Taiwan election angers China: BBC News Review

Taiwan has elected William Lai as president, keeping the Democratic Progressive Party in power for a third term. The new president wants Taiwan to remain independent, which has angered China. Beijing wants a “peaceful reunification”, but has also not ruled out the use of force. Image credit: (Images: Annabelle Chih/Getty Images and An Rong Xu/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Key words and phrases: 🔎 status quo - the way things are - Employees should challenge the status quo if they want their company to change. - Some people love change, whereas others prefer sticking to the status quo. 🔎 fumes - expresses extreme anger or frustration - After some negative feedback, he left the room fuming with anger. - He called customer services and fumed over the failed delivery. 🔎 rock solid - very strong or unlikely to change - Their relationship was rock solid once they had repaired the trust. - After years of hard work, her professional reputation was rock solid. ✔️ 0:00 - Introduction ✔️ 0:24 - Story ✔️ 1:15 - Headline 1 ✔️ 2:40 - Headline 2 ✔️ 4:21 - Headline 3 ✔️ 5:57 - Language summary More popular videos to help you improve your English: ⭐ 6 Minute English: Addicted to sugar 👉 ⭐ Have done VS have been doing 👉 ⭐ News Review: Dog meat banned by South Korea 👉 🤩🤩🤩 SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more English videos and podcast English to help you improve your English 👉 ✔️ Visit our website 👉 ✔️ Follow us on Instagram 👉 ✔️ Find us on Facebook 👉 ✔️ Join us on TikTok 👉 @bbclearningenglish We like receiving and reading your comments - please use English when you comment 😊 #learnenglish #bbclearningenglish #taiwan