it. xi jinping infuriated taipei when he called for taiwan s peaceful reunification of the main land. cnn s will ripley was at the national parade and has more from taipei. reporter: this may not mass the massive scale for china, but for taiwan, this is an extraordinary sight. missiles rolling through the capitol, an ominous sign of escalating regional tensions. taiwan s military has never played a more prominent role as it has this year. the overall atmosphere is festive, this island is increasingly concerned about the behavior of mainland china. provocative china. more than 100 planes have entered the air zone in more than one week this month. with those ariel incursions come new propaganda videos vowing to
health pass in italy turned violent on saturday. police used tear gas and water cannons to push back hundreds of demonstrators in rome. the program came days before they were to expand the green pass in workplaces. the pass shows whether someone has been vaccinated, tested negative or recently recovered from the virus. u.s.a. u.s.a. u.s.a. thousands of people also took to the streets in switzerland on saturday to protest pandemic rules there. last month the pass was required for bars, restaurants and fitness centers. taiwan put its military on full display sunday in an extraordinary show of defiance against beijing trademarking the anniversary of the revolution. it showed the most advanced, sophisticated weapons. there was nothing subtle about
spending even after they struggled to get a voluntary force. will these weapons, will the help of the united states be enough to defend against the threat from an increasingly assertive main land china as president xi jinping vows to, in his words, reunify the island. he s claimed this island as his own territory. taiwan points out they ve never been ruled by the communist party of china and they say they plan to keep it that way putting their military on full display here. will ripley, cnn, taiwan. to iraq now where possible low turnout and calls for boycotts trying to undermine the country s election. voting to decide the next parliament and prime minister has been over for four hours now. ethnic and religious fault lines
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defend their national sovereignty and the weapons on display here. taiwan is vowing to up its national spending on defense by billions of dollars. in 2020 alon$2020 alone they ar 5r billion of weapons including f-16 fighters and patriot missiles. increasingly they re calling on the support of the united states and other democratic regional allies to come to taiwan s events. taiwan s president sign wen laid out the future of not just taiwan but of the world. translator: at this moment free and democratic countries have been alerted to the expansion of authoritarianism and taiwan is on the forefront of the defense line of fellow democracies. reporter: defending that future comes at a cost. taiwan has upped the military