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starts october 8th on d. w. ah, ah, it's midnight and we're in south taiwan. be headed toward an area where military exercises are scheduled to take place. close. ah, it's september 13th, 2021. the 37th annual military drill will start at dawn. these high school students from the capitol, taipei are here to watch the show. i just come here this year and last year with you going to do the features. just upload sheila instagram as everyone knows

tie wise with the fans. power. why is it important to show you things are we want love words to know we are a country not now stem to people's republic of china, one of tie one's leading broadcasters, t v b s has the best spot right now are we accompanied ting? ting, you the broadcasters, 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 we doubtless voice or rent this kind of platform. so feel with beer 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 i come to the 37th, major military exercise in 3 aircraft models are taking part to day to be genji, sound good idea. the f. 16 will be our very own mirage. 2001 course the heater k.

rader. equipped to aircraft. who i want largest broadcasters are reporting live 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 ty, wine, sy ing 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 taiwan 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 consuls. many sectors depend on components made in taiwan, which has helped the island territory prosper with strong exports and one of asia's most important seaports. ty, once economy grew some 6 percent and 20211 of the best growth rates in the world.

despite its economic clumped tie, one finds itself in an unusual situation. only a handful of nations recognize it as an independent country. high one 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 to the countries 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 on bills and also 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 risks, aggression from china. with a nod on the vault woman's thumbnail, if a conflict erupt, my friends and i are prepared to go to war. monsieur, though gained jude's ends on deja. 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. 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 trying to blow themselves up. you know, we have freedom of speech. we have a very democratic society or national health care. 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. i. one 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, don't, don't go to get your stuff on my see me, the businessman run 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, directed me when i wanted to ask how the students are doing right now. the go to teachers 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 time, one exports to go to china. ah, i can hear you

dancing. ready to go to de wayne, bringing his daughter to one of the 6 schools. he runs it's about 430 in the afternoon that come to our school after day trying to school to get a us curriculum. if we were to calculate our students class time throughout the day was our program. it will be longer than a full time work schedule. so how many of kids work very hard? most? how many pairs actually a for us? only about 5 percent of families here can afford to send their children to schools 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 of 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, 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 is looking for investment in the field. so my mom told me he bought stock in apple. he's happy because the return is 14 percent. my value keeps rising was good, but i want to invest in new in china. she gave me been doing quite well since it went public. a business is good for lisa and wayne, and they don't want politics to interfere with things. and that no more than me

aging people have grown used to living in peace and happiness. and that's, and that's how it should be. and as i am, as in south sisser, how people can buy what they want though. okay, eat what they want. and so it has such things going well, woman, she pins him. but if taiwan was, you become independent or decide to reject the status quo area, our society would become divided to and she, how i renewed. so and hate would grow among taiwanese talk until, you know, that is the woman i lisa is satisfied with the meeting. 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 pro status school because 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 ask me, old high one is now recognized. so what, i don't care because of my, the taiwanese password on of del i use, you know, we can try where we everywhere. you know, i did list the ice t, you could, you compare to tony's password versus the people's republic of china, passport to tony's passport can go more places than a china password. how long will tie, want be able to walk? bas tightrope, placate its powerful neighbor and arrival. especially given that some hi, when these are chasing the status quo. like roy who's 25 and advocates for taiwanese independence. vocal guardian, william jenkins,

all the people in my neighbourhood 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. a buffalo love. i'm home long long. they live in a 3 room apartment which belongs to roy's grandmother. roy met one way 4 years ago and a political gathering. she has a tie when he's father and a chinese mother. something that occasionally bothers her. just did i speak with an accent, and people often ask me, he chinese. so i'd like that because i regard myself as tywon in his he does it have one way his mother is worried that her partner is taiwanese. i was

when you, once my mother asked me, who will you vote for? i was, i told her i would vote for sy in when. who's now president? she asked me why i told her, because citing when cares about taiwan. then she said, you're a treasurer if you vote for sy in when roy and wing way are both convinced that taiwan should become independent on the woman. they feel 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 woman when they're in r for a tarion country. that's why we need to oppose china and gain independence. waste additions on the roy is even prepared to stand up to china himself if need be

powerful. in an attack, most taiwanese would run away on that. 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, a, 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 wants. with every day chinese fighter planes, like these nuclear capable,

h 6 bombers are sent over the taiwanese air defense identification. so in 2021, there were more than 600 such incursions. but taiwan is 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 say that day one is not ready to defend itself

. this retired military officer is carrying 41 different awards on his shoulder received during his 38 years in taiwan air force. to day, 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 the raj mitre is no longer a match for china's fleet. but only a handful of broadcasters show any interest you will find young jesus. the mirage is a 4th generation fighter jet and china is already working on the 5th generation and we have no choice but to up our game where you'll be what he's and i'm talking to, i was 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 and march 18th, 2014. when a group of students and other activists storm to a 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 the whole 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 of 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 1949, 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, chief, the world's 1st openly transgender national minister. and as a former hacker, she is also an advocate for radical transparency. this is his interview. 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 too. ah, they're basically 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 that individuals is to insist that the materials are forming the message and also the medium is delivered as creative coma. oh lou 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, shon,

blue shield virtual vouchers come and get them all the humorous clips don't take much time to me by the lucy holland. wow, hurry follow kyle young taiwanese love it. colorful, whimsical, a very effective public message minister audrey tag is very creative. she always has new ideas that are ahead of her time, especially when it comes to technology. blue, the digital minister has contributed to another unique instrument which emerged from the gob, 0 community called v taiwan for virtual taiwan. it's an online platform that allows for civic debate on legislative lou. fostering

this digital democracy is one site of audrey tang's work, but there's another more disquieting site. in late 2021 taiwanese officials set the government faced up to 5000000 cyber attacks or probes per day. in 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, the thinking how the penetration testers think about this as, as the we can defend ourselves better and also pro, actively hunt. and these threats the c e o of team t 5. but tie,

one based cyber security 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 a notorious group of china backed hackers. also wanted to buy the f b i, and they have very um, high skill. they are really good as several, a tech and according to our raker, our research, we know them did compromise lots of very large enterprises and very um, very important critical infrastructures and awesome like tech launch companies. yeah. a p t 41. our 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 son or impact because not only this company on it happened to a 2 major r oil up 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. base 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 kingman 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 chunk i checked nationalists in 1949. robin is from taiwan at works as a tour guide on kenman. so when it got here about 3 days during nice attacking was just came and was called a r o c troops. so there are standard file 900 boats as some tide a night time 2 o'clock, attacking to pin for 3 days old in taipei, the time when his government faces another challenger, the corman tank. 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.

freddy limb is a newer member of the legislature who won his district in january 2016 election. that socks i inc. when, when the presidency. oh, ready. we are as signs i says on, which is a market that ah, ah, 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 don't i go in. oh, this is one of the most famous dumpling shot in his area, surrounded by voters for any lim looks in his element. perhaps because he is not only a politician, he also possesses a special talent, crazy for a very farmer's wife, hermas wife. thing about martin luther. the see now is

a politician. oh okay. oh, he's the front man for taiwan. 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 fans. appro independence message, much to the displeasure of the conservative woman tongue omega. some greater records, our country is valuable even though it is small, as our no dictatorships should be allowed to tell singers writers and artists what

they can sing right or perform just to enforce their terrible policies and i was your code or so those. oh wow. since friday live on his election, the quarman time is doing everything in its power to retake his district in parliament, lynn has even been physically seized by political opponents. ah, to keep lynn from voting, the opposition all wearing blue, grant him and held him in place. shocking images, what are the order of the day and taiwan? i think they can say all their, their idea about being closing with china. so. so how, how they can position that sales that they've found. it's so difficult. so they, they've, it might be easier for them to go extreme and to get attention from the people. but that's as far as why 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 time wants democracy. there's also the china unification, promotion party, or the c u. p. p, an extremist pro china parties. though it's just a fringe party, it knows how to capture public attention. the lettering on their vests delivers a clear message. we support re unification with china. today mr. chung and his comrades are demonstrating for the 122nd time in front of taiwan center for disease control. their to man is always the same. taiwan should purchase chinese nate cove at vaccines. good daughter, you hugging should. china is prepared to make safe and effective vaccines available to us quickly. how you know, get by what we have to protect people's lives here in taiwan. but we can't allow the government to block chinese vaccines all called up. i was done in the sunday luncheon, the job and 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 of the c, u. p. p. activists comply and leave the area we take the opportunity to follow chung futon to his headquarters, just a few kilometers outside typing them. as we entered the premises, we were struck with the impression that these could possibly be mainland chinese military forces on ty when he soil, which could be a serious danger to democracy here. ah. we 1st encounter a statue of the chinese communist leader dang, shall, pink. in the 1950s thing was a close comrade of mouse adorned 40 years later,

he was responsible for the tenement square 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 piques our curiosity, especially since he sticking close to the parties chairman for to soothe another. this is the office of the c, u. p. p. president bungles who? oh, i'll introduce you to his son of thumb way. when his father chung on low 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,

who is in china right now is always present to see them feel the issue. now. so 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 wishing 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 a leader of the bamboo union. the largest of ty wants trial chung, unknown, spent 10 years in a 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 and i was 21 when i met him the 1st time he'd spent 10 years in prison

in the us on my own for 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, we meet another former member of the bamboo 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 chin may still look like a gangster, but his sandal union days are over. now he's an entrepreneur and an internet celebrity with more than a 1000000 followers. the boy by shouldn't, is. i work out 3 to 4 times a week was bench pressing the doors. sundance is usually $160.00 or $170.00

kilos. sometimes even 180 it it bud balise although it bye bye. see bye bye soil. so as the sun does it, this is son the buddha was the good side doesn't put up all that this isn't irma. that is the bad side. i me old, 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 chin. pay dearly for his new found political support for an independent i want. the incident made headlines far and wide, dizzy. now for a news of the day we internet's down held. our chin was shot in the arm and leg 3 times early this morning and paypal eco until i found town. 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 wound. i was in critical condition like 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. thoughts 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 want 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 news station. these are the tower of eden. 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'm 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 start broadcasting after nearly 3 decades. authorities of the queues, the owner, tiger and sy, in men,

all the interfering with the broadcast as editorial independence. ah, older chin is not the only one to be threatened by pro china extremists. taiwan is also home to political exiles who fled chinese controlled hong kong. one of them is lum winky. oh, 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 soul and that was done always home. oh i did that for almost 2 years. just dont you guys for 2 reasons lawyer john 1st to turn money jaylish agenda 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 shall, we will go and taiwan does not have an extradition treaty with china. that's why lum winkie was able to open a new bookshop in 2020. with sy in wins blessing the time when he's president even left behind, a simple handwritten 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. a provocation that would soon be answered with

red blotches on the walls. the floor and the table 15 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. non. and she just, roger hi, home shaw, they arrested the people who threw paint on me or the on she gall. and now they're in jail. you order the will really williams i'm well, how are you shipping ah, wife, louder than shower. i'm glad because taiwan is a democratic country bobbing, plunging 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. ers wanted to escape china's brutal suppression dissent. ah,

it had become clear that for president she jane pink, 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 system so and will taiwan be the next hong kong? ah, you along to dodge i lows are empty words. you do you understand what i mean by that funny. ha, you mean apologize on la dos on bomb? something that doesn't exist. yeah, yes, sham, meaningless saying, ah, china would like to re conquer taiwan territory that it considered its own to de taiwan. stands at a crossroads. will the de facto independence of their country become official or will beijing, to everything in its power to assume control of taiwan?

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