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♪ ♪ >>> this is taipei, the main city of taiwan. overloining one of its quieter stress is e h harny homom foundati,, a halfway house for a lnerabab group of people. inside the sanctuary, things are not so quiet. not surprising as this is home to 150 children all under the age of six. their mothers are all migrant workers from abroad. the woman in charge is nicole yang. she set up in the 1980s originally to assist people with hiv. her work started ten years ago. >> translator: one day i received a phone call from a migrant w worker from indonesia. she said she was heavily pregnant and asksked for help. because she hadn'tt seen an obstetrician until then, she endured a a very difficult labo and e ended up losing the baby. i discovered that many pregnant migrants workers from a abroad d gone thrhrough similar experiences. this made me want to help them. >> that help includes maternity care. the pregnant women arriving at the home often have no one else to turn to. staff take them to hospital for checkups a and ensure a safe delivery. >

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or forcefully unify attempt to unify taiwan or forcefully u nify ta iwa n attempt to unify taiwan or forcefully unify taiwan will not succeed. back on the frontline island ofjinmen, so when his tourists are looking at it china from an old military bunker. the coast is just two kilometres away. politically, these two places are in different worlds. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news enjinmen island. starting this weekend in new zealand, it will be illegal to possess military—style semi—automatic firearms. the country banned the weapons after a lone gunman killed 51 people during friday prayers in christchurch earlier this year. there was a nationwide amnesty for those willing to hand in their guns. so far more than 50,000 firearms have been destroyed. from christchurch, danny vincent reports. a community struggling to grieve. this is not only a place of worship, but also the scene of an attack that shocked the world. friday prayers bring a moment of reflection, but also pain. what happened here changed new zealand. with unity came a warning of the need to guard against extremism.

so taiwan is able to defend itself and also to engage with taiwan in the military training or military cooperation so that taiwan is much better equipped in dealing with military contingencies, and all this is going on in a very successful way. taiwan's foreign minister joseph wu, speaking to rupert wingfield hayes. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: the jewish barber bringing christmas joy to washington. he tells us why this time of year is about more than simply religion. saddam hussein is finished because he killed our people, our women, our children. the signatures took only a few minutes, but they brought a formal end to 3.5 years of conflict, a conflict that has claimed more than 200,000 lives. before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewi

so taiwan is able to defend itself and also to engage with taiwan in the military training or military cooperation so that taiwan is much better equipped in dealing with military contingencies, and all this is going on in a very successful way. taiwan's foreign minister there speaking exclusively to rupert. a prolonged period of drought in south—east asia has shrunk the mekong river to its lowest levels in more than a century. the river stretches more than 4,000 kilometres through south—east asia — starting in the tibetan highlands in china before flowing through myanmar, thailand, laos, cambodia, and vietnam. the river basin is home to the largest freshwater fishery in the world, with around 60 million people depending on it for their livelihoods. rico has been speaking to sarah null, professor of water resources management at utah state university. this is one of the worst droughts ever on record. it's fairly unprecedented for the mekong and what's primarily driving it is both climate change and new dams that are being built all along the mekong river. and one would think that

so taiwan is able to defend itself and also to engage with taiwan in the military training or military cooperation so that taiwan is much better equipped in dealing with military contingencies, and all this is going on in a very successful way. let's get some of the day's other news. pope francis, under pressure to respond to thousands of reports of sexual abuse by catholic clergy and accusations of cover—ups, is removing some of the secrecy surrounding such cases. he's declared that the rule of "pontifical secrecy" no longer applies to sexual abuse, and he's also changed the vatican's definition of child pornography. protests across india have continued for a sixth day, with clashes between police and demonstrators. tens of thousands of people have turned up to protest against a new law, which offers citizenship to non—muslim illegal immigrants from three nearby countries. hundreds of thousands of protestors hit the streets of france again today — the latest in two weeks of demonstrations against plans to raise the age of retirement. travel was disrupted — most trains weren't

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or to force unify taiwan will not succeed. back on the front line island ofjinmen, taiwanese tourists are looking out at china from an old military bunker. the coast is just two kilometres away. but politically, these two places are in different worlds. starting this weekend in new zealand, it will be illegal to possess military—style semi—automatic firearms. the country banned the weapons after a lone gunman killed 51 people during friday prayers in christchurch earlier this year. there was a nationwide amnesty for those willing to hand in their guns. so far, more than 50,000 firearms have been destroyed. from christchurch, danny vincent reports. a community struggling to grieve. this is not only a place of worship, but also the scene of an attack that shocks the world. friday prayers bring a moment of reflection, but also pain. what happened here changed new zealand. with unity came a warning of the need to guard against extremism. i was sat here against extremism. i was sat here against the window here. nathan smith is

on the day belongs to taiwan's thai all people who century old culture had all but disappeared. here where taiwan meets the pacific is the homeland of the thai all in and around the village of jin you chen is fighting to protect your indigenous heritage usa which is a disease sometimes i feel i'm too persistent like a cockroach that refuses to die. that night i. was. born. to tell you all live in communities close to 600 people live in chen's village. by the entrance to the village there's a statue of a thai all in a line cloth hunting a wild boar just like in the old days. at the former police station chen heads a meeting of the village development committee its goal to ensure a future for taiwan's indigenous peoples. last woman though hasn't a baby but when i return to the village for a project after a long absence i thought our culture is being neglected. now and as i was studying regional planning i realised if we young people don't tend to it no one will live with ballance up. but chen doesn't speak much. her family left the village when she was quite young. to raise funds

so taiwan is able to defend itself and also to engage with taiwan in the military training or military cooperation so that taiwan is much better equipped in dealing with military contingencies, and all this is going on in a very successful way. taiwan's foreign minister joseph wu, speaking to rupert wingfield—hayes. stay with us on bbc news. still to come, strictly ballroom — the disabled syrians discovering the joy of dancing. saddam hussein is finished because he killed our people, our women, our children. the signatures took only a few minutes, but they brought a formal end to 3.5 years of conflict, a conflict that has claimed more than 200,000 lives. before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place i

so taiwan is able to defend itself and also to engage with taiwan in the military training oi’ with taiwan in the military training or military cooperation so that taiwan is much better equipped in dealing with military contingencies at all this is going on in a very successful way. that was the taiwanese foreign ministerjoseph wu. a prolonged period of drought in south—east asia has shrunk the mekong river to its lowest levels in more than a century. the river stretches more than 4,000km through south—east asia — starting in the tibetan highlands in china before flowing through myanmar, thailand, laos, cambodia, and vietnam. the river basin is home to the largest freshwater fishery in the world, with around 60 million people depending on it for their livelihoods. sarah null is a professor of water i’esoui’ces management at utah state university. this is one of the worst drought evei’ on this is one of the worst drought ever on record. it is fairly unprecedented for the mekong and what's primarily driving it is both climate change and new dams that are being built all al

china or taiwan its place in the china hong kong situation and what does it mean for taiwan over the long term but a lot of the election is also about domestic issues just like any other democratic societies economic growth and child education elder care you know a lot of the typical issues that you would expect people to be concerned about as far as their daily lives are also significant part of the conversation so the election is not only about china or hong kong ross that was going to be my next question what is the breadth of public opinion what do the taiwanese people want from these elections. well clearly people here in taiwan they don't accept the one country 2 systems formula that china propose for hong kong so when it comes to taiwan's relationship with china that's one thing we certainly know and whether it's the nationalist party candidate hon'ble you are the incumbent president so i have one of the democratic progressive party or the 3rd candidate. that people 1st party but none of them support that concept so it's really what other formulas exist now congo you and james

chinese settlers japanese occupiers and from 1949 onward by the taiwanese government in 2016 taiwan's president site and when officially open eyes to the indigenous population for this mistreatment that was a shocker without. the high school of none all is famous for its street dance club it began mixing urban dance with elements of indigenous culture and went on to win national competitions suddenly they were hip all over taiwan. just jumped in the back. in their dances rice's. and balik lee thrashed or cloth is voted this courage to combine the in the new has helped to rejuvenating culture. do you see with that after our winning performance we were so moved we almost cried the audience applauded wildly we didn't even the elders thought it was fantastic and a way of passing on our cultural heritage as a huge influence on the century. mike's 14 year old sister mimi is attending the daily training sessions for the 1st time she likes to dance and is proud of her indigenous heritage. if you think ok it's very nice that it includes traditional movements. that way the dances have even more

to left in you when she was a teenager and still works as a nurse on taiwan's west coast but now she spends half her time at home. while typing to do that will go when i visited our old tribal lands 3 years ago i sensed this connection it was astonishing even though i'd been away for so long and was almost completely assimilated i'm still a thai all the only meal times i see what i see. at a place that's accessible by road and rail a tile festival is happening. this is the 2nd edition of the festival its motto is sharing feelings but 1st from living in the village development committee sort the trash that tourists have collected on the beach politicians will attend the party later on taiwan is now committed to recognizing its cultural diversity in contrast to neighboring china are. going up with. the tribal leaders show off their hunting trophies pray and sing in art. by all and serve the guests know that liquor. must know when they go up or what their 1st goal is to support the older people all the local tribes have sent representatives that's good yes you want them don't more peopl

also taiwan's leader warns china is the biggest threat to its well being pointing to events in hong kong she tries to bolster her reelection bid all of that plus. chile is leading the developing world with a pledge to relinquish things of course to generate power but for those who live in the so-called sacrifice so 13 years is too long to wait. so there's been a prisoner swap in eastern ukraine between government forces and progress the separatists this is the 2nd major release in 3 months that follows ukraine and russia agreeing to ease tensions between them times between ukraine and russia broke down after the 2014 uprising that ousted the kremlin backed president in kiev . just a bit of background for you moscow went on to annex crimea and is accused of supporting separatists in eastern ukraine at least 13000 people have been killed in the fighting the latest prisoner exchange is part of ukrainian president the lot made selenski push for peace but there is anger in ukraine over concessions made to russia so it could secure the ceasefire for example kiev will release riot police suspec

or later taiwan would come around. i think that taiwan's democratization called that strategy into question. and china felt it had to deal with what it saw as pursuit of taiwan independence by two leaders. coming to the third point, the situation stabilized from 2008 onward. both president joe and president juan have sought to reassure beijing about its intentions. ma did so in a flex away in a flexible way and the other in a skeptical way. beijing was willing to take ma's insurance but is in turn skeptical about the others intentions. even when bought was in office, beijing did not make much progress on its in objective. fourth point. i think at this point, and objectively, persuasion has not worked. so, consequently, since came into office, it has pursued another course. this is not military action but intimate asian, pressure, isolation and interference in taiwan's affairs and so on. in my view, this coercion without violence is a just right way to cope with taiwan's refusal to move toward unification. this approach

is to keep taiwan that way unless public opinion in taiwan change so she is enjoying very strong public support in that pursuit. of the g.m.c. also in general terms not far i'm not very far behind that decision. on has been slightly more extreme in terms of be more willing to accommodate. beijing than i think his colleagues multi-lingual have been even within a few empty saying it's always a pleasure talking to thank you for your time thank you. the united nations has sent a rapid response team to central african republic after fighting broke out between shop owners and fighters demanding money at least 40 people were killed in the capital bangui on thursday dozens of shops and homes were set on fire after traders refused to pay the u.s. warning against an escalation of fighting following years of unrest between muslim and christian militias c.i.r. is $1.00 of the world's poorest countries the un actually says 2 thirds of the population needs humanitarian aid there is rarely been a moment of peace since the conflict began 6 years ago an alliance of muslim rebels known as the seleka over

or later taiwan would come around. i think that taiwan's democratization called that strategy into question. and china felt it had to deal with what it saw as pursuit of taiwan independence by two leaders. coming to the third point, the situation stabilized from 2008 onward. both president joe and president juan have sought to reassure beijing about its intentions. ma did so in a flexible way and the other in a skeptical way. beijing was willing to take ma's insurance but is in turn skeptical about the others intentions. even when ma was in office, beijing did not make much progress on its unification objective. fourth point. i think at this point, and objectively, persuasion has not worked. so, consequently, since came into office, it has pursued another course. this is not military action but intimidation, pressure, isolation and interference in taiwan's affairs and so on. in my view, this coercion without violence is a just right way to cope with taiwan's refusal to move toward unification. this approach targets the

them taiwan's future may be green if they can kick its addiction to coal and nuclear power. and what's welcome to the business attire for continues with no end in sight just a few weeks ago markets were celebrating what looks like an end to the trade conflict between the u.s. and china but trump has changed his tune now the u.s. president is saying is in no rush to get rid of terrorists. quite the opposite in fact now trump wants to impose a whole new raft of them on china markets have been hoping for a different 10 to 2019. peace and joyful tidings while the white house shows videos of u.s. president donald trump's wife melania you know winter wonderland he himself brought tidings of continued and even higher punitive tariffs to the nato summit in london trump put to rest any hopes that a trade deal will happen any time soon he said i have no deadline no in some ways i think it's better to wait until after the election with china. choosing saber rattling over a decade ending rally shares in companies like apple a.m.d. and caterpillar which are production based in china cont

taiwan's future may be green if it can kick its addiction to coal and nuclear power . welcome to do business asia i'm stephen beard's in berlin thanks for watching. us class action lawsuit claims that chinese video sharing app tick-tock secretly transferred vast amounts of user data to chinese servers the lawsuit filed in california accuses tech talk of collecting the information without user content consent rather saying it could be used to identify profile and track customers click talk has become hugely popular with teenagers since it launched 2 years ago last month to hit 1500000000 downloads that's already more than instagram. and for more on this let's bring in rob watts he's been looking into this rob 1st off remind us again what is tick tock tick tock is the international version of a chinese quote dollar yen and it's a simple concept uses post 15 2nd video up to 15 2nd videos much like you'd post a tweet on twitter or a photo on instagram but they tend to be sort of quickie videos like sinking along to a song or a comics or something that uses some funky sort

that is taiwan's foreign minister speaking to rupert wingfield—hayes. now to our series ceo secrets. are you driven crazy by the same old music being pumped into shops, hotels and bars? 0ne company called open air is offering to change all of that. we spoke to its ceo brian desousa. we want to run a good business. we just need a good desousa. we want to run a good business. wejust need a good idea, not tons of star capital. i were going to bars, restaurants, shops, places that looked great but sounded terrible. businesses still spend a lot of money taking themselves look really great, feel really great but not a lot on sounding really great and i thought that could be something. there is a number of things we play off. 0ne that could be something. there is a number of things we play off. one is selfridge's being a contemporary store leading the way. they do a lot of activations during the day. it could be a playlist that promotes pride, it could be a playlist that promotes international women's day but whatever goes on in the store, the music should hel

in the taiwan situation, taiwan is interesting because you can look at it, as jonathan said, as a test case for how beijing may try to wield certain tools of influence. one we have seen in the taiwan case, is thinking about how to try to influence domestic political debate, to hopefully see the mystic leaders align more closely with beijing's -- to see domestic political leaders align more closely with beijing's perspective. you mentioned for now we seem to be in this just right goldilocks intimate asian strategy. but we have an election coming up in taiwan. here in the united states, the u.s. and taiwan relationship at times appears to perhaps be getting closer. thatu have any concerns beijing may rethink exactly where it needs to land on this -- tote asian strategy land on this intimidation strategy? and to what degree will it try to work more actively to try to shape the domestic conversation in taipei right now? happens that the president is reelected, and paul suggest she will be, i think it will require -- and polls suggest she will be, i think it will require reassessment of how

taiwan born carefully picks his battles ph d. student by day martial arts instructor by night the 36 year old cherishes taiwan's democracy but won't say no to opportunities in mainland china where he's lived for 4 years. economically and in all other ways i think the mainland and taiwan we only become closer the question is form. that question will be answered when taiwanese voters go to the polls on general the 11th independent when is running for reelection and expected to win another term for the democratic progressive party. had main competition beijing friendly kuomintang candidate you who was leading opinion. until protests in hong kong reignited fears over mainland influence and the one country 2 systems policy taiwan was always the big prize and it was look how are we going to deal with. a new your going to want to come back to the. pieces. the communist party says reunification is inevitable achieved peacefully otherwise. we do not promise to renounce the use of force reserve to use all necessary measures. president xi j

taiwan's future may be green if it can kick it said diction so-called. business i. welcome the tariff wars continue with no end in sight just a few weeks ago marcus was celebrating what looked like an end to the trade conflict between the u.s. and china but trump has changed his tune now the us president is saying he's no rush to get rid of tariffs quite the opposite now trump wants to pose a whole new raft of them and china markets were hoping for a different end to 2019. peace and joyful tidings while the white house was showing videos of the 1st lady in a winter wonderland u.s. president donald trump was bringing tidings of continued and even higher punitive tariffs to the nato summit in london putting to rest any hopes that a trade deal will happen any time soon he said i have no deadline no in some ways i think it's better to wait until after the election with china. shares and companies like apple and caterpillar which have. auction based in china lost value in response to that message. the threat of more tit for tat style tariffs from the u.s. continues to lo

taiwan born carefully picks his battles ph d. student by day martial arts instructor by night the 36 year old cherishes taiwan's democracy but won't say no to opportunities in mainland china where he's lived for 4 years. economically and in all other ways i think the mainland and taiwan we only become closer the question is form. that question will be answered when taiwanese voters go to the polls on general 11th independence when is running for reelection and expected to win another term for the democratic progressive party or d p p one main competition beijing friendly kuomintang candidate you who was leading opinion polls until protests in hong kong reignited fears over main influence and the one country 2 systems policy taiwan was always the big prize and it was look how are we going to deal with. a new your going to want to come back to the fold i think about pieces the communist party says reunification is inevitable achieved peacefully or otherwise. we do not propose to reduce the use of force reserve to use all necessary

not the only biggest scam of taiwan it's also a sellout. in australia the hot and dry weather that's led to unprecedented bushfires is forecast to return residents in the state of victoria have been warned to get out of affairs that it could be hit by more blazes or thought he's in sydney say they'll go ahead with a fireworks display on new year's eve but wall it'll be cancelled if catastrophic conditions are declared meanwhile the prime minister has the volunteer firefighters will now be paid. as this is a very prolonged fire season this is putting additional demands on our firefighters in particular and it means that the turnouts in the call outs have been far more extensive than in previous years going well and beyond and above what is normally expected of those who are engaged in volunteer service and i've got to say particularly when i've been out outside the cities and so in the impact to clean rural communities on farmers who are dealing with drought during the day and dealing with fires at night and through the afternoon. summer has

we're also watching developments in taiwan where presidential candidates. head of. china is the biggest threat to the. broader. relations with china dominated the heated t.v. debates between the 3 candidates vying for taiwan's top job as she bids to secure a 2nd 4 year term president sighing when says beijing is the biggest threat to taiwan's free and democratic way of life. when my rival hesitates when asked which country he thinks would harm the well being of taiwan the most let me tell you now that country is china. from the chinese nationalist party or k. m. ting is widely seen as size main challenger he favors kosar ties with beijing and accuses sigh of exploiting the protests in hong kong to bolster her case. hong kong people are bleeding from fighting against china president what have you done to help hong kong people are bleeding while you are enjoying electoral gains your campaign is based on the blood of hong kong people so the. pro-democracy demonstrations in hong kong over china's perceived efforts to curb the territory's freedoms have ignited concerns i

in taiwan and. hong kong and china benefited from the rest of the chinese government. i want for example already many and i and how they handled. president xi jinping is emphasise that taiwan is a renegade province that needs to be reunified by force if necessary china is pressured countries to cut diplomatic ties with taiwan the number of nations retaining relations with the island has shrunk to 15 and china is seeking to win favor with voters in taiwan by making it easier for taiwanese companies to invest in the mainland part of the opinion polls are correct and cya is reelected china's efforts are expected to face a further backlash on china's island neighbor brian al-jazeera. residents and holiday makers in parts of the australian state of victoria have been told to leave now ahead of what's forecast to be another day of extreme fire danger on monday for the north the fire ravaged state of new south wales is also facing more strong winds and temperatures of 40 degrees celsius and about bushfires in 5 states of birds an area about the size of switzerland since septe

and says taiwan should be recognized i say we would be satisfied if taiwan were recognised as a democracy and establish democracy and a beacon of freedom. and. the german foreign ministry wrote to clients back to say that the government backs the one china policy and so will not offer taiwan diplomatic recognition at 1st the parliamentary petition committee wanted to prevent a public hearing but eventually relented the petition has received over 50000 signatures. i apparently have supporters among the members of the committee who see the issue the way i do i 1st turned to the greens but i've since heard that many christian democrats back taiwan to we have prevailed against the objections of the foreign ministry. germany's position is becoming increasingly problematic in light of the human rights abuses in china and the situation in hong kong still quite spec doesn't think government policy on china is about to change. what we've achieved is that parliament is going to address the matter i don't think that germany is about to establish diplomatic relations with taiwan but the process has b

and says taiwan should be recognized i say we would be satisfied if taiwan were recognised as a democracy and establish democracy. and that beacon of freedom. and launched into india freiheit. the german foreign ministry wrote to clients back to say that the government backs the one china policy and so will not offer taiwan diplomatic recognition at 1st the parliamentary petition committee wanted to prevent a public hearing but eventually relented the petition has received over 50000 signatures. well the thing is almost gone but the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter either at the w. news or you can follow me and bring t.v. don't forget use the hash tag the day we'll see you tomorrow. save the planet not mine john couey quarter david johnson says it's strange we have to do something. the climate crisis is threatening our very existence. many germans would agree but are they prepared to change their habits. can she manatee be saved. so. minutes. i'm not laughing out of the gym well i just sometimes am but i'm standing up in which the capital of thinks he can to jam a c

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taiwan born carefully picks his battles ph d. student by day martial arts instructor by night the 36 year old cherishes taiwan's democracy but. in mainland china where he's lived for 4 years. economically and in all other ways i think the mainland and taiwan we only become closer the question is form. that question will be answered when taiwanese voters go to the polls on general the 11th independent. is running for reelection and expected to win another term for the democratic progressive party. had main competition beijing friendly kuomintang candidate. who was leading opinion . until protests in hong kong reignited fears over mainland influence and the one country 2 systems policy taiwan was always the big prize and it was look how are we going to deal with. a new your going to want to come back to the. the communist party says reunification is inevitable achieved peacefully or otherwise. we do not promise to renounce the use of force reserve to use all necessary measures. president xi jinping recently unveiled one of those me

here in taiwan had a christie is very cheap but most of it is still generated in coal and gas powered plants that's despite the fact that the government offered subsidies for solar panels chan weeping is the co-creator of a green energy crowdfunding platform called sunny founder she was determined to make use of the state support for solar but there were challenges. the most difficult. case. because no one knows this and though i wonder if anyone will ever believe most of us tell even joining us. i thought with myself and i told of to myself. if you don't actually you will have no answer weeping has championed a range of renewable energy projects here she is talking to residents in a long term care center or sunny founder helped install solar panels on the roof the center receives renewable energy certificates for the green power it produces this is by far the largest. charity projects we have cough on date and this project sponsor was sponsored by taiwan mobile company and combine the donation effort with almost the need in individual environmentalists say taiwan still needs to do a

sighing winces beijing is the biggest threat to taiwan's free and democratic way of life. they went off my rival hong hesitates when asked which country he thinks would harm the well being of taiwan the most let me tell you now that country is china. from the chinese nationalist party ok empting is widely same size main challenger he favors kosar ties with beijing and accuses sigh of exploiting the protests in hong kong to bolster her case. hong kong people are bleeding from fighting against china president what have you done to help hong kong people are bleeding while you are enjoying electoral gains your campaign is based on the blood of hong kong people so the. pro-democracy demonstrations in hong kong over china's perceived efforts to curb the territory's freedoms have ignited concerns in taiwan some say the 6 months of protest in hong kong is given a timely boost to its size reelection campaign. a steady and. i want responding to events in hong kong and in china benefited from the rest of the chinese government. i want for example already many and i and. president xi

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here in taiwan and it tricity is very cheap but most of it is still generated in coal and gas powered plants that's despite the fact that the government offered subsidies for solar panels chen weeping is the co-creator of a green energy crowdfunding platform called sunny founder she was determined to make use of the state support for solar but there were challenges. the most difficult. place. because no one knows us and though i wonder if anyone will ever believe us chast us even joining us. i thought with myself and i told of to myself. if you don't actually you will have no answer weeping has championed a range of renewable energy projects here she is talking to residents in a long term care center where sunny founder helped install solar panels on the roof the center receives renewable energy certificates for the green power it produces this is by far the largest. charity projects we have cough on date and this project sponsor was sponsored by taiwan mobile company and combine the donation efforts with almost they mean in individual us environmentalists say taiwan still needs to do

student by day martial arts instructor by night the 36 year old cherishes taiwan's democracy but. in mainland china where he's lived for 4 years. economically and in all the ways i think the mainland and taiwan we only become closer the question is for him. that question will be answered when taiwanese voters go to the polls on general. independence when is running for reelection and expected to win another term for the democratic progressive party. had main competition beijing friendly kuomintang candid and kill you who was leading opinion polls until protests in hong kong. over may influence and the one country 2 systems policy taiwan was always the big prize and it was look how well we're going to deal with. a new your going to want to come back to the fold i think about pieces. the communist party says reunification is inevitable achieved peacefully otherwise. we do not promise to renounce the use of force reserve to use all necessary measures. president xi jinping recently unveiled one of those measures china's 1st locally built aircraft carrier the 2nd in its fleet beijing h

the presidential candidates in taiwan are also taking part of the live t.v. debate ahead of next month's election the 3 politicians a challenge each other social and economic policies of course you can follow the stories on our website at al-jazeera dot com we'll use it often up next it's inside story with the read up a gator to stay with us for. it can fly a $27.00 times the speed of sound russia says it's merely deployed evan guard miss out is the world leader in hypersonic weapons so how will it affect the global arms race this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm dating russia says its new hypersonic weapon is a technological breakthrough on the scale of sputnik the 1st satellite launched by the soviet union in 1967 president vladimir putin says the add on guard can easily bypass missile defense systems on its way to a target through sharp maneuvers and that's worrying the u.s. .

people here in taiwan they don't accept the one country 2 systems formula that china proposed for hong kong so when it comes to taiwan's relationship with china that's one thing we certainly know and whether it's the nationalist party candidate on go you or the incumbent president so i had one of the democratic progressive party or the 3rd candidate change that people 1st party that none of them support that concept so it's really what other formulas exist now congo you and james song they would return to the formula that was used by the previous president mining joe of the nationalist party which was a regular that china was comfortable with as well but in 2016 the voters elected and one of the democratic progressive party and she doesn't agree with the previous formula and she prefers a formula that really separates taiwan. identity as its sovereignty exaggerated from china so that's a significant choice for the voters but again there are these other issues and economic growth wage growth you can pollution in the energy supply whether to use color nuclear power these kinds of day to

taiwan born carefully picks his battles ph d. student by day martial arts instructor by night the 36 year old cherishes taiwan's democracy but. in mainland china where he's lived for 4 years. economically and in all other ways i think the mainland and taiwan we only become closer the question is form. that question will be answered when taiwanese voters go to the polls on general the 11th independent when is running for reelection and expected to win another term for the democratic progressive party. had main competition beijing friendly kuomintang candidate and kill you who was leading opinion polls until protests in hong kong reignited fears over influence and the one country 2 systems policy taiwan was always the big prize and it was look how are we going to deal with. a new your going to want to come back to the fold i think. pieces. communist party says reunification is inevitable achieved peacefully or otherwise. we do not promise to renounce the use of force reserve to use all necessary measures. president xi jinping recen

watching developments in hong kong is taiwan where presidential candidates have faced off in a t.v. debate ahead of an election next month this year board ations cut ties with taiwan and switch to beijing leaving the self-governing island with just 15 diplomatic allies present sighing when favors independence from beijing the main rival hard core you from the chinese nationals party wants closer ties which i think the se how on the day of the election i believe media from all over the world will observe and report on how taiwan people choose to react to china's increasing suppression on taiwan my rival hong hesitates when asked which country he thinks would harm the well being of taiwan the most let me tell you now that country is china. sort of sitting all you do is lie you're lying to those who support taiwan independence the chinese communist party hong kong people and taiwan turns out the democratic progressive party is not the only biggest scam of taiwan it's also a sellout saying is director of the china instituted so as university of london he explains what's behind the rival

president xi jinping is emphasize that taiwan is a. in a gate province that needs to be reunified by force if necessary china is pressured countries to cut diplomatic ties with taiwan the number of nations retaining relations with the island has shrunk to 15 and china is seeking to win favor with voters in taiwan by making it easier for taiwanese companies to invest in the mainland part of the opinion polls are correct and cya is reelected china's if it's are expected to face a further backlash on china's island neighbor elixir brian al jazeera so more has lifted a 6 week state of emergency after doctors managed to control and i wake of measles the highly infectious disease killed 81 people mostly babies and children around $5000.00 s'mores were infected the government ordered door to door vaccinations close schools and restricted restricted travel to stop the spread. despite being battered by economic and social unrest chile's government is standing by its ambitious promise to go carbon neutral by the year 2050 environmentalists are p

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