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slow i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. a host of african leaders have a ride in beijing for a summit that could further cement tremendous influence across the continent. present changing pain is expected to urge african nations to take more chinese goods in exchange for pledges of new chinese investment and loans. but many of the african partners he is courting one more favorable financial terms as debt pressure as mount in china, 100 invested billions to access africa's wealth of oil cop uh, cobalt and other resources building roads, railways, unplugged facilities, the project ensures the swift on efficient transfer overall materials to china, while the countries in question obtained the structure, the benefits that economic development. but the boom is now of many african countries have gotten into debt trouble. and they realize they have to cut back on

the amount of loans they're taking out because they will have trouble retain them. as a result, the whole built, roader initiative has slowed down in africa. but china's presence on the continent still fall around stripped start of year of the turn of them that any of the trained relations of many african countries was still dominated by europe. almost 2 decades later, the situation have been completely transformed. that economic dominance is part of china strategy to become the world's pre eminent superpower 20 feet. while many western firms are put off by the higher risks involved, chinese companies and enjoyed state backing. one of the problem is that the west spaces is the private or direct foreign direct investment depends overwhelmingly on the, on the private sectors of europe and united states. whereas china has

a stronger ability to manipulate the amount of foreign direct investment that goes in. the government plays a larger role. in addition to traditional infrastructure, the state affiliated technology, joint one y is also involved. expanding africa's telecom networks. chinese companies are also trucking the consumer market with low price phones as well as clothing and cos. the thought said europe has launched an initiative to make up for lost ground. and the middle eastern countries are also fast growing investors in the african continent. style china has linda african countries about a 170000000000 euros since the year 2000. but that has left many countries saddled with debt they're struggling to pay back. can you, for example, has increased taxes to help pay debt and that's a move that's resulted in violent protests. so what do kenyans want their present

to achieve in china? dw, east africa bureau chief, mario miller, put that question to young people and they've ruby, this is the search. so you can say is notes or canyon. c is going to book bring money for development, but it's going to be do you know the problem you facing the money? yes and stuff. yeah. those people so i don't even go for pivoted to, to go out to dress, overlapped to my legs, and then i should finish paying what we owe them 1st before getting the next loan. even if, even though the money would help us, we should 1st pay back what we have borrowed before asking for more money canyons are painfully aware of the downsides of seemingly attractive infrastructure projects. simons, but china like the $5000000000.00 railroad that was supposed to transform penya into an industrialized middle income country, connecting it with it's made by uganda. but the track stuff showed up the buddha

because of unpaid debts. the project became insane. this as the prime example of the pitfalls of boring corruption and mismanagement the right away is just one example of large scale infrastructure projects financed by china. that critics say, well neither financially viable nor to the benefit of most canyons. this elevated highway connecting the ruby with his international applewood has also been criticized. the tax paid was bad and with the costs, but only few canyons can afford the ride. citizens would have decided to see the money invested in health care or education. china is can use because lender, it over staging $7000000000.00, mainly for the development of roads, rails important structure experts say the continent is homes on china's easy money, africa. now, is it a comfort zone? and can, you know, of course. so we know that even if we go broke, we can get some money. so this, that, that cycle china also now when you go and get money from them,

then they do not really assume any question solar. i mean, they don't tell us, you know, that's a tax people them, they don't treat, it's a fairly the internal affairs of the country. it's nothing to pay off its debt to the i. m. s. kenya's president william due to proposed tax increases. but there were widely unpopular and let to months long and debbie protest across the country to the schools, to abandon the tax hikes and does no again, i'm less complicated loans from china struggling under a cost of living prices and unemployment. young canyon say they've had enough of china finance prestige projects that lead them and future generations in debt. instead, they want more drops they should be able to incorporate it to the union use. it should be able to give them an opportunity so that they can also benefit from this . i'm very disappointed. i feel that to our government is mostly sending to us means that not being taken care of. and so i expect to be national, prevents uh,

as it goes ahead, which includes a negotiated use on behalf of the government that i don't get to see the benefits. i only get to see that if i got you on which i feel as i, as a tax thinking in 10 years told the debt is equivalent to 2 thirds of its g d. p. interest payments alone are eating up more than a quarter of the revenue. it connects to that and the economic crisis can yes, and don't leave william root too much choice in negotiations with china. other than to ask for even more loans of service a board because, but china could do more to help african countries to escape the death cycle of the current coming ports. industries here, that even if we don't have the 5 minutes to do the finished product. but it's kind of adds value so that we don't just ship out, you know, roll my to use. then we can have more jobs full of your guns. and so we don't have to keep begging, you know, and, and, and trying to emigrate to other countries that are more developed. china is focus

for this summit, has now shifted from financing big infrastructure to green technology. the energy canyons hope this time it will benefit them more for more on this we can bring in probably and crouched by a journalist in beijing, fabia and how is the chinese government framing these talks of the but actually the forum here in the aging is by far the largest diplomatic event that the chinese government has been hosting for many years, despite the number of heads of states where are in town. and i think there are several messages that the government wants to get out there. and one is that china is very active on the international stage that it's becoming a diplomatic world power. and i think that's also a message not only to what's to build the south, but also to what's the west name of the saying that if you become increasingly hosted to us,

then we focus more attention to 2 other regions of the world. and then this also, of course, the message that is specifically aimed at the global self name, the promoting. um china is a quote unquote um. yeah. inclusive of what power that is representing in a ton of to of, to the west lake by the us. china always insisted, you know, it doesn't have a colonial background. they did this very pragmatic in terms of cooperation model. it will not jots about which i don't know if you have for what you think about human rights. it's really about the business end to end investment, and i think this is the message that china wants to get out there. and it will say that, look, we really developed quite a lot our economy. if you follow a path, you can do the same and we are ready for business. and i think that is the message that china wants to send out, especially to the african countries who are here as guests engaging in the past.

probably, and china has issued massive loans to countries across africa for ports and other mega infrastructure projects. paying back those loans is proving difficult for some countries. how does trying to plan to work with this? i've been trading partners in this situation. yeah, that's really a complex questions and oh, you already mentioned that. and i mean this, for example, see of among many african countries that they become politically dependent on china . because once they're in debt that then you know, it's, it's, uh, they have to basically pay, pay back with legality. and i think that is a legitimate concern. but on the other hand, from the chinese side, there's also like a big concern that you know, they, they cannot get their money back. and we see a development to that until 2016, 2017. china has, uh, you know, been lending on a mess of scale and starting then like, 201819, really it,

it crush them the decline of landing and the decline of investment was really very noticeable. and then, you know, the pen demi kit, the money here in, in, in china has been very, very short. and also the economy here in china does not develop very well. so basically, all those investment projects came to a stand still and just this year is the 1st time that lending to african nations has been going up again. but really on a much smaller level compared to 2016 and. and now what the chinese government is doing, it's really much more cautious if we're not, you know, it will look more closely. we have to spend the money and it will look also more closely on how the chances of whether they will get the money back or not. and i think that is really a paradigm shift. and i would say that china probably has to learn from the mistakes that it has made in the past by, you know, looking more closely where to invest and when not probably, and thank you very much. as always, that was journalist probably and customer invasion. well here in europe,

prince's interior minister says immigration laws between the u. k and france must be updated after at least 12 people died when a boat heading to the u. k. split apart and capsized in the english channel. the french coast guard says more than 50 others were rescued. most of the victims are believed to be women and girls. un says at least 30 migrants have died or gone missing while trying to cross to the u. k. this year from france. or course monetary shouts joins us now from the french side of the english channel in the city of balloon. yes. oh ma'am terry, what more do we know about the people who died yesterday? well, terry, the fact that authorities are still saying at least a dozen people died may mean that they still don't know exactly how many people were crammed into this 7 metered thing. we do know that more than 70 were there, and of those, at least a dozen people died. and 10 of those were women and children, including

a pregnant women. this just goes to show the links to which people will go to try to make this very dangerous crossing between france and the u. k. more than 20000 people have made the crossing this year. and that's why, despite these odds, despite the possibility and even the probability that many will die, people still do make this desperate attempt. now this is just the latest tragedy in the channel, but these incidents don't seem to be deterring others from trying to make the same journey. do they know? that's right. despite the fact that we see these depths happen almost continuous, we including an in other waterways into the european and into the u. k. there seems to be an almost limitless supply of people who are so desperate in their home countries that they are willing to pay, you know, what, what amounts to criminal enterprises to, to put them in these and see where the vessels knowing that they can't possibly

sail across the channel this way, and from what we understand from, from local authorities, in this case, the boat started to disintegrate, almost as soon as it left the french shore, and there was a response by multiple vessels, and even helicopters, and still they have this dest toll of at least a dozen people there are still people who are very grievously wounded that are said to be in hospitals here in balloons and man. and that was the w as terry schultz and bologna, the so mad talking to me a little while ago, you're watching the news. just reminder the top stories were following for you. a major summit. the african leaders hosted by china has kicked off in beijing presence. usually pain is expected to urge african nations to take more chinese goods and exchange for places of new chinese investments envelope and calls the growing for action on the english channel migrant crisis. after the latest tragedy solve 12, people die with an overcrowded boat capsized. the french coast guard says more than

50 others were rescued. most of the victims were believed to be women and girls. this is the w news. you'll find much more the website at www dot com. i'm terry martin. thanks for watching the . there's a note just john can have his face and make the right decision to dw news is to follow chinese soldiers preparing for a battle. this is what beijing wants to show the world. with each military drill,

china is drawing ever closer circles around taiwan. china has a clear goal to gain control over the island to china will surely be re unified. are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan if it comes to that? yes, that's a commitment. we made the united states as building up its military presence in the region and just practicing how to sink chinese ships we're not going to come to an agreement over taiwan. wait 12, they're usually if occasion to be a cheap piece for you. i hope not peacefully high grades, but why are these 2 superpowers so fixated on tie one? what's in it for china and the us and how the people in taiwan feel about it. the

it's taiwan, it's location that makes it a geo political flashpoints. taiwan has 23000000 inhabitants and its main island lies only a 130 kilometers away from china's mainland. these tiny islands right off the coast are also under tie when these control and chinese military drills around the whole of taiwan are getting bigger and more frequent. in recent video is released by china as people's liberation army. beijing has threatened to n circle the island. it sees taiwan as part of its territory and says it's ready to use force if necessary to get it back. we'll talk more about the

history ends. taiwan status later. for now, you need to know that in the late 19 forties, there was a civil war in china between communist and nationalist the communists, one and took control of mainland china. and the nationalist sweat to taiwan. that laid the groundwork for 2 days tensions. the us has an ambiguous policy towards ty wants since the late 19 seventy's. it's recognized communists, beijing as the only legitimate government of china. but it has in formal ties with taiwan and to seen as the islands protector. ok. let's go back to the map to understand why the us and china can quit taiwan in some ways, taiwan strategic importance is about 3 choke points around the island to the west. there's the taiwan strait. it's a key trade route for both beijing and taiwan and also for everybody else. almost

all the world's biggest container ships passed through here to the north, the me out coast rate. it runs between taiwan and these japanese islands. ended the south. the bashi straight. it runs between taiwan and the philippines. for china, these 2 straits on either side of taiwan are key strategic gateways to the pacific ocean. at a time, one is in the middle of the chinese co slot, which is a very important this is victor gal. he's a former chinese diplomat and vice president of the center for china and globalization. amazing, think tank some say is close to the chinese communist party. how well island faces the pacific directly. and it's about how it is, okay. if i buy a foreign country, for example, it interrupts the continue a t of the chinese coast line and also prevents the chinese access directly to the

pacific ocean. the us says it has no troops permanently stationed in taiwan, but the island plays an important role and us strategy to understand why, let's look at the military bases in the region. here are some of the china, it's main. naval base is close to its coast and the us has some of its key bases in south korea, japan and the philippines. if you connect the dots, you'll see the us spaces form a chain. taiwan sits at the heart of what we call in the united states. the 1st island chain. david sacks is an expert at the council on foreign relations, a think tank in new york city. in the past, he worked at the american institute in taiwan, which serves as the de facto us embassy on the island. if you look at the 1st island chain, these are all formal trudy allies of the united states are close partners in the case of taiwan. and with that,

the way it is united states can project power close to china. shores protect its allies and its interest. conversely, it's very difficult for the chinese military to project power outside of the 1st island chain and threatened united states physically or are interested in the in the pacific to strengthen this island chain. the us is expanding military cooperation with japan and the philippines, which are also wary of what they see as china is 6 expansionist goals. for example, just last year, the u. s. gained access to military bases in the north of the philippines. right next to the bashi, straight one of those chinese gateways to the pacific ocean. we mentioned here, you can see american and philippine troops conducting exercises in the waters nearby . earlier this year they even signed an old chinese built ship that the philippine navy used in the past, a clear message to beijing. and obviously china is not happy about the us island

change strategy. come all, well not living in the 19th century. well, not living in the imperialist countries century, using these out molded way of thinking as if you kind of set up a change to block. for example, trying the excess, the, the pacific ocean. it's new because facing is rapidly modernizing its navy in part to be able to break through the chain of us allies. for example, with the food g on aircraft carrier. here it is on c trials earlier this year. it's china's 3rd aircraft carrier, and the biggest chip in the chinese navy. the number one objective here is to keep the united states out of the region during the conflict. so we call anti access area denial. prevent the united states from being able to defend our treaty allies

and partners. so to sum up taiwan, it's location makes it essential to both sides as they try to gain the upper hand and the region. but the rivalry is also about money. big money. economically, the small i island has an outsize importance for both china and the us, even though neither officially recognize, tie one as a country. both china and the us have significant trade links with taiwan. and much of that business comes from just one company. ts m c, taiwan semi conductor manufacturing company, it produces micro chips. taiwan makes 90 percent of the most advanced ones in the world. both the us and china are dependent on them. and so as everybody else

there's a good chance to get some seeds. semi conductor is, are in the device that you're using to watch this video right now. they're in new cars, fridges, and fighter jets everywhere. they're needed to develop new a i models. and us leaders worry that losing taiwan to china could permanently shift economic tides against them. we don't assume that the region under chinese, for germany would be open to us, trade and investment. i think that china would reorder the region. they want the united states to basically supply them with raw materials that are turned into manufactured goods in china and, and sold all over the world. and there isn't really a rule for the united states or other industrialized countries in that. so why is taiwan so important to beijing then

to understand, let's dies back into history. china lost control over taiwan during what it calls the century of humiliation. these caricature is, of china being carved up by various foreign powers might explain why. from the mid 19th until the mid 20th century china was played by invasions and internal disputes . this is important because that notion of humiliation still plays a big role in chinese state ideology even today. in 1895 japan took taiwan from china and made it a colony after world war 2, the allies forced japan to give it back. but at the time, china was in the middle of a civil war. the government of the republic of china or r o c, was led by nationalists under chunk kashik. the now is that don't lead communist forces against them. in 1949,

the victorious communists marched into beijing and established the people's republic of china on the mainland. the defeated government of the republic of china fled to taiwan. that's why there are 2 governments that call themselves china, one on the mainland, the people's republic of china, or p r c. and on taiwan, the republic of china, or r o c. p r c. government in beijing seas taiwan as a break away province and says there's only one china, even though they've never actually been in charge and taiwan. most of the world except this one china policy, including the us. they don't recognize taiwan as an independent country. wait. so why is the us supporting taiwan that there's also a history to that after the civil war, the us initially saw the nationalist government in taiwan as the only real china

rejecting the communist government on the mainland. us soldiers were even stationed in taiwan under a common defense packed. the change came in the 1970s. the us saw closer relations with beijing. that meant closing the us embassy and taiwan and pulling out us troops. still in formal ties persisted like that. dfcs sto embassy and the us still guarantees to sell taiwan weapons, but they have a deliberately ambiguous policy on whether they would defend taiwan. it's meant to prevent china from invading and taiwan from declaring independence. but that strange limbo has been the status quote in taiwan for decades, and it's created realities on the ground. taiwan developed from a nationalist authoritarian regime into one of the strongest democracies in the region. there are elections,

a free press and civil liberties. taiwan was 1st in asia to legalize same sex marriage this year. a progressive party was re elected for a 3rd term that going to maintain that 10 status quote. the taiwan has embraced the us worldview, which promotes democracy and capitalism. china is a one party system and a socialist market economy and a major chinese communist party narrative centers on taiwan. remember the century of humiliation we mentioned when china, los taiwan. well, chinese president cheese and ping seas bringing taiwan back into the fold as an important step in overcoming that humiliation. this is part of the so called national region of a nation, a revival of the chinese nation as a great power. but which egypt paying?

i think you did see some inpatient season paying has clearly put himself forward as a leader of, you know, world, historic importance. he views himself in the very similar way, i think, to vladimir putin, that he's just not a run of the mill leader. he's transformative, no one, no country, no single human b will be able to brock the peaceful reunification of china all the now peaceful or unification of china. so we should all call on the united states to pray with via sized. okay. but for the us supporting taiwan also means keeping all the key alliances in the region and promoting democracy. if china word to invade an annex, taiwan, we would see that democracy extinguish. and it could send showing effects to democracies around the world if you would have deep questions being asked in south korea, japan and the philippines on whether they can rely on the united states for their

security. because of where taiwan is and what it represents. neither china nor the us are able to back down and the rest of us are stuck watching the super power rivalry play out the dates around to fish, and they might just mtv ocean. hello and welcome. i'm sorry, got the body and you're watching the world. why life organization tells us that to oversee and begin people across the globe rely on cc. i'm this isn't a very was fine because to see i'm the food i both on the test. but not all hope is lost that our efforts being made because um i'm moving ecosystem. so less dive

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