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cigarettes in a bid to discourage smoking amongst the public. but he's the bad enough ah irish manager, welcome to the dublin years, asia, dad, you could join us taiwan president, sighing. when is scheduled to meet us? how speak a kevin mccarthy on wednesday morning in the united states. it's the 1st such meeting on us soil since $979.00. when the us switched diplomatic recognition from taipei to beijing, aaliyah sighing ran arrived in los angeles of the end of a country visit to diplomatic allies in latin america. a trip to the u. s. has been termed a transit before she heads back to taiwan. but china has taken offense and also warned of consequences. should the meeting with mccarthy go ahead

one. and then to me we are just the us to abide by the one china principal. not to allow sy england to transit in the us and not to arrange meetings between sy, any with officials. whitney china very closely follow the developments and defend it some empty entity to their integrity. how we go down to plan, willing to enter. meanwhile, across the street in taipei, this is what i, when these were saying, again with china will definitely get angry and react. but we're used to this, quote fine down, got it there. if i in order, i think the taiwanese aren't bothered by china's reactions. as i was walking earlier, some news about china came out, but i think the taiwanese are pretty used to this regarding size diplomacy efforts . i think they're helpful for tie ones visibility gibbons. i wasn't going to harm wooten basically. i think we shouldn't let too many countries participate in

these affairs because in the end it would be better if taiwan and china resolve cross st relations themselves. currently, it looks like the u. s. wants to control the situation between both sides of the street to hide, i'm going to do, but if the americans get involved, the region will just get more complicated. we don't want that agenda folder. we're, we're a younger let's get more context on this from the other correspondence william urine . joining me from our bay, william, we just had some news there from taipei on sighing. when's visit? are people broadly supportive of her trip and our meeting would speak on the coffee? i think the visit and though so the meeting with mccarthy is received with mixed views. as we know there are tonys. people that believe to deepen ties between time one and the u. s is ultimately going to be in the interest of taiwan because of what we've seen over the last few years that the u. s. has continue to land and offer

a lot of different range of support for time one on different fronts. and they believe that this is just the trajectory in the direction that i want should be going into, especially as a less and less country. that is, in fact, officially recognizing someone as a country. but on the other hand, there are people who believe that a deeper in exchange between taiwan and the united states perhaps is going to inger china and brought more potential for a conflict or all kinds of different disruption to their everyday life from b gene. so in their view, they are very skeptical about the intention and also this, i think strategy behind the u. s. direction in foreign policy in terms of elevating the ties with time one. we're good to from being in the background. what does sorry we're expect from the meeting room speaker mccarthy. so we have to know that this is likely going to be the last trip that she is going to make to the us as a sitting time when he's president. so for her is definitely

a great way to conclude a 7 year presidency where we see a huge deepened and also elevated exchanges between taiwan and the united states. most of the experts would agree that under time wins leadership time, once government has earned a lot more trust from washington and also help to shape this a bipartisan consensus in capitol hill that agrees the more support in also more engagement with time. one is in the interest of the united states and at the same time, this is also just bringing an offering time when a lot more room to engage with other countries like lithuania and european countries, where the united states is clearly encouraging countries to engage with taiwan. in different front and in different ways. so i think overall this is in an occasion for time when to basically conclude and also celebrate. but at the same time to

create more room. busy for other pat, i think successors that my replace her after may 2024 be on sawing room. how important use this meeting for tie one i think this meeting will come back to basically cementing and also bringing a lot more support from the u. s. congressional side because as we know, the house speaker is right now the highest level official has interacted with tiny ones president since the both sides broke ties in 979. and also this is the 1st time that the us house speaker is going to meet a time when president on us soil. and i think it just sets another important president following pelosi visit to time one last august. and it's a continuation of showing a bipartisan support and also consensus on allowing and supporting time one in all different ways possible in the i think range of ability within the congress.

speaking of nancy pelosi is where that last year when saying when ment then house be can nancy pelosi and china responded with the largest military exercises ever? i don't. taiwan surely type pays, expecting some sort of a response. this time round is vital right? the time one defense ministry has been on high alert or this morning, china announced that they are deploying a fleet of married time patrol ships that is going to be operating in the town, one street and the town when defense ministry is closely monitoring the activities around time one, both in the ocean, but also in the air because last year in august, following the visit, we see a week long military exercise that's basically imposing a quasi blockade around town one to showcase china's military capability. so, so far as the talent defense ministry said that the situation around time one is

normal, but they will keep definitely a very close eye on the aftermath of the meeting in california between mccarthy inside. and i think what we can definitely expect is whether the substance of the meeting will be viewed as provocative by b gene and then how beijing is likely going to respond. but a lot of the analysis are saying that it is not in the genes interest to repeat the very high level of military showcase capability. so i think it remains to be seeing how china these those and what kind of options they decide to deploy after the meeting. and rosario, where is in the u. s. format. taiwan, president maryan drawer is in china on a personal visit. how should one be interpreting the timings of these visits? so the coming down has a claim that the mon visit to china was planned long before its height announced

her trip to the united states. but of course, i think the most important message in the art ticks that the outside world should view. this are very contrast with the nation between the 2 leaders. from different earth parties is that china in the united states remain the 2 biggest factors that dictate towns, foreign policy options. and it's very clear that their respective party, the main opposition party going down still favors and a closer and more friendly tie with china. but on the other hand, the d. p. p clearly sees their own ability of heightened and also deepened exchanges with time. one in the united states, so that this is the advantage that they should continue to hold on to. and i think leading into the next presidential election in just about 9 months of the message of a foreign policy. choices from these 2 parties is basically has been set in to the

position by these 2 visits. and we are, i think going to be expecting the cam see continuing to present themselves as the party that are able to maintain the real piece in stability and also a normal exchange with b ging. and on the other hand, or choosing the d p p as a building to close a tie with the united, that's only going to potentially drag, tying one into the war between the u as in china. we'll have to leave a bird with the timing bird. thank you so much for joining us for the really 1000000 improve. thank you. oh, indonesia is served to burn the sale of out of bucket cigarettes or single sticks later this year. it's being touted as one of the most effective ways to reduce the numbers of smokers in the country, which in 2 children, experts are welcomed the band but seem more needs to be done. the sheer number is

breathtaking. more than 200000 people in indonesia die every year as a result of tobacco consumption. as many as one 3rd of all people 15 an older smoke, a major contributor to those numbers is the ease and cause of buying a smoke in indonesia sale thing of think the figure as was common practice in indonesia, especially in role 5 dolls known as white on our asses men, how much it cost for a single figures that i ended up with him at been just do then very key. that's one of the reason why a single figure and things are easily accessible even for children. some studies show that after food cigarettes are at people that indonesia spend the most on shadow, bodiless as he sometimes spends up to 70 percent of his earnings on his addiction. ah, but of these other ones, he wanted it. i buy single sticks because it's expensive to get

a whole paragraph vendor up, pick up cigarettes with cost to, to, to, to euro's. if i had some money left, i would rather spend it on cigarettes than food. but what i'm going to be doing media other than i do in a porch to make smoking less affordable. the government has therefore decided to been single cigarette sales. later this year, indonesia also recently raised the seger attacks by 10 percent for 2023. the rates will be raised by 10 percent again in 2024, but so far, the increases a failed to make much of a dent in smoking. so let's see from the engine consumers foundation says that bending single stakes is a step in the right direction, but only a 1st step into alhambra. hawkeye fan young. we should not only band the sale of single cigarettes, we need smoking free areas. we need to supervise cigarette ads and tobacco company sponsorships of events involving children. that's what needs to be monitored and

enforced. who knew how to feel? indonesia is the only country in southeast asia that still allows cigarette advertising on television and printed media. to be go, companies also continue to sponsor concerts, football and sports events. much still needs to be done before any just smoking numbers. start looking better and that doesn't for today because most already from the region on our website, the w dot com forward slash is share with you back tomorrow to cooper. lou time for a brain update because this orchestra called the brain continuously adapts itself. and so we ask a few astute questions. are we smarter swarms?

are you a psycho cra, wouldn't causes monster waves. po powerful are your thoughts. we can control our thoughts, which makes us very powerful. questions about life, the universe and the rest that we're series 40 to the answer. almost every thing this week on t w. ah, a reset of relations amid war and growing tre to tension. it's french president, a man on the cross starts his 3 day visit of china and says, europe needs to de risk, but must not this associate with the world's 2nd largest economy. also coming up 3 months, months after the law took effect in germany, we take

a look at how difficult it is to ensure supply chains stay free of human rights violations. the chinese province of changing and a dip despite the drought, will take you to france, where the number of swimming pools keeps increasing, despite a severe water shortage. hey, i'm chris cover. welcome to the program. a 3 day visit, full of high expectations, french president, a man on the crown touch down in beijing on wednesday. for height of the talks with chinese officials in a meeting with chinese leader, cg ping on thursday. i on the agenda is rushes worn ukraine and what role china a longstanding ally of the kremlin, could do to end it. but mister macross said he will also try to rebalance europe's economic ties with china while emphasizing that despite deteriorating relations between beijing and washington, the you must not this associate with china entre looking for the name. it will.