aidrian brown has this report from beijing. >> in china, red is a lucky color. it tells you shares are up. nine months ago, there was a lot of red. chinese investors were bouyant, the share market was at its highest level since 2007. but for now, that winning streak is over. the market's in a slump. since june, stocks have lost more than 40% of their value and some small investors are less than happy. >> don't film, we don't want to talk about it. we need to go back and play cards. >> they blame their problems on foreign speculators as well as a measure that was supposed to calm markets but actually had the reverse effect. >> the government is trying to protect individual investors but to be honest, the system is not perfect. the system needs to be improved. >> the authorities have responded to their criticism, suspending the circuit breaker rule that halts trading when shares fall sharply, which happened twice this week. as a result, the market rose on friday, a partial recovery, panic was subsiding. the start of 2016 has set a pattern for what is expected to b

aidrian brown reports from taipei. >> in taiwan, the old political system is being dismantled. at the headquarters of the pro independence democratic progressive party, workers clear away the scaffolding from last night's victory rally. inside, party advisors are now preparing for the transition of power and the challenge of how, as the party of government, to balance taiwan's interest with china's. >> i think the mental to china is reconciliation. we also try to tell them that the people of taiwan are making their decisions. the way she expressed about the moderation is that we would like to maintain the status quo. >> china will reward the outcome of this election as a set back i.in the past, she has refused o back the system. a statement read out on state t.v. reaffirmed the central government stance. >> on major matters of principle, including maintaining sovereignty, we are firm. she said the result shows that the people of taiwan want a government that will defend the nation's sovereignty. it's what supporters wanted to hear. >> we don't want to be another hong kong, whic