they reiterate the point that taiwan is part of china, that these results are local elections and that unification will happen. but there is no mention of force in this statement. it says that the taiwan issue and achieving national reunification remains consistent and unwavering, their position on that, and they firmly opposed separatist activities. remember, they see the winner of taiwan s presidential election as a separatist. they see him pushing for independence, and that s something that they will not tolerate. now, i ve actually been to the province that s closest to taiwan here in mainland china. we spoke to a number of people there, and they say that they feel that taiwan is part of their family. they feel part of one family. and that s certainly a message that china propagates, that beijing is continually pushing this message of familial ties, that they are one family and that one day they will be unified.
cross strait relations. the statement is what we would expect from beijing at this time. they reiterate the point that taiwan is part of china, that these results are local elections, and reunification will happen. there is no mention of force in this statement. it says the taiwan issue in achieving national reunification remains consistent and unwavering. their position on that. they firmly oppose separatist activities. they say the winner of taiwan s election as a separatist, basie him pushing for independence. that is something they won t tolerate. i have been to they won t tolerate. i have been to the province that is closest to taiwan here on mainland china. we spoke to a number of people, and they say they feel taiwan is part of their family, they say they feel taiwan is part of theirfamily, they they say they feel taiwan is part of their family, they feel part of one family. that is something, a message
their candidate finally won and you can see it from the flags and the confetti flying around is happening against a very tense geopolitical backdrop. beijing is watching this very carefully because china claims taiwan as its own. the united states is a very strong ally to taiwan and it sees it as a partner in countering taiwan s influence and assertiveness in the region. and with that, the dpp comes to powerfor a third time with william lai now as the leader, maintaining that policy, something that beijing is not going to be happy about. many of the voters that i ve spoken to have said, we have voted, they re now in power they have to deliver. notjust on safeguarding and maintaining the peace and making sure that the defence capabilities are in place but also on domestic issues. at the heart of it is economy, the employment and the housing. so, for people here in taiwan,
i think also china first proposed united states a supporting piece for unification. at present, they stand on china s mainland. most chinese people believe in the future, it will be unified. we trust it. there is still a significant difference in how china sees taiwan and how taiwan sees itself. what that means in the days and weeks ahead is something we will be keeping an ion, but for now and today, it is back to you. thank you very much, steve, in taipei. we ve had some initial reactions to the elections from china. for the very
reunification remains consistent and unwavering, their position on that, and they firmly opposed separatist activities. remember, they say the winner of taiwan s presidential election as a separatist, they see him pushing for independence and that s something that they will not tolerate. now, i ve actually been to the province that s closest to taiwan here on mainland china. we spoke to a number of people there, and they say that they feel that taiwan is part of their family. they feel part of one family. and that s something certainly a message that china propagates, that beijing is continually pushing this message of familial ties, that they are one family and that one day they will be unified. but i think the message that the world has heard increasingly over the last few years is certainly beijing s intent, that if peaceful unification cannot be achieved, it will do so by force.