taiwan also has an effective health care system. now, they have a very different kind of health care system, becauses you said, they have a single payer system and program there, but i would say that they have a very strong innovation economy in health care, as well, so, there are definitely things that are similarities between taiwan in the u.s., ways in which we can learn from what taiwan has done, but their example is clearly that the rest of the world should be picking up on elements of. >> everybody there wear masks and everybody self-quarantines when they're asked to and those become political battles here in the u.s. so, how is it that the u.s. and taiwan, both democrats but yet so different? >> well, some have argued that the cultural differences are pretty substantial. in taiwan, if the government says wear a mask, by and large, most people go and wear a mask. they don't really ask questions about it. in a lot of western societies, that reaction response might be different, so some who study this would argue that the cultur

doesn't seem to be interested in taiwan's approach the organization blocked taiwan from taking part in its annual meeting several years ago under pressure from beijing that has deprived the island of access to crucial information about the virus. we were successful yes. but without a platform it was very hard like we don't have many serious cases so treatment more bobby teves protocols for serious cases of lifting in taiwan we need to stop this kind of political right to that we need to hold on to the more important issues like health of everyone involved dr lu used to be a delegate to the w.h.o. when taiwan was still allowed to attend the assembly as an observer but that ended on beijing's behest when taiwan's president from the pro independence party took office 4 years ago. china claims the island as its own territory and therefore deems taiwan has no right to w.h.o. membership. politics should be set aside when it comes to health issues it's good for taiwan to share its experience with the world but you know again our taiwan will made a contribution to public health and it's unfair

-- taiwan's trade? >> [speaking chinese] >> as said in the government work report, our principal and policy towards taiwan has been consistent, which is well known to the international community. we will stay committed to the one china principle in the 1992 consensus. we will continue to further oppose taiwan's independence. on that basis, we are ready to have dialogue and -- with any political party, group, or personages in taiwan regarding prostrate relations and the feet -- cross strait relations to promote relations and peaceful reunification of china. in this respect, we will continue to show maximum sincerity and do our very utmost. taiwan questions china's internal affairs, and we have all along opposed internal interference. the chinese nation has the wisdom and the ability to handle appropriately and well its own affairs. [speaking chinese] >> we view our fellow competitors as brothers and sisters. that is thicker than water. to continue to pay attention taiwan's compatriots. there is a large n

exclusion of taiwan china taiwan as it has been blocking its participation. that means one of the places that's been most successful at combating the coronavirus and dummy won't have a seat at the table taiwan has said it wants prestige what it wants to share how it kept its infections and deaths rate so low. no locked down of any kind despite its proximity to china taiwan is one of the few spots on earth where life has continued close to normal throughout the pandemic with only a few 100 coronavirus infections and less than 10 deaths taiwan's handling of the crisis is a unique success story all the more surprising that the w.h.o. doesn't seem to be interested in taiwan's approach the organization blocked taiwan from taking part in its annual meeting several years ago under pressure from beijing that has deprived the island of access to crucial information about the virus. we were successful yes. without a platform it was very hard like we don't have many serious cases so treatment what are the tea protocols for serious cases a living will taiwan we will star

so we got us to china what is taiwan said now well in her inaugural address the leader of taiwan called for peace and stability with china but she also said that her government has no plans to simply fall in line with beijing's political demands to close note she said. here i want to reiterate that where it's peace democracy and dialogue we will not accept the beijing authorities use of one country 2 systems to downgrade taiwan and undermine the cross-tree status quo we stand fast by this principles when she says now in the past beijing has said that taiwan has no right to diplomatic representation so it remains to be seen if that stance will change especially as the u.s. continues to ramp up its relationship with taiwan all right we'll see if there's any more fallout with all this going on our rachel as always thanks so much for that report thank you. one of the mill you bullet points on the trump administration checklist was to get rid of isis and pull troops out of syria while the numbers did go down during the 1st half of trump's administration and troops were starting to leave syri

taiwan and giving a nod to taiwan as being seen as a separate country. and so, taiwan has been very successful in how it has combated the coronavirus, talk us through how it has managed to do that. indeed, taiwan has done an amazing job according to many experts and here you can see people are still going about their business, going to work, going to school. there has never been a lockdown here. and the reason for this is because it acted very, very quickly. it took decisive action, including border controls, travel restrictions, and proactively testing and finding potential cases in the hospitals as well as at the airports with all of the thermometers set up there. and also in doing very efficient contact tracing and very strict isolation and quarantining. so because of this, the number of cases has basically flattened at a little over 400, and only seven deaths. so it has one of the lowest incidence and death rates in the world. it is precisely because of their success that there was renewed hope this year that taiwan could be included in the who as ma

taiwan is ruled by itself and we don't want any other country to invade taiwan. i need to say that the trump administration has the moral courage to continue to speak out for taiwan and provide for a defense mechanism and defense forces and we appreciate that very much. >> martha: yeah. what is your reaction to the call for retaliation against china and how much do you think they did cover up what they knew early about how deadly this virus was? >> for us, the most important thing is to investigate the origin of this coronavirus. as long as we understand how it started, then we will know possible ways to deal with it. right now china still doesn't want to reveal to the world how it started, and i fear from the international community, from australia, also from the united states, that they need to investigate the source of the problem from the wuhan area. we support that. as long as the investigation is possible, i think taiwan is going to be much safer and we support the investigation process. since taiwan is not affected as badly as other countries and therefore

and not just having an impact on her in taiwan as well taiwan itself seems to be getting international recognition from around the world in the way it's been handling the outbreak. that's right there is a marked difference here between taiwan and massive neighbor of mainland china we had in china of course it has the power to take far more draconian steps which were very effective but in some regards quite brutal but also at the start of it there was questions over just how much china was disclosing to the rest of the world by comparison little taiwan with its transparency its very swift action one of the 1st territories outside of mainland china to take action against arrivals from will hand very effectively with all of its technology kept down the numbers of cases just into the hundreds so it has been won plaudits around the world and it's also helped fuel the current debate about whether it should indeed have representation at the world health organization because of course mainland china where there's all of its influence there has said there can only be one china represented and i

or support for taiwan. to any damages or china's core interest in any chinese internal affairs bigger asli counter-attack. beijing is now calling on washington to adhere to past agreements which state that there will be no official exchanges with taiwan so we've got u.s. china what is taiwan said now well in her inaugural address the leader of taiwan called for peace and stability with china but she also said that her government has no plans to simply fall in line with beijing's political demands to know what she said. cheer i want to reiterate the words peace democracy and dialogue we will not accept the beaching authorities use of one country 2 systems to downgrade taiwan and undermine the cross-tree. we stand fast by this principle when. now in the past beijing has said that taiwan has no right to diplomatic representation so it remains to be seen if that stance will change especially as the u.s. continues to ramp up its relationship with taiwan and i will see if there's any more fallout with all this go

doesn't seem to be interested in taiwan's approach the organization blocked taiwan from taking part in its annual meeting several years ago under pressure from beijing that has deprived the island of access to crucial information about the virus. we were successful yes. without that platform it was very hard night we don't have many serious cases so treatment what bobby t. protocols for serious cases of licking will taiwan we need to stop this kind of political rhetoric we need to hold on to the more important issues like health of everyone involved dr lu used to be a delegate to the w.h.o. when taiwan was still allowed to attend the assembly as an observer but that ended on beijing. behest when taiwan's president from the pro independence party took office 4 years ago china claims the island as its own territory and therefore deems taiwan has no right to w.h.o. membership. politics should be set aside when it comes to health issues it's good for taiwan to share its experience with the world but you know in general taiwan will make a contribution to public health so it's unfair to be e

good morning. >> on taiwan, you mentioned the elected taiwan president a few hours ago inaugurated to continue her second term. we saw a message from the assistant secretary, and your statement to congratulate taiwan -- my question for you is, how does the united states envision its relationship with taiwan and taiwan's global participation in the coming years? separately, if i may, president trump mentioned last week that the u.s. may cut off all relationship with china. would you like to weigh in your thoughts? should the united states have a -- have pondered an official relationship with taiwan based on shared values? sec. pompeo: we congratulated the winner of the election. we were happy to see that. my congratulations were in english, not mandarin. it was the best that i could do. but we understand the importance of the work we have done there. it is the right solution to maximize instability there. the president talked about how we are going to respond, how he is beginning to think about responding to the calamity that has befallen the world as a result of the actions of the chi

in certain areas particularly in beijing that tends to isolate taiwan internationally but taiwan reacted by deepening its ties with significant democracies worldwide now in 2020 now beijing is all the more belligerent they certainly do not appreciate a small neighbors that thing up which i you know and basically challenging that hierarchy to beijing in a chinese communist party are insisting on so we can expect more 'd efforts by china are going to coerce and intimidate are on a time when he's people time and time again have demonstrated that they will stand up to foreign aggression china has said that it intends to bring taiwan back into china by 2050 what do you think the tipping point would be at which china felt it necessary to take some sort of military action or force in order to be able to pull taiwan back into china. well 1st of all the people's liberation army would you need to have accumulated sufficient capabilities to launch an operation that would be quite challenging it potentially disastrous for the chinese site but all of this is is mixed up with the international context

tough new stand over israeli plans to annex nearly a 3rd of the occupied west bank and sworn in again taiwan's president is back for a 2nd term after a landslide victory that's upset beijing. welcome to the program nearly 4900000 people infected in a matter of months now an investigation is to be held into how the world has responded to corona virus the world health organizations 194 member states of voted unanimously for an independent and impartial inquiry including an examination of the w h o's roll calls for an investigation were led by australia and the european union . and ways. dubliner jordi remains fully committed to transparency accountability and continuous improvement we want accountability more than any one u.s. president will trump has previously accused the w.h.o. of being too close to china he still threatening to permanently cut funding and break ties with the organization our white house correspondent kimberly helga turns more on the u.s. response to the decision. the u.s. statements them u.s. mission to the united nations saying that they support this review but they want to

china needs tong know, hands off of taiwan. john: talking with congressman ted yoho, a senior member of the foreign relations committee in the house. if you want to join the conversation, phone lines split fors usual, 202-748-8000 democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. .02-748-8002 for independents as folks are coming in, getting plenty of calls already, the response the u.s. should have outside of this, the situation involving hong kong with the coronavirus pandemic and how much responsibility the united states should put on china for the pandemic and what they should be asking china for. rep. yoho: pandemics are going to happen. they have happened in the past and will in the future. the thing we can fault china for was the first case was traced back to november 2019. december it was becoming evident they had a problem. they suppressed the word getting out. they didn't share information on a timely basis and allowed over 5 million people to leave the wuhan area. that contaminated the rest of the world rapidly. they should be

taiwan, which china considers to be a break to systems model that was taiwan, which china considers to be a br conceptualized model that was taiwan, which china considers to be a br conceptualized foriel that was taiwan, which china considers to be a br conceptualized for hong it was first conceptualized for hong kong was done at least in part with an eye towards taiwan when they are offering that model for taiwan and very clearly, china has violated it and it is overfor one very clearly, china has violated it and it is over for one country to systems in hong kong for the time being in taiwan is not going to be attracted to that but the language coming out of beijing suggests that their aggression towards taiwan is going to increase, particularly if the international community doesn't respond to what is been happening in hong kong. what leverage would western countries have of china considering they did not want to jeopardise their trading relationship. i think the world and particularly the uk and across the western world, there really waking up western world, there really waking up t

do about taiwan and this has. led to a certain stability in the region and of course trump is doing away with all this diplomacy mili provoking china over taiwan at this time where chinese communist party government as you dig personally also under immense pressure is extremely dangerous because we've seen a lot of speculation recently therefore shooting ping ringing taiwan back home into as they call it in china that embrace of the motherland will be one thing that it will be very keen to do in his term and giving him a reason to move escalate the situation in the taiwan strait is really i would say the diplomatic equivalent to drinking doesn't affect them to get 119. so this latest disappeared over over thailand this this is the end of what has been a couple of years of china and the u.s. butting heads on trade on huawei free passage through the south china sea and of course on coronavirus should we see these as lots of separate files if i can put it that way or other part of a larger u.s. strategy to achieve wi

your statement to congratulate taiwan. my question is how does the united states envision its relationship with taiwan and taiwan's global participation -- in the coming years. a trump mentioned last week that the u.s. may cut off all relations with china. would you like to weigh in your thoughts. -- ad the united states shared relationship with taiwan ?ased on shared values sec. pompep: we congratulated the winter. -- mygressional irons congratulations were in english, not mattern. -- mandarin. we understand the importance of the work we have done their. --there. the president talked about how we are going to respond, how he is beginning to think about thatnding to the calamity has befallen the world as a result of the actions of the chinese communist party. i do not want to get ahead of him and talk -- in terms of talking about how the ministry shall respond, but you can already see the outline. you can already see how we are beginning to work to make sure we get america first, that we get this foreign policy right, and

but exchanges with taiwan so we got us china what is taiwan said now well in her inaugural address the leader of taiwan called for peace and stability with china but she also said that her government has no plans to simply fall in line with beijing's political demands to close note she said. here i want to reiterate the where it's peace democracy and dialogue we will not accept the beijing authorities use of one country 2 systems to downgrade taiwan and undermine the cross-tree. we stand fast by this principle when. now in the past beijing is said that taiwan has no right to diplomatic representation so it remains to be seen if that stance will change especially as the u.s. continues to ramp up its relationship with taiwan and i will see if there's any more fallout with all this going on our rachel as always thanks so much for that report. other news around the nations $10000.00 people in central michigan were forced to evacuate after a nearby dam breached you can see right there authorities say it's a result of several days of rainfall this is the 2nd time in less than 24 hours that f

doese regime in beijing not appreciate the positive attention taiwan has received. it has provided an unprecedented opportunity for taiwan to showcase their knowledge and ability. reporter: it has fueled the controversy over taiwan's exclusion from the world health organization at the insistence of mainland china. she has promised to leverage taiwan's unexpected increase in stature to get more international recognition. >> we will work hand-in-hand with countries in the region to make concrete contributions to peace, stability, and prosperity. reporter: china has already shown displeasure with increased military activity around taiwan and coinciding with worsening relations between china and the united states, the taiwan straits are likely to witness in the daysattling ahead. lauren: the central bank has forced a lawsuit to force the bank of england to hand over gold. nicolas maduro's government says it needs the money to support coronavirus response. u.k. central bank has held off transferring 31 tons of gold for two years. recognizees not maduro as the legitimate

our top stories: taiwan's president tsai ing—wen makes her inauguration address saying taiwan will not accept china's one country, two systems, policy. brazil's daily death toll passes 1,000. it's now the third worst—hit country for infections in the world. pollution and the pandemic — the world sees a dramatic improvement in air quality. johnson &johnson to stop selling its talcum powder in north america over allegations it contains cancer—causing asbestos. taiwanese president tsai ing—wen has been inaugurated for a second term in office after sweeping to victory in january's vote. ms tsai secured over 75% of the ballot in an election dominated by the island's relationship with china. she opposes closer ties with china that claims sovereignty over the isalnd since the end of the chinese civil war in 1949. 0ur taipei correspondent cindy sui. what is the message coming from the president? president tsai ing—wen has just finished her speech and her main message is pretty much the same as last time in the inauguration speech, four years ago, reaching out to beijing offering dial

israel has only 25 deaths per 1 million, south korea five per 1 million and the taiwan under one per 1 million. it's been the greatest success story of any country in the world to manage the virus. so democracy is very alive and that's not just to take the chinese propaganda on its face but rather look and see why some democracies have been doing better than others. >> i want to explain why it explains that variation. what about china's claims to provide critical aid and supplies for nations around the world? >> they are sending facemasks and ppe but nothing at the level that they promised of that propaganda initiative but in some cases people open the boxes and they find what is the case of the belgian road initiative that what they delivered is a lot less than what they promised. some of the materials were cheated they felt. >>host: going back to talk about the across country variation and the democracies of success in the pandemic. i would imagine there are some then also focus on the differences of governance and how that will affect the ability to combat the virus. >> and we wil

that is taiwan in a nutshell. they export a lot to china but a lot gets reexported back to america, so taiwan and the nation have been struggling with this question for a long time, so this shows taiwan is moving more to the american side which will build up more tension with china. tom: two-year layout of how we affect business, it goes to the great and late clay christiansen and creative destruction. is taiwan setting up its own creative destruction by attaching to the trump administration desires? tim: i would say since taiwan is grabbing onto what the trump administration is doing, that taiwan has been wanting to move in that direction almost two decades, beyond denning away from china and trying not -- getting away from china and trying not to lean on china, they want to build relationships with south east asia, as well as of course america. trump has come along in a convenient time and many things going on with this trade war and other things, it has been the spark. trump has kick started a lot that was alre

number of obstacles including the corona virus outbreak process refusing to bow to pressure from china taiwan's president rejects the unification warning for a 2nd time and buried in the dead of night funerals held in secret in nicaragua as the government is accused of covering up the kofi death to. the end thank you very much for being with us a powerful storm is expected to make landfall in eastern india and bangladesh within an hour psyko known porn is bearing down on the bay of bengal with winds of up to 170 kilometers an hour it's already bringing heavy rain and strong winds in india where hundreds of thousands of people have been moved to shelters there's been reports of injuries in a 2 month old baby has die it's in bangladesh desperate efforts are underway to protect vulnerable coastal regions from the expected storm surge the government is attempting to evacuate millions of people to safety 1200000 rohingya refugees in cox's bazar have been asked to stay indoors until the cycle impasses well let's bring in iran who is on skype from the band show are in india's eastern odisha stage jati

taiwan's president, tsai ing—wen, is inaugurated for a second term after an election dominated by the island's relations with china. pollution and the pandemic: the world sees a dramatic improvement in air quality. the pharmaceutical giant johnson &johnson to stop selling talcum powder in north america over allegations it contains cancer—causing asbestos. brazil has, for the first time, registered a daily death toll of over 1,000 in one day. the overall death toll is now 17,971 and the total number of infections isjust over 271,000. it is notjust by far the worst—hit country in south america, it's also the third highest death toll in the world. this shows the trajectory of the daily total of recorded deaths going up and up. the bbc‘s katy watson in sao paulo has more. well, brazil passed two grim milestones, actually, not only was it the highest number of deaths in the past 2a hours, but it also posted the highest number of confirmed infections — more than 17,000 confirmed cases in the last 2a hours. now, tuesdays often peak because of the last few days over the weekend in ter

doesn't seem to be interested in taiwan's approach. the organization blocked taiwan from taking part in its annual meeting several years ago under pressure from beijing. that has deprived the island to access about crucial information about the virus. >> we were successful, yes. but without that platform, it was very hard. like we e don't haveve few case treatment, protocols for serious caseses are in taiaiwan. we neeeed to stop this politica rhetoric.. we need too hold onto the more important issues like health of everyone involved. reporterer: dr. l inch u used t be a delegate of the w.h.o., but that ended obey jing's be left when taiwan's president of the pro-independence party took office four years ago. and says they have no right to w.h.o. membership. >> politics should be set aside when it comes to healtlth issue good for taiaiwan to share its experience. reporter: taiwan made a contribution to public health and unfair to be excluluded. taiwan has maintained its infection rate with zero domestic infections for over a month. even

heather: taiwan has more international backers now. many traditional american allies have started increasingly to support taiwan's independence. china sees this as a real threat. beijing just said yesterday, they will never leave room took -- for taiwan's independence. i wonder where we see this relationship between taiwan and china headed. ambassador craft: what is more important is, our relationship with taiwan. xi was promote, shoe -- just reelected, a bonus for the world has we have an administration with her presidency that will really stress democracy and the dialogue that we have seen that has helped us mitigate this virus. we will be very supportive regardless of where china is. china knows where we stand. this is the first time we have come out and promoted taiwan, and within the united nations, , something i am going to make certain that everyone knows where the u.s. stance with taiwan. heather: we will continue to keep an eye on that. i want to talk more about china's role at the united nations. withme of my conversations am

she says it is an opportunity for taiwan. began this she inaugural address, mike pompeo had a message read out loud and it was inhaling her courage in leading taiwan. -- some of that scene as a sideswipe to china that doesn't recognize taiwan as an independent country. haslinda: pretty interesting in terms of timing. it comes two days before xi jinping is due to give his annual report to the mpc in beijing. last year, china was a rate that would resolutely oppose any activity seeking taiwan's independence. 61% approval rating on the back of her successfully containing the coronavirus half-baked and she's been -- outbreak and benefiting from u.s. support and taiwan's other allies. quite significant, a popular figure. the stakes are high for tsai this time. the next four years could be more challenging than the last four. taiwan at the center of an increasingly tense relationship between the u.s. and china. tencent have reason -- tensions have risen recently at the who. rejected by china and so far, we herself hasai avoided any