rupert wingfield-hayes in tai ei years. rupert wingfield-hayes in taipei with _ years. d-hayes in taipei with the latest - years. rupert wingfield-hayes in taipei with the latest in - in taipei with the latest in the race for the taiwan's president. thanks. south korea's president, yoon suk—yeol and first lady kim gun—hee have arrived in the uk for a state visit. they are the guests of king charles and queen camilla. it's only the second state visit of the king's reign. as our reporter, nicky schiller, explains, there will be a lot of pomp and ceremony on show over the next few days. unionjacks and south korean flags are already flying outside buckingham palace for the state visit of president yoon and the first lady kim keon—hee. it's 10 years since a similar visit to the united kingdom by a south korean president. now, ahead of the state visit, in new malden, which is home to one of the largest korean communities in europe, there was a kimchi festival at the weekend celebrating the traditional dish of fermented and salted veg. it is one of many events taking place to m

we can also cross to our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes in taipei. practices, but did say there would be no interference on taiwan. yeah, i think the most _ interference on taiwan. yeah, i think the most important - interference on taiwan. yeah, i think the most important thing | think the most important thing he said on taiwan, significantly, when president biden was asked directly about taiwan, he said very little, but he said something very important. he said, i made it clear to president xijinping that we are committed to what is called the one china policy. this is the thing the us and china agreed on when they set “p china agreed on when they set up diplomatic relations in 1979, that they would acknowledge china's position that china and taiwan are part of this one china idea and that the us would do nothing to support taiwan independence. it would support the status quo. it has been felt in china in the last few years under president biden, america has moved away from that, supporting taiwan and the continued, and if you like, permanent separa

we can cross over to taiwan and our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes.re been any reaction to this meeting where you are? he any reaction to this meeting where you are?— where you are? no formal reaction — where you are? no formal reaction from _ where you are? no formal reaction from the - where you are? no formal - reaction from the government so far but taiwan watches these things very closely indeed because america is taiwan's most important ally. china is seen here as an enormous threat because of course china claims taiwan as part of its own territory, and during the era of xijinping over the territory, and during the era of xi jinping over the last eight years, china's behaviour towards taiwan and its rhetoric towards taiwan and its rhetoric toward xi has become increasingly bellicose and aggressive, and so i think the leadership here in taiwan will be looking at these talks to see particularly the town, i think we've seen definitely a significant softening of china's town in dealing with the united states, think that will be seen as a positive th