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dominance. get us to the head with d w business beyond. 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 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 and that everyone else, ty, 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 time one's leading broadcasters, t v b s has the best spot right now. are we accompanied ting, ting? you the broadcaster, star presenter. we are going to go to uh that the vantage points are the only one who are these girls were oh yeah i was recall are though doubtless voice oh 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 in jabber, they're 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 to day to be genji,

sound good idea. the f. 16 will be our very own mirage. 2001 course the each. okay . raider equipped to aircraft, who i want the 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 time. one's neighbor and rival, the people's republic of china with but few people realize where taiwan true power lies. though tie 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 consuls. many sectors depend on components made in taiwan, which has helped the island territories prosper with strong exports and

one of asia most important seaports. tie 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. 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. the mouse had tongs communist party has never forgotten that its greatest opponent junk. i check the previous leader of china retreated to taiwan in 1949 de facto creating a new country. the peoples republic of china has never recognized taiwan. and regard that as one of its own provinces, chinese president,

she jin pink continues to insist that taiwan must be re unified with china. woman, we do not rule out the possible use of force the most. i would agree that they should keep a low profile rather than risk provoking china. even if it costs i won their independence. they see that that's the best way to preserve peace and economic freedom. everyone knows try one, some independent country. we don't need to shout it from the rooftops they don't use, but in increasing number of time when he are beginning to advocate for independence, including many young people, even though that risk aggression from china was not on the ground. if a conflict erupt, my friends and i are prepared to go to war and we see the game 2 times 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 to will on law. in the capital taipei, nearly everyone rejects the chinese dictatorship and re unification. a small group though, continues to insist that taiwan belongs to china in time with these politics, to very different worlds collide. there are metal singers who go into politics and former gangsters who sparked violence between the 2 camps. ah, how do people and i wanna deal with the situation of living in a country that officially 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 the taiwan soon. see it's a great country. 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 go, don't go to get yourself 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. 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 china's toes. that's true for many here. more than 40 percent of time, one exports to go to china a.

to day wayne is bringing his daughter to one of the 6 schools. he runs it's about 430 in the afternoon. they 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 full time work schedule. and how many of kids work very hard most how many pairs actually 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 on that day to day, lisa has an appointment with 2 bankers with an annual turnover of $4000000.00 a year. she had looking for investment at ah, 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 it went public my business is good for lisa and wayne,

and they don't want politics to interfere with things that, i mean people have grown used to living in peace and happiness. that's and that's how it should be. this i am as in sound system tell people can buy what they want though. okay, 8 what they want. and so it had such things going well, woman, she pins him. but if taiwan would become independent or decide to reject the status quo, serial, our society would become divided into however, anyway, so, and to hate would grow among taiwanese incidental until you know, that is the woman i, lisa is satisfied with the meeting. she's always felt comfortable calling the shots by glue 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 asked me, old high one is now recognized. so what, i don't care because of my de taiwanese passport on of del i use, you know, we could travel everywhere. you know, i did this, the iced tea. 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 passport. how long will tie won't be able to walk this tightrope. i placate its powerful neighbor and rifle, especially given that some taiwanese are chafing at the status quo. like roy, who's 25 and advocates for taiwanese independence,

blue vocal gadget, 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 a 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 home. they live in a 3 room apartment which belongs to roys, 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. again, i don't speak with an accent and people often ask me you chinese, i don't like that because i regard myself is tywon a long way. his mother is worried that her partner is time and he

was when you, once my mother asked me, who will you vote for? 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 what we may have the same culture and the same language. but our way of life is different. or john thomas, we are a free and democratic country, it will move to 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 dongle, the balls as will. oh, 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 guy, but i believe we should take up weapons and defend our families, all melbourne, our homeland, and our way of life. a bit harder than we need to stand up to china did not run away to home 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 is standing for m. 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 and we want to protect it. the minister seems confident, but other say 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. a fighter is no longer a match for china's fleet, but only a handful of broadcasters. show any interest to you why johns on jesus east so that the mirage is a 4th generation fighter. jen is what 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 why 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 risks a backlash from aging. now the sunflower movement began in march 18th, 2014, when a group of students and other activists stormed 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 the whole when we leave this parliament, was it all? 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 saw him when of 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. in 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 as an individual 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 swim virtual vouchers, come and get them all the humorous clips don't take much time to me with wow, hurry a little 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 topics.

i fostering this digital democracy is one side of audrey tangs 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 for probes per day. in may 2020 hackers, targeted a state road 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 co the read him thinking how the penetration testers think about this as, as though 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 of very large enterprises and very um, very important grace going 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 the 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 tool measure our oil, a 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 cayman 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 kidman. 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 tide a night time 2 o'clock. attacking to kim and for 3 days. mm hm. in taipei, the time when his government faces another challenger, the corman tank, it's the main opposition party and the oldest and 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? well, we're ready. we are, as i'm say, says on which is a market that are built in japanese colonial keira, keira almost 100 years. the small market is located in a historic type, a district in the heart of freddie limbs, constituency. yeah, i don't, i go in. oh, this is one of the most famous dumpling shop in these area, surrounded by voters. freddy lind looks in his element perhaps because he's not only a politician. he also possesses a special talent, crazy for

a very farmer's wife, farmer's wife. thing about martin luther, the c. know is the politicians. oh yeah. oh okay. oh, 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 with vance. a pro independent message, much to the displeasure of the conservative woman tucked omega. don't go the records, our country is valuable even though it is small as ours. no dictatorships should be

allowed to tell singers writers and artists what they can sing right or perform just to enforce their terrible policies are code or so those, oh wow. since friday live on his election, the corman tar 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 and taiwan? i think they can't say their, their idea about being closing with china. so. so how, how they can position themselves and they found it just 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, 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 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. i want to purchase chinese made cobra texting being china is prepared to make safe and effective vaccines available to us quickly. so we have to protect people's lives here in high one. we can't allow the government block chinese vaccine code and i was just going

to jump in our into the protest. the police stepping on. 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 leave the area we take the opportunity to follow chunk futon to his headquarters, just a few kilometers outside typing me. as we entered the premises, we were struck with the impression that these could possibly the mainland chinese military forces on time 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 miles of dawn. 40 years later, he was responsible for the tannin men 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 those who i'm not know 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 feel the issue. now this would sculpture was given to my father when he returned to taiwan. it's a souvenir, there's not a wolf because my father's nickname is white wolf wishing those who 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 band. bu union, the largest of ty, wants 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 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, la, middle this schedule and go through call me. i was 21 when i met him,

the 1st time daniel's list, i am the cursor. he'd spend 10 years in prison in the us, and i love my audio this or media. i only knew my father from news reports is paper . you also get and listen to bother. i knew he was my father, but i'd never met him. a live louis, you know, participate. i'm not in a gangster what my father has forbidden that either. 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 overt. now he's an entrepreneur and an internet celebrity with more than a 1000000 followers. whatever he by shouldn't is, isn't it? i work out 3 to 4 times a week. what's your bench pressing?

what are those also? sundance is usually 160 or 170 kilos. sometimes even 180 it it but it balise although it, by the way, bye see bye bye. so he'll tell us his son does of this. his son, the buddha was the good side doesn't put up 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 colder those he in 2020 holger chain. pay dearly for his new found political support for an independent. i want the incident made headlines far and wide, dizzy. now for news of the day we internet star held, our chin was shot in the harmon leg 3 times early this morning and paypal e controller fence hunger 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, wouldn't 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 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. bodes 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. 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 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. i's license. city i news will stop broadcasting after nearly 3 decades authorities of accused the owner, tiger and sy,

in men, although interfering with the broadcast as editorial independence ah, older chin is not the only one to be threatened by pro china extremists. ah, taiwan was 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, made energy energy showing up and i used to send 5 kilos of books per day to china look side. so now there is a always home. oh, i did that for almost 2 years. is it on you guys? for 2 reasons. foyer, john?

first 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 within why mandarin, she remarked, people have the right to read books. so this is, i'm opposed to any and all ban 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 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. of provocation that would soon be answered ah,

and 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. non and should 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 really williams i'm well, how are you using ah, wife. louder and charlie. 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. admit, do you believe in one country to systems it will taiwan be the next hong kong? ah, you along to i lows are empty words you do you understand what i mean by that? funny. ha, you mean by lodge alex 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, bore will beijing to everything in its power to assume control of taiwan?

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