With the headlines. Now on bbc news its time for a special edition of click. Taiwan. An island shaped like a leaf but the Meeting Point of four seas. Many around the world came to know it from the words made in taiwan stamped on electronics, toys and bikes. It became a brand people recognised. But the world has changed again. Hardware is out, software is in. Ai is the future, handsets are the past. Stephen and i have been to find out what made in taiwan means in the 21st century. Welcome to taiwan. 500 years back, taiwan was known as a pirate kingdom, a base for chinese and japanese entrepreneurs who traded in the south china sea. But more recently, its chased legitimate business but still with an entrepreneurial zeal, leading the world of Technology Manufacturing since the 1960s. Over 30 years, taiwan underwent massive industrialisation in what has become known as the taiwan miracle. Huge tech firms grew, becoming household names. Asus, htc, acer. At the centre of this was the semicon
Heavy rain, very strong winds, but equally along the south coast of the country. But today part two of the weekend is looking much better. We will see later winds, some sunshine, but light winds and the forecast. I will have all the details later on. Good morning. Its sunday, november 3. Our top story as the general Election Campaign gets into full swing, labour and the conservatives are making big spending pledges. Borisjohnson has promised to end the benefits freeze in place since 2016, whileJeremy Corbyn is proposing to insulate almost every home in the uk, which labour say will create hundreds of thousands ofjobs. Heres our political correspondent, nick eardley. Over the next few weeks we are going to hear a lot from our politicians about what they would do with power and big spending pledges are starting already. Today the government is saying it will end the benefits freeze in april next year. Its been in place since 2016 and has meant things like universal credit and allowance h
Nigel farage, says he is not going to stand as a candidate in the general election. Doi do i try to find a seat, do i try to get myself into parliament, or do i serve the party better by traversing the country, supporting our 600 candidates. After consideration, i believe the latter course is the right one. The government confirms the benefits freeze introduced by the conservatives three years ago will end next april. Privatisation inside the nhs would start being phased out under a labour government, according to the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell. The Vietnamese Community comes togetherfor a vigil for the 39 people found dead in a lorry in essex. Air bnb introduces a ban on so called party houses, after five people were shot dead in San Francisco at a property booked through its website. Now come on bbc news, it is time for click. Now come on bbc news, it is time for click. Now, on bbc news, it is time for click. Taiwan. An island shaped like a leaf but the Meeting Point of four s
Laurent richard is a paris based Award Winning documentary filmmaker who was named the 2018 european journalist of the year at the prix europa in berlin. Hes a founder of forbidden stories, a network of investigative journalists devoted to continuing the unfinished work of of murdered report reporters to ensure the work they died for is not buried with them. Is the author of numerous investigations into the lives of the tobacco industry, the excesses of the financial sector, and the clandestine actions of an aside in the cia since its creation, forbidden stories has received numerous awards, including a prestigious european press. Two george polk awards and an rss impact prize for the Pegasus Project published originally in 2021. Since rego is a french investigative journalist as editor of forbidden stories since 2019, she coordinated the Award Winning Pegasus Projects and cartel project, an international of assassinated mexican journalists, before joining forbidden stories, she direct
Laurent richard is a paris based Award Winning documentary filmmaker who was named the 2018 european journalist of the year at the prix europa in berlin. Hes a founder of forbidden stories, a network of investigative journalists devoted to continuing the unfinished work of of murdered report reporters to ensure the work they died for is not buried with them. Is the author of numerous investigations into the lives of the tobacco industry, the excesses of the financial sector, and the clandestine actions of an aside in the cia since its creation, forbidden stories has received numerous awards, including a prestigious european press. Two george polk awards and an rss impact prize for the Pegasus Project published originally in 2021. Since rego is a french investigative journalist as editor of forbidden stories since 2019, she coordinated the Award Winning Pegasus Projects and cartel project, an international of assassinated mexican journalists, before joining forbidden stories, she direct