Im very welcome to do that. Its good to have you with us. On saturday in president ial and legislative elections but until the question of whether the island looks towards or away from china the will come from one of these 2 president ial candidates incumbent leda. And her main challenger who are you now trying when comes from the independence minded Democratic Progressive Party encore you is from the opposition woman tongue which advocates closer ties with china these opposing stances have defined electoral politics in taiwan since that 1990 s. But its on the taiwanese island kinman just about 5 kilometers from china at its closest point that you can really see the influence that china has on taiwan did have a correspondent phebe kong filed this report from there. This is the border of taiwan but the chinese claire is here were on Cayman Island where you ok tional the sea the flats are political rivals china and taiwan flying side by side. One cooperative project is this vessel for which starts water pumped from china that helps feel some of needs in 2018 cumin turn the china to resolve Persistent Water shortages. Also manages the water works here for him interaction its more than Just Department ships its everyday life. Theres a chinese idiom that says a close neighbor is more helpful than distant family the pipeline is groundbreaking uses cross straight hostility and sets a precedent to connect our electricity grids or even build a bridge in the future we want friends instead of enemies many on the island. Which most likely not the majority of taiwanese. Parliamentary candidates from a Pro Independence party is skeptical his opposition to china has. Beijings influence has been the central issue ahead of this weekends elections the whole says it was only when hong kong descend into political turmoil that he made up his mind. I will leaflet speech of the hong kong protests because we trigger a strong sense of national doom looking at the tragic outcome for taiwanese have to think about whether we should still see closer ties with your thought terry regime behind hong kong. This is taiwans closest place to china which is only a row 5 kilometers away it used to be the front line in conflicts that case ago that military very case was left but nowadays china is trying to narrow this taiwan not only economically but also politically but how on this authorities see this threat and has been this so saying yourself on china over the past 4 years. China a friend or foe. Has failed to unify selfloading taiwan and the one country 2 systems as china did with hong kong if necessary by force but these idea was rejected by taiwans president. Action. Because china friendly rival hungary or you has a different response to beijings intimidation tactics. Ties Economic Cooperation which one and his friends also support the last few would i on china for a living. But we are used to see china as a threat but not now i saw a gradual progress when i got in touch with the chinese and we want a peaceful and prosperous lives instead of constructing a socalled threat i dont care whether there will be unification or infiltration this is not what my generation will encounter. Taiwan and china to interact with we must be treated fairly i mean state to state relations what kind of price are we willing to pay for that taiwan should be more aware of chinas sharp elbows when anywhere else in the world because were on the front line we have the only place for china wants to take control of. Decades ago because inside his iconic mark used to broadcast their propaganda to the mainland its now a Tourist Destination but the message of freedom and democracy most distinctive difference across the straits remains just as timely as ever. And joining me. The also. Used to share a beer in type and also joining us is correspondent is belinda. To you 1st is the china sentiment. You would tyrone would you say well it represents a view opposite a number of taiwanese hold on the main island but is obviously and thats hollows getting less popular when compared to a decade ago when we talk about the. Opinions that we have experience in taiwan for decades is a complicated issue because it involves identity very was an economy and for many of our generation in taiwan most of them they identify themselves as Ethnic Chinese in the broader sense because many of them that taiwan the Chinese People wore where they still have some family ties with the Mainland China but on the other hand 40 younger generations who were born and raised in taiwan they simply dont recognize themselves as chinese they think they are taiwanese they have nothing to do what china is they have no bonding with the Mainland China and more importantly they feel that china is getting more aggressive and intrusive taiwans fundamental values which is democracy and Civil Liberties in recent years and this further make them feel good at this and from the Mainland China and economically there have been heated debate about whether china taiwan should depend on chinas market or not so this is also something and have long been in almost every single elections in the past 2 years what you want is. These president ial elections. The fact that beijing was able to conquer taiwan that the communist party was unable to conquer taiwan in 949 has been a major tarnish on beijings narrative that it has united pacify and liberated china and it remains a tarnish on this easy piece narrative until today in recent years beijing has even intensified its compay to bring taiwan under the rule of paging and shes implying has made it a clue has made it a major issue off his signature policies so a win by the Pro Independence camp in these elections would of course damage the taiwan policy off the c. C. P. As one of the core policies of this nationalist narrative that beijing is pushing toward it would show that beijing does not have the soft power to convince people that it is a Good Governance organization c. B. When it comes to taiwan sovereignty this is been an issue in president ial elections since 1960 what is so special now. Well when we look at exactly one year ago a chinese president xi jinping gave a speech on china on chinas taiwan policy where he took a tough stance on unification with taiwan under one country 2 systems so this is a formula where china adopted to take hong kong back and the control in 97 from the britain and but for many home when hes on the island they view that the. Post has been an explicit example of one country 2 systems and further the person that is trust to us beijings commitment and many of them they are they are afraid of like taiwans will lose its way of democratic system of product way of life it really government get too close to beijing and some even anxious about like what there will be a political agreement with beijing if of china friendly candidates whose high one. Final question to you given whats happening in hong kong is that everything can be doing about the messaging for taiwan from the communist party. We dont know that if it is happening in the back behind closed doors what we have noticed is that beijing has not said anything in public about these Upcoming Elections probably reflecting that stepping out in favor of the kind it or you would probably not hope hes course. But is building in beijing and joining us from taipei thank you both very much. This looks like a lemon but tastes of so much more japans usual fruits of god the creative juices flowing in the world. But thats not all there bubbling up in the world of wellness as well preferred by some for winter not bad considering it takes usually trees for years before they produce their 1st fruits in these Green Mountains the scent of citrus wastes through the air its the smell of money to farmers here demand has never been higher for used to the tart temptress of japanese cuisine. Only people who really know japans calorie tradition can understand the strength of using others can find this fruit too acidic. 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