Movie: Taiwan: A Digital Democracy in China's Shadow

Top 6 Billed Cast

Kai-Shek Chiang
Kai-Shek Chiang

Self (archive footage)

Shu-kai Chou
Shu-kai Chou

Self -Foreign Minister - Taiwan

Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong

Self (archive footage)

Xi Jinping
习近平

Self (archive footage)

Joseph Wu
Joseph Wu

Self (Taiwan foreign minister)

Tsai Ing-wen
Tsai Ing-wen

Self (archive footage)

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    One Country, Two Systems? No Way! say the youth of Taiwan. But China under President Xi Jinping wants more than ever to bring the island of Taiwan back into the fold, just like Hong Kong. Can the burgeoning democracy on China’s doorstep, driven by digital technology, resist the Middle Kingdom’s advances? To China Taiwan is a breakaway province that must return to the fold. To its 24 million inhabitants it is a sovereign state with its own constitution and democratically elected leaders. Now that Hong Kong has been brought into line, Taiwan remains determined to stand up as a vibrant, young democracy. But it won't be easy. Since the Sunflower Movement in 2014 when the young came out to prevent an economic agreement with China, citizen groups have been fighting for the transparency of institutions.

  • Release Date

    2021-07-06

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    6.8

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