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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. 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 room. 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 p, post your boundary of china, one of time ones leading broadcasters, tv b s has the best spot right now. are we accompanied ting, ting? you the broadcaster, star presenter. we are going to go to that the vantage points, are you the only one who are these girls were i was recall or the less for so when this kind of platform, so feel with fear 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 its 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 so it was all about us, all right, come to the 37th major military exercise. and i think 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 a specially directed at tie one's neighbor and rival the people's republic of china with but few people realize where taiwan is 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, ones, 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. i 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 until the countries complicated relationship with china. mouse at talks, communist party has never forgotten that its greatest opponent junk. i check the previous leader of china retreated to taiwan in 1949 defect or creating a new country. the people's 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 it also, so everyone knows child once an independent country, we don't need to shouted from the rooftops, they don't do them. 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 women's background. if a conflict erupt, my friends and i are prepared to go to war and we see the game. she turns on 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 pay, 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 don't 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 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. taiwan has been good to wayne and his family as part of the country's top one percent. he also does business with china,

but they don't, don't, don't go, don't get cell phone. i 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, directed 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 exporting. 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 that 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 was our program. it will be longer than a bowl full time work schedule. how many of kids work very hard most? how many cars actually a for us? only about 5 percent of families here can afford to send their children to schools like this when it's 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 handles 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 is looking for investment in my field . my son told me he bought stock in apple. he's happy because the return is 14 percent. my value keeps rising, which is good, but i want to invest in new in china that might have been doing quite well since when public business is good for lisa and wayne,

and they don't want politics to interfere with things that them mean people have grown used to living in peace and happiness. that's and that's how it should be. and yes i am. as in south sisser, tell people can buy what they want though. okay, 8 what they want. and so it had such a things going well, woman, she ins him. but if taiwan was, you 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 also told you that, you know, it is a woman i lisa is satisfied with the meeting that she's always felt comfortable calling the shots about move 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 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 ask me, old high one is now recognized. so what, i don't care because of my, the taiwanese password on of them i use, you know, we can try where we are 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 in a china password. how long will tie, want be able to walk this tight rope placate its powerful neighbor and rival especially given that some taiwanese are chafing at the status quo. like roy was 25 and advocates for taiwanese independence,

blue vocal guardian, who in chicago the people in my neighbourhood don't like mail, but they don't like people who demand tyler knees independently and who resist the status quo. roy lives in the conservative district in a suburb of ty, pay, which looks down on people like him. he's on his way to his apartment, where his girlfriend is waiting for him. a love i'm home. they live in a 3 room apartment which belongs to royce grandmother roy. him at one way, 4 years ago at a political gathering. she has a time when he's father and a chinese mother. something that occasionally bothers her. just all of the again, i don't speak with an accent and people often ask me you chinese. like because i regard myself is tywon a long way. his mother is worried that her partner is time when he

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 your legs, your why 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 will there and all for a tarion country, a lot to well, that's why we need to oppose china and gain independence. it will not waste. so china is 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 thong, although also new. roy is even prepared to stand up to china himself if need be. oh, is it possible father, in an attack, most taiwanese would run away on the night? that would be easiest to put in the boston in guys, but i believe we should take up weapons and defend our families, all melbourne, our homeland and our way of life to the baton. and we need to stand up to china. did not run away or puzzle. ah, 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,

once 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 i once government refuses to be intimidated, the country's leaders say they are ready to go to war if need be foreign minister joseph. whew is standing firm in we have been preparing is that we have the ability to defend ourselves even is going to happen to morrow. 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. if we want to protect it, the minister soon is confident, but others see the taiwan is not ready to defend itself. this retired military officer is carrying 41 different awards on his shoulder no received during his 38 years anti wants 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 mirage fighter is no longer a match for china's fleet. but only a handful of broadcasters show any interest to you. why jones and jesus east, so that the mirage is a 4th generation fighter. jen is what i china is already working on the 5th

generation. we have no choice but to up our game where you will be as, as what he said. the reason ha, i was talking to i once military knows that needs to be prepared for a chinese offensive particularly because the younger generation is increasingly against the status quo. which risk of backlash from aging in the sunflower movement began in march 18th, 2014. when a group of students and other activists stormed 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 and 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 taiwanese politics since the beginning of 1949. we pay a visit to one 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. as it 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 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 are forming the message and also the medium is delivered as creative coma. 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, shon, blue swim virtual vouchers, come and get them. all the humorous clips don't take much time to me, but didn't say no. hm. 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. but 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 topics. fostering this digital democracy is one side of audrey tanks work. but there's another more disquieting side in late 2021 time when he's 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 club 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 read him thinking how the penetration testers think about this as, as the we can defend ourselves better and also pro active leave hunt. and he threats the c e o of team t 5. but taiwan 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 they have very long, high skill. they are really good as cyber attack, and according to our raker, our research, we know them did compromise. lots are very large enterprises and very on very important greystone infrastructures. and are some like technology companies?

yeah. a p t 41. are hackers for hire? they work for organized crime as well as state entities such as china. that they all their tag is very close to on taiwan, our presidential, our integration ceremony. so many people guess it might be related. they want to cause sun, i impact because not only this company on it happened to a 2 major are 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 official. 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 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 during nice attacking was just came and was called a r o c troops. so their standard file 900 boats as some tide a night time 2 o'clock. attacking to kim and for 3 days. hm.

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 sought sy ink when when the presidency aliya birdie we are at science. i says on 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 libs, constituency. yeah, i don't, i go in. oh, this is one of the most famous dumpling shot in these areas are surrounded

by voters. freddy lim looks in his element perhaps because he's not only a politician. he also possesses a special talent, crazy brain, marybelle mars. my wife has one thing about martin luther, the c know is a full edition. oh yeah. oh okay. oh, the frontman 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 within a pro independent message. much to the

displeasure of the conservative woman tongue or missouri don't go either to regards our country is valuable even though it is small as ours. 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 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 lim from voting, the opposition all wearing blue, grant him and held him in place. shocking images. what are the order of the day in taiwan? i think they can say or their,

their idea about being closing with china. so. so how, how they can position themselves and they found it difficult. so they, they, it might be easier for them to go extreme and to get attention from the people, but that's as far as what i don't think 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, an extremist pro china party. though it's just a french party, it knows how to capture public attention. the lettering on their best 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, texting. being china is prepared to make safe and effective vaccines

available to us quickly. well, you know, we have to protect people's lives here in high one. we can't allow the government block chinese vaccines. oh code. and i was, i mean those from the job in our, into the protest, the police step in and i'm informing you that today, september 20th you must leave the premises. otherwise, we will remove you by force missing u. p. p. activists comply and to leave the area we take the opportunity to follow chung for talk to his headquarters, just a few kilometers outside typing news. as we entered the premises, we were struck with the impression that these could possibly the mainland chinese military forces on time when the 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 massacre. 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 zulu thunder. this is the office of the c u. p. p. president

bungles it. oh i'll introduce you to his son of a family. 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 a movie on the issues. this would sculpture was given to my father when he returned to taiwan. it's a souvenir there, not a wolf, because my father's nickname is white wolf watching those fool ho drew joel, i long white wolf may have a romantic sound to it, but the name comes from the time when chung ways father was a leader of the bamboo union the largest of taiwan triads, chung on low 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 conducts the rest of the interview with us in spanish. let the middle of this schedule go through, call me if i was 21. when i met him, the 1st time daniel's early in the cursor, he'd spend 10 years in prison in the u. s. and i love my audiologist, or maybe i only knew my father from news reports. his paper usa and listen to father. i knew he was my father, but i'd never met him. louis, you know, participate. i'm not in a gangster, but my father has forbidden abbey that 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 chen may still look like a gangster,

but his bamboo union days are over. now he's an entrepreneur and an internet celebrity, with more than a 1000000 followers. whatever he by should, is, is his. i work out 3 to 4 times a week was bench pressing. what are those sources? sandals is usually $160.00 or $170.00 kilos. the sometimes even 180 it was it, but it balise although it in, by the way, by g. bye bye. so he'll so as the sun does of this, his son, the buddha was the good side. doesn't put up all, all that this isn't irma. that is the bad side they may own. 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 cold. although those he in 2020 holger chin paid dearly for his newfound political support for an independent taiwan. the

incident made headlines far and wide. there now for news of the day with internet star hogan, jen was shot in the harmond leg 3 times early this morning. and people going to live in town. as he left one of his fitness studios in the middle of the night, holger chin and 2 employees walk to his car. suddenly a gunman appeared, shot him at close range and fled, ah, mail tumble. 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 by a very critical i don't, i still have bullet fragments in my leg, and i worry that i'll have pain for the rest of my life to those are the reason for the attack was clear. in 2019 olga 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. cy, 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 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'm in the wake of the 2019 protests. the media magnate was asked

to appear before the time when he's national communications commission, which decided not to renew c t ice license. city i news will stop broadcasting after nearly 3 decades. authorities of the queues, the owner, tiger and sy, in many, 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 was also home to political exiles who fled chinese controlled hong kong. one of them is lamb winky. oh, he's a bookseller who specializes in books that are critical of beijing. as a result, he spent 8 months in chinese jail. a chinese police had their site set on him again because he refuses to divulge the names of

his customers. sonya and i used to send 5 kilos of books per day to china. books. i don't know now that service is always more, you know, i did that for almost 2 years. is it on you guys for 2 reasons for your 1st turn money in jewish and 2nd, i don't want to influence people in g g. i believed that china can only be transformed from within why mandarin, she made more. people have the right to read books. i'm opposed to any and all band . with me, taiwan does not have an extradition treaty with china, and that's my mom when key was able to open a new book, shock in 2020 with i in wins blessing a time when he's president even left behind, a simple hand written note that said a free taiwan supports the freedom of hong kong. mm. the post it note is still there. ah, me, 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 in red flashes on the walls and the floor and the table on april 21st 2020 lot. when key was splashed with red paint, while eating at a cafe is attacker who was captured on the security cameras was determined to intimidate the anti china activist into submission guardianship drug. 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 really well yeah, i'm well, how are you shipping ah, wife, louder than shot. 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. hers 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 systems and will taiwan be the next hong kong? ah. you go along to dodge i lows are empty words. you go, do you understand what i mean by that? something. huh. let me apologize. i'm la. joseph lum. something that doesn't exist . yeah, yes, sham, meaningless saying, ah,

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