plans otherwise how those taiwan plan to counter chinese military spending. so in general oteri its military strategy by focusing more on repel any possible chinese invasion from the sea and in the air and experts told me they believe china taiwan should focus more on strengthening the combat capability of its navy and air force while continuing to upgrade its weapons through the us purchase weapons. you also have the situation in richer chinese president xi jinping in january did not rule out the usual source to unite with taiwan what has a vet led to in taiwan in terms of a change potentially in strategic thinking or plans to come to about. so the plan has been brought up by the premiers sujan chon which is taiwan's government is committed to have the island be ready to fight until the last force is not able to fight anymore to defend the island so which means that. one would also have to start thinking about. more long term planning in terms of its military recruitment and also the enlistment of its forces let's just expand this further and talk about the

yang from what used to share a bureau in taipei william good to see you let's just begin with taiwan first what does the action be in the pleased military spending that's been announced. so experts in taiwan have pointed out the importance for the island to actually alight better its defense policy with their strategy to teach position because it's impossible for time one to focus on matching its defense budget with china because some of them have actually pointed out that china's twenty one thousand defense budget is sixteen times more than ten ones defense budget what are taiwan's plans otherwise how those taiwan plan to counter a chinese military spending so in general oteri its military strategy by focusing more on repel any possible chinese invasion from the sea and in the air and experts told me they believe china taiwan should focus more on strengthening the combat capability of its navy and air force while continuing to upgrade its weapons through the us purchase weapons. you also have a situation in richer chinese president xi jinping in january did not rule out the use of f

taiwan's you tube sensation ben wu is in search of friends both for himself and for his increasingly isolated country the answer and adventure to their last remaining allies yet to be cowed by chinese power. most taiwanese only know about our allies when diplomatic relations are terminated and i don't think this is good but the younger population and also for our country. it's a journey taking his brand of youthful exuberance to the south pacific far flung places where taiwan still maintains diplomatic ties the hope is to strengthen those links and project taiwan on to the world armed with a selfish stick and a camera for some an expensive video diary band calls it people diplomacy with. these diplomatic allies are very important to us we need the help from these countries if we want to have a voice in international organizations and for the younger generation needs to know our allies. come in and holding the voyage to cannes the tiny african nation of s. what's traditional law and cloth and tribal dunces a chance to confront mutual misconceptions. how. many foreigners will say you a

and hold out taiwan has changed in five. patients who can't get to the hospital this hospital. the only way they can see a doctor. well . it's good to have you with us the sound of gunshots from last friday to new zealand faded but they've left a trail of tears in their wake just four lives destroyed bland's cut short many of those who died of it and it came from thought of feeding this pakistan india and other countries in the region people such as a twenty six year old. and only son he moved from karachi to new zealand for a job he wanted to help support his family back home twenty five years old. and her husband moved from carolina to new zealand one year but she was pursuing a degree in agriculture then this fifty year old mamie rashid from pakistan the teacher moved to new zealand eight years ago all his action. in the mosque on friday. the title of. the haka performed by schoolchildren in honor of the victims of friday's terror attack. the maori ceremonial dance was traditionally performed by warriors to intimidate the

what about taiwan? [ laughter ] bob: i didn't hear the question. >> what about taiwan? bob: oh, yes, good question. that's a big topic. can you be a little more specific? i heard someone argument the other day that we should be more careful to protect the one china policy and stop screwing around with taiwan. then i heard corey gardner and others on the hill who had been arguing for stronger ties with taiwan to push further for taiwan's independence. where do you see the pressure that xi jinping and others are putting on taiwan now and the american response? >> sure. thank you. that's much clearer. a lot has been made of xi jinping's major speech on taiwan recently and a lot has been made of it especially its content which seemed to suggest let's have reunification sooner rather than later. there was some urgency in that speech, but a lot of the language and content was actually old line and the new bottles, very similar to previous speeches. out,hings i would point one, it is very striking that the u.s. government through the defense intelligence agency this year decid

it's a journey taking his brand of youthful exuberance to the south pacific far flung places where taiwan still maintains diplomatic ties the hope is to strengthen those links and project taiwan on to the world armed with a selfish stick and a camera for some an expensive video diary band calls it people diplomacy with. these diplomatic allies are very important to us we need the help from these countries if we want to have a voice in international organizations there for the younger generation needs to know our allies. coming at holding the voyage to can the tiny african nation of s. what's traditional law and cloth and tribal dances a chance to confront mutual misconceptions. how. many foreigners will say you are chinese i feel i am a taiwanese. it is a bit ideological. with china flexing its muscles the list of allies may yet get shorter before his adventure is complete until the end the selfie a generation's i answer to the hunch. almost two decades since the end of civil conflict under the canary rouge in cambodia the country is still littered with an estimated two million landmines

ow about toward the back what about taiwan? [laughter] i didn't hear the question. >> what about taiwan? [laughter] >> yes, can you be more specific? >> i heard the argument the other day that we should become for to protect the china policy and to stop screwing around with taiwan, then i heard cory gardner and others on the hill who have been arguing for stronger ties with taiwan, to push further for their independence, where do you see the pressure that xi jinping and others are putting on taiwan now and the american response? >> ok, thank you. >> i will give it a shot. a what has been made, xi made a major speech on taiwan recently and a lot has been made of it, especially the content that seems to sit just let's have reunification sooner rather than later, which was a theme of it. there was a sense of urgency in that speech, but a lot of the language and content was actually the old line in new bottles. similar to previous speeches. two things i want to point out. one, it is very striking that the u.s. government through th

investors from taiwan, hong kong, taiwan be in the crucial one and macau. they are trying to create a level playing field for foreigners. rum.: this is the -- fo the audience there, i think a lot of people from southeast asia and asia are there. he is focusing on this. balance. delicate you cannot give preferential treatment to hong kong, macau, anti-wednesday's -- and taiwanese. you do have to protect their investments and rights. but in the same way that you are the property rights and investments of the global community. i think he focused on these three groups because there are discord invoices from taiwan, hong kong, not so much macau, about the future. he did not mention the greater bay area project. this presumably is something that would be of interest to hong kong, and how to leverage this so that hong kong and taiwan -- taiwan is very active in this area too -- can be part of growth. rishaad: i am going to bring in tom mackenzie. tom: just a question for john in terms of the pledge. reiterating from premier li keqiang supporting the multilateral t

is what taiwan's parliament looked like for just as mostly students incest by trade deal with china occupied parliament for more than two weeks they were part of the so-called sunflower movement named so for the sunflowers demonstrators got it as a symbol of hope they claimed the trade deal made taiwan too dependent on china and harmed its political autonomy but five years later what is the situation in taiwan they did lose phebe kong asked one of the protest he does what impact the movement had on the island and on the trade deal in particular so in terms of this will be we can say that we. were invisible because. we. will be able to be in. to be on. the. people. who are divided. and the progressive. minority. still the majority of people. in the world still this is the biggest challenge you know we have been in the midst of all the social movement in. the groove in this now we because we need you we need you. to. reveal a linkage between earth and. this is the time. it was the world's first hospital on rails for twenty eight years india's lifeline express has been providing servic

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i think the fact that the economies have become so integrated between taiwan and china. leads to. let's say the possibility of addressing the issue but my impression is that the young taiwanese are actually quite worried that they may actually lose out in this process and also lose their defect to solve the liberal democratic state but that is no longer considered a primary issue even for the younger people ok let me bring in steve who is a british political scientist ball in hong kong currently director of the china institute at the school of oriental and african studies in london steve is this a new form of aggressive foreign policy in china or is a just an exaggeration on the part of. china's enemies what is china trying to do with its foreign policy trying to change the region change the world after she simply become leader of china what we are seeing is an assertive foreign policy that essentially amongst to china now requests this and we acquire the rest of the world to pay china do you respect and what amounts to due respect is something to be judged. by the commu

market i think the fact that the economies have become so integrated between taiwan and china. leads to. the possibility of addressing the issue but my impression is that the young taiwanese are actually quite worried that their marriage to use out in this process and also lose their defacto sovereignty as a liberal democratic island state but that is no longer considered a primary issue even for the younger people ok let me bring in steve who's a british political scientist ball in hong kong currently director of the china institute at the school of oriental and african studies in london steve is this a new form of aggressive foreign policy in china or is a just an exaggeration on the part of china's enemies what is china trying to do with its foreign policy trying to change the region change the world after she simply become leader of china what we are seeing is an assertive foreign policy that essentially amongst to china now we quests and we acquire the rest of the world to pay china do you respect and what amongst you do respect is something to be judged. by the communist

music industry into a spin also coming up a health emergency for traditional chinese medicine in taiwan they have diagnosed the problem but can they find a remedy to see the industry. and the playbook for citizens' rights to see how india is trying to make the constitution come alive with a new role playing game. welcome to. it's good to have you with us i felt a fan of keep all that this face behind me is probably well known to the korean pop music artist known as somebody a member of the band big bang has a huge fan following especially across asia well he's now. after being implicated in a sex bribery scandal he's been charged with providing prostitutes to foreign investors in his private club. here is what the twenty eight year old have to say about the charges against him. one of the. and i made lots of people angry and let them down. on once again i want to apologize and i will fully receive the investigation to resolve doubts as soon as possible to. get to the united states and for more on this i'm joined on the line from searle by new can cause some more she's a radio d.j. and k

do you think even with all their moves that taiwan is safe, that taiwan, flourishing democracy is isent and didn't protected appropriately? >> it's a democracy, taiwan is a treaty ally so the united states has a treaty to defend taiwan and we have to do it. eric: more so in the past year or so. is there any envisioning that you have that there could be some type of military conflict there or beijing would know what it's up against? >> well, i think a key is to deter and that's what we have that china doesn't, we have strong allies like taiwan, japan, australia, new zealand, of course, so we need to have that strong inability to deter and the in fact, we can look at the taiwan strait or south china sea and exercise forces and prepare, we deter china that way and that's what we are looking for long-term. eric: and finally dr. grant, during testimony patrick said this has been ongoing problem for sometime. what happened to the obama administration pivot to asia, wasn't that supposed to be the whole thing to try to prevent this type of conflict? >> the pivot of 2012, that was a good step

i think i'm still recovering from the dragon dance in taiwan. more of that later on in the show, i think i'm still recovering from the dragon dance in taiwan. anyway, more of that later on in the show, but first let's kick off by heading to paris, where back in february, christa got to see how the years have taken its toll on one of the city's most iconic buildings. notre dame cathedral is the city's most visited monument. 30 million people walk through its gigantic doors every year — that's twice as many as head to the eiffel tower. the cathedral was damaged in the french revolution, many of its figures were defaced, but there are sections that still remain from before the revolution and have been reconstructed since, like the last gentleman on the facade of the cathedral. although successive waves of restoration have maintained the cathedral's main features, some of which date back to the 12th century, maintaining the building is an ongoing challenge. pollution, acid rain and age are now eating up not only its fine details but also this buildi

to finish this week, you join me back in taiwan, what i am about to take ona in taiwan, what i am abouttations. it is hope i can pull it off. it is the annual arts festival and a local dance company had invited me to take pa rt dance company had invited me to take part ina dance company had invited me to take part in a performance they are doing for today's parade. you must be roger. i am. let's for today's parade. you must be roger. iam. let's get for today's parade. you must be roger. i am. let's get changed. 0k. we festival is held every year close to taipei, and teams from all over the country and further afield come to compete in a celebration of music and dance. it is a bigger, high profile event, so my team are taking a real risk by letting a total novice joined a real risk by letting a total novicejoined their a real risk by letting a total novice joined their ranks. with only an hourto go novice joined their ranks. with only an hour to go before the start of the parade, troupe leader roger walks me through my role. i would rather be hiding somewhere at the back but he has me le

taiwan is a redline for china, and has been for years. warships heading through the taiwan strait. the u.s. is telling china we do not accept your plans. they are doing the same thing in the south china sea. those are things that they do. we are seeing the f-16 deal with taiwan that could rile china. anytime the u.s. sends strategic weapons over to china, that really riles beijing. we saw mike pompeo at the state department -- this has been a topic that the u.s. has not banged on about. it is becoming more sensitive for china. is big picture, huawei another example on 5g and trying to get countries not to use that. the bigger picture is this competition between the u.s. and china. haslinda: the talk about how china -- taiwan is a redline. when you take a look at this person has turned more towards china as opposed to u.s. buying billions of dollars worth of military equipment. dan: we are really seeing countries in southeast asia caught in the middle. singapore's prime minister warned about this last year that countries would have to pick sides if this continues. we are seeing that

we have helped taiwan to defend itself. our policy is clear about a peaceful resolution to the situation in taiwan and china. i really probably wouldn't address whether or ought -- whether or not we ought to do more. if directed to do more, the u.s. military would do more, but that's an issue that's more about policy and politics than it is about a military dimension. there is a military dimension to deterrence, but i wouldn't talk about that much more than that. barbara: general jones? >> thank you. october of 1957, the soviet union launched sputnik one. some people are saying we are approaching another sputnik moment with china on the issue of ig and morse pacific we secure ig. would you care to comment on how important that race is? and i think it is a two country race. and what you think about that as an important issue? gen. dunford: general jones, inside the pentagon we certainly look at that as a critical national security issue in the internet of things beyond the 5g and the vulnerabilities of our systems, our comba

so i what will happen ten years from now will there be any traditional medicine stores left in taiwan that more than seven hundred stores shut down last year at this pace i'm afraid traditional medicine will be for museums in less than a decade. it's a case of regulation gone wrong in the ninety's taiwan stopped issuing licenses hoping that qualified doctors would also offer traditional brandy's that didn't happen now the entire industry isn't just the right. way and the authorities treat us is silent with oppression our practice is being thrown in the garbage when we should be preserving thousand year old culture. after years of negotiation the government is expected to come up with a solution later this month the old master is hoping for good news before it's too late. for additional medicine as a national treasure but we have been left to fend for ourselves i hope reforms will come soon so that the thousand year history won't come to an end in my generation. high is sticking with us dispensary despite the uncertainty he's determined to carry on his craft as long as he can. to endur

people they are concerned about air pollution right now because some of these are countries like taiwanin thailand the people they are writing the model cycle to the thing on the get going version of motorcycle and the east coast is really serious one point one million taiwanese bikes were sent around the world last year more than half of those went to the e.u. . we export to germany and france and holland more because their peoples are really used to writing evolves all the day electric models may have stolen the show at this year's taipei cycle but there are still plenty of other bikes on offer including for those who prefer their right to come with a bit of a struggle. and just updating our top stories for you investors fear turkey's recession could deepen the lira is swinging wildly stocks of flopping and there's a key alexion this weekend at the same time equities elsewhere in the world doing just fine today cheering on what they think could be a breakthrough in the trade war between the u.s. and china but there is no deal yet feister in business with you. colin combs kiko scratche

legislation, the taiwan travel act. sec. pompeo: i think it's important to understand is within the context -- context of china. hey mike, hundreds of millions of people-- [gavel slamming] >> gentlemen, if everyone well hold? -- will hold? careke pompeo doesn't about iraq or venezuela? mike pompeo says the iraqi people -- >> the chair reminds all members of the audience that any manifestation of approval or disapproval proceedings is in violation of the rules of the house and its committees. if there are any further disruptions, the police will be called back to remove the person or persons from me hearing room. mr. chairman, the secretary was in the process of asking a question. out asked that my time be restored. >> of course. >> i would also note that the gentleman who just interrupted this meeting was data from taiwan nor the prc and at nothing to do with my question or the secretary's answer. mr. secretary, can you continue? you pompeo: i appreciate stopping people from disapproval. if there is approval, you can le

it's about money in the end of the some of the thank you very much taipei cycle going on the way in taiwan this week is one of the engines biggest bike shows with more and more people in north america and europe looking to take the strain out of their ride to work as one clear star at this year's show a couple of clicks. and that seat all you need for a more leisure lee cycle the time when he's government says exports of electric bikes have increased by fifty percent over the past two years one company the show says it's down to a desire to be greener. the reason why you vice going to get more and more popular is because the people they are concerned about air pollution right now because some of the countries like taiwan in thailand the people they are writing the moral cycle to get going version of motorcycle and the police will air pollution is very serious one point one million taiwanese bikes were sent around the world last year more than half of those went to the e.u. . we export to germany and france and holland more because their peoples are really used to writing evolves all the da

and swapping motorbikes for each binds taiwan experiences and exports to them in the global market. and in physical and let's do business the turkish economy is taking a beating volatility has wiped eleven billion dollars off the market value of companies analysts blame richard typepad one and his harsh campaign rhetoric in the lead up to import municipal elections this sunday the ruling party is in danger of losing its majority that has the president all riled up during campaign stops at one talks shots of the us government criticizing its middle east policy and other perceived attacks on his country the lira immediately plummeted investors fear the united states to batavia with sanctions as they did a year ago adding to its economic plight and pushing it deeper into recession it once appeals to the central bank to stabilize the county as well as threats to investors to stick to the lira and avoid the best thing in two other currencies have failed to convince the market. joins us from rob a bank international got her a bit of background first it wasn't that long ago that turkey was

that is going to come from other parts. .orea, taiwan benchmark toeed to the msci index. 20 move.s just the 5- ,hen you think about 20 to 100 it will take taiwan about six to eight years, i think china is going to be sooner. it took us four years to go from zero to five. a year to go five to 20. i think it happens a lot sooner than people think. in the scale is truly dramatic. that is not going to come entirely by. new capital allocation some will. some will come at the expense of other markets in the region, no question. yvonne: some still say the asian market is like a casino. the msci had to recently kick some of the stocks out of the benchmark because they surpassed the foreign ownership limit. do you think that is going to be a turn for many foreign investors? gokul: that is the kind of stuff that needs to get sorted out. i don't think we are getting to 100 until these kinds of issues get sorted out. that really goes to what is the desire for china to continue to liberalize markets to attract to this kind of flow? there the important dynamic is for the first time since the ea

subcommittee that confucius institutes was not the place to discuss topics like the independence of taiwan. simply put as one u.s. school administrator told us, you know what you are getting when something is funded by the chinese government. investigators from the general accountability office also spoke with u.s. school officials who acknowledge that hosting a confuse event can limit activities with china, and elsewhere on campus. in response to the growing popular of the confucius institutes, u.s. state department is to do their own policy in china, and the chinese government effectively shut it down. since 2010 the state department has provided $1.5 million in grant funding for 29 cultural centers in china. to the program a u.s. school would part with the chinese school to set up a cultural center which would enable chinese students to better understand u.s. culture. the chinese government stifle the program from the start and seven of the 29th never opened. the ones that did open found they needed permission from the chinese partner school sometimes including the local chinese communi

and hold out taiwan has changed in five years. and for patients who can't get to the hospital this hospital comes to them. it may be the only way they can see a doctor.

sophie: in taiwan, we are watching if momentum can be sustained after the taiwan had its best weekly the train service disrupted. keeping an eye on product after profits on the downside, and the stock is been downgraded to sell on disappointing earnings. howi: let's take a look at other markets are trading at the moment before we handed over to "markets asia." received the nikkei 225 up half of a percent despite falling for another month, really underscoring vulnerability in the japanese economy, particularly on the demand side of things. trade tensions before the u.s. and china weighing on demand. the cost be looking positive, and aussie shares trading on the upside. the global rally continues to be continuing. shery: u.s. futures under a little bit of pressure, down 1/10 of 1% after seeing the best week since november. were seeing the taiex futures gaining a 10th of 1%. closed up.es also the chinese offshore yuan is holding steady could that is it from "daybreak: asia." the market open is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> it is not :00 a.m. in beijing, shanghai and singapore. we are co

taiwan relations, and can we, and can the people of taiwan count on you to advocate for further implementation of that i think very important legislation, the taiwan travel act? >> so i think it's important to consider all of these things in the context of the challenges from china. and you've seen what we've done with respect to taiwan, it was just in the past few days that we sailed through the straits, that the united states department of -- through the straits. >> the gentleman, if everybody will hold. excuse me. you are out of order. >> mike pompeo wants to destabilize countries like iran and venezuela -- >> we'll hold for a minute. >> mike pompeo says that the iranian people would -- hands up venezuela, hands up, iran. >> all right. the chair reminds all members of the audience that any manifestation of approval or disapproval of proceedings is in violation of the rules of the house and its committees, and if there are any further disruptions, the police will be called back to remove the person or persons from the hearing room. >> mr. chairman, the secretary was in the process of answeri

many acts of heroism emerging from last friday's mosque attacks in new zealand also coming up in taiwan and anniversary of a movement that brought students for the streets we asked those in the halls how taiwan has changed in five years.

and out of us real for movement that brought students from the streets we all stores and malls how taiwan has changed in five does. that for patients who can't get to the hospital this hospital comes to them for india's room plus it may be the only way they can see a doctor.

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school told us they would never discuss the topic of tibet or the topic of taiwan.that's again, part of our investigation. this was someone who kept telling us how they are experiencing acc program. that sounds like self-censorship, doesn't it? >> yeah. it sure does. >> you think that's typical? >> i have heard that anecdotally. i assume it's more than just one person who said that. >> well, again, i appreciate all of you coming today and your testimony and work on this. i appreciate the commitments that have been made by department of education today and the department of state to step up what is the first step in this, which is to provide that transparency and information that is required by law. i appreciate the continued oversight of the confucius institutes. i know your report isn't the end of your work on this and we look forward to continuing to work with you. we will now conclude the hearing and i will tell you that we are always open to more information so in particular, this record will stay open for 15 days for additional comments or questions you might h

has had a fair amount so far taiwan could get an awful lot more to be honest but you'll notice hong kong is always just on the edge and it's quite a big area it looks very much like early spring rains. beyond that is rather quiet but a southeast asia is with very much in the way of showers as increasing cloud of course you should see more showers came to malaysia but still concentrating in indonesia and java seems to be the focus possibly was sulawesi as well but if you're in a pole or thinking of going there you're not out of the woods it is becoming increasingly likely to be showery. i'm sure you. are. off to remarks timers remark. movements will be looked upon. my memory is marked with this documentary. hello again i'm just a reminder of the news this hour all twenty eight european union members have signed a statement criticizing saudi arabia's human rights record the document was signed of the un human rights council on thursday it calls on the kingdom to cooperate with the un led investigation into the matter of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. at least three people have died