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Opinion: Taiwan's president-elect should drop his party's independence plank

Amid concerns in Beijing and Washington about the potential for heightened tensions, Democratic Progressive Party leader Lai Ching-te can offer assurances about his commitment to the cross-strait status quo

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China Market Update: Mainland Rebounds On High Volumes

Asian equities were mixed overnight as China outperformed.

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US' manipulating politics in Taiwan to face restraints, counteracts: expert

The US' thinly-veiled policy of playing the so-called Taiwan card to support its geopolitical strategy of containing China is continuing after the regional election of Taiwan island with US lawmakers reportedly scheduling to go to the island.

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Enterprises from Taiwan more confident about expansion on mainland

In 2023, trade between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan island remained at a high level, reaching $267.84 billion, while enterprises and investors from the island showed stronger confidence about expansion in the mainland with positive progress made in cross-Straits economic exchanges, cooperation and integration, Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office, said on Wednesday.

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Xi calls for strengthening patriotic united forces as security authority warns secessionists

The united front work should strengthen the patriotic united forces in Taiwan, and oppose the separatist acts of

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CNN Newsroom Live

you? can we learn anything from it? >> actually, not surprising and perhaps the least drastic of china's options after this election. and china has been blasting any country or government that has been stgradually on the electio success. not just the united states, but the uk, canada and japan. the chinese foreign minister using that location to reenforce the claim over taiwan pointing to the 1943 cairo decklaration s yet another proof of that taiwan being part of a decade's long consensus, even though that's not without troerss and has been open to different interpretation. still with all this added urgency and increase ing importance of reunifying taiwan with the mainland under the

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Verified Live

years of neglect - what did you actually mean by that?- actually mean by that? so, i went into the mod _ actually mean by that? so, i went into the mod in _ actually mean by that? so, i went into the mod in 1990 _ actually mean by that? so, i went into the mod in 1990 when the i actually mean by that? so, i went - into the mod in 1990 when the berlin wall had just come down. i took part in an exercise called 0ptions wall had just come down. i took part in an exercise called options for change gall which basically slashed british defence expenditure and assets because there was no longer a russian threat on the mainland, so we took a peace dividend. the logic now, given we've got a rampaging russia on the shore which is just threatening, but actually conducting warfare — the logic should be that we should reinvest that peace dividend back into defence. no clearly we won't do that, but ease and as julian clearly we won't do that, but ease and asjulian lewis said in the house of commons this afternoon, and the times of the falklands war, we had twice the number of frigates and twice the number of government expenditure. the government keeps hiding behind his 2% nato target of expenditure on defense— in the falklands, we had 4.5%, the estimate of what was required. given we face the same threats now as we did in

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ABC World News Tonight With David Muir

mean to u.s./china relations. britt clennett reporting now from taiwan. >> reporter: tonight in a victory that could drive a wedge into already testy u.s./china relations, william lai ching-de, despised by china for his pro-independence stance, winning taiwan's presidential race. roaring celebration here as lai comes out to meet his supporters as taiwan's next leader. taiwan's voters rebuffing beijing's repeated warnings that the election is a choice between peace and war. china's government, which never had control over taiwan, threatening to take the self-governed island by force if necessary. [ speaking in a non-english language ] in his new year's speech, president xi even calling the reunification of taiwan with the mainland an historical inevitability. lai's win comes as the u.s. and china work to mend relations. president biden and xi meeting in california in november and just days ago, military delegates from both countries conducting talks in washington. tonight, president biden seeking to maintain a peaceful status quo with america's one-china

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Dateline

even in my dream, i'm always alone. >> he woke up, remembered his mother's words, get home to your dad. and he made a choice. >> i was going to get home, one way or another. >> how the heck would you do that? >> i was unclear about myself. i had to wait, maybe one day they'd get careless. >> you'd escape? >> yes. >> bit by bit, he prepared. >> physically, i tried to maintain, try to get as much food as i could when they'd give it to me, do you sit ups, pushups because if i ever did have to run, and have to be somewhat in shape. >> but then, he had an idea. the kidnappers allowed him to wash his clothes, and hang them to dry on a line outside the house. maybe, if they were distracted somehow, he could make a run for it, get to the ocean, catch a boat to the mainland. wishful thinking, of course. he was guarded around the clock.

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BBC News

mount lewotobi laki—laki erupted on wednesday, spewing ash clouds more than 6 thousand feet into the air. new zealand's former prime ministerjacinda ardern married her longterm partner clarke gayford in a small private ceremony in north island. official photos showed ms ardern smiling in a custom ivory gown. the wedding was originaly scheduled for early 2022 but was postponed due to strict restrictions she imposed on the country during the covid pandemic. stay with us here on bbc news hello. we've had some fairly chilly weather over the past few days, but things are about to get colder, as we're going to see a blast of arctic air moving in for the next couple of days. so a drop in temperature and some snow showers which will cause a bit of disruption, particularly in the north. so we've got a couple of weather fronts shifting their way south, opening the doors to these cold northerly winds, bringing us that arctic air. through the next few hours, already some snow showers working in across parts of shetland, mainland north of scotland. also seeing a little bit of snowfall, a few light rain

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