the north and south. north korea s military said it responded by firing ten artillery shots. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with zeinab badawi. welcome hardtalk with zeinab badawi. to the special editio of welcome to the special edition of hard tour from the taiwanese capital, taipei. people here in taiwan which is self governed live under constant threat from china which lies about 160 kilometres across the waters. beijing claims taiwan as part of its territory, and in the past few months has carried out hundreds of military sorties near taiwan, hundreds of military sorties neartaiwan, leading hundreds of military sorties near taiwan, leading to speculation that it is preparing for an invasion. taiwan has also been subjected to cyber attacks from china, my guest is the taiwanese digital minister, audrey tang. can taiwan really forge its own path? minister, audrey tang and taipei welcome to hardtalk. thank you, happy to be here. xi jinping reiterated at the recent china party
together. my own grandma is a local taiwanese who studied japanese and my grandpa comes from china so in my family, i understand the need to collaborate across diversity. today, taiwan is home to like 20 national languages and many different ethnic people so the point i m making is that democracy must build collaboration across diversity and that s the way we are employing these digital technologies to do. audrey tan i , technologies to do. audrey tang, minister technologies to do. audrey tang, minister for - technologies to do. audrey tang, minister for digital i tang, ministerfor digital affairs here in taiwan, thinking indeed for on hardtalk. thinking indeed for on hardtalk. ., ~ ., hardtalk. thank you. live long and prosper- hello there.