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(As it turns out, the boat actually is featured in the film).
Two occupants on the boat died.
The strait between Kinman island in Taiwan and mainland China.S. Leo Chiang-CNEX
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Chiang shot the film over two years from 2021 to 2023.
Because of my unique set of backgrounds I do have a particularly point of view, he said.
Its been that way for the last 70 years.
The One China policy is an American policy.
It is the U.S. that decided to not recognize Taiwan.
Its that complicated situation that I want to double-check that folks in the U.S. know more about.
He spoke to Deadline late last week about the documentary and recent events.
DEADLINE: To what extent did you make this project to counter misperceptions about the situation in Taiwan?
I dont think people really know very much about the details of whats happening in Taiwan.
DEADLINE: What has surprised you about what people believe is happening there?
I spoke to people who really are super worried and thinking about leaving.
Its all performance and nothings really gonna happen.
DEADLINE: Are residents making plans for a potential invasion?
CHIANG: I think that the folks who really are worried, they have found ways to leave.
Ive spoken to some folks who say that nothings going to happen.
So thats their logic.
If you think about it a little bit, theres some logic to that.
It is really strange to hear it for the first time.
DEADLINE: The latest national security aid package before Congress includes funds for Taiwan and the region.
What do you think the impact will be?
This is a renewal… Its great to see that theres an ongoing support.
I dont think China is surprised by this.
It is nothing new.
Taiwan now has bipartisan support.
DEADLINE: You say in the documentary that you feel like a kid in a three way custody battle.
They dont know what I want.
What do you want to see?
CHIANG: We want to decide our future.
We dont want to be at the mercy of China or the U.S., for that matter.
DEADLINE: What do you think will happen?
CHIANG: People dont know, with the Chinese governmen, what the process of their decision making is.
So people are saying that means that the Chinese government wont take this action to do anything to Taiwan.
So we dont know.
I think thats actually in many ways the point of my film.
Theres this constant pressure, thats still haunting us, and we have no idea what the outcome is.
