Vickie Wang (王宇平) is a writer, interpreter, and stand-up comedian born and raised in Taiwan. She’s lived in Shanghai, China for nearly a decade, where she started doing stand-up comedy under censorship. Last year I sat down to interview Vickie. in part one of my interview with Vickie, we talked about the perceptions and attitudes ..Read More
February 27, 2023
Academics, Activism, Asian International Affairs, Current Events, Entrepreneurship, Indigenous Taiwan, Medical Professionals, Notable Taiwan Guest, Podcast, Politics, Racism and Diversity, Self-Empowerment, Taiwan, Taiwan Citizenship, Taiwan Community, Taiwan Elections, Taiwan Geography, Taiwan History, Taiwan Independence, Taiwan Life, Taiwan News, Taiwan Organizations, Taiwan Travel, Taiwan vs China
In December we spoke with Robert Tsao, founder of UMC, who in August of 2022 pledged to donate 100 million U.S. dollars to help Taiwan defend itself. In 2011 he moved to Singapore and became a citizen there, but in September of last year he renounced his Singaporean citizenship, and reinstated his citizenship in Taiwan.
February 24, 2023
228 Incident, Academics, Activism, Art & Culture, Asian Hate, Asian International Affairs, Current Events, Entrepreneurship, Indigenous Taiwan, New York, Notable Taiwan Guest, Podcast, Politics, Racism and Diversity, Self-Empowerment, Taiwan, Taiwan Books, Taiwan Citizenship, Taiwan Community, Taiwan Films, Taiwan Geography, Taiwan History, Taiwan Independence, Taiwan Life, Taiwan Music, Taiwan News, Taiwan Organizations, Taiwan Studies, Taiwan Travel, Taiwan vs China, White Terror, Writers
228, February 28, 1947 is an important date in history for Taiwan. In Taiwan it is a national holiday known as 228 Peace Day, and since 228, which is also known as the 228 Massacre is just around the corner, we thought we’d share the first of 2 special episodes that we did last year
February 21, 2023
Academics, Activism, Asian International Affairs, Current Events, Entrepreneurship, Indigenous Taiwan, Notable Taiwan Guest, Podcast, Politics, Racism and Diversity, Self-Empowerment, Sunflower Movement, Taiwan, Taiwan Community, Taiwan Elections, Taiwan Geography, Taiwan History, Taiwan Independence, Taiwan Life, Taiwan News, Taiwan Organizations, Taiwan vs China
With Taiwan’s next presidential election set for early 2024, what are the implications of Taiwan’s 2022 “Nine-in-One” Local Elections that took place back in November? We’ve invited Courtney Donovan Smith co-founder of Taiwan Report, ICRT’s Central Taiwan correspondent, and contributing columnist to Taiwan News to share his insights on the recent elections in Taiwan. The topic of plagiarism
February 12, 2023
Activism, Art & Culture, Asian Hate, Current Events, Entrepreneurship, New York, Notable Taiwan Guest, Podcast, Racism and Diversity, Self-Empowerment, Taiwan, Taiwan Books, Taiwan Citizenship, Taiwan Community, Taiwan Food, Taiwan Geography, Taiwan Independence, Taiwan Life, Taiwan Music, Taiwan Quarantine, White Terror, World Health
Ed Hill is a Vancouver based Taiwanese Canadian comedian on his first national North American tour. We spoke about his early years in Canada, his connection to TAIWANfest and how his overachieving Asian tendencies came out when he first started doing comedy. In 2021, Ed became the first comedian of Taiwanese-Canadian descent to release a
January 31, 2023
SPARK Accel is a personalized 4-week virtual accelerator for Taiwanese American entrepreneurs. At the end of the program there will be a virtual pitch competition and a chance for participants to win up to $15,000. SPARK Accel is an initiative under the Taiwanese American Citizens League (TACL). TACL is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to improving
January 24, 2023
Activism, Asian International Affairs, Diseases and Disabilities, Entrepreneurship, Notable Taiwan Guest, Podcast, Racism and Diversity, Same Sex Marriage, Self-Empowerment, Taiwan, Taiwan Books, Taiwan Community, Taiwan Food, Taiwan Geography, Taiwan Life, Taiwan Organizations, Taiwan Travel, Writers
Andrew Klerck is the founder of Taiwan Impact Entrepreneurs, a group that serves foreigners who want to start a business in Taiwan. He spoke with me about how much you need to start a business in Taiwan, and why Taiwan is a great place to do so. Andrew also talked about how he got started
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