i live in taipei, a very modern city with a rich history. many of the artist live here and finding ways to keep tell us unique cultural traditions alike. over the next 40 hours, we're going to me some of the great artists who live in work in taipei there. so is by my city. this is mike oliver of guy who type, hey a ah, 1st i'm going to look for an artist who are hidden in this gorgeous city, working finely in an old building. these 2 artists studded grass lin, where larry, using their own method to preserve tradition tea culture and make our for oh yeah, i love your booter. it's the little with the best, the way to get around and the road leads off all the time. oh, you're going to offer me a right awesome building has invited me to forage for grass and weeds to make into art. we are now on our way to me, her prominent tiffany and their private garden. tiffany is of her age, an artist who recourse grass and weeds in mandela drawing by using brushes she makes. this is unusual for me. as a photographer, i record my memories with my camera. i a

should the games to real and gentlemen out for more from taipei is wendy. so he lecture that camber as a new college of asia and the pacific. mr. so how high is the threat of a chinese invasion of taiwan with a war going on in your grain? at the moment? a thing the common assessment is that it's on a low side, at least for this year. and the re is, are a couple, 1st and foremost, it's straightforward. it's less than fun ukraine conflict. we can see from that even for great power like russia. it's proven to be immensely challenging and difficult to take down ukraine with ease. now, how one has the additional natural defense in terms of the power straight making any of asian a, necessarily. and phoebe as one which is much more complicated to maneuver in china, learning from that in china. i was thinking, i better make sure that i have everything prepared before i give it a try. so i think there is confidence at the moment that is for now, that will be stability in telling state. what about taiwan preparations? what is taiwan strategy to counter a possible chi

we'll talk to our correspondent in taipei, also on the show. russia defaults on its foreign debt for the 1st time in a century. what does that mean exactly? for the country and for investors entry longer runs out of fuel. the government takes big steps. ben and gasoline sales and opening closed energy markets. hello and welcome to the show. i'm seeing beardsley in berlin. it's good. have you with us? global stocks tumbled late tuesday and into wednesday, mid growing fears of recession. investors spooked by a new consumer confidence reading in the us, showing the short term outlook for the economy their worlds largest. at its lowest point in nearly a decade. rising food and fuel prices appear to be cutting into household budgets, suggesting weaker growth lies ahead. now before that survey global markets had actually been pairing recent losses. one of the reasons more optimism about the chinese economy. in particular, beijing announcing it will slash the quarantine time for foreign travelers to the country. by half. that means most travelers will only have to isolate for 7 days. analys

activists in taipei put up openly.illar of shame, a statue commemorating the protesters, that was removed from hong kong. they call out in support of tiananmen square, but this student worries increasingly for his own freedom a that of taiwan. translation: in for his own freedom a that of taiwan. translation: in the face of ever— taiwan. translation: in the face of ever increasing - face of ever increasing military threats by china in recent years, we can learn through events like this that they will use whatever oppressive tactics that they are already using on their own people to also suppress taiwan orany people to also suppress taiwan or any other place in the world. now it is up to taiwan alone to keep alive the dreams of those students who stood so bravely for a free and democratic china. a country music writer in the us is suing mariah carey over her 1994 hit "all i want for christmas is you". andy stone accuses the star of exploiting a song he released five years earlier which shares the same name. he's seeking

i live in taipei, a very modern city, with a bitch history. many of the artist live here and finding ways to keep tell us unique cultural traditions alike.

we'll talk to our correspondent in taipei. also on the show. russia defaults on its foreign debt for the 1st time in a century. what does that mean exactly, for the country and for investors? entry longer runs out of fuel. the government takes big steps. bennett, gasoline sales and opening closed energy markets. hello and welcome to the show. i've seen beardsley in berlin. good, have you with us? global stocks tumbled late tuesday and into wednesday in mid growing fear. recession, investors spooked by a new consumer confidence reading in the us, showing the short term outlook for the economy. their world's largest, at its lowest point in nearly a decade. rising food and fuel prices appear to be cutting into household budgets, suggesting weaker growth lies ahead. now before that survey global markets had actually been pairing recent losses. one of the reasons more optimism about the chinese economy in particular, beijing announcing it will slash the quarantine time for foreign travelers to the country by half.

for more, let's cross over to taipei and d. w. corresponded so sung hands, so it looks like these chinese investment curbs are gaining momentum in the united states. how big of a problem would that be to china if the bill passes in the end, there will be a big blow to not only china's economy, but his national strategic plan made in china 2025, which am to upgrade the manufacturing capability of chinese industries. into a more technology intensive power house. according to the bill, the us government has a right to stop investment projects in china that are inconsistent with us national security and bobby high tech field such as semiconductor israel earth about technology, artificial intelligence and robotics. restricting us invite vestment in china in these areas with me, us china, the copley in high technology. that is, it is a double edged sword. it may be able to curb china's ambition to our compete the u . s. but it could also hon. the long term interests of u. s. companies in china. and so at the same time or latest econo

i live in taipei, a very modern city with a rich history. many of the artist live here and finding ways to keep tell us unique cultural traditions alike.

and sion just did of you corresponded so dung hun joins me now from taipei for more. and so she ging pin val just days ago that china would actually meet the growth goal set this year. i believe it's 5 and a half percent. many say that those goals are out of reach you. what should we see in this? is it realistic? o chinese officials would tell you how they are confident to cope with various kinds of unexpected changes that may occur to ensure a stable nomic development. but really, it's not the case, many experts and scholars that that could be 19 and geopolitical conflicts have reduced confidence in the business, outlook and weakened. public consumption invest makes potations, and demand have declined. and doing business has become really difficult. it will be hard to achieve the 5.5 percent g d p growth rate due to the increase our various complicated circumstances and uncertainties. okay, so, so a lot going on there. these goals, maybe a little bit out of reach. what is the last thing imprint of these lock downs that just the chinese economy, but on it's workers wh

she w's joyce lee talk to one couple in taipei, louis strong and kimmy. chow hath lived together in taiwan for a decade. the lesbian couple have always wanted to have a family here. they were elated when taiwan allowed same sex marriage 3 years ago. then they found out they exclude her from the bill because kimmy, it's from hong kong. the government for bits foreigners to wet on the island unless they're from a country where gay marriage is recognized. in finance, elements of the government gave me the right to marry a same sex papa. but i am deprived of such a rile just because of my party's nationality. i feel betrayed i than i did when my friends keep asking us when the wedding will be. i wonder, it hurts every time when i have to explain that we can't because of the legal barriers in flood. kimmy is not legally the we spouse. she has and obtain residency status or the right to work. she's been living in taiwan on a true as visa, flying in i know it off the island every month when her permit expires. helpful, and it's been so unstable. now, people can plan for the future for the next 10

did abuse. joyce lee talked to one couple in taipei, louis strong and kim, utah have lived together in taiwan for a decade. the lesbian couple have always wanted to have a family here. they were elated to untie want allow to same sex marriage 3 years ago. then they found out they exclude her from the bill because kimmy is from hong kong, the government for bits foreign us to what on the island, unless they're from a country where gay marriage is recognized. in finance, elements of the government gave me the rise st. mary's same sex papa, but i am deprived of such are i like just because of my properties nationality? i feel betrayed i than i did my friends keep asking us when the wedding will be and i want it hurts every time when i have to explain that we can't because of the legal barriers in flood, kimmy is not legally the we spouse she has. and obtain residency status or the right to work. she's been living in taiwan on a true as visa, flying in i know it off the island every month when her permit expires. how poor i'm. it's been so unstable. many people can plans for the future for

diplomatic relations, but it's not prevents the states from actively cooperating with taipei and evenapons, the total amount of arms supplies to taiwan has reached $ 70 billion . judging by the joint statements during the visit of the american guest, taipei and washington intend to further intensify contacts in taiwan . security in the indo-pacific region. we have fought the pandemic together and are defending freedom and democracy together since the russian invasion of ukraine earlier this year, and taiwan and the united states have waged economic sanctions against russia and helped ukraine i'm here to support president biden's efforts to forge economic relations and closer ties between our two countries on the economic and national security fronts. and now the wife is announcing a new security strategy, which is going to be officially fixed at the next summit in madrid, in addition to changing the status of russia, which until now has been listed as a partner of the alliance. the new version will include china, which is still nato's strategy did not figure in any way, but now it is

up weapons and are clearly preparing for a military confrontation with beijing on the streets of taipeiave their own system observations for usa it would be very helpful alex yes. thanks to vadim breeders, and to the spy tesla. the headquarters of the territorial defense of the dpr asks the residents of the republic not to leave their homes unless absolutely necessary, and in case of an aggravation of the situation, not to leave the shelter. it would seem simple rules, which nevertheless these days have to be repeated in every round of shelling. on the attack of the apu in the donbass, they respond not at all with fear, but rather with fatigue. in support of a new viral video from the dpr with an amazing reaction from a donetsk student for the arrival of the ukrainian projectile. anastasia ivanova tried to understand the phenomenon, they can distinguish by sound the type of weapons by ear determines how far the next shell will fly, it’s not about the military, but about ordinary people of donbass who are forced to live under the whistle of artillery mines more than any words, they say,

and taipei is showing off an armored fighting vehicle. reporters were invited to the factory that builds the clouded leopard. the eight-wheeled vehicle can hit a top speed of 100 kilometers per immediahour. the officer in charge of the program said it shows taiwan's ability to develop an effective defense system at home. >> translator: taiwan needs to become self-reliant in its defense capabilities. the recent conflict between russia and ukraine has made that clear. >> the taiwanese president wants her government to move away from reliance on foreign arms imports. in particular, much of their military vehicles are supplied b by the united states. >>> seven navy russian vessels were spotted off chiba prefecture near tokyo. it included destroyers and frigates. the fleet sailed southwest, about 180 kilometer from the prefecture. the ships traveled south wednesday, about 280 kilometers southeast of hokkaido in northern japan. five of them were spotted in the same region last week, too. the ships are believed to be part of a massive naval by r

pumping up weapons and clearly preparing for a military confrontation with beijing on the streets of taipeiurveillance system for the us it would be very useful. if a country or a group of countries is unable to make sovereign decisions, it is already, to a certain extent, a colony. after all, the president does not have such historical prospects, he did not name specific countries, but it is clear, it is clear that russia is also protecting sovereignty, which was discussed at a meeting with young entrepreneurs, engineers and scientists. by the way those who do

turkey has started laying a gas pipeline at the bottom of the black sea recep taipei erdogan said then the solemn ceremony, which was broadcast on television on plans for the first gas field, sakari. i have to enroll next year, the peak gas production will reach in 2026 according to erdogan turkey's goal of 40 million cubic meters of gas per day, as previously reported by the turkish press. ankara will invest almost $10 billion in the project. battle injury, huh? opposition in france questioned the results of the first round of parliamentary elections leftist jean-luc melenchon accused the country's ministry of internal affairs of manipulating the count of votes, which allowed the macron's coalition to take the lead, while the gap was only a tenth of a percent, how mathematics will affect the outcome of the elections about this report by our own correspondent in france, anastasia popova immediately after the close of the election sections, the first results showed that the news of the united left bypassed the mokron party, the gap is minimal, but for the melanchon this is an absolute

it earned the name of "little taipei." jon: my parents came over when they were, i think, 25. they came to america, had nothing, and then my mom would tell me stories like, "yeah, like, we would get just meat scraps and then ask them to grind it at the market," and then they would just make whatever out of it. mr. yao: when we can, you know, it's hard to buy tofu. you had-- you had to spend a...yeah, it's much, much more expensive than right now. at that time, really, it'sit's a treat when you eat the tofu. susie: in the 1970s, if you wanted chinese food--and, god, i need my chinese food, right? if you wanted a sauce, you--you want your fish sauce, if you want your garlic black bean sauce, you had to go find itt a little chinatown market. you didn't know what was going on, and then yee sing chong was established in chinatown. this was a supermarket with a fish section. jon: my mom would steam fish. she would steam live tilapia 'cause eating fresh fish is really big in the chinese community, so she would get live tilapia from the market and she'd steam it at home. and i actuall

activists in taipei put up a new version of the pillar of shame — a statue commemorating tiananmen protestersey call out in support of tiananmen square, but this student's worries are increasingly for his own freedom and that of taiwan. translation: in the face | of ever-increasing military threats by china in recent years, we can learn through events like this that they will use whatever suppressive tactics that they are already using on their own people to also suppress taiwan or any other place in the world. now, taiwan will now be one of the main centres of remembrance for those who lost their lives in tiananmen square. leana hosea, bbc news. south korea's military says north korea has fired several ballistic missiles towards the sea off its east coast. it comes a day after south korea and the united states wrapped up their first combined military exercises involving an american aircraft carrier in more than four years. pyongyang has long protested against the joint exercises and the country has stepped up its missile tests in recent weeks. greece is no stranger to summer fires and once a

about the fact that the island is its sovereign territory, the united states promised to support taipeiaiwan began military exercises, if after all that happened there will be a rapprochement between ukraine and russia, if sanctions do not work, then what this will give a signal to china about the price of an attempt to seize taiwan by force, a neutral position was taken by india at the beginning of the war, on the one hand, it allegedly does not support russian aggression on the other, and does not condemn her india, like china, is waiting to buy russian oil and calls for diplomacy, which is beneficial only to the kremlin , we emphasize the need to immediately cease fire in ukraine and not to use dialogue and diplomacy to solve the problem after the beginning of the russian invasion, the leaders of the largest authoritarian regimes received a clear signal that democratic countries are not afraid to stand up the world is ready to fight back with weapons and sanctions and economic support for those who can become a new target for the bloodiest dictators the planets, lesya krason, program

activists in taipei put up a new version of the pillar of shame, a statue commemorating tiananmen protestersey call out in support of tiananmen square, but this student's worries are increasingly for his own freedom and that of taiwan. translation: in the face | of ever-increasing military threats by china in recent years, we can learn through events like this that they will use whatever suppressive tactics that they are already using on their own people to also suppress taiwan or any other place in the world. now, taiwan will now be one of the main centres of remembrance for those who lost their lives in tiananmen square. leana hosea, bbc news. i've been speaking to jeffrey wasserstrom, a historian from the university of california, irvine, to understand how china deals with dissent more than three decades after tiananmen and why discussion has become wider to involve hong kong and macau. it hasn't stamped out dissent, there is still discontent. what it has prevented is large—scale mass marches and demonstrations which were an important part of hong kong life as recently as 2019. i was ther

it's going to be a washout for hong kong stretching right through to taipei and this band of rain will creep further north, closing in on shanghai or the next try. 4 to 48 hours. still some pesky showers for tokyo, so that leaves your temperature bit to be desired. there are 24 degrees. it's dry and beijing with a high of 27, some lively downpours across sumatra or power up some thunderstorms call them poor singapore and the dang on thursday. of for that southeast corner of australia, the rain starting to peter out here, but still cool conditions. let me take you towards sunday morning this what you're going to wake up to 2 degrees in hobart. we've got polar air coming up from an article. we're likely to see some mixed precipitation here, as a snow levels dropped to about a 100 meters. now back to the here and now for w a, we've got this band of rain across the west coast. so some showers for perth at $23.00 degrees and snow for the mountain passes for the south island of new zealand . what am windy for? wellington, on thursday. that's it, susan. ah, you had a white jug, why? prosecuto

so that's given us a lot of rain for not only hong kong, but also taipei, the darker the color, the more intense, the rain is falling. now things are improving across japan, but still for tokyo, we got some showers in the forecast here. so at, that's going to put a cap on your temperatures, but the winds will shift around. so you're up to 27 degrees by friday, but i really gloomy weather patterns is setting up here. that's it. from the c, as in cat saw official airline, of the journey with the answer was an arab in my name is how i was abducted by the cia in 2004, a german citizen was kidnapped and tortured by the cia. it came up with handcuffs, led me into interpretation. a new documentary tells the story of how the geo politics of the post 911 world ruin the life of an innocent b o mastery case on al jazeera. ah ah, you're with al jazeera reminder of our top stories now. un that says the world must act immediately, or there will be an explosion of child deaths and the horn of africa. 14000000 people are at risk of starvation. as a region deals with the worst drought ukrainian troops ar

so that's given us a lot of rain for not only hong kong, but also taipei, the darker the color, the more intense, the rain is falling. now things are improving across japan, but still for tokyo, we got some showers in the forecast here. so at that's going to put a cap on your temperatures, but the winds will shift around. so you're up to 27 degrees by friday, but a really gloomy weather pattern is setting up here. that's it for me. see you soon . hatta air with visual airline of the journey, killing the debate. wonderful as it is, the the plan matic language. it really means nothing on the ground. annette or online, at viewable, the queen is be removed as head of state because she's done absolutely nothing. what these country white man wears the progress. i haven't seen enough racialize do . see sports journalist i look like me. you need to listen to those voice perspective. even when it's hard it when it challenges some of our foundational thinking, this going on out there. ah ah, he with al jazeera reminder of our top stories now. the un that says the world must act immediately, or the

maritime patrol off the coast of taiwan in response to the us military conspiracy and the government in taipeissary to go under heaven and repeatedly warned washington against supporting separatism and the dangerous consequences of arms supplies. taiwan, but diplomatic protests in the united states are ignored, and a military build-up in the united states is preferred to dialogue. region. how far militarization can go was also discussed on osipov the us senator's visit to the island, which china considers its own, beijing regarded as a political provocation chinese foreign ministry made it clear the americans jeopardize peace and stability in the region we call on the relevant us politicians to adhere to the principle of a united china and provisions of the three sino-us joint communiqués to immediately cease all forms of official contact with taiwan and not send false signals to separatist forces. taiwan formally there are no americans, taiwan has diplomatic relations, but this does not prevent the states from actively cooperating and even pumping up the island with their weapons, the total s

shore, dull and wet, day for tokyo, a drying day for southern china, except for hong kong cross in taipei. it looks reasonably wet the temperatures coming down a bit in beijing, but generally speaking it's still warmer than the average suggests. it would be the monsoon rains are flopping in and out. and all that sort of failing stage at the moment that shower in the western side of india in the north of india, it's still hot, dry and dusty hotter still in pakistan, official and line of the journey for over a century, american parents have entrusted their sons to the boy scouts of america, hoping they would gain skills that would improve their lives instead, countess young lives were ruined by predators within the organization. i knew there was so much, but i could not figure out where it was coming from me in a 3 part series, full plunge investigates, a massive scandal that raw the united states scoutmaster part 3 on al jazeera blue. ah, are you watching out 01 of our top stories as her and protests had been held in shanicea to denounce an upcoming referendum on a new constitution preside

activists in taipei put up a new version of the pillar of shame, a statue commemorating tiananmen protesters hong kong. they call out in support of tiananmen square, but this student is worried increasingly for his own freedom and that of taiwan. translation: in the face of ever—increasing military threats by china in recent years, we can learn through events like this that they will use whatever suppressive tactics they already use on their own people to suppress taiwan or any other place in the world. taiwan or any other place in the world-— taiwan or any other place in the world. ., ., ., , the world. taiwan will now be one of the — the world. taiwan will now be one of the main _ the world. taiwan will now be one of the main centres - the world. taiwan will now be one of the main centres of. one of the main centres of remembrance for those who lost their lives in tiananmen square. we're joined by jeffrey wasserstrom, a historian from the university of california, irvine, to understand how china deals with dissent more than three decades after tiananmen and why discussion is now wider to h

offshore. dollar wet day for tokyo, a drying day for southern china, except for hong kong. cross in taipei. it's what it looks reasonably wet. the temperature is coming down a bit in beijing, but generally speaking it's still warmer than the average suggests. it would be the monsoon rains are flopping in and out. and all that sort of failing stage at the moment that chows in the western side of india in the north of india, it's still hot, dry and dusty hotter still in pakistan. ah, join the debate. wonderful as it is that the plum matic language, it really means nothing on the ground on air or online at your voice. the queen is be removed as head of state because she's done absolutely nothing. what these country white man, where is the progress? i haven't seen enough racial as do see sports journalist. i look like me if you need to listen to those voice perspectives, even when it's hard it when it challenges some of our foundational thinking. this dream on al jazeera lou. ah ah, welcome back you watch now to 0 mind if our top stories us our, are just as in to this year writing in the capti

speaking in singapore, the defense minister repeatedly -- formal split by taipei.has learned the chinese military officials are disputing washington's stance, telling u.s. counterparts that it is not international borders. a covid-19 outbreak linked to a popular virus will be more difficult to control. the weekend saw mass testing and rising infections. authorities have delayed the reopening of most schools in the capital. outbreaks have reemerged. hong kong on sunday reported more than 800 new covid cases for the second straight day. authorities warned that numbers continue to rise. more than 230 infections have been found in the city's central district. 16 a new cases were found to be the bs 2.12.1 variation. it looks to reset relations with france. the prime minister says he had cordial discussions with the french president and accepted an invitation to visit paris. ties between the two countries soured. sources told bloomberg that goldman sachs was facing an investigation into whether two of its mutual funds were in breach of the metrics. an earlier report from

taipei there were 465 intrusions, which is almost 50% more than in the same period last year.an be deployed at lightning speed in the event of a chinese invasion with a missile range of 100 km. i remind you that taiwan is located from mainland china yes at a distance of about 180 km. the hunt is heating up the situation and the british media too specter magazine came out with the cover of saving taiwan the lessons of the war in ukraine well i guess that britain has and partners and the cossacks have a great desire for taiwan to just become the second ukraine if you remember. relations between the us and china have been different over the years; even nixon's friendship was an attempt to get closer to mao zedong and remove china from the influence of uh russia of the ussr then a successful attempt. yes, i will not argue a successful attempt. yes , it was just a sample, that is, the most american diplomacy is quite soft power. yes , which led to the rupture of relations between china and the ussr then. well that's how the problem arose, taiwan time to remember. one language, one

. >> it was a good day for markets out here in asia from tokyo to taipei we have to remember this is happening against a persistent sense of worries cutting the global gdp outlook by stifle inflation risk central banks in asia continue to act it w you will see there though the, they're losing a little bit of ground the bank of thailand keeping rates and unchanged and favoring growth despite the fact that inflation jumped 7.1 higher than last month in the currency space that's worth noting, the japanese yen is weakest this also helps keeping stocks in tokyo up for the most part. there is some interesting move out of china today byd seems strong gains in shanghai and hong kong an executive told chinese state media they'll supply tesla with batteries very soon. chinese regulators approved six new gaming titles. among them, video platform which saw strong gains ali alibaba, we await chinese data tomorrow morning back to you, frank. >> thanks a lot. now to europe, julia tatelbaum, good morning >> now there are a couple of bright spots to point out. the spanish market is holding up best th