first of all well as what he is going to say first of all in his acceptance speech first of all in his acceptance speech as well as his inauguration speech, speech as well as his inauguration speech, vis a vis china s positioning. speech, vis-a-vis china s positioning. speech, vis-a-vis china s ”ositionin. ., ., , positioning. you mention his. there are positioning. you mention his. there are three positioning. you mention his. there are three parties - positioning. you mention his. i there are three parties contesting this presidential race. i want to get more in depth on that injust this presidential race. i want to get more in depth on that in just a moment but first of all, we heard shaimaa khalil tell us that the dpp presidential candidate tpp shaimaa khalil tell us that the dpp presidential candidate tpp. also conceding. this presidential candidate tpp. also concedinu. , ., ., conceding. as i mentioned earlier, 0 - osition conceding. as i mentioned earlier,
going to come by us because we know hon: kona. ., hong kong. are you worried about china told? hong kong. are you worried about china told? yes. hong kong. are you worried about china told? yes. there hong kong. are you worried about china told? yes. there you - hong kong. are you worried about china told? yes. there you go, . china told? yes. there you go, excitement. china told? yes. there you go, excitement, victory china told? yes. there you go, excitement, victory but - china told? yes. there you go, excitement, victory but a - china told? yes. there you go, excitement, victory but a little bit of worry in the back of their minds about how beijing is going to react to this win. he has been dubbed the troublemaker, william lai, and now beijing would have to react to him being the president elect of taiwan. fascinating to see the celebrations going on at the dpp headquarters there with shaimaa khalil. very clear from the people she is speaking with that they are very exc
of taiwan can handle and safeguard democracy of taiwan better than dpp. i think the opposition parties must work harder the opposition parties must work harder to the opposition parties must work harder to convince people of taiwan that they harder to convince people of taiwan that they can deliver a better china policy that they can deliver a better china oli . ., , . policy. thanks very much, jason. we re going policy. thanks very much, jason. we re going to policy. thanks very much, jason. we re going to come policy. thanks very much, jason. we re going to come back- policy. thanks very much, jason. we re going to come back to - policy. thanks very much, jason. we re going to come back to the | we re going to come back to the studio in london for a minute so we can get set up with our guest. to give you a bit more context of how the selection plays out and what it means which i won s relationship with china going forward. taiwan s relationship. thanks, steve. we hav
, election ,election commission that the central election commission says that 86% of polling stations have been counted, have submitted their votes so we know that we are getting quite close to the end before the official results come out. we also know that voter turnout this year is 69%, a bit down on the last election four years ago at 75% and we will be crossing soon to shaimaa khalil our corresponded on the ground at the dpp headquarters where we are expecting the front runner in this election, the front runner in this election, the democratic progressive party s candidate william lai to be making a speech shortly and that is because we are hearing that there have been concession speech is already being happening from the main opposition party, the kuomintang and their presidential candidate hou yu ih. he has conceded the election. before we get to shaimaa khalil, while she gets all set up, i do have a guest with me who can help us understand the context of this and what it means
it fair to call them the biggest loser in the selection? i it fair to call them the biggest loser in the selection?- it fair to call them the biggest loser in the selection? i think all three parties loser in the selection? i think all three parties can loser in the selection? i think all three parties can claim - loser in the selection? i think all three parties can claim a - loser in the selection? i think all three parties can claim a certain | three parties can claim a certain victory. the kmt, i think they will still be quite big in the legislatures, they can say they prevented the dpp from retaining their majority. but i think on the other hand, yeah, they certainly could be considered the biggest losers. although, ithink could be considered the biggest losers. although, i think all three parties would have a coherent story to say, oh, we won in a certain way. thanks very much, we are going to cross live to shaimaa khalil at the democratic progressive party s victory celebrat