fifty cent's army in china they are roaming the taiwan internet world for example some of our candidates have their facebook. with the chinese language use in their facebook account and this is being seen us china trying to influence how was the election and of course china is also trying to get in connect it with some of the local politicians or local organizations some of them trying to get benefit from china things like that has been seeing us china trying to interfere in our election do you think the china's leaders will feel that their strategy of strangling taiwan economically diplomatically is working and that now they're going to double down on their efforts to try to bring about reunification in five to ten years even sooner . that is something that many people here in taiwan have been discussing about in taiwan selection committee seeing. chinese success all their interference then it's going to be very difficult to stop china from trying again and again or double down on the interference in action and this is only a little coy

as of taiwan for the past two years but the other hand the cooldown of the relations between taiwan and china has also some impacts on the economy of taiwan and i do believe that that has some impacts on the results election and have been said would you agree with that is this the time of these people saying we don't want this tough economic situation we need to have some trade with china we need to open up a little bit. seto's so. companies are very pragmatic people we should. keep in mind that there are one million taiwanese leaving china taiwan as a thought for the common interest in the mainland and well certainly. some morea solve off the coast of relations is a luxury that taiwan cannot afford first of all the economically below is a politically diplomatically. i did just explain to us how beijing has squeezed taiwan sense presence i took. nearly three years ago now well it's been on a two track basis on in public china has been very supportive of business between china and taiwan but in other ways it's been a very kind of cooling off period there are smaller businesses who believe that

as of taiwan for the past two years but the other hand the cooldown of the relations between taiwan and china has also some impacts on the economy of taiwan and i do believe that that has some impacts on the results election and have been so would you agree with that is this the taiwanese people saying we don't want this tougher economic situation we need to have some trade with china we need to open up a little bit. certainly so. companies are very pragmatic people and we should. keep in mind that there are one million taiwanese leaving china taiwan a substantial economic interest in the mainland and well certainly. some worry us all for off the coast of relations is a luxury that taiwan cannot afford first of all the economically the last a politically diplomatically. i did just explain to us how beijing has squeezed taiwan sense presence i took. nearly three years ago now well it's been on a two track basis on in public china has been very supportive of business between china and taiwan but in other ways it's been a very kind of cooling off period there are smaller businesses who believe t

china denies it if taiwan selection can be seeing. chinese success of their interference then it's going to be very difficult to stop china from trying again and again or double down on the interference on taiwan's relations with the united states woods says they couldn't be better the trump presidency has been good for taiwan there have been plenty of high level exchanges between officials from taipei and washington and during the past two years the u.s. government has approved arms sales to taiwan of more than one point seven billion dollars. taiwan wants f. thirty five fighter planes but for now the not for sale to taiwan in time once defense much more than just one particular item in taiwan in the united states have been discussing very intensely how taiwan can. beef up its own teeth in taiwan is part of the reason for the heightened tensions between china and the united states the outcome of last weekend's elections could add to the friction adrian brown al-jazeera taipei a top military officer in sri lanka has been arrested in co

china denies it if taiwan selection can be seeing. chinese success of their interference then it's going to be very difficult to stop china from trying again and again or double down on the interference on taiwan's relations with the united states would says they couldn't be better the trump presidency has been good for taiwan there have been plenty of high level exchanges between officials from taipei and washington and during the past two years the u.s. government has approved arms sales to taiwan of more than one point seven billion dollars. taiwan wants f. thirty five fighter planes but for now the not to sail to taiwan in time once defense much more than just one particular item in taiwan in the united states have been discussing very intensely how taiwan can. you know beef up its own. taiwan is part of the reason for the heightened tensions between china and the united states the outcome of last weekend's elections could add to the friction adrian brown al-jazeera taipei and you can watch the full interview with taiwan's foreign

internationally and shares his concerns of a china's posture in asia joseph taiwan's foreign minister talks to al-jazeera. china could be facing a debt i suppose that's according to s. and p. global trumpet ministration just been insisting towards the saudis and all the oil producers that they want to have more production to cool down the prices we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost on al-jazeera i saw this conviction that everyone has a deep reservoir of ton of ability and if you can give them the opportunity wonderful things start to happen sometimes the simplest seditions often missed and packed for a bit. i think. the main thing is that sets out zero apart from other news organizations is that a lot of our reporting is about real people what about ideas or politicians and what they may want to do but how policy and how events affect real people it's ok it's ok it's ok to have a little complicated operations probably if this is not an act of creation i'm going to move the walking. down like my family's status and

important thing for taiwan is that we want to make sure that those diplomatic ilyse remain loyal to taiwan china's diplomatic squeeze of taiwan began after the election of president zion when almost three years ago her party leans towards independence china regards taiwan as part of its territory to be taken back by force if necessary the intimidation has involved military drills in the taiwan straits as well as other high profile military exercises the fraught relationship seems to have been a factor in the recent local elections.

like many countries, taiwan faces a lot of risks from the ongoing us china trade war. o a great opportunity for the island to convince foreign investors to invest in taiwan instead of mainland china and to lure back chinese investors. taiwanese businessmen, some of the earliest and biggest investors in china, are also thinking about switching investments back to taiwan, especially as the cost of production on the mainland has increased in recent years. but even as kinestro opened this new factory in taiwan, the huge chinese market cannot be ignored. it hopes to someday make windows in the mainland for the growing chinese middle—class and to export to the us. but only when the trade war shows signs of easing, and china protects intellectual property rights. cindy su, bbc news. in other business news, in germany, the deutsche bank headquarters in frankfurt have been raided in a money—laundering investigation. the country's public prosecutor alleged to staff members helped clients launder money for criminal activities. earlier this month deutsche confirmed it was involved

as a result china has been showing its displeasure by squeezing taiwan both economically and diplomatically we've seen a huge drop off in chinese tourists during the past two years two million less coming here now than in two thousand and sixteen china has been peeling away the number of countries that have diplomatic relations with taiwan its last five allies in the last two years taiwan is now excluded from a number of international organizations the world health assembly as well as interpol this is a local election but of course it is so much more. in taiwan they don't take their democracy for granted voter turnout in the last election was more than seventy percent this election and the referendums happening along sided are about local issues but there's another unavoidable one china whose leaders regard taiwan as part of their territory. without without a wraparound a man independence we taiwanese decide our own future we are always taiwanese and unlike us they are chinese goods and fine with a referendum to decide whether we go for independence or unification but i personally support m

china denies it if taiwan selection can be seeing. chinese success of their interference then it's going to be very difficult to stop china from trying again and again or double down on the interference on taiwan's relations with the united states woods says they couldn't be better from presidency has been good for taiwan there have been plenty of high level exchanges between officials from taipei and washington and during the past two years the. u.s. government has approved arms sales to taiwan of more than one point seven billion dollars. taiwan wants f. thirty five fighter planes but for now the not for sale to taiwan in time once defense much more than just one particular item in taiwan in the united states have been discussing very intensely how taiwan can. beef up its own defense taiwan is part of the reason for the heightened tensions between china and the united states the outcome of last weekend's elections could add to the friction adrian brown al-jazeera taipei and you could watch the full interview with taiwan's foreign min

chinas i see. we have expressed our concerns to the u.s. side the taiwan issue concerns china sovereignty and territorial integrity and is the most important and sensitive issue in china u.s. relations. for starters how about you express your concerns about these important and sensitive issues to someone who cares a little more because that in trump we worry about. i don't worry about things. let's be great never worrying about anything unfortunately others are there are those in china who believe that america wants taiwan to declare independence and the chinese are preparing for that eventuality militarily. it's your own you know we are resolute to defeat any scheme or act of taiwan independence in any form. thing is the taiwanese don't really see a point to defending themselves taiwan which recently switched from a conscription to a volunteer army is having huge trouble recruiting even reserve troops dodging the juicy after all that's the point the devil when. the government needs to think whether it's necessary to bring conscription back national securi

but taiwan is a minor player in these confrontation if war does break out it likely be the people's republic of china slugging it out with the united states rather than taiwan and that is a war that trump really really ought to be worried about the world is really at a cross rolled the united states has been pushing china round he really. imposing unilateral tariffs on the chinese exports china does not want to have a trade war with the united states and china does not want to have armed conflict with the united states but if the united states really wants to impose these things aren't to china i feel the chinese people will be fully mobilized behind the chinese government the chinese military meanwhile on friday even trumpet ministration announced that washington is reimposing all sanctions against iran that were lifted as part of the twenty fifteen nuclear deal donald trump took to twitter to taunt around the news in a post resembling the tagline from the t.v. series the game of thrones well the sanctions which are slated to come into effect on monday follow america's unilateral withdrawal from ira

well china has welcomed the overall defeat of taiwan's ruling pro independence democratic progressive party in saturday's local elections that led to the resignation of president zine when as chairwoman of the d.p.p. beijing says the results show that people want peaceful relations with china a germ brown cover story joining us from taipei this is a big blow for the ruling party adrian. yes daryn and that certainly reflected in the newspapers here in taiwan on sunday this is the front page of the liberty times to figure stand out fifteen and six fifteen being should number of cities that the opposition now hold six being the number of cities that the ruling party have been a picture of a very glum looking zion when that picture taken during the news conference she gave on saturday night when she confirmed she was resigning as leader of the d.p.p. of course big questions being asked here today as to whether the zion when will now run in the twenty twenty presidential election that will be held in just fourteen months time in january two thousand and twenty there's no obvious successor

ever since, taiwan's relations with mainland china have been fractious. op of journey around taiwan is the former capital, tainan. tainan is taiwan's oldest city. it has been the port of entry for most of taiwan's conquerors. the dutch, the spanish, the chinese and the japanese have all ruled taiwan and left their mark. the dutch were the first to colonise taiwan and soon after they began building this large fortification. this fort was built by the dutch east india company from 162a. because the dutch people wanted to trade with china since the early 1620s, but the chinese government don't allow them to have a settlement in china, so they are forced to come here and find this place. they built the fort, they built the construction for more than ten years. you can see the wall. the way of the bricks were — it is very different to the chinese way. how is it different? we call this a dutch bond. you see this layer, only the head of the brick toward outside, and this layer to this side. by the 1680s, chinese traders and settlers, mainly from nearby fujian pro

china denies it if taiwan selection committee seeing. chinese success of their interference then it's going to be very difficult to stop china from trying again and again or double down on the interference on taiwan's relations with the united states woo says they couldn't be better from presidency has been good for taiwan there have been plenty of high level exchanges between officials from taipei and washington and during the past two years. the u.s. government has approved dam sales to taiwan of more than one point seven billion dollars. taiwan once f. thirty five fighter planes but for now the not for sale to taiwan. in time once defense much more than just one particular item in taiwan in the united states are being discussing very intensely how taiwan can. beef up its own defense. is part of the reason for the heightened tensions between china and the united states the outcome of last weekend's elections could add to the friction adrian brown al-jazeera taipei. you're watching all of these all top stories saudi arabia's crown prince

the award, founded in 1962, brings together filmmakers and celebrities from taiwan, mainland china anden tense. this documentary which portrays the island's sunflower movement to restrict china's influence won the best documentary award. it's taiwanese director dropped a bombshell when she said in her a cce pta nce bombshell when she said in her acceptance speech that her greatest wish was for her country to be recognised and treated as a truly independent entity one—day. former mainland chinese best actor winner then raced more eyebrows by saying he was honoured to present an award in china taiwan, a phrase many taiwanese people object to. he added that the two sides were like a close family. 0scar award winning director ang lee tried to defuse tension by calling for politics to stay out of the awards. but a leading hong kong actress declined to stand on stage with him, reportedly because the tie when his dog to mentri winner's pro—independence comments. many mainland chinese celebrities reportedly did not attend the after ceremony party and left taiwan early. given the controversy th

debra: taiwan's china party has won big in the local elections this weekend.hey defeated the democratic progressive party. ar toes them over a ye win public support, for risk going down as the nation's first one term president. italy hinting at a compromise with the eu. matteo selby signaled a new willingness to alter the government target. while sticking to the spending plan, he told reporters the deficit was not set in stone. brussels said the budget breaks eu spending rules. closefficials temporarily the border crossing between tijuana and san diego, one of the busiest in the world. they reported security forces fired tear gas at migrants after some tried to breach the fence. 8200 migrants are now in a caravan and mexico. president trump threatened to shut down the border in mexico, threateningly full force -- lethal force if necessary. global news, 24 hours a day on air and at tic-toc on twitter, powered by more than 2,700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. kong, debra mao in hong thank you so much. theresa may is urgin

ever since, taiwan's relations with mainland china have been fractious.st of our journey around china have been fractious. the first of ourjourney around taiwan is the former capital, thai nam. —— tainan. it has been the port of entry for most of taiwan's conquerors. the dutch were the first to colonise taiwan and soon after they began building this large fortification. this fort was built by the dutch eastis this fort was built by the dutch east is —— dutch east india company. the dutch people wanted to travel to china since the early 16 20s, but the chinese government don't allow them to have a settlement in china, so them to have a settlement in china, so they are forced to come here and they built this place, they built they built this place, they built the fort, they built the construction for more than ten yea rs. construction for more than ten years. you can construction for more than ten years. you can see construction for more than ten years. you can see the wall. the way the bricks were, it is very different to the chinese way. how is it differe

that taiwan is holding key local elections this weekend the outcome will be closely watched by china because voters will also be deciding on a name change for taiwan china regards regards taiwan as part of its territory to be taken back by force if necessary relations between the two sides of worsened and as adrian brown reports on the economy. it will be another six months before pineapple farmer live new shoe complete in picking his crop normally three quarters of what he grows in these fields would be exported to china but in may the orders suddenly stopped a loss of business that cost him more than three hundred thousand dollars he's not hopeful things will improve. the government should find ways to help farmers to sell their fruit i think the situation to work at worst next year with the government's failure to connect to china another bad year can be expected. on. china's leaders cut off communication with taiwan's government after zion win was elected president in two thousand and sixteen her party supports independence the port city of cow shown is taiwan third largest city

reason she refuses to endorse a framework known as the one china policy that there is but one china and taiwan is a part of it as a result china's leaders have been tightening the noose around this silent republic both diplomatically and economically and quite clearly voters have decided to turn back in some ways to the party which once ruled taiwan the k.m.c. this is just a local election but a local election like any other. in taiwan they don't take their democracy for granted voter turnout in the last election was more than seventy percent this election and the referendums happening alongside it are about local issues but there's another unavoidable one china whose leaders regard taiwan as part of their territory. without without what happened among independents we taiwanese decide our own future we are always taiwanese and unlike us they are chinese. and fine with a referendum to decide whether we go for independence or unification but i personally support maintaining the status quo and the governments of both sides should cooperate. this election serves as a report card on president sayin