countries. elaborate on whether laces countries. elaborate on whether places taiwan. countries. elaborate on whether places taiwan, as countries. elaborate on whether places taiwan, as a countries. elaborate on whether places taiwan, as a thorn - places taiwan, as a thorn between two superpowers. sure. taiwan is caught between two superpowers. sure. taiwan is caught between - between two superpowers. sure. taiwan is caught between the - taiwan is caught between the united states and china. they have made no secret of their desire for unification with taiwan. but they probably aren t that interested, certainly not militarily. they wanted a security and economic relationships with united states, as well as japan, australia, and other like minded democracies in the region. like-minded democracies in the reuion. ., like-minded democracies in the reuion. . , , region. looking at the numbers on the election. region. looking at the numbers on the election. we region. looking at th
i am in negative temperatures. i m not i am in negative temperatures. i m not going to be cancelling. if people i m not going to be cancelling. if people are going to come out and willing to hear from me, i m going and willing to hear from me, i m going to show up all the way i m going to show up all the way until i m going to show up all the way until the end of this caucus way until the end of this caucus. you will see me everywhere. earlier i spoke to karen tumulty, a columnist and associate editor at the washington post, for more on what we can expect from the iowa caucuses. we have to talk about the weather. any thoughts on who it might help or hinder? going into this, the polls have all shown donald trump with a huge unprecedented lead for any candidate in a republican contested primary at this point. 30 points. there is another big poll due out tonight as well, so there are two schools of thought here. one is that donald trump s supporters are so passionate, so devoted
for forgiveness from their supporters. the kmt s candidate, hou you ih, had run on a platform of getting closer to china. that policy may have contributed to his defeat. instead, voters gave the party xijinping loathes an historic third presidential win. now everyone is waiting to see how china s leader will respond. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in taipei. live now to steve lai in taipei. good to see you there, steve. to begin with, what do you think this election result means for both taiwan and the region? means for both taiwan and the reuion? ~ ~ ., means for both taiwan and the reuion? ~ ~ ., ., , region? well, it kind of means a bit of the region? well, it kind of means a bit of the same, region? well, it kind of means a bit of the same, in region? well, it kind of means a bit of the same, in fact. - region? well, it kind of means a bit of the same, in fact. i ml a bit of the same, in fact. i m here in liberty square, or freedom square, built by the founder of the kmt,
leaders need to tell the truth and leaders have to go out there and leaders have to go out there and tell leaders have to go out there and tell republican voters that we are and tell republican voters that we are getting ready for a real shellacking, as we call it in the shellacking, as we call it in the south, if we do not understand the risk of having a donald understand the risk of having a donald trump candidacy. caitol. donald trump candidacy. capitol- he donald trump candidacy. capitol. he also donald trump candidacy. capitol. he also mentioned that he believes that once voters get a closer look at the criminal indictments facing donald trump, that will make him an even weaker candidate come the general elections. how are other candidates dealing with the fact that the weather has thrown a massive curveball? we saw nikki haley, ron desantis, back out on the campaign trail they cancelled many events yesterday. they are out there making their case to voters a
for taiwan s main opposition party, the kmt, today s result was another humiliating defeat. the whole party leadership bowed as they begged for forgiveness from their supporters. the kmt s candidate, hou you ih, had run on a platform of getting closer to china. that policy may have contributed to his defeat. instead, voters gave the party xijinping loathes an historic third presidential win. now everyone is waiting to see how china s leader will respond. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in taipei. for more on the us response to taiwan s elections, the bbc s tom bateman sent this update. the us government has congratulated mr william lai today, while at the same time saying it does not support taiwanese independence. that is nothing new. it s the long standing policy of the us, but i think the way it s being reiterated so bluntly by president biden is meant as a