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justice system as he announced indictments against 13 of its nationals. in one case, the department ofjustice nationals. in one case, the department of justice accused two chinese intelligence agents of attempted bribery and espionage in america. now on bbc news it s hardtalk with zeinab badawi. welcome to this special edition of hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi, from the taiwanese capital, taipei. people here in taiwan, which is self governed, live under a constant threat from china, which lies about 160 kilometres across the waters. beijing claims taiwan as part of its territory, and in the past few months has carried out hundreds of military sorties neartaiwan, leading to speculation that it is preparing for an invasion. taiwan has also been subjected to cyber attacks from china. my guest is the taiwanese digital minister, audrey tang. can taiwan really forge its own path? minister audrey tang in taipei, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, really happy to be here. president xi
leading to speculation that it is preparing for an invasion. taiwan has also been subjected to cyber attacks from china. my guest is the taiwanese digital minister, audrey tang. can taiwan really forge its own path? minister audrey tang in taipei, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. really happy to be here. president xi of china reiterated at the recent chinese communist party congress that china wants to strive for the prospect of peaceful unification with taiwan, but that he will never promise to give up the option to use force. just sum up briefly the mood for us, the reaction to that possibly new threat. well, there s a familiar message. we ve been hearing that for quite some time. of course, we have to prepare ourselves to face the authoritarian expansionism, but that has been the case for as long as i can remember. so people have not been at all worried by this renewed threat? not especially worried. of course, we ve been seeing renewed interest in, for example, countering
the north and south. north korea s military said it responded by firing ten artillery shots. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with zeinab badawi. welcome hardtalk with zeinab badawi. to the special editio of welcome to the special edition of hard tour from the taiwanese capital, taipei. people here in taiwan which is self governed live under constant threat from china which lies about 160 kilometres across the waters. beijing claims taiwan as part of its territory, and in the past few months has carried out hundreds of military sorties near taiwan, hundreds of military sorties neartaiwan, leading hundreds of military sorties near taiwan, leading to speculation that it is preparing for an invasion. taiwan has also been subjected to cyber attacks from china, my guest is the taiwanese digital minister, audrey tang. can taiwan really forge its own path? minister, audrey tang and taipei welcome to hardtalk. thank you, happy to be here. xi jinping reiterated at the recent china party
my guest is the taiwanese digital minister, audrey tang. can taiwan really forge its own path? minister audrey tang in taipei, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. really happy to be here. president xi of china reiterated at the recent chinese communist party congress that china wants to strive for the prospect of peaceful unification with taiwan, but that he will never promise to give up the option to use force. just sum up briefly the mood for us, the reaction to that possibly new threat. well, there s a familiar message. we ve been hearing that for quite some time. of course, we have to prepare ourselves to face the authoritarian expansionism, but that has been the case for as long as i can remember. so people have not been at all worried by this renewed threat? not especially worried. of course, we ve been seeing renewed interest in, for example, countering disinformation, cybersecurity attacks and so on. but i think the overall mood is quite calm. ok, because china has claime