yeah, because taiwan is a small country, and taipei is the capital, so everything happens in taipei is not local. for example, what our mayor says will influence the people's thoughts, nation-wide, so i think it is very important at the taipei municipal level to stop the chinese influence. let's not forget that, officially, taiwan is a province of mainland china, a giant political force that has a complicated relationship with democracy. i think i believe in democracy because of the common ground for us to stand together and fight with china. we fought for democracy for a very long time, and especially the younger generations, because i was born in 1987, and so for the young generation like me, freedom, democracy and human rights are essentials for our lives, and we will unite across gender, across race, and anything. that is what we hope. the fight for freedom, for democracy and human rights is essential. but it's not just about big questions like same sex marriage and gender equality. it's also about the small things that make a place livable, and that make a city fit for its people.

congressional delegation landed on taipei in tuesday -- landed in taipei on tuesday.is the first official tour from e.u. legislators that praise taiwan. china's foreign affairs ministry accuse the u.s. and e.u. of collaborating with independents forces. president changing pain warned against what he calls a return to cold war era divisions. >> attempts to draw ideological lines on geopolitical grounds will fail. the asia-pacific should not relapse into the division of the cold war era. >> only 15 countries who recognize taiwan as an independent nation. the u.s. and the e.u. are not among them however they do maintain a relationship of strategic ambiguity. the u.s. has a military presence in taiwan. tensions between beijing and taiwan are on the rise. china's air force sent a record number of warplanes into the air defense own last month. china is the you's largest -- the e.u.'s largest trading partner. taiwan is one of the biggest technology producers. it supplies many components for the latest smartphones. >> let's bring our guests into the show. we have joining us f

high between beijing and taipei sparked by chinese air force incursions close to the island. taiwan controls its own affairs, but china considers it to be a breakaway province. is really media is reporting the c e o of the en, eh, so group her step down after the u. s. added the tack firm to its trading blacklist . the israeli company is behind the controversial pegasus spyware. reported to have been used by foreign governments to target journalists and rights activists. among others, the n a. so group says it's dismayed by the decision. those are your headlines. the news continues after we go back to witness and notes arc, i'll have an user for you in 30 minutes, 7 o o. we've seen countries around the world waiver up mr. prison back and forth with their commitments to tackle climate change. and strider is one of those countries were recently, you know, winding back al major climate change policies that al prime minister didn't attend the summit. what do you say about that? i think i believe the people of australia, unlike normal human beings, they have compassion. they have conscie

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here in taipei, they feel very differently.y've had their own government and their own military for more than 70 years, since the end of china's civil war. they want to forge friendships, if not alliances, with countries that will acknowledge taiwan as an independent self-governed -- you can't say country because china -- it's a red line for them. but in taiwan they call this island, this self-governing island, its own country and they want to be recognized as such. they fall short of declaring independence because they don't want to push beijing over that red line that president xi talked about in that read-out with president biden. china putting out more explicit detail about the taiwan issue. if the u.s. gets too close to taiwan and tries to build a closer relationship with taiwan, it is essentially playing with fire. beijing have said and they reinforced this repeatedly, they will respond if need be. president xi said he hopes for a peaceful reunification, even though again, the communist rulers in beijing have never contro

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maintaining a diplomatic profile has been important for taipei to stand apart from mainland china butective is the strategy as beijing continues to assert on reunification of taiwan with the mainland ? thomas shattuck is the deputy director of asia programme at foreign policy research institute and research fellow of asia program at foreign policy research institute. thank you forjoining us. in relation to taiwan, how significant is this election in honduras? it significant is this election in honduras?— significant is this election in honduras? it is a question of whether honduras _ honduras? it is a question of whether honduras will - honduras? it is a question of i whether honduras will continue its relations with taiwan depending on which candidate wins. it is a pretty big deal for taiwan and its relations with honduras.— for taiwan and its relations with honduras. ~ ., , ., ., �*, with honduras. what is taiwan's current strategy _ with honduras. what is taiwan's current strategy regarding - current strategy regarding this? . , ., , this? the current president has said she is _ th

. >> cnn's will ripley joins us from taipei. the language is so sensitive around this issue.ause concerns when there is a slight slipping in the language. >> reporter: and that's why the ministry foreign affairs in taipei blasted beijing, and particularly chinese state media for mischaracterizing in their view what president biden said. he supports the one-china policy the urgnited states has had for decades. what they didn't mention is the taiwan relations act you just heard president biden mention. the act compels the united states to sell taiwan defensive weapons, taiwan about the $5 billion in weapons in the u.s. just last year. but it's being vastly outspent 15 to 1 by beijing, which is building more weapons, more missiles, more ships, more planes, and some fear that if this regional arms race doesn't get under control, it could escalate and perhaps even tip over. >> okay. in terms of how this moves forward, what's the talk in taiwan, for example, about the future of the relationship between the u.s. and china and how taiwan falls in between? because, you know, a lot of

a delegation has held its 1st of a meeting with president sighing when in taipei, tensions are running high between beijing. anti pe, sparked by chinese air force incursions near the island. taiwan controls its own affairs, but china considers it as a breakaway province. you are right up to speed with all the top stories. the news continues here on al jazeera, after witness a notice ark, more news in about 25 minutes. i'll see you that. ah ah, give us this in the said to work. because school bases the only country that is in the 4 corners to where it's in the north, at the south of misty and it's in the east and the west of the international didn't know what the country has that distinction. so it's right, the bank in the middle of the pacific ocean ah, so far away, so isolated we thought we were so isolated that we would be immune from the tribulation of this world. but no. despite of our isolation, he will, yeah. subject it a global phenomenon. climate change. oh, oh. oh i oh, i hate ah thing no money to burn in ah under, i didn't i didn't mean body. i mean i think i already have an

cnn's will ripley joins us live this hour from taipei to talk more on this.tory. it's just heartbreaking. what is being said about this across china? >> reporter: we do want to warn our viewers some of them might be very disturbed by the video that we're going to show here in a few seconds. so just want to give you a heads-up. we're showing it. we've made the decision to show it because this is important. it's important because it speaks to the misinformation about covid-19 and animals that appears to be rampant in some parts of the world, including in china. and it speaks to the fact that even more than a year and a half into this pandemic, this kind of thing is still happening, and people and animals sometimes are suffering. even in china with some of the world's harshest pandemic protocols, what you're about to see crossed a line. security footage from southeast china friday sparking outrage on chinese social media shared by a devastated dog owner. some viewers may want to look away. covid prevention workers force their way into a locked apartment. one wit

cnn's will ripley is live in taipei city with more on this developing arms race that could threaten theng. >> reporter: good morning, laura. yes, these talks couldn't come at a more critical time. analysts are telling me, because china has been expanding its arsenal at an alarming pace, and other countries in the indo-pacific region are doing the same. >>> u.s. president joe biden and chinese president xi jinping meeting virtually this week as the world faces what analysts call a growing threat. an intensifying arms race across the indo-pacific, potential flash points across the region, raising the risk of a nuclear conflict, threatening to u.s., its allies and the world. >> if you have a serious conflict, you could end up with nuclear weapons being used and we're not talking atomic bombs. we're talking hydrogen bombs and this is a different warfare entirely. >> reporter: the world's most assertive power, china. the united states us suggests beijing is building nuclear capable silos, testing more ballistic missiles than the rest of the worldcom bi-- world combined. the chinese navy the

so we're in one of the busier sections of taipei and it's normally not more crowded right if it weren't broke over. ino clue is a form of special forces soldier and now a rising star politician. and he's concerned the taiwanese aren't prepared for what the future could hold to taiwan in elementary school. folks go through a quick training and we understand the do's and don'ts when we faced the fire. but there are certain more had a stroke of them that, that were less prepared for, including a potential military attack. and i think there's a higher risk of that with all the investments that i've been making over the last decade. this year, china increased military pressure on taiwan and the global concern about the threats of conflict. china's nissan could reach every part of the island in minute . the government has a list of all of the qualified air raid shelter in the city, and they put it on a map. it looks like this. and these are mixed up underground facilities underneath office building shopping malls, the residential complexes. they're mostly parking lot right and complex lose hi

until then, the country was among a handful of countries with formal diplomatic relations with taipeiith beijing. the move angered the government of the most popular province, a province that long had tensions with the central government, and that was stoked further. i have been speaking with the solomon islands journalist for radio new zealand international and the new zealand capital of wellington. he explained what measures the government is taking. reporter: i think the authorities are reeling from just the sheer size of this revolt, and they are just welcoming the support of the australians, who started arriving last night, and more arriving today. the dialogue and the original protest, and that whole political issue that was initially raised on wednesday i think is no longer the focus. this is criminal activity, opportunts, they are looting, and the rioters i don't think are completely connected to the initial political fallout of a seeming lack of consultation, a lack of the government hearing what the people of the province that initially started the protest were talking about

i the, we don't know how to get this through to the well for his in taipei, but this is very serious, very serious indeed. so i think this was, it climb down immediately afterwards. then because the bind was reported the saying, look, there's no way that the u. s. a. is imminently about to recognize a taiwan like 50 another, arguable us proxy nations do. oh that's, i mean, you know, they actually have been speaking with 2 phases on this. the president keeps saying, of course, one china policy. we're not changing the one china policy, but then again, you have jake sullivan, the us security advisor in an interview on cnn with korea, was saying very clearly listen, what we mean by managing this competition is if you, night states for the possible future sets the parameters of its own and its allies interest. we set the parameters and then when exactly he said yeah, but what have you actually agree during this time? what? what did you negotiate with china? what's come up with us? and sullivan said, just very blank. pay him wrong question. donna asked me that question wrong metric that was

that is the americans recognize only one chinese government and it is in beijing, not taipei.mericans are alarmed that all these chinese warplanes that have been flying into taiwan's air defense zone recently. that will be a big topic. there are other concerted -- other security crns. the key thing is that both men need tunderstand what each other's bottom lines are. the white house says that is setting the guardrails and says it has to be done at the leadership level. anchor: both of these leaders go in with real domestic concerns at the moment. do you think that has really led them to be more eager to address the issues in this relationship? barbara: that is probably part of the mix. they have substantive differences that are not going to be fixed. mr. biden frames the relationship, his foreign policy around the idea that china is america's biggest competitor in national security and economic issues. that includes a competition between democracy and autoccy. the chinese do not like this framework. they have given no indication they plan to change their outlook fundamentally,

our china correspondent, john sudworth, joins me live now from taipei. what is the latest? and videos are none of thatis photographs and videos are none of that is doing anything to settle concerns around her welfare. i don't think it is at all. we have had from the women's tennis association already saying they do not believe this appearance at that eventin not believe this appearance at that event in beijing this morning answered their concerns at all. of course, the real issue here is that evenif course, the real issue here is that even if this video, unlike the other material so far released by chinese state media, even if this one has the appearance of authenticity, the fact that photos of peng shuai appeared on the official media account of the tournament organisers this morning, it does indeed suggest she was there in person looking relatively pleased to be there, smiling, waving at the crowd. it is proof of her whereabouts for the first time in a month but it is not proof of herfreedom. first time in a month but it is not proof of her freedom. it does not tell she i

our china correspondent, john sudworth, joins me live now from taipei.make of this video? it what are we to make of this video? , ., , , ., video? it first appeared under the social— video? it first appeared under the social media _ video? it first appeared under the social media account - video? it first appeared under the social media account of. video? it first appeared under the social media account of a | the social media account of a fiercely loyal communist party editor here but it has since appeared also under the chinese social media account of the tournament organisers in beijing so this looks like the first real evidence of peng shuai's whereabouts since she disappeared at the beginning of the month since making these allegations. there have been other purported evidence, and e—mail, photographs, video, but there have been questions about all of them. this one where we see peng shuai standing alongside other dignitaries on sunday morning looks to be different. the question, of course, is if this is proof of life but what critics were asking fo

a delegation made the 1st visit of its kind to the island meeting, president, sighing when in taipei. tensions are already running high with china, which claims taiwan as part of its territory to haiti. now we're a gang later once the us to help him overthrow the government. jimmy says a effectively controls most of haiti's, food and fuel. john hendrick reports from what a prince helped with haiti's most powerful gang leader says the prime minister must resign peacefully or armed militants will remove him off. the phone at jimmy share is a known throughout haiti by his nickname, barbecue, made his threat in a letter to the u. s. ambassador, asking for american support. shears, a leads, a group of gangs known as the g 9. he read the letter to reporters at a news conference surrounded by armed men with della at the cost of blood. we are going to dislodge mister arial henri from the prime minister's office. and afterwards, the key to the country will be handed over to a new class of men and women of civil society who will have to govern responsibly to get the country out of the quagmire

a delegation made the 1st visit of its kind to the island meeting, president, sighing when in taipei, tensions are already running high with china, which claims taiwan as part of its territory. we came here with a very simple, very clear message. you are along. europe is bending with you. value is a defense of freedom and the defense of rural and you man, game here, with the delegation with values political rule. we are very foamy for us, is between us. but we are all here united industry for, for one in democracy. and we came here to thought the agenda of math in your relation. it is high for the union who ever if corporation, with in response to the e, you visit the chinese foreign ministry spokesman wine. when been warned that europe quotes shouldn't be sending the wrong signals to what he called taiwan separatist. he also said the european side should correct it's mistake. i noticed by chinese government asking people to stockpile daily necessities, the spot panic buying and if it online debates, it follows weeks of supply disruptions caused by cubic 19 outbreaks and extreme weath

s. congressional delegation landed in taipei on tuesday. it follows the 1st official tour from you legislators last week, who praised tiwana as an ally for democracy and freedom. china's foreign affairs ministry accused the u. s in the you of collaborating with taiwanese independence forces president, she didn't ping warned against what he calls a return to cold war era. divisions me seem to attempt to draw audiological lines on geo political grounds. will fail. the asia pacific shouldn't relapse into the division of the cold war era. only 15 countries recognize taiwan as an independent nation, the u. s. and the u. a not among them. however, they do maintain a relationship of strategic ambiguity. the u. s. has a military presence in taiwan. tensions between beijing and taiwan. around the rise . china is a full sent a rec, hold number of war planes into the islands a defense zone. last month. china is the use largest trading partner. taiwan economy remains heavily dependent on china and taiwan is one of the world's biggest technology produce

this, the rain is starting to clear away from taiwan, still getting clipped with some showers in taipei with a hive. $23.00 degrees and hong kong temperature is well above average, cher, with a hive $26.00 degrees. rain is moving across central eastern portions of china. that's monday, but i'm in show you tuesday. this becomes much more organized, slams into the cream peninsula, kyushu chicago and southern sections of honju drive for now in tokyo with the high of 70. that's it season lou with sponsored by catera always assassinations in broad daylight and increasing moderate towns and cities living there. al jazeera world examines the rise and criminal gangs in the palestinian israeli community. how are these violent crime syndicates operating and are these really authorities doing enough to combat them at palestinian israeli crime, waived on al jazeera o . a. again, this is a reminder of our top stories. south africa as president has criticized border, closes off to the discovery of a new strain of the koran and bars. he called it completely unjustified su around a po. so also says the

when in taipei, tensions are already running high with china, which claims taiwan as part of its territory. a nose despite china's government, asking people to stalk foul daily necessities. her sparked panic buying. it falls weeks of supply disruptions caused by covert outbreaks and extreme weather. katrina, you report snow form bridging in recent weeks. shopping at this fading, fresh food market has become more expensive. a true surprise has gone up. we can't afford it. we had to buy some vegetables from the dealers on the street. the prices of common vegetables such as cucumbers, spinach and broccoli have doubled. some have become more expensive than pork, the staple meat and china. so when on monday, the chinese government issued a notice advising households to stockpile daily necessities. it sparked panic and heated discussion online. some posted about rushing to buy essential goods. others speculated that increasing tension with taiwan were the calls. but analysts say the announcement has been misinterpreted, that the reason that they put that notice out was basically, you know, routi

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john sudworth, bbc news, taipei. that's it for now. the next news on bbc one is at 4:50.noon. good afternoon. manchester united have sacked ole gunnar solskjaer. the decision comes after their 4—1 loss to watford yesterday, with just one win in seven now in the league. the club said it was a difficult decision, but his place in their history will always be secure. we can cross to our reporterjane dougall who is live at old trafford. what has the reaction been to the news this morning? i think it was a difficult decision this make, as much as united have said. the fans while upset that such a legend has had to depart the club, i think they realised that it was time for him to go. they were rapidly losing patience with ole gunnar solskjaer. yesterday's 4—1 loss to watford bit seems to be the final straw because it was at a run of bad results, a humiliating 5—0 loss to liverpool a few weeks ago and they lost to manchester city, their closest rivals. itjust seemed that ole gunnar solskjaer had not been able to turn the club's fortunes around and this latest defeat prompted th

to move further south. taiwan, for example, seeing lots of those heavy showers, the temperature in taipei sitting at $23.00 degrees. now we've been moved to south asia. it's very wet down in the south once again for the southeastern corner of india as well as sri lanka. we've got warnings out for heavy rain across tunnel. now do an under pradesh, we could see more flooding in chennai for example, but the further north we go, the dryer it is the temperature in new delhi, sitting at $27.00 degrees. that to weather update. oh, the weather sponsored by katara always in the country with an abundance of resource. i really want him to lisa, is this the firms for me we move pool to grow and fraud. we balance for green economy, blue economy, and the digital economy with the new job creation law, indonesia is progressively ensuring the policy reform to create quality jobs. invest, let be part linda. this is growth and progress in indonesia now. ah ah, the watching, i'll just either remind over top stories this our francis council meeting with the u. k. m, to tackling people smuggling, and the engli

john sudworth, bbc news, taipei.ee a lifetime cap of £86,000 on what you have to pay — is expected to be voted on by parliament tomorrow. there's growing concern on the government backbenches about whether the plans are fair to homeowners living in the north and less affluent areas. 0ur political correspondent iain watson outlined the issue earlier this evening. governments have tried to reform social care for quite some time and usually it has hit the buffers on the steps of downing street. when he became prime minister, borisjohnson said he would sort this out. but i think it is genuinely easier said than done. there are two concerns among some of his mps at the moment. the first is the overarching concern about this £86,000 limit on social care. beyond £86,000, the state would then step in. but some people are saying, look, £86,000 represents perhaps 100% of the value of a home in some parts of northern england and perhaps as little as 10% of the value of a home in the south—east of england, so that it doesn't loo

john sudworth, bbc news, taipei.gas at protesters in brussels marching against coronavirus restrictions ole gunnar solskjaer has been sacked as manchester united's manager after three years, following a bad run of results missing chinese tennis star peng shuai holds a video call with the president of the international olympic committee telling him she's safe and well. the government's plans to reform social care in england — which would see a lifetime cap of £86,000 on what you have to pay — are expected to be voted on by parliament tomorrow. there's growing concern on the government backbenches about whether the plans are fair to homeowners living in the north and less affluent areas. i'm joined by our political correspondent iain watson. looking into that first of all, take us to the heart of the issue looking into that first of all, take us to the heart of the issue at stake here. us to the heart of the issue at stake here-— us to the heart of the issue at stake here. ., ., , stake here. the government has wanted

john sudworth, bbc news, taipei.the uk. nearly 25,000 people have arrived so far this year, almost three times the total number of migrants in 2020. yesterday the prime minister announced a cabinet office review into ways of stemming the flow of migrants making the crossing. the shadow home secretary nick thomas—symonds has accused the government of "dangerous" incompetence. there are thousands of lives being risked in the english channel on a day to day basis, i'm afraid, and the home secretary's incompetence on this matter is dangerous. what would i be doing as home secretary? well, i would be firstly getting an effective deal with the french authorities. the issue with pretty battal is that she's more interested in a diplomatic spat than she is in a workable deal. and the deal is we have it focuses on the coast. it focuses on patrols. now, i'm not saying that isn't important — it is. but we also need in that deal to be looking upstream. we need to be looking away from the coast to disrupt these vile people—smuggle

joining me now, will ripley, who is live out of taipei.y bizarre story. hello to you. the wta is coming out strong, making bold statements we normally haven't seen from companies and organizations that do business in china. what are they saying? >> reporter: they're saying something, don, that the nba didn't say, that the ioc is not saying weeks ahead of the beijing olympics, despite the fact that peng shuai is a three-time olympian. they're standing up for one of their stars. peng shuai is a grand slam champion and they don't believe after posting that detailed allegation of essentially being sexually assaulted by a powerful, influential former party leader, that she would then retract all the allegations and send this email to the wta and say, everything's fine. i'm good. i'm resting at home. they don't believe these pictures with the caption "happy weekend," ignoring the huge controversy and firestorm, they don't believe she's just willingly sitting silently right now. and so steve simon told erin burnett that if they don't get an expla

our china correspondent, john sudworth, is following developments from taipei.eventin believe that the appearance of this event in beijing this morning answers their concerns at all. of course in the real issue here is that even if this video, unlike the other material so far released by chinese state media, even if this one has the appearance of authenticity, even though photos of peng shuai appeared on the official media account of the tournament organisers this morning, it does indeed suggest she was there in person, looking relatively pleased to be there, smiling and waving at the crowd. it is proof of her whereabouts for the first time in one month, but it is not proof of her freedom. one month, but it is not proof of herfreedom. if does not one month, but it is not proof of her freedom. if does not tell us that she is not there under duress, if does not tell us that she is able to be where she wants to be and say what she wants to say. that question of independent proof of her freedom is still an answer, that is why i think we have the women's tennis assoc

joining me now cnn correspondent will rippley who's live out of taipei. what are they saying?the olympics despite the fact peng shuai is a three time olympian. they're standing up for one of their stars, and they don't believe after posting that detailed allegation of essentially being sexually assaulted by a powerful, influential former party leader, that she would then retract all the allegations and send this e-mail to the w tshs ashs and say everything is fine, i'm resting at home. they don't believe these pictures with the caption happy weekend, ignoring the huge controversy and fire storm. they don't believe she's willingly sitting silently right now. and so steve simon told erin burnett if they don't get an explanation and investigation, they'll put ow of china, which could cost them a billion dollars. listen to this. >> there's too many times in our world today when we get into issues like this that we let business, politics, money dictate what's right and what's wrong. >> not many companies would walk away, don, from a lucrative ten-year deal to stand up for a star te

lawmakers visited taipei just last week in a u.s.tary plane, there was a quick fiery response from the foreign ministry in beijing and so for president in the summit with president xi to acknowledge that the united states still holds on to the one china policy agreed upon back -- nearly 50 years ago, when the u.s. an china normalized relations, it is being celebrated in beijing with positive headlines, but, of course, what they are not mentioning in beijing that the united states is still adhering to basically its policy that it's going to supply weapons to twaun an help taiwan defend itself in the event that china were trying to disrupt this very, very delicate balance that you have here that you have an authoritarian government on the mainland and a self-governing island, an island that china claims as its own since the end of china's civil war so if you lay out the competing interests here, have you china that wants eventual reunification here with taiwan. you have taiwan which wants to maintain its sovereignty and even expand its

cameras and say the united states will defend taiwan, and we will extend a mutual defense treaty the taipei say this is risky and dangerous, but we are in a situation because of our misguided policies over the course of decades, that means there are no safe options left, arthel. arthel: so, you know, it makes me nervous because we have -- but russia has nor. so what is -- has more. so what is retaliation in terms of a military or movement, what does that even look likesome. >> well, obviously, both countries, china and the united states, don't want to use their most fearsome arsenals. but the one thing that's concerning, arthel, is china is rapidly building up its nuclear weapons arsenals and not so much because they want to launch, but because they want to intimidate. we have seen this because threats that have been made against the u.s. periodically, unprovoked threats to nuke american cities, plus also starting in july threats to incinerate cities in japan and australia. so these are really weapons of intimidation. but once you start to intimidate with your most fearsome weapons, then an

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a previous congressional visit where you have this -- images of military aircraft that landed in taipei that infuriated beijing. we saw huge numbers of chinese war planes in the defense identification zone when that happened back in late september, and the war planes came in early october. but it's a time that the u.s. lawmakers really have to be careful here. because, yes, taiwan is one of those rare issues in the united states that unites lawmakers across the aisle, rub cans and democrats seem to be rallying in support of taiwan and shared disdain for china which is becoming an increasingly assertive and aggressive, some might say, competitor and also has had a lot of bad p.r. as of late, and the saga of the tennis star who is believed to have been disappeared and silenced, peng shuai, even though she is paraded around in what are propaganda videos. taiwan is a red line for china, isa, which makes this tweet from representative nancy mace upsetting. i'm on twitter. we couldn't get it to load. it said, just touched down in the republic of taiwan. there is no republic of taiwan. it's ca

cnn's will ripley is live for us in taipei with the very latest.here. you had one official on the call just say she was so relieved to see peng shuai relaxed and doing so well, saying that was the ioc's main concern. but some critics are saying that in fact, the ioc's main concern is not peng but profits. olympic organizers trying to calm the controversy. less than three months before the beijing winter games, the international olympic committee releasing a statement appearing to support the chinese government narrative, that the three-time olympian is doing just fine, despite growing concern for her freedom. the ioc handing out these images sunday, a 30-minute video call of peng, ioc president, and two other officials. cnn not allowed to see the video. and ioc statement summarizing the call with peng saying she is safe and well, living at her home in beijing but would like to have her privacy respected at this time. no pension of peng's explosive allegations three weeks ago that one of china's most senior couple mist leaders sexual assaultly her,

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will is in taipei, but will, what do we make of the video call? can we assume pung is okay. >> peng shui is speaking, what we don't know is if she's speaking freely. why did these so-called casual videos show the date and time and have people on the video talking about the date and time? it is clear, pamela, that she is being stage managed right now, and based on what we know about the chinese government and the way that they silence and censor and disappear people, she is being silenced by the government itself, by the communist party, after she made these explosive allegations against the former vice premiere, 75 years old. she said on her social media platform with half a million followers that he coerced her to have sex last year. that video was deleted, the entire post has been erased. none of this has been released inside china on china media. all of these tweets are being put out on social media platforms that are blocked in china. they are being tweeted on platforms that are not allowed inside the mainland, which means the vast majority of

. >> reporter: will ripley, cnn taipei. >> and what you're looking at there is a picture of cnn's currentn on peng shushuai. they don't want the people there to see it. >>> up next, we pay tribute to the dancing granny, who as we say earlier lost some of their members in the parade tragedy in wisconsin. [gaming sounds] [gaming sounds] just think, he'll be driving for real soon. every new chevy equinox comes standard with chevy safety assist, including automatic emergency braking. find new peace of mind. find new roads. chevrolet. ♪ ♪ you are my fire ♪ ♪ the one desire ♪ ♪ you are, you are, ♪ ♪ don't wanna hear you say... ♪ ♪ ♪ i want it that way ♪ feel stuck with student loan debt? move to sofi and feel what it's like to get your money right. (phone chimes) ♪ ♪ ♪ i jump up on the stage ♪ ♪ and do my money dance ♪ ♪ i throw some money up ♪ ♪ and watch the money land ♪ ♪ i do my, i do my i do my money dance ♪ move your student loan debt to sofi - you could save with low rates and no fees. earn a $500 bonus when you refi... and get your money right. ♪ i do my money dance ♪ introducing the bi

officially recognizes beijing over taipei, but he has also said he opposes any unilateral efforts tohe sort of tricky balancing act that biden is trying to enact here. >> zmelanie zanona, thanks so much. david sanger, this is the third u.s. delegation visit to taiwan since the summer. what does it say about the u.s. strategy here? >> well, we've had a lot of u.s. delegations go, congressional delegations, not only during the biden administration but back during previous presidents. it always enrages the chinese, as does our sale of well onry to taiwan to defend itself. you're seeing president biden, as melanie suggested, trying to walk this very fine line. on the one hand, he says he is sticking by the taiwan relations act, which he notes he vote for when he was in the senate in 1979. i mean, how many members of the political establishment in washington do we think of who actually voted for taiwan ruling or anything else in 1979? >> right. >> but on the other hand, he is trying to turn up the pressure to tell the chinese this would be a very high price if they tried to do to taiwan w

let's go live to taipei and bring in cnn's will ripley. nice to see you.s of their adversary. given the last 18 months, the temperature rising between these two countries, this is note worthy. >> reporter: and what is also note worthy, christine, are these brand-new satellite images released just minutes ago by washington think tank csis. not a mock up, but actual aircraft carrier that china is almost finished building in shanghai, that has technology equivalent to u.s. aircraft carriers. this would be china's third aircraft carrier. the other two are using outdated soviet technology and ski slope runway that requires a lot of fuel, and only certain planes can actually take off. this new aircraft carrier according to satellite images uses the catapult, that is the main stay of america's 11-strong aircraft carrier fleet. a catapult can push planes in the air with less fuel burn. a variety of planes can be brought on a carrier with this technology. experts saying it is pretty much on par with what the united states is using, perhaps even more advanced than s