Ep 283 | US Taiwan Watch: Think Tank Focused on the Relationship Between the United States and Taiwan

May 24, 2024

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Last year I spoke with Robin, Jerry and Peng-Hsuan about the U.S. Taiwan Watch after they organized a hackathon at the Taiwanese American Conference- East Coast that’s held annually around July 4th.

U.S. Taiwan Watch was founded in 2017 to synthesize data on Taiwan-related bills in Congress. Later, they expanded their work to include analysis on U.S. foreign policy and podcasts discussing U.S.-Taiwan relations.

Jerry Hsu is Co-founder and President of US Taiwan Watch

Robin Liao is Co-founder of US Taiwan Watch

Peng-Hsuan Chen is Project Manager of the Hackathon Project, Program and Policy Specialist of US Taiwan Watch

Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:

· How the U.S. Taiwan Watch got started

· How the U.S. Taiwan Watch educates people in Taiwan about the U.S.’s Taiwan-related bills, U.S. Congress, how bills are passed

· Taiwan’s ban of pork from the U.S. containing ractopamine

· Taiwanese people’s perceptions of the U.S.

· Misinformation from Chinese language media in Taiwan

· Taiwan-related bills for messaging vs. passage

· How they synthesize data on the U.S’s Taiwan-related bills

· How the U.S. Taiwan Watch has changed over time

· The U.S. Taiwan Watch’s connection to American Citizens for Taiwan

· How the U.S. Taiwan Watch started as a civil tech project

· How the U.S. Taiwan Watch deals with anti-American sentiments from their audience

· U.S. Taiwan Watch publishes articles, and produces a podcast

· How in 1979 the U.S. switched recognition from the Republic of China to the People’s Republic of China

· U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s visit to China in June 2023 and his statement that the U.S. does not support the independence of Taiwan

· U.S. President Joe Biden’s remarks on the U.S.’s willingness to help defend Taiwan

· Former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan in August of 2022

· The controversy over expansion of the A.I.T office in Neihu, Taiwan

· How the U.S. Taiwan Watch deals with disinformation

· How the pro-China media in Taiwan is anti-American

· U.S. Taiwan Watch’s podcast covers its articles. Taiwan-related bills and U.S. news

· The U.S. Taiwan Watch’s most popular podcast episodes

· How WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus accused Taiwan of slandering him

· The U.S. Taiwan Watch hackathon at TAC-EC 2023 (Taiwanese American Conference- East Coast)

· How the U.S. Taiwan Watch concept came out of a hackathon at the 2017 TAC-EC

· Projects created at the U.S. Taiwan Watch hackathon at TAC-EC 2023

· How the U.S. Taiwan Watch hackathon at TAC-EC 2023 was run

· What is so meaningful about the work that U.S. Taiwan Watch does

· How people have volunteered to wok for U.S. Taiwan Watch

· How Peng-Hsuan got involved with U.S. Taiwan Watch

· How Jerry got involved with U.S. Taiwan Watch