Taiwan This Week
ICRT
Keeping abreast of Taiwan news has never been easier, nor more informative. Every week, the ICRT news team from around the island takes a look back at the important stories that affected Taiwan. From Taipei all the way down to Pingdong, and even far beyond. Friday nights at around 8:20, tune into ICRT FM 100 for Taiwan This Week.
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Episodes
Mentioned books
Mar 23, 2018 • 40min
Warnings and words of support
We discuss policies to counter China incentives, little chance of a WHA invite, a mammoth study of the Sunflower Movement and Li Ao.
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Mar 16, 2018 • 39min
From a leader for life to a good food guide
We discuss a nuclear reactor restart, the acquittal of the student Sunflower Movement members, the latest on the great toilet paper panic and more.
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Mar 9, 2018 • 42min
China makes offers and threats
We talk cross-strait issues, another fishing dispute with Japan, plans to restart a nuclear reactor, the latest local election news and more.
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Mar 2, 2018 • 42min
228 and travel talk
We talk 228 Memorials, the Taiwan Travel Act, toilet paper woes, calls for a referendum on Taiwan independence, Taiwan\'s freight rail network and potato chips.
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Feb 23, 2018 • 39min
Beginning with a minor cabinet reshuffle
We talk Hualien tourism concerns, the latest local election news, Taichung\'s MRT, the ongoing dispute over a university president\'s appointment and cooking school.
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Feb 9, 2018 • 39min
Earthquake
We talk this week\'s deadly earthquake in Hualien, a nuclear reactor, local election controversy and Taiwan\'s Olympic moniker.
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Feb 2, 2018 • 42min
Myriad of cross-strait talk
We talk China-Taiwan issues, controversy over the election of a new National Taiwan University president, pollution, English as an official second language and more.
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Jan 26, 2018 • 46min
The president talks while the central bank prepares to lose its long-serving governor
We talk a presidential interview, local election news from Kaohsiung, an indictment in the police shooting of a Vietnamese national, the pending retirement of the head of the central bank and more.
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Jan 19, 2018 • 39min
Irrigation, taxes and a government watchdog
We talk taxes, changes to a major farming organization, another mega fine for Mega Bank, retaliation over China air routes and more.
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Jan 12, 2018 • 42min
New labor laws become law, again
We talk labor laws, China flight routes, a couple of US-Taiwan bills, illegal factories and more.
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