The 3 dots july 29th and d, w. The, the main island of taiwan at the narrowest point of the Taiwan Strait lies 130 kilometers from the chinese mainland. And 100 kilometers from youre not going to japans 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 conflict. 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. The the 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 peoples republic of china, the c t c h. Jones. So this is the 14th and then boston judy of the be in class. Were trying to read the quote down down chance to get to it so, so youll need to jump to the for job. So we owe teacher a tie one central. We need to function the change in these carefully chosen words from ty, ones 1st female president , citing one allude to the threat that china opposes to taiwan. The archipelago is 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 , citing one in 2016, the government has developed a Digital Democracy with help from its young internet savvy workers and it citizens im going to town town, his digital minister, where he can not afford to government the with the government now where a cannot afford 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 complied with the new health regulations. And the virus situation there has been relatively stable the, 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 peoples republic of china serves as a supply route for goods from east asia. Its an area of fraud with geo strategic tensions where china regularly carries out military maneuvers. Whats the reason for such provocations . Yeah, plan the way zone, keith stick a full quad productivity for to down to sheet and there are many reasons why china seas tie one this account of its territory. One they will absolutely not let go. Well why dont try one is the democracy. This one is the ty, with these people vote and decide, and the time of these government changes frequently. So you might have the cool them in terms of policy, which was long probation way people will be at prudent cheaper. I think the pro independent movement in which is also prudent, but unwilling to you to china owned its dictates on the status of taiwan metal fet, to detect the do not like to be provisional poses a serious threat to the chinese regime poorly. Because according to beijing, this, the, all no universal value to democratic fashion is yesenia visa, west and construction in yet that does the taiwan demonstrates otherwise said the oak. She dont that it shows that china and Chinese Culture can function perfectly well within us for the democratic model, which he would like to do. Its also interesting that taiwan is one of the most dynamic and active democracies in asia escapes up to associate. They want a trinity democracy, the prove the 980 to on that he was ordering taiwan has taken a path of democracy in diametric opposition to the all for a terry and policies of beijing. Digital technology is used in both china and taiwan and public and political domains, but the way in which its used could not be more different as demonstrated by the pandemic. Whereas trying to impose control and misinformed, high ones democratic system became more digital, inclusive and transparent. And well, the Chinese Government remains non transparent. Taiwan actively listened to its citizens and employed computer experts and ethical pirates known as civic hackers. Like audrey tom, 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 taiwan, administer of digital affairs, meaning gender, finishing the associates and the phone for the approval. Email and those thorough terry and state is bad at detecting the talent goals and innovation of it. This which i dont see why you do. So the tool so bored to a is saying that she says thats how well im ok. 10 built in taiwan and q all codes and Text Messages were widely used. Even during the early stages of the pandemic. They shake on, they were developed by computer scientists. And some were even working on a voluntary basis. Yeah. 5. Yeah. Okay. And it seems when its as you know, so we want to hear trying to meal beth, i choose to taiwan is citizens know that their democratic system protects them against the beijing government. And during the pandemic, they generally supported all measures that benefit the common good young q r code to your advantage, and the q all codes provide a record of the peoples daily mobility treat omega t 500. So youd have to see that shows here looking at the vision and it says shes kind of going to help me if i shit through it, thats up we should in all the countries or the people have concerns about data protection. I tried to, im privacy that sparked miss trust down for me to check, so they dont want to comply and participate. Dates can become authoritarian, sure, and misuse, the daytime of the people all over the well to jamalia, the innovation and transparency of our democratic processes are charged. And of course our results all trans paranoid. As all the methods we use our shed values guaranteed the template. Okay to the dallas and coach has to come to the 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 the the. Ready ready suit your needs. Tail, eyeball vision. I think uh the silence of a mix of intention is need to this various australian aspect colonize the important part of the entire time world. Im booked on starting from egypt in june. The ego, you know, as long as they lived on their islands without much communication with the asian continent or the japanese archipelago as yet, up until the 17th century school, the such a 16 hundreds, the face of taiwan who could have gone in any direction or just said to him, so jeff, and hes worth asking it a sewer. The chinese a lisa, both unofficially this you want, you can just isolated individuals. No, no, she said simply to designs of injuries. On the, during the 17th and 18th centuries, the islands didnt have one overarching government. Everything was organized by tribes. The coast became a weigh 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 at times by the west. But the opium wars of the 19th century brought this isolation to an end. The china comes to the british army and was forced to yield to the economic interests of western powers. The, at the end of the 19th century, the chinese empire, which included taiwan, entered into a conflict with imperialist of japan over its influence on the korean peninsula. The japan one and china seated tie one for 50 years the japanese empire occupied and colonized to the islands the 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 the in 1911. This revolutionary put an end to the feudal system. Then under to the last emperor of china, the ching dynasty that had ruled the chinese mainland for around 300 years was overthrown. The son yet send became the 1st president of the republic of china. He ruled for just a few weeks, but his democratic ideals still resonate today. The son, yet son, is revered in taiwan. As the founding father of the republic of china, taiwan is official name. And likewise in the peoples republic of china as the pioneer of the revolution. Hes an important figure in the cultural and political identities on both sides of the straight and taiwan capital t pay. The son yet send Memorial Hall is a popular attraction for Chinese Tourists who come to watch the changing of the guards. By the 1930s, the colonized islands had become visibly more japanese. Japan was making plans to expand its empire from here into se asia. It developed a new communication lines and trade route the but when japan last of the 2nd world war in 1945, it had to return taiwan to china, which was then led by the nationalist gloaming tongue party. Under chung chi check, the Chinese Communist party under mounts at home took a stand against these nationalist forces with support from the soviet union. Chiang kai shek had support from the us. The civil war ignited between 2 chinese camps. The junk shack lost and was forced to leave. He went into exile in taiwan and 1949. Hundreds of thousands of loyal gloaming tongue supporters from Mainland China followed him. Not only we dont want to be safe and you dont know so deep after you initially date the time with these were happy to see the back of what they called the japanese dog as welcome. You perfect the welcome to republic with open arms to exempt. Hes had to have that in susie as him quickly will. He might told him that these were traumatized but the also the oppression that occurred following the events of february 28 to 947 single year, which ended set in a mastercraft on that side. So after having welcomed the departure of the jack install street, they set to themselves the foundation and there we have the chinese, all of them i know. And then the cushion, the on february 28th 1947, a crowd gathered in front of typeface, city hall. They were protesting a brutal incident the previous day, when a woman had been beaten by authorities for selling on taxed cigarettes. Forming tong police fired into the crown to disperse the months of brutal oppression, followed with arrests torture, summary executions, and then present the 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 taiwan. These history that remains a sensitive subject to this day or by then just so as, as the judge of my family members were among the victims, just the extent of the time you became clear in 191919 my father was educated. He was a dont use the son was my grandfather who is hes in the home. Listen uh well, who would you miss . All of a sudden my father was arrested 3 times, saw 1st by the police, the boot, then by the come on down the some then by the minute, tripoli usual during this time my grandfather disappeared to month leo. He was in prison. Would you be a ginger or the social demeanor . My uncle. Things are even worse. Young engine shoji. I was. He was a Young University professor. You havent got strong person. Ality. He was very direct. Im going to be and definitely made is a hyundai. They took him in each b t as they threw him into the river. And each round. Im just doing. Yeah, yeah. Ill just tell you is tie you with g u haul that. It was part of a plan to bring the toner when hes the lead time. The control got 3 members of my family with victims of legal gigi. The common tongue arrives. We quickly realized how back with a particularly when compared to the development is introduced by the japanese. So being the type i want us to, i want to join. There is china. Does it will that and for the time when these 3 are 2 different cultures, which is what im saying . So you tell them the 3 accepted this government, few choices dont. Well, i mean go thailand to so long as the, at the end of the war, taiwan took a seat as a permanent member of the security council. Nicole meantime, party was rolling the islands with an iron fist and enforcing colonial policies. Continental Chinese Culture was given predominance freedoms were suppressed, the press, the sensor and history rewritten the in the town go check on kind of those going to now he thinks you 49 having been defeated by miles from jenco shipped to who was confined to taiwan and he wanted to reinforce the Chinese Culture there, close to a certain the tie, one with a train. Hes iowans to hang full stuff to the country, to social and historical facts that show tie ones identity to be farm or complex multiple blocks. After the colonization by the japanese and the for a terry in ism of the chinese, taiwan faced another tragedy in 1971. This crucial event would change the political and diplomatic structure of ty, want us president Richard Nixon and his secretary of state Henry Kissinger secretly decided to visit china under president mile 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 these it does renew 0 to effect. This is what like 2 people put on the resolution was passed and the only the peoples republic of china could represent chinese, a facet, the United Nations, a no longer tie. One, the dues at which the us did not veto that of mine. It was originally proposed the ty wanted keep it seat after after roll. They went to vietnam to germanys chiang kai shek, was so angry that the us, it abandoned him, that he refused on life. And the peoples republic of china became the sole representative of the un. I would have had no way of opposing the duel state and do a recognition idea, but sadly, it never came to that. So taiwan is now a strange diplomatic entity that doesnt sufficiently exist to you, but its actually very active here. Dont kid on impulse because hes us it doesnt matter if a cat is black or white as long as it catches mice. This was famously said by dumb shell pig who succeeded now in the late 19 seventys. He said the Chinese Communist party, on course to liberalize the economy. The 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 a booming economic growth. Since the 19 ninetys, the 2 chinese societies have followed radically different political pads, despite their common economic interests. The lot questions that i see nearly a full recorded onique and leave me a hard click within the chinese grids. What are the deal . I cannot let crystal the do chinese economic and were a thought was of history small this. The fact is that all of this came mainly from investments in china, from the outside today. What especially from taiwan is just wont say why there is also a place that was high when these companies that went to china and invested the they contributed significantly to china is that kind of a gross and continued to do so because without taiwan. And so the chinese economic miracle, as we know it wouldnt have been like that of course going it was all. Ready but while the cool mean tongue still held onto dreams of re taking Mainland China, the economic relationship between communist china and taiwan was about to take a major turn. Between 282016 gloaming tongue member. My young joe was the president of taiwan during his 2nd term. He put forward the Cross Strait Service trade agreement, which reinforce to chinas economic grasp on tie one. 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 ones national interest. I wonder if the domain need to educate shape. Uh huh. Not plugged it back to us from that issue. You wanted to bring my into my getting to know a member of the Chinese Nationalist party. I mean, president says 20 total cases, but little did he knew that his plan was doomed to fail. But this colleague and company, especially those from the previous generation listen, felt very well. You dont negotiate with coming back to, especially the chinese you dont mind because you always lose however. And so now you can do who held onto his allusion. And his china grew rather than be global dollars and you felt it was better to be on their side. You negotiate the best possible position. Ive long since that the court to late the nicholas you will put that in for his strong. Let me up with someone who study to you. Politics is what i find this completely absurd bill. Astonishingly, now you dont please us a call me on this one different negotiating need to actually negotiate. But the bicycle, get it done by march 2014, a year of tension had been burling between the conservative and democratic members of parliament over the murky free trade agreements. With china, these werent not favorable to taiwan the 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 call, mean tongue member and president of the national legislature. Only that the talk to you, we in the common tongue chan, montana, announced that the content of the agreements would not be included in the government statement. Seemed so simple. The parliamentary session was closed. Also way the based on the agreement had been approved without discussion. It didnt seem good in that cost on rest among the public. Im as a inmate, so were 4 months 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 cornerstone of taiwanese political history. One of the movements key active as was a Young Political science student called lean 5 on the exam. It was a little while ago and showed in georgia instead of the piece of 9 p. M. Plus, 1st group of students forced their way into the parliament that