you? can we learn anything from it? actually, not surprising and perhaps the least drastic of china s options after this election. and china has been blasting any country or government that has been stgradually on the electio success. not just the united states, but the uk, canada and japan. the chinese foreign minister using that location to reenforce the claim over taiwan pointing to the 1943 cairo decklaration s yet another proof of that taiwan being part of a decade s long consensus, even though that s not without troerss and has been open to different interpretation. still with all this added urgency and increase ing importance of reunifying taiwan with the mainland under the
around the worltd world, which has never recognized their government as legitimate. so just hours or days after the election on saturday for this country to sever diplomatic ties and then be welcomed into the diplomatic fold by beijing, this is yet another example from the taiwan these perspective of this isolation. in addition to the sanctions that chay na china slapped on this democracy, whether it be spy balloons or droneses or satellite launch that traveled over southern taiwan or military exercises that happen in the taiwan strait after nancy pelosi s visit, so they can t do military drills but they might do it close to the inauguration of the new president in may. steven, some of the reaction from china to this was predicted, but what did you read into the terms? did it feel more aggressive from
saturday, which have drawn strong condemnation from the chinese government. an unofficial u.s. delegation is in taiwan showing unity after the island s ruling party secured an historic third term. we are live in beijing. let s start with will ripley in taipei for us. is there a concern about these arguments they were making by are reelecting this party putting taiwan on more of a course of conflict with china. there s a lot of things that taiwan believes china is trying to do to isolate taiwan and intimidate taiwan on a global stage. so this show of support in taipei, these former u.s. officials, the former deputy secretary of state meeting with not only the outgoing taiwan these president, but the president-elect and the vice
Taiwan will vote for a new president on Saturday in an election closely watched across the world, as the new leader will set the course for the democratic island facing growing aggression from China.US President Joe Biden told Xi in a meeting last year to "respect" Taiwan's democratic processes, while the Chinese leader called on Washington to "stop arming" Taipei.