of what was one—year ago. this is the kind of data the federal reserve is looking for. if inflation eases, investors expect the fed will start cutting interest rates which would make it less expensive for people and businesses to borrow money. projections show that fed officials are considering at least three rate cuts this year, but global supply chain someone of big unknowns. disruption to global trade in the red sea could get change everyone�*s plans and the movement of prices. that was erin delmore there. to taiwan now, where, as you�*ve been hearing, voters go to the polls tomorrow to choose a new president. the election could have major implications for taiwan�*s relations with china. and what happens to taiwan affects the whole world, because it makes over half the semiconductor chips power most of our technology. 0ur asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes reports from hsinchu, the home city of taiwan�*s top chip maker tsmc.
thank you. on saturday, taiwan will elect a new president, an election that china has called a choice between peace and war. taiwan's separation from china is seen in beijing as an aberration — a "left over" from china's civil war. in 19a9, communists drove china's nationalist leader chang kai—shek, from power. he fled to taiwan, setting up a rival government. today, people there are free to choose the government they want. 0ur asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes reports. hundreds of them were stashed away here. this 9a—year—old isn't happy about what was done to his former leader. as a young soldier, fan fled china with chiang in 19a9, but he never stopped feeling chinese.
you're live with bbc news. taiwan will choose a new president this coming weekend, in an election that china has called a choice between peace and war. china considers taiwan part of its own territory and it's been accused of interfering in the vote. but taiwan is a democracy, and its people are free to choose the government they want. 0ur asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes reports. there was a time when statues of chang kai shek greeted you wherever you went on this island. today, the generalissimo is a rare sight. hundreds of his statues have been stashed away here at this riverside park, south of taipei. 94—year—old fan shinjong isn't happy about what's being done to the legacy of his former leader. as a young soldier, fan fled china with chang in191l9, but he has never stopped feeling chinese. translation: taiwan is a province. - it is still a part of china.
when both aircraft were destroyed by fire. all 367 japan airlines passengers and 12 crew managed to escape. 0ur asia reporter suranjana tewari is in tokyo with more. the remnants of the plane are now being investigated, the passenger plane that had almost — more than 370 passengers and crew on it. japan airlines saying that it was cleared to land, the passenger plane was cleared to land, but the conflicting reports are coming from the smaller plane which was operated by japan's coastguard, and it's not really clear what the pilot was instructed to do — whether the pilot was asked to stay on the runway or to stay out of the way of the runway. five of the six people on board the coastguard aircraft died. 0ur reporter with the latest there
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but the death toll is expected to rise. the people here have lived through many an earthquake, but never felt tremors of this magnitude, which have shaken both their surroundings and their sense of safety. 0ur asia correspondent suranjana teqari told me how the conditions are hampering the rescue effort. there is actually heavy rain forecast and potential landslides, and the authorities have said that that will hamper rescue efforts further. the peninsula where the earthquake struck on monday is a very narrow peninsula, it's not heavily populated, but the roads are quite narrow and they have been damaged in the earthquake and that has made it really difficult, asjean�*s report mentioned not only for our teams to reach the most affected areas, but also those rescue workers. the other problem that is hampering rescue operations is after—shocks and tremors.
0ur asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes reports. this extraordinary footage caught on haneda airport's cctv system system shows the moment a japan airlines a350 struck a japanese coastguard plane that was, for some reason, on the same runway. thejet, with nearly 400 people on board, continues down the runway with flames now belching from the rear of the aircraft. more extraordinary footage taken by a passenger shows just how quickly the cabin filled with acrid smoke. but then what experts are describing as little short of miraculous. with frames rapidly engulfing the plane's fuselage, dozens of passengers can be seen sliding down escape chutes and running for their lives. all 379 passengers and crew on board escaped, some with minor injuries. tragically, the same is not true of the six crew on board the coastguard plane.
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0ne taiwanese company believes it has a solution. it's built a large network of battery stations to lower the cost of going electric. 0ur asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes sent us this report from taipei. here i am in taiwan and this little electric scooter may not look like anything revolutionary but it is. it is a world first. i will show you why. there are 1a million motor scooters here in taiwan and they are very noisy and very dirty. so how do you get people to switch from their dirty petrol scooters to a clean electric one like this. they have to be just as cheap and just as reliable.— just as reliable. there is no infrastructure _ just as reliable. there is no infrastructure to _ just as reliable. there is no infrastructure to convert i infrastructure to convert electric. and then the moment came, well, what about battery not included. if you sell the