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even taiwan's defence strategy is lacking.lee hsi—ming, who retired three years ago, says the taiwanese army is not prepared and that it must think strategically, which he says it isn't doing. his criticisms highlight the inertia in the taiwanese army because it was the armed wing of the kmt, the chinese nationalist party, that ruled under martial law for decades. and so therefore, it's not reinvented itself sufficiently for the modern era. so what do you say to that criticism? mm—hm. i believe you're mentioning the asymmetric defence concept. yes. i think in the cyber security domain, this is obviously the case. we need to create places where we spent as minimal resources as possible in order to counter the far more resources that the adversaries throws at us. so when i talk about, for example, mitigating the denial of service attacks following nancy pelosi's visit this august, we developed a way to tie our defence, the web two and web three defences to the international backbones that powers the nfts, the cryptocurrencies an

and we think we can learn a lot from taiwan. for example, the coven policy is quite different to germany, and it's quite successful. and it's important to, to find out what, what the difference is. it's important to, to learn about the enhancement of democracy. and i think there is something to learn from germany. and of course, that are off topics that taiwan looks at germany. me for example, i have been to title them some years ago when they wanted to establish some late justice system. i could tell about germany and in these times they have a late justice system which is quite close to the german system. and so with important, doubtless cooperation and nothing. china should not. i should not interfere in this cooperation because we strengthened. ready facies in germany at taiwan with this cooperation, have you had the chinese side say that you are doing in exactly that it interfering in china's internal affairs and breaching germany's own one china policy? do you see your, your visit as being in line with germany, one china p

taiwan has also been subjected to cyber attacks from china.he taiwanese digital minister, audrey tang. can taiwan really forge its own path? minister audrey tang in taipei, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, really happy to be here. president xi of china reiterated at the recent chinese communist party congress that china wants to strive for the prospect of peaceful unification with taiwan but that he would never promise to give up the option to use force. just sum up for briefly the mood for us, the reaction to that possibly new threat? that's a familiar message, we have been hearing that for quite some time. of course, we have to prepare ourselves to face the authoritarian expansionism but that has been the case for as long as i can remember. so people have not been at all worried by this renewed threat? not especially worried, of course, we've been seeing renewed interest in, for example, countering disinformation, service security attacks and so on, but i think the overall mood is quite calm. ok, because china has claimed taiwan as part of it

do you see ukraine as a wake up call for taiwan? do you think the ukraine carries lessons for the world in approaching time? one? i think it's an important comparison because a crane was a threat for russia because it rained showed a has a very common history with russia that showed that it's possible to have an open macros. see, even if you have the history like the ukraine, and that's the same with taiwan tie one shows for people in china that it's impossible to have an open, micro see. and, and said snowed not just the western thing to have a democracy like that. and so it's, it's of course, or an internet interesting lesson to learn. and i think it's also an example that many western democracies strengths, the democracy in crane. and so they do with them. that's the hope we have with this . was it a very on richard walker there speaking with german m p till stephan? let's get the perspective from taiwan. w correspondent, william young is in type pe. william took care of support for taiwan and strengthening democratic cooperation

with taiwan, we are more than happy about this. we have officials , our diplomats in poland, who remain in contact with people in ukraine, so that the two sides can continue the discussion with each other, this and help which ukraine needs and which taiwan can provide very soon your parliamentarians will visit that ivan the head of the foreign affairs committee in the ukrainian verkhovna rada will arrive in taiwan very soon i hope to have the opportunity to discuss our support for each other and the rest of the world how do you see the prospects for economic relations between ukraine in the future taiwanese you have already talked about the need to rebuild ukraine, of course, reconstruction is connected with investments, investments are connected with a normal economic climate in the countries to what extent the european integration of ukraine can affect the level of investments in our country, what else, in your opinion, should ukraine do to interest your entrepreneurs and to be a safe investment region

it's not just taiwan's democracy it's notjust taiwan's democracy that is threatened by xijinping, it'sll of democracy that is threatened by xi jinping, it's all of the rights and freedoms that people enjoy hearing, their whole way of life. australian authorities warn people about rising flood waters after days of rain in new south wales. and we catch up with the crowds who turned up at london's trafalgar square to celebrate the festival of lights. welcome to the programme. president vladamir putin has said "there can be no doubt" that saturday's explosion that damaged the only bridge to the occupied crimean peninsula was conceived and carried out by ukraine's intelligence services. he called it an act of terror. meanwhile, rescue teams in the ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia have been searching for survivors in the ruins of residential buildings that were destroyed by russian missile strikes overnight. paul adams reports from kyiv. in zaporizhzhia, this is what escalation looks like. a gaping hole, where once there were homes. rescue workers searching for the dead — and the living. momen

. china has a 1000000 soldiers. taiwan has 80000. so after 2 decades of double digit increases, military spending on china side, taiwan this year has a record increase of 15 percent. but overall it's defense. budget remains around 20000000000 dollars, 110th of what china's is. so we used the government really doing enough because analysts of described mandatory service in taiwan, which is only a few months as poll and they're right when they ended conscription 2018. that was a big turning point of the short training period that people undergo. they don't actually handle weapons, it's more conceptual. so yes, i agree with those analysts to believe that that is insufficient. and that's why i think the chip tycoon has stepped in, say, look, we need territorial defense. we also need to train snipers all this, the service of porcupine, national defense strategy, which is to make it too costly for china to invade. but as far as conventional warfare practices go, where does tie one stand, you think tie one does stand a chance against a gian

and that's the same with taiwan, taiwan shows for people in china that it's possible to have an open micro c. and, and so it's not, not just the western thing to have a democracy like that. and so it's, it's, of course, an internet interesting lesson to learn. and i think it's also an example that many western democracies strengths, the democracy in ukraine. and so they do with time. and that's the hope we have with this. was it a very on richard walker there speaking with german m p till stephan? let's get the perspective from taiwan. w corresponded, brilliant young is in type pe. william took care of support for taiwan and strengthening democratic cooperation. what does ty one, what so for ty pay ever since the controversial visit of the us house speaker, nancy pelosi in august, and then the subsequent chinese military exercise around taiwan. type a basically wants this tradition to be continued. busy so we were, we have already seen a french delegation that visited last month. and then after the german delegation visiting there are continued visits from different countries of fore

and it does not prevent us from developing relations with taiwan. look at lithuania.nia left the 17 + 1 format, this is the format of such an expansion of china in the global and actually supported the european union. lithuania paid first with fines. 250 million dollars but they were able to mobilize, and in particular through the united states of america, new contracts to the pacific region to enter new markets and now they are in profits, so it seems to me that you are not you can trade values, and when we understand that taiwan shows interest in the perception that there are powerful missiles and air defense systems, this does not mean that we should freeze with them, but we must clearly understand that when in the worst times, the most difficult times for us, existential times, china is not with us and we can still guess through which countries china supported russia at the beginning, naively thinking that the ice cry would succeed, that is, ask you to betray us, but taiwan at the same time provided aid ten times more than this, that is why we must understand wher

china isn'tjust threatening taiwan's economy.de repeated threats to take the island by force, test firing dozens of missiles across the taiwan strait. but if taiwan people are scared, they're not showing much sign of it. it's election season here, and at nightly rallies, candidates are on stage appealing to voters. unlike in china, people here get to choose who rules them. and they're not about to give that up. taiwan is justifiably proud of its democracy. there is nothing like this anywhere else in the chinese—speaking world. but it's notjust taiwan's democracy that is threatened by xi jinping. it's all of the rights and freedoms that people enjoy here, their whole way of life. at their home in the south of taipei, mota and sitti are playing with their two—year—old daughter. in 2019, taiwan became the first country in asia to legalise same sex marriage. sitti is now expecting baby number two. being homosexual was something you had to hide, says mota. but things have changed now. we're out in the open and the government has accep

it's clearly become a major issue and that they want to take taiwan. they say take to take it back and that it would revert to chinese rule. but of taiwan is never actually been part of the people's republic of china. and i think if you live in taiwan, it's about an independent functioning democratic island, which thinks it's doing very well on its own. so they were very different view of things. but then you get this sort of rhetoric from, from jim ping and it is obviously being taken very seriously because john is just so much bigger and more powerful than taiwan. and so it sets pulses racing when they, when they hear these kind of words. yeah, i suppose some in, in the west were surprised to hear those kinds of words. given what we're seeing now in ukraine and the cautionary tale that the west is trying to relate to autocratic leaders like she's you, thing about it. that's right. i mean, i think he certainly would have been chastened, perhaps a little by the, by the ukraine situation. but the taiwan issue for the chinese come his party is iran so de

will protect taiwan.aiwanese government said china aims to normalize its military pressure on the island, that escalated after house speaker nancy pelosi visited in august with its largest military drill ever. >> in a display of frightening military might, china subjected taiwan to three days of continuous sorties -- with over 100 warplanes, a barrage of ballistic missiles and warships that encircled the island, delivering a loud and clear message, that china could choke taiwan any time it wanted to. >> you think they're going to invade? >> this is not a matter of if they will invade, it's a matter of when they will invade. >> admiral lee hsi-min, who used to head taiwan's armed forces, has been ringing alarm bells for years, because as china's military has been growing, taiwan's is shrinking. the number of soldiers in uniform has been cut in half over the years, the length of mandatory service has been reduced to just four months, and admiral lee complains that the government has been buying the wrong we

he has taiwan with a population of 23 million in terms of gross domestic product, taiwan is equal toe most developed province. china so the population of guangdong province is more than 100 million people. that is, we see what a high level. uh, the high level of development of the economy in taiwan, i want to tell you one more thing in china, i sold 20 years and communicated a lot. eh, in different circles. everything is there in the scientific community of china, and i want to say that the experience of taiwan, the experience of taiwan in the development of the economy in china has been very carefully studied and continues to be studied, because if we'll see now. the problems that china is currently facing, well, it’s clear that the scale of the economy there is different, but they are very similar to the problems, for example, that taiwan faced 10-15 years ago, that’s why here, here, how it would be necessary then the question arises, in your opinion. give your solution to this dilemma, if there is a territory that does not want to be reunited with china, and there is a china that

there all the scientific circles, china and want to say that taiwan's experience is taiwan's experiences been very carefully studied and continues to study because if we now look. the problems that china is currently facing, well, it’s clear that the scale of the economy there is different, but they are very similar to the problems, for example, that taiwan faced 10-15 years ago, that’s why here, here, how would the question arise then , in your opinion. give your solution to this dilemma if there is a territory that does not want to be reunited with china and there is a china that is the main it is the reunification with this territory that sets its tasks. what solution? maybe you know, i would say so. and this is me, if i may, i want to say one thing well, uh, both chinese experts and chinese, as if the leadership says that the military solution. this will be the last choice and they are drawing a very clear red line where there can be a military solution if taiwan goes to formally declare independence. that's the red line. how to solve problems? well, here is our chinese colleague. h

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she's, she already. taiwan was quick to respond. she's remarks stating that piece and stability in the region is the common responsibility of both sides. chinese communist party members are expected to hand she a rare 3rd term, possibly strengthening his iron grip on the biggest global economy after the united states have a quick look at his rise to power. she didn't, ping's political journey has been epic from political exile during the upheavals of the cultural revolution to becoming the most powerful chinese leader since mousie dong in the 19 seventy's, china has been transformed since the mouth era, from a poor, inward looking country into a global superpower and the world's 2nd largest economy. analysts believe she goes into the congress in a strong position. and his appointment for a 3rd term is party chief, gives him more political muscle. they say the makeup of congress has also changed in his favor. ah, but there were many factions, many struggles on many disagreements with olds, and this is likely going to be the 1st one w

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she wants taiwan to revert to beijing's role by 2049, the st. henry of the foundation of the people's republic. he's not ruled out taking the island by force. his reluctance to condemn russia's invasion of ukraine has antagonized the west and his efforts to grab territory in the south. china sea have angered china's neighbors relations with the united states or at their lowest ebb for years. while tensions between the e u and china could escalate, if she strengthens his commitment to a confrontational foreign policy. while the rest of the world is easing, coven 19 restrictions. china's authorities have intensified their efforts to contain outbreaks with strict locked downs mass testing and lengthy quarantines. this 0 covert approach is one of she's landmark policies and it's also turning into the most potent test of his leadership so far. at least one person was arrested in beijing for hanging, a protest banner in the city. such, protest actions a highly unusual economic growth under she is suffering and fears of a global recession, triggered by

is it japan, taiwan?>> guest: i think you are right, carla, to point to the russian stabilization factor asb a huge china strategic interest given the complex 400 year history of the russian china relationship. expansion, loss of the chinese territory and what became known as the soviet and then russian far east. russian soviet and then russian far east. through to sino-soviet confrontation, and a highly contested border with border crises and conflicts throughoutt the '60s. and through to where we are now. so when people think that china's lens were looking at ukraine, for example, does china get a bad reputation or a good reputation in the rest of the world? because of where it stands with putin, the invasion of ukraine.e they need to understand the much deeper and broader historical and strategic context which the chinese bring to bear with the russian relationship. there is no weight in the world the chinese want to return to the time with a face strategic adversaries given the size of the russian nuc

that taiwan goes the way of declaring independence formally let's say so independence, because taiwantic norms, there must also be a referendum and there must be an approval to be a decision, we do not see the process even beginning because all, even the political forces of taiwan, they are in one way or another equally in favor of the status quo, nothing changed but here is the pressure on china through taiwan and using taiwan if he had strengthened zinping , i think that was the reason, and he further said that the main reason would be the peaceful unification with the chinese of the island, but here too in fact, all these events around taiwan, i think will provoke china to increase its pressure , let's say send this soft power. to attract by any methods and these economic ties and er soft power and some ideological throws yes that is, attract it so that he does not look for a partner because partners, how did they support his er hmm this thirst for independence moreover, china clearly understands especially after the beginning of the invasion of russia, after the beginning of the i

between taiwan and mainland china.s there is a chinese city, one of the wealthiest in china, and this behind me is the taiwanese military outpost lion rock, and it's from here that a chinese drone drone flew over the top of the outpost on september 1st and they shot it down. the last time chinese troops tried to come up these beaches, they were no match for taiwan's forces, but this retired colonel says today it would be completely different. translation: now it's the opposite, the gap l between china's military power and taiwan's is getting bigger and bigger, their military power is getting stronger and stronger. if xijinping is determined to use military force, taiwan couldn't stop them. injuly, taiwan put on this huge military drill, aiming to show how well—prepared the island is to fend off a chinese attack. instead, critics say it showed how vulnerable taiwan's forces are to a bigger, more modern, more heavily armed foe. one of the fiercest critics used to command taiwan's armed forces. if we remain unchanged, we

i and they didn't order money and taiwan the origin. that was the country. we've been very curious about how comes all comes out to either to view it ellen chant has or you gradients prepared and ready now waiting for the costumers. he's delighted to see the boarders be open, he speak no. the restaurant is in one of the famous commercial dick street in taipei, but was he to heart by depend on me, whatever. and i will come to you. i am the 3rd generation operating the family business, involve just one month after renovating we saw the outbreak of cobit 19 and ty, why we paid a fortune to redecorate face, but revenue that month was almost 0. it was like you said back about tie was tour is an industry, a county ford of all 4 to 5 percent of the islands g. d. p. before the pandemic, by the number of inbound travelers. chombo by more than 90 percent in the past 2 years. many resent related companies have had to keep the coast down or close their businesses. chinese to risk used to make up a sizable portion of tie was to reason. but everything change in 2019 china

but the pressure on china through taiwan, yes using taiwan. had increased zimpin , i think that was the reason, and he later said that everything would be the main reason. peaceful unification with the chinese of the island, but here, too , in fact, all the events around taiwan are in the eye. they think they will provoke china to increase its pressure, let's say send this soft power. i think that there is pressure on taiwan so that they do not take steps the side of independence, instead, tie him to attract him by any methods and economic with these hands and er soft power and some ideological throws yes that is, attract him so that he does not look for a partner because partners really supported his er hmm this thirst to moreover, china clearly understands independence, especially after the beginning of the invasion of russia, after the beginning of the invasion of russia into ukraine, china clearly understands that it will not fight against taiwan itself, it will also face a whole coalition where we used to be, the states of japan, australi

the principal the future of taiwan. the next principle future taiwan scenario.ere is even less in retirement. which is a dramatic hardening of the japanese position on the defensive taiwan. and i am surprised by it. i followed japanese politics reasonably. so that i think is what they see. prodigal worries and because suddenly a chinese view these four could never agree with each other read the indians were so generous. and the australians if you do with the americans told me the b japanese most the time. but now you haveou a strategic arrangement with the four that surprised beijing. even involved in the united kingdom, the united states and the extension of american nuclear propulsion energy to the australians. this creates a further level of complexity k. russia keeping it under control. the taiwan/japan scenario. that is where a crisis would erupt. and capabilities which would be deployed across united states itself. then, bradley with india dependent questions associated. >> i think we have to talk a little bit more about taiwan. it is the place and the iss

taiwan aggravated after the nancy pelosi visit. anchor: let's talk about taiwan.aiwan has essentially corner the markets on semiconductors. what is taiwan's role going to be given the close relations it has with the united states and the fact china considers taiwan a renegade province, but there is an understanding china does not want to put too much pressure on taiwan because of the dependence it has. >> when it comes to chip manufacturing, china relies on imports, taiwan has been a source of advanced chips from mn china. women look at the competition between the u.s. and china, everyone is very clear about what the endgame is. it's basically transformative technology and china wants to transition its economy to a consumer-based economy. things like e-commerce, smartphones, online payments, digital money has become very important. chips would be essential in this transition. recently, we have seen more restrictions from the u.s. and that is partly triggered by some breakthrough of the chinese company because some chinese companies has been able to make its own se

independence and their separate activities not targeting taiwan. and patrick was discussing this question further with andrew long and international independent china specialist joining us from hong kong. andrew, it's great to have you on the program today. now, what is your take on the taiwanese reaction to president she h a quite clear long time ago. that the unification of. ready is part and parcel of china 3 we just. ready highlighted and giving a. ready lot of space, it is in the party congress. a dream is to find 2049 at the latest. we just the 100 anniversary, the funding of people to china. cation has to happen. but. busy get ahead of the recent boosted aging coverage white paper on by one stressing the preference for. ready if occasion, so the dynamics are all happening. pushing excel rating that will meant for negotiations with food invitation. the reason being that taiwan is only in. busy and it is subject to brocade by b j and. ready is that demonstrated quite clearly of the blues that visit that aging is capable of doing so even withou

take taiwan. because at that point the confidence in america's strategic guarantees to its allies in asia and by extension in europe would collapse that's an unfashionable thing to say, but i think it's the realistic thing to say. so in terms of navigating this particular strategic red line it is not simply having a series of mutual understandings about what canon should not be done in terms of bringing the taiwan issue to the boil. parallel to it is an active series of american countermeasures to restore the military balance in the taiwan straits in a manner, which is more favorable the united states and is currently the case. but critically in parallel to that is to ensure that the taiwanese engage in much more effective levels of national self-defense. who collectively create the deterrence necessary to push the chinese timetable out further? now the chinese will be bridling against that and seeking to subvert that but that's the hard business of managed strategic competition. want to come back

tell the chinese stop, knock it off with taiwan. people are thinking it is always been part of china. it wasn't. for decades it was part of japan. it was after world war ii when the chinese communist party took over that taiwan moved from china proper, and we used to have a defense treaty with taiwan. jimmy carter abrogated that on his own. that's where we had to put more defensive stuff through the china relations act. maybe it is time to tell the chinese we're done, we saw what you did with hong kong and now we want to recognize taiwan as an independent nation. do i realize there's a lot of risk, of course. it is foolish to say we have to keep having one china policy. right now, the chinese aren't prepared to invade taiwan, don't have force build up to do it. taiwan straits, it is 100 miles wide, something we had to go through with the norman deinvasion. haven't built up the a amphibious forces to go in. will it happen, i think it will. he is in a new five year term. i think they build up forces and we need to address it today and

taiwan is justifiably proud of its democracy. is nothing like this anywhere else in the chinese speaking world. it is not just tain's democracy threatened by xi jinping, it's all their rights and freedoms people enjoy here, their way of life. at a home in the south of taipei , a couple is playing with their two-year-old daughter. in 2019 taiwan became the first place in asia to legalize same-sex marriage. they are now expecting baby number two. >> being homosexual was something you had to hide, but things have changed now. we are out in the open and the government has accepted and recognized us. rupert: for couples like this, the stakes couldn't be higher. they say if china wants taiwan, it will have to invade, and if that happens, people like them will have to leave. laura: in iran, reports suggest workers at oil refineries have joined the protests. since mahsa amini died in police custody, there have been antigovernment protests across the country. one of the biggest challenges to the islamic republic since the 1979 revolution.

number two is the taiwan question. you know, on the one hand, i think we've got many reasons to make sure that taiwan is defended and secure against a chinese attack on the other hand, i think anyone who looks at a situation where 90% of the most advanced chips are produced in one small island, that happens to be the world's nastiest geopolitical dispute, i would say that's not a great way to structure your tech industry. and so the more we can do to diversify where advanced chips are produced, whether in the us or in korea or in europe, that's great. i think that's an important step that will limit china's ability to hold the rest of the world hostage to a potential military escalation in and around taiwan and and the chips act, i think, makes important steps in that direction by funding more advanced chip making in the us. and i think the key to understand the chips act is to say that actually other governments have been funding their own chip industries for a long time, providing tax incentives, for example, that ma

how do you characterize the security situation around taiwan? just now, high-ranking politicians of the united states visited taiwan states speaker of the house of representatives nancy pilots on the other hand the other day we heard new possible threats of force from the head of the people's republic of china all dengping during the communist party congress china how serious do you think this is and how does the war going on in ukraine affect it? the war in ukraine affects our thoughts. here in taiwan, we have seen what an authoritarian country can do to a peaceful democracy . territorial integrity of another country, our people see what is happening in ukraine , we understand. support that comes to ukraine from us we not only condemn the actions of russia, but also in the future we will continue to fight side by side with the ukrainians against any aggression by the chinese authoritarian regime, they threaten us just as the russians agreed to ukraine ukraine wills of the we will be able to learn how to defend ourselves in ukraine, the conclusi

well, let's get reaction from taiwan. now, alexander wong is in taiwan city. he's a professor at 10 can university and director of international affairs of taiwan nationalists. k m t party. good to have you. what it's so 1st of all, your thoughts on no, she speech. oh yes, i think she, jim painter wanted to reaffirm his party members that he has the ability and the mission to be accomplish standing. he was to report suggested that he will continue to be the head of the party and the country and well carry on what he had already announced to the green rejuvenation of chinese nation in the future. it's quite clear that he maintained and re iterate all his promoter programs, and he also hinted that there will be greater challenges ahead you know, for a better and scholar, people can understand he already sent the signal and let people understand that he realized that china will also helps many daunting challenges i had in foreign affairs as well as domestics. and the only issue of taiwan, he didn't say anything that wasn't particularly new in terms of a basics po

taiwan in the german parliament. on the human rights committee and called for them to defend thaiboy. this means that chancellor schulz, if he really got together in beijing in november for the csi talks what the western press reports, though the chinese foreign ministry did not confirm the information about the visit, he will have to choose his words for a long time, if, of course, he and europe want a dialogue with china foreign policy vector. china seems to have determined how the press lies with the new foreign minister to become the current ambassador of the prc to the united states, that is, the priorities are clear. china advocates with all its might for a dialogue with the leader of the collective west. without forgetting about its own interests, this is not a random word. security. the report of 10 dolphins sounded. almost more often than others, alexander bavalsky dari inozemtseva nikolai petrov tried to expel china from beijing from china , with the help of sanctions, they tried to exclude russia from worl