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its latest plan to fight the toxic fumes electric vehicles. ah. i british energy. welcome to d. w. a news. a shared ledger could join us. recent tensions between china and taiwan are also having an impact on a somewhat hidden community. se ation migrant workers in taiwan. according to official records, there's nearly 700000 of them. working on the self governing islands. they work mostly in factories and as caregivers. but the uptake intentions across the taiwan straits has left them bodied for their future in the event of a dangerous escalation. d. deborah correspondent, zachary li reports as mega worker into one.

what use up works hard to support his family. big humpty, indonesia, his neighbor, been interested in politics on the race intentions between china and taiwan. have started to worry him. a lot of my family and indonesia is asking if it's still safety and whether they'll be a conflict. if the worst happens, they've asked me to just come home and his colleagues know, talk about tie one china relations every day. at his bending over 7 years in taiwan . you could never have imagined me into plan a war time you vacation. they get worried about a war here, especially since the u. s. did not intervene in the war and ukraine. for now, i don't think the possibility of war is very high, but i haven't heard of any evacuation plan. i don't have a how has nearly 700000 my good workers, mostly phone,

been in the lisa in the philippines while a half of them working in manufacturing factories, others working at givers or nanny killed up a new gun is one of them. she lip lip lip pins to come to tie one in 2015 and know works as a domestic helper. but no gun also choose a migrant workers union. and his font that worries about possible taiwan conflict. why sprayed in filipino community here? it seems like if someday this whole fries for the lar and we don't know, work, an eagle in by one. also the, the problem here is where the language barrier or the migrants in the loop class. so yeah, we cannot guarantee of ourselves here, but we try to comport each other that we had to be prepared. an inc and his re deed

who passport and personnel document in case open emergency vacation. alexa, buddha bless you fervently hoped that the world won't break out here and there won't be a conflict, and everyone stays safe right now and work safely and happening here. most migrant workers prefer to move to tie when do 2 beta salaries here to one to depends heavily on them. but separate the, in other words, they came say that a wall would append or le considerations and jeremy not from or from perth and australia is erotic. i've another, she's a doctoral student at the university of western australia. and her research looks at relation between taiwan and southeast asian countries. coming out welcome. your research also looks at southeast asian migrant workers in taiwan. and in the recent article, you have a quarter the saying they are like code orphans or 2nd class citizens in taiwan.

why do you say that? yeah, because of this migrant workers. i usually experience discrimination in their daily lives at the, at their work place in the when they go with the taiwanese society. and some of them are not covered under the tie one labor thunder. so workers, my can work us working in the social welfare industry are mostly not caught under the pie one labor under. what does that mean? means that they are excluded from excluded from the benefits of minimum wage. thankfully the hours holidays and also labor with the condition their, their position like a 2nd class citizen in taiwan. but do you think that that extends also to

when it comes to taiwan making plans? when in the, in the event of war with china, china is this large migrant population being excluded from those plans as well. it could be i so far i haven't heard a new plan or a question if the if the, if the situation in the high one. right. first the workers are not stupid. the entire one. yeah. not one. and they are not high one. they're migrant. so they really the pan on the support or protection, given by their home country, either from indonesia, philippines, part, pilar or mom. so when it comes into future conflicts in the taiwan

strait, when it comes into a question plan, they will really depend on their government in their home country. how then the government in junk are, for example, or in money la, protect them from the crisis from the potential conflict. so why, of course, when it comes to question land, a country will priority and this work, i'm not the one not to do some one. so it really depends on the front section from their own government and their, their government do not have a particular relations with one when they don't have diploma the relation, it will cost a limited engagement. it would cost a limit, the direct communication between government and when it comes into a question plan, then you need a very clear plan on how the plan and communication on how to evolve weight

in which point that they should go from their place in order to find a safe place for them to stay for a while while waiting for the flight to come to safe. we'll have to leave it there for the time being with thank you so much for joining us to the erotic oven. our from the university of western australia. thank you so much. ah, the herb in india's capital deli, some of the most polluted in the world and vascular pollution accounts for some 40 percent off it. the city has decided it's time for a change and is placing its bets on electric vehicles 22 year old because to her is a food and grocery delivery rider in delhi. he recently switched from his bedroom, fueled bike though, an electric one, which he rent on a monthly basis from this center. he's happy with this move for 2 reasons. he

saves fuel money and the environment 1000000 with his i got to where did i buy? go get i deli, has so many cars and other vehicles this so much pollution that it harms our health . especially when this traffic up anyway, there's no such harmful impact with electric bike sway lower because i knew of it by delhi hath frequently been rated the most polluted city in the world. regular emissions make up nearly half the problem. the boom in e commerce and for delivery services has meant that these 2 dealers are everywhere . the deli government wants half their new fleet to be electric in 6 months. with an aim to bring down the seduce pollution load. the delhi government launch is e v policy in 2020, under which it offers subsidies and that exemptions to consume a view of electric makers. recently the state government has also announced its bland good work, nearly 80 percent of its entire bought lead into electric by 2025 more

e bite rental services are popping up around the city. but not every one is confident about the uptake. andy america for i don't think this can succeed in india because it's very hard to maintain the required infrastructure here. oh, and the vast population such as ours. yeah. where most of the people are not very well read will never be able to maintain something like this. happy bolo, man, band aid are buying a metal medi sort. mid my opinion is this will not work here. people who don't have the right mentality for it because it's not just the vehicles which cause pollution . there are other factors to but our gosh good. well, the founder of e by companies, zip electric, says the government support means the time is right. for this transition. he believes a big switch now can be crucial that are doomed in delivering scoops in our country, delivering goods. if i shift at all do electric data and you can open our website. zip got up. we'll see that we've saved about 23000000 kilos of carbon. you know,

in the last few years by deploying these electric vehicles and what, how many vehicles we have to plug just about 7000, that's just scratching the surface with the annual spike in pollution around the corner. once again, delhi is desperate for sustainable solutions because for one is hopeful that the switch to electric vehicles could be an impact through one starting with the theme of transport and big cities. there was a time when this was the norm in beijing and cities all over china, streets filled with bicycles for years. it was the principal way to get around for everyone but a privileged few. but cycling fell out of fashion when a growing middle floss done to cause. now after covered 19 and it's locked down. so people want out of beijing's germs to rediscover the joys of to lenient transport.

china hasn't tired of its old level fire when bikes, more and more people are peddling past the landmarks of beijing and rediscovering their city from a new vantage point. oh was the one that i like cycling in the city because i discover many hidden corners. places that i normally wouldn't realize, are they, even for some routes that i've been on 3 or 4 times, i can still be surprised by little discoveries each time i write past what that is, why i love writing in the city. the number of cyclists has risen in the city since the pandemic hit china stringent locked downs and a 0 covert policy left many desperate to be outdoors and some are willing to fork out thousands of euros for high end bikes. badly, power has become lifestyle. and quite a gloria year it was really quick and sudden i've seen

a growing number of people riding on the streets this year. and now i've many more friends to we also talk about each other's bikes. so it's very interesting and i really enjoy this doctrine. got this summer bicycle sales increased by 160 percent according to one online window. and what new enthusiasts enjoy more than anything is the camaraderie that comes to fighting together. cycling and bidding always a pleasure. that said for today we'll see you here tomorrow. good bye. he is a master of the art of confrontation. this is wrong, a veteran of verbal combat. i mean, you're gonna really, i to fly the undisputed champion of tough political talk. you're trying to frighten people. no, i so fight everybody on the side there,

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