even though beijing claims that the missiles are not treated at taiwan, they can still reach taiwan. -- arnote not pointed at taiwan, they can still reach taiwan. >> will it be an independent country recognized as such in the world or will it be part of the unified china? >> the republic of china has been an independent sovereign nation since 1912. as such, we have consistently explained to the international community that we do not need to declare our independence a second time. in fact, no country in the world has ever done such a thing. but we stress to the world that we have sufficient autonomy. we elect our present and legislature and handle our own affairs. >> a summit of this shanghaied cooperation organization, a china-led security alliance which includes russia and the central asian states. iran, pakistan, and india are looking for membership in sco. could that alliance be the nato of the east? >> police in full dress are keeping tight security for the city. military drills are at the core of these groupings, a fight against what is called three evils -- terrorism, extremism

when they come and spend in taiwan the people will enjoy greater income. you can say the benefits of tourism extend to every sector. >> you talk of the quality of influence that you hope taiwan might be able to have on mainland china through this relationship. i am puzzled as to how this can be an equitable relationship when china is pointing missiles at taiwan. how can you negotiate with that implicit threat hanging over the relationship? >> over the last 10 years mainland china has increased their missile deployment. taiwan is not in a position to engage in an arms race with the mainland nor do we want to. >> if you look forward to the future, say 10 years from now, where do you think taiwan will be? will it be an independent country recognized as such in the world or will it be part of a unified china? >> the respect of china has been an independent, sophsovereign nation and we explained to the international community we do not need to declare our independence a second time and no country in the world ever has done such a thing. we stress to the world t

. >> host: taiwan, the united states and china had, still have, wildly different views about taiwan. how did president nixon move past that? >> guest: for 20 years, the negotiation between china and the united states took the floridaing course. the chinese negotiated if he spoke first would say we won't do anything else until you turn taiwan over to us. when we turnedded that down, that ended it. the american negotiator would say we won't do anything else until you give us a pledge of peaceful attitudes towards taiwan so there was an absolute deadlock so even before i got to beijing, and in their first communication to us, the chinese invited us in order to discuss taiwan to china. we implied that we were willing to talk about the issue of taiwan, but only in relation to all of the issues of asia and in the world, and i chinese accepted that, and so that was already a huge concession before we ever got there. then one has to remember the united states with president roosevelt in the declaration of 1943 had declared that the united states considered taiwan to be a part of china so the

doesn't have to worry about that at all i mean there is not going to be war between china and taiwan the taiwanese don't want it the chinese don't want to the americans may want to but this is all balderdash this talk about war between china and taiwan this peace now that that war is thinnest the past five or six years everybody is totally changed their mind it sounds like people in washington are still saber rattling but there's no there's not going to be a war between china and taiwan is sure you and america keeps talking that way it's not doing anybody any good including america do you think that it is do you think that that is an excuse for american leaders to talk about china as a military threat and continue to rant military spending as well as resources that direction of course it is lauren they talk about north korea they talk about taiwan they talk about anybody they can in order to ramp up military spending what are we going to do with all these jets that are old in asia well who are going to fight there's no there that kind of war doesn't exist anymore if there war is now

the democratic progressive party infuriated beijing with its calls for independence for taiwan. the party's presidential candidate said the party now wants to resolve its disagreements through dialogue. she has been speaking to the bbc as part of our power of asia series. quickly want china to understand we do have oppositions and differences. they have to learn to respect the differences. they also have to understand that changes in the government in taiwan, and different political parties in charge of the government, has become something that is normal that involves democracy. >> this approach is a big change, isn't it, from your previous approach to china, when you were more confrontational, when there wasn't over drive for independence? is that an acknowledgement the policies of the past are counterproductive. >> china has to look ahead. with new leadership and more sophisticated political parties, china will have to look at the matter from a fresh perspective, a new perspective. >> china is currently building up its naval forces. there are plans to launch its first aircraft

. >> host: tie one, united states and china still have wildly divergent views about taiwan. how does president nixon announced the kind of move past that cracks >> for 20 years, the negotiation between china and the united states, the chinese negotiator at would say we won't do anything else until you turn taiwan over to less when we turned that down it ended the pool. the american negotiator would say we won't do anything else until you give us a pledge of peaceful attitudes towards. so there was an absolute. even before i got to beijing, and in the first communication to us, the chinese valued as important to describe the secure to china we replied we were willing to talk about the issue of taiwan, but only in relation to all other issues of asia and in the world. and the chinese accepted that. so that was already a huge concession before we ever got there. but then one has to remember the united states and president roosevelt in the declaration of 1943 had declared the united states considers taiwan to be a part of china. so the fact that taiwan belonged to china had neve

the party has infuriated beijing with their calls a formal independence for taiwan. the president says that the party would like to install -- resolve the disagreements through dialogue. carson we want china to understand that we do have opposition -- >> we want china to understand that we have opposition and differences and they have to learn to respect the differences. they have to understand that changes in the government and different political parties in charge of the government have become something that is rather normal because of democracy. >> this approach has been changed from previous approaches to china when you were more confrontational and there was an over drive for independence. was that an acknowledgement of the policies of the past? >> whatever in the past as in the past. we have to look ahead. we will have new leadership and more sophisticated -- china will look at the matter with a fresh perspective. >> china is currently building up their naval forces. there are plans to launch an aircraft carrier this year. the tensions are building up with othe

. >>> a world trade fair opened in taiwan featuring cutting edge computer technology. the event, the biggest of its kind in asia, had a record number of participants. about 1800 computer makers from 28 countries and territories took part. attention is on multifunctional tablet computers. they've seen a rapidly growing market worldwide since apple's successful launch of its ipad last year. a major taiwanese maker unveiled a tablet computer with a smart phone mount which will go on sale later this year. another participant from taiwan introduced a model that allows users to remove the panel display of a notebook computer so it can be used as a tablet as well. >>> the organizer says the market for tablet computers is expected to grow at a fast pace over the next several years. and now a recap of the latest market figures. >>> all right. that's going to do it in business news for this hour. >> thanks very much. libyan leader moammar gadhafi is refusing to leave his country despite his readiness to except a cease-fire. south african president zuma met gadhafi in the libyan

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similar arrests were also made in taiwan, malaysia, and thailand. those in custody are being questioned by immigration authorities. it's unclear whether the cyber crimes are connected from country to country. investigators are still trying to determine how much money people lost in these fraud schemes. >>> pakistani authorities are investigating the shooting death of an unarmed teenager by paramilitary troops in karachi. footage of the shooting has sparked public anger in pakistan. video shows the boy being shot at point blank range in a public park in an upscale karachi neighborhood. he died soon after being taken to a hospital. a spoke man part paramilitary rangers said the forces had to detain the 18-year-old because he was trying to rob people in the park. hundreds of people showed up at his funeral thursday and denounced the rangers. his family rejected accusations that he was a robber. s family r that he was a robber. s family r that he was a robber. hs family that he was a robber. as family s that he was a robber. hs family accusations that h

now, over toward taiwan, we have severe tropical storm remaining strong and large starting to produce a very strong winds near its core as well. it's going to head northward and aim for the korean peninsula likely about monday here. but right now it's bringing very stormy conditions to its taiwan as well as the souern islands of japan. here we're expecting rainfall amounts of about to 300 millimeters in the next 24 hours. a lot of rainfall. very strong winds and high waves, too, that you want to watch out for as well. now, ahead of this storm system, we've got this frontal boundary that's been active, really activated by the storm system pushing out a lot of the air. it's looking wet through this area, and that's the same area where it's headed. it's going to be stormy here for the next couple of days. rainfall amount as well as strong winds here. really going to impact the area. you want to take care. take precautions if you're going to be there. saturday's hi highs across the board, 26 in tokyo. getting up to 36 in taipei. much, much hotter here. and 36 degrees. now, over toward the

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the united states understands our role with respect to this across the taiwan strait. >> i am with freedom house. thank you. given the importance of asean to the region can you tell us how you think burma and will engage as the new asean and whether that is an opportunity and how the u.s. would engage with carrying asean and prospects for the future for a mixture? >> first of all i am not sure that decision has been taken. in terms of our bilateral relationship there are several things we're looking for and tried to underscore. progress on these issues would be important in any circumstance but clearly if that country seeks to play a larger goal on international stage, we have asked that there be a political process, a dialog between the new government and assan suchi. we think it is appropriate and we would like to see that come to pass quickly. we recognize and understand there's a large number of political prisoners inside the country. we would like to see the release, the beginning of the process of the release of the prisoners. we think that would send an important message going forwa

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it's going to be dissipating by the end of the night but still bringing heavy rain in and around taiwan city. watch out for heavy showers here. as we head into china, you can see some showers blossoming in southern sections of the country. we could use more rain in this drought-sticken area. but towards the north, it stays dry and very hot. the eastern corner with more showers, thundery and blustery at times. we head into the bay of bengal. some heavy showers in the middle section of india, as well as areas towards the east inside the bay of bengal. widespread all the way from the peninsula up towards bangladesh. now temperatures look like this on this. on thursday, 28 degrees, 30 in beijing. quite cool in tokyo, though, at 19 degrees. lots of clouds building over the western side of north america today. we've got cool and unsettled conditions again all the way from british columbia, canada, down towards central california here. some snow in the mix for the upper elevation areas. while that cold air meets the warm air in the south, we're going to see some quite active thunder clouds bui

for the first time since the chinese civil war, residents of men and china can travel to taiwan as tourists. 500 solo travelers will be allowed to stay for 15 days. up until now, they could only go in tightly controlled court first. lagarde could be confirmed as the new head of dithe imf on tuesday. they called for a non-european to be given the top job appears to have faded. still to come on the program, the glamorous and controversial politicians who is not sarah palin. could michele bachmann become the next president of the united states? >> as great trade unions start at today national strike, the prime minister says parliament should back austerity measures. speculation around the health of venezuela's president chavez. he is recuperating from an operation on the pelvic abscess. they believe that his condition is more serious. >> hugo chavez is constantly traveling to cuba. when his mentor castro quote underwent a series of operations, he was one of the few regular bedside visitors. chavez complained of abdominal pains on june 10. he was roused to surgery to treat a public assets. thes

by the weekend, likely taiwan as well as parts of japan, could be looking at strong, stormy weather. both are, of course, packing plenty of rainfall and ahead of that, we have a long frontal boundary that is bringing in rain. once again, we're looking at this long rain band out of southwest china, extending towards the korean peninsula and pink is showing up and a lot of areas are going to pick up on that very heavy rainfall. we could be seeing amounts in the triple digits. for japan to northern areas are going to be seeing a lot of rainfall. 100 to 200 millimeters is possible. you want to watch for flooding of low lying areas as well as mudslides and it's going to be on the stormy side as well. another area continues to be the northern end of the indian subcontinent and towards the western areas. you are going to see much heavier rain over the course of today. as for highs, 31 in tokyo and staying steamy. 28 degrees in beijing, getting back down from 30s for a change. it heats up in shanghai. 34 degrees for you today. for europe, it's getting stormy tonight for central areas right a

. >>> a warning about beverages imported from taiwan. harmful chemical, dehp in some sports drinks, juices, even tea: chemical is used to make plastic more durable. it's a health hazard. taiwan issued a massive recall of several food products. china and south korea have also banned several taiwanese imports. >>> the news this week was troubling enough. the prestige out world health organization possibly linking cell phones to cancer. on the consumerwatch, julie watts on how you can reduce your risk. julie. >> reporter: whether or not there's proof that cell phone radiation can cause cancer, lawmakers and consumer groups are launching new efforts to make sure you know how to use yours as safely as possible. >> it's a combination of the phone you're on, the network you're on and how you're using the phone. >> reporter: renee sharpe of the environmental working group says that's why they have compiled this database listing the cell phones with the most and least radiation. among the best, samsung's fascinating captivate and those with the h

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out for some heavy rain to occur along the southern coast of guandong, heavy rain pushing across taiwannd northern luzon, hefty showers. indo china peninsula picking up moisture from the bay of bengal. 31 degrees in hong kong today, temperatures exceeding 30 degrees for many of you in china. 35 in chongqing. 32 in beijing and warming up in tokyo as well to 30 celsius. over to the americas looking very wet out in the east during the overnight hours. we have a very long frontal system that's stretching across the region and areas from missouri extending towards west virginia could pick up some severe thunderstorms, damaging winds, tornadoes not out of the question. a new system coming in from the pacific is going to be spreading some light showers from british columbia down into northern california here and ahead of this frontal system we'll start to see some winds kicking up as well for the southwestern corner so again we're looking at critical fire conditions from tuesday onward for the southwestern corner here, it stays dry, windy and temperatures remain on the warm side again, 37 degr

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