Last July, we brought Talking Taiwan to the 2025 Taiwanese American Conference, West Coast. While we were there, I sat down to speak with Dr. Shih-Fen Chen (陳時奮), who’s also been known by his pen name Wēngdáruì (翁達瑞). Dr. Chen is Professor Emeritus at Ivey Business School, and a Professor at Western Washington University. He’s an outspoken political commentator, self-described as a scholar with a sense of responsibility to reveal the truth.
This episode is sponsored in part by the Pacific Times (太平洋時報).
Related Links:
Dr. Shih-Fen Chen aka翁達瑞 (陳時奮) on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/weng.da.rui/
Pacific Times (太平洋時報): https://www.pacific-times.com/
Taiwan’s local election scandals and a tsunami of plagiarism: https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/4660461
Ann Kao handed 10 months over false accusation: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2024/08/21/2003822564
Taiwan court cuts defamation sentence for suspended Hsinchu mayor to 6 months: https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6168414
Sunflower Movement: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower_Student_Movement
Ma Ying-jeou: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Ying-jeou
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