i'm sure that's also definitely part of the consideration and calculation for taipei when it comes to how deep and how it wants to really draft and position itself when it comes to engaging with germany . because it's whitely known. the, the german economy relies heavily on china in the chinese market, but with the new government that came in last year, there is also signed that berlin is taking a little bit of a new, a pivot tours. it's approached in china and towards the inner pacific. so i think taipei is holding on to the hope that the new government in germany is going to focus a little bit more on the value based diplomacy, which then is going to be able to play into the benefits of time. one, when it comes to the highlight of human rights and democracy, we're, we've already seen that being highlighted and brought up in the conversation between the town president tying when and the visiting delegation this morning over here in taipei, william young in taipei, ah, caring for india is growing, ranks of senior citizens is a challenge as lifespans rise, but with many younger indians

he speak no door restaurant is in one of the famous commercial dick street in taipei, but it was heat heart by the pandemic. was this and i will come to you. i am the 3rd generation operating the family business involved just one month after renovating we saw the outbreak of coven 19. and ty, why help um, we paid a fortune to redecorate, but revenue that month was almost 0. it was like you said back about tie was tour is an industry, a county ford of all 4 to 5 percent of the islands g. d. p. before the pandemic. but a number of inbound travelers, chombo buy more than 90 percent in a past 2 years. many is unrelated. companies have had to keep the coast down or close their businesses. chinese tourists used to make up a sizable portion of tie was to raise them. but everything change in 2019 china. ben citizens from chavel into ty, one as individual tourists in an attempt to heat the islands economy. ringo lee, c o trash in travel service corporation has experience highs and lows. yeah, i wasn't sure who i thought it will certainly be best if across the street relations remain peaceful m

so dung han with us from taipei, thank you very much. you may have heard that cow burps are a not insignificant source of methane emissions and thus greenhouse gases. well, it's true. in fact, in new zealand, the gases emitted by the countries 6200000 cows are a major source of the country's carbon emissions. now wellington has outlined a plan to tax livestock, farming groups warren, the scheme could rip the guts out of small town new zealand. but there might just be another solution to problem take, look. these cows could be the future of agriculture in new zealand. their milk formula is blended with co butcher, a special probiotic. it is all part of a trial being carried out by new zealand, dairy giant, frontera, that true eureka moments, and the may was when we got the results of the face, kato child back, and, and we were able to show that we got a reduction to maintain of up to 20 st. nice animals and, and with continued to be able to shy and read action and laws and we've got other, obviously we've got the trials under way and, but

dw correspondent, pound weighing in taipei palin. thank you. and now to some of the other global business stories making news. the co c. e. o of south korea's biggest mobile messenger account talk has publicly apologized after a fire fire at a data center last week and little a mass outage, disrupting cellphone services for 53000000 users. napkin. one said he will resign. indonesia has announced plans to build a new capital city to be named new. some tara, on the island of borneo. the government says it will offer a 30 year tax break for companies investing in the $32000000000.00 project. construction of a dam and roads have already begun at the site. the australian government has announced plans to expand its renewable energy sector. the country will build renewable energy zones, wind and solar products, projects and under c, electricity interconnect to bring more clean energy to the national grid. that prime minister antony albany, zis center left government one power earlier this year. promising climate reforms in britain, the biggest jump a

that taipei is called a ribbon microphone.e behind the perforated cover is exactly that, a ribbon of metal. with the help of one of the trusty bbc engineering manuals, we can see that soundwaves come in from either the front or the back and hit the ribbon in the middle. so thin that it flexes and wiggles when the noise vibrations in the air hit it, just like your eardrum. the flexing moves the ribbon through a magnetic field the microphone then connects to studio equipment that amplifies this up to a level that you can hear, and because the ribbon is a flat piece of metal, it can interpret vibrations from both sides. finally, of course, we want to hear a bit more of how the microphone sounds. well we can hear it in use by sirjohn snagge, the bbc voice who made the first annoucement of the d—day landings, and who went on to become one of the first bbc television news readers. he specially recorded with the microphone for this demo tape. this speech is recorded from a bbc—marconi velocity ribbon microphone, type axbt. i will lea

rupert wingfield—hayes bbc news in taipei.elebration. it is being run a little bit like a duo here. but look what they are launching a eurovision song contest, really. the point is there's plenty of opportunity, as you can see here, for taiwan to show itself off as its own independent mike hussey. —— democracy. ever since russia invaded ukraine, the cost of energy has been a concern for many across europe. in berlin, there had been calls for the annual festival of lights to be cancelled. it has gone ahead but organisers say energy consumption has been dramatically reduced. the bbc�*s tim allman explains. one of europe's great capitals. looking even more spectacular than normal. this festival only dates back to 2005, but it has become an annual fixture. all across the city, dozens of buildings lit up, a spectacle of colour and light. # oh, you look so beautiful tonight. but this year, things are a little different. # in the city of blinding lights. how much power does it take to illuminate floodlights, laser beams and thousands

has planned now, we are considering no longer 2027, as beijing had previously expected to attack taipeire 2024. and the states continue to no longer even supply weapons to the island in 2025 taiwan. teaches 250 stinger plans to create a joint production of precision-guided munitions and components for fighter jets on the island chinese press warned americans become important targets for the people's liberation army. china, in the event of a conflict on both sides of the strait, fighting for the return to the arms of the motherland as the pecks call the reintegration of taiwan, sidenping did not rule out on one condition, external intervention and feeding of supporters of independence, taipei organizes an assembly for democracy, which expects about 300 foreign guests. here is the delegation of the bundestag on the spot. we note taiwan's intimidation of xi jinping at the 20th china party congress we also we note the reaction of mainland china after the visit of the pilosin. taiwan in the german parliament. hyde on the human rights committee and called for them to defend thaiboy. this mean

taipei general heweidong head of the eastern command.a of ​​responsibility and just the taiwanese direction organized a large-scale exercise after the visit. on the island of pelosipe in parliament. taipei hysteria taiwan will have to deal with a tougher and more modernized army. china after the reshuffle in the top military leadership. beijing they will act harder step by step the army of the communists. adopts a tougher strategy with taiwan in the future is that other than taiwan experts. as part of the central military council, cainara, there are also people from the aerospace industry and the defense industry confirms the chinese military is preparing to introduce advanced technologies in the country, one of the strongest modern armies in the world is needed, the chinese military today analyzes the entire text in detail. reports of the secretary general of the pilots right on the airfield. we will focus on readiness for war in the new age. we will promote enhanced training for real combat operations, obeying orders parties for the sa

that's from the mainland affairs council in taipei. taiwan continues to insist on values that they don't have in beijing, like sovereignty, freedom, democracy for this self-ruled, self-governed island of 24 million people that, for more than 70 years, has been operating on its own with its own government, with its own military, that has been acquiring more and more weapons to defend itself against what is perceived as a growing threat from china under xi jinping's watch. xi jinping got a glowing work review from -- in the work report praising his leadership. they would give a very different review here in taiwan when you have seen in recent years, especially the number of military enkurgss into the taiwan self-declared ire defense identification zone. whether planes, drones, military drills that encircled taiwan after u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi visited here and drew a very, very sharp response from beijing. beijing essentially pulling the trigger on a plan that probably had been in place some time to step up military exercises, to

taipei general heweidong head of the eastern command.nsibility, just the taiwanese direction organized large-scale exercises after the visit. on the island of pylos in parliament. taipei hysteria taiwan will have to deal with a tougher and more modernized army. china after the reshuffle in the top military leadership. beijing, they will act the same. and step by step, the communist army will adopt a tougher strategy in dealing with taiwan in the future, except for specialists in taiwan, as part of the central military council of the prc, also come from the aerospace industry and the defense industry confirms the chinese military is preparing to introduce advanced technologies in the country, one of the strongest and most modern armies in the world is needed. chinese military today. analyze the entire text in detail. the report of the secretary general of the pilots right on the airfield . we will focus on readiness for war in the new age. we will promote enhanced training for real combat operations, obeying the orders of the party for th

now we are no longer considering 2027, as we previously expected, beijing could attack taipei beforeissue, although it was not among the top priorities in xi’s speech, was put squarely, because for beijing it is a red line that the states are striving for thirdly, we sincerely insist with all our might on the prospect of peaceful reunification, but we will never promise to renounce the use of force and reserve the possibility of taking all necessary measures against the intervention of external forces and an extremely small number of separatists who advocate the independence of taiwan, that is, the power scenario does not exclude these things. and the fact that opposition to independence is acute. now it’s also written down that we set the communist party means that the demand is now from the party members, who usually bring everything to the end, and here, too, interesting new personnel decisions are already in place. the head of the central military council , whose head also remained xi jingong news, they are now sorted out, what is called a bastard, because a deputy xi in the mili

the taiwan strait went to japan, but the people did not obey the decree of the chinese emperor in taipei proclaimed the republic of taiwan, which decided to repulse the japanese. however, 12,000 japanese troops without a fight entered the city on october 21, and the center of resistance, the city of taimen, was captured. the tsarist war went on for many more years, the japanese responded with the most severe repressions. taiwan was under japanese control for half a century until 1945, when japan, which lost in world war ii, recognized the loss of its sovereignty over the island 60 years ago. cult in the ussr precisely. there you could learn a lot not only about soviet but also about western cinema. moreover, not always in the official version of the program existed with a short break for almost 40 years, the first broadcast was conducted by an actor of the earth gerd, and the entire cinema panorama was replaced by more than 50 leading celebrities from the world, theater and cinema, the musical composition of the screensaver performed by the orchestra. paul mauriat quickly became a hit. t

nancy pilosyu, said the words they said before arriving in taipei that this war is part of the conflict between democracies and dictatorships, so now in the world we see such a growing trend, democracy on the one hand, authoritarianism on the other, authoritarian countries are becoming more aggressive than before they are combining their efforts for cooperation, we see this on the example of russia, china, the russians resorted to specific actions to go to war against the ukrainian people. and we also witnessed atrocities and cruelty against innocent people becomes very aggressive not only towards taiwan but also in the whole region on new year's day o i wanted east china and south china seas during the last military exercises the chinese penetrated as far as the first island chain deep in the pacific ocean china signed a security agreement with the solomon islands which very far from china but very close to australia and new zealand but chinese authoritarianism looks not only at this part of the world it also looks at the indian ocean the chinese take a broad initiative to create its n

>> let's go to taipei where will is standing by.continue on that theme that steven just pointed out, very strident words from mr. xi on taiwan. >> reporter: and certainly it's nothing new. it's nothing that we haven't heard before. but everly time xi jinping reasserts his belief and the belief of the communist rulers in beijing that this self-governing democracy that's had its own not just government but military, and has evolved into a democracy over more than 70 years of separation from the mainland's communist rulers, and this government itself has been essentially delegitimized on the global stage, or at least they've attempted to delegitimize the government by icing out this island diplomatically, by icing them out economically, threatening, the ever-present looming thread of military takeover. xi jinping once again refusing to rule that out, unsettling clearly for the leadership on this island elected by the 23 million people who live here. the leaders who say they will not accept a unilateral reunification with a mainland tha

's or audio increase many, many things out in thousands of people have braved rain in taipei for the 20th taiwan pride parade. the event celebrates the island status as a regional leader in l. g. b t q writes taiwan, is the only country in asia where same sex marriages, legal d, w, corresponded power in wang reports from taipei. this year, the pride is trying to sign a light on socio political inequality. isn't that eligibility q plus individuals are still face today? for example, like family services, adoption and cross national marriages. what so, what so important and also special about this year is that ukraine's largest out you particular plus organization and team you credit will much through the capital of taiwan. their participation is to remind i want and asia about the ukranian resistance and the importance of human rights in a type of warms. and also taiwan prize last year was held online due to the pandemic. and now with the border re open, so we could expect more people to join the parade to seal well, things may seem a bit grim on earth these days, but at least the sun

the taipei stayed in use by the bbc from 1934— 1959, a whole 25 years. long time when technology was developing so rapidly. so what about inside? the type—a is called a ribbon microphone. that's because behind the perforated cover is exactly that, a ribbon of metal. with the help of one of the trusty bbc engineering manuals, we can see that soundwaves come in from either the front or the back and hit the ribbon in the middle. so thin that it flexes and wiggles when the noise vibrations in the air hit it, just like your eardrum. the flexing moves the ribbon through a magnetic field created by two magnets on either side. doing this generates a very small voltage which is unique to the sound it is taking in. the microphone then connects to studio equipment that amplifies this up to a level that you can hear, and because the ribbon is a flat piece of metal, it can interpret vibrations from both sides. finally, of course, we want to hear a bit more of how the microphone sounds. well we can hear it in use by sirjohn snagge, the bbc voice who made the first ann

the taipei state in use by the bbc from 193a until 1959.oping so rapidly. what about inside? . it is called ribbon microphone, because behind the perforated cover is exactly that. a ribbon of metal. with the help of one of the trustee bbc engineering manuals, we can see that the sound waves coming from either the front or the back, and hit the ribbon in the middle. so then, that it flexes and wiggles when the vibrations hit it, just like your eardrum. the flexing moves the ribbon through a magnetic field, created by two magnets on either site. this generates a small voltage which is unique to the sound it is taken in. the microphone connected to studio equipment that amplifies it to a level you can hear. because the ribbon is a flat piece of metal, it can interpret vibrations from both sites. finally we want to hear more of how the microphone sounds. we can hear it in use by sirjohn snack, the bbc voice who made the first announcement of the d—day landings, and went on to become one of the first television news readers. he recorded with the

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in taipei.ories making headlines. north korea says recent missile test were part of a tactical nuclear drill. two ballistic missiles were fired in the direction of the sea of japan flying around 350 km. they launch came after the end of joint military exercises between the united states and south korea. nigeria's president has ordered a review of safety measures on the countries waterways after a boat capsized among heavy flooding in the iran state on friday. at least 76 people are confirmed to have died in the accident pulled up most of them were women and children trying to escape rising waters. 0fficials to escape rising waters. officials say the boat suffered from engine failure and hit a bridge. us broadcaster cnn has apologised forfilming bridge. us broadcaster cnn has apologised for filming inside a tight nursery which was a scene of a mass killing on thursday. a reporter and cameraman from cnn had had their visas revoked but face further charges put up a spokesperson for the broadcaster

minister audrey tang in taipei, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. really happy to be here.i of china reiterated at the recent chinese communist party congress that china wants to strive for the prospect of peaceful unification with taiwan, but that he will never promise to give up the option to use force. just sum up briefly the mood for us, the reaction to that possibly new threat. well, there's a familiar message. we've been hearing that for quite some time. of course, we have to prepare ourselves to face the authoritarian expansionism, but that has been the case for as long as i can remember. so people have not been at all worried by this renewed threat? not especially worried. of course, we've been seeing renewed interest in, for example, countering disinformation, cybersecurity attacks and so on. but i think the overall mood is quite calm. ok, because china has claimed taiwan as part of its territory since 1949. but now, according to intelligence in the united states, president xi wants to accelerate the programme and unify taiwan by 2027. so you've got this timeframe.

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in taipei. time for all the sports news.d to the top of the premier league table after a 3—2 home win over liverpool. gabriel martinelli scored inside a minute for the gunners with liverpool twice coming from behind to draw level, before a bukayo saka penalty in the final 15 minutes confirmed the win. for liverpool, who are 10th, it's their worst start to a campaign in 7 years underjurgen klopp. it was a really high—quality game with a lot of moments for his team but i am thrilled with the performance, the attitude we shared with the personality and character we played, especially in the second half. with moments like this, with a crowd of them are in the moment, it is great. cristiano ronaldo's 700th career club goal helped manchester united to a 2—1win at everton. alex iwobi gave everton the lead afterjust five minutes at goodison park but antony levelled things up with his third goal in three premier league games and ronaldo's goal on the stroke of half—time proved decisive. united are now a point behind fourth—placed che

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in taipei.s, good evening. max verstappen sealed a second successive formula one title with four races left after winning a dramatic japanese grand prix in terrible weather conditions. but once again, his championship—winning moment was marred by confusion over the rules — as olly foster reports. lex verstappen has retained his world title fair and square, and with plenty to spare, no final lap dramas like last year when formula one veered away from its own rules, but there was still confusion. torrential rain had shortened the japanese grand prix and he presumed as most did that despite taking the chequered flag his winning points would be halved as well. he was wrong, and when charles leclerc was bumped down to third for cutting a corner, verstappen was told mid—interview the title was his once again. mid-interview the title was his once aaain. ~ . mid-interview the title was his once aainr ., mid-interview the title was his once auain.~ ., , mid-interview the title was his once auain.~ ., . ,

rupert wingfield—hayes bbc news in taipei.here had been calls for the annual festival of lights to be cancelled. it has gone ahead, but organisers say energy consumption has been dramatically reduced. the bbc�*s tim allman explains. one of europe�*s great capitals. looking even more spectacular than normal. this festival only dates back to 2005, but it has become an annual fixture. all across the city, dozens of buildings lit up, a spectacle of colour and light. # oh, you look so beautiful tonight. but this year, things are a little different. # in the city of blinding lights. how much power does it take to illuminate floodlights, laser beams and thousands upon thousands of led bulbs? in an age of sky—high fuel costs, the organisers have cut their cloth accordingly. the number of venues where the lights are on display have been more than halved. organisers say the energy consumption will drop by 75%, and it will all come from renewable sources. they�*re even turning the lights off an hour earlier. # what happened to the beauty

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in taipei.'s president tsai ing—wen will pledge to bolster the island's defence capabilities, in a major speech later on monday. it'll come less than a week before china's ruling communist party's congress opens in beijing, where president xi jinping is widely expected to win an unprecedented third five—year term. i'm joined now by steve goldstein at cape cod in massachusetts. he is the director of the taiwan studies workshop at harvard university. what can we expect president tsai—ing wen to say about china in her speech later today? i think we expect to hear from her, the affirmation of taiwan's democratic system that you just heard and its importance in asia as a model or an example. heard and its importance in asia as a model oran example. i heard and its importance in asia as a model or an example. i think we can expect to hear from her the accomplishments of her administration during her time in office and what it's done for the taiwan economy. and it's place in the world. and finally, i e

now we are no longer considering 2027, as we previously expected, beijing could attack taipei before taiwan issue, although it was not among the top priorities in xi’s speech, was put squarely, because for beijing it is a red line that the states are striving for , thirds we are sincere with all our might we insist on the prospect of peaceful reunification, but we will never promise to renounce the use of force and reserve the possibility of taking all necessary measures against the intervention of external forces and the extremely small number of separatists who advocate taiwan independence, that is, the xi force scenario does not exclude. and the fact that opposition to independence is acute. now it is also written in the charter of the communist party, which means that now the sportsmen are simple, who usually bring everything to the end, and here, too, curious new personnel decisions are already in the composition of the central military council, the head of which also remained to sit on the taiwanese news, and they are now being sorted out, what is called under the magnifying gl

rupert wingfield—hayes bbc news in taipei.ti, which is suffering a nationwide security crisis. mr guterres was responding to a request from the haitian government for military assistance as protests and armed gangs tighten their grip on the country. a coalition of gangs has blockaded the main fuel port, paralysing the country, and stopping the delivery of bottled water amidst an outbreak of cholera. the secretary—general said a force involving one or more countries would help secure free movement of humanitarian supplies. the venezuelan government says torrential rains have caused 22 deaths after six more people were killed by landslides on sunday. the country�*s vice president delcy rodriguez has been visiting one of the worst—affected areas, las tejerias, where 52 people are missing. the el pato river, south of caracas, burst its banks and floodwaters swept away several houses and shops. 1,000 emergency personnel are taking part in search and rescue operations. let�*s cross to maracay now and speak to localjournalist carla c

taiwan, apparently they listened to that everyone spoke jin-ping and they have already answered in taipeiey said that they are not going to make any concessions and from heaven in the president's office that official taipei does not accept the management model proposed by beijing that is currently operating in hong kong. and this is one country, two systems in the management of the island emphasized that they will not give up their sovereignty and will not make any compromises regarding freedom and democracy, they also added that they remain supporters of peace reigning in the region. islands, and a meeting on the battlefield will not contribute to the achievement of this goal. well, that's it, and a little more about china. china is ready to strengthen and develop relations with the democratic people's republic of korea. the head of the celestial network wrote about this the day before in a letter to the leader of the most closed country in the world, kim jong-un at the same time, the chinese leader emphasized that now, more than ever before, pyongyang should strengthen ties between both

rupert wingfield—hayes bbc news in taipei.sung, a political scientist who teaches in the anu taiwan studies program. hejoins us from changhua in taiwan. welcome to the programme. what exactly should we expect resident the president to stay in a speech later today? likely to assert that _ in a speech later today? likely to assert that the _ in a speech later today? likely to assert that the taiwanese i to assert that the taiwanese will remain assertive and defiant in their ability to defend themselves and they will try to focus on how taiwan through its democratic values, that taiwan has enough friends and partners internationally who are sympathetic to taiwan's cause and who will be willing to play a role in terms of helping taiwan to remain viable nationally and play a positive role in terms of helping taiwan and china to find ways to get along and to avoid the military tension in the taiwan strait from getting out of hand. lie from getting out of hand. us house leader nancy pelosi, when she visited the island in august china

minister, audrey tang and taipei welcome to hardtalk. thank you, happy to be here.nping reiterated at the recent china party congress that china wants to strive for the prospect of peaceful reunification from taiwan and he will never give up the option to use force. some up briefly the mood and reaction to that? , ., ., ., to that? there is a familiar message — to that? there is a familiar message we _ to that? there is a familiar message we have - to that? there is a familiar message we have been - to that? there is a familiar - message we have been hearing that for quite some time, of we had to prepare ourselves to face the authoritarian expansionism but that has been the case for as long as i can remember. 50 the case for as long as i can rmember-— the case for as long as i can remember. , ., , ., ., remember. so people have not been at all _ remember. so people have not been at all worried _ remember. so people have not been at all worried by - remember. so people have not been at all worried by the - been at all worried by the renewed threat? mat been at all wo

today, turkish president recep taipei erdogan said that he had agreed with vladimir putin to create an international gas hub to use it for the supply of lost volumes from a european country biological warfare. ukrainians. the american curators prompted neatly the main task american colleagues studying pathogens in these places using the forces of local specialists, without involving their own, studied their future bridgeheads. notice the last day of work on february 23rd, a natural human test that was generally safe to do in the united states, because we call it a lab. actually. this is the most military biological import structure of the united states on the territory of ukraine, which means ukraine p -program. belongs to me i will kill them all. the heart of parma , martial law began to operate today in four new regions of russia dpr lpr zaporizhia kherson regions, the maximum response level was introduced by a special decree of vladimir putin last night in ukraine it was restless again almost in all regions an air raid alert was announced telegram-channel reports of numerous explosi

let's go to will ripley in taipei. let's drill down to what xi said in taiwan. the language, forceful and blunt as we expected. what did we sflern. >> what we learned is there is not only, you know, zero desire to change course or to even listen to the perspective of the taiwanese government, which has run this island, it has evolved into a democracy over more than 70 years of separation. in fact, the communist rulers in beijing have never once governed this island and yet they claim this island, and they have for decades as their own, only difference is now china has a military that if it's not capable of doing it, it will be in the very near future. that is one of xi jinping's stated goals. so you have this much smaller but vibrant democracy that doesn't have formal diplomatic ties with most of the countries around the world but has friendships with powerful like-minded democracies. saying what they have consistently said that taiwan will not accept a unilateral ee unification with the main land because they don't feel it's a reunification, they think it would

important for people everywhere and for the taiwanese is no exception for busy people in the capital, taipei, sometimes it's not always easy to find fresh local, produce free from chemicals. so how can commuters grab some organic greens on the go? the answer is underground. oh, grand opening anti base subway, where organic farmers are now taking root sundays. these rows of lettuce of the result of a collaboration between the metro operator and tie when he's tech company uni micron. the idea to produce healthy food using the vacant spaces in subway stations . yes, l u b, we use l. e delights to replace sunlight. the advantage is that we can control the amount of time these plans get light. also, this hydroponic farm is vertically stacked and therefore works better and restrictive urban land conditions. so vall bullshit will heat again to under optimized growing conditions. these racks produce around a $180.00 bags of let us every week guaranteed to be pest and pissed aside. free, the leafy grays and go directly into salads and lunch boxes. and so to health conscious commuters, you had a down

he speak no door restaurant is in one of the famous commercial dick street in taipei, but with heat heart by depend demik waterleaf and i will come to you. i am the 3rd generation operating the family business involve just one month. after renovating we saw the outbreak of cobit 19 and ty, why paid a fortune to redecorate his but revenue that month was almost 0. it started back about tie was tour is an industry, a county ford of all 4 to 5 percent of the islands gdp before the pandemic, by the number of inbound travelers. chombo by more than 90 percent in the past 2 years. miniature is there, related, companies have had to keep their cost down or close their businesses. chinese to risk used to make up a sizable portion of tie once to resume. but everything change in 2019 china. ben citizens from child willing to tie one as individual to wrists in an attempt to heat the islands economy. ringo lee, see all of trash in travel service corporation has experience highs and lows. the i was, you know what, that it will certainly be best if across the street relations remain peaceful mail for peop

let's cross over to taipei and d. w correspondent, pound wang power, and hong kong chief executive wants to bolster the cities competitiveness. how does he want it attract the overseas talent? he feels as necessary for that. yes, thought chief exec to fit. john lee said the governor will launch the office for a charting strategic enterprises called were firms to hong kong, with the land and tax incentives. and li also said they will launch a top tell him pass game to entice talent to pursue their career in hong kong. and the plan will offer applicants a 2 year visa without getting any job offer. and the visa will be granted before they arriving in the city. and the program is an atom hi earns and as well as recent graduates from the worst top 100 universities. the hopes this will save their shrinking workforce in hong kong as well, so much for the plans, but how much of a problem could it be than that? mr. lee also said that more security laws are currently being explored when it's these policies and beijing scrolling

national day celebrations are underway in taipei here this morning.ee markets are closed there as well. and yeah, we are expected to hear from the president later on. rishaad: what is happening market wise, a day where it is a public holiday in taiwan. tokyo going off for its lunch break right now. they are on holiday because it is sports day, isn't it? no trading today. yvonne: korea, taiwan, malaysia, u.s.. china is reopening. that is what we are seeing here. we are looking pretty bad when it comes to equities here this morning. commodities are having a bit of a more with the dollar weakness i guess you could say. but offshore m and b, decent gains here. a bit of catch-up when it comes to the offshore rate. we are hovering around that fixed today. we thought we could see a pretty strong result from the pboc leading up to the party congress. it was not that strong, that bias here as well today. 300 or so. you see new zealand 10-year gilts up 11 basis points on the back of what we have been seeing with the treasury markets. u.s. jobs report, inflation

but for taipei, this gift from washington is a trojan horse, the meaning of which experts say is notica and its own interests and taiwan is also beginning to understand this, meeting the democratic summit with protests from the king and not vyn , constantly provoking conflicts. with beijing, she has become a lackey of the united states and resembles a dog who does not wag her tail, who wants to curry favor with the biden administration. she is a parliamentary delegation from ukraine after taipei promised to allocate 56 million dollars to kiev. a deputy of the verkhovna rada waving the taiwanese flag said that now they are allies from the island, because they are fighting for freedom, having sipped a cocktail lights of the ukrainian flag. complete the official meeting kira ore sewed the execution of a sore throat. and the chapel of ukraine sat on the island this week and representatives of germany personally met with the germans the head of the cangwen administration, who the bundestag deputies verbally promised support for the question of what chancellor scholz would say after this v

quickly especially after nancy pelosi challenge presidency -- the president of china by visiting taipei in august. in nigeria, 603 people have died in flooding. they say nearly 270 -- 270,000 acres are submerged in a water and 82,000 homes are damaged and 1.2 thousand people are displaced in the flooding is expected to get worse. across the world, the fight against climate change is looking up. u.s. households will install a record number of solar powered systems this year to help reduce electricity bills and that is according to a bloomberg analysis. in germany, a three month instrument with the chief -- transportation says -- in india, the country has released rain hydrogen production capacity to an annual 25 million tons to 24/7 --2047. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am mark crumpton and this is bloomberg. >> welcome to bloomberg markets. >> green on the screen when it comes to the equity market but the bond market up to .8% on the s&p 500. a fast and furious rally and th

will ripley in taipei, thank you so much.let's bring in "world sport's" patrick snell joining me here in atlanta. you've been following how the world of sports has been reacting to this tragedy. what have you been seeing? >> i just want to say my heart really goes out to everyone concerned. heart-wrenching images, just a really, really difficult weekend. that video so tough to watch, kim. we said at the top these two just for perspective here, just for context, two of the done friday's biggest football teams, two long time rivals contesting this match, but it was meant to be just that, a football match. instead, a tragic loss of life now. now one of the world's worst ever stadium disasters. look, we know there have been previous outbreaks of trouble at matches in indonesia, hugely passionate fan base as will just said, strong rivalries between clubs that at times has led to violence over the years amongst rival fans. this sunday so far all the league's matches now suspended as a result of this and also one of those teams, ram

and that's reflected in what we saw in the capital, taipei, where life goes on uninterrupted. normally. shoppers do what they always do, during the day, and at night. we saw old people painting outdoors, and teenagers practicing hip-hop routines, despite the threat from the north. >> this kind of threat is our daily life. >> wang ting-yu, a parliamentarian from southern taiwan, says a kind of war has already started. >> china, they try to annex taiwan for past 50 years. they try all different kind of way. maybe i can give you very concrete figures -- there are 20 million cyberattacks per day. >> per day? >> yes, every day. >> wang, who sits on parliament's foreign affairs and national defense committee, took us to a high-security lab where engineers track those attacks. >> this is taiwan here. >> ah, okay. >> a small island. but we are proud of it. the map shows the attacks from china in realtime as they hit taiwan. >> it's so close to china. >> yeah, unfortunately. >> so is china hoping to defeat taiwan without firing a single shot? >> they dream like that. >> "they dream." >