Special programme: Taiwan's artists step out of China's shadow (part 1) • FRANCE 24 English
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- čas přidán 10. 01. 2024
- A small island with a complex history, Taiwan's rich culture is shaped by its many Indigenous groups, a period of Japanese rule, and of course its neighbour China - its closest and most complicated relationship. In this first part of a special programme ahead of crucial presidential elections on January 13, we travel to Taiwan to explore how growing geopolitical tension with China is impacting Taiwanese artists.
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It doesn't matter how many times the Chinese regime repeats the *lies,*
Taiwan is still an independent country.
Indeed!
There was no agreement or consensus between Taiwan and China in 1992. The so-called 1992 consensus was effectively made up later as a way for the KMT and CCP to engage in dialogue. And it is not a consensus because the KMT and CCP have very different interpretations of One China.
It doesn't matter if the KMT and the CCP has a "different interpretation" of One China. The facts are, before UN resolution 2758, the US-backed the de jure ROC and recognized the ROC as having the "legal authority" over the then de facto PRC controlled territory (regardless of whether the people of PRC want to be part of the ROC or not) despite not having physical rule of the PRC. After UN resolution 2758, the roles were reversed.
This is why until the ROC formally declares itself as "independence," they will always be under the legal authority of the PRC whether they like it or not thanks to the backing of the US.
The interpretation of One China does not change the facts. It's funny I am from Taiwan but I understand the facts. Whether you want to be ruled by the CCP or not it's a different story. Very few people in Taiwan want unification with the mainland and that is why Taiwan needs to either declare independence or have dialogues with the mainland. The current DPP party just wants to stall this entire process and brainwash the people of Taiwan into thinking "Taiwan is already independence" when it is clearly not.
@@Audittheauditors2 Most Taiwanese don't want to join with Communist China. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is the main party against this idea. The other two parties, however, seem to be playing a tricky game. They want to get advantages from China for benefit while not allowing China take over Taiwan. Talking to china is useless since nothing will change their mind of taking over Taiwan. The best option is to continue living like an independent country and maintaining the status quo.
Indeed there’s no consensus of “One China” between Taiwan and China. It’s was a lie made up by Ma Ying-Jeou and his buddy, Su Chi, which has been denied and overturned by majority of Taiwanese people.
@@shuang402 You should pick up a history book and learn the facts. History isn't a gender pronoun it's not based on how you feel or identify yourself. Facts are facts.
Oh my god. This guy so unique, regreshing, amazing. Great going taiwan
He is awesome and thank you for standing out and speaking out for the young people in taiwan.
I get that Taiwan is small compared to Japan or China, but they're actually around the size of the Netherlands. You can probably just say "island nation"
Do you guys noticed that his english name “Freddy Lim” in the family name part is different from ordinary?
Usually 林（family name in Chinese character) was spelled as “Lin” but “Lim”.
I believe he’d chosen “m” instead “n” is because Lim is pronounce in Taiwanese.
(Lin is pronounce in Chinese, Lim is pronounce in Taiwanese)
In 1992, discussions took place between two sides regarding economic, cultural, and people exchanges, along with considerations for associated certification and travel documents. Although political topics were broached, no agreement was reached on defining the relationship between the parties. The term "1992 consensus" was coined by Su Qi, the former Director of the Mainland Affairs Council during the KMT administration. It was subsequently utilized in the 2000 presidential campaign to assert the KMT's capability in managing cross-strait relations and garner votes.
It's important to note that the only consensus reached during the 1992 cross-strait talks was an agreement to set aside political differences when engaging in non-political routine discussions.
Congrats to the Taiwanese 🇹🇼 who are enjoying freedom and prosperity
- while 1.4 billion Chinese have no rights to speech, and half are still under poverty, without clean water or toilets.
- Chinese people want to be Taiwanese.
China has magnificent mountains and rivers and rich products. It has such superior conditions, but it has failed to build its own homeland properly and refuses Chinese people to go and destroy other people's hometowns.
1:11 She's just echoing the KMT narrative, but it's not what really happened historically as far as free speech is concerned. As a matter of historical fact, by the time the dictator Chiang Ching-kuo died in 1988, Taiwan was still very very very far from being liberal. The lifting of martial law did practically nothing as far as real free speech and having a true opposition party is concerned. That's why there's still a bunch of protests being cracked down on, demonstrations being cracked down on, and even self-immolation (Cheng Nan-jung), demanding for free speech and a real democracy (as opposed to a fake democracy much like the one claimed by this other autocratic China, which didn't even impose martial law to begin with), even after the martial law was lifted.
The ground reality was that Taiwan was still authoritarian by any sensible meaning of the term, but it was, of course, less than it was under martial law.
What the lifting of martial law did was that it allowed the KMT to once again engage with the CCP, opening the doors for cross-strait contacts, visits and exchanges, as well as paving the way for Taiwanese investment on the Mainland. Free speech came after countless protests and demonstrations and what have you under Chiang's successor Lee Teng-hui in the 1990s , much later after the dictator died in 1988.
Trump 2024🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
No. Brought out of the dirty corners of the world.
Political culture is only part of culture. However you inflate it, it is still one fraction.
Separatism will not be tolerated.
What are the heck are you talking about?
@@slucas6303 he's probably a Chinese PLA Army internet soldier troll from Unit 61398 ( look it up). Their job is to infiltrate all internet media and toe their narrative that Taiwan belongs to them. Or he's a typical 50 cent army troll who gets paid 50 cents by their government for commenting on the internet 😂
Taiwan and Penghu are leftover issues from World War II. See Treaty of San Francisco.
At the time, the U.S. government helped the Chinese Nationalist Party (Republic of China), which had been defeated in the Chinese Civil War, escape to Taiwan, which was then a Japanese colony. See Formosa betrayed.
After the Chinese Kuomintang came to Taiwan, it still maintained dictatorial rule, but moved towards democracy under pressure from the United States, and the Taiwanese entered the Republic of China to fight for their rights.
The Chinese who lost their privileges in Taiwan united with the People's Republic of China to steal Taiwan and Penghu.
Politics is sometimes very ugly;
Just please don't use the ordinary people as cannon fodder or sacrifice...