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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 9. 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 in 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 it's a cut of what he thinks it then foster judy of being why. why can't we the hotel now? chase again, this is a you'll, me to jackson, the warrior, w o g j at hi, when sensually mean to fan kinda feature again, these carefully chosen words from ty, one's 1st female president sy,

in when allude to the threat that china poses 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 it citizens 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 whisked people during the corona virus crisis, many governments ramped up their use of digital resources. the taiwanese elation

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? yet, bland, on his own case feature, fuqua full. i'd probably put you down to sheena. 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 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 dr. doral, it could be pl. this poses a serious threat to the chinese regime poorly because according to beijing,

with on no universal values or democratic that it is. yeah, yeah, he's a western construction in yet, but does i let taiwan demonstrates otherwise said to ok, she don't that it shows that china and chinese culture can function perfectly well within a fully democratic model as he will echo. it's also interesting that taiwan is one of the most dynamic and active democracies in asia. if kids out there, i so say they, when they can begin with cassie lee prove delaney any pre voter on as he or jordan . 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 remains 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

means genders finishing the sources in of alpha. the oblong him or an authoritarian state is bad at detecting the talent and innovations of it fits which others don't see why he does it a yoyo. 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 and they were developed by computer scientists, engine family, and some were even working on a voluntary basis. 5, okay, easy shall, when it's the chena soil to here trying to mill better choices. 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 being on cure

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 gorge out me if i share brought that up. we should in other countries or people have concerns about data, protect nigel and privacy issue. 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 admired the innovation and transparency of our democratic processes choice in of course our result. i'll transparent as all the methods we use when our shared values guarantee the hand template. oh, going to the dallas head coach as chacandra. oh, john lane 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 . ready ready cit unique, e r t, a 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 egypt. jumanda e. 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. now her school decides 16 hundreds. the face of taiwan could have gone in any direction or just said to him to japanese, were there a sore,

the chinese lisa lucy, unofficially, she normally just isolated individuals and none of his gentle temper does 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 a weigh station and 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 to comes 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 one 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 who 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 type. hey, the son yet sen. 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 colming tongue party under chiang kai shek. 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 last and was forced to leave. he went into exile and taiwan in 1949 . hundreds of thousands of loyal quote mean tongue supporters from mainland china followed him. dont like it on the gwinnett 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 don't. the japanese dog was welcoming boldly. welcome the republic with open arms to junkies. whatever that enthusiasm quickly were, all he went toward mattie's, they were traumatized for the awful oppression that occurred. following the events of february 28th 1947 a year, which ended in

a massacre. yamazik. so after having welcome the departure of the japanese dog, i assure you they said to themselves, the foundation, now we have the chinese will hate you. other men? no. nelly cushioned 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 balise 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 is eliza the judges. my family members were among the victims just the extent to the tony became clear in 1989. my father was educated. he was a dr. is get. he said some was my grandfather is he's in the ha young the ah, well, who she missed all the sudden my father was arrested 3 times saw 1st by the tally i see was lot than by the commander and then by the military, please. or during this time, my grandfather disappeared for 2 months. a year. he was imprison jewelry lodge

and awarded susan jamil. my uncle, things were even worse. janese shall g o. he was a young university professor with a strong curse morality. he was very direct. i'm going to be and do the whole him. it is one day they took him to each b t, as they threw him into the river. he thought, and he drowned. i'll give julia. algio j is. ah, it you g harder? it was part of a plan to bring the taiwanese elite under control. got 3 members of my family were vic countervail, gigi aah! la coleman tongue arrived. we quickly realized how backward they were, particularly when compared to the developments introduced by the japanese submit.

the muslim taiwan as taiwan don't china is china. does it work for the taiwanese? they are 2 different cultures. one which is so magenta. you tell them the 3 accepted this government choice. i don't. why mingled high until so answer lou . at the end of the war, taiwan took a seat as a permanent member of the security council. the quote, 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, john guy, shag, or gout, nov contina, in 1949. having been defeated by mouth hold for chiang kai shek rule was confined to taiwan. he, he wanted to reinforce chinese culture. there was to assert the taiwan was a chinese island still, he full stop through the country to social historical facts that should high one's identity ought to be far more complex and won't be 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 else

could lease it as you knew, lucy, losey, doyle. federalist what like completely under a resolution was passed that only the peoples republic of china could represent chinese affairs of the united nations and no longer taiwan builders at which the u . s. did not vito's al. 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. had abandoned him that he refused on life, and the people's republic of china became the sole representative at the u. n. mal would have had no way of opposing the duel state and dual recognition idea, but sadly, it never came to that. so taiwan is now a strange diplomatic entity that doesn't officially exist, but is actually very active here to make you want to keep it on the doctor. he lost 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 paths despite their common economic interests. likewise also as she nearly reform couldn't equal in the hot liquid and the chinese grove, while our highly economic reform elite do chinese economic america was at this

t slaugh. the, the fact is that all of this came mainly from investments in china from the outside to day one, 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 continued to do so without taiwanda the chinese economic miracle. as we know, it wouldn't have been like encore glue. ready 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. wilmington member. my angel was the president of taiwan. during his 2nd term, he put forward the cross strait 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. i wonder if you do meet eduphoria zip. aha. mobile. i get that in. as soon as she walked, isabel, mind you, my angel, he is a member of the chinese nationalist party for had been president since 20 or his little did. he knew that his plan was doomed to fail day. but this holy uncle please. especially those from the previous generation. you very well that you don't negotiate with communist and especially the chinese, it all my because you always lose do, however it is my injury who held onto his illusion. and his china grew rather than be gobbled out. ain't he thought it was better to be on their side? you negotiate the best possible position as long as that before it's too late to negotiate. fidel in position, let me uh push as someone has studied you politics. i find this completely absurd and astonishingly naive. not to be as the communist will never negotiated,

need to actually negotiate. but to by 26, we're gonna do 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 favorable to taiwan 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. ready or the other thoughts he went to common tongue chair mackenzie announced took the contents of the agreements would not be included in the government statement. gentle shibel. the parliamentary session was closed or so whether all beside the

agreement had been approved without discussion. it didn't seem gordon that caused unrest among the public and mercer in they so were pullman. on the thing of march, 18th, members of the opposition joint 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 fun enjoy meals, all hobby on jordan johnson. of the p should lane p. m. i 1st group of students forced their way into the parliament that yoke you should at 9 o 5, a 2nd group use another entry, hunting to distract the police on the strategy. worked on a good, as there were only a few police officers in the harlem and good,

the good things happening me and i'm a doctor. so she said students came in 3 different entrances on it, and the police were soon overpower you than me. thing. the only 5 is that once we were in the song, we faced a new problem. so if i were you telling me that a floor plan with a didn't pick up, we didn't know are we around the building? once isn't wondering what's over the light switch, existing trudy minutes a whole. how did you turn on the air conditioning didn't and then i came you all just had to find our own wait and see control. so in the situation became sort of organic guilty that he was on egg organic to suit the good, the end everyone had their cell phones to film what was happening and live stream on might be vans or docile or mimic and also the reach of digital technology that meant lots of people could join along with, on the way one with a going to feel had door as a candle long ago 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 mood online with at the heart of these discussions was a new platform run by audrey tongue and a number of civic hackers called god 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 pow oxygen, bunyan to look eyes. 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 there from all those you able to get what 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. thought a couch, i 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 sure on the cape a half inch on call, i can tell 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 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

result sighing when the leader of the democratic progressive party became the 1st female president of taiwan. took down the issue, linda ins, young hindus to do it. it was the movement that brought about the resounding defeat . at the chrome entangle 2016 going with only $35.00 seats. the party lost desperate charity 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 on. don't those who are andy's woman in the kite hope. all woman sissy though, 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 gannons. i'll see your face on a sunflower movement showed us our power. it also well my, me, the people the see have the real power means highs. it saddens, and doesn't, is a lilia ah, she's got a phone pneumonia. do my angel? a 2 parties did not resume negotiations under my engine at ballad, and they 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 the affair managed to overpower, they were not only the taiwanese government, but also china. it cause china that is crushing hong kong sanitizer built concentration council meters. kayla kirk george white tote, manchurian culture. just you been almost to basically

a stop in that for years now and they are managed to stop negotiations that would have seen taiwan on. okay. lose it software, 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, a 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 the deadline for warrants were put forward a bill to protect the fundamental rights of indigenous peoples. jeanine. so what then? natasha whole case. this gave indigenous peoples a bigger boy yonder to god and help them to gain greater acceptance. casey manufacture. ah louise, although when ha chantelle, indigenous culture here has rapidly diminished over the last century? quite so this shall shoot. now, so he eats his shirt. the was yours,

if you ask me what's left of it to day there bolton was on babylonians and they'll tell you that more husband loves us than preserved bottles. jag or hair quite which is how under means of why for it. i once indigenous peoples yards. the process of democratization is crucial and preserving their identities. oh, there and tissue does ego very santian. seeing the abortion we're now taking things one step at a time. that is, that if the, if the bodies is, since you manage out and re recognize that they have lost alonda, so that a pool ah, the jiggle family here. we now call indigenous languages national languages, ot bargains or means with a we've decided that they should be considered official languages. creek one vonsha . the committee has made on my dictionaries for 16 indigenous languages. and i'm israel wyatt, i oh,

i see in charlotte said the shadows what's on shore? information technology connects machines, digital technology connect people what's on the, i'm referring to one of the campaign pledges of president trying way to make broadband access by human right? broadband as a human role that doesn't just mean access to the internet world, but also communication beyond borders and why? so sheldon is one point level or did that had there she as she dell can exist, was audrey today only a very small minority wants to join the current chinese political system. her dog saw a c claim. it at the same time level, or only is it more minority wants to declare independence. is lucy claim, you know, a dare passcode 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 taiwan at all said also, i want your media. deborah bottle cader deck. cd allow you she guess young. i think they were. 6 0 no, no, i'm on me on the new guy who can panko lou, groovy on the machine, was nearly 2 scenario. that's douglas, 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 and i bring that de 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 ah, lawsuit and i want you men normally go in there by shore. the loo gun, you don't in my opinion. china wouldn't launch a military mission unless it was sure to windows it a 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 increased the way it is. is there a way of fashion? aha, you're a pale. 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 way 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 hold by in the off or william way, every one needs to be brain with organ should tie one or it's here that i,

our younger, you're gone. 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 daysia. well just high one has always thought of itself as a small country in ways how long you're the one who says we're small and they go south about is it ok, so on the or did that come from the cool i'm in town, google me will years i've been asking how small taiwan really is, how one's in the selma. oh ah,

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