in taiwan are on matters of taiwan sovereignty and taiwan's relationship with china. will they do that and we'll hear from our guests in that regard. i'm very skeptical that they will because i think in beijing, there's an attitude that they can sort of predict the future, that they understand the ways of history and that somehow history and economics will vindicate them in the long run. i think it's actually sort of an intellectually arrogant way to look at the future. what they need to do is look more closely at the demographics and at the trend in taiwan and despite all odds that they will not do that, i really hope they will. third thing, i think that this election holds, it holds lessons for u.s.-taiwan relations going forward. i think it offers some new opportunities. the reelection and her position although slightly diminished also gives an opportunity for the u.s. and taiwan to move forward on some things and in particular move forward on a free trade agreement which i would say would be the number one priority in the relationship going forward here right out

i hope that both taiwan and china well china stop its military threats toward taiwan . the time and he's paid attention to hong kong and our situation here and they are likely to be afraid that if they receive strong infiltration from the communist party they will end up being no different from the people of hong kong today. one is always part of china's territory many hope that the people across the straits can co-exist peacefully your heart this is one china principle it's also what chinese people have been longing for. well taiwan status is basically disputed it's officially known as the republic of china and has been self rule to since $950.00 but china considers it part of its territory that must be reunited with the mainland by force if necessary only 15 countries around the world officially recognize taiwan's government and the united states is not one of them but washington is the island's most important ally and trading partner taiwan has its own military its own currency and a possible that's accepted in most countries but crucially it doesn't have a seat at t

the fact that beijing was able to conquer taiwan that the communist party was unable to conquer taiwan in 949 has been a major tarnish on beijing's narrative that it has united pacify and liberated china and it remains a tarnish on this easy piece narrative until today in recent years beijing has even intensified its compay to bring taiwan under the rule of paging and she's implying has made it a clue has made it a major issue off his signature policies so a win by the pro independence camp in these elections would of course damage the taiwan policy off the c.c.p. as one of the core policies of this nationalist narrative that beijing is pushing toward it would show that beijing does not have the soft power to convince people that it is a good governance organization c.b. when it comes to taiwan sovereignty this is been an issue in presidential elections since 1960 what is so special now. well when we look at exactly one year ago a chinese president xi jinping gave a speech on china on china's taiwan policy where he took a tough stance on unification with taiwan under one country 2 syst

unified taiwan. these. are going to. be the this time i want to was facing and this is also not the. kind of the taiwan come on. come. on obviously we're. ok last question to you. how committed is china to political union with taiwan. once de facto independence the fact that aging has never been able to bring taiwan under the control of the communist party has been tainting the nationalist narrative of the communist party that claims to have liberated and united the chinese nation so this is a major ideological point and all leaders since the dome have mate control over taiwan one of their key goes c jinping has also shown that he is committed to that issue and has shown the ambition to be the one leader that would bring taiwan under under beijing's cointreau he wants to go into history as the man who would then according to communist historiography have accomplished the mission of the communist party so it is one of the most burning ideological issues for beiji ok monti is burning in beijing and c.b. kong in taipei than

is a major subject in taiwan politics given its size and the fact that china claims taiwan as a part of its tenantry any common to do with taiwan's or nations with china a close the watched here is more of what lynching inc said in that interview with dart savella. paul 1st by definition is unification with china treason according to taiwan's constitution or at least we agree that the chinese communist party has always been a threatening party a threatening regime to us china has missiles aimed at us and keeps threatening to invade taiwan by force. from the perspective of a state this kind of advocacy is treason which is impermissible how far can we allow the boundaries for free speech to go. what you said may sound unacceptable for pro unification supporters. china is a threat to our sovereignty but what they mean is that we should have band in taiwan sovereignty in order to unite with china is that treason in many cases that's why we amended the national security law last year it's unacceptable for taiwan's retired generals to attend lectures in china and political activities or mi

taiwan. has gave a speech on tell and policy last year way he took a tough stance on unification of taiwan under one country to a systems so this is a follow way of china to take home come back and the country from britain in i deny 7 and for many taiwanese the whole post has has been an explicit example off the one country 2 systems and 3rd at the pen and then this trust to us patience commitment so i mean how when if they are afraid that if. taiwan. which as they are poised the incumbent president leaving a poem to tennis party in taiwan and she hoped ratings actually bounce back significantly you see as how come close has broke out in june and perhaps this explains the public sentiment in taiwan. but here is how committed is china to political union with taiwan. the fact that china was not able to conquer taiwan in the 930 s. and 1940 s. has been somehow tainting the narrative that the communist party was the only party able to unify the country and that it has as they put it liberated chi

are sent to, we taiwan. the new one was sent to taiwan. 2023, our first submarine, -- we try to organize our military organization. we do not want to cause any trouble, but we have confidence to protect our home, our country. to protect taiwan. the only one to take responsibility. our friends help. thank you. we understand. responsibilities on our shoulders. join thewill taiwan big military exercises this year? perhaps you could do it and it could be in the south china sea. the islands.s in that would be very provocative to china. very you mentioned a important question. in asia, the end of pacific, only two countries get invited to join the pack. north korea and taiwan. how can taiwan be -- according to the united states , we do hope this year, 2020, we join it. it is not a military exercise. especially to china. we have cooperation. do not do stupid things. you cannot afford it. risk of is the confrontation higher now or lower? wang: lower. stephen: wang ting-yu, lawmaker and chairman of the influential fo

no wincing and the current political mood in taiwan is really unpleasant. but. tensions are growing red paint attacks on activists critical of china hooliganism and vandalism and solidarity demonstrations for hong kong. foreign journalists have been verbally abused by pro china advocates like mrs john here member of the china patriots association. done much good if you will. the group's headquarters are here in taiwan's capital taipei a chinese flag flies over the building inside a portrait of taiwan's former president chiang kai shek hangs alongside current chinese president xi jinping china born mrs john is busy painting patriotic slogans this one reads for unification with china against taiwan's independence. that's a quote you home to as a chinese in taiwan who is sons and daughters of the chinese nation we're taking on the responsibility of pushing for the unification of a country that says it just sounds. then they plaster their campaign bus in slogans they want to give taiwan's liberal pro independence president a piece of their mind. taiwan's often have

rivals china and taiwan flying side by side. one cooperative project is the specifier which stalls water pumps from china that helps feel some of those needs in 2018 cumin told the china to itself assist in what a shot is just. well manages to waterworks here for him interaction it's more than just the policy shapes his everyday life. there's a chinese idiom that says a close neighbor is more helpful than distant family your pipeline is groundbreaking eases cross straight hostility and sets a precedent to connect our electricity grids or even build a bridge in the future we want friends instead of enemies many of. which most likely not the majority of taiwanese. parliamentary candidates from the pro independence party is skeptical his opposition to china has bison beijing's influence has been the central issue ahead of this we can't get action the whole says it was only when hong kong descended into political turmoil that he made up his mind. our leaflets featured the hong kong protests because they trigger a strong sense of nat

. >> the first was this election, get elected in taiwan of leader that wasn't -- the want to move taiwan's policy in a different direction on issues that are important to the united states. and there i think we could've had -- this was an uncertainty for me. we don't have that uncertainty anymore come so going forward on pretty confident that this is the way the direction is going to go. we thought throughgh other uncertainties. one iso president trump. he is unpredictable. he might make a deal with china and d he might -- that deal migt involve constraining seriously the relationship with taiwan. that is something that china would want. so this is something we have to think about. going to have an election in this country it their end of this year. and there our people and democratic parties, who work with hillary clinton and others, who don't want to have that strict interpretation of their one china policy. jake sullivan, was quoted during their too thousand and 16 campaign, senior officer in their clinton campaign, said there will be no change in our taiwan policy. people like jake, ou

paula see on the controlled over taiwan is to from the could be one of the core issues for preaching of course we need to think about hong kong here phoebe in what way have the antigovernment protests in hong kong impacted their result in taiwan or oh aussie it in a packed said obviously hi wandered albums various than that it has the union not hauled home held on house mean to you much of that most rochelle and aliment clear out a can hang randy time when he is here on the not and they think this all the whole yes that baby you know mons you know if you can't it's you know and there are list at that some more off a d. l. blunt country is it or someone time but honey it's has those using pings all start almost one of the my 19 taiwan by in the fayad auto but i'm home office they of they think i'm things they are times the time but em to read checked joe you know vacationed of china and it's also 6 under the may rely on him from their manhole bev use we and we my want is what you've had a way of live and snow not i did not know until is have an all this action and there's there's also

taiwan is also changing. the first place in asia to legalise gay marriage, it is, she says, growing ever more distinct from china. we are an independent country already, and we call ourselves republic of china, taiwan. and we do have government, we have the military and we have elections. few statements are likely to infuriate china more. with pressure bound to increase, taiwan's military is being beefed up. you cannot exclude the possibility of a war at any time. do you believe you would be able to stand up to a military action? i do think we have a pretty decent capability here. invading taiwan is something that is going to be very costly for china. she says she plans to further strengthen taiwan's democracy. the very thing that divides it from its authoritarian neighbour may in the end prove its most powerful defence. john sudworth, bbc news, taiwan. more from that interview on our website, now to some we'll be catching up with our correspondent to give some more analysis from that exclusive interview with

and taiwan reelected president and delivers a blow to basic sign want balance to preserve taiwan's autonomy in the face of growing tactics by china to bring the island dictates control to. the as. i have and i am free glad you could join me the commander of iran's revolutionary guard has accepted full responsibility for the downing of a ukrainian passenger jet on wednesday now iran says that the firing of a missile at the plane was a mistake blaming human error now if the plane flew in a sensitive military site 176 people on board were killed in the crash techron have previously denied claims made by the united states and canada that 8 was responsible. down with the lies who many must step down the words of angry students gathered in front of the polytechnic university in tehran when they heard the news that it was the iranian military who shot down the ukrainian airliner tempers boiled after days of denial. she is here tells them it is a peaceful protest we want to show that we disagree with what has happened in the past few days. because of the things that supported and all the others tho

we have a big story in taiwan. david: if you are a believer of history, it is time to buy the stock. it tends to show the stock market goes up after the election. steve: heated political campaign is coming to a conclusion today. the final rally of the incumbent second term ina office, in the building behind me is the presidential office. today, it is the final rally as we have the polls opening tomorrow. there are two definite narratives being played out. to repeat the status quo for taiwan and that is sent autonomy, semi independence from china. or more integration with the mainland economy. we will preview it coming up this hour and all morning. yvonne: we will see you soon. he does speak with the legislator at large. david: let's get a quick check of your markets right now, 30 minutes into the session. about an hour into the taiwanese session. we should still be above 12,000. 2.5% of the25 is is 28-year high. don't get too excited. seere continuing to pressure coming into this friday. jobs numbers are coming out

you look at a company like taiwan's semiconductor. they have record revenues in the fourth quarter which is something you wouldn't expect in the kind of trade war. and this could be the beginning of a wider separation in terms of high—end technology. beginning of a wider separation in terms of high-end technology. the thing for taiwan is it really has two choices. one is to basically compete with china or to move upward. so of course the option is moving upmarket and they need to focus on telling the world how taiwan stands in the world and that is pivoting to new markets. biotech, high—end manufacturing, ai, robotics. i think taiwan has a natural resources, the talent and the wherewithal to do it. it really requires political focus and the wherewithal to do it. it really requires politicalfocus and now that the president doesn't have to run for re—election. .. that the president doesn't have to run for re-election. .. these factions that —— factors that you mentioned, plus low employment, higher wages, could basically lead

gina: taiwan comes first to mind. taiwan is heavy semiconductors. semiconductors have been linked to a couple different dynamics. the first is a tech cycle that has been very suppressed and in a downtrend for the last 18 months. that is anticipated to recover over the next year. one ofs been priced into the best-performing emerging markets of 2019. the other thing i would say you want to watch is agriculture. a lot of trade is to agriculture specifically and that is why economies like australia and , all of the act centric economies -- all of the ag-centric economies of the world are going to be affected by trained -- by trade. much,ne: thank you very geomet -- gina martin adams of bloomberg intelligence. coming up later today, the european close, a conversation -- who will join us from the jp morgan health conference in san francisco. you can catch that interview. this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: good morning everyone. bloomberg surveillance. an eventful morning to say the least. the councils from on foreign relations. do ise thought we would almost an

and taiwan relax its president and delivers a blow to beijing to sign want to preserve taiwan soltani in the face of growing at that spot china to bring it on and under its control. the boy. i'm at home free glad you could join me the commander of iran's revolutionary guard has accepted full responsibility. the downing of a ukrainian a passenger jet on a wednesday now iran says that the firing of a missile at the plane was a mistake blaming human error off the plane flew near a sensitive military site 176 people were killed in that crash techron had previously denied claims bait by the u.s. and canada that it was responsible. an explosion in the sky this mobile phone footage was one factor that led western countries to suspect in the reunion missile attack on the ukrainian passenger plane finally after days of vehement denial iran's military admitted his guilt with armed forces on the highest level of alert the ukrainian international airlines flight had appeared to fly like a hostile target near a sensitive military site. you know. when i became certain that this incident had happene

as a very good territory taiwan lies off the coast of china and steamed by beijing but taiwan says it's an independent country and the government has warned china and china of efforts to sri saturday's vote in favor of the pro beijing opposition. it's graduation for these young students at taipei university but while their thoughts may be on their careers their hearts are with fellow students in hong kong . a quick glance around the cafeteria makes it clear where their sympathies lie and who their common enemy is china. the detail like in the past china's interference was not so noticeable but now it is if we allow this to continue it would be like the frog in the slowly boiling water it doesn't notice the heat until it dies. the wincing ends in the current political mood in taiwan is really unpleasant. but. tensions are growing red paint attacks on activists critical of china hooliganism and vandalism and solidarity demonstrations for hong kong. foreign journalists have been verbally abused by pro china advocates like mrs john here member of the china patriots association. but yet if y

reelected president and delivers a blow to beijing site you want 1000 to preserve taiwan's autonomy in the face of growing efforts by china to bring the self-willed island under its control. i'm married to evanston welcome to the program. angry protests have erupted in iran after the government at mid its forces accidentally shot down a ukrainian passenger plane killing $176.00 people in tehran thousands of demonstrators many of them students denounce the government for initially denying it was behind the disaster protesters say changes are needed to address people's grief and frustration i down with the lawyers whom i'm a must step down the words of angry students gathered in front of the polytechnic university in tehran when they heard the news that it was the iranian military who shot down the ukrainian air. tempers boiled after days of denial. that it is a peaceful protest we want to show that we disagree with what has happened in the past few days. because if the things that support the. people are tired of this we can't handle this anymore. in the morning the head of the force

taiwan is also changing. the first place in asia to legalise gay marriage, it is, she says, growing ever more distinct from china. we are an independent country already, and we call ourselves republic of china, taiwan. and we do have government, we have the military and we have elections. few statements are likely to infuriate china more. with pressure bound to increase, taiwan's military is being beefed up. you cannot exclude the possibility of a war at any time. do you believe you would be able to stand up to a military action? i do think we have a pretty decent capability here. invading taiwan is something that is going to be very costly for china. she says she plans to further strengthen taiwan's democracy. the very thing that divides it from its authoritarian neighbour may in the end prove its most powerful defence. john sudworth, bbc news, taiwan. taiwan's newly re—elected president, tsai ing—wen taking to the bbc‘s john sudworth. cindy sui, our taiwan correspondent, joins me now from taipei. tsai

and taiwan relex is president and delivers a blow to beijing. wanted to preserve taiwan's autonomy in the face of growing up for its part china and bring the island under its control. on nick spicer thanks for joining us american president donald trump says he's closely following protests which took place in iran after the government announced that its forces had accidentally shot down a ukrainian passenger jet trump demanded access for human rights groups to monitor the demonstrations iran's semi official a semi official news agency fars has also acknowledged that protesters have been chanting anti-government slogans. down with the lies and they must step down the blue. of angry students gathered in front of the polytechnic university in tehran when they heard the news that it was the iranian military who shot down the ukrainian airliner tempers boiled after days of denial. she is here tells them it is a peaceful protest we want to show that we disagree with what has happened in the past few days. because if the things that support the and all

. —— from the people of taiwan. the impeachment charges against president trump will be sent to the senate on wednesday. a trial could start within days. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: the royal couple are welcome in canada, but the details of prince harry and meghan‘s new lives are proving tricky. and why this 91—year—old teacher in india began her career at an age when most people have long retired. good morning. it's 1am in london, 9am in singapore and taipei where taiwan's newly re—elected president, tsai ing—wen, says china needs to face reality and respect the will of taiwanese people. speaking exclusively to the bbc, president tsai said the threat from china, which considers the self—governing island as part of its territory, was intensifying. she was speaking to our china correspondent, john sudworth. hello, president tsai. how do you expect them to react? this is a very strong message from the people of taiwan. that is they don't like the idea of being threatened all the time

john sudworth, bbc news, taiwan. for more on this, i'm joined from taipei by charles chen, who has just been elected as a member of parliament for the kmt party, which favours closer integration with china. first of all, congratulations on your own election, but your party's presidential candidate lost categorically. have you worked out why? well, i think the china factor is significant in this election, and i think the message that most voters, particularly those younger generations, deliver is that they are not happy with what beijing government has done, particularly in hong kong. so the hong kong issue dominates most of the news information in taiwan, and so i think it created strong sentiment, particularly among younger generations in taiwan, that they wa nted generations in taiwan, that they wanted to say no to beijing. and so i think people in taiwan, most of them, they want to keep a safe distance from beijing, from china. that's the message received clearly from this election. though the kmt does not really

positive for taiwan. globalization engagement has taken a different tone. taiwan, thear that politics and economy -- this shows it is on the right trip. prepare --ism perspective, they have tried hard to diversify its source of tourism, so even though the chinese tourist has dropped dramatically, it has been made up by koreans and south asians, which the government is trying to develop in these markets. the new factor will be the increased as travel. that has been on a declining trend for the last 30 years. due to this realignment in andnal capital multinational corporation, realigning themselves for the u.s. supply chain, we are seeing already a big increase. you are calling it the golden age for taiwan, but if the ,hinese tourists are cut off how do you see retail spending ?eing affected in your business ?re you able to keep it high dynamic of the taiwan hotel or industry is more oversupply. there is increasing demand, but so many pitiful hotels have been built because these were the decisions made at t

. 23 million people in taiwan now all feel heavy and suffocated. we are confused about our future. young people are left behind by the international community, and the world has gradually forgotten about us. >> reporter: the 62-year-old blames the ruling party for deteriorating relations with beijing, and describes himself as the president for the common people. >> he is trying to bring all the poor people to upgrade their livi standard. >> ( translated ): china has become a super-power now. if we can help each other, we will both rise up. >> reporter: han represents the opposition kuomintang party, hich favors closer ties w beijing, arguing that it would bring more economic benefit and security for taiwan-- a view supported by much of the older generation. >> on average, there seems to be a pretty big generation gap. why do you think that is? >> reporter: shelley rigger is a visiting scholar at the national taiwan university. she has been holding focus groups as part of her research on the political attitudes of taiwanese yout >> ieel that a lot o

reelect its president and delivers a blow to beijing saeed longboat vows to preserve taiwan's autonomy in the face of growing efforts by china to bring the self rule to island under its control. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us. thousands of angry protesters have taken to the streets in tehran after the announcement that iran was to blame for the downing of the ukrainian passenger plane all 176 people died the majority of them iranians the government had previously denied any involvement protesters say changes are needed to address people's grief and frustration. down with the liars who many must step down the words of angry students gathered in front of the polytechnic university in tehran when they heard the news that it was the iranian military who shot down the ukrainian airliner tempus boiled after days of denial. she is here tells them it is a peaceful protest we want to show that we disagree with what has happened in the past few days. because of the things that support and all the others thought people are tired of this we can't handle this anymore. in the

the polls have opened in taiwan's presidential and parliamentary elections. incumbent president tsai ing—wen is going up against han kuo—yu who favours closer ties with beijing. the pro—democracy protests taking place in hong kong have cast a long shadow over the taiwan election campaign. the death has been announced of sultan qaboos bin said al said of oman — the longest serving ruler in the gulf. the sultan, who was 79, had ruled since 1970 — when he deposed his father in a bloodless coup. three days of national mourning have been declared. now on bbc news, the travel show. the government

taiwan's authorities strongly suspect that the c.p.a. gets resources from china through back channels. but taiwan has a powerful opponent china groups and media organizations often financed by wealthy businessmen and women are the most obvious means of chinese influence. but more subtle mischievous methods are employed using social media. the politically independent taiwan fact check center in taipei has been monitoring the sharp increase in fake news. these include repeated claims often using manipulated content but taiwan has been behind the protests in hong kong. now then soon as this is how one since local elections at the end of 20 eighteenth's least become aware in taiwan that we have become victims of an information wolf that china has been waging against us in order to manipulate time when the society and elections. since. those local elections saw the meteoric rise of a man that previously no one had heard of how will you from the opposition protests and i mean dung party now a presidential candidate a populist propelled by a we

they imply taiwan is part of china. we avoid those places. >> i don't normally boycott but shoill choose bubble tea that support hong kong protests. >> china's growing might and america's expanding influence left those on the island voting not just for their futur c but alsoting ballots for the interests of the world's to c mt powerfntries. for the pbs newshour, i'm in taipei. ♪ judy: as we reported earlier, the trump administration wants to roll back part of a bedro environmenta law to make it easier to build certain , liastructure projects roads, mines and pipelines. as william reports, industry has long pusd her these changes to reduceth wha argue are endless delays. environmental groups call the proposal a betrayal of the law'' orinal intent. environmental reviews can seem arcane to many but they can also be quite consequential. perhaps the most famous case in recent yrs was the keystone xl pipeline figdr. that battlged out for years and the environmental reviews were a crucial part of the debate. the trump admini

in the re—elected president in taiwan simplyjump on a flight president in taiwan simplyjump on a flight to beijing and goa knock on the and speak to xijinping, or is it more complicated than that? there are no communications between taipei and beijing. that was something that was possible under the previous president and beijing has not allowed to happen since taiwan has beenin allowed to happen since taiwan has been in office. it is unlikely that will change with the real action. been in office. it is unlikely that will change with the real actionm there any desire on either side for more direct talks? will be the envoys, back channels?” more direct talks? will be the envoys, back channels? ithink more direct talks? will be the envoys, back channels? i think that there are some back channel communications in ways that both sides gather information and have sort of informal communication with the other side, but those contacts really have been severely limited. i think president tsai has been clear about what her conditions are for contact with mainland china. she discussed those cond

taiwan has been a beneficiary of the trade war. you have a number of large taiwanese companies that were manufacturing in china that have relocated back to taiwan, in part to avoid the trade war. have also seen increasing exports to the united states out of taiwan. taiwan has managed this quite well and although the party is not traditionally seen as the best economic managers in taiwan, they have an increasing wage growth, they have an increasing wage growth, they have had really low levels of unemployment so while there is still some concern here on the ground, i do think a lot of people are worried about stagnating wages and high property prices, like many places in the world. the dpp has done a good job in the last few years of managing a complicated economy. briefly, the mantra taiwan safe, people which. how will this goal be implemented? i do think that han thinks he can pick up the phone to beijing where is the opposite is being offered by, —— sai. she really wa nts to being offered by, —— sai. she really wants to re

the polls have opened in taiwan's presidential and parliamentary elections. incumbent president tsai ing—wen is going up against han kuo—yu, who favours closer ties with beijing. the pro—democracy protests taking place in hong kong have cast a long shadow over the taiwan election campaign. oman state television is reporting that the sultan of oman, qaboos bin said al said, has died. he was 79 and had been ill for some time. he came to the throne in 1970 following a bloodless coup against his father, three days of national mourning have been declared in oman.

john sudworth, bbc news, taiwan. jessica drun is a taiwan researcher with project 2049, a think—tank working on asian security issues. she says beijing failed to influence this election in the way that it desired. if you said it was whether the outcome is what they wanted, yes, they failed. their traditionally preferred partner lost, one that would pursue relations under the one china framework. but if you were to describe failure in the sense of where they successful in the long—term goal of convincing the taiwan public the unification is the best available option and the taiwan's democratic system is a failure? i would say in the short term, no. in the higher turnout and the dpp landslide victory. i am not so certain in the long—term, we will likely see prolonged and effects of disinformation and an increasingly polarised society. over the next four years, what are relations likely to be like between beijing and taipei? i think relations will continue to be increasingly tense. china will continue to double do