imposed such a strict quarantine. dutch of ella has been reporting on this project for years through the aim is to prepare a ragged tanks for survival in their natural jungle habitat in the bucket to go pollute rainforest in central sumatra. many were rescued as orphans often held captive as pets under terrible conditions they had forgotten or had

never learned how to move through the tree tops forage for food and build nests their keepers at the jungle school teach them all these skills usually out in the forest itself this was before the coronavirus pandemic. in order to survive every rung aton has to develop a 4 dimensional map in their heads covering space and time it takes time to learn all the lockdown can only be relaxed once the pandemic has been contained this is not good for the animals their fitness deteriorates and they become bored even the target. those that have already been set free currently lead better lives it is still something. you should any a rag of tang's here catch the coronavirus they won't pass it on to other ones in the wild what's more they tend to be naturally self isolating creatures anyway and don't hang out in big groups so the team faces the challenge of protecting their

wards from possible infection while also training them for release. this video was shot a couple of years ago there is no guarantee that a self-sustaining population will emerge here again over the past half century 80 percent of the region's rain forests have been cut down to make way for vast plantations. on our last visit paid to prague stressed the importance of saving the forest and teaching the orangutans survival skills. if the orangutans are able to survive here and all the other animals in the rainforest animal community will be to the number of covert 1000 cases among humans in indonesia continues to rise. the project has a back up plan if the lockdown goes on for too long. it will release its orangutans into the wild before they've completed their schooling but will then provide them with longer term support out in the forest. now the picture behind me smells horrible to put it politely yet it's on the monitor the king of fruits the durian

is much loved across most of southeast asia but the corona virus pandemic and subsequent lock downs. that is until it began to be made available online. derian the so-called king of fruits is passed when it's fresh lots of militias love it despite its overpowering smell traditionally the fruit with the bitter sweet and creamy flesh is sold and often enjoyed at market stores like this one the thought of buying it online was unimaginable for a diehard durian loveless and to cope at 19. 2 days after the launch of prada on life we have a lot of a fiery on our phones at the ready. and by the. sea stay off our sales we are talking about hundreds of all this every single day. during an started to be sold online in mid march when the country was still under lockdown

treatise was skeptical at 1st but soon saw the benefits and marketing opportunities . well we're killpack so if you would have any smell so you can bring it to your own condo sit in your icon and enjoy your day and. just strong smell the fury and has been compared to that of rotting food as a result the fruit is spent in many places including public transport while there are still plenty of malaysians who like to enjoy the king of fruits at the market those who can't stand the stinking fruit hope the new online deliveries will mean those know it less frequently. a little over a week ago we showed you recent footage from the chinese city of the former ground 0 of the corona virus pandemic and the video has caused quite a start internationally it shows a massive post by endemic pool party attended by the. thousands of people would seemingly know what tempted to social distance. with the global pandemic still

unfolding critics say the event was responsible and sends the wrong signal from a city that saw one of the hottest in history. well the chinese government has responded to that criticism it says the pool party reflects china's strategic victory in the fight against over 1000. i've heard that people in europe and north america have been shocked by this pool party so through your cameras here i hope they see the true story about china and they learn the real situation regarding china's fight against coronavirus but you know. the real situation will leave you to decide what that actually is and why you consider that consider this more than 3000000 live on the most viewed video premiere on you tube ever that's the record south korean boy band b.t.s. have gone out with their new song dynamite it's the group's fast over english

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