in our Assembly, will the Prime Minister support it and respect Wales's sovereignty?

It's not actually recognized as an independent state and this has a lot to do with how and why Taiwan was settled by China and One of the most important things to remember in this story is that the island has been home to indigenous peoples for thousands of years These people are not directly related to the Chinese In fact, they are Austronesian speaking groups who arrived along the same migration patterns as New Zealand, Polynesia Hawaii and Indonesia these indigenous groups developed distinct cultures and lived in scattered communities Primarily in the mountainous interior and along the coasts their presence remains a significant part of Taiwan's identity today Though they make up only about 2% of the population or about 600,000 people So in a way Taiwan is as much of a colonized country as many parts of the Western Hemisphere But let's get back to how modern Taiwan was established the earliest mentions of Taiwan interacting with China begin around the year 230 when military troops from the Eastern Wu Kingdom of China's Three kingdoms period landed on its shores though There is some debate on whether this was actually Taiwan that they landed on or not Various reports would include some mention of Taiwan albeit under different names for the next 1,400 years During the 1600s Taiwan became a contested territory the Dutch established a colony in the south the Spanish briefly held territory in the north and Chinese settlers mostly from Fujian province Gradually moved on to the island the Dutch were eventually expelled by Koxinga a Ming loyalist who used Taiwan as a base of resistance against the Qing Dynasty however his rule was short-lived as Qing forces took control of Taiwan in 1683 and Incorporated it into their Empire for over two centuries Taiwan remained under Qing rule though its position on the Empire's periphery meant it was often overlooked this changed in 1895 when the Qing were forced to cede Taiwan to Japan after their defeat in the first Sino-Japanese war the Japanese brought Modernization to the island building infrastructure railways and industry while also implementing strict colonial rule Though resistance existed Japan's influence reshaped Taiwan leaving a legacy that persists in aspects of its architecture education and economy after Japan's defeat in World War two Taiwan was handed back to China in 1945 and this proved to be very lucky for the Taiwan that exists today While remaining as a backwater through much of China's history Taiwan would eventually occupy a prominent place in the Chinese Civil War which had begun in the late 1920s The Nationalist Republic of China government under Chiang Kai-shek fought against the communist forces led by Mao Zedong despite initial advantages the Nationalists suffered a series of devastating defeats due to poor leadership corruption and dwindling public support by 1949 the communists had gained control of mainland China Forcing the Nationalist government to retreat to Taiwan Chiang Kai-shek and his followers established their base on the island bringing with them millions of refugees military forces and much of China's cultural and financial wealth at the time though the Nationalist government continued to claim sovereignty over all of China its control was Effectively limited to Taiwan and a few offshore islands It was during this period that saw much of the Western world namely the United States Canada and Western Europe aligned with Taiwan and recognized it as a country leaving mainland China as a global outsider however between 1950 and 1971 this recognition gradually eroded as Western countries sought to recognize mainland China as the sole China in order to establish trade with the much larger economic base and Because mainland China still claimed ownership of Taiwan it mandated that no country could recognize Taiwan as an independent country Despite the fact that it is independent for all intents and purposes This isolated Taiwan from global diplomacy, but not from global trade despite its diplomatic isolation Taiwan's economy surged in the late 1900s transforming from an agrarian society into a global industrial and technological powerhouse Democratic reforms began in the late 1980s culminating in the first direct presidential election in 1996 since then Taiwan has functioned as a democratic society distinct from mainland China Despite Beijing's continued claims over the island which leads us to today's population divide Hey, sorry for the interruption.

This is about existence, it's not about real estate It's not about well, maybe we can do a deal give Putin some land and he'll be satisfied They believe that Putin will never be satisfied until he's broken Ukrainian independence and sovereignty and certainly his own writings Suggest that is very much what he wants to do Jeremy we're hearing from some Ukrainian politicians that they believe they have enough military supplies at least for the next six months or so But you were just drawing on your experience having just returned from Ukraine and what we've seen in recent days is you know Huge number of drone attacks continuing on Ukraine a reminder, of course that while all these talks continue the war continues on I just wondered if I could get your assessment of how you see things going militarily Militarily, I should say given this news now as well.

They actually shake their heads They say no what this is about is about ending a hundred years or more than a hundred years of foreign domination and division of their country and regaining their independence and national sovereignty This country once defeated the greatest military power on earth Today they are celebrating that victory Watching over them the father of the revolution Ho Chi Minh Here to their fraternal allies from China the first North Vietnamese troops entered the city it was a moment of Humiliation for America and its allies as North Vietnamese troops entered the presidential compound When North Vietnamese tanks smashed through those gates behind me here on April the 30th 1975 it brought to an end the South Vietnamese regime and the country of South Vietnam It ended 20 years of incredibly brutal conflict between the north and the south That had taken anywhere between two and three million lives 75 year old Le Thanh Yen shows me a picture of his comrades who survived many others did not He himself was badly injured four times Many of our comrades were lost he tells me there were battles where it seemed like we would all be killed But somehow some of us survived and in the end we achieved victory They achieved victory, but their country lay in ruins in four years the u.s.

As you said, Donald Trump started making threats to Canada's sovereignty.

But in the past several years, as concerns over technology and, you know, technological sovereignty have grown, uh, this has been coming to be viewed as a geopolitical risk rather than economic benefit.

And China wants to do this in ways that will clash with European priorities and values, for example, by eliminating any universally binding rules and putting national interest and national sovereignty at the top.

No compromises at the cost of territorial integrity and sovereignty.

I do not think so, because that is probably the only sort of element of this peace plan, of this proposition, that really impinges on Russian sovereignty.

For among all things and in the heavens, there is but One from everlasting to everlasting who holds sovereignty over everything.