the west is increasing its influence in the asia-pacific region., in particular , by the united states. washington is unceremoniously expanding its military infrastructure, bringing it closer to the borders of russia and china, leading a military, essentially anti-chinese alliance, which includes the usa, england and australia, is considering the possibility of supplying weapons to taiwan to create a new pacific union. fours. usa, japan, australia, philippines. meanwhile, tensions between the us and china could fuel flashpoints in the asia-pacific region. thus, the visit of us house speaker pelosi to taiwan was regarded in beijing as a political provocation. let me remind you that the politician visited the island in august last year and during her trip stated that the united states opposes unilateral attempts to change the status quo of the island. and the solidarity of the united states with the people of the country today it is important how... when the situation in the region escalates, including nato's advance to the east, it not only intensif

the west is increasing its influence in the asia-pacific region.t closer to the borders of russia and china, leading a military, essentially anti-chinese alliance, in which includes the usa, england and australia, is considering the possibility of supplying weapons to taiwan to create a new alliance of the pacific four. usa, japan, australia, philippines. meanwhile, tensions between the us and china could fuel hot spots in the asia-pacific region. so is the visit to taiwan of the speaker of the house. pelosi's us representatives in beijing regarded it as a political provocation. let me remind you that the politician visited the island in august last year, during her trip she stated that the united states opposes unilateral attempts to change the status quo islands. and us solidarity with the people of the country is more important today than ever. it is escalating the situation in the region, including nato’s advance to the east. this not only intensifies the arms race and poisons the atmosphere of regional cooperation, but also provokes even a new

country, across sector and government and business working more so togethers. >> we have seen asian pacific region dynamic bringing consenss for the trade mechanisms given the backdrop of a ever evolving world has been functioning well in the region. would that be a wonderful precedent of people coming to consensus on all the technology related governments as well, particularly regarding generative ai as you said? >> absolutely. >> where are we now the state of the world? >> we are at the early stage, but i think there is a opportunity for discussions today and what comes out of the meetings to continue to be a roll model for the world and the world to jump in but to have in a open way, because there is different points of view. back to your point around discussion, it is discussion, agreement and ult mltly framing up in the right way to apply at the local level. i do think there is a big opportunity. organizations are seeing it today in invasion happening in this part of the world and think they will want this going forward because aioneed you need the trust in the ai as that is important to them

remember talking about the in the pacific region is china's claim to taiwan. in your opinion, the, the greatest threat to security at the moment in that region. i think it's one of the most delicate insensitive issues and certainly one of the most risky areas given both the election and tie one that will happen at the end of this week in the us election cycle here. i think for 2024, the risk is probably minimal because of those the, the timeline of those 2 events. i think everyone is going to take a wait and see approach until after the us as the election is over. but certainly looking into 2025, you can see a scenario where there's an incredibly strong robust strengthening relationship between the u. s. and taiwan. and the deterioration of us china relations that does give greater cause for concern that an accident or crisis could escalate in ways that are contrary to the interest of both sides. but for the moment, i think the, you know, the agreement between the presidents biden and she jumping in san francisco, is that a relatively stable sort under the rel

how realistic do you think the chances are of a nato style alliance in the asia pacific region? i think the short term prospects are very challenging for developing and in style alliance in the asia pacific. there are simply too many competing interest among the types of countries that would come together to form that alliance to see them showing up in any circumstance to defend the other. that said, i think what the bind administration in particular has done quite well is in finding opportunities for us allies to work together on common projects. whether that's in maritime security awareness, whether that is in, you know, digital agreements or work on under these tables. there's been a significant amount of cooperation among us allies and not all of it involves the us. and i think that that is the type of web de lines system that's more realistic in the short term. i want to take your take on the, the, the upcoming election this year in the united states and how it's going to impact the relationship between the us and trying to me, we're talking more and more about these 2 supe

not happening in europe, not at all in the united states, it happens in countries of the asia-pacific regionth economic and demographic growth, these are essentially the preconditions for the redrawing of the world map, we need to keep up with our neighbors, so we are adopting something from them. we’ll come up with something ourselves, the january hearings - it’s not just that we got together, talked, dispersed , everything is fine, nothing like that, there will be such a list of instructions, and not only to the ministry for the development of the far east, other respected ministries, for example, the ministry of transport for border crossings, because they still do not suit us, and many other colleagues, the ministry of health, because we are again returning to the idea of ​​​​creating an international medical cluster, therefore... we will think every day about how to work better. yuri petrovich, what areas of work for 2024 for the 10 years ahead can you especially highlight now? the key content of development is directly related to the economy, we can increase social payments, we can bui

yuriy poita, head of the asia-pacific region section of the new geopolitical research network. and this is how we reacted to those new year's eves, grandfather xi from the communist party, and kim jong-un with his speeches and threats. and it is. not far from us, because as you can see, the axis of moscow , tehran, beijing, pyongyang is being lined up right before our eyes, it’s a big deal, we already have a message from the commander-in-chief, summing up the results of this terrible night, 10 out of 10 daggers shot down, 59 out of 70 cruise missiles the kh101, kh555 and kh-55 also shot down three of the three cruise missiles. caliber were also shot down, a total of 72 missiles were destroyed and 35, there were such calibers, because at that time we were actually waiting to see if there would be launches from the black sea, so there were, there were three and three were shot down and aimed at critical infrastructure, industrial and military facilities and in civilian, as we all have already observed, our anti-aircraft forces fall short, because 10 out of 10 daggers are hyperson

military operations, invasion of china or north korea, or any destabilizing acts in the indo-pacific region, they will completely switch there, so the responsibility for security, peace, stability on the european continent, they completely transfer to the european union, and this has already been said many times, and therefore, in fact, now the eu. especially the countries of the eastern flank, nato should sound the alarm, as they say, and clearly understand that if china provokes either in the south china sea or any other provocations in the taiwan strait, then they will be dragged attention there and obviously as president biden said they will defend taiwan they will because right now i don't know the exact number but it seems like over 60% of the world production of micro... chips semiconductors and so on , it is precisely in taiwan, and these are the coolest technologies in the world, that is why the world of the military-industrial complex, even household appliances, mechanical engineering, and so on, depends on taiwan, and when i went to taiwan, in particular, i went to xinju science

now the likelihood is that... tensions in the pacific region. unfortunately it is so.in the last few weeks, almost all nato officials, western politicians, are saying that we need to prepare, they name different dates from several years, up to fifty, for a clash with russia. and it is clear that this does not happen just like that. they are starting to prepare public opinion. is already at our border, so unfortunately, yes, we can hope that this will not happen, but all the signs point to that they are making this preparation, yeah, we can try to prevent this by taking steps so that they see, it will be fraught, first of all, for them, we are deploying nuclear weapons at our place, we are preparing so that they don’t have an illusion , that... the arctic to the north atlantic, that is, the west accuses russia of aggression, although even last wednesday sergei lavrov said that russia never intended, is not going and will not be planning to attack, they do not hear him, they do not want to hear, his voice is drowned out, that is, it is clear that his opinion, except for

it sea having on the asia pacific reuion? ,,,,_ , ., region?be a bit less obvious _ region? it will probably be a bit less obvious in _ region? it will probably be a bit less obvious in asia - region? it will probably be a bit less obvious in asia than | bit less obvious in asia than in europe but one of the challenges that companies are facing is that if you do not use the suez canal and the red sea you have to go all the way around contents and that adds 14 around contents and that adds 1a days or more to the shipping rout and an enormous amount of cost. so you start to see increases in cost for companies and then, ultimately, that could be passed on to consumers for a wide variety of product that normally transit through the suez canal. what is the next step?— the suez canal. what is the nextste-? ., ., , . next step? what do you expect policymakers — next step? what do you expect policymakers and _ next step? what do you expect policymakers and business - policymakers and business leaders asking for going forward was to mike i think they wi

in a broader geographical sense, we also interact on security issues in the asia-pacific region, wherein universal mechanisms, of course, we always support, on thursday, january 18 , the drama by alexei german the younger, air, about the feat of female pilots during the great patriotic war, who courageously fights on an equal basis with men, will be released in wide release. premiere tonight at the oktyabr cinema. the film featured a star cast, elena lyadova, oglaya tarasovo, sergei bezrukov, the filmmakers told how the filming took place. we had auditions for every small role. and we looked at a huge number of crowd stage artists to get into... 300-400, and up to 50 m to approach the enemy for in order to get in. and this story, when fragile girls driving these rough air tractors did something to keep people from holding the city and to save thousands of other people, is the main theme of this film. models of airplanes yak and mister schmid from the times of the great patriotic war can be seen near the oktyabr cinema in it. program, let's get married, the first grand slam tennis tourn

i'd states, certainly in the, in the pacific region, we are feeling it by strong. and then i think the countries be expected to align with one or the other. and we're trying to expanding his power to africa and beyond that typically true. but and look, and you said this seemed up contestation between the 2 big powers even growing, expanding the 2 years ago, the china and russia signed this, lead me to stop the pharmacy. meaning that if one of them is being attack, i think they would cope with have the other. so basically we are now entering to a new quote, multiplication. and this is i've seen when did not allow me in a small voice, it's very important. and a lot of expectation be placed in the compiler, somebody to come up with something to address this issue. and you, i want to talk a little bit more about what's been happening in the asia pacific region in just a moment that you mentioned something there about solving problems. and then on the line with me being a moral voice, deem it you work for the united nations. and one of the, the biggest criticisms around

not countries to reorder the indo-pacific region in their favor. simultaneously, russia seeks to veto countries on its periphery in terms of its governmental, economic and diplomatic decisions, in order to undermine the north atlantic treaty organization of nato, and to reshape european and middle eastern security and economic structures in its favor. the very name of the concept contains three potential opponents of the united. states, china, russia, iran, what they talk about openly. a here field leadership means preparation for protracted combat operations with a large front line. it is clear that the field must be on enemy territory. starting from world war ii, nato documents changed approximately once every 10 years. the second strategic concept, for example, approved the placement of defense elements as close as possible to the iron curtain. already in fifty-four, a document appeared called. fixed retaliation, third concept. the essence is extremely peace-loving, a limited war with the ussr can be lost, so it is necessary to use absolutely al

especially now, when nato is already in the chinese sea, and as it is in the indo-pacific region, it of responsibility, although the alliance was not conceived for this, this is impossible according to the text of the treaties, formally it is impossible, but it is being implemented, we... and i i think that the wish, our common wish, will be the independence of europe and the establishment of europe not just as a factor strength, but as a civilizational model, where perhaps we can give something to the world. gerbrant, with these strong words i express my deep gratitude for you. and it will be a pleasure. in some areas, traffic for heavy trucks and buses is blocked; in the saratov region, due to bad weather, an orange level of danger has been declared; yellow in the samara and penza regions, as well as in chuvash; in kazan, the consequences of abnormal snowfalls are being eliminated. more than half of the monthly precipitation fell in just 3 days. large a fire broke out this night in the port of ustluga near st. petersburg, the terminal caught fire.

ecosystem because of that, but what impact do you see these attacks in the red sea having on the asia pacific regionprobably be a bit less obvious in asia than in europe but one of the challenges that companies are facing is that if you do not use the suez canal and the red sea, you have to go all the way around continents, and that adds 1a days or more to the shipping route and an enormous amount of cost. so you start to see increases in cost for companies, and then, ultimately, that could be passed on to consumers for a wide variety of product that normally transit through the suez canal. what is the next step? what do you expect policymakers and business leaders asking for going forward? i think they will ask for a diffusion of tension, "please stop the attack in both directions." but it is challenging because it is a little unclear what the goals are. at the moment the houthi are saying it is about gaza and it is unclear how quickly that situation will be stabilised. so you are left grappling with long—term uncertainty about whether or not this route through the red sea will be viable. google ha

bangladesh is a strategic the strategically significant state being in the middle of the, in the pacific region. that's the kind of key battle ground for india, china competition. so i think even the west will be careful and might think twice before deciding to respond with harsh policies. michael, google men, deputy director of the age of program at the wilson center. thank you. thank you. the 1st us moon landing and more than half a century has lasted off from cape canaveral in florida, aboard the bulk and rock it is the privately built hello gran lunar lander. it will seek to gather data about the lunar surface and had a planned future human emissions era. also a board or the remains of stars from the tv show star trek, the on crude space craft is expected to touch down on the lunar surface next month . a quick reminder of our top stories you printing and officials say that several people have been killed and dozens injured in a massive russian missile attacks. crowds air force at that waves of missiles hit residential and industrial sites. an air raid alert for the entire country lasted abo

the sailors have training ahead in the waters of the asia-pacific region.n addition, the crews will visit the ports of foreign countries. the donetsk prosthetic and orthopedic center will accept its first patients today. completed. large-scale reconstruction, which was carried out by on behalf of the president, the building was practically rebuilt, the latest equipment was installed , and combatants were among the first patients ; in total, the center will be able to receive up to 700 people a year. the quality of the work, for which about a billion rubles were allocated, was assessed by the co-chairman of vladimir pustin’s election headquarters, speaker of the people’s council of the dpr, artyom zhogo. the impressions are very positive, i am simply proud of our residents. for our residents of our city of donetsk, specifically for the staff of this rehabilitation center, that they, again, i repeat, despite the shelling, the military danger, they didn’t leave the city to become specialists, because finding a good specialist is very difficult, they stayed her

information warfare and predatory economy to force neighboring countries to reorder the indo-pacific regionnto for your benefit. at the same time, russia seeks to veto countries on its periphery in terms of its government economic and diplomatic decisions in order to undermine the organization from the north atlantic to... the very name of the concept contains three potential adversaries of the united states - china, russia, iran, what are they about? they say openly, but field leadership means preparing for protracted combat operations with a large front line. it is clear that the field must be on enemy territory. starting from the second world and further nato documents me... on defense, when in february of the twenty-second year russia unleashed a harsh and unprovoked war against ukraine, the countries of the north atlantic alliance decided to reconfigure nato deterrence and defense for a longer term. and here it is defense: the pentagon gained access to 35 military facilities in finland, sweden and denmark. simply put, all bases come under the control of washington, the closest one is o

with an increase in rates, the west is pushing the world towards disaster on all fronts, in the pacific region they are trying to provoke china and north korea with the help of false manipulations, in the middle east the united states is already seriously considering options for expanding the palestinian-israeli conflict, although they are talking about something else. signed a convention banning the use of cluster munitions, they hit belgorod with cluster munitions, then it began, well, it was simply amazing, when by and large the whole west said, everything is fine, what’s surprising is that it’s not that he said that everything is fine, and that people here were waiting for the west to say, stop what you are doing, is it really possible, maybe enough is enough already, but to be naive and b- there is no one to expect from the west... italy, spain, not to mention about great britain, they feel some kind of emotion about the fact that children died in belgorod, yes, stop it, stop it, there is no need to attribute to the west what is not there, they finally feel that all the emotional burden,

with an increase in rates, the west is pushing the world towards disaster on all fronts, in the pacific regionse manipulations, in the middle east the united states is already seriously considering options.

everyone at once, and not through... this strategic turn of the americans to east asia, to india pacific regionconditions for a big european war, they almost succeeded in setting fire to the persian gulf and the central one. they stumbled where they did not expect to stumble, they expected and we thought that they would receive some kind of resistance in europe, where some german business would stand up, which turned out to be a set of stall traders, but they stumbled in the middle east, who wrote everything off . they fled only because there were people there who said, and we we won’t do that, we have our own point of view, and we will do that, right there, mind you, the houthis, they, i say again, they haven’t even sunk a single tanker yet, look, not one has already sunk, well, they they said that for now he had drowned, but no, he was burning just fine, no, it was so beautiful there. confirm yes, well, they are silent, what should they do then , they don’t know, that is, to them, well, a ship is a ship, not a ship, but an auxiliary vessel , well, it’s still american, yes, in a naval coloring

criminal zelensky regime, to justify plans to promote american military infrastructure in the asia-pacific regionou that russia has the right to develop friendly relations with the dprk. interaction with this country has long historical roots, does not threaten the security of neighboring states, and is time-tested. our country responsibly fulfills and will fulfill its international obligations within the framework of the relevant council resolutions un security. if anyone suspects anyone of violating these documents, then their complaints can be addressed to the un security council. since only this body is vested with the functions of considering relevant issues, we proceed from the fact that international law must be respected by all states and in its entirety, and not just by russia in the context of anti-north korean sanctions. calls to respect the basic principles and norms of international law should be addressed primarily to those who systematically violate them, then the usa is their satellite. well, one more topic, one way or another with... from norway to romania a ninety-thousand-stron

of the chinese people's republic, so naturally, russia's borders are directed towards the asia-pacific region, of course, we are not indifferent to what will happen there, because it directly concerns our national interests, primarily in the field of security, which is why it is also interesting. because this concerns , first of all, chinese domestic policy, the sustainability of this policy, stability this policy, because taiwan was noted, recorded in the chinese party documents, the chinese constitution, as an integral part, so when the current administration came to power, i mean the chairman. sidimpin, it was announced that this is the root problem, the most important problem, and one way or another, the future of china naturally depends on the outcome of the taimai problem, so china today looks like a great power, but which, unfortunately, is surrounded by a chain of american bases, nearby unfriendly states and so on, well let me at least start with the fact that there is japan, south korea, which is connected by various... agreements with the united states in the military-political fiel

that russia continues to redirect supplies to new markets with an emphasis on countries asia-pacific region as gazprom previously reported at the end of the year. the company increased supplies in this direction by one and a half times to 22.5 billion cubic meters. fertilizer production in russia at the end of the year increased by 9%, to almost 60 million tons. this was stated by deputy head of the ministry of industry and trade mikhail yurin. according to him, the ministry does not yet see any grounds for adjusting or canceling export duties. now russia is one of the leaders in the global mineral market fertilizers by export volumes. the largest consumers are brazil, india and the usa. china has approved the import of russian pork and products made from it into the country, according to the general customs administration of the people's republic of china. the supply of this meat has been banned since 2008. according to estimates by the national union of pig breeders, russian pork exports to china could reach 200 thousand tons per year. since 2020, our country has been among the top 10 glo

interesting, we’ll talk about them with sergei sanakoev, head of the center for studies of the asia-pacific regionterize the results of shavkat mirzeev’s three-day state visit to china, and what main agreements would you highlight? well, if this summit can affect our bilateral relations, only in a positive way. i remember that we are all members of the shanghai cooperation organization, where we interact very actively and certainly find mutually beneficial projects. in general, the thesis that russia and china compete in the central asian market was thrown at us by the west and is completely untrue. on the contrary, we cooperate, we interact, we see investments. in the field of clean energy, we are seeing cooperation in the field of logistics, the construction of a new railway, a new logistics corridor via sea, through the iranian port of benderabas, and further through tajikistan, the same uzbekistan, all this shows that all these projects, of course, primarily suit uzbekistan, but in general all the countries of the shanghai cooperation organization are interested in such development. why do you

russia continues to redirect supplies to new markets with an emphasis on countries in the asia-pacific regional siberia are growing. as gazprom previously reported, at the end of the year the company increased supplies in this direction by one and a half times, to 22.5 billion cubic meters. belarus raised tariffs for oil transit from kazakhstan to the european union by 38%, from russia to the eu by 10. this is reported. now transporting a ton of raw materials will cost 629 and 215 rubles. accordingly, the changes will come into force on february 1. the increase in oil reserves in the arctic at the end of the year exceeded 13 million tons, and gas reserves - 60 billion cubic meters. they write about this with reference to the state commission for mineral reserves. in total, 43 were opened in russia during the year. deposits of liquid hydrocarbons. of the american ministry of energy, our country is in eighth place in terms of reserves in the world, the first is venezuela, but the oil there is mostly heavy. and at the end of the year, russia supplied a record volume of beef abroad - 41. ton, thi

strong one. with simultaneous games at different venues in the middle east, europe, and the asia-pacific region, and the result everywhere alone, he fails everywhere. the chinese in this regard, yes, well done , i can’t help but admit it, they know how to wait, they know how to wait and they understand that taiwan, like a ripe apple, sooner or later will fall into their hands, and they need america and the european union, just because these are the main consumers of chinese goods, the main investors in the chinese economy, we discussed kisenzhe today. including thanks to kissenger, all this happened, but if we think ahead about the development of the agricultural industry, what product grow, we need to grow corn , because the most popular product in 2024 will be popcorn, we all need to stock up on popcorn and watch the us presidential elections, when they filmed the first part of the joker movie in 1919, remember what started there, all these protests, blm, attempt to seize the capitol. you will see what a counter-reaction you see, you and i are eating popcorn, the whole history of the last 20

two blocs. especially now, when nato is already in the chinese sea, and as it is in the indo-pacific regionsponsibility, although the alliance was not conceived for this, this is impossible according to the text of the treaty, formally this it is impossible, but it is being realized, and we and i... i think that the wish, our common wish , will be the independence of europe, the establishment of europe not just as a factor of strength, but as a civilizational model, where perhaps we can give something to the world. gerku - with these strong words i express my deep gratitude to you for your time, for the fact that... we gathered together today, in my opinion, the discussion turned out to be excellent, very informative, a lot of interesting things were said , yes, thank you very much for finding the opportunity come, you, dear friends, are also great thank you for being with us today, i hope you enjoyed the conversation as much as i did. pain can be different, the mechanism of pain development. one: it doesn’t matter what caused the pain if there is pintalgin, a universal remedy against diffe

count to begin with download our. flagships of mechanical engineering, components from the asia-pacific regionady carried out by land transport, by rail, through china we receive machine kits in zhodino on belzhi, and our partner, a russian-chinese logistician , successfully carries out these deliveries, there were some minor problems associated with insufficiency of trains on the part of the russian railway. on the road, but our partner has shown its worth; today the ports of vladivostok are completely unloaded , and practically not a single vehicle kit is here, well, you said that this is the heart of vladivostok, yes, this is the heart of vladivostok, this is the beginning of the sea, the beginning of the railway on the other side, this is the heart of vladivostok, and a little more about equipment, amkador distributor for the far east told the federal district about an investment project to create a farm. and an elevator complex in the primorsky territory. at the economic forum, we signed an agreement with a company from primorye for the construction of a whole grain processing complex. th

soldiers based at guam base, teamwork and missions are critical to protecting the entire indo-pacific regionats related to ballistic missiles. this is what the terminal system looks like. defense 100 at site x. it is commanded by lieutenant colonel jonathan stafford, commander of task force thelan. since 2012, north korea has been threatening guam with ballistic missiles. they really increased their missile activity during this period; we did not have the necessary missile defense systems. and it so happened that in 2013, our advanced air defense system was just being put into operation. now. with its help we were able to deploy a full-fledged protection capable of providing permanent missile defense for all the people of the united states here on guam. right now, the korean peninsula is on the brink of a catastrophic conflict, a leading american nuclear scientist and leading analyst on north korea has predicted. according to him, kimchenin is sending a signal that he is ready. to take advantage of the chaos in the world and exploit what he sees as weaknesses and vulnerabilities between the

world stage, when washington seeks to dictate its rules around the world, including in the asia-pacific regiontners seoul, south korea, vs korea. and stability throughout northeast asia, corresponding proposals: russia, and independently, together with the people's republic of china, submitted to the un security council, they are on the negotiating table. however, we have to admit that the policy of the united states and its regional satellites to create threats to the security of the democratic people's republic of korea does not at all contribute to progress in a positive direction. we will continue to call for a rejection of any steps that lead to an escalation of tensions. relations between moscow and phil-yang reached a new strategic level, of course, after the meeting of the two leaders, vladimir putin and kim chinin held negotiations at the vostochny cosmodrome in the amur region last september, also, the leader of the dprk came to vladivostok in 2019, already then he invited vladimir putin to make a return visit to... and it is possible that the current trip of the head of north korean

the country's oil refineries, to the people's republic of china and the countries of the asia-pacific regionk oil pipeline was built by order of russian government. this is a unique project, the largest oil pipeline in terms of length not only in the country, but in the world. the launch of the espo pipeline system in december 2009 provided an opportunity for the active development of hydrocarbon fields in the eastern and northern regions of the country. in 2019 , the oil pipeline was brought to its maximum design capacity of 80 million tons of oil per year. artemy koryabochkin, leading irkutsk. the government is wrong, they spend our money in abundance in other countries, and the germans are doing worse and worse. we we realize that taxes are rising, fuel prices are rising, the cup of patience is almost full, this state has socially devastated this country. you can start counting from february 24 , 2022, but this is not the whole story, it did not even begin with crimea or maidan. what we hear in the mainstream media is half-assed. our self-proclaimed experts are heard in ukraine, they are

important for asia-pacific region elections on saturday in taiwan are voting for chief of staff. theslands in the west are escalating the war and promising it, but most likely they are escalating it in vain, even though the favorite is the party that supports a break with the prc. the chinese government considers taiwan an integral part of china, which must sooner or later return home. not everyone in taiwan agrees with this. there are two main political forces on the island. the democratic progressive party and its main rival party. mindan is the first to advocate the right to declare independence and seeks broad diplomatic recognition of taiwan. the current head of the island, tsai ing-wen, is pursuing a course of maximum escalation in relations with beijing; she is against the principle of one country, two systems, which beijing proposes: tsai ing-wen’s party suffered a crushing defeat in the municipal elections. rivals from gamindan took 13 mandates, occupying the seat of mayor in four and... six main cities, including the capital taipei. after the announcement of the voting resu