city and new taipei _ rallied across taipei city and new taipei and — rallied across taipei city and the economy that has come out many times with people i've spoken— come out many times with people i've spoken to, _ come out many times with people i've spoken to, mothers talking about child care — spoken to, mothers talking about child care policies and young people who actually feel quite unheard by the two _ who actually feel quite unheard by the two establishment parties and are tilting towards tpp, that third force _ are tilting towards tpp, that third force as _ are tilting towards tpp, that third force as they describe themselves, about— force as they describe themselves, about housing and employment. but there is— about housing and employment. but there is also that strained relationship with beijing and how beijing _ relationship with beijing and how beijing is going to react to whoever comes— beijing is going to react to whoever comes into — beijing is going to react to whoever comes into power. geopolitics is very much— comes into power. geopolitics is very much present he

back to an increasingly sunny taipei — normal. back to an increasingly sunny taipei where _ normal.creasingly sunny taipei where we - normal. back to an increasingly sunny taipei where we turn - normal. back to an increasingly sunny taipei where we turn our| sunny taipei where we turn our focus now to the election taking place tomorrow. talking about something that taiwan is known for, the strength that it has and that is that semiconductor shipping industry. it is the world's largest producer of computer chips to power everything from cars to smart phones and washing machines and when it comes to the most advanced chips they have a market share of around 90% and is home to the world's top manufacturer, tsmc. as you may recall, chips have been at the centre of the technology dispute between the world two largest economies, the united states and china, and they have been hit by trade restrictions as well. earlier i spoke with the former legislator for taiwan and he told me how the elections at the weekend could also have an impact on its very important chips industry.— impact on its

in taipei covering _ next four years. thank you. in taipei covering the _ next four years.ates throughout the day here where voting is expected to close in just a few hours in taiwan. you are watching bbc news. hello there. a few wintry scenes captured by our weather watchers on friday across parts of scotland, such as here in perth and kinross. but the severe frost will become a lot more widespread as we go into the start of next week, with the potential for some disruptive snow, too. where is that colder air? well, it's behind this series of weather fronts. across northern scotland on sunday, that chilly airjust spilling down from the arctic as we head through the start of next week across the whole of the uk, with brisk and cold northerly winds blowing. so, lots of added wind chill to factor into the temperatures. but this is how we start off the day on saturday, with temperatures hovering just above freezing, a few pockets of air frost where we see the clear spells, a weak weather front sinking southwards, bringing outbreaks of patchy rain into northern areas of norther

steve lai in taipei i steve. steve lai in taipei there. were on board when it got into difficulty in french waters. south east asian leaders gathered in brunei for the climax of the ten—day wedding celebrations for prince abdul mateen. the couple made their first public appearance in a lavish procession through the streets of the capital. and from one royalfamily and from one royal family to another... after more than half a century on the throne, queen margrethe of denmark has abdicated, with her son frederik becoming king in a ceremony on the weekend. 0ur royal correspondent daniela relphjoined the crowds in copenhagen. more than half a million people live in copenhagen. it felt like most of them were out on the streets today. every vantage point made use of to see the first change of monarchy in 52 years. queen margrethe's abdication on new year's eve shocked denmark. today, just two weeks later, she made herfinal carriage ride as queen. independent, artistic, eccentric at times, she has been a hugely popular figure in public life, and

welcome to a special edition of newsday from taipei and of newsday from taipei we have plenty of coverage of and we have plenty of coverage of the upcoming election ahead on the programme. but before we get to that we have an update on the breaking news story happening over the last hour. we can bring you this report. the united states and written have gun strikes against targets linked to houthis in yemen. president biden has issued the following statement" today at my direction us military forces together with the uk and support from australia, bahrain, canada and the netherlands successfully conducted strikes against a number of targets in yemen used by houthi rebels to endanger freedom of navigation on one of the worlds most vital waterways did it" let's get some immediate reaction to this development in the statement from the us president. let's quash now to washington and our correspondent there. what can you tell us? figs correspondent there. what can you tell us?— correspondent there. what can you tell us? as you said we had a statement — you tell us? as you said we had a statement

very much at stake here- _ taipei is sending. very much at stake here. what _ taipei is sending.mt party? they've advocated for closer ties with ageing. how much support do you think they actually have among voters —— with beijing? actually have among voters -- with beijing?— with bei'ing? they faced some real with beijing? they faced some real challenges _ with beijing? they faced some real challenges in _ with beijing? they faced some real challenges in taiwan. - with beijing? they faced some| real challenges in taiwan. they picked a pretty unique candidate. hou yu—ih was born and raised in taiwan, he speaks the local language quite well and he's sort of a local hero is a former police chief and cop. when he's promising to bring to the table is what he would frame as a pragmatic approach by engaging beijing in approach by engaging beijing in a way that's protecting taiwan's interest. it's a little different from what we've seen and i think it's intended to address those voter concerns. it will remain to be seen how voters are persuaded ijy seen how voters are persuaded by that

its candidate is new taipei city mayor hou yu—ih.while restarting talks with beijing. there's also the smaller taiwan people's party, or tpp, which lies somewhere between both parties on the political spectrum. their candidate is former taipei mayor ko wen—je. joining me is our asia digital reporter tessa wong. taiwan prides itself as having a vibrant democracy and an engaged electorate. you don't have to go far to see political dialogue, debate and disagreements all play out in the media and in public forums. but that openness also means that it can be vulnerable to disinformation. joining me is our asia digital reporter tessa wong. tessa, great to have you with me up here. let's focus on this information with regards to the taiwan election. what does that mean? set the context.- mean? set the context. what we've been — mean? set the context. what we've been seeing _ mean? set the context. what we've been seeing in - mean? set the context. what we've been seeing in the - mean? set the context. what we've been seeing in the last| we'

so, that was taipei. should we go to dubai? and other tower, taipei. should we go to dubai?lding, the burj khalifa. and finally, should we go from the modern to the agent? this is athens. it celebrated new year with fireworks over the acropolis. —— to the ancient. it's a lovely picture there from over the acropolis. and i hope you have had, so far, a very happy 2024, from all of us here at bbc news including my director, roger, and my producer, richard, we wish you a very very happy new year. hello there. many of us are glad to see the back of december 2023 because it's felt as though it's not stopped raining. now, of course, we've got to collate the official statistics, but it does look likely that the december of 2023 was wetter than average. many of us seeing twice the monthly average rainfall, but eastern scotland looks likely to have seen three times the average monthly rainfall. and we are going to start off the new year with an area of low pressure, keeping things pretty unsettled, but it is not expected to last. so the first few days will be unsettled with some wet a

earlier i spoke to steve lai in taipei who told me more about the situation.ords of congratulations from antony blinken have been backed up with some actions as well. just yesterday a delegation of former senior officials arrived in taipei and they're expected to meet with various leaders here today. we will have to see what comes out of those meetings and what words get shared between the two of those parties. in the meantime, let's get more reaction to what we have seen over the weekend's elections. a researcher at the university of virginia. thanks for your time today. firstly these election results show taiwan will actually have a weaker parliament and a weaker parliament for the next four years given the split of how the parties have divided up the parliamentary seats. what do you make of that and particular now that tpp looks like they could hold some leverage in parliament? i think the election was very much as expected in terms of the presidential election, but what was surprising was the parliament. for the parliament i think it is pretty clear the ta

welcome to a special edition of newsday from taipei and of newsday from taipei we have plenty of coverage the upcoming election ahead on the programme. but before we get to that we have an update on the breaking news story happening over the last hour. we can bring you this report. the united states and written have gun strikes against targets

this is a popular district in the heart of taipei.ng people ahead of the elections on january the 13th. the reason i'm speaking to young people aged 20 to 3a is because they make up one fifth of the electorate. and that number may not seem like a big one, but with an election this close, it could be a decisive factor. even foreign caregivers have a higher basic salary than us. so actually regarding hope or expectation for the future actually is quite dark and hopeless. i hope that property prices can be controlled and if cross—straits relations remain stable, i may be more concerned about that. but if there are some actions on the other side of the strait, i will be more concerned about national security. because most— of my classmates around me have relatively high salaries and it's more related i to their education background. so in general, you could say that the salary and benefits| are good, but i have also heard about quite a few friends - who only are a little over - $1,000 after entering society. i feel that this - disparity i

shery: yvonne man joining us from a very early dark taipei. let's discuss more about what this means in terms of the beijing-taipei relationship. jennifer parker, adjunct fellow for naval studies is joining us. great to have you with us. yvonne was just telling us about how the reaction has been restrained as it comes to just ahead of the elections. could we see the pressure get ramped up after he takes office? >> good morning from camera and thank you for having me. it has been restrained compared to what we saw last 12 months where they were near record numbers of aircraft and vessels crossing the median line in the straight but that said many chinese officials in the lead up of the election said voting for the dpp was voting for war. between now and may we expect to see increased activity from china. if it reaches the levels of the large naval exercises conducted around nancy pelosi's visits to taiwan, or latching's visit to the u.s. in august 2023, we are not sure but we will see increased activity ramping up today. shery: what is the most

the rapprochement between taipei and beijing began in 2008. after the gumildan came to power.the next 8 years, beijing and taipei signed a number of major agreements in the field of tourism and business. however, already in 2016 after the victory of the cs inven, ostrovny’s relations and mainland china began to deteriorate again. but now the pendulum has swung back. the new mayor of the capital, representative of hamildan and great-grandson of generalissimo chiang kai-shek, jiang wanyan, said: “i will give the world the opportunity to feel greatness, many saw this as a claim to leadership of the island. in beijing, they are slightly disappointed with the results shown by the kuomendang. of course, they would prefer their victory.” , because it has a tradition of relations with the mainland. but now the chinese leadership is calmer about what is happening than in last time when the current head was re-elected. even if a representative of the pro-independence party wins, the united states has assured china that it will moderate radicalism, beijing’s reaction will most likely be

this enormous memorial to chang kai shek still dominates the centre of taipei. the centre of taipei, zhang chen is one of them. he spent ten years in this prison for supporting taiwan independence. in all, around 140,000 taiwanese were locked up for opposing chang kai shek�*s rule. zhang says he always felt taiwanese and his years in prison translation: idon'ti consider myself chinese. taiwan is already a great country, but due to the influence of the chinese communist party, we can't declare independence. that's how i see it. it's election time and people here are again facing those questions — who are they and what relationship should they have with china? but today, no—one, not even chang kai shek�*s old nationalist party is campaigning for unification taiwan. nationalist party, is campaigning for unification taiwan. translation: yeah, i'm taiwanese, | but my ancestors come from china. | we have the same blood. translation: and what about unification? i want us to be good friends. we can both make money together. taiwan is very different from china. it has dozens of political part

it is sunrise in taipei. although parties will be pushing to convince voters to vote for them.t contentious issues according to voters on the ground, particularly young voters, housing and stagnant wages. they feel priced out as housing prices have continued to rise in taiwan, and because wages have been not increasing, it is pricing them out of the market. those of the biggest issues, the domestic issues in taipei, even though we know the geopolitical maneuverings about this with china and its goals and wanting to unite with taiwan weighs heavy on the mind of voters in taipei and taiwan generally. anchor: there are three parties in this election. talk about how they are different and what they are offering to voters. correspondent: yes. so, this is the key point about this election is that all three parties essentially want the same thing. they want taiwan to be autonomous and continue its democratic practices it has been enjoying the past few decades, but how it goes about achieving that is the point of difference. the incumbent party that has ruled for the last two terms has

rapprochement between taipei and beijing began in 2008 after gamildan came to power at the head of the. over the next 8 years, beijing and tai-bei signed a number of major ones. agreements in the field of tourism and business, however, already in 2016 after the victory of ts -ingwen, relations between island and mainland china began to deteriorate again, but now the pendulum has swung back, the new mayor of the capital, a representative of the kuomintang and the great-grandson of generalissimo chiang kai-shek, jiang wanyan, said: “i i will give the world the opportunity to feel the greatness of taipei." many saw this as a complaint against the leadership. a little disappointed in beijing the results that the kuomintang shows , of course, they would prefer their victory there, because it has a tradition of relations with the mainland, but now the chinese leadership is calmer about what is happening than the last time, when the current head was re-elected, even if the party representative who speaks wins for independence, the united states assured china that it would moderate radicalism.

in taipei on saturday. with just under 24 hours away, when voting begins, there's a lot going on, whether it is momentum that has been building around these candidates, a briefing right here, ko wen-je still talking about disapproving of the dpp approach to china. whoever wins is not going to change the security fundamentals of the island overall. certainly it is all about geopolitics and how this election plays into not just cross strait relations, it is u.s., given taiwan is a dangerous hotspot that has to manage these nations and to the world economy, given taiwan's position, key supply chains like the chips industry here. that is what we are looking at here today. there is also signs of interference into these elections. it has been a hot topic here as we count down to saturday. you have plenty of other big stories to talk about. what's going on in the middle east is certainly top of mind for investors. david: it is showing up in the energy complex where you have oil up 2% to 3%, volumes up to 300%. we

and tonight you're looking live at one of nearly 2,000 polling stations across taipei.the polls are opening up in just seconds, wolf. less than a minute from now people across taiwan who have to return to their hometowns and vote in-person to participate in this election, the turnout of this one a lot of people, wolf, even flying from overseas understanding what's at stake at this time, this moment. >> the stakes clearly are enormous. thanks very much will rippley reporting from taipei. to our viewers thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. i'll be back monday morning for cnn's special live coverage of the iowa caucuses. our coverage begins at 9:00 a.m. eastern. thanks very much for watching. erin burnett out front starts

joining me in taipei. david: a rainy taipei.derick newman is with us, head of global research at hsbc. what happened in taiwan and is happening in the red sea, do you think it is a reminder that geopolitics have a tangible effect on prices for example? prices are going up. the taiwan strait is a key trade route. what assumption should we make? >> geopolitics is front and center. we would add u.s. election strikes. he geopolitical issue with ukraine for example still there, so this year it's not about the cyclical outlook, it's not as if we will see nasty recessions, its geopolitical risks front and center this year and we have been building up for several years. we grew up with a generally quiet geopolitical environment in 1990 with upsets, but this is the return of geopolitics and we need to learn how to live with political risk. rishaad: it has become the alpha. on top of what you said, ukraine, the middle east, across straits problem. elections in countries which represent 40% of gdp, then the trade war and the federal reserv

p. headquarters in taipei, james, it's great to see you, and it looks like the d. p. p is in the need to win the presidency. so what's the latest you can actually tell me? well, i'm hoping that you can maybe decide because the the the very far ahead is close. that's why the whole you, we of the main or positions this would be a very, very significant result. date it's way of course we all pretty close like things to be a be able to find the result on this. this is a simple majority election. the 1st 2nd kind of get the most votes out of the increasing united states like you guys can available. obviously in the next hour or so. okay, james, what sets this election apart from others? the, the, one of the really key things is the election is based on the policy that has put much more issues like how surprised and low wage, the reinforcing thing. we're going to see here is that even is fighting the guns when the president, steve, this time people like you to do so with the majority of it is much smaller than the previous tests are and not does how big implications of how

the results will be as closely watched in beijing and washington as they will in taipei.siders taiwan a breakaway republic, and president xi jinping often speaks of reunification with the island. nick schifrin looks at the candidates, and the stakes for tomorrow's vote. ♪ nick: taiwan's election is cacophonous, colorful, and a little chaotic. it's also critical to the future of the region. the leading candidate is lai ching-te, known as william lai, the current vice president from the democratic progressive party, or dpp. he vows to continue taiwan's current de-facto independence, and uses more moderate language about taiwan's relationship with mainland china then he used to. >> i will maintain the status quo and continue to bring society together. our door will always be open to engagements with beijing. nick: but the people's republic of china, or prc, appears to be keeping the door shut tight. recent military exercises have helped deliver beijing's election warning. it will be more tension, more satellite launches, more balloons flying over taiwan like the one that fle

, the new taipei, i'm sorry, houyi, but it could be assumed that this is such a pro-china candidate,ong with that, mr.. . denied the previous president of taiwan from the kuomintang mao ying-jeou that he was a participant in the last election rally of that party, because he is just perceived, a person with anti-beijing sentiments, says that taiwan will never win china, and then hoyu said that, well, then this person has nothing to do at our rallies, as far as can be considered at all, that in china and in taiwan there are so obviously about chinese politicians now among the active, among the active leaders, it is clear that you can say anything when you are retired, but when you are a working politician. look, i was talking, just asking acquaintances about this situation. and in the kuomintang itself there are certain nuances, there are, so to speak, two wings, one conservative, represented by older members, represented, which is led by this former president, and there is a new young wing, which is more progressive, more oriented to modern demands, more oriented to the younger genera

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in taipei.cy will likely be judged by how well he manages an increasingly aggressive beijing and whether he can avert a major crisis in the region. the chinese communist party has never ruled taiwan, but claims the self—governing island is part of its territory. earlier, our china correspondent laura bicker updated us on china's reaction to the election results. we've just had a statement from the taiwan affairs office which says that the results of these elections in the taiwan region show that the democratic progressive party cannot represent the mainstream public opinion on the island. that's obviously a nod to the result that william lai, the new president of taiwan, new president—elect of taiwan, got 40% of the vote. so they're saying he cannot represent the mainstream public opinion on the island. "taiwan is part of china," obviously reiterating china's belief in that. on that. "these elections cannot change the basic framework "and direction of cross—strait relations." now, the statement

we have the latest from our corresponded in taipei plus the refugees after a 100 days of war. we report from the camp in southern gaza, where displaced people are facing desperate conditions in the wake of the longest running conflict between israel and her mom. and a warm welcome to viewers around the world. unlike locus, we begin in taiwan, where the ruling party, candidate liking to has won the presidential election, giving his party to d. p. p. an unprecedented 3rd term lice secure just over 40 percent of the vote ahead of his nearest rival. in the opposition k m t. china claims taiwan as its territory and in the run up to the election called lie a dangerous separate test. the d b p champions taiwan separate identity and rejects page rings, claims of sovereignty over the island. now let us welcome our next president and vice president lighting the and show me t a. it's a moment with far reaching implications for taiwan future. liking the of the routing d p, victoria softer a tightly for 3 way race. this is him speaking to the international press, moments of to winning the

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in taipei. on wednesday in his first court appearance since being transferred to an arctic penal colony, but a judge rejected his latest challenge against his treatment in prison. scientists say they've made a "quantum leap" in understanding how certain diseases like multiple sclerosis and alzheimers evolved and alzheimers evolved by analysing dna of ancient teeth and bones. they say it's linked to genes introduced thousands of years ago by ancient cattle herders and helps explain why ms is around twice as common in the uk and scandinavia compared to southern europe. spare a thought for the people of inuvik, right up in the northwest territories of canada. they live so far north that, for weeks on end, they see no sunlight at all. until now, this spectaular sunrise was the first they've seen in 30 days. the people there have held a sunrise festival to celebrate. researchers say they've discovered that sperm whales live in human—like clans, with distinctive cultures, and even dialects. the scient

p. party headquarters in taipei and told us had the party reactive to its way public. i mean, i have to set the scene here a little bit because yeah, then for the last several hours here at the, at the parties, riley, is this sound just be the absolutely could definitely make levels. this has been kind of rock hooks and that must be a ever, since he's starting to look like this punch he was going to come up on top here in the presidency. so there was a huge amount of energy here in the crowd. a huge amount of excitement and, and yet, and i think this is really interesting. before william lie or liking to us, he's no need chinese before he even took to the stage behind me here to to declare victory to so the crowd heat. he went into the tent even behind the stage and spoke to the assembled international press. so a press conference came before the victorious speech. i'm not sure i've seen that anywhere else in the world, but i think that is a sign of the seriousness with which the taiwanese take kind of the castle communication to the outside world about what has happen

p. party headquarters in taipei. james, great to see again. so celebrations. and i'm assuming it's so it means that the d. p. p. i headquarters. and this is gary, a joyful moment for lighting time is party opportunity to save a pretty extraordinary events in the history of his high ones. politics, selecting them, and now the president elect to taiwan is hardly speaking to the national media behind me. he's already mentioned some key things in his press conference or so i can relate the now. so he said there was 3 significant verification from his weight . and one of which he said that uh is that part of the choice between democracy and of course, harry to stand on the side of democracy. he also said that time when these people have demonstrated resistance against, for an election, as it relates to china, is obviously this is the white one, the selection he's going to commit to say that he's committed to the states as quote piece instability across the taiwan strait and that he is willing to communicate with china on the basis that there is parts and taking it

we'll get the latest from our correspondent in taipei and report from a refugee camp and southern gossip where people are facing increasingly desperate conditions after 100 days of the home. thanks for joining us. in taiwan, the ruling party candidate lighting has won the presidential election, giving his party the d p. an unprecedented 3rd term lies secured, just over 40 percent of adult had have his nearest rival in the opposition. k empty china claims taiwan as its territory and then the run up to the election called lie a dangerous that protest. wp champions tie one separate identity and rejects beijing's claims of silver and t over the island. now let us welcome our next president and vice president light seen the and show me t a. it's a moments with far reaching implications for taiwan future. liking the of the routing d p. p. victoria softer a tight you for 3 way race. this is him speaking to the international press, moments of to winning the presidency. that's it. i wonder. i mean, go, well, thanks to the time when these people for writing a new chapter in our democracy, we've sh

let's get more on these are from the de correspondence james, starter in taipei who has been following at these elections. and these developments very closely. james. taiwan has lost another diplomatic ally does this 4 times more diplomatically isolated to future for taiwan and the logic there. i will just emphasize 1st of all, how significant this timing is. this is just come 2 days off the lighting there. the routing democratic progressive party won his election and securing a historic side successive time for the democratic progressive party. and now on the 1st full working day back on the election, we have this, this station of diplomatic ties with now root taking side one. so from different lots of catalyzed down to a total of 12, what this really demonstrates is that beijing strategy of diplomatic, economic and sometimes ministry corrosion that we've seen over the past 8 years under the ruling democratic progressive policy on this time when is likely to continue time one is now last 10 diplomatic allies over the course of the 8 years in a press conference just a few hours ago. no

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in taipei.response to taiwan's elections, the bbc�*s tom bateman sent this update. the us government has congratulated mr william lai today, while at the same time saying it does not support taiwanese independence. that is nothing new. it's the long—standing policy of the us, but i think the way it's being reiterated so bluntly by president biden is meant as a message of reassurance to beijing, because it is the very long—standing unofficial possession of the us of support for taiwan, possession of the us of support fortaiwan, including many for taiwan, including many years fortaiwan, including many years of military sales, that so grates on the chinese and worries them so much. remember that china has never ruled out the use of force if it came to it for what they call the reunification of taiwan, and equally, the us has never ruled out military action to defend taiwan as it sees it. we now enter a period of extended uncertainty where everyone watches to see how the chinese will respond to mr l

, uh, while there's a losing candidate from the gommidan party, he's the mayor of new taipei, so it's all happening around the capital, actually , in any case, it's really quite an interesting situation, because everyone they ask, but what can really happen now when... china will attack taiwan as a result of these elections, i don't think so, huh, because the following question arises: why exactly as a result of these presidential and parliamentary elections , the people 's republic of china was supposed to attack taiwan, what changed in taiwan as a result of this election , nothing, any other configuration of power, it would have created a new situation, the leader of the kuomintang party won, hooyu, who just on the last day of the election campaign during press conferences. "i will not be such a dangerous friend of the united states as volodymyr zelensky or benjamin netanyahu, no, i will be a peacemaker, i will be the one to negotiate with beijing, such a position naturally creates opportunities to put pressure on such a politician, the question is not even his own position, in how

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in taipei. live now to steve lai in taipei.re, steve. to begin with, what do you think this election result means for both taiwan and the region? means for both taiwan and the reuion? ~ ~' ., means for both taiwan and the reuion? ~ ~ ., ., , region? well, it kind of means a bit of the _ region? well, it kind of means a bit of the same, _ region? well, it kind of means a bit of the same, in _ region? well, it kind of means a bit of the same, in fact. - region? well, it kind of means a bit of the same, in fact. i'ml a bit of the same, in fact. i'm here in liberty square, or freedom square, built by the founder of the kmt, and you can sort of see that the mood here is very calm, very relaxed, the day after the elections. but what this means is an unprecedented third term for the dpp, as we mentioned earlier. william lai is expected to carry on the policies of his predecessor, tsai, going forward. the problem that he may find, though, is that despite having won a third term for his party in becoming the president elect for taiwan,

and tonight you're looking live at one of nearly 2,000 polling stations across taipei. the polls are opening up in just seconds, wolf. less than a minute from now people across taiwan who have to return to their hometowns and vote in-person to participate in this election, the turnout of this one a lot of people, wolf, even flying from overseas understanding what's at stake at this time, this moment. >> the stakes clearly are enormous. thanks very much will rippley reporting from taipei. to our viewers thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. i'll be back monday morning for cnn's special live coverage of the iowa caucuses. our coverage begins at 9:00 a.m. eastern. thanks very much for watching. erin burnett out front starts right now. >>> out front next the breaking news, a u.s. flag in flames as massive protests break out in iran following u.s.-led air strikes in yemen. and tonight biden threatened more strikes to come. plus a cnn investigation tonight. gaza hospitals on the edge of collapse. a top target for israel, which says hamas is us

our live report from taipei is next.scuss the outlook for cheap, -- chip companies there. that interview is coming up shortly. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> we are telling the international community that between democracy and authoritarianism, we will stand on the side of democracy. shery: taiwanese president lai ching-te speaking to supporters after his victory on saturday. let's discuss the significance and implications of the election results this weekend. joining us from taipei is bloomberg markets coanchor yvonne man, and our greater china senior executive editor john liu, yvonne, what message is the election sending to the international community right now? yvonne: you heard from lai ching-te saying this is an opportunity for voters to choose between democracy and autocracy and it seems that democracy won. the taiwanese now see themselves as more taiwanese than chinese itself and that is what probably swayed voters to vote for dpp in this historic win back over the weekend. we have not seen a party win three terms and a

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security and autonomy. >> the election also features for the first time a third party candidate former taipeiwe ja popular among younger voters. >> he's not that different. his position on cross state relations is a little bit hard to discern. but i think his appeal is that he's -- he's a new face. the p.r.c. doesn't like any of these candidates but they dislike him the most. >> unprecedented election interference is a concern. including li, deep fakes that's the real li on the left. manipulated li on the left. and what the u.s. and taiwan have called disinformation about labs with different virus. independent researchers have found fake online accounts. taipei accuseds beijing of co opting local official and increasing economic pressure. >> china has intervened in every major taiwanese election but this time it is the most severe. kit be said that they're leave nothing stone unturned. >> so you're saying that the united states would come to taiwan's defense? >> yes, we have a commitment to do that. >> looming behind taipei beijing relations is washington's relationship with beijing. the u.s.

cnn, taipei. >> mark stewart is live from beijing. china couldn't hate this result more. what can they do about it. >> before the election, they pushed the narrative of the election as a choice between war and peace, and not to do too much to dissuade or turn off voters from taiwan. we've seen a strong statement from beijing, the basic fact there is only one china in the world and taiwan is part of china will not change. will the statement be it, likely not. it has a host of options it can do to show its strength and dissatisfaction of the result, military exercise, economic or diplomatic measures. it's far from established. >> how carefully will the new president tread politically? he's already choosing his words carefully. describe the tightrope he's going to be walking. >> tightrope is the best phrase. we've heard him in the past describe china -- he's been referred to by china as a troublemaker and warmaker. that's the response already from china even before the election. and then he has also kind of fought back. lai said he would like to have dinner with xi jinping o

tens of thousands of supporters have rallied across across taipei and new taipei city. issues, the economy. this has come up many, many times to the people that i've spoken to, mothers who talk about child care policies, young people who actually feel quite unheard by the two establishment parties, if you will, and are tilting towards the dpp, and are tilting towards the ——tpp, that third force, as they describe themselves about about employment, about housing. but in the back of everyone's mind, i think, is the cross—strait relationship, that strained relationship with beijing, how beijing is going to react to whoever comes into power. so geopolitics is very much present here. that context that you were talking about, this is thought to be a very close race. of course, we hadn't had polling for ten days. and a very consequential election. geopolitics looms large. china's shadow looms large over this election. apologies, shaimaa khalil reporting there on the latest on those elections. there on the latest on those elections-— there on the latest on those elections. , .,

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news in taipei.m joined in the studio by shirley martey hargis — senior china policy fellow from third way think tank. shirley, good to have you with us. firstly, what can you tell us about president elect william lai? former national taiwan university graduate, former mayor. also harvard graduate, former mayor. also harvard graduate, former mayor. also harvard graduate, former physician, now turned politician and as we know now, current president of taiwan. he said throughout the campaign and in this speech as well that he intends to keep the status quo when it comes to keep the status quo when it comes to relations with china. he is now going to be in office though. what do you make of that? do you think he well? i do you make of that? do you think he well? ~' ., ., well? i think he will maintain status qu0- _ well? i think he will maintain status quo. i— well? i think he will maintain status quo. i think _ well? i think he will maintain status quo. i think he - well? i think he will maintain statu

we go live to taipei this hour. a very good morning. u.s.h and bond markets are closed for martin luther king day. happy holiday if you are celebrating. let's get you up to speed. european futures pointing to a higher opening this morning. tomorrow you have u.s. futures pretty flat in the green. think back to friday. you had a cooler than expected u.s. producer price printed on the back of the hotter than expected consumer price print. now you have traders pricing in about an 80% chance of a march cut. that would kick off a raft of cuts, 6-7 is the expectation across the eight meetings. that meant that on friday the two-year treasury yields dropped to their lowest level since may. despite that it did not do much to boost the s&p 500. futures for the u.s. not too excited but pointing to a slightly higher opening. cross asset picture, the dollar is steady right now. brent has had a boost from the risk of airstrikes by the u.s. and its allies that it will ignite a wider conflict in the middle east. and gold as well getting a boost as investors

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news in taipei.esult. meta says it is adding new safety features to protect teenagers on facebook and instagram. all teens will now be placed automatically in the most restrictive content control settings on the apps and additional search terms will be limited on instagram. it should make it more difficult for teens to come across sensitive content such as suicide, self—harm and eating disorders when they use the search features. there has of course been fierce scrutiny of what teenagers have access to on these sites. the company said the measures, expected to roll out over the coming weeks, would help deliver a more "age—appropriate" experience. live now to dr fiona scott, lecturer in digital literacies at the university of sheffield. good to have you with us. significant? it good to have you with us. significant?— good to have you with us. significant? good to have you with us. sianificant? , ., , , ., significant? it is absolutely a ositive significant? it is absolutely a positive step _ significa

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my colleague steve lai is in taipei and joins me now. over to you, steve.s very much for that. just five hours after the polls closed, election counting began. we have already had concession and victory speeches, from william lai of the democratic progressive party. what it means that a relationship going forward with china, that is the big question on everybody�*s minds. to help us with some of the answers for that, i'mjoined by help us with some of the answers for that, i'm joined by shelly rigger. she is a professor of asian politics at davidson college. thank you for joining me up here on the rooftop, just get your immediate reaction to the results we have seen, very much in line with poles so perhaps not a big surprise? hat in line with poles so perhaps not a big surprise?— big surprise? not really, no. i think it is— big surprise? not really, no. i think it is good _ big surprise? not really, no. i think it is good that _ big surprise? not really, no. i think it is good that william . big surprise? not really, no. i| think it is good that william lai

the taipei part has its own representative office, i am not mistaken if i say that dmitry polyansky, at the un, he headed this commission in taib, you know, i i’ll even tell you such a small detail, when i... worked in taiwan, i asked him a question, what about the chinese language, and you know that he answered me that i ’ve been studying it on my own for 2 years, well, i’m just filled with respect to dmitry polyansky, well , this is such a small detail, but as for this whole election story, you know, there are a lot of interesting details, sorry. that is, his name is friendship, but the third one, this is this spoiler, which, as they say, had united with the second one, then they would have won, representatives of the people's party, people's party, yes, his name is wen je, which means culture and wisdom, so you see, what, what an interesting set, also , well, this is a small detail, if you allow, a little more about the chinese language, in the chinese language there is two terms denoting chinese, ethnic chinese living outside... the people's republic of china, one well-known term

this memorial still dominates the center of taipei. project to turn taiwanese people into citizens of china ultimately failed. today around 70% of people saving our taiwanese, not chinese. this 86-year-old is one of them. he spent 10 years in this prison for supporting taiwan independence. in all, around 140,000 taiwanese were locked up for -- he said he always felt taiwanese. his years in prison only strengthen that belief. >> i do not consider myself chinese. taiwan is a great country but due to the influence of the chinese communist party we cannot declare independence. that is how i see it. >> it is election time. people here are again facing those questions. who are they? what relationship should they have with china? today, no one, not even the old nationalist party, is campaigning for unification. >> i am taiwanese. but my ancestors come from china. we have the same blood. >> i am all about unification. >> i want us to be good friends. we can both make money together. >> taiwan is very different from china. it has dozens of poli