beijing s import bans are hitting taiwan where it hurts the most. so, is it working? 0lder fishermen like me are nervous, he says, but the younger generation, they re not worried. they think, fine, if china doesn t want to buy our fish, we ll sell to other markets all over the world. china isn tjust threatening taiwan s economy. since august, it s made repeated threats to take the island by force, test firing dozens of missiles across the taiwan strait. but if taiwan people are scared, they re not showing much sign of it. it s election season here and at nightly rallies, candidates are on stage appealing to voters. unlike in china, people here get to choose who rules them. and they re not about to give that up. taiwan is justifiably proud of its democracy. there is nothing
treated water orbit halted. translation: ., ., ,., translation: the main reason for the increase translation: the main reason for the increase of translation: the main reason for the increase of the translation: the main reason for the increase of the collar - for the increase of the collar at epidemic in my neighbourhood is because we don t have clean water and we live in a precarious situation. the un secretary precarious situation. the un secretary general precarious situation. the un secretary general herbs - precarious situation. the un secretary general herbs that precarious situation. the un i secretary general herbs that an international force would be able to open up humanitarian corridors to relieve the worst of the pressure. gail maclellan, bbc news. war between taiwan and china is absolutely not an option that is what taiwan s president tsai ing wen says. speaking at taiwan s national day, she reiterated her willingness to talk to beijing over the future of th
making against russian forces. monday is national day in taiwan when despite recent threats and intimidation from china the island will celebrate its democratic political system and open society. it comes as recent opinion polls suggest a greater number of people than ever now identify as taiwanese and want the country to remain separate from china. in response, beijing is not just threatening war it s waging an economic conflict and recently banned the import of some 2,000 taiwanese products. 0ur correspondent rupert wingfield hayes sent this report from taiwan. it may not look like it, but these ponds in southern taiwan are filled with gold. the huge fish thrashing around in su gou zhen s ponds are called grouper. 0n the tables of beijing and shanghai, each one can fetch up to 2,000 us dollars. 80% of taiwan s grouper used to go to china. now it s zero.
nationally and play a positive role in terms of helping taiwan and china to find ways to get along and to avoid the military tension in the taiwan strait from getting out of hand. lie from getting out of hand. us house leader nancy pelosi, when she visited the island in august china had started to stage military exercises around the island so how likely do you think it is that china will invade taiwan? think it is that china will invade taiwan? it s one of those situations invade taiwan? it s one of those situations where - invade taiwan? it s one of those situations where i i invade taiwan? it s one of. those situations where i think both sides act rationally the risk of true escalation towards war is relatively unlikely, because it is not really in the interests of either side really to escalate. for china, obviously china feels like they need to demonstrate its resolve as well as its capability to use force against taiwan successfully if necessary, quote unquote, if necessary.
i m joined now by wen ti sung, a political scientist who teaches in the anu taiwan studies program. hejoins us from changhua in taiwan. welcome to the programme. what exactly should we expect resident the president to stay in a speech later today? likely to assert that in a speech later today? likely to assert that the in a speech later today? likely to assert that the taiwanese i to assert that the taiwanese will remain assertive and defiant in their ability to defend themselves and they will try to focus on how taiwan through its democratic values, that taiwan has enough friends and partners internationally who are sympathetic to taiwan s cause and who will be willing to play a role in terms of helping taiwan to remain viable