for beijing in these presidential elections. the fact that beijing was able to conquer taiwan that the communist party was unable to conquer taiwan in 949 has been a major tarnish on beijing's narrative that it has united pacify and liberated china and it remains a tarnish on the c.c.p. narrative until today in recent years beijing has even intensified its compay to bring taiwan under the rule of paging and she's implying has made it a clue has made it a major issue of his signature policies so a win by the pro independence camp in these elections would of course damage the taiwan policy off the c.c.p. as one of the core policies of this nationalist narrative that beijing is pushing toward it would show that beijing does not have the soft power to convince people that it is a good governance organization c.b. when it comes to taiwan sovereignty this is been an issue in presidential elections since 1960 what is so special now. well when we look at exactly one year ago a chinese president xi jinping gave a speech on china on china

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absolutely hong kong is part of china and one of the one percent is doing beijing's business not doing it not doing it very well is it it's failed it's failed to keep the hated extradition mordant it was forced to withdraw that it tried threats calling the demonstrators rampant in the range them warning that a blow from the sort of law was waiting for them in the future. these threats. well i think there are china not understand what is dealing with them because i think there are many different ways to look at what's happening in hong kong i would say the primary situation right now is law enforcement we are talking about a restoration of law and order in hong kong and democracy of course when the british left hong kong in 19 only 70 did not leave behind a lot of democracy to talk about but the british did leave behind a deeply entrenched the rule of law traditional i think we all need to be very grateful for that and it is now law and order very much at stake in hong kong we should not be confused with any other grievances and political pursues in hong kong they are important and they

me china has always insisted that it will do anything to avoid chaos number of its own people in beijing 30 years ago to do that but it's failed comprehensively to address the protests in hong kong why maintaining stability has always been a pillow for china's development since the late 1970 s. but it's failed to do it in the whole different ever since 9097 this part of china that china has practiced a one country 2 systems so in hong kong. the primary responsibility of maintaining law and order is resting on the shoulders of the whole caught is our government and the chief executive carrot government that's approved by beijing absolutely hong kong is part of china and one of the one percent it's doing beijing's business not knowing if not doing a very well this is it it's failed it's failed to keep the hated extradition law didn't it was forced to withdraw that it tried threats calling the demonstrators rampant in the range them warning that a blow from the sort of law was waiting for them in the future these threats and the effect well i think there are china not understand what it's d

it is beijing. aging is very powerful and bonnie has given us a perspective on this issue, which i think has an excellent perspective, saying that they will be controlled, but they have great power they can do all sorts of things if they want to do, vis-a-vis the united states. that is still a big break in a forward movement in the relationship, so it needs to be done carefully. what i've seen over the past several years is that it'd -- it is careful. there is a consensus among the people in congress that there seems to be a consensus -- i think it is pretty clear that there is that forward movement is justified and we should move it step-by-step in this regard. in thenot seen a change stated one china policy. the u.s. has a one china policy, but if you look at the history of you -- the u.s. is relationship with taiwan after the normalization of beijing, it has been interpreted in different ways by different governments. most governments have been strict in interpreting the one china policy, but sev

in beijing their likely reactions. since their charge of abating will react with in review of his simulations in their past four years. i would like to ask doctor senter, to give us a review of u.s. relations and how we got our down. we may be going. for years. >> thanks ver we will be appealing to the manager. as managers to the senators today to live up to the hope they have just taken -- the oath they just taken to do impartial justice and hold a fair trial. we're happy to respond to questions. [inaudible] >> just want to add this fixation on the clinton precedent is weird. the clinton trial was conducted fairly but distorting what happened there shouldn't make a difference. the question is, should you have a fair trial now? any intelligent person knows that in any trial, whether it's for robbing a bank or for subverting the constitution of united states, the accusers come in this case the house of representatives, bring in all the witnesses and all the evidence. the defenders bring in all the evidence they want and

as beijing. beijing it very powerful. money has given us a perspective on this issue which i think it an excellent perspective. staying that will be controlled but they have great power. they can do also mean things that they want to do. so that is still a big break and for moving in their relationship. it has to be done carefully. when i have seen over their past several years, it that it's pretty careful. there is a consensus between their people in their congress that deal with taiwan and their administration officials seem to be a contentious, i think it's pretty clear that there it let the forward movement it justified and we should move step-by-step in this regard. i haven't seen a change in their stated one china policy. their u.s. has a one china policy. if you look at their u.s. history relationships with taiwan, after their normalization with beijing, it's been interpreted in different ways by different governments. most governments have been pretty strict in interpreting their one china policy. several have it.

in parsing beijing's likely reactions. not only have we gotten a view of what beijing's view of cross strait relations will be. i would like to ask doctor center to give us a view of u.s. taiwan relations, how we got here now and where we may be going in the next 40 or 50 years. >> thank you very much. thank you to the sponsors for inviting me. i'm very happy to be here and i have a long perspective on this issue, and so my focus is really what this means for the improvement, a remarkable improvement that has been taking place in the u.s. approach toward taiwan in recent years. and, so this was an element of uncertainty in that process, result of the taiwan election were an element of uncertainty and when i see, of course, that we are having continuity now in taiwan and therefore i think this continues, this improvement will continue. this element causing difficulty in my assessment of it, so what i would like to do in the remarks that i have, i want to focus on this issue of what this means for the continuation of its pos

there are no communications between taipei and beijing.the previous president and beijing has not allowed to happen since taiwan has beenin allowed to happen since taiwan has been in office. it is unlikely that will change with the real action. been in office. it is unlikely that will change with the real actionm there any desire on either side for more direct talks? will be the envoys, back channels?” more direct talks? will be the envoys, back channels? ithink more direct talks? will be the envoys, back channels? i think that there are some back channel communications in ways that both sides gather information and have sort of informal communication with the other side, but those contacts really have been severely limited. i think president tsai has been clear about what her conditions are for contact with mainland china. she discussed those conditions in her victory speech in her press conference last night as well, and i think that those are conditions that beijing is unlikely to agree to. on the other side, beijing has not —— has insi

today but he was denied entry at the airport tonight china and the enemy outside silencing the voices beijing says it has every right not to hear i'm print off in berlin this is the day. chinese government is really trying to deliberately undermine. the relevant and geo has supported people who are anti china and disrupt hong kong in different ways. it incites them to take violence and extremist actions the claim that somehow we're instigating unrest i think shows that they're desperate. this organization should be sanctioned and as such must rightly pay the price the chinese government is doing everything it can to undermine the of course to the extent. also coming up of the family ties that bind and sometimes have to bend britain's royal family and a royal dilemma over prince harry and his wife make it very difficult for you to put the hat on take it all you can't be home for all all part of a time and you cannot switch it off. if you our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day with china blaming the outside world for the problems inside hong

this is the beijing exhibition center. these tour guides are just arriving for work the center is hosting an exhibit that's devoted to xi jinping 5th year in power a shootout in tokyo you know. that i will not surprisingly there are portraits of the president throughout the building with several of the displays highlight she's role in the building up china's armed forces in his capacity as chairman of the central military commission. right. now. there is often of oxen on a farm in india he grew up in a family that has enjoyed great privilege in recent decades was an. industry but during the cultural revolution discovered his father and the rest of his family were harassed by radical red guards should come due to what is. haut decent duigan so far many of the class and find the authorities of that time classified the entire family as class enemies it was when she was still quite young from when he was a teenager to his early twenty's says. the heart of doctor's office also girlie ont he learned from these experiences and de

in the chinese capital beijing with you how it's being people how have people been reacting to the results . coming through. there was. it was it was all you know we don't. really. know was. there i was right because. i was. i want to thank those that don't want me. but based on it really even. on. what. i want to see. so history broken today in taiwan let's go to you president sighs 9 for her tough stance against china what's going to happen to that relationship in light of what's happened today in taiwan. during the past 4 years beijing has made very clear its dislike for sighing when it has ramped up pressure on taiwan on various issues cut back the number of mainland tourists coming to taiwan luring away some of the few diplomatic allies that taiwan has. putting up economic pressure even threatening to invade the island yet all of this has not worked and has won the election this might still mean that we are going to see more of this say beijing is very ideological on this taiwan question and it has made clear previously that it is not going to be lenient or compromising on what it see

because beijing for example is several train hours away from from the still also there are many cases also in beijing but those are the still only individual cases however that could be dangerous because the incubation period of the virus is roughly 10 days so many people might be affected without showing any song symptoms yet tony and thank you very much for bringing us up to date correspondent on the inquest for that in beijing. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today and anti-government protest has taken place in the iraqi capital baghdad and it's part of a campaign to focus people's attention back on domestic issues the tension caused by the killing of iranian general custom solo money and a senior iraqi militia leader by the united states. president has said it's likely he'll launch his long awaited middle east peace plan early next week travelling back from washington to the world economic forum. to washington from the world economic forum trump told reporters he believed it was a great plan that really would work it's expected to be pro israeli.

beijing's attempts to pressure president tsai with renewed threats to take taiwan by force have badlyave the chinese president, xijinping, to thank for this victory? translation: the taiwanese people insist on protecting our democracy. i hope china gets the correct message as a result of this election. there is in fact a great irony to these celebrations — beijing's authoritarian vision of a greater china wholeheartedly rejected in the one place that actually gets to vote on it. she has promised to stand up to china. the risk is it will only antagonise it further. john sudworth, bbc news, taiwan. for more on this, i'm joined from taipei by charles chen, who has just been elected as a member of parliament for the kmt party, which favours closer integration with china. first of all, congratulations on your own election, but your party's presidential candidate lost categorically. have you worked out why? well, i think the china factor is significant in this election, and i think the message that most voters, particularly those younger generations, deliver is that they are not happy with

oi’ president in beijing and negotiate orare president in beijing and negotiate or are the two sideswanting completely different things from the relationships? president tsai ing—wen has no way of negotiating with beijing because they refused to talk to her because she does not accept the so—called one china principle that the two sides are pa rt principle that the two sides are part of one country. if han kuo—yu was elected, definitely he will reach out to beijing and beijing will be willing to work with him because he accepts the principle that there is only won china but each side can define what that china is and his party would define it simply as the republic of china which is taiwan's official name. that is his way of getting around this very difficult and sensitive issue of taiwan's sovereignty and working towards a better solution for both sides. i can also see the end of the queue behind you. think is so much forjoining us indeed. let's get some of the day's other news. oman state tv is reporting that the sultan qaboos bin said al said has died. he was 79 and had been ill f

to move on as people there try to boost their spirits at the epicenter of the epidemic now that is beijing calls on people to delay foreign travel plans to curb infections abroad. landslides and flooding follow a heavy storms in southeast brazil killing dozens of people and the danger looks set to continue forecasters warn more rain is on the way. also on the show witnessing so the world will never forget 75 years after the liberation of the auschwitz death camp the last survivors warned that despite the past anti semitism is on the rise again. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us today global concerns over china's deadly coronavirus are mounting as more cases are identified abroad germany has now can. it's 1st case of the more than a dozen other countries are also reporting infections now in china itself the death toll has jumped to $100.00 with more than $4500.00 confirmed cases domestic travel bans are already in place and now the government has asked people to delay their foreign travel plans for millions life has come to a complete standstill. the love and support that's most ne

what is it that beijing is signaling here?ard briefly from who is taking over this position. at the head of the hong kong liaison office. what it signals is beijing wants a return to law and order which is something they haven't been saying for a long time. we have had seven months of protest in hong kong. what we knew about this new head of the hong kong affairs office in that city -- the chief liaison office for beijing is that he has a track record of carrying out and executing the orders of the chinese president. he is a party centric. muchhe does not have is experience in hong kong it self or foreign affairs. it does not seem there is any suggestion that beijing will be making concessions. they want a yes man on the ground. he is described by some analysts as a strong man for beijing. someone that will carry out their orders to the letter. hasng over from someone who been seen as making policy missteps on the ground and being too close to the hong kong l.a.. -- hong kong elite. detail in give much his comments about the p

vacation with taiwan and also to say no to beijing aggression to taiwan on politically diplomatically and also militarily over the possible years so apart from that hong kong protest is also one of the most determined factors in this election and this is seen as a results all patients hotline policy on hong kong's post has the post has especially pushed how one is away from china over the past 7 months and now the focus will shift to beijing whether beijing will soften is one policy of further intensify the prostrate relations in the future. in taipei when a 17 year old intern who volunteer going to nasa program has impressed his bosses by discovering a plan it's no less the high school student from new york was on his 3rd day the new discovered planet depicted here if you take a look at this nasa animation when it's over 1300 light years away and it orbits 2 stars well the tina teenage in turn he noticed a blip in data which indicated that something was the light from the stars it's the 1st new planet spoke to 3 nurses test satellite the student woof suki here is a star wars fan who

beijing has been very clear that it did not want her to win. it has throughout the last 4 years applied a lot of measures to put pressure on her 1st loued away some of the very few diplomatic allies that taiwan has it has curb the number of. mainland tourists that visit taiwan economic pressure it has put pressure on foreign companies to mark taiwan as a province of china in all their materials and on their websites all of this has not worked as we see today we might see this. morrow if there's say again and their reason this speeching house made for you clear it is of the dog my full beijing not to compromise on watered sees as its core issues to taiwan paula see on the controlled over taiwan is to from the could be one of the core issues for preaching of course we need to think about hong kong here phoebe in what way have the antigovernment protests in hong kong impacted their result in taiwan or oh aussie it in a packed said obviously hi wandered albums various than that it has the union not hauled home held on house mean to you much of that

the comeback in victory are likely a result of the increasing tensions with china and how beijing has crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in hong kong. i saw in her pro independence democratic progressive party led the charge against chinese pledges of reunification iran or egypt or whatever the taiwanese people reject the one country 2 systems model we respect democracy and our sovereign rights as the president of taiwan i must deal with the cross trade relations according to the will of the people. size main competition on quo you called and congratulated her a few hours after the polls closed he and his party strategy with china was engagement it's a big victory for the side when and the d.p.p. yes because it means another 4 years in the president's office but it also sends a strong message across the straits of taiwan the majority of the people here want this island to remain independent from china and they think she's the president to do it with the added importance of this election nearly 75 percent of eligible voters turned out more than the last 2 presidential elections you

welcome mathias beijing's human rights record has been criticised for some time i have events in hong kong and with the wiggles have they worsened it further. yeah you can say saul though we are talking about 2 very different situations in hong kong we are talking about the erosion of civil liberties in our from a previously high level and allegations of police brutality against demonstrators is that have been worrying manny people but it is nothing compared to what we are seeing in sin junk where we are syrian really seeing dystopian situation the internment of possibly millions of people in re education camps and a surveillance state and racial discrimination that is unprecedented since world war 2 so of course these the revelations about what has been happening in scenes young since 2017 that has when the 1st reports about of about this mass repression come pain this very unprecedented repression against a whole group ethnic group came out this has is of course a new dimension to china's human rights record and so when and this reports from human rights watch talks about china's th

or initial trade truce tomorrow and it looks like both sides are bringing something to the table beijing has agreed to buy billions of dollars worth of u.s. goods and services washington has dropped its stays of nation of china as a currency manipulator but it is caution on financial markets and among leaders it's a few signs of enthusiasm on the chinese side vice premier league arriving monday to sign an interim deal that at 1st glance is more favorable to the u.s. it's an agreement that's already boosted u.s. markets and stands to pacify american farmers china will buy 80000000000 dollars more in american goods like the soybeans and another $35000000000.00 in services still there is more reason to smile in beijing these days the economy is showing signs of life exports were strongly up in december for the 1st time in months or oil imports are also on the rise significantly the u.s. says it will stop labeling china a currency manipulator it's a label that has bothered china. says on who will actually china has never been a currency manipulator the united states latest conclusion can sai

for its part beijing will step up its purchases of u.s. farm products manufactured goods like aircraft and services economists are calling the deal modest but there are hopes it will prevent further escalation in the conflict that has slowed global economic growth hurt u.s. exporters and weighed on the chinese economy. so is this a cause for hope for the global economy for more i'm joined by chris colfer from good of you business money for your dress. you details are starting to emerge we're looking at china pledging to buy energy agricultural products 18000000000 888-0000 even more in manufactured goods is this all a workable roadmap well experts call the plan ambitious and that. ought to raise eyebrows there are doubts whether these goals can be fulfilled particularly when it's when it comes to commodities. i recall 2 products $30000000000.00 more the chinese are supposed to buy from the united states $30000000000.00 more mind you in 2017 the total thing was $24000000000.00 so $30000000000.00 more in 2 years some people call that shockin

the group releases its annual report in new york after being denied entry to hong kong and accuses beijing of overseeing the most brutal and pervasive oppression in decades and of attacking human rights globally also coming up. democratic presidential candidates face off in their final debate before the iowa caucuses foreign policy global trade health care among the top issues. and china and the u.s. prepared to sign phase one of a deal aimed at ending their trade war but with major issues still on resolved we ask what's next for the world's 2 biggest guns. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us china poses an existential threat to international human rights now that's the assessment of a new report released by human rights watch the u.s. based group condemning what it calls china's domestic repression and its attempts to censor its critics abroad group is calling on the international community. the to challenge beijing's actions or face what it's ascribed as a quote dystopian future now the head of human rights watch was due to release that report in hong kong but he was denied entry

even getting on a beijing subway train has become a surreal experience.rs in full hazmat suits checking every passenger. how a leaked manuscript from john bolton — the former us national security advisor — has renewed calls for witnesses in president trump's impeachment trial. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme... us officials confirm that one of their planes came down in a taliban—held province in afghanistan, but they've not said how it crashed. and remembering a legend. the world marks the passing of nba superstar kobe bryant. good morning. it's 9am in singapore, 1am in london and nine in the morning in beijing, where authorities have confirmed the first death from the new coronoavirus in the chinese capital. meanwhile the bavarian health ministry has confirmed the first case in germany. so far, the virus has killed 82 people in china, with almost 3,000 confirmed ill. travel restrictions remain in place after authorities extended the national new year holiday by three days to sunday, in an attempt to contain the spread. 0ur china corresp

beijing activists stage a huge protest in hong kong. marred by clashes with police we go live to the city state. also ahead u.s. forces reportedly used tear gas to disperse protesters outside the american embassy and. tried to storm. washington sends more troops to iraq in response to tuesday's attack on the come. crazy and former riot police released from jail in the prisoner swap between the self-proclaimed. republics reveal information contradicting your official version of the 2014. shootings in one more than 50 people lost their lives marty spoke to one of the officers. should the police act that there was no. citizens a terrorist act against the police did take place illegitimate seizure of power a good the government offices were taken over. this is my names you know mail 30 minutes of news and views. after a night marred by clashes a major beijing rally is underway in hong kong this new year's day there have already been signs of more unrest with riot police firing tear gas at petrol bomb erling demonstrators. was the. let's cro

there has been you know lack of communication too in beijing and heard ministration that will obviously continue if if the ruling party stays in power we'll probably see continued kind of down of diplomatic allies with taiwan that's something that beijing has been doing pretty steadily over the last year or so so probably see that action going on and we might even see what they've been doing the army from china the navy from china kind of ramping up their kind of intimidation if you will but we're not expecting there to be something you know sunday morning if she does stay in power that there's going to be a dramatic shift in the posture that china has toward taiwan obviously behind the scenes they'll be a lot of action going on but we're not going to probably see anything physical straightaway or even maybe statements coming out of beijing also what i think to underline that and depending on what will impact i should say the reaction from beijing is just how big if simon and her party win just how big that victory is if it's overwhelming you might see something maybe a little bit more

deaths outside of who they have now been confirmed one person has died in the hobby which borders beijing and the other in the hey long jang cases of the coronavirus are now confirmed in nearly every province of china new year celebrations have been canceled in many cities including beijing and shanghai disneyland we shut down from saturday. where the world health organization says it's not yet clear how many people are actually infected it's still too early to draw to conclusions on how severe the viruses because at the beginning of any old break you would focus more on a severe cases and you have more of those and then maybe we are missing some mild cases because people will just be a little bit sick and will not be ever tested and they will recover so as you know we may see more mild cases as surveillance intensify so it's not so much really on the numbers that we know that will will will go up but china says it will take even stricter more targeted measures to try to curb the spread scott hi lou is our correspondent in beijing. parts of the great wall have been close now to tourists a

bought beijing will increase its such a system that u.s. farm products manufactured goods like. aircraft and services economists are calling the deal modest but there are hopes it will provide it will prevent further escalation in the conflict that has slowed global economic growth hurt u.s. exports as a weight on the chinese economy. this is d.w. news life from but it still to come. the fight to save the stars he files we talked to one of the activists who stole the headquarters of communist east germany so he had secret police 30 years ago today. first that we had to the philippines right tens of thousands of people are still fleeing the erupting volcano as you can see here many of the villages in the surrounding regions are still covered in layers of volcanic ash the authorities are warning that a massive eruption could happen at any time the volcano is about 70 kilometers south of the capital manila in the middle of a lake it started to expel ash on sunday rescue teams have been working around the clock to get people to safety the w.'s

so people are very worried about the response of their government we mentioned there that beijing is now advising citizens to delay all travel abroad as well it what effect is that having. a lot of destinations have already stopped travel into one and out of 100 and now there's this advice the most important. effect that is that this is going to have is that authorities might delay the issuance of pos ports at cetera but as i said the most important thing for people now is to understand what's really going on and there's still some things that we do not know about this virus so everybody is just now just trying to stay at home as much as they can. tell us more about how all of this has affected daily life in china. i just said the streets are really empty people stay home now is the holiday season the holiday season is quiet of course anyway but we expect this to go on the holidays have been extended people also stocking up on food although that has not really reached an extent where we see empty supermarkets or anything but people are very cautious they are stocking up on mosques on

they saw straight go to and to beijing and to find been a question for have been and there is a fear there could be a rapid spread of the virus by travis ahead of this weekend's new not merely a celebrations just how much travel a will there be and on china in the coming days. yes i would call the. maybe the biggest challenge worldwide in china it's expected that more than $400000000.00 people will be on the move mostly via train but also airplane bus costs and so on and for many for example migrant workers in beijing and cities like shanghai the lunar new year season will be the only chance to reunite with the families but of course the buy risk put spread rapidly at the city of hahn we had a virus outbreak originated and it's one of the transports hops a connecting the cities in the uk at the east coast with who every s. requests and why did he put it in beijing and beyond being address from this virus and just today authorities confront the 1st case of the corona virus here in beijing but as you can see i mean daily life goes on people are not in a panic but what i can see if i ta

is it good enough from beijing's perspective? here and i wonder why that tells us about china's perspective? michael: it is getting some relief. not much in terms of trump removing tariffs on china but it is removing the risk of further escalation. what it provides beijing is time, time that xi jinping will use in part to reduce reliance on the u.s. in critical areas of technology. it has become a strategic imperative for china in the wake of the u.s. campaign against huawei. guy: is this good enough? we have seen the industrial sector in the united states in recession. this phase i deal good enough to justify the pain that has been felt in the u.s. economy? >> we're going to see some gains for the u.s. today. we expect in the area of intellectual property. however, we know the manufacturing sector is under the gun of these tariffs. and has been suffering for about half the year. holding ontoy secretary mnuchin's statement c,ut phase two, a, b, however many we need to get really for american manufacturers. vonnie: michael, what g