The Chinese Communist Party congress was watched in Taiwan even more closely, and with even more concern than ever this year.
Xi Jinping clinched a historic third five-year term as China’s leader, and there are dire warnings about what that means for the country. The head of the US Navy has cautioned that the world needs to be prepared for the Chinese invasion of Taiwan by the end of the year.
Newsnight’s diplomatic editor Mark Urban reports on the mood in the Taiwanese capital Taipei.
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