forces are to curb taiwan independence, not for the people of taiwan.d to a certain extent that without taiwan independence, there can be no reunification by force. there will be no use of force. taiwan independence in the coming four years, so i think the process of using military to promote unification will be faster. no force can make taiwan independence. just to come back on you on that, we've seen democracy in action here in taiwan. free and fair elections, transparent election. does china have a claim over taiwan? i think you called a democracy, but in china, it is very typical local election. for the result i think everything is expected. in fact, i would not be surprised by any revolt, because we all know the dpp continues to be in power, but the _ political structure on the island will not have a significant impact on stability across trade relations. maybe in the future, there may be a storm or cooperation, but as i said, they are just processes. the final result cannot be changed, that is a final unification. i think let me look in the future

comes to retaking taiwan.re is that taiwan alone will never be able to defend against china. and it has to rely on help including from the united stat and other allies in the region, japan, south korea and more. the prle is that helping taiwan defen itself is much harder than s ukraine defend itself against russia because the island is hope -- is so hard to sustain supplies from outside the region. but it is so easy for china to cross the strait. so i think the military task is very hard to accomplish. which makes it evermore important to be able to deter china from doing so, because if ]that does not happen that is a bad case scenario for us. which is why secretary blinken referenced strategic ambiguity. because that was our way to deter china before. it was enough to keep beijing guessing. now it is not enough to keep beijing guessing. and i think because china has been more ambitious. the way to tip the balance is to signal more willingness on the u.s. part and western allies' parts to help taiwan more clea

and taiwan. it has always been baffling. but we do need to support taiwan.e been a longtime friend. and they fly in the same waters that they fly in in terms of politically. and i think it is important that we keep taiwan taiwan. and it is most important. host: thank you for your comments. i want to actually ask you about , so much of our attention is focused on the middle east. how do you think the two conflicts attention and national security importance, and also ukraine. guest: so many different conflicts. we should keep our eyes straight on the biggest one which is china. i think china has become increasingly the most important threat in torrent -- in terms of national security to the united states because china has fundamentally deviated from the past t on what it joined the wto, which is to focus on the economy and on integrating itself into the western world. now it has fundamentally deviated. it has the ambition to dominate regi least and then potentially globally. that puts a lot of threats on the liberal international order. everything that we beli

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you mention xijinping woodland to mesh taiwan. what woodland to mesh taiwan.ld that look _ woodland to mesh taiwan. what would that look like? _ woodland to mesh taiwan. “lariat would that look like? military or blockades like two years ago after nancy pelosi's visit. i also think they will cut preferential ties to taiwan. and then they will ban economic products from taiwan. common tools that they have used so far. ~ ., ., ., far. we will have to leave it there, thank _ far. we will have to leave it there, thank you _ far. we will have to leave it there, thank you for - far. we will have to leave it | there, thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. talking about the economy there and the impact it could have on the selection. we do know that taiwan makes more than half of the semiconductor chip that power most modern technology, its biggest manufacture in that spaceis its biggest manufacture in that space is tsmc which is the ninth most valuable business in the world which makes taiwan valuable but it puts it in a very vulnerable position if anything were

happened in taiwan. military air strike in yemen overnight — against a radar site it says is being used by the iran—backed houthi force. it comes a day after dozens of similar us and uk strikes against targets in yemen. the action is in response to houthi rebels attacking vessels in the red sea, causing huge international shipping delays. hugo bachega reports. before and after. these satellite images show the impact of the american and british attacks on houthi targets in yemen. the us says airfields and weapons storage depots were destroyed. overnight, the us carried out more strikes, targeting a radarfacility in the capital sanaa. british forces were not involved. american officials say the strikes are designed to reduce the ability of the houthis to attack ships in the red sea and called them "legitimate and proportionate". the houthis, who captured a ship in december, say they are acting to support palestinians in gaza and to hit israel's allies. iran gives them weapons and training and the houthis s

and the second topic will be the results of the elections taiwan, whether they will lead to a large-scale escalation. but let's start with the main news of the last few hours, of course. let me remind you that eight facilities near the us consulate in erbil were attacked by the iranian armed forces. in fact, the islamic revolutionary guard corps reported that the attacks were on... but no american military personnel or facilities were harmed. we have connections vladimir ovodkov, vladimir alekseevich, hello. good morning, well, is it possible to say that iran has already directly become involved in the escalation? well, americans from the very beginning they tried to involve iran in what was happening in the middle east, where there really is such a serious breakdown in the entire system of international relations, they tried by hook or by crook to involve iran, blaming it for everything that... happened in iraq, as we remember, as it happened in afghanistan and absolutely no one invited the united states to the middle east, except perhaps israel, the americans themselves. did not separat

they are also home to many of taiwan indigenous peoples. some 16 tribes and 16 languages have survived wave after wave of colonial rulers here marginalized and stripped of their lands. indigenous groups on the account for some 2.5 percent of the population. but at election time, competition is hot for their vote. we've got a candidate for governor here. let's give her a warm welcome. peace pensioners are waiting for one of taiwan most well known indigenous figures. hello everyone. how are you? i'm from the amas estimate group, my native tongue hughes. i'm in the 49 year old corners to deca serve the spokes person for the taiwanese president for, for running, for governor of the portland district with her native region in eastern taiwan. i wanted you to see the real me in person. i'm not even wearing any make up today. i hope you're not disappointed. saying to you and you enjoy the event. the this afternoon she's come to open this thing in competition. the the older ones can be, it's with me. raise your hands. let's dance together. i'm going

it focused on driving a wedge between taiwan and the us. driving a wedge between taiwan and the us-_and the us. what would be some examles and the us. what would be some examples of _ and the us. what would be some examples of how _ and the us. what would be some examples of how that _ and the us. what would be some examples of how that plays - and the us. what would be some examples of how that plays out? | examples of how that plays out? some narratives on what stories are you seeing? just some narratives on what stories are you seeing?— are you seeing? just factual newscast — are you seeing? just factual newscast in _ are you seeing? just factual newscast in a _ are you seeing? just factual newscast in a way - are you seeing? just factual newscast in a way that - are you seeing? just factual newscast in a way that putsj are you seeing? just factual - newscast in a way that puts the us in a very bad light. when they talk about the us withdrawal, a lot of the narratives were about they're not going to be a good friend to taiwan —— just factual news, but cast away. when it comes to a

of course, taiwan is an important — taiwan. young democracy and the — region, it is a young democracy and the world is only chinese speaking _ and the world is only chinese speaking democracies. they want to really— speaking democracies. they want to really support the elections here~ — to really support the elections here. but frankly, this is an election— here. but frankly, this is an election that taiwan is a country. _ election that taiwan is a country, a place, is being closely— country, a place, is being closely watched because of its semiconductor industry. it makes _ semiconductor industry. it makes many of the chips we use in cars. — makes many of the chips we use in cars, medical equipment, in our phones— in cars, medical equipment, in our phones serena the future of taiwan, — our phones serena the future of taiwan, its— our phones serena the future of taiwan, its semiconductor industry. _ taiwan, its semiconductor industry, it is very important and — industry, it is very important and that— industry, it is very impor

towards taiwan - briefly, if you don't mind?— towards taiwan - briefly, if you don't mind?sure, so it's a difficult parlour game - you don't mind? sure, so it's a difficult parlour game to - you don't mind? sure, so it's a difficult parlour game to play, | difficult parlour game to play, but on the balance, i do not expect to see military action from beijing in the next few months. i do expect them to be provocative in the next few months, and i think sending a deterrent signal to china is going to be very important in light of that. mil going to be very important in light of that.— light of that. all right. the view there _ light of that. all right. the view there of _ light of that. all right. the view there of the - light of that. all right. the view there of the senior i light of that. all right. the - view there of the senior fellow of indo pacific studies at the american foreign policy council. very good to talk to you. thank you. joe biden says he sent a private message to iran about houthis in yemen following us airstrikes against the group. president biden said ame

, loyal to taiwan, so he witnessed how taiwan was transferred. that the arrival of gaminden, it became a kind of tragedy for taiwan, a new colonialism, and the taiwanese people, who greeted the chinese liberators with flowers and joy, suddenly discovered that they were again under colonial exploitation, taiwanese politicians, they are afraid that they might throw, of course, they hope that this will not happen - well, throwing, probably, will not happen in the near future. then the last question, but very interesting for me, is that taiwan and china have been developing there for 30-40 years in parallel, they developed completely differently after 1949, when the chinese leadership, deng xiaoping, decided to turn to reforms, did they take into account what was happening in taiwan, strictly speaking, a market economy with a tough one. authoritarian system, thank you, i’ll say right away that, of course, they took it into account, the fact is that taiwan also went through economic reforms, the peak of which started in the fifties, but the peak of wh

but the former journalist for taiwan, indigenous television is still the face of a new taiwan. these identity girl was se point, since we have no tradition of writing, all songs and zones is a very important to us as a way of communicating all feelings and all history. the is into a line for the people that come up with many foreigners, don't even know that there are indigenous peoples in taiwan. those don't what they think the time in a row chinese what's, it's not legal authority. i'm a member of one of 16 tribes is the page engines, and that's how one that's in this is just one side. uh so my family has lived through ty, one's entire colonial history. and 400 years ago that was the indigenous tribes living here. then the spanish k, i adopted them the dutch, then that was the ching dentist. a lead by the men choose. not that i from 1895, the japanese came and roots taiwan off to they defeated them and choose the chain. the seniors, my grandfather was japanese. that's why my son name is utah. my father's son named a japanese son named that you but the, the japanese occupation

�* ., , ., ., , taiwan? again, these are not sitting senior officials. _ taiwan?or officials. the _ taiwan? again, these are not sitting senior officials. the united - taiwan? again, these are not sitting senior officials. the united states i senior officials. the united states did not— senior officials. the united states did not send anybody who is currently _ did not send anybody who is currently a state department official— currently a state department official or a national security council — official or a national security council official, but these two individuals have participated in track— individuals have participated in track two — individuals have participated in track two interactions and also had a lot of— track two interactions and also had a lot of dealings with chinese officials — a lot of dealings with chinese officials when they were in government, so they understand what is necessary— government, so they understand what is necessary in order to preserve peace _ is necessary in order to preserve peace and — is necessary in order to preserve peac

whoever becomes next president of taiwan needs i next president of taiwan needs to see that taiwan remainship manufacturing. we will support the development of the industry and with sufficient subsidy and industrial policy to make sure it is a leader in the world. it it is a leader in the world. it is understandable how the chips industry has come to play a key role in its economy. but there is an impact on taiwan from the us limits on ships from china. taiwan is in a dilemma in court in this tech competition. semiconductors are a tool of the competition so taiwan must tread water carefully. a case in point is tsmc. it has opened investment in arizona but not without significant challenge including difficulty in getting subsidies and workers issues. so the chinese government, whoever is the next president of taiwan, must work hard to assert the need and support from other countries to ensure that tsmc�*s overseas venture is a success. that tsmc's overseas venture is a succes— a success. you are an expert on shi -s a success. you are an expert on ships and — a success. you are an expert on

taiwan is a devotee - he witnessed how taiwan was transferred from japan to china, believes that the of gaminden, it became a kind of tragedy for taiwan, a new colonialism, and the taiwanese people, who greeted the chinese liberators with flowers and joy, suddenly discovered that it is again under colonial exploitation. taiwanese politicians are afraid. that they can be cheated, of course, they hope that this will not happen, if this happens, then , probably, it will be a day of such a great tragedy for the taiwanese, although such days have already happened for them, as we have already said, in the year seventy-nine, when diplomatic relations were severed, somehow they survived them, but if we talk about some negative scenarios, let’s say about the military, then let’s say the previous... administration of taiwan tsaienvene, she has already spoken out on this matter, she said, what if god forbid if some military clashes occur, then our task is to stand overnight and hold out for several days, and then on the fifth or sixth day the entire world democratic community will come to our a

china wants to unify with taiwan, and taiwan doesn't.know, regardless of how the voters in taiwan vote, that's not going to change. which means there is going to inherently be some level of tension with china. but what the voters were looking at is, you know, a continuation of the past eight years of dpp rule. now, the dpp is a party that china has cast as a separatist or independence party. in fact, when the current president was elected in 2016, china cut off all formal communications with taiwan. and since then have steadily coached -- steadily poached taiwan's remaining diplomatic allies. now, taiwan has just about 12 or 13 remaining countries that recognize it formally, diplomatically. if the kmt had won, it's possible that beijing would have toned it down a little bit. but what's true is that the kmt, their position isn't unification with china. the dpp's position isn't unification with china. and even if the kmt had won, there would still be this kind of fundamental tension. ali: what do we know so far about how china is reacting

the issue in taiwan will largely be determined by this.h concerns the role of the united states, because of course, the united states has a decisive influence today impact on taiwan. problem, many even perceive the taiwan problem as a proxy conflict between the united states and china, and the reaction of the united states to the elections in taiwan was very ambiguous, that is, on the one hand, of course, both president biden and secretary of state blinken stated that they do not recognize taiwan independence and committed to the one china policy. on the other hand, the state department published a rather dubious statement in my opinion. in which he actually talks about taiwan as de facto independent state. let's listen to this statement from the state department. the united states congratulates dr. laitzende on his victory in the taiwanese presidential election. we also congratulate the people of taiwan for once again demonstrating the strength of their robust democratic system and electoral process. the united states is committed to main

blogger raidu today heads the taiwan youtubers association. in 2017 it the educational channel reached one million subscribers, becoming the first most popular science-intensive channel in taiwan. since then, his audience has almost tripled. in the seventies, pierre chen supplied consumer electronics to taiwan, created a demand for its components, and then the yadio company, which satisfied this demand. today its branches under the pulse electronics brand are represented in 24 countries, pierre himself is one of the richest people in taiwan. excuse me, they are the people who consider themselves taiwanese, they how do they formulate their difference from the mainland chinese? in the chinese language there are, as it were, different terms for conveying the word china - this is a middle state or junhua - these are like ethnic chinese, that is, some taiwanese they say: yes, we are not chinese, but we are ethnic chinese, that is, we are not people from mainland china, where we were born and raised; our ancestors lived in taiwan, but we recognize o

of taiwan, got 40% of the vote.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 is very much what we would expect from beijing at this time. they reiterate the point that taiwan is part of china, that these results are local elections and that unification will happen. but there is no mention of force in this statement. it says that the taiwan issue and achieving national reunification remains consistent and unwavering, their position on that, and they firmly opposed separatist activities. remember, they see the winner of taiwan's presidential election as a separatist. they see him pushing for independence and that's something that they will not tolerate. now, i've actually been to the province that's closest to taiwan here in mainland china. we spoke to a number of people there, and they say that they feel that

are you optimistic ford taiwan's _ continue. continue. are you optimistic l ford taiwan's relationship and its future? i ford taiwan's relationship and its future?— its future? i see signs of joe biden and — its future? i see signs of joe biden and xi _ its future? i see signs of joe biden and xi jinping - its future? i see signs of joe biden and xi jinping trying i its future? i see signs of joe | biden and xi jinping trying to biden and xijinping trying to find a floor to stand on. there are signs of more efforts by taiwan to try and reach out to the prc. i hope the prc is willing to hear those messages from taiwan. but there are reasons to be hopeful and unfortunately reasons to be hopeful because even despite these attempts to create a floor to stand on the prc has taken a much more aggressive approach through military threats, economic threats and rhetorical threats. meanwhile, ahead of the _ rhetorical threats. meanwhile, ahead of the election - rhetorical threats. meanwhile, ahead of the election the - ahead of the electi

china was worried about _ taiwan's on voters. china was worried about william - taiwan's on voters.ried about william lai - taiwan's on voters. china was worried about william lai andj taiwan's on voters. china was - worried about william lai and said they have concerns about the result but william lai has actually softened his rhetoric when it comes to formal independence. yes. softened his rhetoric when it comes to formal independence.— softened his rhetoric when it comes to formal independence. yes, i think that's more — to formal independence. yes, i think that's more what _ to formal independence. yes, i think that's more what beijing _ to formal independence. yes, i think that's more what beijing was - to formal independence. yes, i think that's more what beijing was hoping | that's more what beijing was hoping for, they were pretty sure that he was going to win. he was odds—on favourite to do so and he has in fact won by a clear margin. what they wanted to do was make sure he didn't feel any temptation to push his rhetoric beyond what he had said before and what his predecess

so it's really the taiwan- _ relationships. so it's really the taiwan- china - relationships.y - the taiwan- china relationship the taiwan— china relationship we might see some movement depending on the elections. how will you characterize the relationship they have at the moment? it relationship they have at the moment?— moment? it is very cold in a moment. — moment? it is very cold in a moment, the _ moment? it is very cold in a moment, the pf _ moment? it is very cold in a moment, the pf -- - moment? it is very cold in a moment, the pf -- if- moment? it is very cold in a moment, the pf -- if the i moment? it is very cold in a l moment, the pf -- if the dpp moment? it is very cold in a - moment, the pf -- if the dpp is moment, the pf —— if the dpp is in power, they will not pick up the phone when china because, it's the prc that does not pick up it's the prc that does not pick up the phone, even though we have come to know the current president for pragmatic policies, from the poc perspective it's a nonstarter. one party not talk to the other, that certainly affects the rela

he came here from taiwan for work.s to entice chinese customers with simpler type a flavors, and is aware the relationship between his past and current homes is fractious. >> i think the feedings are good between the people, but i don't know how the two governments feel about each other. i hope ties be normalized in the two sides can be like two brothers, like a family. correspondent: many taiwanese are thought to be distance of immigrants from this province. beijing plays on these familial ties to outline a vision of a future china unified with taiwan. but those likely to listen to this view are its own people, not those living across the taiwan strait. bbc news. anchor: joining me now is the bbc's correspondent to talk about this further. we saw voters going to the polls and plenty of issues concerning people, but what are the main contentious issues? correspondent: yeah. thanks. it is sunrise in taipei. although parties will be pushing to convince voters to vote for them. the most contentious issues according to vot

is the taiwan of china.hina says its leadership is willing to work with political parties and groups to increase its influence and cooperation throughout taiwan. the united states congratulated the newly elected president in a press release that did not go down well in beijing. china claims taiwan as its own territory. china's foreign ministry says taiwan issue is an internal matter china. no matter what changes happen in taiwan, the basic fact that there is only one china in the world and taiwan is part of china will not change. just a day after the elections in china. the coalition of the current german chancellor will have no chance of winning. 76% of german residents are dissatisfied with the work of the schols government. these are the results of a survey published by the newspaper bil damzon. and here is another clear demonstration of the people’s love in kolov. the scholz were greeted at the european handball championship match between the german and german national teams. north macedonia. the spectat

is taiwan bein: of independents. is taiwan being threatened - of independents. nations now making their own semiconductor chips? i don�*t know if you can tell us a little bit more about the economy, but doesn�*t have to diversify? economy, but doesn't have to diversify?— diversify? sure. so, taiwan's economy _ diversify? sure. so, taiwan's economy in _ diversify? sure. so, taiwan's economy in 2023 _ diversify? sure. so, taiwan's economy in 2023 actually - diversify? sure. so, taiwan's. economy in 2023 actually grew at its slowest pace since the global financial crisis to about i.2%. figures are still due. but certainly, i mean, manufacturing is a big part of taiwan�*s economy and manufacturing dominates that, but there is always going to be lower cost manufacturing centres to compete with taiwan, but i think the dominance the taiwan electric sector has when it comes to advanced chips is really not comparable. so, recently, exports from taiwan for gpu servers and ai related servers, chips that are used to power ai applications have served, so export full communic

let's imagine that the war between china and taiwan will move to the territory of taiwan. by the way, the americans, as far as i understand, are currently planning just such a war. because it is believed that there used to be an approach and it was in principle... active for many decades, which emphasized that the taiwanese naval forces will simply not allow the chinese army into the territory of the republic of china to taiwan, that the chinese will be stopped already in a naval war. now there is no such certainty, china has significantly modernized and rebuilt its navy and there is a danger that the people's liberation army of china will be able to land on... the territory of ostro, so taiwan is now turning into a fortress, a fortress on the territory of which there will be fierce battles between taiwan and china , and the taiwanese are ready for it, you know, we talked about hoi, who was a candidate for the kuomintang lost these elections, so kooyu did not invite the last president of the republic of china from the kuomintang to his last pre-election rally. that taiwan

president-elect, former taiwan envoy to the u.s. this will be led by james steinberg and stephen hadley. the fact that these are former officials might not be of relevance to beijing in some ways but certainly it will be a big test on the u.s.-china relationship as well. we will see how it plays out. so far i think it is safe to say now we are not seeing a huge showing of military force from china, maybe in a couple months, we have heard that taiwan officials expect to maybe once we get through the winter and have better weather that we might see china wrap up pressure with the military economically on taiwan here right before potentially the spring when he takes office in may. 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

p, an unprecedented 3rd term taiwan. so electoral commission says live just took over 40 percent of the road ahead of his nearest arrival in the opposition. can t, china claims taiwan as its territory and in the run up to the election called by a dangerous separatist, the dvp champions. taiwan is a separate identity and project staging claims of sovereignty over the island. now let us welcome our next president and vice president lights in the and show me t a. it's a moments with far reaching implications for tie wants 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 presidency. that's it. i wonder. i mean, well thanks to the time when these people for writing a new chapter in our democracy, we've shown the world how much we cherish our democracy. this is the unwavering commitment policy. the defending time owns democracy, was it the hearts of life campaign, and projecting pressure from badging to succumb to chinese

yvonne: three men to be taiwan's -- are fighting for taiwan's next presidency.e speaking ahead of saturday's election. joining me now is a professor at the national chengchi university here with me. you have been everywhere around the island leading up to this vote. what is the enthusiasm on the ground like? >> there is enthusiasm. this is the super bowl for taiwan. the most exciting time every four years. but there is a big difference because this election cycle has not progressed the way past presidential elections have. typically we would know who is running for office, who the vice presidential candidates are, by september. we did not know the tickets until after thanksgiving, late november. so for a lot of us here follow this it has been very slow. and then everything crashing at once. ever since then it has been full on election cycle. yvonne: it seems like there's a lot of -- i guess you could say interference. a lot of drama. whether it is an air raid launch or a system on everyone's phone, whether it was chinese balloons -- to these events impact the re

he had to because a speaker came over to taiwan. what speaker came over to taiwan.at you think this _ speaker came over to taiwan. what you think this result _ speaker came over to taiwan. what you think this result tells _ speaker came over to taiwan. what you think this result tells about the future for taiwan and china and particularly younger generations and eye versions of feeling that we are clearly seeing among the young population? it clearly seeing among the young population?— clearly seeing among the young --oulation? ., , , ., population? it was interesting that some of the _ population? it was interesting that some of the young _ population? it was interesting that some of the young population - population? it was interesting that some of the young population in i some of the young population in taiwan voted for the candidate from the dpp. young people are showing that they are fed up with both parties, so i think in the future it will be important for kmt to move away from their style, their older style of communication. and that is why tpp was quite su

let's imagine that the war between china and taiwan will move. on the territory of taiwan, by the way, the americans, as far as i understand, are now planning just such a war, because it is believed that there was an approach before, and it basically operated for many decades, which emphasized that the taiwanese naval forces simply will not allow the chinese army to the territory of the republic of china to taiwan, that the chinese will be stopped already in a naval war. there is no such certainty now. china has greatly modernized and... built its navy, and there is a danger that the people's liberation army of china will be able to land on the island, so taiwan is now turning into a fortress, a fortress on the territory of which there will be fierce fighting between taiwan and china, and the taiwanese are ready to this, you know, we were talking about khoi, who was a kuomintang candidate and lost that election. so kooy didn't invite the last president of the republic of china from kuomintang mauindu to his last pre-election rally, why? that maandyu said that taiwan still won't beat c

taiwan — its semiconductor industry— taiwan — its semiconductor industry - _ taiwan — its semiconductors election is so important. outcome of this election is so important-— outcome of this election is so important. and because of all that interest _ important. and because of all that interest from _ important. and because of all that interest from around - important. and because of all that interest from around the | that interest from around the region — from the us and china — that means that having a vested interest doesn't mean they're sitting on the sidelines and watching to see where the chips fall, but actively having a role in nudging, perhaps, different outcomes, perhaps? how would you explain what china's doing on that front when it comes to trying to get the desired outcome that it wants? it’s outcome that it wants? it's been doing _ outcome that it wants? it's been doing so _ outcome that it wants? it's been doing so many things. i mentioned the military exercises — we've been seeing repeated — exercises — we've been seeing repeated incursions in the skies _ repeated incurs

let's imagine that the war between china and taiwan will move to the territory of taiwan. damn, the americans, as far as i understand, are currently planning just such a war. because he thinks. that earlier there was an approach and it was in principle effective for many decades, which emphasized that the taiwanese naval forces simply will not allow the chinese army to enter the territory of the republic of china on taiwan, that the chinese will be stopped already in a naval war. there is no such certainty now. china has significantly modernized and rebuilt its navy, and it is the danger that the people's liberation army of china. will be able to land on the territory of ostov, so taiwan is now turning into a fortress, a fortress on the territory of which there will be fierce battles between taiwan and china, and the taiwanese are ready for this, you know, we told passers-by who was a kuomintang candidate and lost this election, yes kooy did not invite the latter to his last pre-election rally. of the president of the republic of china from the kuomintang mao inju, what? b

taiwan's democracy and freedom, this is the middle the path taiwan should take. tense.ly on january 9, residents received a message on their mobile phones; the air defense system was activated. the launch of a chinese satellite caused alarm, as it turned out, due to the uncharacteristic flight path of the launch vehicle. against this background, the united states is escalating the situation. at the last meeting between representative taibe and the speaker of the house of representatives, it was said: “after the elections, the americans will send another delegation to the island, to their military base closest to taiwan,” they are moving fuel reserves from hawaii's pearl harbor. we , of course, want to help, the defense of taiwan is very important to us, which, as expected, caused an instant reaction from beijing; chairman xi has already personally warned joe biden that quote: he who plays with fire will get burned. the so-called independence of taiwan is the biggest threat to cross-strait peace and stability, and is doomed to fail. us leaders have repeatedly said they a

because manju said that taiwan won't beat china anyway. ugh. this statement was enough, as well as ma's recent trip to china, to make hoi not want to see him at his campaign rally, even though this is a man who symbolizes the achievements and victories of the kuomintang, because he will say that we have different approaches to relations with china, so this is a consolidated position of the taiwanese establishment, the positions of the democratic party and the kuomintang do not differ much here, that is, both political... forces do not declare independence, and this is already china's opinion that the progressive party is more separatist, and the kuomintang is less separatist, because the kuomintang has its roots in the mainland, uh, and all these people who ran the chinese communist party, they were all members of the kuomintang governing bodies, and mao zedong, and zhonglai, all the founders of kener, they were in the kuomintang, it there was a general national such party, but the democratic progressive party was created on its own. and theref

and _ victory of the people in taiwan. and no- victory of the people in taiwan.of the people in - taiwan. and no matter the outcome, _ taiwan. and no matter the outcome, we _ taiwan. and no matter the outcome, we must - taiwan. and no matter the outcome, we must work i taiwan. and no matter the - outcome, we must work together as one _ outcome, we must work together as one nation _ outcome, we must work together as one nation. and _ outcome, we must work together as one nation. and william - outcome, we must work together as one nation. and william lai, . as one nation. and william lai, congratulations _ as one nation. and william lai, congratulations to— as one nation. and william lai, congratulations to him, - as one nation. and william lai, congratulations to him, but - as one nation. and william lai, congratulations to him, but hel congratulations to him, but he must — congratulations to him, but he must understand _ congratulations to him, but he must understand he _ congratulations to him, but he must understand he is- congratulations to him, but he must un

and taiwan. it has always been baffling. but we do need to support taiwan.. and i think it is important that we kee■npand it is most importa. host: thank you for your comments. i want to actu about , so much of our attention is focused on the middle east. how do you think the two licts compare not only in national attention and national security importance, and also ukraine. guest: so many different conflicts. we should keep our eyes straight on the biggest one which is china. i think china has become increasingly the most important threat in torrent -- in terms of national security to the united states because china has fundamentally deviated from the past that it used to be on what it joined the wto, which is to focus on the economyintegratinge western world. now it has fundamentally deviated. the ambition to dominate regionally at least and then potentially globally. that puts a lot of threats on the liberal international order. ve in in this world which is democracy and free speech and free commerce. china is trying to disrupt every single aspect. that i

digesting the result of the election of taiwan -- into taiwan over the weekend.cus on in terms of what else in terms of geopolitical headlines this. shery: and look at oil prices. under pressure against this by the fact that middle east tensions went higher last week. be watching the market opens as we are also trying to digest what is happening in the treasury space after we saw another rally last week. annabelle: and treasury will be desecrating will be -- trading will be closed today for martin luther king day. it is holding about 4% across the curve. what we are also watching is the focus on tiffany's equities. you have the nikkei trading up again for another session, just fractionally, but still, it has been a very let's start to the year for japanese -- very solid starts to the year for japanese stocks, perhaps looking to close at an all-time high that was reached before the economic bubble burst in the early 1990's some analysts. think there is a strong possibility that we extend above that. a lot of investors choosing the market for reasons like easier po

let's start in taiwan, where william lai has won the election and is set to become taiwan's president. he is from the governing dpp, and is set to succeed the current president, tsai ing—wen. mr lai has been labelled a "troublemaker" by china, and beijing had warned people against voting for him. in his victory speech, he pledged to use dialogue instead of confrontation in exchanges with china. he also said he hoped that beijing understood that peace will benefit both sides. as for china, it says reunification with taiwan is still inevitable despite the vote, and opposes separatist activities. rupert wingfield—hayes reports from taipei. onto stage, the man who will now be taiwan's next president. in the end, william lai won the election by a larger margin than expected. china's campaign to intimidate voters here not to choose him failed. his supporters say, if anything, it had the opposite effect. china warned the people of taiwan not to vote for this man. they said he is a troublemaker who will take the island closer to war. well, tonight they have given their answer — by electing hi

taiwan has an alignment with the us _ taiwan. taiwan has an alignment with the us when _ taiwan. with the us when it _ taiwan. taiwan has an alignment with the us when it comes - taiwan. taiwan has an alignment with the us when it comes to - with the us when it comes to democratic values and it looks to the us as a deterrent to shyness aggression. what does the us get out of the relationship was? i the us get out of the relationship was? i think we aet a relationship was? i think we get a lot- — relationship was? i think we get a lot. date _ relationship was? i think we | get a lot. date manufactured the worlds most semi so they are very critical to the world economy. we also want to maintain the status quo. nobody�*s looking for a confrontation with the prc. i think we want to send a strong message that the status quo has really been peaceful and prosperous. that is the stance of the president elect. we see the aggressive manoeuvres coming out of beijing in the taiwan straits. we've seen it in the south china sea. that is not what we should be doing in the 21st century. i think

it's election day in taiwan.et's take a live look at a polling centre there. the economy and education are key issues for voters, but one sobering issue looms large — how taiwan should address the threat from china. 0ur steve lai has this update from taipei. thanks sumi, and you mentioned the looming threat from china, that's been the focus of what i want to talk about today and i'm joined by celia hatton, the bbc regional editor to get your thoughts. celia, about these elections today. china's view on this election — how would you sump it up? well, china's unhappy that these elections are taking place at all. they view this government on this island of taiwan as being illegitimate because they believe this territory belongs to beijing. but when it comes to the election itself, beijing does have a preferred winner. they would hope the kmt nationalist party take the presidency and the parliament, because the kmt typically has a more pro—china stance. they advocate more dialogue, and they accept the one china polic

_ taiwan's relationships? you're very optimistic! i _ taiwan's relationships? do, because i did when things don't — do, because i did when things don't move so quickly it actually— don't move so quickly it actually is, there is possibility to try to learn how to create _ possibility to try to learn how to create consensus. what is really — to create consensus. what is really difficult is in this stalemate, we cannot solve the real problem, and this time, while — real problem, and this time, while china is front and centre of every— while china is front and centre of every national election, what — of every national election, what is _ of every national election, what is really important is 30% of the — what is really important is 30% of the voters under 40, they wanted _ of the voters under 40, they wanted a _ of the voters under 40, they wanted a third way, and a lot of their— wanted a third way, and a lot of their votes came to the tpp to focus— of their votes came to the tpp to focus on domestic policy. they— to focus on domestic policy. they want to have af

taiwan. the chairman of the pro-western democratic progressive party received 40% of the votes, followed by hou yui, from gomendano. who advocates rapprochement with china, 33.5%, in third, the centrist candidate of the people's party of taiwan kovinje 26.5%, but that is, as you understand, the most pro-western candidate of all wins, and for the third election in a row the current president of anb is not from the same pro-western party, which consistently advocates the independence of taiwan from china, this is... the best option, of course, for washington and the worst option for beijing. at the same time, this is the most dangerous option from the point of view of china's invasion of taiwan and its forceful reunification. let me remind you that in his new year's address, silzen ping threatened taiwan with the inevitable reunification, probably trying to influence the election results in this way, but it did not help; taiwan decided to follow the ukrainian path. the path is obviously to the

china warned the people of taiwan not to vote for this man.said he is a troublemaker who will take the island closer to war. well, tonight they have given their answer — by electing him their new president. speaking to the international media following his victory, president—elect lai was quick to offer beijing an olive branch. translation: over the last eight years we have tried - continuously to extend goodwill. unfortunately, china has not responded to these gestures. we hope in the future china will realise peace serves the interests of both sides. for taiwan's main opposition party, the kmt, it was another humiliation. it had run on a platform of getting closer to china. the kmt is the party xi jinping would prefer to see running this island. instead voters gave the party he loathes an historic third presidential win. now everybody is waiting to see how china's leader will respond. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in taipei. rana mitter is the professor of us—asia relations at harvard kennedy school. i asked him to explain why the us, al