Taiwan's year of living democracy

Updated December 26, 2008 11:35:52

Summer Special: With its fourth direct democratic presidential election, Taiwan - the self-governing island that China considers part of its territory - saw its second fully democratic change in power in 2008. An election year would usually see an escalation in tensions between China and Taiwan. But this time, China let democracy take its course and the Taiwanese people obliged by installing a China-friendly leadership.

Presenter: Adam Connors
Speakers: Chen Ming-chiang (music: Last Train to SuAo); Professor Shih Cheng-feng, member of Taiwan's Council for Indigenous Peoples; Jay Chou (music: Dragon Fist); Alan Romberg, director of East Asia program, Henry L Stimson Center; Arthur Waldron, lauder professor of international relations, University of Pennsylvania; Peng Hung-chih, artist, Beijing; Chen Lung-kuo, editor-in-chief of China Times newspaper; Chen Shui-bian, former president of Taiwan; General Chen Bingde, China's People's Liberation Army; Ma Ying-jeou, president of Taiwan; Wang Dun, Chinese dissident and former student leader; Douglas Paal, former director of American Institute in Taiwan and consulate worker US embasssy in Beijing; Tsai Ing-wen, chairwoman of Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party; Professor Bruce Jacobs, Monash University; Chen Shui-bian (music: Lovers' Pilllow)