Someone who last lived through Taiwan’s most powerful earthquakes teaches us ways to hedge our chances of surviving them. On April 3, 2024 at 7:58am (in Taiwan) an earthquake that’s been reported as measuring 7.2 and 7.4 hit Hualien which is located on Taiwan’s east coast. The last major earthquake of similar magnitude was 25 ..Read More
December 31, 2023
228 Incident, Academics, Activism, Art & Culture, Asian Hate, Asian mental health, Coronavirus, Current Events, Entrepreneurship, New York, Notable Taiwan Guest, Politics, Racism and Diversity, Self-Empowerment, Taiwan, Taiwan Elections, Taiwan Geography, Taiwan History, Taiwan Independence, Taiwan News, Taiwan Organizations, Taiwan Studies, Taiwan Travel, Taiwan vs China, World Health
Here we are again… at the end of another year and we’re getting ready to reveal the top 5 Talking Taiwan episodes of 2023! We want to take a moment to especially thank all those who have supported and donated to the Talking Taiwan Election Tour. So far we have raised 40% of our overall
December 30, 2023
Academics, Activism, Asian International Affairs, Coronavirus, Current Events, Entrepreneurship, New York, Notable Taiwan Guest, Podcast, Politics, Racism and Diversity, Self-Empowerment, Taiwan, Taiwan Books, Taiwan Citizenship, Taiwan Community, Taiwan Elections, Taiwan Geography, Taiwan History, Taiwan Independence, Taiwan Life, Taiwan News, Taiwan Organizations, Taiwan Studies, Taiwan Travel, Taiwan vs China, Taiwanese Census, Writers
With the presidential election in Taiwan fast approaching (on January 13, 2024). We thought it would be a good time to discuss disinformation related to Taiwan’s 2024 presidential election with Summer Chen, the Editor-in-Chief of Taiwan FactCheck Center and Wei-Ping Li, a research fellow at Taiwan FactCheck Center. We also talked about disinformation that circulated
December 21, 2023
Academics, Activism, Asian Hate, Asian International Affairs, Coronavirus, Current Events, Entrepreneurship, New York, Notable Taiwan Guest, Podcast, Politics, Racism and Diversity, Self-Empowerment, Taiwan, Taiwan Books, Taiwan Community, Taiwan Elections, Taiwan Films, Taiwan Geography, Taiwan History, Taiwan Independence, Taiwan Life, Taiwan News, Taiwan Organizations, Taiwan Studies, Taiwan Travel, Taiwan vs China, White Terror, Writers
I spoke with Wei-Ping Li about the laws and mechanisms of the censorship from Taiwan’s martial law era and the impact it had on Taiwan’s media environment, and how Taiwan’s media environment had changed since then. These days Taiwan is known to be the most free and democratic country in Asia, but it wasn’t always
December 17, 2023
This is the apology episode. Our deepest apologies. Listen to find out why. And looking ahead to 2024, we are making some changes. Help us Get the Show on the Road by Supporting the Talking Taiwan Election Tour! Support Talking Taiwan: https://talkingtaiwan.com/support/ GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/building-talking-taiwans-legacy/donate PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/zn3zm9ux Zelle: talkingtaiwanpodcast@gmail.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/talkingtaiwan
December 13, 2023
Academics, Activism, Asian International Affairs, Current Events, Entrepreneurship, Medical Professionals, New York, Notable Taiwan Guest, Podcast, Politics, Racism and Diversity, Self-Empowerment, Sunflower Movement, Taiwan, Taiwan Books, Taiwan Citizenship, Taiwan Community, Taiwan Elections, Taiwan Geography, Taiwan History, Taiwan Independence, Taiwan Life, Taiwan News, Taiwan Organizations, Taiwan Studies, Taiwan Travel, Taiwan vs China, Writers
January 13, 2024 is not just the date of the Taiwan presidential election; seats for the Legislative Yuan will also be elected on that day. My guest on this episode of Talking Taiwan is Dr. Fan, the Coordinator of the Overseas William Lai (Lai Ching-te) for President Committee. We talked about why he’s supporting Lai
December 11, 2023
Academics, Activism, Asian International Affairs, Coronavirus, Current Events, Entrepreneurship, Medical Professionals, New York, 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, World Health
My guest on this episode of Talking Taiwan is Hsin-Tai Wu (吳欣岱), a member of the Taiwan Statebuilding party. We talked about how and why she went from being a cardiovascular surgeon to joining the Taiwan Statebuilding party and becoming a politician, the background and goals of the Taiwan Statebuilding party, and how the party
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