During the Talking Taiwan Election Tour we planned to host two in-person events for our guests, supporters and friends. The first event was held on January 19th at 4SC CrossFit’s Xindian branch in New Taipei, thanks to T.H. Schee who’s been a guest on Talking Taiwan several times. In fact episode 234 with T.H. is one of the Top 5 episodes of 2023. On January 19th we had a chance to meet some of our past guests in-person for the first time in person. We started off talking to JD Chang from episode 80 about Crushing the Myth.
Next up was John Eastwood who talked about legal reforms needed in Taiwan in episode 203. We talked about the election results in Taiwan’s legislature that had the KMT with 52 seats, the DPP with 51 seats and the TPP with 8 seats and 2 seats going to Independents
We next spoke with Jerome Keating who talked about understanding the history of Taiwan in episode 97. Jerome explained why he wrote in his recent Taipei Times article that he doesn’t expect the TPP, the Taiwan People’s Party to survive to the next presidential election in 2028.
And finally at the end of the night Kaju and I talked to TH Schee who’s been on Talking Taiwan several times, and who’s one of the investors of 4SC Crossfit where we held our January 19th event.
Related Links:
Crazy Rich Asians: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Rich_Asians_(film)
Crushing the Myth: https://www.crushingthemyth.com/
JD Chang: Founder of Crushing the Myth (Episode 80): https://talkingtaiwan.com/jd-chang-founder-of-crushing-the-myth-ep-80/
John Eastwood: Discusses Areas in Need of Legal Reform in Taiwan Ep 203
John Eastwood: Discusses Areas in Need of Legal Reform in Taiwan (Episode 203): https://talkingtaiwan.com/john-eastwood-discusses-areas-in-need-of-legal-reform-in-taiwan-ep-203/
Chen replies to pan-blue rally request: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2004/03/28/2003108038
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Party
Kuomintang (KMT): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuomintang
Taiwan People’s Party (TPP): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_People%27s_Party
Ma Ying-jeou: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Ying-jeou
ECFA (Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_Cooperation_Framework_Agreement
New Party (Xīn Dǎng): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Party_(Taiwan)
What comes after Taiwan’s #MeToo moment? https://english.cw.com.tw/article/article.action?id=3484
#METOO/Hundreds march in Taipei in bid to maintain #MeToo momentum: https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202308270009
ELECTION 2024/Taiwan’s 2024 presidential, legislative elections: https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202401135001
Bi-khim Hsiao: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hsiao_Bi-khim
Jerome’s Taipei Times article, “Takeaways from Taiwan’s election”: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2024/01/19/2003812298
Understanding the History of Taiwan through Dr. Jerome Keating Ep 97
Understanding the History of Taiwan through Dr. Jerome Keating (Episode 97): https://talkingtaiwan.com/understanding-the-history-of-taiwan-through-dr-jerome-keating-ep-97/
Chen Shui-bian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Shui-bian
Annette Lu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annette_Lu
William Lai (Lai Ching-te): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lai_Ching-te
Legislative Yuan (Lìfǎ yuan): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_Yuan
James Soong: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Soong
Strawberry generation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry_generation
Michael Turton: Taipei Times Columnist Talks About the 1992 Consensus Ep 257
Michael Turton: Taipei Times Columnist Talks About the 1992 Consensus (Episode 257): https://talkingtaiwan.com/michael-turton-taipei-times-columnist-talks-about-the-1992-consensus-ep-257/
Talking Taiwan Top 5 Episodes of 2023 End of Year Review Ep 269
Talking Taiwan Top 5 Episodes of 2023 End of Year Review (Episode 269): https://talkingtaiwan.com/talking-taiwan-top-5-episodes-of-2023-end-of-year-review/
John Groot’s Emergency preparedness guide for expats in Taiwan: https://thecultureshack.blog/2023/12/04/emergency-preparedness-guide-for-expats-in-taiwan/
Third Taiwan Strait Crisis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Taiwan_Strait_Crisis
CrossFit: https://www.crossfit.com/
CrossFit Games: https://games.crossfit.com/
Taiwan extends compulsory military service to 1 year amid China threat:https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202212270009