"Lavender" is a 2002 Taiwanese drama about childhood sweethearts Ji Qing Chuan and Liang Yi Xun, who promise to reunite after ten years when the lavender seeds he gave her finally bloom. Years later, Qing Chuan returns to Taiwan as the singer Leo, and they rekindle their love — but their relationship is tested by illness and outside interference. The series first aired in the Philippines on GMA Network in 2003 as the network’s third Taiwanese drama. | 199_

“A Chinese move against Taiwan would constitute an existential threat for the Japanese.” Professor Robert Kelly says other states in the region are wary of China's power and that an attack on Taiwan would trigger a crisis. | Al Jazeera English