forced into marriage rate far from home, ali can finally become the person. he's always wanted to be on this very badly poetry credit. and we'll go with it. i was born in berlin. starts march 30th on w. ah, this is the debra news asia coming up to date alarm over a potential chinese military presence in the south pacific australia. new zealand are concerned of proposed security fact if been china and the solomon islands. it could see the chinese navy set up of bass on the solomons. i ask an expert why that is worrying plus concern over the chinese military, 5000 kilometers away in taiwan as well. and look at life on the taiwanese island. jade. that would be the front line in any future chinese invasion. and you,

me to russian nationals in taiwan. hesitant to return home to a country guilty of invading another. ah, i british benji. welcome to the dublin news asia. glad you could join us. the leader of the solomon islands has denied reports. china plans to build a military base in the country, addressing parliament prime minister manase sobari pushed back against claims the solomon islands was facing any pressure over the matter. now the solomon islands lie north east of australia, talk of a potential chinese naval base, surfaced after the draft of a new security deal with china became public. and this is the clarification sort of, audrey issued in parliament. the security treated with his fingers pursued at the

request of some one else going on. we are not precious. we are not pierced in any way by our new friends. and there is no intention whatsoever mister speaker to ask china to build a military base in. so my goodness ways, when assaulted myself unfound unfurnished stories, the story is emerging mainly out of australia and new zealand, which have reacted with concern over to potential chinese military presence in the region. and it's worth mentioning how that australia on the solomons already have a security pack between them from 2017. so why are can but i am wellington so concerned with a new deal between china and the solomon's. i asked rory metcalfe from the australian national university or for a long time. now, there has been anxiety about the, the prospect of trying, or establishing

a military base in the south pacific in the territory of small island states between stria new zealand, the united states and all the other powers. this reggie, this was portrayed is something of an overblown fear, a kind of crying wolf, if you like, asked security agencies for about 4 or 5 years now have been warning that something like this would happen. and of course now it appears that with the security agreement between the solomon islands, government, and china, the door is open for a chinese military presence in the solomon, solomon islands, not immediately a fully fledged based, but the option to large military and police force as they to protect chinese interests and perhaps to, to do other things as well. now, solomon islands, prime minister, manassas, of our, i said, as a sovereign nation,

the islands could determine whom it wanted to partner for its security interests with. i mean that's, that's like a reasonable argument, isn't it? that's absolutely right. when every country has the, the sovereign ability to choose whether it wants to have the foreign military power, putting forces on its soil. the concern that countries like australia in new zealand have here is that this is firstly, very contentious within the solomon islands. it's. it's divided between the government and the opposition, which strongly opposes the china military connection. and also, there is a big question mark over the origin of the steel. there have been allegations in the past of chinese influence campaigns helps even bribery to strengthen china's

position in the sullivan islands. it was only a few years ago that the solomon's the, basically a big switch from recognition of taiwan to recognition of the people's republic of china and the accusation. there was a lot of money changed hands in that process. so yes, there's a sovereign right, is a sovereign choice. but the question that is being asked is, is this in the best interests of small island states, the security concerns a much more closely developed? i'm sorry, i much more closely connected to issues, old development environment, health, fisheries, human security. rather than having a foreign military power on this. so you're talking about the switch to the diplomatic recognition from taiwan to china and, and now you have the security deal coming along. what is behind this shift to china? the fear saying there's a much bigger dynamic at work here in my view,

and i think the view of many analysts, china, is on a kind of cause i colonial push to extend its power and influence across this maritime region. that's been the subject of my own book, the so called built and rode the maritime silk road, the extension of influence through investment and infrastructure and technology. on the one hand, that might be a good thing for local development if there are infrastructure needs. but on the other hand, it's quite easy that the chinese state is using these methods to extend its influence over a wide range of small countries. so that in turn, it can in time project security and military pass. it really is a kind of empire by stealth. and the concern for a country like a stroll ya, you, that if you like, we are out flank in our own neighborhood in our own region. a chinese military

force in the solomon islands would essentially block the way between a stray and its ally, the united states rory metcalf for leave there for the time being. but thank you so much for joining us today. ah, the russian envision of ukraine has set off alarm bells in taiwan, which fears a similar fate from its larger neighbour china. beijing considers taiwan a rogue province and has threatened military action to retake it. no. where is that fear of that more widely felt in taiwan than on the tiny island of don't mean it's the northernmost of tyrants islands, just off the coast of mainland china. these islands have been shelled by china before during the cold war. despite that, they have become home to art cool restaurants and an age range that makes for thriving communities. flying low over john yen,

just off china's coast. the gateway to don ian as young you harbor home to for starters, the breakfast restaurant owned by lynn g shoe. he fries a lot of eggs and hears a lot of concerns from long time customers. so aware of how close they live to a massive military power, then i will blow up. it's really too scary. good. it wouldn't even just be us in china fighting. other countries would surely join in the fight than just look at the war between russia and ukraine. if they use nuclear bombs, it will all be over. no country would be able to escape out. not far from 64 year old linds place, 26 year old changing. yay! runs the peninsula restaurant and bookstore. she says younger islanders like her are aware they live on a global fault line that could rupture at any moment, but try not to think about it too much. 6 young and old, here are subject to this time when he's military drills,

which have ramped up in time with the russian invasion of ukraine, but at the peninsula restaurant and bookstore, the focus is right here, jaila tween taiwan and china. there should be a very clear discussion about what is right and that we are not the same in the past. i had quite an urge to stand up and emphasize this point. but after coming here i started to understand why some middle aged people are not so keen on stressing that because they, we are on the front line as fairies move, soldiers and locals to and from the island. the question on dung is whether to worry each day about this being a geopolitical hotspot or keeps such worries at bay in a lush island setting. but on the main island of taiwan, there's worries of another kind affecting russians already living there. whether to return home or to stay there, countries invasion of ukraine has changed plans for some did up those. zachary lea

reports almira can no longer withdraw money from atm in taiwan. her credit cards don't work either. at the moment, she's living off cash reserves. she had before the sanctions on russia hit together with her classmates. almira arrived on an exchange program in taiwan just a week before the war began. seeing the war in ukraine and her home country, russia heavily sanctioned. she's finding it hard to enjoy campus life. i don't just feel right to go in and continue your usual life while people are dying under the bombs sponsored by, by you, by me personally. and this is the most for now. this is the most awful thought for me that my taxes are being spent on this war mirror feels guilty. she's been skipping all the trips,

her college organizes for international students. for now, having tie when he's food with her classmates might be her only pleasure. the war, although thousands of miles away has greatly affected her life. she no longer plans to return to russia. now i'm planning to say, maybe in turkey or somewhere else, just waiting for my next semester in front. but again, this is also in vendor because if, if this continuous, france may cancel the program as well for russians and so we can about plans is pointless. at this moment. there are nearly 1000 russians living here in taiwan right now at the start of russia invasion of ukraine, some russian celebrities being taiwan. what the notes by navy says online. what do i show here to, to remain silent and not take a clear position on the wall ukraine, but not guinea bundle ranko, a russian artist living in ty,

one. he's been outspoken in his support for ukraine. he's even started an online art fundraiser to help ukrainians if you are not against me and your kind of support says the resume, they must have 5 again, this resume do whatever i can. you have guinea held many art exhibitions in russia before he moved to taiwan. 5 years ago, and he is now canceled his plans to visit his family back home and is applying for taiwanese citizenship for i was never like engaged in activism activist. and now i am totally against the war. and against that that there is, i'm in this out, the christian. so i will follow this topic now in my art while you have gainey has been taking part in protests and events against the war. he also worries

that he might be targeted for being in such a high profile position. but despite the risks he's convinced it's the right thing to do. and that's it from us for to day. there's more from the region on our website, d, deborah dot com, forward slash asia. rebecca again tomorrow at the same time, we will see you then, or birth. ah, ah, what people have to say matters to us. but me, that's why we listen to their stories. reporter every weekend on d. w ah,

ah, market hold out hope for peace in ukraine. could a combination of powerful sanctions and diplomacy be enough to end the war will try to find out. and counting the costs of lockdown in shanghai will look at the impacts of foreign for foreign businesses of china. 0 covet approach is the state of the business on robots in berlin. welcome to the program. both sides still have so much to lose. ukraine is saying it's citizens driven from their homes and even

killed me while russia is suffering under the harshest economic sanctions in history. a severe situation for russians is driving hopes that's a diplomatic resolution to the war and you can be reach, joint talks that are beginning in turkey. the small amount of optimism as provided a boost to global stocks. investors seized upon any sign of an end to the conflict, which has brought such uncertainty to energy market and supply chain. what get some insight into the situation in russia? i've been speaking to jeffrey sachs. he advised the soviet and russian government at the end of the cold war and now says, as director of the center of sustainable development at columbia university, i asked him about the impact of western sanctions on russia. well, the sanctions are definitely having a major effect on the russian economy and that effect will increase over time. but i.