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Recently Debated Human Rights Issues in Taiwan: A Conversation with Michael Fahey Ep 294

Felicia Lin — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 06:30:58 +0000

I recently spoke with Michael Fahey about some developments on human rights related issues in Taiwan, including the anticipated ruling by Taiwan’s constitutional court on the Death Penalty. We spoke on September 16^th and Taiwan’s constitutional court made its ruling on September 20^th. At the time I had spoken to Michael about a campaign and online petition to expand access to dual nationality for long-term foreign permanent residents of Taiwan. To learn more about that check out episode 293.

Michael is an American lawyer and resident of Taipei since 1988. He is foreign counsel at Formosa Transnational (萬國) and also founder of Forward Taiwan.

Background of Taiwan Presidential Candidates 2024: Political Analyst Courtney Donovan Smith’s Rundown for Upcoming Election Ep 271

Felicia Lin — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 03:18:53 +0000

This episode is about the background of Taiwan Presidential Candidates in 2024 for the upcoming election.

Talking Taiwan is taking the show on the road back to Taiwan on the Talking Taiwan Election Tour and we traveled down to Taichung on January 7^th to meet up in person with political commentator Courtney Donovan Smith, to do some pre-election coverage. We talked about the backgrounds of the three presidential candidates Ko Wen-je (柯文哲), the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) nominee, Lai Ching-te (賴清德), the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Hou Yu-ih (侯友宜), the Kuomintang (KMT) nomineeand their running mates, the opposition unity ticket between the Kuomintang and Taiwan People’s Party that fell apart.

At one time it looked like Taiwan’s 2024 presidential election could have been a four-way race but Terry Gou, the founder of Foxconn who withdrew from the presidential race. To learn more about the candidates and their policies be sure to check out episode 270 with Courtney about the presidential debate. After the election results are in, we will bring Courtney back to share his post-election results analysis with us.

Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:

The background of TPP presidential candidate Ko Wen-je
How Taiwan has a lot of politicians with medical backgrounds
The background of DPP presidential candidate Lai-Ching-te
The DPP campaign video” On the way” featuring Tsai Ing-wen, Lai Ching-te and Bi-khim Hsiao
The background of KMT presidential candidate Hou You-yi
Hou You-yi’s background as a police officer
The background of Jaw Shau-kong the KMT vice presidential candidate
The background of Bi-Khim Hsiao the DPP vice presidential candidate
The background of Cynthia Wu the TPP vice presidential candidate
Some of the controversies and allegations involving the presidential candidates
What happened to Terry Gou founder of Foxconn who withdrew from Taiwan’s 2024 presidential election

David Kilgour Author and Human Rights Advocate: Why 2022 is the China Genocide Olympics Ep 170

Felicia Lin — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 06:48:34 +0000

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:

David Kilgour recently wrote an article that appeared in the Ottawa Citizen, Winter Olympics — here’s why we’re calling them the China Genocide Olympics.

For nearly 20 years, he has been outspoken about the human rights abuses and organ trafficking in China. When he and David Matas were asked in 2006 to investigate allegations that the organs of Falun Gong practitioners were being harvested, the disturbing truth was revealed. Following the investigation, Kilgour and Matas co-wrote, Bloody Harvest-The Killing of Falun Gong for their Organs.

Mr. Kilgour is a former Member of Canada’s Parliament, having served in the House of Commons for nearly 27 years, Secretary of State for Latin America & Africa from 1997-2002, and Secretary of State for Asia-Pacific from 2002-2003. Prior to his political career he was a prosecutor.

In this interview Mr. Kilgour reflected on his career in politics and as a prosecutor, and shared his thoughts on Taiwan.

This episode of Talking Taiwan has been sponsored by the Taiwan Elite Alliance 優社 which was established in 2000 to promote Taiwanese and Taiwanese American arts and literature, and to protect and enhance the human rights, freedom and democracy of the people in Taiwan.

Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:

Why he’s calling the 2022 Winter Olympic Games the Genocide Games
The protest held in Ottawa of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing
How he became aware of persecution of the Falun Gong and the harvesting of their organs for involuntary transplants
The International Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of the Falun Gong approached David Kilgour and David Matas about looking into the allegations of organ harvesting of Falun Gong practitioners
The book that he wrote with David Matas, Bloody Harvest
Ethan Gutmann who also wrote a book about organ harvesting in China
The update on organ harvesting done by David Kilgour, David Matas and Ethan Gutmann
The China Tribunal in London chaired by Sir Geoffrey Nice
The Uyghur Tribunal
How there are 9-10 countries that have banned organ tourism
Mr. Kilgour’s efforts to lobby the Canadian Parliament to enact legislation against organ trafficking
Accounts from doctors who performed surgeries for involuntary organ transplants
How Uyghurs have been persecuted in China
The persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China
How Mr. Kilgour is a voluntary advisor to two Uyghur organizations
Mr. Kilgour’s recollection of his first visit to China
His work to get goods produced by slave labor banned internationally
How the U.S. has strengthened laws on importing goods produced by slave labor
Volkswagen’s plants in Xinjiang with parts being made by forced labor in China
The diplomatic boycotts of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing
Why the International Olympic Committee would award the Olympics to Beijing a second time
Taiwan’s early response to COVID-19
The last time Mr. Kilgour visited China on a trade mission under Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien
The Chinese surgeon who removed the cornea of thousands of Falun Gong
Who is profiting from the organ harvesting and transplant business in China
Comparing the 2022 Olympics in Beijing to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin
What the average person can do about the human rights abuses in China
What Mr. Kilgour enjoyed about his political career
Where his sense of social justice and activism came from
Mr. Kilgour’s position as State Secretary of Asia Pacific
Taiwan has laws banning organ trafficking
Ryszard Paszkowski, a Soviet-trained spy that Mr. Kilgour wrote a book about
Mr. Kilgour’s past visits to Taiwan
The trucker protests and Freedom Convoy in Ottawa
The Taiwanese politicians that he’s met
His work with the Ottawa Mission
How the National People’s Congress of China has 91 billionaires
Billionaire investor Chamath Palihapitiya’s comments about the Uyghurs
The hate email that Mr. Kilgour has received

Supei Liu: Her Experiences with Nomi Network and Entrepreneurship Ep 110

Felicia Lin — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 13:33:20 +0000

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:

The last time I had my guest Supei Liu on was six years ago to talk about her work with Nomi Network. Supei is the VP of Global Initiatives and Co-founder of Nomi Network. Nomi Network combats human trafficking by creating pathways to safe employment, empowering women and girls to break cycles of slavery in their families and communities.

After spending seven years based in Cambodia and India, she’s relocated to the U.S. Last week we got caught up and talked about what’s she’s learned from her experience working with Nomi Network, and how she’s come to see herself as an entrepreneur. She also shared some thoughts on how to navigate parent-child relationships.

Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:

How Nomi Network has grew and developed up to 2014
What learnings there have been for Nomi Network since 2014
How Nomi Network focused on providing job skills training
How Nomi Network faced a bottle neck after 2016 and switched from trying to create employment opportunities to partnering with businesses or organizations that have employment opportunities
How world view and the definition of success varies depending on cultural context
What Supei has learned about happiness, fulfilment and success (from working and living in Asia for seven years)
Supei’s return and relocation from Asia to the U.S.
Personal stories of how women have grown and been helped by Nomi Network’s training
How Nomi Network started doing virtual training through Zoom
How the Coronavirus pandemic affected Nomi Network
How Nomi Network selected 240 graduates of their training programs to become community outreach workers; these community outreach workers were trained to become contact tracers, and they would educate and inform the community about the best health and safety practices related to COVID-19
Since May of 2019 Nomi Network has been able to reach 160,000 people through its 240 community outreach workers and staff
Supei’s upbringing and background
How Supei was able to work through parent-child issues with her mother when she lived with Supei in Cambodia for three years
Supei’s transition from the corporate to nonprofit world in 2008
When Supei realized that she’s an entrepreneur
Entrepreneurship as the pursuit of solving problems
How Supei worked with a distillery to create liquor from a cashew apple fruit
Supei’s proudest accomplishments
How Supei’s work is going to change now that she’s relocated to the U.S.
Why Supei has decided to return to the U.S.
What Supei is working on beyond and outside of Nomi Network
How courage is not the absence of fear

Nomi Network CoFounder Supei Liu Discusses Human Trafficking Ep 104

Felicia Lin — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 13:04:26 +0000

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:

In the spirit of giving, with Thanksgiving approaching and the holiday season soon upon us, I thought I’d share this interview from 2014 with Supei Liu one of the co-founders of Nomi Network. Hear Supei tell the story of how the desire to create more awareness about human trafficking led to the creation of Nomi Network, an organization which gives economic opportunities to empower women and to protect them from human trafficking. Last year, the organization celebrated its tenth year.

Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:

The work that Nomi Network does
The story of the Cambodian girl who inspired Diana Mao, Supei Liu and Alissa Moore-Williams to found Nomi Network
How their desire to raise awareness of human trafficking grew into creating an organization
How Diana, Supei and Alissa all had full-time jobs when they started Nomi Network
How Supei became the first full-time employee of Nomi Network
Supei’s background in corporate America
What Supei does for Nomi Network
How Nomi Network is about creating economic opportunities for women and children at risk of being trafficked
Prevention as one of the keys to dealing with human trafficking
How Supei works directly with the women that Nomi helps
How Nomi Network started a program in India in 2012
The social issues that the women Nomi Network helps have to deal with
The challenges that the Nomi Network has faced
Nomi’s “Buy Her Bag Not Her Body” campaign
Products made by survivors and women at risk
Nomi’s key accomplishments
How Nomi was awarded one of the top nonprofits in 2014
Supei’s connection to Taiwan
Sex trafficking in other parts of the world including Taiwan
How her early experiences have shaped her
Supei’s advice for those wanting to create an organization or to work for a specific cause

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David Kilgour Author and Human Rights Advocate: Why 2022 is the China Genocide Olympics Ep 170

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