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Presidential election. how china is responding to the results next.

As we're seeing in ukraine, if the russians have this assertion and are trying to implement it by force, then the ukrainians, like the taiwanese perhaps in the future, will have no alternative but to resist. but the dpp and the kmt, for that matter, are doing their best to try to avoid war, which certainly isn't in anybody's interest. >> i mean, still, china has warned of consequences if the ruling party were to be re-elected. we just heard them reiterate their position, that taiwan is part of china. so are you still concerned about, you know, the road ahead? >> we should all be concerned. chi...

The dpp has been extremely careful to try and find the right balance between promoting taiwan's unique identity and democracy and trying, at least, to not cross red lines of the chinese government. the problem is, the chinese government keeps moving the red lines, and the chinese government has this stated goal of basically taking control of taiwan. although the chinese government says that china has a historic claim on taiwan, china's claim is really tenuous at best. since '95, taiwan has been ruled by beijing for a total of four years. in the same period, india was ruled by london for 52 yea...

The ascendant political view in taiwan. that is not supporting independence but is recognizing that taiwan has its unique, historic, cultural identity, its unique democracy, and it doesn't want to be under the thumb of ch china. taiwanese voters looked at what china did in hong kong, where they violated all their agreements and essentially destroyed civil society and democracy in hong kong. the people of taiwan resoundingly don't want that. >> listen to what one voter told cnn's will ripley about his concerns in this election. >> if the democratic progressive party doesn't change the direction...

Ch china. now, all of a sudden, we got a special counsel. this special counsel is not in a position to do anything based on the fact that the most serious crime has passed the statute of limitations. >> which is what? >> the five-year limitation on the tax charges which is the biggest year. $5 million, $10 million, okay? now, they can't comment on a pending investigation. now, the statue of limitations run on the most serious crimes. now, there is no explanation to joe biden's immense wealth. the man is in government his whole life and his wife is a schoolteacher. give me a break. weiss is goi...