Asia Now - 1996-03-31
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[0:05] Your mind doesn't work in black and
[0:07] white.
[0:09] Neither should your news.
[0:13] Oregon considered when you want the
[0:16] shades of gray.
[1:24] Asia now with Leslie Wilcox in Honolulu
[1:27] and Yuko Alatani in Tokyo.
[1:32] >> Greetings from our Honolulu studios at
[1:34] the crossroads of the Pacific. I'm
[1:36] Leslie Wilcox. Here are some of the
[1:38] stories we'll cover in this week's
[1:40] edition of Asia Now. Taiwan's elections
[1:43] make history.
[1:45] Vietnamese and Americans help restore
[1:47] Vietnam's environment.
[1:50] Victims of Tokyo's nerve gas attack
[1:52] still suffer one year later. And
[1:54] students roleplay global economic and
[1:57] political negotiations.
[2:00] >> To begin this week's report, we go to
[2:01] the NHK studios in Tokyo.
[2:05] Greetings from Tokyo. I'm Yiko Alani.
[2:08] The results are in from Taiwan's first
[2:10] presidential election.
[2:13] While saber rattling by China and the
[2:15] United States grabbed much of the
[2:16] headlines, the real news was that the
[2:18] democratic process worked.
[2:35] 21 million Taiwanese voters chose the
[2:37] pro-democracy advocate, President Lee
[2:39] Dangi, to lead the island to a more
[2:42] prominent role on the international
[2:43] stage.
[2:44] >> Thank you very much for all the many
[2:46] people from every corners of the world.
[2:51] There is no loneliness and solitude at
[2:54] all. Thank you.
[2:57] The days leading up to the election were
[2:59] tense as neighboring China conducted
[3:01] military war games and test fired
[3:03] missiles in a failed attempt to affect
[3:05] the votes outcome. Beijing has
[3:07] repeatedly blasted the pro-democracy
[3:09] stance of President Lee as an overt push
[3:12] for independence.
[3:13] The election, which Taiwan touted as
[3:16] being the