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 7, 2022
Michael Cannings of Camphor Press: Publisher Rescues Notable Books About Taiwan and East Asia Ep 169
A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Michael Cannings is the Publisher at Camphor Press, a British-Taiwanese publishing house focused on notable books about Taiwan and East Asia, that he co-founded with John Grant Ross and Mark Swofford, in 2014. Profit was not the motive for setting up Camphor Press, but promoting books, especially
January 31, 2022
A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: My guests on this episode of Talking Taiwan are serial solo entrepreneurs Ramon Ray and Paolo Lising. Ramon has started 5 companies and sold 2 of them. He is the author of Grow Your Solo, a book about how to grow a solo business. Paolo Lising is founder of MillionDC.com,
January 24, 2022
A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: This year, the Lunar New Year falls on February 1st and it’s the year of the tiger. For those of you familiar with Lunar New year celebrations, you may recall some of the traditions, which might include: wearing the color red, receiving or giving red envelopes, eating special
January 17, 2022
A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: “If you are listening to this episode as part of a class or institutional program, we’d love to hear from you — please tell us the country, city, and name of the university you are studying and listening from, and give us details about how this episode
January 10, 2022
A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Cindy Wu is an English and Mandarin Chinese bilingual performer, speaker, and music educator based in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. She loves and enjoys all aspects of life, travel, and culture. I met Cindy years ago when I lived in Kaohsiung. I’ve invited her on to Talking Taiwan to
January 3, 2022
A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: My guest on this episode of Talking Taiwan is Amazin LeThi, a global LGBTQIA+ advocate and one of the first Asian LGBTQ ambassadors for WorldPride at Copenhagen 2021. She reached out to me not long after hearing that Taiwan would be hosting WorldPride 2025. She spoke with
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