becomes straightforward. there will be many days of uncertainty ahead in thailand as its people wait to see whether they get the government that so many voted for or whether they end up with something else. jonathan head, bbc news, bangkok. scot marciel is a former senior official in the us department of state, with responsibility for relations with south east asia. he s also a former ambassador to indonesia and myanmar and a fellow at stanford university in california. he told me that it s unclear where things will go next. it s very hard to predict what s going to happen. but voters clearly voted for change after nine years of military and military backed rule. but the establishment elite, including the military, views the two largest opposition parties, which did really well, as threats. so as you just heard, it will be surprising if it s
to see whether they get the government that so many voted for, or whether they end up with something else. jonathan head, bbc news, bangkok. scot marciel is a former senior official in the us department of state, with responsibility for relations with southeast asia. he s also a former ambassador to indonesia and myanmar and a fellow at stanford university in california. he told me that it s unclear where things will go next it s very hard to predict what s going to happen. voters clearly voted for change after nine years of military and military backed rule. but the establishment elite, including the military, views the two largest opposition parties, which did really well as threats. so as you just heard,
the dispute pits more than 11,000 screen writers against the major studios for the first time in 15 years. joining us now from outside studio city in california is nbc kronts correspondent marissa pat ta, thanks for being with us for the conversation. marissa, you ve been talking to people there who are picketing. what are you hearing? how long are they prepared to strike? reporter: ana, the short answer is as long as it takes. you just mentioned that last one about 15 years ago lasted 100 days, and by all accounts, everybody that i ve spoken to is prepared for the possibility that we might see a repeat of that. we know that speaking to members who are part of the negotiating committee with wga, they said they re at least not expecting to hear back from the alliance representing the studios anytime within the next week, and so when it comes down to those sticking points, we ve been talking a lot about the sticking points, the things they really couldn t move past and a big one being
meetings with two house speaker, nancy pelosi last year and kevin mccarthy in california last month. just off the coast of kinmen, we see chinese sand dredgers. china is reclaiming land to build a new airport. the mainland coast getting closer every day. we all hope war doesn t break out here says the chairman of the visitors association. we think it s basically impossible for our military to defend kinmen. but they did defend the islands more than 70 years ago. tens of thousands of nationalist troops from taiwan repelled the mainland s communist forces. things are very different today. only a few thousand taiwanese soldiers remain. china now has the world s largest navy. taiwan s outlying islands are no longer strategically valuable and almost defenseless if the pla decides to make a move. many here are calling for taiwan s military to pull out completely.
sitting surprisingly close to that bustling metropolis behind me. less than four miles of water, that is all that divides this democracy from communist china. 200 mile flight from taipei to the islands takes about an hour. a boat can reach the mainland in minutes. some islanders feel like sitting ducks at the mercy of china s peoples liberation army. the pla launched massive military drills near taiwan it twice in the last nine months. china calls the drills a response to taiwan presidents high-profile meetings with two u.s. house speakers. nancy pelosi in taipei last year, kevin mccarthy in california last month. just off the coast of we see chinese sand with china s reclaiming land to build an airport, the mainland getting closer every day. we all hope war did not break