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weekend 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 jani, 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, today taiwan has a democratic government and maintains that it is an independent country. 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 father judy of being why we tend to lead a quote down. now. chase again, this is a you'll mean to jack the warrior w o t j a taiwan century mutual fan kinda fe chang. again.

these carefully chosen words from ty, one's 1st female president's i ng 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 one in 2016, the government has developed a digital democracy with help from its young internet savvy workers and its citizens. back i'm o g. taunton is dish and minister, i where cannot for the government bo, with the government, and i work not for the people. the,

with the people. during the corona virus crisis, many governments ramped up their use of digital resources. the taiwanese population generally trusts the government and comply with the new health regulations. and the virus situation there has been relatively stable thing 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 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 kick, kicker, fuqua full. i truly put out a chena. there are many reasons why china seas taiwan is part of its territory. when they will absolutely not let go on. why don't tie one is a democracy, is one of the taiwanese people vote and decide. and the taiwanese government changes frequently. so you might have the common tongue party, which was long probation, noisy, albeit prudently b, o, 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 to or did dr. did i to equal this poses a serious threat to the chinese regime poorly because according to beijing, if there are no universal values or democratic fat, 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 fully democratic model. was he all echo? it's also interesting that taiwan is one of the most dynamic and active democracies in asia. as kids out there, i saw say they went akin, did gimble cassie lee prove been any, any pro he's alter 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 the 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 as a transgender woman who has been appointed tiwana minister of digital affairs. mean gender shingle. so she's in of alpha, the a belong, him or an authoritarian state is bad at detecting the talent and innovation of its district are those john? she white as a jojo, so a boiler sina. she said, how are okay kind of in taiwan, i, q r codes and text messages were widely used allocated, even during the early stages of the pandemic that she had gone, they were developed by computer scientists, engine family, and some were even working on a voluntary basis 5, he'll get it changed when it's the chena switch to here trying to me about twitter .

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 menial q. r code to your it in shall the q r codes provide a record of the people's daily mobility. she will make a t found what she said as she, they showed silly me national that said she'd had a good to help me if i share brought that up. we should in other countries that people have concerns about data protection, nigel and privacy that spark mistrust counsel check, so they don't want to comply and participate. so dates can become authoritarian, sure, and misuse. the data of people all over the world admire the innovation and transparency of our democratic processes changing. of course our results are transparent as all the methods we use then our shared values guarantee the hand shampoo. don't go on

to the dallas and coach as chacandra when 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 with cit. unique. yeah. to whole abortion 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 egypt, him yamuna e o. e, and his own. he lived on their islands without much communication with the asian

continent or the japanese archipelago as yet up until the 17th century measures school di, such as 16 hundreds. the face of taiwan could have gone in any direction or just attempts to japanese were there. i saw the chinese lisa boy on officially leasing or a just isolated individuals and none of the tional 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 n. at the started 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 on 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 chung chi shack, the chinese communist party under mouse at tongue took a stand against these nationalists forces with support from the soviet union. chunk i check 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 co mean tongue supporters from mainland china followed him. darling dominic, when i went 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 as welcoming foley. welcome,

the republic with open arms to empties. whatever that enthusiasm quickly were. all he might torment easy were traumatized by the awful oppression that curt, following the events of february 28th 1947 fever ye which ended fed in a massacre. yamazik. 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 one. mm hm. mm. 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. lou warming tongue police fired into the crowd 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 attorney became clear in 1989. 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 missed a lot of sudden my father was arrested 3 times saw 1st by the police name was lot

than by the commander and then by the military, please. or during this time, my grandfather disappeared a 2 months later, he was imprison adobe luncheon awarded . susan jamil. my uncle. things were even worse. janese, shall she else? he was a young university professor young with a strong personality. he was very direct counting 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 to the item yet. i'll 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,

go to la coleman tongue arrived. we quickly realized how backward they were, particularly when compared to the developments introduced by the japanese submit. that was i don't know, honest taiwan don't. china is china doesn't work for the taiwanese. they are 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. lou,

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 1949. having been defeated by mouth, hold for shank, i shit. 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 the country to social and

historical facts that should high one's identity ought 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 light 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 yet because i want to keep it on m talker. 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 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 and the chinese grove. well, i really do, i can, i'm at griffith really do. chinese economic and america was at this t slaugh the, the fact is that all of this came mainly from investments in china from the outside today. what especially from taiwan, is just more k y l 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 angel 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 taiwan 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 lisel did. he knew that his plan was doomed to fail day, but this colleague company, especially those from the previous generation. listen, you very well that you don't negotiate with communist and back to, especially the chinese it on my because you always lose did. however, it was my injury you held onto his illusion, go and has china grew it rather than be global dot ain't. he thought it was better to be on their side. you even negotiate the best possible position. i functions

that the for us to late, the negotiate will by then in position. let me, i'll push as someone who's studied you politics. 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 train sick of organic 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 thought he went to common tongue. chairman johnson announced, took the content of the agreements would not be included in the government statement. gentle shibel, the parliamentary session was closed or so whether this had the agreement had been approved without discussion. isn't jim gordon that caused unrest among the public m, as 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 name 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 undergo 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 that, and the police were soon overpower you than me. thing deliveries. but once we were in like a song, we faced a new problem. 30 vitale without a floor plan with pick up. we didn't know or we around the building. once it went on with the door 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 to 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, how long the wait one with going to feel have door as

a candle long ago. the difference is with horizon 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 actually 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, had i say, how oxygen onions or look ice. 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 those you able to go away that's easy. normally face obama dement unders, eager the government at the time was presenting his campaign as a boost the economy. also, when he saw or saying people of 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, was we believe that a software engineers, we had the means to make a change on the case. the, please, yes, is a lie. hang on a mental health, your guide, ah, 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. our young launched the gobs 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 short on cape a half and chunk, while i can show woman things can be turned around in the digital world door. and then people can access the wide range of opinions and discussed amongst themselves . okay, they can find common values and share their creativity like digital democracy is very, went to analog democracy. to alice happy. in april 2014 the campaign to bolster economic allegiances between communist china and the quorum in town 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 is young tending civilian. it was the movement that brought about the resounding defeat at the chrome in tang and 2016 gwinnett with only $35.00 seats. the party last disparate doroty for the 1st time. he, he does, the consequences were severe the engine. mm. to hold it 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 are andy's

woman's in the kite hope. all woman city the we now know that we can tell the government, you know, we're not doing it like the tool is it's horton. well, just say that i sing so such a new concept to young people. guy, nance, i'll see your face on a sunflower movement. showed us our power was it? well we the people who have the real power means highs. it saddens and neg aliyah. ah, yeah. she's gala from human death. do my angel? jew parties did not resume negotiations under my in june at the hope 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 a 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 costantino bill concentration counselor leaders . q like her job, white tote, manchurian culture, just you've been almost a bessie a stop in that for years now. and they are managed to stop negotiations. it would have seen taiwan on. okay. loses coverage. they put it up to 70 awe. 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 in, 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 and then that she had land fall warm and sweet, put forward a bill to protect the fundamental rights of indigenous peoples, which indeed sir, what then? natasha whole casey. this gave indigenous peoples a bigger boy under it's a good one and help them to gain greater acceptance. passion, manufacture ah little means. although one foggins frontal indigenous culture here has rapidly

diminished over the last century. quite so this shall shoot. no e t shirt noise if you ask me what's left of it today with her. bolton was on babylonians and they'll tell you that more has been longer than preserved authors. yeah, go ahead quite widget, i wonder mean. so why we're taiwan. indigenous peoples yards. the process of democratization is crucial and preserving their identities. doran tissue, disease of his aunty and seeing the fortune we are now taking things one step at a time that does that. if the, if the bodies is since you manage out and re recognize that they have lost alonda, so that april ah, the jacob found idiot, we now call indigenous languages. national languages o t, a baggage. all means with

a we've decided that they should be considered official languages. key one vanish. the committee has made on my dictionaries for 16 indigenous languages and only on white io i see in charlotte said the shadows what's on how shore i information technology connects machines. did until technology connects people which on this i'm referring to one of the campaign pledges of president trying way to make broadband access by human right? broadband as a human rock doesn't just mean access to the internet. you want the word but also communication beyond borders and what so sheldon is on one level or to get cut that she at a shing dell can exist with audrey today. only a very small minority wants to join the current chinese political system or don't, sir, as he claimed, at the same time level,

or only some more minority wants to declare independence is lucy claim, you know, a dare bicycle because the taiwanese people have no desire to enter into conflict with beijing that could end in warnky boys tied me up on gasped with some prolong dog effect. we listen, i measure we did level pete, i shall day when in fact the majority of taiwanese, once some kind of a status quo on while hoping for protection or some sort of guarantees from major democracies like the us in the event that china takes military action to speed up her unification with taiwan. all settled in. i want your middle darrow bottle kinder deck sydney re allowing you she guess young. i think they one 0 no, no, no one knew me. hold on. the new mother, whom ponca lujan in motion was nearly to scenario. that's douglas the chinese government took, i would consider

a military operation against i likely soon. 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 is. and once i play up, but if it changed its name to the republic of taiwan or from authorization for daniella, good day, one for that which forced the communist party to go to war shockey fall, even if it wasn't certain it would went off, i expose it our last thing i want you men no 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 a why see? 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 of boise paula inclination the way it is is do a wire fashion? oh no, a pail. i read out regarding china's 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, dean, yal jam part 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 are your younger. you're gone. if we share the same values of democracy, freedom, angel, openness and human race and 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 ok, 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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