is long as the weights may take as long as 30 hours. yeah, i mean, she's out of the country for, for 70 years. i think that you have holidays wage to pay my respects to verizon. moving in 2 parallel lines, hundreds of thousands of mourners, while file passed the coffin before the funeral was held on monday. it watching d dublin years. don't go away. up. next we look at taiwan as it faces china's military threat. told me all logical. many thanks for watching. interested the global economy. our portfolio d w. business beyond. here's

a closer look at the project. our mission. to analyze the fight for market dominance. good, a step ahead. with d w. business beyond. ah, it's midnight and we're in south taiwan. be headed toward an area where military exercises are scheduled to take place. is closed. ah. it's september 13th, 2021. the 37th annual military trail will start at dawn. and these high school students from the capitol, taipei are here to watch the show. mm hm. i just come here this year as last year.

what you going to do is a feature just upload sheila instagram and that everyone knows tie wisely. the fans power. why is it important to show you? are we want love words to know we are a country not now? stem to load peoples, you've already got china one up time ones leading broadcasters t v b s has the best spot right now. we accompanied ting, ting, you the broadcaster, star presenter. we are going to go to that. the vantage points are the only one who are these girls were i was recall are the less for so when this kind of platform, so feel with deer, with less than 100 meters away. a war game is already underway. the airports have just been destroyed by the chinese army. taiwan needs to use the

highway to start and land. it's fighter jets. ah! we come across a surprising scene. the soldiers have swapped their weapons for brooms and dust pans. our photographer explains what's going on. if i come and jabber their clearing obstacles from the road to make sure the aircraft can start and land safely on sundays and jump to prevent accidents, the highway has to be as clean and smooth as a runway. now the military exercises can begin about as all right, come to the 37th major military exercise in 3 aircraft models are taking part today

to be genji, sound good idea. the f. 16 will be our very own mirage. 2001 course the heat. okay . raider, equipped to aircraft, who i want largest broadcasters are reporting live. the military also supplies stills and video material. a special guest is here to see the fighter jets, early warning aircraft. and the pilots, the president of taiwan, sy, in when she's the 1st woman to leave the country. as commander in chief of the armed forces. she's here in uniform. these exercises lasted 5 days and have taken place since 1984 the military films, the drills like this one showing the response to a chinese attack. it's

a deliberate demonstration of military might. that's especially directed at ty, one's neighbor and rival, the people's republic of china with but few people realize where taiwan true power lies. though ty, once population is only around $23000000.00, the global leading semiconductor manufacture is based here. t s m c is one of the most influential companies in the world. from the automotive industry to computers, smartphones and gaming consoles. many sectors depend on components made in taiwan, which has helped the island territory prosper with strong exports and

one of asia most important seaports. tie one's economy grew some 6 percent and 2021 . 1 of the best growth rates in the world. despite its economic clout, tie one finds itself in an unusual situation. only a handful of nations recognize it as an independent country. taiwan has its own flag, national anthem, currency, and democratically elected president and government. but it is still not officially recognized by any major power. and it's all down till the country's complicated relationship with china. mouse at tongs, communist party has never forgotten that it's greatest opponent junk. i check the previous leader of china retreated to taiwan in 1949 defect or creating a new country. the peoples republic of china has never recognized taiwan and regards it as one of its own provinces. chinese president,

she jin pink continues to insist that taiwan must be re unified with john woman. we do not rule out the possible use of force. most taiwanese agree that they should keep a low profile rather than risk provoking china. even if it costs i won their independence, they see that as the best way to preserve peace and economic freedom to louisville . so those are those that are sold. so everyone knows tie once an independent country, we don't need to shouted from the rooftop said over. but an increasing number of taiwanese are beginning to advocate for independence, including many young people, even though that risk aggression from china was not that on the volume and don't know if a conflict erupt. my friends and i are prepared to go to war and we see the gauge signs on the freedom of the press. marriage equality,

freedom of speech, and the right to protest and digital democracy spearheaded by a popular transgender cabinet minister in the capital type pe, nearly everyone rejects the chinese dictatorship and reunification. a small group, though, continues to insist the taiwan belongs to china. in time with these politics, 2 very different worlds collide. there are middle fingers who go into politics and former gangsters who sparked violence between the 2 camps. mm. how do people in taiwan deal with the situation of living in a country that official does not exist? we want to know more about the last bastion of political resistance to communist party china. ah, most time when you share the same goal for things to remain as they are,

wayne also doesn't want to provoke china, but opposes reunification is on the conservative side as 2 children and lives in an upscale type, a neighborhood. he values the stability and safety of taiwan and wants to keep it that way. we have shootings all the time. we don't have, you know, i'd say we don't have jihad is, you know, trying to blow themselves up. you know, we have freedom of speech. we have a very democratic society or national healthcare. i mean, i'll tell you a secret. all of my friends who live in america would fly to taiwan to do their help check. it's all wrong, good place to live, you know, and i will come french, people to come to taiwan. seriously. it's a great country. taiwan has been good to wayne and his family as part of the country's top one percent. he also does business with china.

they don't go, don't go to your cell phone. they see me. the businessman runs 6 english language school including one in china as he heads off in his luxury electric car. he has a telephone meeting with the chinese schools, director, me when i wanted to ask how the students are doing right now. and they're doing well. but if you knew students are struggling, i want them to get tutoring, but we don't have enough teachers. me. the school in china accounts for 10 percent of wayne's business. so it comes as little surprised that the business man wants to avoid stepping on chinese toes. that's true for many here. more than 40 percent of taiwan export, you go to china. ah, i hear you. a

go to day wayne was bringing his daughter to one of the 6 schools. he runs it's about 430 in the afternoon to come to our school after they're trying to school to get a us curriculum. if we were to calculate our students class time throughout the day, but our program, it will be longer than a full time work schedule. but how many of kids work very hard most how when he's actually a for us only about 5 percent of families here can afford to send their children to school is like this. wayne is now headed to his mother's place. he checks in on her every day. lisa runs

the show here. she found at the 6 school 30 years ago, or son now hand off the day to day management. but she still the one in charge. and when it comes to finances, she's all business tuition fees that you know, you mean for school next year, february to june. that's right. and today lisa has an appointment with 2 bankers with an annual turnover of $4000000.00 a year. she's looking for investment at my my mom told me he bought stock in apple. he's happy because the return is 14 percent. my value keeps rising, we're good, but i want to invest in new in china. she has been doing quite well since when public business is good for lisa and wayne,

and they don't want politics to interfere with things or them mean people have grown used to living in peace and happiness and help. and that's how it should be nice. i almost shall be broken by what they want to eat, what they want. things going well, woman, she said, but if taiwan were to become independent or decide to reject the status quo area, our society would become divided into how i renewed so, and hate would grow among taiwanese until you know, that is the woman i lisa is satisfied with the meeting that she's always felt comfortable calling the shots about. good people in taiwan have grown used to their way of life and freedoms. and they want to continue doing business with china. in other words,

taiwan wants to benefit from china's economic might. without the drawbacks of dictatorship, lou, that's why i'm close to his school. because a, when it comes to it, i do not want to risk my business. i do not want to risk my, my family. i'm in, you know, some people asked me, old high one is now recognized. so what, i don't care because of my, the taiwanese password on of dell, i use, you know, we can try where we everywhere. you know, i did list the eyes to you. could you compare to tony's password versus the people's republic of china, passport to tony's password can go more places in a china password. how long will tie, want be able to walk this tightrope at placate it's powerful neighbor and rival especially given that some taiwanese are chafing at the status quo. with

like roy who's 25 and advocates for taiwanese independence, blue vocal gadget, who in chicago the people in my neighborhood don't like mail, but they don't like people who demand taiwanese independence and who resist to the status quo. roy lives in a conservative district in a suburb of taipei, which looks down on people like him. he's on his way to his apartment, where his girlfriend is waiting for him. e by hello, love, i'm home on long. they live in a 3 room apartment which belongs to roy's grandmother. roy met one way, 4 years ago at a political gathering. she has a tie when he's father and a chinese mother. something that occasionally bothers her. i speak with an accent, and people often ask me you chinese. so i'd like that because i regard myself as

tywon and see the tire wong ways. mother is worried that her partner is taiwanese. i was when you, once my mother asked me, who will you vote for? i told her i would vote for sighing when, who's now president. she asked me why i told her, because citing when cares about taiwan. then she said, you're a treasure. if you vote for sy in when roy and wing way are both convinced that taiwan should become independent on the woman you're lazy. what we may have the same culture and the same language. but our way of life is different. john thomas, we are a free and democratic country, it will not be the one there and all for a tarion country a lot to see. well, that's why we need to oppose china and gain independence. it will not waste china as angry, even if nothing changes. china will still be angry if we let them have their way,

will end up like hong kong. eventually we'd be under the control of the communist party of china, a on the balls those in the roy is even prepared to stand up to china himself. if need be powerful in an attack, most taiwanese would run away. that would be easier in guy, but i believe we should take up weapons and defend our families on our homeland and our way of life. so the time that we need to stand up to china to not run away or possible. me, what is roy underestimating the threat to taiwan? this is china's military propaganda images designed to impress and intimidate taiwan. china's army is much more powerful than ty,

ones. with every day chinese fighter planes, like these nuclear capable, 86 bombers are sent over the taiwanese air defense identification. so in 2021, there were more than 600 such incursions. but taiwan government refuses to be intimidated. the country's leaders say they are ready to go to war if need be. foreign minister joseph is standing firm in we have been preparing is that we have the ability to defend ourselves even is going to happen tomorrow. so we are trying to make ourselves ready for

a possible conflict with china. and i want to say again, we have the determination to defend ourselves. this is our territory. this is our sovereignty, and this is our way of life. we want to protect it. the minister sales confident but others see the tier one is not ready to defend itself . this retired military officer is carrying 41 different awards on his shoulder or received during his 38 years. anti wants air force. today, the former deputy defense minister wants to draw attention to the mirage. 2000 fighter, which taiwan bought from france 30 years ago. the former officer is convinced mirage fighter is no longer a match for china's fleet. but only a handful of broadcasters show any interest in you, my young visa, that the mirage is afford generation fighter jet and china is already working on

the 5th generation. we have no choice but to up our game where you'll be, what i'm talking to. i want military knows it needs to be prepared for a chinese offensive particularly because the younger generation is increasingly against the status quo, which risks a backlash from aging. now the sunflower movement began in march 18th, 2014, when a group of students and other activists storm to the national legislature. they wanted to prevent a sweeping trade agreement with china, which would have strengthened chinese influence. at the time, the ruling china friendly commented party planned to waive the agreement through what followed or 23 days of protest where the student vehemently showed their determination. ah,

ah, you have always a hole. when we leave this parliament, we will have to live up to our responsibility. so you won't be easy, but we have to preserve the spirit of the movement. all the way to the sunflower movement helped pave the way for the election of president sy, in when the democratic progressive party in 2016. it was a bitter defeat for the old guard woman tongue, which had dominated tie when he's politics. since the beginning of $949.00, we pay a visit to $1.00 of the sunflower movement activists in the parliament building. audrey tang has now twice been appointed, taiwanese digital minister by the president. she's the world's 1st openly transgender national minister. and as a former hacker,

she's also an advocate for radical transparency. ah, is it into his interior? i need to make ah, everything the minister says to the press is made available to the people of taiwan . our entire interview will be posted to her, you to channel. all her government statements are posted there to, ah, the basically, i just speak my mind. so that's no extra training required. i guess of course a lot of the actual work is of course also a group effort. i think my main contribution is the individual is to insist that the materials for forming the message and also the medium is delivered as creative commas. oh, today,

tang wants to encourage tie when he citizens to purchase government issued spending vouchers. the goal is to stimulate the local economy in the wake of the pandemic. unlike the more formal chinese style of official communication, audrey tang isn't afraid to let her personality shop. i live on virtual vouchers, come and get them all the humorous clips don't take much time to me with wow, hurry follow kyle young taiwanese love it. colorful, whimsical. a very effective public message minister audrey tongue is very creative . she always has new ideas that are ahead of her time, especially when it comes to technology. the digital minister has contributed to

another unique instrument which emerged from the gulf 0 community called v taiwan for virtual taiwan. it's an online platform that allows for civic debate on legislative the fostering this digital democracy is one side of audrey tang's work. but there's another more disquieting side in late 2021 time when he's official set, the government faced up to 5000000 cyber attacks or probes per day is may 2020 hackers? targeted a state run energy company, causing payment issues and chaos at gas stations across the country. to help protect against such attacks. the minister employs whitehead hackers to

test government projects and software programs. make sure that we also understand so called the red team thinking how the penetration testers think about the system so we can defend ourselves better and also proactively hunt any threats . the ceo of team t 5, but tie one based cybersecurity company is familiar with many cyber espionage groups. they were even able to identify the one responsible for the energy company attack called a p t 41. they are in the taurus group of china backed hackers also wanted by the f b i and they have very high skilled. they are really good at separate attacks and according to our regular research, we know them compromise lots of very large enterprises and very, very important critical infrastructures. and are some like technology companies

a p t 41 or hackers for hire. they work for organized crime as well as state entities, such as china that they all there tech is very close to on taiwan, our presidential, our integration ceremony. so many people guess it might be related. they want to cause some high impact because not only this company on it happened to a 2 major r oil on product providers. in taiwan, taiwan fears that critical infrastructure, like the electricity and power supply could also be hacked, which would bring the entire country to a standstill. some of these hackers work out of bass, 311 in the chinese city of fuko. bass. 311 is where the chinese military cyber

warfare operations are headquartered. just off the coast from a time when he's archipelago. much like with the kenman islands to the south, which is only a half hour vote right from the mainland. in kenman county, people worry more about a chinese attack than anywhere else in taiwan. that fear is exemplified by these defensive stakes, which recall the battles between mouse communist and john chi checks nationalists. in 1949. robin is from taiwan at works as a tour guide on kenman. so when it got here about 3 days, doing nice attacking was just came and was called a r o c troops. so their standard file 900 boats as some tie the night time 2 o'clock attacking to kim and for 3 days. hm.

in taipei, the time when his government faces another challenger, the foreman tongue, it's the main opposition party and the oldest in taiwan. the conservative one china party tries to force the new government at every turn. freddie live as a newer member of the legislature who won his district in january 2016 election. that's outside in when, when the presidency a we are and some sizes are, which is a market that are built in japanese colonial hero hero, almost 100 years. the small market is located in a historic type, a district in the heart of freddie limbs, constituency. i go to long. this is one of the most famous dumpling shot in his area,

surrounded by voters. freddy lim looks in his element. perhaps because he is not only a politician. he also possesses a special talent, crazy, very farmer's wife, hermas way her seeing. single thought. martin luther the see now is to petition. oh yeah. don't. oh, okay. oh, the front for taiwan is most famous. heavy metal band. ah ah, to night is performing before an audience of 20000 he also takes the opportunity to send his message to his friends of pro independence message,

much to the displeasure of the conservative warm, intact omega. some guy, the records are country is valuable even though it's small. eyes are no dictatorship, should be allowed to tell singers writers and artists what they can sing right or perform just to enforce their terrible policies and eyes. yeah. code as or those always dinner. ready live on his election. the cool mentor is doing everything in its power to retake his district in parliament. lynn has even been physically seized by political opponents. ah, to keep lim from voting. the opposition all wearing blue. grant him and held him in place. shocking images, but are the order of the day and taiwan, i think they can say or their,

their idea about being closing with china. so. so how, how they can position themselves that they found it is so difficult. so they, they, it might be easier for them to go extreme and to get attention on the people by that's at for as well. i don't think it makes sense but, but they just do that. the form in tongue is not the only party that poses a threat to tie wants democracy. there's also the china unification, promotion party, or the c u. p. p, in extremist pro china parties. though it's just a french party, it knows how to capture public attention. the lettering on their vests delivers a clear message. we support reunification with china. today mr. chung and his comrades are demonstrating for the 122nd time in front of taiwan center for disease control. their demand is always the same. taiwan should purchase chinese made covey vaccines. good w, hugging,

should. china is prepared to make safe and effective vaccines available to us quickly, you know, the power. so, um, we have to protect people's la irin. hi. want somebody. we can't allow the government to block chinese vaccines. oh, called and i was done. mean though, somebody mentioned the job in our into the protest. the police stepping with i'm informing you that today, september 20th you must leave the premises. otherwise, we will remove you by force the c u. p. p activists comply and to leave the area we take the opportunity to follow chung futon to his headquarters just a few kilometers outside typing. in. as we entered the premises, we were struck with the impression that these could possibly be mainland chinese

military forces on taiwanese soil. which could be a serious danger to democracy here. ah, ah. we 1st encounter a statue of the chinese communist leader dang, shall. pig in the 1950s thing was a close comrade of miles of dawn. 40 years later he was responsible for the t n in mid square massacre. i in the next room, c u p, p. propaganda videos are being filled. the demonstration from earlier that day will also go online soon. a man in a blue track suit is keeping a careful eye on things. he has an air of authority that peaks or curiosity especially since he sticking close to the parties chairman for the so it's, i'm not the,

this is the office of the c u p. p. president bungles who? oh, i'll introduce you to his son of suddenly when his father chung and lo, the president of the c u. p. p isn't here. his son chung way takes over the home. but the shadow of his father was in china right now is always present. this would sculpture was given to my father when he returned to taiwan. it's a souvenir, a wolf, because my father's nickname is white wolf, which in the hall to joel, i don't. white wolf may have a romantic sound to it, but the name comes from the time when chung with father was the leader of the bamboo union, the largest of taiwan triads, chung and spent 10 years in the u. s. prison on drug charges. more recently though, he's been investigated for claims that the c u. p. p. has been accepting funding

from china. chung way, it tries to convince us that he's different from his father. since he was raised in argentina by his mother. he conduct the rest of the interview with us in spanish. this schedule. i was 21 when i met him the 1st time because he'd spend 10 years in prison in the us father in law, my already or media. i only knew my father from news reports and i knew he was my father, but i'd never medically louis, you know, participate. i'm not in a gang when my father has forbidden. if we meet another former member of the band with union, he succeeded in leaving the crime syndicate and has become a loyal supporter of independence. these days, he's glad for the freedom he enjoys. he runs 6 fitness centers. holger check may still look like

a gangster. but his sample union days are over. this is an entrepreneur and an internet celebrity with more than a 1000000 followers. waivery by shit and is, is it is, i work out 3 to 4 times a week was bench pressing. what are those sources? sundance is usually $160.00 or $170.00 kilos. sometimes even 180 it. it bought it by lies. although it bye bye. see bye bye. so he'll tell us his son does this. his son, the buddha, was the good side, doesn't put up all that this isn't irma. that is the bad side. i mean, this signifies that our world doesn't just have one side, but to another. if you encounter a bad person, you have to use your bad side to beat him on colder those he in 2020 holger chain. pay dearly for his newfound political support for an independent. i want the

incident made headlines far and wide, dizzy. now for news of the day, internet star held out, jen was shot in the arm and leg 3 times early this morning and paypal e controller thanks hunger as he left one of his fitness studios in the middle of the night, holger chen and 2 employees walk to his car, suddenly, a gunman appeared, shot him at close range and flat. ah bullet, y'all mail, bumble schedule every day i still have pain in my legs. oh, i had a total of 7 entry and exit wounds. i was in critical condition by a very critical my results. i still have bullet fragments in my leg, and i worry that i'll have pain for the rest of my life to folds on. the reason for the attack was clear. in 2019 holger chant helped organize mass demonstrations

against powerful pro china media outlets. he's been speaking out for taiwanese independence since leaving the bamboo union. i was here all taiwanese should rise up against the red media here and against the chinese communist party. i did, the protests were mainly directed at one man sigh, aiming the billionaire owner, the china times media group, older chin had accused him of working for beijing and seeking to destabilize taiwan by spreading propaganda on his media outlets. including the cta, cable new station. these are the tower that either he's an enemy of taiwan. we know that people like him are working for the enemy and getting money from the chinese school. i. in the wake of the 2019 protests,

the media magnate was asked to appear before the taiwanese national communications commission, which decided not to renew c t. r. 's license. city i news will stop broadcasting after nearly 3 decades authorities of accused the owner, tiger and sy, in many of the interfering with the broadcast as editorial independence ah, older chin is not the only one to be threatened by pro china extremists. taiwan was also home to political exiles who fled chinese controlled hong kong. one of them is lum winky. he's a bookseller who specializes in books that are critical of beijing. as a result, he spent 8 months in a chinese jail. the chinese police have their site set on him again because he refuses to divulge the names of his customers meeting,

changing sonya and go i used to send 5 kilos of books per day to china look side so now there is always home. oh yeah, i did that for almost 2 years. just had on you guys for 2 reasons. foyer, john, 1st to turn money. there was a john and 2nd young. don't want to influence people. oak. i've been to g. g. i believed that china can only be transformed from with n y mandarin schumacher. people have the right to read books. so this is i'm opposed to any and all bands. you joe with owen taiwan does not have an extradition treaty with china. that's why lum winkie was able to open a new bookshop and 2020. with sy in winds blessing the time when he's president even left behind a simple hand written note that said a free taiwan supports the freedom of hong kong. the post it note is still there. oh, words like these are

a provocation for china. a country where the word freedom here framed on the wall has little place in a bookshop of provocation. that would soon be an answer i did with red blotches on the walls. the floor and the table in on april 21st 2020 lamb. when key was splashed with red paint while eating at a cafe, with his attacker who was captured on a security camera, was determined to intimidate the anti china activist into submission with non should i want to require a home shop. they arrested the people who threw paint on me are the on she goal. and now they're in jail. you order the will really well. yeah, i'm, well, how are you using ah, wife, louder than john?

i'm glad because taiwan is a democratic country bobbing, plunge it into a void, provoking china. taiwan was long, reluctant to take in any one playing hong kong. but in 2020 taiwan gave refuge 211000 hong kong. hers wanted to escape china's brutal suppression. dissent. ah, it had become clear that for president she jane, paying the promise of one country to systems, meant something very different than what hong kong had hoped. and many here fear that taiwan could suffer the same fate. do you believe in one country to systems and will taiwan be the next hong kong? ah, you along to dodge i lows are empty words c. o. do you understand what i mean by that? some new ha, new marine biology always on la. joseph bomb. something that doesn't exist. yeah, yes, sham, meaningless saying, oh,

china would like to re conquer taiwan territory that it considered its own to day tie. one stands at a crossroads. will the de facto independence of their country become official boar will be ging to everything in its power to assume control of taiwan ah ah, to own or not to own? what about a sharing economy instead?

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