Stories. We begin with the elections in taiwan. The president won a landslide majority, seen as a rejection of beijings push for one country, two systems. Joining me from taipei is stephen engle. Walk us through the significance of the vote over the weekend. Stephen it was quite significant. Now that she has that landslide victory and the mandate for another four years, theres three big questions. How will china handle another four years of a thorn in their side, the policies of taiwan and her proindependence minded policies that really resonated with the electorate . More than 8 million votes, a record here in taiwan. The hong kong protests really resonated with the electorate, of ahat led to a rebuffing push for closer economic ties. The question is what is the future of the Opposition Party that got routed . Theyve lost four of the last six president ial elections, and they need a you voice for the longer eat for the younger electorate. Finally, the economy. Tot also propelled tsai
Of failing in the search for their relative. To the Chinese Government has confirmed that 6 Health Care Workers have died from corona virus more than 1700 others have been infected most of them in a province thats the center of the outbreak the announcement raises concerns over the shortage of medical supplies and protective gear for doctors and nurses who are treating patients it adds as well to the growing public anger a good seal surratt is following the death of the doctor the doctor who was reprimanded for raising the alarm about the virus back in december lets go live to hong kong our correspondent there james brown its amazing isnt it those expected to take care of the sick are themselves falling ill and even dying. And the same thing happened during the sars epidemic 17 years ago so questions are being asked about why lessons have not been learned but as you pointed out in your introduction yes there has been concern over the fact that many medical workers like adequate protect
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