ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. a visit to bay jean by a delegation of politicians from ty wants main opposition party, the coming dog. the camp t 4 short has been closely watched and controversial, controversial because china has sent almost 2000 fighter jets into ty, ones, air defense identification zone over the past 12 months. so the cam t's overtures come at a time that to tie ones, government empower the democratic progressive party seems badly timed, but the cam t says engagement is necessary, especially when the fact is that so much business is done between the 2 sides. in the meetings, however, of top beijing officials comments about politics. not business, grabbed the headlines. china warned the k m t that it needs to oppose taiwan independence. joining us as my changes, jeff ski head of the taiwan arthur's at the european value center for security policy. thanks for coming on the program and my team they came to visit is raising eyebrows, but they recently performed very well in elections. so can you 1st

that will coming up next on the daily news asia with melissa chan. i knew cripps mckennan, thanks so much for ah, ah ah ah, with ah, with who sometimes a seed is all you need to allow the big ideas to grow. we're bringing environmental conservation to life with learning pass like global ideas. we will show you how climate change and environmental conservation is taking shape around the world and how we can all make a difference. knowledge grows through sharing. download it now for free. mm hm. mm. should we heaton mm. how do we treat animals and why hasn't anything changed and does this is actually a clear violation of animal protection often. why do we love some as companions while eating others? yeah, i never thought about how strange it was that i could get my dog with one hand while i ate a pork chop with the other. what is the alternative and how does it taste? it's like the real thing, yes. will we all be begin in 50 years? i literally think that like are the next generations. well, i'll look back and say, that's crazy that we ever use animals

chan, ronan, safai and walton for their cosponsorship. i also want to thank deputy attorney ann pierson and (inaudible) for their work in drafting the ordinance and i want to thank my legislative aid melissa hernandez for her work on this and urge your support for this common sense good government legislation. thank you. >> thank you. supervisor engardio. >> my vote today is not a statement about mayoral power, but a statement about the independence of commissioners whether appoint bide the mayor or board. it is about what good government should look like. commissioners and members of city boards serve the people of san francisco and should be able to exercise independent judgment doing so. i also note having a policy against preemptive resignation letters avoid the legal ambiguity under the code which says resignation letter-for those reasons i will vote yes on the amendment to the administrative code today. >> thank you supervisor engardio. supervisor mandelman. >> thank you. i spoke on this in committee. in mew view the ordinance is unnecessary. the letters were deemed by the city attorney to be ineffective and this mayor or other mayor will seek the letters. i don't think it was the t

chan, ronan, safai and walton for their cosponsorship. i also want to thank deputy attorney ann pierson and (inaudible) for their work in drafting the ordinance and i want to thank my legislative aid melissa hernandez for her work on this and urge your support for this common sense good government legislation. thank you. >> thank you. supervisor engardio. >> my vote today is not a statement about mayoral power, but a statement about the independence of commissioners whether appoint bide the mayor or board. it is about what good government should look like. commissioners and members of city boards serve the people of san francisco and should be able to exercise independent judgment doing so. i also note having a policy against preemptive resignation letters avoid the legal ambiguity under the code which says resignation letter-for those reasons i will vote yes on the amendment to the administrative code today. >> thank you supervisor engardio. supervisor mandelman. >> thank you. i spoke on this in committee. in mew view the ordinance is unnecessary. the letters were deemed by the city attorney to be ineffective and this mayor or other mayor will seek the letters. i don't think it was the t

chan, ronan, safai and walton for their cosponsorship. i also want to thank deputy attorney ann pierson and (inaudible) for their work in drafting the ordinance and i want to thank my legislative aid melissa work on this and urge your support for this common sense good government legislation. thank you. >> thank you. supervisor engardio. >> my vote today is not a statement about mayoral power, but a statement about the independence of commissioners whether appoint bide the mayor or board. it is about what good government should look like. commissioners and members of city boards serve the people of san francisco and should be able to exercise independent judgment doing so. i also note having a policy against preemptive resignation letters avoid the legal ambiguity under the code which says resignation letter-for those reasons i will vote yes on the amendment to the administrative code today. >> thank you supervisor engardio. supervisor mandelman. >> thank you. i spoke on this in committee. in mew view the ordinance is unnecessary. the letters were deemed by the city attorney to be ineffective and this mayor or other mayor will seek the letters. i don't think it was the terrible thing the