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National identity has always been a complicated and difficult topic to deal with, which also leads to national or regional tensions in many corners of the world, such as Catalonia of Spain, Scotland of UK. In Asia, besides the situation on Korean Peninsula, relations between Taiwan and China is also another unsettled issue for more than half of a century in the region. As Taiwan’s only TV program that discusses social issues with young people, Youth News @ PTS undertook a multiplatform approach and teamed up with a renowned election study center in Taiwan to survey over 2000 Taiwanese youths under the age of 18 on this topic for the very first time. This episode plays an essential role to take the initiative communicating with teenagers in digital world. How do these digital natives deal with the complex social and political issue?

  • Chu Shiao-Chuan
    Director
  • Wang Rou-Ting
    Director
  • Wang Rou-Ting
    Writer
  • Yen-ju Lai
    Producer
  • Jhan Huei-Ru
    Associate Producer
  • Chu Shiao-Chuan
    Editor
  • Lin Meng-hsun
    Social Network Editor
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    青春發言人：國族認同
  • Project Type:
    Short, Web / New Media
  • Genres:
    Youth
  • Runtime:
    25 minutes 44 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 1, 2019
  • Country of Filming:
    Taiwan
  • Language:
    Chinese, English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Chu Shiao-Chuan, Wang Rou-Ting

朱孝權
國立台灣藝術大學廣電系畢業，企劃、執行製作人、攝影師、攝影組長、導演、製作人，現任公共電視節目部編導。

王柔婷
國立交通大學傳播與科技學系畢業，現職《公共電視》節目企劃，曾任《聯合報》、《今周刊》採訪記者。
關注轉型正義、國族認同、死刑存廢、青少年憂鬱症、生命教育、性教育等領域，擅長透過報導與企劃，促進社會對於敏感議題的討論。

Chu Shiao-Chuan
Chu Shiao-Chuan studied in Department of Radio and Television, National Taiwan University of Arts. Chu Shiao-Chuan is an associate producer, cinematographer, director and currently is the scenarist in Taiwan Public Television Service.

Wang Rou-Ting
Wang Rou-Ting is now a project coordinator in Taiwan Public Television Service. She once served as reporter in United Daily News and Business Today. Wang Rou-Ting focused on the issues of transitional justice, national identification, death penalty, youth depression, life education and sex education. She advocated the discussion toward sensitive issue in the society through report and films.

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Director Statement

「台灣」是世界上少數幾個不被承認的國家，我們無法加入國際組織，也無法用正常的名字參與國際賽事，自1949年，台灣與中國便持續爭論著「獨立」、「統一」抑或是「維持現狀」的關係。
對台灣人來說，國家認同的建立是混亂與困難的，究竟什麼才是台灣的「優勢與文化」，也需要一段時間的摸索。本單集希望透過青少年的思辨，以及成長背景不同世代的討論，一同激盪對於台灣的想像與未來發展。

In Europe, England is dealing with issues of Scottish Independence and Spain is managing with Catalonia’s independence movement. Meanwhile, in Asia, South Korea and North Korea is also facing with issue of unification. Likewise, Taiwan has been struggling with similar condition of being annexed by China or striving for independence for many years. Taiwan is one of the democratic nations which is not officially recognized in the world. Taiwan is unable to participate in international organization and join international competition by our official country name.
This kind of anxiety toward future and issues of differentiated national identification are widely discussed in society by the upcoming presidential election in 2020 and Hong Kong protest. In this episode, Youth News targeted on adolescents to interview about their national identification and how they communicate with their parents with different political attitude.