Welcome to. Its good to have you with us on whats on saturday in president ial and legislative elections but the answer the question of whether the island looks towards or away from china the will come from one of these 2 president ial candidates incumbent leda showing when and how a main challenger on who are you trying when it comes from the independence minded Democratic Progressive Party on core you is from the opposition woman tongue which advocates closer ties with china these opposing stances have defined electoral politics in taiwan since that 1990 s. But its on the taiwanese island kinman just about 5 kilometers from china at its closest point that you can really see the influence that china has on taiwan did a lot of fun and phoebe kong filed this report from there. This is the border of taiwan but the chinese flare is here were on Cayman Island where you ok tional only see the flats of political rivals china and taiwan flying side by side. One cooperative project is the stress of war which stores water pumps from china that helps fill some of needs in 2018 cumin turn to china to receive Persistent Water shortages. Manages the waterworks here for him interaction its more than Just Department ships its everyday life. Theres a chinese idiom says a close neighbor is more helpful than distant family the pipeline is groundbreaking eases cross straight hostility and sets a precedent to connect our electricity grids or even build a bridge in the future we want friends instead of enemies many on the island. But likely not the majority of taiwanese. Parliamentary candidates from the Pro Independence party is skeptical his opposition to china has raisen beijings influence has been the central issue ahead of this weekends elections the whole says it was only when hong kong descend into political turmoil that he made up his mind. Our leaflets feature the hong kong protests because we trigger a strong sense of national doom looking at the tragic outcome of taiwanese have to think about whether we should still see closer ties with your foreign telling regime behind hong kong. This is high ones closest place to china which is only a row 5 kilometers away it used to be the front line in conflicts decades ago that military very case were left here but nowadays china is trying to narrow this one not only economically but also politically how when this authorities see it is a stretch and has been this so saying itself on china over the past 4 years. China a friend or a foe. Has vowed to unify selfloading taiwan and the one country 2 systems as china if necessary by force but these idea was rejected by taiwans president who is seeking free election. Because china friendly rival hungary or you has a different response to beijings intimidation tactics. Ties the Economic Cooperation which once is and his friends also support the largely rely on china for a living. But we are used to perceived china as a threat but not now i saw a gradual progress when i got in touch with the chinese and we want a peaceful and prosperous lives instead of constructing a socalled threat i dont care whether there will be unification or infiltration this is not what my generation will encounter. Taiwan and china to interact with we must be treated fairly i mean state to state relations what kind of price are we willing to pay for that taiwan should be more aware of chinas sharp elbows when anywhere else in the world because were on the front line we have the only place for china wants to take control of. Decades ago speakers inside. Used to broadcast anti china propaganda to the mainland is now a Tourist Destination but the message of freedom and democracy most distinctive difference across the straits remains just as timely. And joining me now the author of that report feeding kong from East Asia Bureau in taipei and also joining us is correspondent is belinda in beijing phebe to you 1st is approaching the sentiment on Cayman Island a deflective of the overall view would taiwan would you say. Well it represents the view of a certain number of taiwanese hold on the main island is obviously and the challenge and getting less popular when compared to a decade ago when we talk about the displeased opinions that we have experience in taiwan for decades its a complicated issue because it involves identity very with an economy and for many thousands generation in taiwan most of identify themselves as Ethnic Chinese in the broader sense because many of them that time was right after the Chinese People wore what they still have some family ties with the Mainland China but on the other hand for these Younger Generation who were born and raised in taiwan they simply dont recognize themselves as chinese they think they are taiwanese would they have nothing to do what china is they have no bonding with a Mainland China and more importantly they feel that china is getting more aggressive and intrusive to a taiwans fundamental values which is democracy and Civil Liberties in recent years and this further makes them feel good as distant from the Mainland China and economically there have been he said they favor about what one should depend on chinas market and not so this is also something and have long been in almost every single elections in the past but you know what you walk through really up. For beijing in these president ial elections. The fact that beijing was able to conquer taiwan that the communist party was unable to conquer taiwan in 949 has been a major tarnish on beijings narrative that it has united pacify and liberated china and it remains a tarnish on the c. C. P. Narrative until today in recent years beijing has even intensified its compay to bring taiwan under the rule of paging and shes implying has made it a clue has made it a major issue of his signature policies so a win by the Pro Independence camp in these elections would of course damage the taiwan policy off the c. C. P. As one of the core policies of this nationalist narrative that beijing is pushing toward it would show that beijing does not have the soft power to convince people that it is a Good Governance organization c. B. When it comes to taiwan sovereignty this is been an issue in president ial elections since 1960 what is so special now. Well when we look at exactly one year ago a chinese president xi jinping gave a speech on china on chinas taiwan policy where he took a tough stance on unification with taiwan under one country 2 systems so this is the farmer where china adopted to take hong kong back and the control in 1907 from the britain and but for many home when he is on the island they view that the poet has been an explicit example of the failure of one country 2 systems and further deepen their distrust to us beijings commitment and many of them they are they are afraid of like taiwans will lose its way of democratic system a public way of life it really government can get too close to beijing and some even anxious about what a there will be a political agreement with beijing if of china friendly kind of a screw is high one. Final question to you given whats happening in hong kong is that everything can be doing about the messaging for taiwan from the communist party. We dont know that if it is what is happening in the back behind closed doors what we have noticed is that beijing has not said anything in public about these Upcoming Elections probably reflecting that stepping out in favor of the kind it or you would probably not hope he scores. But is building in beijing and joining us from taipei thank you both very much. This looks like a lemon but tastes of so much more japans usual fruits of god the creative juices flowing in the well of. But thats not all there bubbling up in the world of wellness as well preferred by some for winter not bad considering it takes usually trees for years before they produce their 1st fruits. In these Green Mountains the scent of citrus wastes through the air its the smell of money to farmers here demand has never been higher for used to the tart temptress of japanese cuisine new home only people who really know japan scullery tradition can understand the strength of using others can find this through too acidic. 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