Lanyu's Wealth & Waste
44-year-old salt-of-the-earth Tao indigenous tribesman, Lumai, is not only fighting to pass on his tribal culture but also challenging the continued use of a nuclear waste facility that poses an existential threat to his people's fishing grounds and way of life.
In this episode, we discover how the gentlemanly Tao men love to pamper their wives; what inner conflict Lumai's Taiwanese wife faces in adapting from urban to tribal life; and how the rapid growth of tourism coupled with marine trash has islanders at their wit's end.
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Lumai: I'm very touched. We could see from the councilor tonight that he's a man of his word. We hope our government Taipower and officials responsible for nuclear waste will show some goodness and keep their word too.
Pace Wu: Meeting him in person today you could feel that he's a very genuine person. He’s not fussy about things. When he talks about an issue he tells it like it is. Our family could all feel this. And we're delighted to have met him in person today.
Yaohsin: I usually see him on TV. Seeing him in person today he looked so thin. He needs to look after his health, yeah.
Chinchun: He wants to take our concerns back. To form a group and come back to help us.
Chinmei: I hope that the councilor will keep us in mind and say a few words of help to us there.
Pastor Zhang: Going to Taipei City Council and speaking up for Lanyu is maybe too much to ask. But I hope that at meetings of the DPP party which is the ruling party I hope that he’ll say a few words for us.
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