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
October 30, 2024
Academics, Activism, Asian International Affairs, Current Events, Entrepreneurship, New York, Notable Taiwan Guest, Podcast, Politics, Racism and Diversity, Same Sex Marriage, Self-Empowerment, Taiwan, Taiwan Elections, Taiwan Geography, Taiwan Independence, Taiwan Life, Taiwan News, Taiwan Organizations, Taiwan Travel, Taiwan vs China
In July we took the show on the road bringing Talking Taiwan to the 53rd annual Taiwanese American Conference, East Coast that was held at West Chester University. I sat down and spoke with New Taipei City Councilor Chen Nai-Yu (陳乃瑜市議員). We spoke about how she went from being a journalist to a politician, working
October 3, 2024
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I recently spoke with Michael Fahey about some developments on human rights related issues in Taiwan, including the anticipated ruling by Taiwan’s constitutional court on the Death Penalty. We spoke on September 16th and Taiwan’s constitutional court made its ruling on September 20th. At the time I had spoken to Michael about a campaign and online petition to expand
September 25, 2024
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Did you know that there is a campaign underway in Taiwan that is calling for foreign permanent residents to be able to apply for dual nationality, effectively allowing them to obtain Taiwanese citizenship after 5 years without giving up their original passport? An online petition for this proposal was launched on August 19th and they
September 23, 2024
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Since 1992, the Taiwanese American Council of Greater New York has promoted UN membership for Taiwan and organized the UN for Taiwan rally and march to coincide with the UN General Assembly. This year the UN for Taiwan rally and march was held on Saturday, September 14th. In September the UN General Assembly takes place
September 1, 2024
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Earlier this summer, in June, I spoke with John Groot, the author of “An Emergency Preparedness Guide for Expats in Taiwan.” John has made the book available for free on his website and you can download a copy of it by >> clicking here<<: https://thecultureshack.blog/2023/12/04/emergency-preparedness-guide-for-expats-in-taiwan/ Taiwan is of course no stranger to natural disasters since it
August 24, 2024
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Here’s my conversation with award winning journalist Mike Chinoy on his new film Decathalon about CK Yang and Rafer Johnson in 1960 Olympics. The recent Paris Olympics has just passed and may already be fading into memory. This year Team Taiwan won 2 gold medals and 5 bronze at the Olympics. Do you know when
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