2021-12-10 Summit for Democracy — Affirming Democratic Values with Technology

 The Summit For Democracy with Audrey Tang – Digital Minister, Taiwan

Audrey Tang (Chinese: 唐鳳; pinyin: Táng Fèng; born 18 April 1981) is a Taiwanese free software programmer and Digital Minister of Taiwan, who has been described as one of the "ten greatest Taiwanese computing personalities"

In August 2016, Tang was invited to join Taiwan's Executive Yuan as a minister without portfolio, making her the first transgender and the first non-binary official in the top executive cabinet.
Tang has identified as "post-gender" and accepts "whatever pronoun people want to describe me with online."  Tang is a community leader of Haskell and Perl and the core member of G0v.

Taiwan vs. China

Taiwan vs. China - The rocky road to democracy | DW Documentar
For China, it’s a renegade province that must be brought into line. The Taiwanese, on the other hand, see themselves as a legitimate, independent, democratic state. For Taiwan, the stakes are high. After watching how Hong Kong was "brought into line" by China, Taiwan has been all the more determined to assert itself as a democracy. But it’s not an easy path. As part of the Sunflower Movement in 2014, Taiwanese youth took to the streets to protest increased economic ties with China. Citizens have also been fighting for political transparency and more participation. Audrey Tang, Minister of State for Digital Affairs, wants to involve citizens as much as possible in the government's political decision-making. Meanwhile, the country is fighting fierce cyberattacks aimed at weakening its political institutions