In July of 2025, we brought Talking Taiwan to the Taiwanese American Conference West Coast hosted in San Francisco/Silicon Valley, where we interviewed several of the conference’s speakers including Dr. Dean Shih (史書華). Dr. Shih is a dentist by training and he shared how he got involved in Taiwan’s social movements and the Great Recall. This interview was recorded before July 26th, the first vote to recall 24 Chinese Kuomintang legislators.
This episode is sponsored in part by the Pacific Times (太平洋時報).
Stay tuned for our follow up interview with Dr. Shih. We caught up with him when he was in recently New York at the annual UN for Taiwan rally in September.
Special thanks to Mei-Ling Lin for her translation assistance with this episode
Related Links:
Taiwanese American Conference West Coast (TAC-WC): https://tac-wc.org/history/
Dr. Dean Shih (史書華) website: https://www.drscd.com.tw/about-drs/
Dr. Dean Shih (史書華) on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/%E7%9B%BE%E7%89%8C%E7%89%99%E9%86%AB%E5%8F%B2%E6%9B%B8%E8%8F%AF-100044115413873/
Dr. Dean Shih (史書華) on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dean7502/
Dr. Dean Shih (史書華) on Threads: https://www.threads.com/@dean7502
Sunflower Movement: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower_Student_Movement
Umbrella Movement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella_Movement
https://taiwan.md/es/food/taiwan-banquet-culture/
Taoyuan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoyuan,_Taiwan
Tainan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainan
Taichung: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taichung
Taipei: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei
Legislative Yuan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_Yuan
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Party
Chinese Kuomintang (KMT): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuomintang
Ko Wen-je: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko_Wen-je
Ex-Taiwan presidential hopeful sentenced to 17 years for corruption: www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn9q3dw3qj7o
Taiwan People’s Party (TPP): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_People%27s_Party
CCP aka Chinese Communist Party: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party
Taiwan Can Help campaign: https://taiwancanhelp.us/
Avengers: Endgame: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avengers:_Endgame
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