and balances the growing military of china. for many complicated issues, he s not the strongest leadering in the ruling party of ldp. i m so concerned about the revolving prime minister system. reporter: the big question in japan is how long kishida will remain as prime minister. prior to abe, japan cycled through six prime ministers in six years. selina, thanks so much. a facebook whistle-blower is
bombers, 5 anti-submarine aircraft, and 4 early warning aircraft. you have a statement that is now out from the u.s. state department talking about american concerns in this region, saying, quote, the united states is very concerned by the people s republic of china s provocative military activity near taiwan, which is destabling risks, miscalculations and undermines peace and stability. we urge beijing to cease its coercion against taiwan. the u.s. commitment to taiwan is rock solid and contribute we d love to get a response from beijing but they re in the middle of a holiday period. more than 70 years since the founding of the people s republic of china. a lot of analysts think this intimidation of taiwan as they view it here is actually a propaganda message for the audience in the mainland to project strength at this time, that the chinese communist party is celebrating more than 70 years ruling the mainland. of course they also extended their claims of sovereignty to
taiwan itself. they ve claimed this island ever since the end of china s civil war. the government here, democratically elected, rejects those claims and says the chinese communist party and the people s republic of china has never ruled this island, even though they have a territorial claim over it, taiwan rejects that, michael. real quick, you ve spent a lot of time in taiwan of late. i m curious what the average citizen there thinks of china and its claims on taiwan and what china s long-term goal might be. reporter: it s more divided than you might think in terms of the pro-beijing camp and the pro-current government, the pro-taipei camp if you will. it s hard to find somebody here in taiwan who wants to be taken over by the mainland, who wants the authoritarian system, the internet censorship, the lack of human rights and all the things that come with being ruled by the mainland. but you will find a lot of people here who support a return to, in their view, more sustainable cr
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they mark their national day of celebrations. they re in the middle of a holiday period so we cannot ask the ministry of foreign affairs for a comment because they re off. when you look at the numbers from friday to sat. they dlopd down back to back. you re looking at 93 chinese war planes, 5 antisubmarine aircraft and 4 early warning aircraft. now we re getting a response from the united states watching all of these developments across the taiwan strait. the united states is very concerned by the people s republic of china with their provocative activity near taiwan. we urge beijing to cease its military, diplomatic and economic coercion.