have been charged, we still don't know how the live rounds got to set. we know what company were supposed to deliver the route. we don't know if that company had anything to do with a mistake in delivering live rounds to this day. certainly a terrible tragedy. thanks. k j entertainment journalist k. j matthews, in los angeles. thank you. you're up to date coming up next. our documentary series with taiwan, the tale of a digital of democracy. and don't forget to stay up to date on our website, dw doc hoffman, for me in the team here take care to see very simple little no davinci is mysterious masterpiece. so this perhaps the greatest leonardo masterpiece of the collection of the louvre. it is the virgin of the rocks. was there another symbolic meaning to this beautiful painting? then perhaps we just don't understand. the search for answers starts february

10th on d, w ah ah, the main island of taiwan at the narrowest point of the taiwan strait lies 130 kilometers from the chinese mainland. and 100 kilometers from young agony. japan's western most inhabited island for a long time taiwan was at the mercy of china or of japan. after 1945, it became entangled in cold war conflicts. when the portuguese arrived on the island in the 16th century, they were struck by the beauty of its nature. they named it for the most up beauty and portuguese. ah,

ah ah, today taiwan has a democratic government and maintains that it is an independent country. ah, but it face is growing intimidation from china, which claims that taiwan is a province of the people's republic of china. b, g o z young. wow. says this is kind of what he thinks it then fossil judy of being why. we tend to lead a quote down. now, chance again, this is a, you'll mean to jackson william, toyota j a taiwan sensually mental fan kinda feature again.

these carefully chosen words from ty, one's 1st female president, sy, in when allude to the threat that china opposes to taiwan the archipelago was not recognized as a nation or as a territory even by international bodies such as the united nations and the world health organization. despite being diplomatically isolated, taiwan has found ways to exist independently since the appointment of president sy, in when in 2016, the government has developed a digital democracy with help from its young internet savvy workers and its citizens. hi, monte tonton is dish minister. i where cannot for the government bo, with the government, and i work not for the people, the wisc,

the people during the corona virus crisis, many governments ramped up their use of digital resources. the taiwanese population generally trusts the government and complied with the new health regulations. and the virus situation there has been relatively stable ah, the taiwanese archipelago has an important geographical location spanning both the south china sea and the pacific ocean. yet on the world map,

it is little more than a speck. the straight that separates it from the people's republic of china serves as a supply route for goods from east asia. it's an area of fraud with geo strategic tensions where china regularly carries out military maneuvers. what's the reason for such provocations? he had planned on his own cakes feature, fuqua full. i probably put out a sheena. there are many reasons why china seas taiwan is part of its territory when they will absolutely not let go all you. why don't we will tie one is a democracy so that the taiwanese people vote and decide, and the taiwanese government changes frequently. so you might have the co m in tongue party, which was long pro beijing noisy, albeit prudently abbey, or the pro independence movement in which is also prudent, but unwilling to yield to china. and it's dictates on the status of taiwan metal

fed her or did that, or did i could equal this poses a serious threat to the chinese regime poorly because according to beijing, if there are no universal values or democratic that it is yes in. yeah, he's a western construction in yet, but does i lit taiwan demonstrates otherwise after ok, she don't that it shows that china and chinese culture can function perfectly well within a city democratic model was he or lacquer? it's also interesting that taiwan is one of the most dynamic and active democracies in asia. if kids out there, i saw say they went, it kinda gimble cassie lee, pretty dynamic. any presenter unless he ojo audrey taiwan has taken a path of democracy in diametric opposition to the authoritarian policies of beijing. digital technology is used in both china

and taiwan in public and political domains. but the way in which it's used could not be more different. as demonstrated by the pandemic, whereas china, imposed control and misinformed taiwanda democratic system became more digital, inclusive and transparent. and while the chinese government remained non transparent, taiwan actively listened to its citizens. it employed computer experts and ethical pirates known as civic hackers. like audrey tongue, who became interested in technology at a young age, and is now

a self taught and highly talented internet expert tongue is a transgender woman who has been appointed tiwana minister of digital affairs mean genders, finishing the social scene of alpha, the oblong, him, or an authoritarian state is bad at detecting the talent and innovations of it, which are those don't see why you digital jojo. so a boiler siena she said, how are okay. kendall, in taiwan. you are codes and text messages were widely used. even during the early stages of the panorama, the issue had gone. they were developed by computer scientists in family and some were even working on a voluntary basis. 5, he'll get a chance on when it's a shin to ha, so we were to hear trying jamil better tuition taiwanese

citizens know that their democratic system protects them against the beijing government. and during the pandemic, they generally supported all measures that benefited the common good. young q r culture, your it in shall. the q r codes provide a record of the people's daily mobility. she will make a t found her, she said, as you know, showed silly me national that said she'd had a gorge out me at fashion, brought that up. we should in other countries or the people have concerns about data protection. nigel and privacy issue that spark mistrust counseling with our checks so they don't want to comply and participate. so dates can become authoritarian, sure, and misuse the data. are people all over the world? admire the innovation and transparency of our democratic process, the, the choice of gorge our results are transparent. glory as all the methods we use and our shared values guaranteed on shampoo,

they'll go on to the dallas and coach as chacandra. i was young ladies with to understand how this young democracy has prevailed on this tiny speck in the western pacific. we need to look back at its long history. ah. cit. unique, yeah. to whole abolition as a co. these islands of a mix of indigenous neatness, various austrian asian ethnic chronology, colonized an important part of the maritime world. i'm booked on starting from eating yamuna e. o. it is only lived on their islands without much communication with the asian continent or the japanese archipelago as yet. up until the 17th

century, new school decent has 16 hundreds. the face of taiwan could have gone in any direction or just said to him, see, japanese, were there a sewer? the chinese lisa boy unofficially leasing or just isolated individuals and none of his gentle temperature is on his reasoning. ah. during the 17th and 18th centuries, the islands didn't have one overarching government. everything was organized by tribes. the coast became away station in the rapidly expanding maritime trade. at the same time, china and japan blocked access to their lands and a bid to stop any colonization attempts by the west. but the opium wars of the 19th century brought this isolation to an end.

china succumbed to the british army and was forced to yield to the economic interests of western powers. ah, at the end of the 19th century, the chinese empire, which included taiwan, entered into a conflict with imperialist japan over its influence on the korean peninsula. japan won, and china seated taiwan for 50 years the japanese empire occupied and colonized the islands. ah, at the start of the 20th century, a political figure emerged in mainland china who established himself as the incarnation of a new modern and democratic china. sun yet sent me

in 1911. this revolutionary put an end to the feudal system, then pooh ye the last emperor of china, the ching dynasty that had ruled the chinese mainland for around 300 years, was overthrown. son yet, sen became the 1st president of the republic of china. he ruled for just a few weeks, but his democratic ideals still resonate to day. mm . oh, son, yet sen is revered in taiwan as the founding father of the republic of china, taiwan official name. and likewise in the people's republic of china as the pioneer

of the revolution. he's an important figure and the cultural and political identities on both sides of the strait and taiwan capital, taipei, the son, yet send memorial hall is a popular attraction for chinese tourists who come to watch the changing of the guards. ah, by the 1930s, the colonized islands had become visibly more japanese. japan was making plans to expand its empire from here and to southeast asia. it developed new communication lines and trade routes. ah . but when japan lost the 2nd world war in 1945, it had to return taiwan to china,

which was then led by the nationalist quo mean tongue party under chiang kai shek. the chinese communist party, under mouse at tongue, took a stand against these nationalists forces would support from the soviet union junk . i shack had support from the u. s. a civil war ignited between 2 chinese camps. ah chung chi shack lost and was forced to leave. he went into exile in taiwan in 1949. hundreds of thousands of loyal colming tongues. supporters from mainland china followed him. don't blame it on you, couldn't i? when i went, i 2nd don't do said the patio initially. they, a taiwanese were happy to see the back of what they called. the japanese dog was welcoming foley. welcome,

the republic with open arms to empties. whatever that enthusiasm quickly were. all he went tormented. they were traumatized by the awful oppression that curt, following the events of february 28th 1947 fever ye, which ended fed in a massacre. sharma sax. so after having welcome the departure of the japanese dog, i see they said to themselves, they found a shoe. now we have the chinese all hideous other men. no nellie cushion ocean won. bmw on february 28th 1947. a crowd gathered in front of taipei city hall. they were protesting a brutal incident the previous day when a woman had been beaten by authorities for selling untaxed cigarettes. blue forming tongue balise fired into the crown to disperse them. months of brutal

oppression followed with arrests torture, summary executions and imprisonment martial law was introduced. it was listed until 1987 mister young witnessed these events, the many years of dictatorship, known as the white terror, or oblique and tragic period in taiwanese history. that remains a sensitive subject to this day or by then joseph selected the judge. my family members were among the victims just the extended it only became clear in 198019. my father was educated, he was a doctor, is good. he said so as my grandfather is, he's in the ha young ah, well who she misses and my father was arrested 3 times saw 1st by the police the

booth lot than by the commander and then by the military please. or during this time, my grandfather disappeared a 2 month leah. he was imprison adobe lodge and awarded susan jamil. my uncle, things were even worse. janese shall g l. he was a young university professor young with a strong personality. he was very direct funding to be. and do the whole in is one day, they took him in each b t, as they threw him into the river. he thought, and he drowned. i'll give dude. yeah. get alger j is ah, it you jihad? it was part of a plan to bring the taiwanese elite under control. got 3 members of my family were vic collierville gigi. ah,

coleman tongue arrived. we quickly realized how backwards they were. particularly when compared to the developments introduced by the japanese to be in the model. i want, i want, as taiwan don't, china is china doesn't work for the taiwanese. they're 2 different cultures, which is so warm, gentle, you tell them the 3 accepted this government. he chose not don't why mingled highway until so long. ah,

at the end of the war, taiwan took a seat as a permanent member of the security council. the call meantime, party was ruling the islands with an iron fist and enforcing colonial policies. continental chinese culture was given predominance freedoms were suppressed, the press, censored, and history, rewritten ah, don't guy shake? oh, god knows contina 949. having been defeated by mouth, hold for chunk, i checked rule was confined to taiwan. he, he wanted to reinforce chinese culture. there was to assert the taiwan and he was a chinese island. still. he full stalked through his country to social and

historical facts. that should hi one's identity to be far more complex. m o. p complex, after the colonization by the japanese and the authoritarianism of the chinese, taiwan faced another tragedy in 1971. this crucial event would change the political and diplomatic structure of taiwan. u . s. president richard nixon and his secretary of state henry kissinger secretly decided to visit china under president. now to make a deal regarding the vietnam war the communist authorities had a stipulation the one china policy. in other words, taiwan should be recognized as a part of china. this policy is still

aggressively pursued to this day. taiwan was excluded from the united nations security council. and china triumphantly took its place thus could lease it. as you knew, lucy, lucy doyle said christmas, what like pimlico piano resolution was passed that only the people's republic of china could represent chinese affairs of the united nations and no longer taiwan builders at which the u. s did not veto that my was originally proposed that taiwan should keep its seat after all they were to vietnam's to germany's. but young guy shack was so angry that the u. s. did abandon him that he refused on life, and the people's republic of china became the sole representative at the u. n. i now would have had no way of opposing the duel state and duel recognition idea. but sadly, it never came to that. so taiwan is now a strange diplomatic entity that doesn't officially exist,

but it's actually very active. yeah, ridiculous, keep it on m taco, he's us it doesn't matter if a cat is black or white as long as it catches mice. this was famously said by dung shopping, who succeeded now in the late 19 seventy's. he said the chinese communist party on course to liberalize the economy. i meanwhile, taiwan was rapidly industrialized along with south korea, hong kong and singapore, the island was one of the 4. so called the tiger economies with booming economic growth. since the 1990s, the 2 chinese societies have followed radically different political have, despite their common economic interests.

likewise, those are the she nearly right for me could unequal in the hot liquid in the chinese grove. well, i really do, i cannot microphone. really do. chinese economic in america was of this t slaugh dish. the fact is that all of this came mainly from investments in china, from the outside. they what, especially from taiwan is just more they why daily is autopay? it was taiwanese companies that went to china and invested there. they contributed significantly to china's economic growth and continue to do so without taiwanda the chinese economic miracle. as we know, it wouldn't have been identical going. it was a. ready lou, but while the cool mean tongue still held on to dreams of re taking mainland china, the economic relationship between communist china and taiwan was about to take a major term between 282016 coleman tong member. my young joe was the president of

taiwan during his 2nd term, he put forward the cross straight service trade agreement, which reinforced china's economic grasp on taiwan. it was met with fierce resistance from the democratic progressive party, who demanded transparency. the public, especially the younger generation, also became suspicious. many felt the agreement would be harmful to tie one's national interests. taiwanda predominate injury ship ha ha. mobile jabante nationality. she woke isabel, mind you, my young jew, he is a member of the chinese nationalist party for have been president since 20 oasis. little did. he knew that his plan was doomed to fail day. but this whole young company, especially those from the previous generation. listen, you very well that you don't negotiate with communism and back to especially the chinese it on my because you always lose do, however, it is my injury you held onto his illusion, go and has china grew it rather than be global doubt ain't he thought it was better to be on their side. you negotiate the best possible position i function that the

for us to late, the negotiable, by then in position. let me, i'll push as someone who's study geopolitics. i find this completely absurd and astonishingly naive not to be as the communist will never negotiate a need to actually negotiate. but to buy time chicago going into don by march 2014, a year of tension had been brewing between the conservative and democratic members of parliament over the murky free trade agreements with china. these were not favourable to taiwan ah. on march 17th, the night before, the agreements were to be signed without debate or discussion. there was a public outcry at that time one, jean ping was a leading warming tongue member and president of the national legislature or the

other thoughts he went to common tongue chairman johnson announced took the content of the agreements would not be included in the government statement. chancel, shibel, the parliamentary session was closed or so either. beside the agreement had been approved without discussion. isn't jim gordon that caused unrest among the public mazda in they so whipple mat on the evening of march, 18th, members of the opposition joined protests, led by students. the events that followed became part of the poignant sunflower movement. a corner, stone of taiwanese political history. one of the movements key activists was a young political science student called lean fi fan in jail middle school, i believe. jordan jordan's, an o d p should lane p. m, i 1st group of students forced their way into the parliament,

the to yoke issues at 9 o 5. a 2nd group is another entry, hunting to distract the police on the strategy, working to an a good as there were only a few police officers in the parliament. good. the good things happening me and i'm a doctor. so she's a student, came in 3 different entrances on it, and the police were soon overpower you than me. thing deliveries once you were in like a song, we faced a new problem. so devonie told him that a floor plan with a bigger we didn't new or we around the building. once is it want him which is all with a lie switch existing through the mens hole. how did you turn on the air conditioning didn't and then i came all just had to find out when wait and see control. so in the situation became sort of organic guilty the use on like organic to suit the good didn't either one had their cell phones to film what was happening and live stream on might be bombs or docile omega and also the reach of digital technology that meant lots of people could join holmes. i'm in the way one with going to feel have door as

a candle. longer the conference is assigned by occupying the parliament building. the students demonstrated to the whole country just how much resistance there was to these trade agreements. the longer the occupation went on, the further the political debate spread. citizens mainly participated in the movement online. at the heart of these discussions was a new platform run by audrey tongue and a number of civic hackers called gov. 0. ah, how shy young was among the 1st generation of these dedicated i t experts law. 0 i fully during the sunflower movement,

he and various other software developers put the trade agreements online, making them widely available so that people could properly discuss them. oh jojo giant, have i say, how oxygen onions or hook hasn't. we had started a project 6 months before the some cloud movement with us. we wanted to set up digital resources to enable people to understand the contents of the agreements with china. sidney, easier to go to power dot. oh, it is the a from all of you able to go away. that's easy. normally face obama unders eager the government at the time was presenting his campaign as a boost the economy. also, when he saw or saying people are fools. i don't need to know where doing tell you leave it to us. we'll take care of it, as you know, was also easy to resolve. the thing that annoyed me and all my colleagues that now

says is worth, we believe that a software engineers, we had the means to make a change on the case. the, please. yes, is the lie, hang on a mental health, your guide, you ah rule. their 1st order of call was to explain how the agreement would impact the business world. something the government had failed to address. or if a software developers who wanted to participate in the move. gov 0 was the place where technology and the ramifications for society came together. it's also a couch. i young launched the gov. 0 platform in 2012. audrey tom regularly contributed play. everybody in the number of contributors grew rapidly during the sunflower movement.

in leona shaw which is show on the cape a half inch on while i can show woman things can be turned around in the digital world door and then she people can access the wide range of opinions and discuss amongst themselves. okay, they can find common values and share their creativity like digital democracy is very dull, went to analog democracy to others. happy. in april 2014 the campaign to bolster economic allegiances between communist china and the core mean tongue was suspended. the protests had worked. ah, [000:00:00;00]

a 2 years later that failure of the quote mean tongue party impacted the election results. sighing when the leader of the democratic progressive party became the 1st female president of taiwan, took down the issue. linda ins, young him the incident. it was the movement that brought about the resounding defeat at the chrome in tang and 2016. going with only 35 seats. the party lost his priority for the 1st time he, he does the consequences were severe the engine. mm . to hold us finally, civil disobedience was recognized from a legal standpoint and that a never happened anti ones legal history on it. i don't know whether things would have gone this way elsewhere, which i think this is your go with aren't those who are andy's

woman in the kite hope. all woman city, we now know that we can tell the government, you know, we're not doing it like that. he said that all is it's horton. well, just say that i sing so such a new concept to young people gannons. i'll say a face out john. yeah, the sunflower movement showed us. our power was it? well my, me, the people in the see have the real power means highs. it saddens and darkening aliya. ah, yeah. she's got a food pneumonia. do my angel? a 2 parties did not resume negotiations under my in june about and the obviously weren't taken out during sighing. when's presidency either had 20 this handful of student against what he said. there were just a few dozen to start with an affair, managed to overpower, they were not only the time and he's government, but also china a cause

a china that is crushing hong kong. sometimes it built concentration. counselor leaders, q like your job, white tote, man, shooting culture, just you been almost a bessy dope in that for years now. the a managed to stop negotiations. it would have seen taiwan on. okay. lose it suffers there, but he does. he says one to ah, thanks to the sunflower movement, all over taiwan. there are now teams of designers who work to make important information accessible. some groups, for example, focus on complicated government budget documents. they transform them into easy to understand graphics. ah, the designers use open source software with conversion tables that are both accurate and pertinent

ah, the defense budget for example, can be converted to be seen in terms of the average cost of a lunch or the education budget and leaders of milk. ah, just 2 years after its i ng when was elected taiwan enacted a series of progressive laws in 2019 taiwan became the 1st country in asia to legalize same sex marriage in 2020 thanks to

a quota system. the proportion of female members of parliament rose to 42 percent palostio taca, of former spokesperson for the presidential office was one of them. as an m p, she is pushed forward. a bill concerning the cultural protection of taiwanese indigenous people was out there in that she had land. oh wow. and, and we put forward a bill to protect the fundamental rights of indigenous peoples and she needs to act then natasha whole kaiser. this gave indigenous peoples a bigger boy and her to go well and help them to gain greater acceptance don't cache manufacture. ah, dawn gentlemen. so darwin hawkins. frontal. indigenous culture here has rapidly

diminished over the last century night. quite so shall she now. so he eats his shirt, the was you, if you ask them, you know, what's left of it to day there bolton, wasn't babylonians or bell. tell you that more husband loves us than preserved father. shall i go ahead quite widget. how under mental ha, we're taiwan. indigenous peoples yards. the process of democratization is crucial and preserving their identities. duran tissue, disease of his aunty, and seen the portion. we're now taking things one step at a time. that is that if the, if the bodies is gigi, my mother's out and re recognized that they have lost alonda, so that a pool ah said equal valiant, we now call indigenous languages national languages o t bargains or means with

a we've decided that they should be considered official languages create one vanish . the committee has made on my dictionaries for 16 indigenous languages and only on why at io toys in charlotte said the shadows what's on? how should i information technology connects machines, digital technology, connect people what's on this? i'm referring to one of the campaign pledges of president sighing way to make broadband access by human right? broadband as a human. well that doesn't just mean access to the internet one of the world, but also communication beyond borders and what so sheldon is on one level or did that cut there? she at a shing dell can exist, was audrey to day, only a very small minority wants to join the current chinese political system or don't, sir, as he claim it at the same time level or only as,

as more minority wants to declare independence is lucy claim you know, their basket is the taiwanese people have no desire to enter into conflict with beijing. the could engine. blackie boys tied me up on gapped with some from all dog effect. we listen, i measure weighted level food i shall day when in fact the majority of taiwanese want some kind of status quo on while hoping for protection or some sort of guarantees from major democracies like the u. s. in the event that china takes military action to speed up her unification with taiwanda, all settled in, i want your media. deborah bottle cader deck cd, allowing you, she guess young. i think they one. 0 no, no, i'm on the, on the new mazda hooking panko lou groovy on the machine. was there a really to scenario that started with the chinese government duke? we consider a military operation against taiwan. kelly, sir,

the 1st no gun is if it was sure to win a la does yen set him situated taiwan cleaned independent mortgage? well, well sir, actually it isn't wireless. i play up, but if it changed its name to the republic of taiwan or from authorization for the new i bring the day one for that which forced the communist party to go to war. shockey for even if it wasn't certain, it would went off. i expose it. our last thing i want you men normally go in there by show the lu gun. you don't in my opinion. china wouldn't launch a military mission unless it was sure to windows it. why see it? because losing to taiwan less could you spell the beginning of the end for the communist regime in china? yeah, and that's not an option for the regime publishing. paula inclination the way it is is do a wire fashion. oh no. a pail. i read out regarding china aggression against taiwan on what the comments, not just military, but also took the mattress on the way ship. hey, all,

why i would like to call on the whole world to take an interest in taiwan in yal. jump on that. yeah. got it, suppose it's on all by, in the off or william way, every one needs to be brain with organ should tie one. or it's here that i or you can log on if we share the same values of democracy, freedom, angel, openness and human race. that badger you think it should be clear to everyone that taiwan, which is a solid partner for the future than, than these young well just to high one has always thought of itself as a small country in ways how long you are. the ones who says we're small and they go south about is it are so on the or did that come from the core montana. google me will years. i've been asking how small taiwan really is. how one's in the selma.

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