special. training. for. store. for the future. can make a city to get insight. into. this is. coming up today and i didn't visit. hopping mad. joy now threatens to punish the u.s. for sending a senior u.s. diplomat to taiwan taiwan's representative to germany what his government expects from the visits. china has vowed to reunite with taiwan with force if necessary

but how real is the threat we talked about the possible scenarios. welcome to news glad you could join us an island with no formal diplomatic ties with most of the world is about to welcome a high ranking u.s. envoy on wednesday u.s. ambassador to the u.n. kelly croft travels to taiwan an island which neither the united states nor did united nations recognize as a country in fact up until a few days but official u.s. policy restricted interactions between u.s. and taiwanese diplomats. and that's because china has always claimed taiwan as a part of its territory and the u.s. like other u.n. member states recognizes china not taiwan but u.s.

secretary of state mike bombero has overturned the u.s. restrictions saying they were meant to court apiece the chinese government naturally the change in u.s. rules and kelly craft upcoming visit haven't gone down well in china. and we advise u.s. secretary of state pump to have a clear understanding of history to stop manipulating taiwan related issues to stop acting insta trend and not to go further down this wrong and dangerous path who would otherwise he'll be severely punished by history and need to move on and earlier i spoke to taiwan's representative to germany should see where and i began by asking him what taiwan expected from kelly crafts visit we are expecting we scrape preacher and on to work come the visit of the set out to support that visit of the ambassador of the usa today united nations. craft i think

it keeps a sign to the work that just like. the state secretary or us is pointed out in his press it's. really crazy is that one shares their us in their view we say us a. we share the democracy we oppose put them up this is we should come to reduce of individual freedom the rule of the low in the respect for human dignity and because the china because the interests of china taiwan has been treated very very unfair for the last 4 or even 5 pick the case. i'm certain prop the main question really is the. economy crofts reserved there's a closeness if you like between the combat ministers from in the government in

taiwan do you see this carrying over into the new biden administration which would be taking over in just a matter of days where people would say that will be the last the parting gift of trumped government for taiwan but i think it's also it's also in a part of inferior news for the trump government from the truck coming to department government because it both democrats and republicans of the usa are not we're friends has been kept in always been the prince of the tyrant governments to i think it's going to be a pretty good inference that one of the inference for the biden government that would take it all because it goes into the same direction which by didn't. what 2 would it would also do for taiwan because it's in the interest of the usa not in

the interests of trump government i would have to say that right now the remission between the us and taiwan of historically being supported by the so-called taiwan donations to mr into the us is required by this law to support taiwan with arms sales so it can defend itself against china but there is nor legal requirement for the us to actually defend taiwan in the fray event of an attack by china do you think they need to be a change in this. their terror one reaches act is q hip and 10 the security step by step edited a freedom skewed against a pretty india race to the pacific not the in the parent street suit the importance of taiwan the strategically importance of taiwan is not only for taiwan is oh so for us a what your pen took in the south korea and the for the engine countries such as i

could even say for australia new zealand to end indian so. it should it be suzi it comes to the country it's a war if it's china it's very 2 in the it's probably one that would mean not only a war between how in turn but were declared from the china cuba usa to japan today. in the pacific i would say that is the question should be putin it and not a way if taiwan is going to be invaded by china then it means is that is it were of china against their would of freedom so i would say. if china would do that usa japan and it's i would say see even the e.u. e.u. countries because their interest their trade interest would be damaged should starve and be taken over by turn

a stark warning from there where taiwan's representative to germany thank you so much for joining us. and taiwan has lived with the threat of a chinese invasion for 7 decades but with china dramatically building up its navy and military in recent years the threat has been to new levels double international editor richard walker looked at the threat as part of a larger special report. february 20th 20 taiwan's air force releases this image to the media it shows a time going east jet fighter intercepting a chinese. flying near its aspace. glimpse of the dangerous tension in the skies so we are spending our skies with it then they call it water supply every more but in the last few decades is constant pressuring from the chinese side it's like a stress test on multiple levels it's hardly going to demoralizing the taiwanese

public but it's also simply wearing down tons of planes. to scramble. that not only. made as a limited number of hours and it also takes ready away all their activity that would have proved their right. and perhaps most importantly all of these probing generates hugely valuable insights for the chinese military james fanelli who led u.s. naval intelligence in the pacific explains you have to know your adversaries defense a structure and its network its air defense radar system where the weaknesses were the strengths how long does it take a fighter of 16 fighter taiwan to get off the ground to respond to it. this year based on their mapping all of that out in the cyber realm to china continues to

probe and chip away. this unassuming building in shanghai reportedly houses the military hacking and unit 61398 the taiwan suspects of launching many attacks there . and of course. and with its open society taiwan is highly vulnerable to disinform ation campaigns and for those of us watching from the outside we owe it to the people of the region to sit up and pay attention. to a flashpoint they could blow up into a devastating conference. that special report of course from did up an international editor richard walker joins me now on the line richard good to have you is taiwan in immediate danger. well the rest as we just saw in that clip and sweet one from the representative here is in germany taiwan is under pretty much constant threats. almost under constant attack whether it

be cyber attack or other activities that are in this kind of graze so kind of hostile acts that have below the level of of outright military action now china says that it prefers to seek unification is stated goal by peaceful means and that it would like to implement a one country 2 systems approach in taiwan of the kind that we've seen in hong kong but of course if you're sitting in taiwan of the last couple of years watching what's been happening in hong kong that doesn't look all that appealing right now one country 2 systems eventually collapsed under the weight of its own clear contradictions and china is rounding up all sorts of democratic activists and putting them in jail so if china is seeking to unite with taiwan by persuasion it's going about it in a pretty funny way so that leaves the question well what kind of military options

might it be looking at and that is very important to stress here that the chinese do reserve the right they say to use force to unite taiwan with china so in the course of this film we look at 3 different scenarios one kind of continuing at this chipping away that we've just seen that one where they mount an attack on an outlying territory you know in the way that we saw russia do with crimea and then finally a full scale invasion the most dangerous scenario what is the role you see the united states playing in the event of such an attack by china. well it's interesting because as we just heard from the representatives there and as you pointed out in your introduction debbie rush the united states is not fully committed to defending taiwan in the event that there is an invasion it is committed to providing taiwan weapons and it is could also committed to provide for maintaining the capability to defend taiwan but not actually promising to defend it

so there's a debate going on about that about whether that is too mushy whether the u.s. needs to make a cost time commitment with supporters of that with saying that that would stabilize the situation that would create a clarity strategic clarity in this in this flashpoint area but others say no this would be too provocative towards china and also runs the risk of a taiwanese government behaving irresponsibly just knowing that it has that american support for one thing to point out is that everyone agrees that taiwan is particularly vulnerable when the united states is weak or distracted if you look at what's going on in the united states at the moment if you can imagine whether it would be anybody in any position politically to step in favor of taiwan at the moment that's a big question so taiwan is very much on edge at the moment just about 30 seconds left richard what does this mean for the incoming biden administration and its relations with taiwan. with a binding ministration you know it's going to want to stabilize the united states

and stabilize the situation internationally too so it's not going to want to rock the boat but there's an early test that we all need to be watching out for joe biden says that he wants to call a summit of democracies partly as a way of kind of generating unity in the face of chinese authoritarianism he invites i want to that or does he not that is a big dilemma for the incoming administration reserve aka under so much. and you can find to book a special report on your troop page there but more often see you then but. stay up to date don't miss our highlights. program online w dot com highlights. emigrants. they know the police will stop that. they know that the road is not

a solution. they know their flight could be fatal. but going back not an option. i'm on and property are stuck in the spanish border area along side other young people there waiting for a chance that will probably never come. shattered dreams starts january 18th on t.w. . a wealth of young acting talent is cause for optimism at the start of this new year and despite all the uncertainties there's lots to look forward to and i'll speak to our film expert scott roxboro and also coming up. conductor says simon rational coming back to germany to take over the helm of the varian radio symphony

orchestra in 2023. and in a new documentary a german shell maker. retraces a historic journey wants to buy his i don't italian director killed apollo plus sony will. welcome to arts and culture well if there's one thing we can say about the year 2021 it's that it's a great year for watching movies and because of production times there's a lot of new releases happening this year all made before the pandemic of course that are positively brimming with talent so let's have a look at some of the biggest names to watch for. this home. actress vanessa kirby goes from t.v. star to oscar favorite with her performance in pieces of a woman she plays a mother who loses her newborn child a tragedy that tears her family apart. it's about you have to

face so you have been facing this i have faith they can't. think that well i don't think you are we need we need some justice you know you need that is what you want that is what you need that is that is your way that is not my way because we are fighting. fellow brit kingsley dan i mean shines as malcolm x. in one night in miami playing the civil rights leader as they contemplate an intellectual a good question what's on the agenda my. thought this would be one of which is to reflect on what's happened that night. there's no denying that greater forces were at work. you know. no one else is coming the rest assured my brother and i'm missing. irish newcomer claire dunne makes her mark with herself as a mother trying to escape an abusive partner which done also wrote the screenplay.

i want to give you the last and lend you the money to build your house. the smarts. i can you can pay me back oprah's many years is as we decide. what do you say. it's not a yes. i don't see why it's also that. i would say that after the strong. growth problems. american sydney flanagan was working as a janitor before being cast in never really sometimes always as

a girl who travels from rural pennsylvania to new york to get an abortion. judging by her quietly stunning performance she's definitely a talent to watch in 2021. a selection made there by our film guru scott ross through who's joining me once again to talk about the talents to watch in 2021 welcome scott some amazingly powerful performances there and i want to start with an answer kirby because i know she's a favorite of yours and i'm also seeing pieces of a woman and she's she simply blew me away and it's amazing is that i mean it's interesting so i really think kirby is going to be the breakout star of 2021 i mean this role is just gut wrenching i think you know front runner for the oscar this year for this role and what i think is interesting is that this really is a huge leap from from the previous work that she's out and i know you're a fan of the netflix series the crown there and she said that you know a smaller role as princess margaret but kind of as

a role the place where strength you know you saw herself an upper class brit with sharp sharp wit and that's kind of like the character margaret in the series and i've seen as well in sort of small roles she was in some action films and she had a small role in mission impossible and she's been in one of the fast the furious movies but this a role in pieces of a woman this is her 1st leading role in a film and it's really sort of a meaty role and i had a chance to interview or in venice when the film premiered and that these are the kind of role she wants in the future playing sort of complicated dark. complicated female characters i can't wait to see which is going to the future absolutely and you say of course that she could be up for an oscar other either any other. contenders in this in this cohort of the 4 fields i think if i pick i think all 4 performances are oscar worthy but if i had to just check which is one maybe kingsley abene 1000000 playing. which is a phenomenal performance and it's also another sort of jump for him because he's

almost in a weird way become typecast for this role playing the sort of a cute boyfriend in the us t.v. series. for example is the x. of the stars really kravitz in high fidelity which is a series about who is often the sort of cute brit it with malcolm x. so it's a revelation to see in this play this i don't think anybody could play malcolm x. after more so you know who can transform that role but he's phenomenal i think we would see a lot more of complete venom you know ok so just quickly these performances are all from independent films how how to what extent has corona made streaming difficult to identify new talent given that all the festivals have been yeah it's become very difficult me think it's key here these 4 films they did premier in festivals tour and sundance before the u.s. and tour in venice which was held in between the lock downs in the us i think that's very important was that we got lost but luckily one thing these films are online. piece of woman's on netflix herself and one night miami on amazon and there

are really sometimes always is available but you know i mean it's like can see them go out go online i want to see leaves things to look forward to and a reason to stay optimistic thanks for that cinematic outlook at least for trying to 21 thanks scott roxboro. and speaking of off to ms i'm there were tears in germany on monday out the news that simon rattle would step down as conductor of the london symphony orchestra and take up the baton in munich and the bavarian radio symphony orchestra there has been without a chief conductor fins the death of modest in 2019 answer simon will take over in 2023 with guest performances already planned for this spring. simon rattle already has a close relationship with the bavarian radio symphony orchestra having worked with them on a number of occasions over the last 10 years he said he felt at home in the orchestra

i would like now just trues so all these extraordinary musicians before i have created this is. such an artistic and mention shot. rattle 1st saw the orchestra 970 when they performed in his hometown of liverpool under the pattern of conductor. rocker was 15 at the time and already dreaming of becoming a conductor. i saw for the 1st time. what this total commitment between an orchestra and a conductor as one animal could be. 40 years later and 20 tan he too would conduct the orchestra. it was clear from the outset that there was a very deep musical relationship and a deep musical understanding between us. it's. matter was previously principal conductor at the berlin philharmonic he will step down from his current

job as music director of the london symphony orchestra in 2023. italian period apollo was best known internationally as a film director but he was also a major talent as an actor journalist's novelist and poet politically outspoken he remains controversial because of his willingness to address social and sexual taboos and now a formative journey that he made in 1059 has inspired our german director people. i don't have my heart pounds of joy all alone just me and my toe and all of the south ahead of me. in 159 writer night a filmmaker pierre paolo pasa leni traveled across italy from north to south and back he wrote a travelogue documenting the structural changes the country was going through as it entered the age of morton mass tourism 60 years on just before the pandemic hit

german documentary filmmaker pepper don't quite repeated the journey taking his camera with him. until there was this passage in the shop window. or the long road of sand as i'm such a big hassle in the fan and he was such a big influence on my life and on my cinematic work i thought it got this car that he drove at the time of viet many cento and retrace that journey. in his eyes and not before the legend of passively any poet filmmaker anti fascist homosexual his death remains unexplained to this day he radically exposed the double standards of the boys was he somehow took him for it others loved him but in fishing ports fishermen would come out and say what are you doing i'd say i'm making a film about passive leni i think kids would run out asking questions everyone knew him i like company well this is facile any talking to us this is me this is no

pencil we were at this dump looking for things to sell the girls are going to pull it out of your singles. and counters in the crisis torn italy of today with pasolini thoughts in his back pocket the tax from $959.00 describes a country on the move and the loss of cultural identity it's early as an object of yearning back in 959 passively already understood the high social cost that came with the new material wealth and saw that cultural diversity was a prerequisite for an open society. to standardize ation the conformity with fascism failed to impose is now. imposed through 2 days power structures the power of consumer society. while the selling of design drives some to head south for the 1st migrants and families from the south or head north. in the

1st to emigrate south and italians because there was no work in the region today i run a bar that caters to transients migrants and migrant women so if. you go over the southern italians went north and the northern italians call them italian the africa army that is the african italians now the real africans are coming 60 years on. the further south travels of pasolini in this wonderfully poetic and intelligent road movie the more the images into twine the landscapes which themselves seem african conjure up images of dead migrants on europe's south and borders but you know it and i hope leni saw his hope for the transformation of society in africa in that sense i'm extremely saddened by these many deaths by the way rescue missions are prevented. like pasolini done quite heads back home with a lot of questions raised by his love for

a country that with its beauty and contradictions is representative of the broader european crisis the question that confronts us does the journey go from here for all of us. looking back to look forward there well more on our website and until next time all the best from us here in berlin and state thanks. for. the food.

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