WEBVTT - Taiwan's history-making election

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<v Speaker 1>My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda

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<v Speaker 1>Bunjelung Kalkutin woman from Gadighl country. The Daily oz acknowledges

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<v Speaker 1>Gadighl people and pays respect to all Aboriginal and Torres

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<v Speaker 1>Straight island and nations. We pay our respects to the

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<v Speaker 1>first peoples of these countries, both past and present.

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<v Speaker 2>Good morning and welcome to the Daily os. It's Tuesday,

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<v Speaker 2>sixteenth of January.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm Zara, I'm Sam.

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<v Speaker 2>Voters in Taiwan have elected Li Chingtur from the Democratic

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<v Speaker 2>Progressive Party as their new leader. It's a history making

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<v Speaker 2>election for Taiwan, marking the first time a political party

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<v Speaker 2>in Taiwan has won a third straight presidential election and

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<v Speaker 2>the result sends a very clear message from the people

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<v Speaker 2>of Taiwan. They want independence from China. We're going to

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<v Speaker 2>tell you what you need to know in today's deep dive.

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<v Speaker 2>First Sam, what are the headlines.

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<v Speaker 3>More packages of cocaine have washed up on New South

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<v Speaker 3>Wales shores after police discovered several suspicious packages last month.

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<v Speaker 3>Since the twenty second of December, over two hundred kilos

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<v Speaker 3>of cocaine bricks have washed up on beaches from Wollongong

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<v Speaker 3>and Sydney's North all the way up to the Central

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<v Speaker 3>Coast and Newcastle. Investigators are working with ocean current analysts

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<v Speaker 3>to determine where and when the packages may have entered

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<v Speaker 3>the water. They're also seeking advice from experts on barnacles

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<v Speaker 3>to analyze a growth timeline. Early estimates indicate the packages

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<v Speaker 3>were in the water for about four to six weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>The wealth of the world's five richest people has more

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<v Speaker 2>than doubled since twenty twenty. That's according to a new

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<v Speaker 2>report on inequality from Oxfam. The report found that the

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<v Speaker 2>most wealthy one percent owns forty three percent of the

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<v Speaker 2>world's financial assets and individually responsible for the same amount

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<v Speaker 2>of carbon pollution as two thirds of the poorest people

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<v Speaker 2>in the world come bind. Oxfam also found the wealth

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<v Speaker 2>of more than five billion people has fallen since twenty twenty.

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<v Speaker 3>The twenty twenty three Emmy Awards will take place in

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<v Speaker 3>la today, months later than scheduled due to delays from

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<v Speaker 3>the Hollywood Actors and Writers' strikes. Succession leads the nominations.

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<v Speaker 3>The HBO drama is up for twenty seven Awards, including

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<v Speaker 3>a nomination for Ozzie Sarah Snook. Other Australian nominees include

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<v Speaker 3>Murray Bartlett and Elizabeth Debicki. The Emmys will air live

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<v Speaker 3>on Binge and Foxtel at midday Australian Eastern daylight time.

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<v Speaker 2>And the good news NATA has unveiled a new aircraft

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<v Speaker 2>that could change the way we travel. The X fifty

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<v Speaker 2>nine quiet supersonic aircraft is designed to fly at one

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<v Speaker 2>point four times the speed of sound, around fifteen hundred

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<v Speaker 2>kilometers per hour. Its narrow shape was designed to allow

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<v Speaker 2>the aircraft to move quickly while keeping noise to a minimum.

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<v Speaker 2>It's expected to fly for the first time later this year.

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<v Speaker 3>So Taiwan has a new president. His name is Leiching

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<v Speaker 3>Ta and his victory is the third successive win for

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<v Speaker 3>Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party. Now, importantly, that party is known

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<v Speaker 3>for supporting and promoting Taiwan's separate identity from China. It's

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<v Speaker 3>one of those really complex, interesting geopolitical issues that comes

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<v Speaker 3>up in the news quite a bit. Now. It is

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<v Speaker 3>Taiwan's complex relationship with China which really sets the context

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<v Speaker 3>of this election and explains why the Democratic Progressive party's

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<v Speaker 3>win is so significant and why we want to talk

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<v Speaker 3>about it today, Zara, Why don't we start with setting

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<v Speaker 3>the scene of Taiwan's relationship with China.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, So, Taiwan is an island and it's separated from

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<v Speaker 2>China by the Taiwan Strait. Now, Taiwan sees itself as

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<v Speaker 2>a sovereign state, so that just basically means that it's

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<v Speaker 2>independent from any other powers. So it sees itself as

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<v Speaker 2>its own country with its own government. On the flip side, though,

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<v Speaker 2>China views Taiwan as one of its provinces and so

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<v Speaker 2>that it will inevitably reunify Taiwan with the rest of China.

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<v Speaker 2>It's spoken repeatedly of that reunification of Taiwan and said

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<v Speaker 2>that it must be fulfilled and that it has the

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<v Speaker 2>right to actually use military force.

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<v Speaker 3>To do this.

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<v Speaker 2>And so there is this ongoing tension between what China

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<v Speaker 2>is saying and what Taiwan is saying.

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<v Speaker 3>So now place Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party in that context.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, So that's the party that won over the weekend,

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<v Speaker 2>and first and foremost, they promote the independence of Taiwan,

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<v Speaker 2>and that is their fundamental principle. The party believes and

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<v Speaker 2>I quote it's a historical fact that Taiwan is not

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<v Speaker 2>a part of the People's Republic of China, nor does

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<v Speaker 2>her sovereignty encompass mainland China. Another key principle is that

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<v Speaker 2>it believes in a free and democratic country that should

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<v Speaker 2>rule without any violence. It's listed a range of things

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<v Speaker 2>that it wants to do, and one of them is

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<v Speaker 2>to restore and to develop international relations. It says that

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<v Speaker 2>it needs to approach the current issue of its status

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<v Speaker 2>in the international community more flexibly and proact. We'll get

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<v Speaker 2>to what that means in a little bit, but essentially,

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<v Speaker 2>I think the fact that they won sends a pretty

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<v Speaker 2>strong message about what the people of Taiwan want. Though

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<v Speaker 2>it is important to note that the DPP party did

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<v Speaker 2>not win a majority. They won around forty percent of

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<v Speaker 2>the vote though.

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<v Speaker 3>And so the leader of that party is lighting toe.

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<v Speaker 3>What did he say about the victory?

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<v Speaker 2>So after his win, he said, we didn't let external

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<v Speaker 2>forces influence our election. That's because we decided that only

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<v Speaker 2>we can choose our president. And he added that between

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<v Speaker 2>democracy and authoritarianism, we choose to stand on the side

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<v Speaker 2>of democracy. So it's very lofty language there. It shows

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<v Speaker 2>how high stake City is for Taiwan. He really emphasized

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<v Speaker 2>in his speech the importance of Taiwan being a democracy

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<v Speaker 2>and the decision the people of Taiwan made in choosing

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<v Speaker 2>a pro democracy party. He'll now be in office for

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<v Speaker 2>four years, but it's fair to say that he's going

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<v Speaker 2>to face some difficult times trying to navigate Taiwan's ongoing

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<v Speaker 2>relationship with China.

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<v Speaker 3>Interesting and if we heard anything from China about the

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<v Speaker 3>new government.

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<v Speaker 2>So a spokesperson for China responded to the election saying

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<v Speaker 2>that the absence of a total majority, because remember the

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<v Speaker 2>party only won forty percent, meant that the results show

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<v Speaker 2>that the DBP does not represent the mainstream public opinion

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<v Speaker 2>on the island. The statement also said that this election

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<v Speaker 2>cannot stop the general trend that the motherland will eventually

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<v Speaker 2>be reunified and will inevitably be reunified. So China saying

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<v Speaker 2>there that whatever is happening domestically in Taiwan, they are

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<v Speaker 2>still pursuing this reunification policy. The Chinese government said that

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<v Speaker 2>Taiwan is China's Taiwan and that our position on resolving

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<v Speaker 2>the Taiwan issue and achieving national reunification is consistent, and

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<v Speaker 2>our will is rock solid on the new president, specifically,

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<v Speaker 2>China previously referred to him as a troublemaker through and through, and.

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<v Speaker 3>Taiwan is one of those stories that always does involve

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<v Speaker 3>the broader international community. I remember US speaker Nancy Pelosi

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<v Speaker 3>made a really historic trip to Taiwan a couple of

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<v Speaker 3>years ago. Have we had my much of an international

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<v Speaker 3>response to this new government?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, So I think to answer that, we do need

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<v Speaker 2>to just explain how international governments view this tension between

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<v Speaker 2>Taiwan and China. So a lot of countries actually did

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<v Speaker 2>to what's called the One China Policy, and that's just

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<v Speaker 2>essentially a diplomatic acknowledgment of America and some other allies,

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<v Speaker 2>including US here in Australia, that there is a sole

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<v Speaker 2>legal government in China. That means they don't recognize Taiwan

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<v Speaker 2>as a country. But I should add that even though

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<v Speaker 2>they acknowledge the One China policy, it doesn't necessarily mean

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<v Speaker 2>that they agree with the principle itself. For example, Australia

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<v Speaker 2>still maintains unofficial relationships with Taiwan. There are still those

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<v Speaker 2>diplomatic channels available and following the weekend's election, the Australian

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<v Speaker 2>government did release a statement congratulating Lie on his victory

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<v Speaker 2>and the people of Taiwan on the peaceful exercise of

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<v Speaker 2>their democratic rights. Our government added that the smooth conduct

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<v Speaker 2>of the elections is a testament to the maturity and

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<v Speaker 2>the strength of Taiwan's democracy.

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<v Speaker 3>And I mentioned to the US before, did we hear

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<v Speaker 3>anything from the US specifically on this new election.

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<v Speaker 2>So the US Department of State said that it looked

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<v Speaker 2>forward to working with Lion, with Taiwan's leaders and to

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<v Speaker 2>further the longstanding unofficial relationship. Interesting, Yeah, consistent with the

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<v Speaker 2>US One China policy, So they were not stoking any

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<v Speaker 2>fires there. I'd say that was fairly careful language there.

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<v Speaker 2>President Joe Biden took it a step further. He was

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<v Speaker 2>very clear when asked during a press conference and said,

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<v Speaker 2>we do not support independence. So we're unlikely to see

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<v Speaker 2>a major change in US policy anytime soon there.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, but it is going to be a big four

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<v Speaker 3>years for Taiwan in what is a rapidly developing part

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<v Speaker 3>of the world. So it'll be an interesting government to

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<v Speaker 3>keep an eye on. And what a new leader in

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<v Speaker 3>Taiwan means for the relationship with China and the broad

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<v Speaker 3>original security. That's all we've got time for on today's

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