thanks so much relationship with china. michelle, thanks so much for relationship with china. michelle, thanks so much for your - relationship with china. michelle, thanks so much for your insight i thanks so much for your insight today. law professor at national taiwan university. we have shaimaa khalil standing by with us. she has been covering the ground throughout the day here in taipei from polling stations and most recently at the dpp headquarters where william lai has recently made his victory speech. shaimaa khalil, what can you tell us? ,, , ., ., , ., tell us? steve, you have been asking me now a number tell us? steve, you have been asking me now a number of tell us? steve, you have been asking me now a number of times tell us? steve, you have been asking me now a number of times whether. tell us? steve, you have been asking l me now a number of times whether we can expect that speech, if we can expect william lai to take to the stage, and i think it is quite imminen
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
relations with china. you say the ball is in china s caught - relations with china. you say the ball is in china s caught with - relations with china. you say the ball is in china s caught with that regard, for all taiwan s good intentions saying they want the status quo, they don t want an escalation. if china sees this as being further pushed back and a further direction of taiwan perhaps towards america and the rest of the world and away from china? absolutely, i think we are waiting to see how china is going to react in the coming days or weeks. i think it is pretty clear that if china continues how it reacted to president tsai ing wen s administration, they will basically not warm up to more party talks or possible moments of collaboration. while we await china s reaction to the results of taiwan s election, let s get back to shaimaa khalil and see how she is getting on down at the dpp headquarters where it has been an incredibly lively event all evening?
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 for taiwan going forward. former
, 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