at the age of 93. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. taiwan has scrambled fighter planes after chinese military aircraft entered its air defence zone. beijing is protesting against the visit by the us house speaker nancy pelosi, who vowed her country would never abandon the island. china has also begun manoeuvres around taiwan that are affecting air and shipping links. taiwan is self governing, and lies about 160 kilometres across the taiwan strait. it sees itself as independent, but china views it as its own. from taiwan, here s rupert wingfield hayes. despite what china has been saying, today s meeting between nancy pelosi and taiwan president ing wen didn t look terribly sinister. president tsai began by presenting ms pelosi with taiwan s highest civilian honour. she in turn praised taiwan s democracy and promised america would stand by the island. our solidarity with you is more important than ever, as you defend taiwan and your freedom. we are
at the age of 93. taiwan has scrambled fighter planes after chinese military aircraft entered its air defence zone. beijing is protesting against the visit by the us house speaker nancy pelosi, who vowed her country would never abandon the island. china has also begun manoeuvres around taiwan that are affecting air and shipping links. taiwan is self governing and lies about 160 kilometres across the taiwan strait. it sees itself as independent, but china views it as its own. from taiwan, here s rupert wingfield hayes despite what china has been saying, today s meeting between nancy pelosi and taiwan president ing wen didn t look terribly sinister. president tsai began by presenting ms pelosi with taiwan s highest civilian honour. she in turn praised taiwan s democracy and promised america would stand by the island. our solidarity with you is more important than ever, as you defend taiwan and your freedom. we are supporters of the status quo, and we don t want anything to happ
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. taiwan has scrambled fighter planes after chinese military aircraft entered its air defence zone. beijing is protesting against the visit by the us house speaker nancy pelosi who vowed her country would never abandon the island china has also begun manoeuvres around taiwan that are affecting air and shipping links. taiwan is self governing, and lies about 160 kilometres across the taiwan strait. it sees itself as independent, but china views it as its own. from taiwan, here s rupert wingfield hayes. despite what china has been saying, today s meeting between nancy pelosi and taiwan president ing wen didn t look terribly sinister. president tsai began by presenting ms pelosi with taiwan s highest civilian honour. she in turn praised taiwan s democracy and promised america would stand by the island. our solidarity with you is more important than ever, as you defend taiwan and your freedom. we are supporters of the