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
December 28, 2021
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A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Now it’s time to announce our Top 5 of 2021 Talking Taiwan episodes. In doing so we’d like to recognize our wonderful guests, who make what we do possible. But first, we have some exciting news! On December 21st Talking Taiwan won a Golden Crane Podcast Award. We are so honored to have been recognized for our
December 20, 2021
A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: In November it was officially announced that Taiwan had been chosen to host WorldPride 2025. The Kaohsiung Pride Team won the bid over Washington D.C. to host World Pride Day. My guest on this episode is Darien Chen, the founder of WorldPride Taiwan 2025. WorldPride 2025 will
December 13, 2021
A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: To mark this year’s International Human Rights Day, I reached out to Yibee Huang, the CEO of Covenants Watch to talk about Lee Ming-che a Taiwanese activist who has been imprisoned in China since 2017. December 10th is International Human Rights Day. It’s also an important day
December 6, 2021
A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: The story of how Taiwan’s semiconductor industry was developed is really quite interesting if you consider that Taiwan was previously an agriculturally-based economy and had no expertise in hi-tech. When you think about things made in Taiwan what comes to mind? Barbie dolls, textiles, plastics, toys, bicycles,
December 1, 2021
A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Tim Chng is one of the founders of ITASA (Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Students Association), and we’ve known each other since those college days. He is currently documenting the overseas Taiwan Independence Movement on Wikipedia. I thought I’d invite him on to Talking Taiwan to talk about some
November 22, 2021
A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Esther Chen is a Taiwanese American actress and comedian. We spoke about how she got into doing standup comedy, worked with Jerry Seinfeld, and ended up back in Taiwan during the pandemic. Esther shared how she’s had to adjust her standup comedy material to suit the different
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