taiwan. i'm pleased to support this legislation. i believe that the united states should be helping taiwan's meaningful participation in all international organizations and entities that it has expressed an interest in participating. taiwan's exclusion from organizations like interpol is dangerous. it's a dangerous practice. it hurts the international community just as much as it hurts the people of taiwan. we must not allow u.n. politics or china's efforts to isolate taiwan to exclude it from international organizations. it is therefore crucial that the united states provide the kind of military assistance, economic assistance and political assistance that will allow taiwan to resist any type of chinese coercion. the taiwan relations act, together with the six the ances, while those are cornerstone of u.s.-taiwan relations and we must always keep it as our guiding beacon. and i know this is a sentiment that is greatly shared by the members of our foreign affairs committee ever so much by the

china, one taiwan or two china. but this is against the mega trends, i think the mega trend which is irreversible there is only one china and both taiwan and mainland china are part of china and this is irresistible i think taiwan is a democracy and it is natural and logical that there may be people who have different views, but i don't think they will carry the day. i don't think they wilkens toot the majority of the people in taiwan. one china is deeply rooted and this will be irreversible and no country in the world recognizes one china, one taiwan or two china. even the united states has firmly pledged to the one china concept and is urging both mainland and china and taiwan to resolve whatever differences between them. >> okay. >> that's the mega trend we need to focus. >> thank you very much indeed for that in beijing there. >>> now turkey it says may hold a referendum on changing the constitution to create an executive presidential system a spokesman for president erdogan says discussions will accelerate in t

or sought to invade taiwan. all of asia would be opposed and i think the united states would move militarily. eleanor: that's the nightmare scenario but i don't believe we'll get to that. clarence: we're a long way to the crisis phase. it's similar to the monroe doctrine in a way. we recognize that this is within china's sphere of influence. we get concerned if they go too far and appear to be threatening military action. john: who's monroe? clarence: james monroe. president of the united states. john: where is he in the sequence of presidents after washington? ill -- eleanor: he knows. pat: washington, adams, jefferson, madison, monroe, adams, jackson. john: issue two -- peace from vienna? >> what makes it real this time, unlike every previous meeting, every stakeholder was represented there in terms of all the countries who are supporting one side or another in this conflict. john: peace talks to resolve the 4 1/2-year syrian civil war are underway in vienna, austria. the urgency is clear -- most estimates sug

and china, that taiwan will suffer. not through anything beijing does, but through their own hands, and at that point with political mascinations there will be further elections. other people say he is playing a shorter game and this involves opening the door, at least symbolically, with the head of the dpp i think it was important, if you believe this, that he started out with somebody from the kmg who has been more friendly in the past. a lot of people saying that the kmt is proceed union any indication. they're not. they're open to it but not in the near future. it's an eventuality. you have to short coarct through a lot of buzz and noise that you get in the international press sometimes and start looking at it from the vanitiage point of what these countries have to gain and lose if they do not go forward >>> very interesting to get your point of view. thanks very much. the president of taiwan still speaking there to the press in singapore. we also heard from chinese president xi. there was a one hour meeting histor

china has a major rel in the tum bring, taiwan, even though both sides agree it's one china, to taiwan, it's running its own shows in terms of democracy itself, unlike china, and it's u.n. official if taiwan were to get closer to china, the united states, i would guess, woof get a little nervous. >>> a 19-year-old has been pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building in pakistan. he was pulled out hours after rescue workers said hope was fading. dozens are missing. the rescued man crowd. we didn't have to pull him out. he had a pain in his foot. we didn't see wounds. we are hopeful he will recover. >> the operator of a nan in braz brazil -- mine in brazil may be charged. >> it's hard to believe there used to be 200 homes in this area. now there's only 10, after a mix of water, mud and mining residue flooded the area. this is a small village south-eastern brazil. those who used to live here can hardly believe what happened. >> i heard a strange noise. when i went to see what it was, it looked like a volcano. i don't know how much i managed to escape. i saw a lot of people running. >>

. >> translator: china and taiwan is one whole family. it's a normal thing that brothers meet. >> reporter: it appears china wants to give moral support to taiwan's ruling nationalist party, ahead of january's presidential electio the party places importance on ties with china. polls show the largest opposition, democratic progressive party as the frontrunner. so far, xi's administration doesn't have effective channel of dialog with the party. and the party has not acknowledged the one-china principle. observers believe this summit is paving the way for china to widen lines of communication with taiwan, even after nationalists are defeated in the election. >> "newsline" will keep you updated on this story. >>> the biggest news in tokyo markets today is the share debut of japan post, and its related final business. gino has more on that and a wrap of other business headlines. >> thanks, james. japan post holdings and its two financial units have made their debut on the tokyo stock exchange. investors bought up shares. it was the initial bi

because china does not recognize taiwan's independence. whatever side you sit on, sahil ramaan speaks to us from singapore. >> reporter: you touched on some important points, jane. 12 months after both sides said they wouldn't see each other on the sidelines of a reefnlg regil conference in beijing. china has become more assertive in the last months. taiwan itself, the dispute of the south china sea has been really the top story here in the region for quite some time and therefore the dialogue that taiwan needs with beijing is very important. and when you have the chinese president inviting you for talks you're not exactly going to say no if you are the incumbent president of taiwan. what also is significant is the location here in singapore. the scheduled meeting of both the singapore prime minister and the chinese president was scheduled after 25 years of diplomatic and economic relations was already called. the announcement that taiwanese president ma would be attending and therefore a huge gathering of media, 500 from across asia pacif

taiwan is there, and china has a claim on taiwan. that will raise eyebrows and anger some by what was said here. there were demonstrations in taiwan, and an outburst in the press conference. that was not approached in the meeting, that statement, and has not gone down very well. >> and in the china camp? >> well in the china camp it is interesting. because if we just show you that the press comp that are still here, when the meeting was announced less than 36 hours ago. what singapore experienced was a deluge of journalists. there were 500 journalists and camera men here, many from the asia pacific region, and a large contingent from china. the features in a roundtable session that you saw, or will see in the broadcast, was broadcast live to china, and so was the president's speech, talking about cooperation with taiwan. as soon as he finished his speech, chinese broadcasters stopped broadcasting from singapore. they did not broadcast what the taiwanese leader had to say. it's an interesting situation, that it's all right to hear wha

after 60 years o60 years of mistrust,s of china and taiwan. >> hello i'm jane dutton. russia suspends all flights to egypt, after black box clues a violent explosion caused the plane crash. >>> an environmentalist celebrate as president obama says no to the keystone xp pipeline from canada. two men and a historic handshake. the greeting between chinese president xi jinping and tie taiwan's leader ma ying jo, a sign of how difficulty this relationshidifficult thisrelatih other mr.. sahil raman has the latest. >> it's taken over seven decades for the leaders of these two political groups to finally sit together under one roof. the handshake between president xi and presidential ma, a chapter in a very long walk that has seen fraught relationship between the mainland and this island nation. what that means to those in china and in taiwan will be interpreted in the coming days and weeks but certainly for the moment it couldn't have come at a better time for president ma of taiwan. he will soon be heading to national polls not only for the presidency but in the legislative

china sees taiwan as its rogue province. taiwan regards itself as an independent country. by 1949 and after a bloody civil war, mao zedong declares the chinese people's republic. now, the talks were a surprise to many on the sidelines of a regional summit, president xi dismissany contact with taiwan. taiwan's leaders said talks would only happen if the taiwanese saw benefit. he has much at stake. >> if president ma is able to successfully carry off this meeting i think it would certainly solidify his legacy. cement his position historically and position wise, if he is able to set himself up as a cross ocean broker. >> before elections are due in the new year. president xi spoke before the talk started, he was very positive. >> translator: 66 years of development of the cross-strait relations indicates that no matter how much wind and rain both sides have been through, no matter how long we have been kept away from each other, no force can keep us apart. >> reporter: the meetings lasted less than an hour. this is what ma had to say afterwards. >> both sides should stick to

both the mainland china and taiwan belong to one china. if both leaders stress too much about one china, too much about taiwan is a part of china, then the backlash may become very big. >> reporter: professor matsuda says ma's priority is to establish his historical legacy in talks that could set the tone for future relations. >>> nhk world's naoki makita in beijing explains what the chinese government is hoping to get out of the meeting. >> china is trying to emphasize the communist party values peaceful dialogue. it wants to show the international community it's working to ease tensions in the region. at the same time, beijing is trying to avoid an impression that its relationship with taiwan is that of two separate countries. taiwan had asked china to hold summit talks on the sidelines of regional apex meetings in beijing but china rejected the suggestions. it shows the leadership didn't want a summit with taiwan at a major international conference. the two sides eventually agreed to meet during chinese president xi jinping's official v

taiwan regards itself as an independent country. by 1949 and after a bloody civil war, communists declared the people's republic of china in beijing. they created their own republic of china on the imed of what is now taiwan. the talks were a surprise to many on the sidelines of a regional sidelines in beijing, president president xi jinping dismissed any contact with taiwan. taiwan's leaders said talks would only happen if they sought benefit. he has much at stake. >> if president ma is able to successfully carry out this meeting, i think it would certainly solid phi his legacy, his position historically and also, perhaps, harris scarfe post-presidency political life if he is able to set himself as a broker. >> reporter: his party who are flagging an opinion polls before election is due in the new year. president president xi jinping spoke before the talks started. he was very positive. >> translation: 66 years of development of the cross-strait relations indicates that no matter how much wind and rain, both sides have been through

and a handful of countries recognizing taiwan so the fact that the u.s. continues to do so and sends arms and send as a defense partner is really one of the major lifelines that taiwan has left. >> do you think it means that the u.s. will have to step up its military presence in the south china sea if it is going to be a rational work against china's expansion? >> i think the u.s. will have to step up its pressure in the south china sea for many reasons, it's almost already determined. china has already overplayed their hand in that ryne un. and we are starting to see push back from everywhere from japan to taiwan, to indonesia. and certainly the last week's deployment of a u.s. navel did hdestroyer was washington's latest signal that it intends to step in a little bit. >> thank you jennifer harris for being with us on al jazeera america. jennifer harris of the council on foreign relations sharing your insights on the historic meeting between the leaders of china and taiwan. >>> still ahead, a mascot continue jersey at one university. >> tough that the co

independence for taiwan long-term. but they are not part of this protest. they don't want the people to think they wouldn't be able to keep the lines of communication open with beijing if they were in power. >>> a somali mp has been left seriously wounded after a drive-by shooting and mohamed was on his way to parliament in the country's capitol mogadishu when his car was sprayed by bullets, the armed group al-shabab claimed responsibility for attack and in the last three years since the forming of the parliament 14 have been killed in mogadishu, in burundi a controversial weapons amnesty will be done at midnight and stamping out resistance to reelection and opponents to told give up weapons and surrender or face police action and the international court fear it will trigger widespread violence, at least 200 have died and 200,000 people have fled the country after zizi decided to seek a third term. sierra leone has beneficially declared free of ebola. ♪ this is how people have been celebrating in the capitol free tow

in many ways the ball is in the taiwan camp. they will be seeking continuing. >> could this all back fire on the chinese because the growing closeness between china and taiwan doesn't seem to be terribly popular in taiwan. >> depends on how you define closeness. majorities of the taiwanese are perfectly in favor of having a normal relationship with china. they fully realize that china is the world's second largest economy and it's flex door. that being said, there are certain lines that taiwanese do not want to cross and those involve taiwan's liberal democratic way of life and in many ways the sovereignty of taiwan because -- >> right because what china would want if it had its druthers was that taiwan would have the situation like hong kong semi autonomous. >> exactly. the fact that the taiwanese are paying more attention to. the one country two theories, the central government still has the final say on the decision that will affect the lives of people in hong kong. this is a clear warning to taiwan, that they would lose some

china and taiwan hold their first talks in 60 years. seenl celebrates as it's declared ebola-free 42 days with no new cases. india's prime minister is greeted with protests at a rally in kashmir. egypt is confirmed there was a loud noise heard in the last second of inflight recording recovered from last week's plane crash. the country's aviation minister has revoold the final few moments of flight 968. all were killed when the metro jet plummeted to the ground in the sinai province. >> a noise was heard in the last second of the cvr recording. a spectral analysis will be carried out, by specialized labs, in order to identify the nature of this noise. the committee noted media reports and analysis, some of which claimed to be based on official intelligence, which favors a certain scenario. for the cause of the accident. the committee was not provided with any information or evidence in this regard. the committee urged the sources of such reports to provide it with own information that could help us to understate our mission. >> earlier e

taiwan and china both the governments of taiwan and china both claim to be the legitimate government of the country of china and that has created tension between the two for decades now. that said, they have quite a substantial economic relationship. china is taiwan's number one trading partner. what we could see coming out of this meeting is a bolstering of economic ties. >> you talk about that tension, why hold the meeting now? talk a little about the timing of this. >> reporter: well, on the record, these officials will tell threw is no time better than the present. you wouldn't be wrong to speculate there are upcoming national elections playing a part here t. president, his party not doing too well in the polls. they are hoping this meeting will bolster his numbers. >> that said, there are many, many people in taiwan wary of a growing by a. . it could backfire, that has something to do with why this meeting will affect taiwan's national elections, remains to be seen. >> to be a fly on the wall this weekend. matt rivers, live from hong kong, thanks so much. new clues bring new que

now of course taiwan is within that area. xi jinping is saying that countries are welcome to participate in the peaceful development there is free passage of vessels in the south china sea and that isn't a problem for them. but maintaining the sovereignty and maritime rights is a chinese government responsibility but what china regards its area and responsibility isn't necessarily what its regional neighbors think. the separatel sprailt spratley s right in the middle of that so it will be interesting to see if this particular subject is broached in those are talks. there will be closed door pleeghts for a couplmeetings fos we have a spokesperson for chinese president speaking and then the president of taiwan. we'll wait to see what those meetings result in. the first meeting of leaders for nearly six decades. >> thank you sahil. let's spee t speak to rob mcbri, rob in reality what change will it make between relations for two sides? >> it is being treated very positively here there are high hopes for this summit. it is though

for example, in taiwan, there is a kind of a backlash. this time the people who support summit meeting is lower than 50%. president xi jinping didn't make any minor concessions about his staff or economic issues. so there are no actual benefits to the taiwanese. since this meeting has stressed too much about one china, this is not that helpful to the nationalist party in taiwan because people in the constituencies have strong taiwanese identity. and they feel that the future of taiwan should not be decided by beijing. the election result is highly likely to be the victory of the dpp. i think that this is going to be a very negative result for the mainland china. so i think that after this election, the uncertainty between mainland china and taiwan will rise. >> japanese prime minister shinzo abe is hoping to meet with the leaders of the u.s., russia and china separately on the sidelines of a series of international gatherings this month. abe is scheduled to take part in a group of 20 summit meeting starting on november 15th in turkey. he

the president will return to taiwan on the same day. >> taiwan's opposition leaders have called the upcoming talks a threat to the island's democracy. around 100 activists have gathered outside taiwan's parliament to protest the meeting. demonstrators waiting the china's influence o on the islad say their president has let down the people. >> reporter: this will be hugely historic for mainland china and taiwan and is the culmination of a process going on for several years now especially you were the stewardship of the president of taiwan who has been pushing for closer ties, we have seen those links in business terms, communications, transport. millions of tourist, for example, now travel back and forth between taiwan and mainland china. what we haven't seen is their corresponding closeness in dip 3459 i can terms, that's obviously been far more fraught. this is hugely significant. it also adds a very interesting dimension to presidential elections in taiwan in january. now, the main opposition parties is expected to win those elections, they are opposed to closer ties. so this was seen as t

xi jinping, and the president of the republican of taiwan -- of the republic of taiwan, ma ying-jeou. dr. the presence will exchange view on -- >> the presidents will talk about any issues. >> although they will not sign any details at any give this weekend in singapore, their mating is a sign of increasingly friendly ties decades after the chinese civil war -- their meeting is a sign of increasingly friendly ties decades after the chinese civil war. after being defeated by mao zedong's communists. treatys later, a peace has not been signed. taiwan, now a self ruling democracy, has not officially declared independence either. beijing has in the past of out to retake what it calls the breakaway province if china tries to become an official nation. the news comes at a politically sensitive time for taiwan, but opposition says it is an election ploy to beef up support to the ruling nationals party. tpp, isn opposition, the strongly against beijing's push for joint rule of taiwan, with a up,country, two-system set many want their de facto independence to continue. to the united states, wh

no independence will be seen from taiwan. it is not allowed by the constitution. . >> we go to singapore, where the meeting took place. >> if we show you the press corp that are still here. when this meeting was announced less than 36 hours ago, what singapore experienced was a dell usual of journalists, 500 journalists and camera men here, many from the asian pacific region. the features in a roundtable session that you saw, or will see in this broadcast was broadcast live to china, so was the president's speech, talking about cooperation with taiwan. as soon as he finished his speech, chinese broadcasters stopped stopped broadcasting from singapore. they did not broadcast what the taiwanese leader had to say. it's an interesting situation, that it's all right to hear what the chinese president said, but really no one else's opinion seems to matter. the schism between china and taiwan goes back to 1949 when the nationalists were tweeted by -- tweeted by communists on the mainland. rob mcbride has more. >> reporter: the meeti

taiwan regards itself as an independent country. by 1949 and after a bloody civil war, mao tse tung declared the peoples republic in china. chek, created their own republic of china on the island of what is now taiwan. the talks were a surprise to many. on the sidelines of a regional summit in beijing last november, president gee disciplined any contact with taiwan and said talks would only happen if the taiwan ease saw benefits. he had much at stake if he is able to carry off this meeting, i think it would certainly solidify his legacy. his position historically. and perhaps his post presidency political life if he is able to set himself up as a broker. >> the party flagging in opinion polls before elections due in the new year president gee spoke before the talks started. he was positive. 66 years of development of the cross strait relations indicates no matter how much wind and rain both sides have been through, no matter how long we have been kept away from each other, no force can keep us apart. >> the meetings lasted less than

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taiwan said it would only happen if the taiwan ease saw benefit. he has much at stack. >> if the president is able to carry off this meeting, i think it would certainly solidify his legacy, his position historically and, also, perhaps his post presidency political life if et cetera able to set himself up as a broker. >> the party flag can in opinion polls before e legs due in the new year, president gee spoke before the talks started. he was positive. 66 years of development of the cross strait relations indicates no matter how much wind and rain both sides have been through, no matter how long we have been kept away from each other, no force can keep us apart. this is what he had to say both sides should stick to one china policy. there is one china. we agree to disagree on the definition. there are indifferent interpretations. >> this was a purely symbolic meeting. all smalls on saturday, the upcoming general elections in taiwan could see the anti-china opposition taking power. >> taiwan's main opposition leader said she is disappointed it made n

taiwan split from china when nationalists fled after defeat by the communists. taiwan is recognized as an independent state by 21 u.n. member states as well as the vatican. china considers the island its aterritory saying it should be under beijing control. some call the talks a threat to the island democracy. activists gathered outside parliament protesting against the meeting. >> this summit comes as the culmination of a policy by taiwan's president to draw closer to mainland china. under his leadership, business and transport links have become stronger than ever before, and meeting his counterpart has always been the ultimate goal. almost as significant as the summit itself is its timing, as taiwan prepares for presidential elections in january. with his ruling party trailing in the polls, many see this as china's way of giving his party support. >> chinese are trying to boost up the fortunes ironically of their old enemy, the party with whom they fought in the 1940's and 1930's. >> the main opposition democratic progressive party is wary of getting too close

beijing considers taiwan to be part of china, but it broke away in 1949. there are suspicions on both sides about these talks. >> reporter: this summit comes as the culmination of a policy by taiwan's president to draw closer to mainland china. business and transport links have become stronger than ever before under his leadership. and meeting his counterpart has always been the ultimate goal. but almost as significant as the summit itself is it's timing as taiwan prepares for presidential elections in january. with his ruling party, kmt, trailing in the polls, many see this as china's way of giving his party support. >> chinese are trying to boost up the fortunes ironically of their old enemy, with whom they fought in the 40s and 30s. >> reporter: the main opposition democratic progressive party is wary of getting too close to mainland china, going as far as favoring independence. >> translator: i have to point out the president is a president who is going to finish his term of office soon. people will not allow the president to compromise taiwan's future

taiwan split from china. taiwan is recognised as an independent state by the u.n. states and the vatican. china considers it its territory and says it should be under beijing's control. activists gathered outside parliament. rob mcbride reports from beijing. >> this summit comes as the culmination of a policy by taiwan's president to draw closer to mainland china. under the leadership is this, and transport links are stronger than before. and meeting his counterpart has been the ultimate goal. but almost as significant as the summit is its timing as taiwan prepares for elections. with the ruling party or kmt trailling in the polls, many see it as china's way of giving his party support. chinese are trying to boost up the old enemy, the old party with whom they fought in the 40s and 30s. >> the main opposition democratic progressive party is wary of getting too close to mainland china, going as far as declaring independence. >> i have to point out that the president is a president that will finish his term of office soon. people will not allow the president to compr

history. >>> china and taiwan plan to meet for the first time in 60 years. it will be the first meeting since they were divided by civil war back in 1949. rob mcbride has more from beijing. >> reporter: this will be hugely historic for mainland china and taiwan, and is the culmination of a process that has been going on several years now, especially under the stewardship of the president of taiwan, who has been pushing for closer ties. we have seen those links in business terms, in communication, in transport, millions of tourists now travel back and forth. what we haven't seen is a corresponding closeness in diplomatic terms. that's obviously been far more fraught. so this is hugely significant. and adds a interesting dimension to presidential elections in january. the main opposition party is expected to win those elections. they are opposed to closer ties, so this was seen as the last best chance of this -- historic meeting taking place while the president is still in power. both sighs say there won't be any agreement signed 59 the meeting, it is purely s

taiwan's president is popular with china but taiwan will hold a presidential election in january and polls suggest the less friendly to china opposition candidate will win. in turn, analysts fear relations between china and taiwan may deteriorate. perhaps even leading to conflict. china has long warned it might use force if politically taiwan moves too far away from mainland china. that's where the united states committed to the defense not of mainland china but of taiwan. question, is a new crisis brewing in the taiwan strait, pat? >> we're not committed to go to war on behalf of taiwan. the treaty was abrogated in 1979 by jimmy cart we are we recognized china as the country china. but i will say this, john. the party that is meeting dune there in singapore is the -- [indiscernible] -- which represents the chinese who fled to the island in 1949 and it's strongly chinese. the indigenous taiwanese basically are more supportive of this party which wants its -- it's fearful of too close a connection to mainland china, although economically and diplomatically and other ways they're getti

the upcoming presidential election in taiwan could see the anned china position taking power. >>> taiwan's main leader said she was disappointed. andrew thomas reports. >> these protesters did not want the summit to go ahead. the opposition party is likely to win an election and are after independence of taiwan. they are not part of the protest, they couldn't want taiwanese to thing she couldn't keep lines of communication open if in power >>> englands prime minister visited indian administered-kashmir. narendra modi announced an aid package for the flood victims promising economic development. >> protest yours have been clash with police. it was supposed to in that area there. when they marched, waving the flags and the balloons, the police swooped in, almost out of nowhere and tried to push the crowd back, they've been running back and fourth. police have them contained to this area. they were protesting narendra modi's rally, and he is here to announce an aid package to help victims of the flooding and announce development for the state. the people say they don't want economic help. the

china and taiwan hold their first talks in more than 60 years. burundi fee as the deadline looms to hand over illegal weapons or be considered an enemy of the nation plus sierra leone celebrates after it's declared ebola free. >>> i'm ronald live in doha with all the sport including rossi world championship hopes bit the dust and qualifying for the season ending grand prix coming up. ♪ egypt has confirmed there was a loud noise heard in the last second of the cockpit recording recovering from last week's plane crash, the man leading investigation says all possibilities considered as to what caused the plane to plumb mitt for more than 33,000 feet and all 224 passengers and crew were killed and metro flight 9268 crashed in the sinai peninsula and al jazeera's paul brennan reports. >> reporter: it's been seven days since metro jet 9268 fell out of the sky taking 224 people to their deaths and flowers were laid on saturday at the crash site in the desert. after a week of leaks and rumors and speculation finally an official statement from the egypt

that's wedged by the taiwan ease business community. for many who have a more distinct sense of taiwan ease, this warming relationship is seen as a threat to what is considered to be taiwanese de facto so really the keeping here is the historical significance of there finally, being a meeting between a taiwanese leader and a mainland chinese leader. all president marr can do is shake hands. if he was to agree to anything substantive with beijing at this meeting, there would be a co lossal backlash in taiwan. they have been surprised by the add haven't of this meeting >>> israelis have frieda palestinian detainee. mohammed alow was arrested in 2014. in june, he began a two-month hunger strike that brought him close to death. he was protesting against the israeli practice of it detention holding suspects without charge for months at a time. a new report is claiming syria's government is profiting from families trying to find loved once who have been forcibly disappeared. amnesty international has detailed how people are detained for just

taiwan's president has been friendly to china since he came to power in 2008. but his spokesman says there is no breakthrough expected at the meeting. >> translator: they will exchange views on issues such as promoting weighs across the straight and maintaining the status quo across the straight. there will be no deals signed and no joint announcement after the meeting, the president will return to taiwan on the same d day. didemonstrators worried about beijing's influence on the island say the president has let down the taiwanese people. >> reporter: this will be hugely historic for both mainland china and taiwan and a culmination of a process going on for several years now, especially under the stewart ship pushing for closer ties. we have seen those closer links in business terms in, communicationcommunications, tr, millions of people traveled between china and taiwan. we haven't seen the corresponding closeless in diplomatic terms that's far more fraught. it's hugely significant and adds a very interesting dimension to the presidential elections in taiwan i

on this matter,ette meeting is a great side across the taiwan strait. it will help maintain regional peace and world stability. >> coming at the end of his time in office, he hopes this sets up a mechanism whereby the leaders can meet on a regular basis. >> we made this decision not because of the upcoming election, but for the happiness of the next generation. through this meeting, we hope both countries will move forward and take the first steps to normalizing ties. >> the problem for president mar is all he can really do is shake hands here. if he was to agree to anything substantive with beijing at this meeting, there would be a colossal backlash in taiwan. the taiwanese people have been surprised by the advent of this meeting and for there to be significant results, it would be too much of a surprises. >> until now, it's thought the meeting gives taiwan credibility. clearly there have been concessions on both sides of the taiwan strait. beijing. >>> receiving a hero's welcome when he reached home, he was carried shoulder high by supporters. he was

taiwan split from china. china is recognised by 21 states in the fat can. china says its territory can be under beijing's coment. the talks from called a threat to the island's democracy. activists gathered outside the parliament to protest the meeting. >> this summit comes as the culmination of a policy by taiwan's president to draw closer to mainland china. under the leadership, beside and transport links have become stronger than ever before. and meeting his counterpart has been the ultimate goal. >> almost as significant as the summit itself is its timing as taiwan prepares for presidential elections in january. about his ruling party or kmt trailling in the polls, many see this as china's way of giving his party support. >> china is trying to boost up the fortunes, ironically of their old enemy, the party. with whom they fought in the '40s and '30s. >> the mason opposition democratic progressive party is wary of getting close to china, going as far as favouring independence. >> i have to point out that the president was going to finish his term of offi

not everyone in taiwan is embracing that policy. the pro-china stands is very much something that the taiwanese premier has brought into four -- into the forefront. he has worked hard to improve relations with china. he has done a good job in doing so, but has lost support domestically in taiwan. the taiwanese people are not embracing a lot of the trade agreements that have been signed between the two countries, 23 agreements have been signed, economic cooperation has grown 15% in the past five years between the two countries. last year, there was a tremendous amount of protest and domestic strife against anti-trade issues. taiwanese are worried about their jobs, and the economy in general. >> our asia correspondent there. >> the foreign ministers of ukraine, france, russia, and germany have been meeting in berlin in the latest round of talks on the situation in eastern ukraine. earlier this year, they worked out the minsk sees fire agreement that ended much fighting. ukrainian president petro poroshenko has been speaking about how

the ruling party of taiwan there is a growing realization that taiwan has to be more pragmatic. there has been a growing relationship between taiwan and mainland china in terms of business and communications, millions of chinese go back and forth between the two. this meeting at the highest level is certainly very significant and according to the prag pla 'ti mapragmatist, theyr afford to have this independent line, they have to be more intraipted acknowledge antonio. >> what does chinese president xi hope to get out of the meeting? >> for him it is also a defining moment. at the back of this everybody is thinking about the possible reunification of china. nobody is going to be talking about that at this meeting. it is purely symbolic. the word reunification will not even be mentioned. but at some point in the future if it leads to that dream or that goal then it will be xi jinping's handshake that began that process. it does allow china having a meddling hand if you like in taiwan politics. we have elections coming up in january. we have the opposition party is tipped to get in

they created their own party on taiwan. the talks were a surprise to many on the sidelines of a regional summit in taiwan. president president xi jinping president xi jinping dismissed any contact with them. he has much at stake. >> if president ma mow is able to successfully carry out this meeting, i think it would solid phi his legacy. his position historically and also, perhaps, his post presidency life. >> reporter: he and his party who are flagging opinion polls before election is due in the new year. president president xi jinping spoked before the talks started. he was positive. >> 66 years of development of the cross-strait relations indicates that no matter how much wind and rain, both sides have been through, no matter how long we have been kept away from each other, no force can keep us apart. >> reporter: the meetings lasted less than an hour. this is what ma had to say afterwards. >> translation: both sides should stick to one china policy, but we have to recognise that although there is one china, we agree to

molly: we have seen a different take on things in taiwan. independent" sums the situation up right now. " is misspelled deliberately because we are betweenabout the strait taiwan and china. there are fears in taiwan that this could be a ruse by beijing to expand its influence. if we take a look at the press in taiwan, that is definitely what is coming out. you can see the liberty times talking about the opposition democratic critic -- democratic reservoir, saying this is a ruse either president. you can see a photo of him there because there are elections in january. presidential elections and parliamentary elections. he himself will not be up to present himself because he is coming to the end of his two-year term. under his watch, discontent at hasese influence in taiwan grown. a lot of people are critical of president ma because under his watch beijing has been extending its influence in taiwan. you can see here the editorial in "the taipei times," critical of the president, saying this perhaps is a sly effort of his to try to slip into hi

gains in taiwan, which has just come online. a little bit of a little bit of the switch out of the malaysian sharemarket on the open, and we are seeing good gains in new zealand, up by 2/10 of 1%. this is the picture on the overall region. we can see the switch out of oil and gas stocks waiting on australia, and basic materials stocks coming under pressure. good gains coming through on health care and natural stocks, leading the gains across the region. let's have a look at some of the movers in the region. rising by itsly daily limit. it is currently up by 14%. they are having a strong session in japan. coming under pressure due to that mining disaster in brazil, and new crest mining in australia, the largest gold player, being hit hard by weekend commodity prices. -- weakened commodity prices. rishaad: back to our main story, disappointing numbers, offering a little encouragement in china, and indeed ramping up the pressure for more government intervention. here is heidi. heidi: it is all looking very , down about fact 7%. let

the president's of taiwan and china are meeting for the first time. division goes back to the 1940s. when chinese nationalists are tweeted by communist forces >>> a territorial dispute led to an impasse in the defense small it. china has been lobbying to block any mention from a joint decoration set aside on wednesday. the ceremony has been cancelled. >> the latest effort to bring peace is focused on negotiations this time in moss key. the u.n. special envoy for syria will be in the capital on wednesday >>> with all the fighting on the ground in syria, it's no surprise that people are searching for a better life in neighbouring countries. >> in lebanon. children risk not being recognised. >> seena finds themselves without any nationality. >> 2-year-old mohammed. 1-year-old alep. >> they were all born in lebanon. syrians who escaped the war and faced with another crisis. this woman has to renew her residency before renewing her children, and she doesn't have the money. >> living in lebanon is difficult, i can't go out with the children. they have not b

millions of tourists now travel back and forth between taiwan and mainland china. what we haven't seen is a closeness in diplomat -- terms. it adds an interesting dimension to the presidential elections in taiwan in january. the main opposition party is expected to win those elections. they are opposed to closer ties, so this was seen as the last best chance of this historic meeting taking place. both sides are cautioning that there won't be any agreements signed, it is purely symbolic, but as symbolism goes in terms of cross strait relations it doesn't get much bigger. >>> the white house saying it welcomes that meeting, saying it could reduce tensions, and we're going to have much more on this story in our next hour. >>> ash carter says he plans to board is naval ship near the disputed south china sea. he'll be there with his malaysian counterpart. the pentagon is not saying exactly where the aircraft carrier will sail. but it has been on patrol in the south china sea area. several countries including china have overlapping claims to those waters and the islands.

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taiwan is recognized as an independent state by 22 nations. in that time direct flights between china and taiwan has resumed and there have been trade deals and a tourism boom. rob mcbride reports. >> this summit comes as the culmination of a policy by taiwan's president to draw closer to mainland china. under his leadership business and transport links have become stronger than ever before. and meeting his counterpart xi jinping has always been the ultimate goal. but almost as significant as the summit itself is it's timing as taiwan prepares for presidential elections in january. with his ruling tank party trailing in the polls, many see this as china's way of giving his party support. >> chinese are trying to boost them up ironically of their old enemy, the party with whom they fought in the 40s and 30s. >> the main opposition democratic progressive party is wary of getting too close to mainland china going as far as favoring independence. >> i have to point out that president is a president who will finish his term in office soon. people w

taiwan regards itself as an independent country. by 1949 after a bloody civil war, the communist comrades declared the people republic of china and beijing. the defeated nationalist created their own republic of china on the island what is now taiwan. the talks were surprise to many on the sidelines of regional submit last november. president xi dismissed any contact with taiwan and said only would happen if they saw benefits. there is much at stake. >> if the president is able to successfully carry out this meeting, i think it would certainly solidify his legacy, his position historically, and perhaps his political life if he's able to set himself up as a broker. >> they're flagging opinion polls before elections in the new year. president xi spoke before talks started. he was very positive. >> 66 years of development of the cross straight relations aggravate that no matter win and rain both sides have been through, no matter how long we've been kept away from each other, no force can keep us apart. >> the meeting lasted less than

established diplomatic relations with taiwan. as part of that, they agreed to china's assertion that taiwan is an integral part of china, but it's a balancing act. and what china doesn't need right now, with mounting tensions in the south china sea, it's certainly not for china to vault to the top of the agenda and overshadow everything on the plait right now. just last week, a u.s. naval vessel as you well know, did a sail-by basically to challenge china's maritime claims in the south china see where they're building those artificial islands. so the best outcome, basically, there's no unilateral shift in the status quo between taiwan and china, that could escalate tensions between the two, and possibly really complicate things for washington. >> we'll have to see how all of their turns out. 1949, it has been a long time. patricia, thank you. >>> up next, a growing health scare. more e. coli cases linked to chipotle restaurants in the west. and plus, the surveillance debate, finding the balance between security and privacy in the

. >>> the president's of china and taiwan will sit down for a historic meeting this weekend. it will serve to promote relations between the two sides. >> the summit mark the first step of having the leader meat on a regular basis. he said the talks in singapore are aimed at hane taking piece and ability. here is what lead to the decision of the summit. >> this is what china's tv says. >> holding the meeti matches the p trend of the times. >> in 1949 he lost the civil war against the communist and with drew and cross relations have been tense ever since. they refuse to recognize each other and relations remain hostile for a while. it began when they met for the first time in singapore. >> the country conducted missile drills and raising cross station tensions. he said that a had a state to state relationship. they seized all communication. the opposition democratic party succeeded in 2000. leader regarded him as pro in dependence and relations worsened. things finally started to change in 200 o 8 with the election of the national party as party. they reopened the dialogue thro