rupert wingfield hayes sent this report. it may not look like it, but these ponds in southern taiwan are filled with gold. the huge fish thrashing around in su gou zhen s ponds are called grouper. on the tables of beijing and shanghai, each one can fetch up to 2,000 us dollars. 80% of taiwan s grouper used to go to china. now it s zero. beijing s import bans are hitting taiwan where it hurts the most. so, is it working? older fishermen like me are nervous, he says, but the younger generation, they re not worried. they think, fine, if china doesn t want to buy our fish, we ll sell to other markets all over the world. china isn tjust threatening taiwan s economy. since august, it s made repeated threats to take the island by force, test firing dozens of missiles across the taiwan strait.
0n the tables of beijing and shanghai, each one can fetch up to 2,000 us dollars. 80% of taiwan s grouper used to go to china. now it s zero. beijing s import bans are hitting taiwan where it hurts the most. so, is it working? 0lderfishermen like me are nervous, he says, but the younger generation, they re not worried. they think, fine, if china doesn t want to buy our fish, we ll sell to other markets all over the world. china isn tjust threatening taiwan s economy. since august, it s made repeated threats to take the island by force, test firing dozens of missiles across the taiwan strait. but if taiwan people are scared, they re not showing much sign of it. it s election season here, and at nightly rallies, candidates are on stage appealing to voters. unlike in china, people here get to choose who rules them.
the huge fish thrashing around in su gou zhen s ponds are called grouper. on the tables of beijing and shanghai, each one can fetch up to 2,000 us dollars. 80% of taiwan s grouper used to go to china. now it s zero. beijing s import bans are hitting taiwan where it hurts the most. so, is it working? olderfishermen like me are nervous, he says, but the younger generation, they re not worried. they think, fine, if china doesn t want to buy our fish, we ll sell to other markets all over the world. china isn tjust threatening taiwan s economy. since august, it s made repeated threats to take the island by force, test firing dozens of missiles across the taiwan strait. but if taiwan people are scared, they re not showing much sign of it. it s election season here, and at nightly rallies, candidates are on stage
about the progress they are making in driving by russian forces. monday is national day in taiwan when despite recent threats and intimidation from china the island will celebrate its democratic political system and open society. it comes as recent opinion polls suggest a greater number of people than ever now identify as taiwanese and want the country to remain separate from china. in response, beijing is not just threatening war it s waging an economic conflict and recently banned the import of some 2,000 taiwanese products. 0ur correspondent rupert wingfield hayes sent this report from taiwan. it may not look like it, but these ponds in southern taiwan are filled with gold. the huge fish thrashing around in su gou zhen s ponds are called grouper.