dollars and start a business in taiwan. then it's comparatively easy to qualify for permanent residency. due to the blog, sanford began receiving emails asking about immigration as well as requests for in-person consultations. >> the umbrella movement seeking direct elections in hong kong bebegan a year after sanford mod to taiwan. young people started occupying the streets. and hong kong residents faced down the police. michelle and sanford had never seen their home in such a state. as the movement wound down, michelle returned to hong kong for the first time in a while. but she recalls feeling an indescribable discomfort. >> this is the city of taipei, taiwan's most important city. many immigrants from hong kong are now living in suburbs around the city. although some elderly people in rural areas only speak taiwanese, mandarin is also spoken the city, making it easy for immigrants to live here. taipei also has many shops run by hongkongers. >> the memorial hall has a statue of the former leader on display. after a confli

the united states is the fact for ambassador for more than a friend with taiwan it's moves like this that china what is the bigger picture where taipei for answers. and important themes because of the core of our look at why these are trying to times i've been in these cages for months on the able to be released into the wind of cement from. energy welcome to news asia glad you could join us the united states is de facto ambassador to taiwan has attended a military service with taiwan's the sighing when it is the fust time ever that a defector u.s. ambassador has attended the ceremony in a move likely to raise tensions with china brant christensen who heads the american institute in taiwan the us is defacto embassy on the island attended a service commemorating what is called the 2nd taiwan straits crisis it refers to the chinese bumbling of kinsmen island in 1958 that led to the deaths of taiwanese troops who control the island its proximity to the chinese mainland has always been a source of tension with taiwan. christensen's appearance with the taiwanese view dot coms at a time of

relationship with taiwan, saying it is highly regrettable that china has stopped taiwan from participating in the world

the sort of the taiwan is not being used as election. so i think we have to not only look at what the federal government is doing but also how the congress and also the senate has been proposing a lot of the bills that is going to strengthen the 5 i wrote relationship between taiwan and the u.s. especially there are a lot of a military related bills that have been proposed by the republican members to the senate and these are the more important things that will secure the relationship and the partnership between taiwan and the u.s. in the long run so i think these are stick knows that also should not be ignored as well. we're hearing entire perry thank you so much for that. now the rising numbers of over 1000 cases in indonesia is affecting not just humans but undermost as well a project that aims to train rescued orangutans to live independently in the wire and has have to curtail its operations the reason orangutan and human d.n.a. is 97 percent identical which means quarantine becomes essential for the primates. humans have to keep th

in taiwan, a lot of people say situation iskong's a warning to taiwan costs future. -- taiwan's future. if we give up our own national defense, our sovereignty, our and go to hong kong's model, our future, our children will live hong kong-like lives. it is miserable. in taiwan, we try to help hong kong protesters, especially those young kids, as much as possible. we are using hong kong as a license to let taiwanese people understand, you can never trust communists. so much fornk you that. -yu. was wang ting existentials facing threats, tencent and cathay pacific caught in the crossfire between china and the u.s. this is bloomberg. ♪ haslinda: tencent reports earnings later and is set to report robust sales despite being caught in the crossfire of increasing u.s.-china tensions. let's get more with our markets reporter. what are we expecting? >> despite the fact that we have seen that trump banner assault on tencent's we chat app, it is expected to be a strong quarter for the second quarter because this is a company that has really boosted, has been boosted by the pandemic, by working

and taiwan officials since 1979 when taiwan when the u.s. recognize china instead of taiwan officially in a diplomatic sense but at the same time this meeting is not really going to achieve too much in practical terms but it's definitely symbolic it's designed to get under the skin of beijing china's foreign ministry has said over and over again that taiwan is a symbol more sensitive issue when it came to us taiwan relace in taiwan u.s. china relations and says that this visit really risks harming regional stability and further deterioration of the relationship between the u.s. and china thank you for that update it's katrina you're in beijing. the u.s. national security adviser robert or brian says he is deeply troubled by the arrest of the hong kong media tycoon jimmy lie he was picked up by police on monday under the controversial national security law imposed by beijing 6 others linked to his pro-democracy newspaper apple daily have also been arrested they're accused of colluding with foreign forces. to check whether in a moment on cours

that taiwan was i was pa rt reunify. that taiwan was i was part of china. taiwan was never really always part of china. taiwan has its own government, its own society. as i said, it's a free society, too. and then you may lose this partner asa then you may lose this partner as a free country. and just like you have lost hong kong, you are losing hong kong, i hope it is not too late to salvage. let me and with this question for you. you have been a pro—democracy activist and a critic of beating very very long time. if you are honest with yourself today, look the relative strength, resolve and strategic vision of the united states, the so—called leader of the free world, and then look at china, with its ambitions and strategic vision, which actually seems stronger right now? the very same sentiment can be used to describe the 19305. can be used to describe the 1930s. being a dissident, being a dissident in china for many yea rs, a dissident in china for many yea rs , we a dissident in china for many years, we just a dissident in china for many years, weju

they pulled the w.h.o., they pulled taiwan and kicked taiwan out. the trump administration and i and secretary pompeo have been fighting to get taiwan back in so that taiwan can contribute with they are excellent public health system that they have got to commit transparent information they can provide appear they are one of only two entities in taiwan the state department and the cdc have a level one, the lowest level travel advisory. they done such a great job dealing with covid-19 unlike china. >> martha: i mean, the reason why china doesn't want them represented in the w.h.o. for one of many things is because they don't consider them a country. so it seems those two things are at odds to say we have one china policy but to also say you want taiwan has a separate entity to be part of all of these international organizations because we respect their democracy in the way have handled this. >> i think they would be embarrassed by the effectiveness of the public health system he here. taiwan has participated in an observer status for four years but t

that are between china and taiwan and of course between china and the u.s. it's definitely more the optics and the message being sent to the taiwan government and the people of taiwan as well as to the government in china as far as what what level the u.s. wants the relationship with taiwan to be obviously the health secretary is not going to learn much during a 3 day visit and in fact taiwan the united states have announced various initiatives over the course of this year are about joint efforts to do research on back scenes they've had video conferences between the u.s. health secretary as are in his equivalent counterpart here in taiwan so it is more about the public relations and the messaging than it is about anything that is are could learn being here on the ground for a short period of time john as mr foreign affairs has been saying it's firmly opposed to any official interactions between the u.s. and taiwan as we mentioned before it's threatening to retaliate what can it actually do. well it's within the context of the broader relationship so we have

taiwan was always part of china. taiwan was never really always part of china. taiwan has its own government, its own society. it's a free society as well. and then you may lose this partner as a free country. and you are losing hong kong. i hope it's not too late to salvage. let me end with this question for you. you've been a pro—democracy activist and critic of beijing for a long time. if you are honest with yourself today, look at the relative strength, resolve and strategic vision of the united states, the so—called leader of the free world and then look at china, with its ambitions and strategic vision, which actually seems stronger right now. very same sentiment can be used to describe again in 1930s. just answer my question about today. being a dissident in china, for many years, we just urge the world, pushing china to a democracy, it's our responsibility, not yours, but please don't take the wrong side but now i am telling through your programme, and thank you very much for giving me this platform, to tell the world that the chinese government is a

use sit in taiwan. there are many older and younger, particularly from hong kong, dissidents, credit from the chinese regime who have moved to taiwan. we seen massive chinese military exercises in the taiwan straits lately, and we know the chinese government's position to quote the president is that ultimately, unification is inevitable. do not see that there is a very real prospect there is a very real prospect the medium to long—term that china may well move against taiwan? because increasingly, it will see taiwan as a best of opponents of the communist party —— a nest? opponents of the communist party -- a nest? the danger is a lwa ys party -- a nest? the danger is always there. if we considered china as one of the biggest threats to the world's civilization we are living in, taiwan is in the blast zone. let me use taiwanese people's sentiment to answer a question. these people live in this island. when they breathe in and out, they know the air they are breathing in and out is called freedom.

the pressure that china is bringing to bear on taiwan you know taiwan believes that you know china is militarily much stronger now than it was 5 years ago we've certainly seen that with what china has been doing in the south china sea china is building up you know its its fleet of of warships in particular aircraft carriers you know is china going to make a move on taiwan well you know earlier this year i was reading a report that quoted a number of. chinese military officials as saying that you know within 2 years china would have the capability to launch an unfit attack on taiwan now other analysts say in fact china probably you know is 6 to 8 years away from being in that position but what's not beyond doubt is that president xi jinping does want taiwan back into the fold and in january last year he gave an address in which he spelled out that you know sooner or later the people of taiwan will have to accept that taiwan will be reunified with the motherland but it's looking increasingly unlikely that it's going to be a peaceful reunification because certainly president xi jinping w

in 4 decades is expected to meet taiwan's president trying to claim sovereignty over taiwan and says the trip threatens stability in the region linda rajapaksa has been sworn in as prime minister for the 4th time his ruling party won the parliamentary election in a landslide he's been he's been serving as interim prime minister those were the headlines no rolled back a with more news in half an hour next it's inside story to stay with us. is the relationship between the u.s. and saudi arabia falling apart the state the problem show support for a former saudi intelligence agency says the crown prince wants him dead will president donald trump be forced to stop supporting 100. this is inside story. and i welcome to the program i'm adrian finighan what's reported to be a forward mode applauses putting further strain on the relationship between saudi arabia and the united states a former saudi intelligence agent is suing the saudi crown prince in the u.s. saddle john.

taiwan has a lot. to offer the world in terms of its expertise and china's insistence on keeping taiwan diplomatically isolated and out of the world health organization is just in name in the times a week will work endemic we need all the countries in cooperate. and sadly united states has taken itself out of it will. but more contacts between the united states and i want should to happen i want is to the world economically. scientifically isolated zachery a base there southeast asian politics and security a professor from the national war college great to get you in science here and out of there is actually thank you for being with us thanks for having me well the u.k. as foreign ministry is calling on the hong kong government to reverse its decision to disqualify 12 pro-democracy candidates from running in the legislative council election and a joint statement with a stray at canada new zealand and the u.s. the u.k. also voiced grave concern over one constitution to postpone that september vote for a

is willing to engage taiwan in. you know in a more positive way than they're willing to take the risk and also they are also not afraid really about the verbal warnings coming from beijing on less a very very serious and very like concrete measure was being announced and also launched by beating. well let's get more now on the aftermath of last tuesday's catastrophic explosion in lebanon in lebanon's capital beirut morality rod is a spokeswoman for the un refugee agency u.n.h.c.r. and she joins us now from beirut morel we are now hearing the army say that they don't expect to find any more survivors so what's all the next priorities moving forward. good afternoon as you said indeed the 1st priority was to brush people to hospital and find the missing persons and they are still. needed for a number of patients but now the priority is really for us to. look at shelter and giving the rules to everyone some people are leaving in. a key and it's important to relocate these people their way from a dangerous places and fin

support the taiwan the u.s. health and human services secretary alex gave a speech to university students in the capital taipei the highest level american business here in 4 decades lauded taiwan success in containing coverage 19 and accused the world health organization of political 1000000000 by excluding the island from being a member of the united states believe i wanted to be recognized on the world stage and that taiwan should be able to share these lessons and if. it international or. i've made that point repeatedly and the world health organization from which taiwan has. the last 4 years taiwan's foreign minister joseph who thanked the u.s. sports friendship highlighting shed democratic values in a defiant speech he said taiwan would never submit to china. because. the u.s. is reportedly in talks to sell for military drones to taiwan's forces signaling its displeasure china sent fighter jets to patrol the taiwan strait on monday the taiwanese considered that to be harassment easels visit has angered chin

and shut -- and taiwan. president exchanged pleasantries before the cameras before retreating behind closed doors to talk about a number of things, including the international response to the coronavirus as well as perhaps cooperation on medical supplies and equipment. taiwan is a rare global success story and containing the virus. but again, there could also be discussions i would assume on the overall geopolitical struggles between china and the united states and where china -- and where taiwan fits in there. david: stephen engle with the latest. let's get you an update of your first word news. the number of covid-19 infections worldwide is now nearing wendy million, -- now nearing 20 million, with the nearly one quarter of that. infections slowed in places like florida and arizona. bill gates is criticizing the u.s. government's virus response, describing testing as slow and lacking bare access. japanese premise are shinzo abe says his government must avoid another virus state of emergency to soften the e

a trip to taiwan by the u.s. health sex trade is angering china. on a 3 day visit to discuss coronavirus but it's the highest level guest allegation in more than 40 years and china says it threatens peace and stability in the region so a clock reports. it's a much anticipated visit us health secretary alex as i was leading a delegation to taiwan to learn from the island success in fighting the coronavirus the united states has recorded 5000000 cases taiwan has fewer than 500 but analysts say the trip is not just about the pandemic it's definitely more the the optics and the message being sent to the taiwan government and the people of taiwan as well as to the government in china as far as what what level the u.s. wants the relationship with taiwan to be obviously the health secretary's doctor learned much during a 3 day visit china claims sovereignty over taiwan and the island is a main irritant in the troubled relationship between the world's 2 largest economies is due to made taiwanese president clinton during his 3 day visit that's angut china's

is willing to engage taiwan in. you know in a more positive way then they're willing to take the risk and also they are also not afraid really about the verbal warnings coming from beijing on less a very very serious and very concrete measure was being announced and also launched by beeching. protests is a. thailand say the arrest of 2 of their leaders will not stop the campaign to force the government out the pair were charged with sedition and breaking coronavirus rules before being released on bail and the government demonstrations have grown as millions of times struggle to make ends meet because of the pandemic when he has moved from bangkok. a prize bird is being groomed in the hope it can soon get back to work cockfighting is a tradition in thailand that dates back centuries and has grown into an industry worth hundreds of millions of dollars but it's a business in most provinces it's been closed for 4 months because of coronavirus leaving many fighting for survival. i wanted to sell my birds gradually but i

in 4 decades he's expected to meet taiwan's president china claims sovereignty over taiwan. new zealand's marking 100 days since it stamped out the spread of the corona virus the only new cases have been a few returning travis who've been quarantined at the border but prime minister just john has warned people to stay vigilant to avoid a 2nd wave all those in the headlines and i will have more news for you here on al-jazeera one o one east stay with us. in russia and him a mixed martial arts is a phenomenon. in this city hundreds of amateur fighters from top to a battle with few. deep in the caucasus mountains. train from morning till night hoping to find their way out of poverty and become a champion. i don't know if you it's a tough pop but the payoff. is good. for.

ideas china by sending its highest level delegation to taiwan since 979. volunteers work around the clock in the scale of a massive oil spill the comes from the. helo both east and west australia was active at the moment just coming off shore of new south wales this curl of cloud hears a proper of low pressure and briefly the winds will pick up and the waves will pick up from the risk to damaging the cliffs the soft cliffs is there again and from sydney northwards is also a risk of flash floods this is really specifically for monday the same time much bigger systems on winding through western australia's rain right into the tropical heart if you like and then wants us concert has was adelaide to go windy sherry whether left over for pursers adelaide is wet sydney becomes a much nicer place to be on tuesday winds coming down the sun right out and much of the rain is just to trust towards the north on the new zealand. it's the right time here to watch out for tropical spinners in the north western pacific and his one coming through out of the philippines has

dopping hunching their substandard relationship between the united states and taiwan and $100.00 taiwan related issues carefully and the probably so as not to cost serious harm to china and us cooperation in important areas and of peace and stability across the taiwan strait. china's government has described taiwan as the most sensitive issue in final u.s. relations officially alex is our visit is about exchanging ideas for combating card the 19th unofficial e this tour is designed to provoke beijing the u.s. is already at odds with china over the newly imposed national security law in hong kong as well as trade and technology with this high profile so support for taiwan washington's relationship with beijing only deteriorates further training you al-jazeera beijing. thailand's prime minister is warning demonstrators not to violate the law the latest protests in days of rallies led by student unions is on the outskirts of bangkok barely 4000 ties to moderate the resignation of prime minister dr chopra at an end to military rule they also questions the role of the monarchy. wayne hale is

minister, secretary as we say, visiting taiwan. the highest-ranking official to visit taiwan since -- i'm going to say late 1970's. in a long time. that doesn't do anything to help u.s.-china relations. sign.s. senate taiwan will a health cooperation agreement and there will be a press conference in about 40 minutes' time at the market open. 1979. time thethe last u.s. sent such a high-ranking official. that was the birth year of the g-class, mercedes' fabled offered cheap. is pressing ahead with $75 billion in dividends this year despite a slide in profits and rising debt. oil snapped a two-day losing streak as the oil giant's ceo predicted demand will continue to improve through the rest of the year despite many regions across the world struggling to bring the coronavirus under control. if only we were all driving g-wagons, that would be the case. hani redha from pinebridge investments is still with us. what do you expect to see and what out of oil? hani: we've gone from a huge april to asurplus in sizable deficit in early july.

taiwan's foreign minister joseph called pro-democracy activists in hong kong freedom fighter in an exclusive interview with people also want the world to hold the line against china's expansionist visions. and nights out on the broadcaster. the philippines is forced to cut down its use operations. refused to renew its license we also. need press freedom. welcome to news asia it's good to have you with us hong kong's fight against an increasingly authoritarian state has found a very vocal supporter in the government of taiwan in an exclusive interview to its foreign minister joseph who has called pro-democracy protesters freedom fighters and promised model support. with the stand the government of taiwan has taken since anti-government protests broke out in hong kong last year as more of what. we try to give support moral support to the freedom fighters in hong kong we continue to urge the hong kong government to adopt free election. and to ensure freedom freedom of speech and freedom of media so that hong kong can stand the symbol of freedom in east asia but it's very unfortunate that the ch

just arrived in taiwan for a visit and good china u.s. health secretary. 3 day trip is being hailed as not to strengthen cooperation in combating covert 19. has warned present donald trump that the visit threatens peace and stability in the region is the highest level visit to the island by an american diplomat in moving 40 is there a clock reports. it's a much anticipated visit us health secretary alex as i was leading a delegation to taiwan to learn from the island success in fighting the coronavirus the united states has recorded 5000000 cases taiwan has fewer than 500 but analysts say the trip is not just about the pandemic it's definitely more the the optics and the message being sent to the taiwan government and the people of taiwan as well as to the government in china as far as what what level the u.s. wants the relationship with taiwan to be obviously the health secretary dr learned much during a 3 day visit china claims sovereignty over taiwan and the island is a main irritant in the troubled relationship between the world's 2 l

with the stunt the government of taiwan has taken since antigovernment protests broke out in hong kong last year here's more of what said try to give support moral support to those freedom fighters in hong kong and we continue to urge the hong kong government to. free election and to ensure freedom specially freedom of speech and freedom of media so that hong kong can stand as a symbol of freedom in east asia but it's very unfortunate that the chinese imposed national security will. hong kong and other that you know we saw all the election scheduled later this year has been postponed for one year the rights of the hong kong people he's being taken away by the chinese government. the last bastion of freedom of press the hong kong apple baby has been under assault by the chinese authorities there are politicians especially on the democratic side that have been disqualified by the chinese authorities by hong kong authorities and that is a gross violation of political rights in hong kong so this whole situation in hong kong is really a tragedy. let's get more from the double correspondent

some would say it's about time, washington should stress taiwan more. what's your view of this trip? >> this is a great trip. the united states needs to make it clear to beijing that they no longer have a veto over american foreign policy because previous presidents, and especially the two previous ones, bush and obama, made it clear to beijing that it was running america's taiwan policy. and that was vo soc provocative. it's provocative what trump is doing. it's also absolutely necessary. the reason is, if beijing thinks the united states doesn't have will, it could very well decide to invade taiwan. there are recent satellite images, eric, showing that china is amassing a amphibious vehicls on their coast. we could stop it with six words and those words are the united states will defend taiwan. we say that and this goes away. eric: azar we see walking from the 737, the plane, which he aprescribe earlier today -- arrived earlier today. taiwan has been successful with the coronavirus. they can use that as basically a cover. but as you just said, how far

time for a short break here on out is iraq when we come back a plea for negotiations in taiwan after a hong kong journalist on that tourists were arrested under the new beijing impose national security. and ethnic violence plans again in these times are down troops are deployed in a 24 hour curfew was imposed more in the spring. and the rain is still very much in the 4 calls across much of asia you can see here on the satellite this huge swathe of clouds as across northern and western areas this is containing all the very heavy rains that is a go through thursday it's a very vigorous from this one and if we are producing very heavy amounts of rain up into the northeast of china and trading down to cannes across into north korea it does tend to stay away from south korea the still a chance a few shots and could see some heavy spells into northern sections south korea through friday but really at least a bit of a break that some really across into most of japan but that system which impacts north korea that will head up towards her on friday that is some very heavy rain that could well

and taiwan officials since 1989 when taiwan when the u.s. recognize china instead of taiwan officially in a diplomatic sense but at the same time this meeting is not really going to achieve too much in practical terms but it's definitely symbolic it's designed to get under the skin of beijing china's foreign ministry has said over and over again that taiwan is a symbol more sensitive issue when it came to us china relations and says that this visit really risks harming regional stability and further deteriorating of the relationship between the u.s. and china. the number of recorded corona virus infections worldwide has now surpassed 20000005 months after the pandemic was declared that's according to the johns hopkins university track which also shows global deaths of more than 735 sounds and about 12000000 people have recovered the u.s. brazil and india remain the worst affected countries with more than 10000000 recorded cases between them. in waves of the coronavirus is feared in germany and politicians elements of the far right and the le

the optics and the message being sent to the taiwan government and the people of taiwan as well as to the government in china as far as what what level the u.s. wants the relationship with taiwan to be obviously the health secretary's doctor learned much during a 3 day visit and in fact taiwan the united states have announced various initiatives over the course of this year about joint efforts to do research on vaccines they've had video conferences between the u.s. health secretary as aren't his equivalent counterpart here in taiwan so it is more about the public relations and the messaging than it is about anything that is are could learn being here on the ground for a short period of time. a former top saudi intelligence agency has been given heightened protection in canada canadian media reporting security services learned of a new threat on his life by agents of the saudi crown prince savile jobbery filed a lawsuit in washington d.c. on thursday accusing mohammed bin man of sending hit men to canada in 2018 to kill him national police and private guards are now said to be protect

took a step junius consider doing the same in regards to taiwan. speaking going to consider sanctioning u.s. senators and congressmen this was politicians when days spot go or are they something in which beijing conceded in appropriate i think these are properly one of the agendas that b.g. is considering ok all right thanks very much for your thoughts on this that is dr pak no one thing your politics languages and international studies lecture britain university thank you thank you. just coming up to half past 5 in the afternoon here in moscow good to have you come to move from us at the top you. know look forward to talking to you all that technology should work for people. a robot must obey the orders given by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the 1st law show your identification for should be very careful about official intelligence and the point obesity is too great trust ever. take on various jobs and with artificial intelligence will summon the demon. must protect its own existence as existed. when i was told somethin

president donald trump's administration lands in taiwan but the visit is not being welcomed by china. more vulnerable than ever the u.n. warns of why the pandemic is a grave health threat to the world's indigenous peoples. had a tropical storm jang me is with us it's just formed in the philippine sea is moving fairly rapidly north it's not a big sing is moving very quickly so as it will be felt in the korean peninsula it will drift through fairly quickly the winds day more than gale force the rain and up to $300.00 millimeters over already went aground probably largely inland from the coast and then disappears through the sea as a japan towards her and it's gone by the time we finish tuesday leaving behind it i should say rather quieter weather by which time it's china sees a bigger development in the 4 thunderstorms over the yellow river valley maybe the yangtze end of it for the south as well as an indication of significant action somewhere in southern china now you'd think that this curl of cloud here might be named but it's not been it's just a slow circulations under storms hitti

more the optics and the message being sent to the taiwan government and the people of taiwan as well as to the government in china as far as what what level the u.s. wants the relationship with taiwan to be obviously the health secretary is not going to learn much during a 3 day visit and in fact taiwan the united states have announced various initiatives over the course of this year about joint efforts to do research on back scenes they've had video conferences between the u.s. health secretary as aren't his equivalent counterpart here in taiwan so it is more about the public relations and the messaging than it is about anything that is are could learn being here on the ground for a short period of time. now thousands in west jerusalem of stage another protest against israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu for weeks demonstrators have demanded netanyahu should step down while he stands trial over corruption charges have also voiced frustration about the government's handling of the corona virus outbreak. a former top saudi intelligence agent has been given heightened protection i

cooperation in important areas and of peace and stability across the taiwan strait . china's government has described taiwan as the most sensitive issues inside the u.s. relations officially alex is our visit is about exchanging ideas for combat cards in the teeth and officially this tour is designed to provoke beijing the u.s. is already at odds with china over the newly imposed national security law as well as trade and technology with this high profile so support the taiwan washington's links into the building only deteriorates that training al-jazeera into. tyler. prime minister is warning demonstrators not to violate the law the latest protest in days of rallies led by student unions was on the outskirts of bangkok almost $4000.00 times demand the resignation of prime minister channel chart and an end to military rule and also questioned the role of the monarchy which is a 2 subject entire band playing days in bangkok he says the momentum of the protests seems unaffected by the prime minister's warning. there's no sign that the . comments by the prime minister wa

support for taiwan. taiwan today opening up a new u.s. backed maintenance center housing taiwan's brand-new fleet of upgraded f-16 fighter jets. the self-governing island announcing it is strengthening its air force spending $8 billion on those from the united states amid rising threats and tensions from china. >> we expect and hope that beijing will continue to exercise restraint. but we do not want to see is countries violating the order for the purpose of. >> martha: also announcing today it will ease restrictions on u.s. beef and pork imports, secretary of state pompeo says it opens the door for deeper economic and trade cooperation between the two countries. taiwan's minister of foreign affairs joins me now. a minister, we thank you very much. it's great to have you back on the program this evening. tell me a little bit about the importance of this maintenance center. that purchase makes you more than 200 jets in your fleet which makes your fleet the largest in asia now. is that right? >> that's exactly right. we bought 140 some f-16

has met taiwan's president signing when i was up praised taiwan's success in tackling coronavirus and said he brought a strong message of support from president trump is the highest level u.s. official to visit the island decades china has warned trip poses a threat to regional peace and stability president size courage and vision and leading taiwan's vibrant democracy are an inspiration to the region and to the world taiwan's response to covert 19 has been among the most successful in the world and that is a tribute to the transparent democratic nature of taiwan society and culture i am grateful to president side for welcoming us to taiwan and i look forward to using this just to convey our admiration for for china one and to learn about how our shared democratic values have driven success and health. afghanistan's presidents agreed to release $400.00 taliban prisoners they made that decision on the recommendation of the loya jirga a traditional assembly of tribal elders the release was a precondition for the taliban to agree to hold peace talks with the government some a binge of it

after a senior american delegation wrapped up in historic visit to taiwan u.s. health secretary alex as ours is the most high profile an american official to visit the on and in decades it's infuriated beijing which views taiwan as a breakaway province washington insists the trip was only meant to examine taiwan's successful battle against the coronavirus but as a has criticized china's handling of the pandemic and says the u.s. will continue to support the island as a friend and partner. meanwhile taiwan's president has called on china to use dialogue to resolve disputes in hong kong instead of oppression have been several high profile arrests in hong kong this week on charges related to china's new national security no arrests come amid a crackdown on hong kong was pro-democracy opposition has drawn widespread international criticism saying when promised to her government would support the people of hong kong what they do they even go once again solemnly called in the beijing authorities that when the people are taking a stand together and fighting for somethi

taiwan never imposed a strict lockdown like the one and move on. the small island proved to the rest of the world that it was indeed possible to contain the virus by late august only 7 people had died a covert 1000 in taiwan. years of preparation as well as extensive contact tracing and serve the authorities well. the west meanwhile remained oblivious to the oncoming threat or were they simply indifferent and i'm sure we are going back on the hours of preparation. oh why. didn't the international and fin fish beatific gone and learn from. the ice that i own no devices tells me they hadn't pretty calm didn't seem target of opportunity and then caught about soul walking on what i have seen never shuts them who point to another holes and we'll talk some style to completion soon. france too had yet to ban mass gatherings. the christian open door church a french evangelical mega church. a 5 day rally held here became ground 0 for the epidemic in france. there hasn't been a service here for weeks. pastor sam you read a bit there schmidt is devastated. fo

official coming here to taiwan. beijing considers taiwan to be part of china. and it is a very sensitive issue which washington knows extremely well. what we've heard from the foreign ministry in beijing a spokesperson saying they made stern recommendations to the u.s. about this meeting. they said u.s. and taiwan should not be having official interactions. now washington knew this was going to anger beijing when they decided to carry out this visit so, yes, the premise is about coronavirus and there is a lot that the united states could learn about how to deal with coronavirus from taiwan, but clearly there's a second element to this visit, rosemary. >> absolutely. paula hancock bringing us the latest there from taipei, taiwan. thank you for you. before we go we do want to bring the very latest. we've been covering this story from beirut. of course, the massive and deadly explosion that happened yesterday. it's 11:55 in the morning there. it happened just seven minutes after 6:00 p.m. in beirut local time. we know at this point 100 people have been killed. 4,0

is in taiwan and part of the reason for justifying that visit i think is that taiwan has done a pretty good job with respect to coping with covais it taiwan is not a player in the world health organization but could be and an ascent should be based on its performance and dealing with it so there's an opportunity here for the health and human services secretary to make a point about taiwan at the same time as pushing perhaps for their admission into the w.h.o. i do believe however that has been very careful in referring to taiwan as being a jurisdiction right rather than as a separate country right well as continue to need to do so who are going to continue to follow this these tensions because they're probably not going anywhere dean of the miami harvard business school and the west coast and investigative journalist benson thank you both for your time. that's all the time we have for today but we'll see you next time. the sudden end illegal takeover of a government by a small group. rather than revolution result. could small group be cooperation when you have a tiny group of people wh

and taiwan. the united states saying it is going to go there to talk about the international response to the coronavirus, which taiwan has been lauded worldwide for its response. they are going to talk about supplies and medical equipment between the united states and taiwan and also get some of the secrets of taiwan's success in containing the outbreak of covid-19. shery: the u.s. continues to put pressure on china. we know the sanctions, some chinese mainland and chinese officials. i have to wonder, does that even matter? it is not like they hold u.s. assets. >> that is the big question, how much is this symbolic or how much will this hurt the pocketbooks of the 11 officials who have been sanctioned including mainland chinese officials associated in united states terminology to the imposition of the security law on hong kong. the chiefclude executive, carrie lam as well as the police commissioner and others. konglam is the acting hong privacy commissioner. he has come out and said the sanctions

health secretary alexei's us met taiwan's president sign when his upraised taiwan's success in tackling coronavirus and said he brought a strong message of support from president trump the highest level u.s. official to visit the island in decades but china's warned his trip poses a threat to regional peace and stability and finally 8 people killed by gunman in southern new this happened while the group was on a tour in the west african giraffe reserve which is east of the town of koori and the defense minister says men on motorcycles shot at the group 6 of those killed were french aid work. and up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera rewind the lost tribe secret army the cia's next history has called it the great in the 1st episode conscription hundreds of thousands of our group troops into both sides of the conflict their story is rarely told but had a huge impact on the course of the. world moonwalk. onal jersey. hello i'm command santamaria and welcome again to rewind here on rewind we delve deep into the al-jazeera documentary archive to bring you some of the best and most infl

. >>> next to taiwan and the highest level u.s. visit in four decades. the u.s. health secretary met the president on monday, tsai-ing-wen, and the landmark trip comes amid rising tensions between washington and china. >> translator: by v visiting institutions in person, the delegation will gain a better understanding of taiwan's approach to the coronavirus. the visits also provides a chance to speak directly on the important issues. and find a direction for future cooperation. >> it's a true honor to be here, to convey a message of strong support, and friendship, from president trump to taiwan. >> alex azar offered his condolences over the death of formerer taiwanese presidentnt teng-hui last month. washington says azar is the first cabinet member to visit taiwan in six years. the u.s. broke off official ties with taipei in 1979. >>> u.s. president donald trump's administration is bolstering its relationship with taiwan at the same time it is toughening its stance against china. beijing says it will react sharply to the meeting. >>> now to the latest on the coro

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strait, waters between china and taiwan which taiwan sees as harassment. china sees taiwan as part of its territory. they're making a point. what's your response to that? they know you are here. they are unhappy this visit is taking place. >> it seems to be a continued politization by beijing of public health relationships. this should be sharing information, transparent information, unprecedented public health crisis and instead they seem to want to play political games as they have done at the world health organization. this disease had its outbreak in china. because china did not reveal the rapid human to human spread of the disease, did not reveal what they were learning about asymptomatic transmission, did not share the first viral isolates with other countries. shut down travel even as they allowed chinese to travel throughout the world, they seeded europe. and what spread to the united states was actually the disease burden that was allowed to seed into europe and went to the united states. >> what would you say to critics of the trump administratio

yang our correspondent is doing with us on the line really on the foreign minister says taiwan is on the front lines against an expansionist china but is it getting any help internationally in the trenches. sosa's 21000 we have actually seen the increased frequency of different countries sending their warships through the taiwan strait and the frequency have also trigger a more heightened response from china and at the same time the u.s. half has been actually approving a lot more military self's in taiwan over the last 4 years and so these are all feeding into taiwan's growing preparedness and also at the same time the capability of its military in order to prepare for all kinds of scenarios for the chinese military invasion and during the interview mr minister also pointed out the very important thing which is taiwan is basically only hoping that at countries like the u.s. is going to continue to help to approve these moves resells and it is not counting on the foreign powers to actually militarily intervene because at the end of the day they think that their responsibility rests w