Talking Taiwan

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:   My guest on this episode of Talking Taiwan is Hsinyi Lin, the Executive Director of the Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty. She spoke with me about the movement to abolish the death penalty in Taiwan. 2000 was an exciting year for Taiwan, it was the first time that there was a transition in power from the Kuomintang, and the first time that a Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate, Chen Shui-bian was elected. That same year President Chen Shui-bian announced that the death penalty would be gradually be abolished. However, in September of 2000 there was an execution. This is part one of a two-part interview. In next week’s episode, I will get in to a deeper discussion with Hsinyi about the public opinion on the death penalty in Taiwan, why the death penalty has not yet been abolished and the problems with the current death penalty procedure in Taiwan.     Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:   How Hsinyi got involved in the movement to abolish the death penalty in Taiwan The announcement in 2000 by President Chen Shui-bian (the first Democratic Progressive Party president of Taiwan) that the death penalty would be abolished How Lu Cheng (盧正) a case that was believed to be innocent was executed in September of 2000 after the Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty asked Control Yuan was to review the case This first case proved innocent by the judicial system in Taiwan was the Hsichih Trio (蘇案) Exonerated cases in Taiwan with the year the case started and the year the case was exonerated: Hsichih Trio (蘇案): Su Chieh-ho (蘇建和), Liu Bing-lang (劉秉郎), Chuang Lin-hsun (莊林勳, 1991-2012)   Hsu Tzu-chiang (徐自強, 1995-2016), Cheng Hsing-tse (鄭性澤, 2002-2017), Hsieh Chih-hung (謝志宏, 2000,-2020) Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty’s (TAEDP) work on cases believed to be innocent How Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty was formed on December 9, 2003 The urgency of the case of Tzu Hsu-chiang (徐自強) who was exonerated in 2016 How Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty advocates and deals with all death row inmate cases The NGOs that Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty works with   Related Links: To view all related links for this article, click link below: https://talkingtaiwan.com/hsinyi-lin-fights-to-abolish-the-death-penalty-in-taiwan-part-1-ep-152/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:   I recently interviewed Christina Hu, the Director of the Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign about the Pew Research report on Asian communities which misrepresented the Taiwanese. For months Christina and the Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign team worked with Pew Research to get an official response issued. After several months of communications, Pew reissued the report in question on September 8 with the categories of “Chinese, with Taiwanese,” “Taiwanese,” and “Chinese, except Taiwanese.” When I spoke with Christina in episode 148, she briefly mentioned her documentary filmmaking, so I thought now would be a good time to share an interview that I did with her back in 2018.   In 2018, I spoke with Christina about her documentary filmmaking. Her films have focused on presenting history through personal perspectives. She talked about her first film and her love of history. Christina’s films about Taiwan have covered topics like the blacklist and the historic ruling by Taiwan’s High Court that has paved the way for the legalization of same sex marriage.   Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in the podcast:   How she got started making documentary films Where the term “blacklist” came from The Blacklist Workshop (aka Blacklist Studio) Her Blacklist Film Series What is the blacklist? Her first documentary film, Her Journey The gap year (in 1999) she spent in Germany in between high school and college When she was in third grade in Taiwan and was disciplined at school for saying that her family was from the province of Taiwan instead of Fujian How she observed the Tiananmen Square massacre in Taiwan The films that she has made about Taiwan How her interest in the history of Taiwan has motivated her filmmaking The challenge of telling the story of Taiwan through film Her documentary film about Taiwanese Canadian Columbus Leo   Related Links: To view all related links for this article, click link below: https://talkingtaiwan.com/christina-hu-talks-about-documentary-filmmaking-and-her-blacklist-short-film-series-ep-151/  

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:   Jane W. Wang is a self-actualization coach based in Taipei, Taiwan. She spoke candidly with me about the challenges she faced in her journey to become a coach, which involved dealing with imposter syndrome and bouts of depression. She’s channeled these personal experiences into creating her Multicultural Hero’s Journey program. We also talked about the field of coaching, what coaching is, and how it differs from counseling and psychotherapy. I interviewed Jane back in July of this year. We’ve spoken since then and Jane is ever evolving. It’ll be interesting to see what future developments we hear from her.   Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:   Jane’s connection to Taiwan How being a third culture kid (TCK) has shaped her identity and life purpose Her career path before becoming a coach Why she wanted to become a coach Her personal journey, the struggles and depression that she dealt with along the way before she became a coach Why she decided not to get a degree in counseling from Columbia University and instead got certified in coaching What is coaching and how it differs from counseling or psychotherapy Jane’s own experiences with coaching, being the person being coached by someone else Jane’s advice on how to pick a coach to work with The challenges Jane faced in becoming a coach The depression and imposter syndrome she experienced in the process of becoming a coach How Jane dealt with her self-judgment and learned to love herself How Jane dealt with three bouts of depression What she learned from going through depression How someone can identify whether or not they themselves or someone they know is experiencing depression How Jane created her Multicultural Hero’s Journey coaching program Who would benefit the most by going through the Multicultural Hero’s Journey coaching program Jane’s advice for people who are interested in becoming a coach What it takes to be a good coach   Related Links: To view all related links for this article, click link below: https://talkingtaiwan.com/jane-wang-battles-depression-and-navigates-a-multicultural-heros-journey-ep-150/      

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: My guest on this episode of Talking Taiwan is Keelung City Councilor, Jiho Chang. Jiho spoke with me about his work as a city councilman, and how his interest and involvement in Taiwan’s politics dates back to his time as a university student, and the 1995-1996 Taiwan Strait missile crisis that happened after KMT presidential candidate Lee Teng-hui visited his alma mater Cornell University and before Taiwan’s first direct presidential election in 1996. Jiho was among the activists who occupied the Legislative Yuan during the Sunflower movement. He's also one of the co-authors of The Oral History of Su Beng (史明口述史), a biography of the late revolutionary and lifelong Taiwan independence activist Su Beng. We’ll have him back on another episode to talk about all that. Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:   Jiho’s background and upbringing How/why he decided to return to Taiwan after spending 10 years in Canada His study of political science at university in Canada and Taiwan National University The 1995-1996 missile crisis in Taiwan How he was involved with the 2014 Sunflower movement How his first attempt to get elected as a neighborhood warden aka borough warden aka village warden (里長) failed How he previously worked as a speechwriter for presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen How he got elected as Keelung City Councilor in 2018 How he got in trouble for posting about his work on as a speechwriter for President Tsai on Facebook What his work as a city councilor involves How Keelung is one of the smallest cities What it took to campaign for the position of city councilor Why he ran as a DPP candidate The Taiwan People Party and New Power Party How long each city councilor position term lasts The Ghost Month in Taiwan What Jiho finds most rewarding about his work as city councilor How Jiho advocated for and helped the widow and family of a man in his constituency to obtain NT$1,000,000 in compensation for his death from his employer of 20 years Jiho’s future political aspirations   Related Links:   Jiho Chang’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/JihoTiun/   Taiwan’s first direct presidential election (1996): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Taiwanese_presidential_election   Taiwan’s cross strait missile crisis of 1995-1996: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Taiwan_Strait_Crisis#:~:text=The%20Third%20Taiwan%20Strait%20Crisis,1995%20to%2023%20March%201996.   Lee Teng-hui: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Teng-hui   Sunflower Movement: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower_Student_Movement   President Tsai Ing-wen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/iingwen   Tsai Ing-wen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsai_Ing-wen   DPP (Democratic Progressive Party): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Party   https://www.dpp.org.tw/en/about   Taiwan People Party: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_People%27s_Party   New Power Party: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Power_Party   KMT (Kuomintang): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuomintang   Ghost Month: https://oftaiwan.org/culture/ghost-festival/   Taiwan News article, “12 Ghost Month taboos to watch out for in Taiwan”: https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3990308   Su Beng: http://aboutsubeng.com/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:   In April of this year, reports published by the Pew Research Center analyzing Asian American communities included footnotes stating that data for “  ‘Chinese’ includes those identifying as ‘Taiwanese.’ ” Soon after, in May, the Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign published an open letter and petition on TaiwaneseAmerican.org asking Pew Research to issue an apology to the Taiwanese American community, and to re-publish its findings with Taiwanese as a separate category.   Upon hearing this, I reached out to Christina Hu, Director of the Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign asking to interview her about this. She was working on getting an apology and correction from Pew, so I agreed to wait until she got an official response from Pew to do the interview.   For months, the Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign team worked on getting a response from Pew Research and by July Christina told me that she was hoping to get an official response.   On Wednesday, September 8, 2021 Pew Research reissued their report on Asian American communities which had previously misrepresented the Taiwanese. To be clear it was a correction, not an apology. Data for 2000, 2010 and 2019 included the categories of “Chinese, with Taiwanese,” “Taiwanese,” “Chinese, except Taiwanese” and “Okinawan.”   I spoke with Christina Hu, the Director of the Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign and Chieh-ting Yeh, the Media Director of the Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign about what transpired after the Taiwanese American community’s response to Pew Research’s initial report on Asian communities, and what led to Pew to re-issue their report.   We also spoke about the 2020 Write in Taiwanese Campaign and the decades long advocacy work of the Taiwanese American Citizens League (TACL), that started in 1990 to educate the Taiwanese American community to complete the US Census by not only checking the “Other Asian” box, but also writing in “Taiwanese.”     The Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign Team:     Christina Hu   Director, Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign   Director of Civic Engagement, Taiwanese American Citizens League     Chieh-Ting Yeh   Media Director, Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign   Editor-in-Chief, Ketagalan Media     Leona Chen   Creative Director, Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign   Editor-in-Chief, TaiwaneseAmerican.org     Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:   How Christina got involved in the Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign How Ting (Chieh-ting) got involved in the Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign The background and history of the Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign The evolution of the Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign since it started in1990 Why it’s important to be counted on the U.S. census It wasn’t until 1960 that people could select their own race on the U.S. census Why it is important for Taiwanese Americans to be counted on the U.S. census How the Pew Research Reports which used U.S. census data misrepresented the Taiwanese The Pew Research Report on Asian American communities that included a footnote stating that data for “ ‘Chinese’ includes those identifying as ‘Taiwanese.’ ” The communications that the Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign and Christina had with Pew Research and Neil Ruiz, the Associate Director of Race and Ethnicity The open letter and online petition (posted on TaiwaneseAmerican.org) asking Pew Research to issue an apology to the Taiwanese American community, and to re-publish its findings with Taiwanese as a separate category The various groups that signed the online petition and supported the Taiwanese American community’s campaign to ask Pew Research for an apology and correction of their reports that did not include Taiwanese as a separate category How Christina discovered that the Pew Research report had disappeared Okinawans as a separate category What happened in the four months that the Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign tried to get an official response from Pew Research The conversations that Christina had with Neil Ruiz about why it was important for her personally, to identify as Taiwanese, and why Pew could say they were confused by self-reported data from the Taiwanese American community that unequivocally indicated that people wanted to be identified as Taiwanese The slogan of the Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign     Related Links:   Key facts about Asian origin groups in the U.S. (from Pew Research): https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/04/29/key-facts-about-asian-origin-groups-in-the-u-s/   Response to Pew Research Reports Hiding Taiwanese Identity: “We made it count. Now tell our stories.” (The open letter and online petition that appeared on TaiwaneseAmerican.org): https://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/2021/05/pew-research-center-taiwanese-american-statement/   Some of the responses on Twitter to Pew Research Reports Hiding Taiwanese Identity: https://twitter.com/search?q=taiwanese%20census%202020%20pew&src=typed_query&f=top   Pew Research reissues report on Asian Americans after misrepresenting Taiwanese Americans: https://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/2021/09/pew-research-reissues-report-on-asian-americans-after-misrepresenting-taiwanese-americans/   Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/write.in.taiwanese.census   Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/write.in.taiwanese.census/   Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign videos on TACL’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/tacitizensleague/videos   Taiwanese American Citizens League (TACL): https://tacl.org/   TACL Census 2020 “Write in Taiwanese” Campaign: https://tacl.org/census-2020/   How many Taiwanese live in the U.S.? It’s not an easy question to answer: https://medium.com/pew-research-center-decoded/how-many-taiwanese-live-in-the-u-s-its-not-an-easy-question-to-answer-315c042839dc   Write in "Taiwanese" - US Census 2010 You Tube video: https://youtu.be/mcFLfw73O30   The changing categories the U.S. census has used to measure race (from the Pew Research Center): https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/02/25/the-changing-categories-the-u-s-has-used-to-measure-race/   Christina Hu’s You Tube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdfvPGT3zqZPP3rfAFAGLdw   Ketagalan Media: https://ketagalanmedia.com/   Taking Taiwan interview with Ho Chie Tsai the Founder of TaiwaneseAmerican.org: https://talkingtaiwan.com/tt025-ho-chie-tsai/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Happy Labor Day! We’ve decided to take a break ourselves, so we are sharing one of our past episodes that I think really stands the test of time. In 2013 I interviewed entrepreneur Yao Huang. That year, she was involved with the Entrepreneur Challenge and Competition, which was organized by the Taiwanese American Professionals, New York Chapter and the Taiwan Merchants Association. Yao talked about how she went from a career in pharmacy to venture capital, and how she founded The Hatchery to grow Silicon Alley, New York City’s tech community. I think you’ll find that the perspective and advice that she offers in this interview sound and still relevant today. Yao is the founder of The Hatchery and she’s been named by Forbes one of 11 women at the center of New York’s digital scene. Her entrepreneurship has been written about in Fortune magazine, and various publications.   Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:   Yao’s connection to Taiwan Yao’s involvement with the TAP-NY’s (Taiwanese American Professionals, New York chapter) and Taiwan Merchants Association’s Entrepreneur Challenge and Competition (ECC) Yao’s career prior to becoming an entrepreneur How she advised one of the companies competing in the ECC The first company she started How she made the transition from pharmacy in to entrepreneurship and venture capital What is venture capitalism What The Hatchery does How The Hatchery has been integral in growing New York’s tech community The Hatchery’s incubator program Why Yao founded The Hatchery Silicon Valley vs. Silicon Alley What it was like leaving her job in pharmacy to start a company What advice she has for people who want to start a business What she loves the most about what she does Her passion project, Win4Causes What she finds so rewarding about what she does   Related Links: Yao Huang on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yaohui/   The Hatchery website: https://hatchery.vc/   The Hatchery’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehatchery/   The Hatchery on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thehatchery   2013 Entrepreneur Challenge and Competition (ECC) organized by the Taiwanese American Professionals, New York Chapter and the Taiwan Merchants Association: https://bit.ly/3DMaVpd   Nomz, the company that Yao advised during the ECC: https://www.eatnomz.com/   Talking Taiwan Episode 30, TAP-NY’s Entrepreneur Challenge and Competition: https://talkingtaiwan.com/tt026-tapny/   Yao Huang’s TED Talk, Talent incubator: Yao Huang at TEDxBroadway: https://youtu.be/qjFR0F_5K4g   Yao Huang’s TED Talk, I for Innovation: https://youtu.be/jbjQYQ3IXj8

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:   Tiffany Yu is a disability activist, CEO and founder of Diversability, and host of Tiffany & Yu, a social impact podcast. She’s also on the San Francisco Mayor’s Disability Council, a three-time TED Talk speaker and has a list of many more impressive accomplishments that appear on her Wikipedia page.   She spoke with tremendous vulnerability about her disability origin story, the trauma she’s experienced, dealing with shame, and her continued healing.   Tiffany also shared about the many exciting projects she’s working on for Diversability and in the disability space.     CORRECTION: At x:xx when Tiffany mentioned a TED Tallk “The Danger of a Single Narrative” she was referring to the TED Talk “The Danger of a Single Story.”   Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: How Tiffany spearheaded the Taiwan Necklace Project to raise money for ITASA (Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Students Association) Tiffany’s disability origin story How she came up with the idea for her company Diversability in 2009 while a student at Georgetown University The work that Diversability does How Diversability went from a side hustle to something fulltime years later in 2017 How Diversability is about improving the lives and well-being of disabled people How can Diversability make disability a reason to belong and not a reason to exclude What happened in 2019 that made Tiffany realize that she was experiencing PTSD and how she dealt with it Tiffany’s thoughts on her first TED Talk What has changed since Tiffany started Diversability How Tiffany was able to get the mayor of San Francisco to declare July Disability Pride Month in 2020 How Tiffany has evolved since she first founded Diversability News about Diversability The “Disability is not a bad word” T-shirt campaign The Diversabillity Leadership Collective The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) goal of economic self-sufficiency How Tiffany has launched an endowment fund at Georgetown University for disability-related initiatives The comments that Tiffany’s mom made about Diversability in 2018 How Tiffany deals with her mother’s opinion of the work she does with Diversability Tiffany’s podcast Tiffany & Yu, which she started in 2020 during the Coronavirus pandemic Tiffany’s favorite episode of her podcast Tiffany & Yu Laverne Cox’s term “possibility model” The term ableism How Tiffany enjoys making Tik Tok dance videos The accomplishment that Tiffany is most proud of How the Paralympics may be used as a reason not to care about disability The term inspiration porn How paralympican Rebecca Meyers’ request to have a personal care assistant accompany her was denied   Related Links:   Tiffany Yu’s website: https://www.tiffanyyu.com/   Tiffany and Yu podcast: https://www.tiffanyyu.com/podcast   Tiffany Yu on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imtiffanyyu/   Tiffany Yu on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/imtiffanyyu   Tiffany Yu on Twitter: https://twitter.com/imtiffanyyuv   Tiffany Yu on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffanyayu/   Tiffany Yu on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/tiffanyayu   Tiffany Yu on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiffany_Yu   Diversability: https://mydiversability.com/   Diversability Facebook Group: http://bit.ly/diversabilitycommunity   Diversability Leadership Collective: http://diversability.mn.co     Diversability Facebook page: http://facebook.com/diversability   Diversability on Twitter: http://twitter.com/diversability   Diversability on Instagram: http://instagram.com/diversability   Disability Empowerment Endowment Fund to support disability initiatives in perpetuity at Georgetown University: https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1686/18/giving.aspx?sid=1686&gid=4&pgid=3975&cid=5816&dids=534.144&bledit=1&sort=1&unit=34&appealcode=21HW001312   The Georgetown Voice article, “Alumna Tiffany Yu looks to cement legacy of disability justice as students push for Disability Cultural Center” about the endowment fund for disability related initiatives at Georgetown University that Tiffany is raising money for: https://georgetownvoice.com/2021/08/09/alumna-cements-legacy-of-disability-justice-students-push-for-cultural-center/   Tiffany’s first TED Talk, The Power of Exclusion: https://www.ted.com/talks/tiffany_yu_the_power_of_exclusion?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare   Tiffany’s second TED Talk, The Truths About Being A Pioneer: https://www.ted.com/talks/tiffany_yu_the_truths_about_being_a_pioneer?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare   Tiffany’s third TED Talk, The Problem with Positivity: https://www.ted.com/talks/tiffany_yu_the_problem_with_positivity?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare   The Danger of a Single Story (TED Talk): https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare   PTSD (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder): https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/ptsd/what-is-ptsd   Post-traumatic growth (PTG): https://www.apa.org/monitor/2016/11/growth-trauma   Dr. Robert Bullard: https://drrobertbullard.com/ https://www.unep.org/championsofearth/laureates/2020/robert-bullard   Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): https://adata.org/learn-about-ada   Tiffany &Yu Episode 18, Disability Pride, ADA30 & Diversability’s D-30 Disability Impact List ft. Alex Locust (Glamputee): https://www.tiffanyyu.com/podcast/018   Laverne Cox Calls Herself a 'Possibility Model' on Katie Couric: https://taggmagazine.com/laverne-cox-on-katie-couric/   Laverne Cox On Why She Still Has Something To Prove: https://www.forbes.com/sites/moiraforbes/2016/06/30/laverne-cox-on-why-she-still-has-something-to-prove/?sh=433c972b5638   Talila Lewis’ Working Definition of Ableism: https://www.talilalewis.com/blog/january-2021-working-definition-of-ableism Tiffany &Yu Episode 17, Leadership Lessons from Yoga Journal Racism & Controversy ft. Nicole Cardoza (Anti-Racism Daily): https://www.tiffanyyu.com/podcast/017 Stella Young’s TED Talk, I’m not your inspiration, thank you very much: https://youtu.be/8K9Gg164Bsw   Paralympian Rebecca Meyers’ Op Ed in USA Today, “Paralympic swimmer: I don't want to pull out of Tokyo Games, but I've been given no choice”: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2021/07/20/paralympic-swimmer-becca-meyers-covid-19-tokyo-olympic-games/8006062002/   Paralympian Rebecca Meyers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Meyers   Tiffany and the Taiwan necklace project featured on Outreach for Taiwan (2014): https://oftaiwan.org/2014/11/13/talk4tw-tiffany-yu/   Tiffany talks about being Taiwanese, ITASA and the Taiwan necklace project: https://youtu.be/uaZC9fgdRwo   Taiwanese American.org:  https://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/   ITASA (Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Students Association): https://itasa.org/   TACL (Taiwanese American Citizens League): https://tacl.org/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:   This week I’m welcoming back Dr. Dafydd Fell to talk about the SOAS Center of Taiwan Studies at the University of London. They just had their summer school program in July, which is free and open to the public. It’s a tremendous resource for people interested in learning more about Taiwan. The program included speakers on the topics of Taiwan’s anti-nuclear movement, environmental activism and movements, Taiwan’s Post New Wave Cinema, how to write about Taiwan for a general audience, the campaign to end the death penalty in Taiwan, just to name a few. You can check out their YouTube channel which has videos from the summer school program and other SOAS Center of Taiwan Studies events. Dr. Fell and I talked about how Taiwan studies has changed over the past 20 years and some of the challenges faced by Taiwan studies programs in general.   Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:   The establishment of the SOAS Taiwan Studies Program at the University of London How there weren’t any other Taiwan Studies programs in Europe when the SOAS Taiwan Studies Program at the University of London was established in 1999 SOAS Taiwan Studies program was founded by Professor Robert Ash Establishment of European Association of Taiwan Studies in 2004 Taiwan Studies programs in Europe How we are currently in a Golden Age of Taiwan Studies Taiwan studies programs in Europe vs. the U.S. The collaboration between SOAS Taiwan Studies program and the University of Texas at Austin Taiwan Studies program The challenges faced by Taiwan Studies programs How the SOAS Taiwan Studies program’s focuses on Taiwan Studies teaching  programs and publication (of books that come out of conferences) The types of classes and programs offered at the SOAS Taiwan Studies Program Prominent political figures from Taiwan that have been invited to speak at SOAS The second world congress of Taiwan Studies at SOAS (with 80 speakers and 500 in person attendees) How the SOAS Taiwan Studies Program organizes 50-70 events per year How the events present interesting opportunities for students to actually meet some of the figures on their reading lists What graduates of the SOAS Taiwan Studies Program have gone on to do The major research contributions that have some out of SOAS Taiwan Studies Program The challenges of funding Taiwan Studies programs Whether more Taiwan Studies degree programs will be developed worldwide The relationship between Chinese and Taiwanese studies programs The SOAS Taiwan Studies Program Summer School which has been running since 2007   Related Links:   SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies’ website: http://www.soas.ac.uk/taiwanstudies/   SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies’ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/   SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies’ Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlZZGmE1e_6PI2e-HOPOQw   Professor Robert Ash: https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff30582.php   European Association of Taiwan Studies: https://www.eats-taiwan.eu/   North American Taiwan Studies Association (NATSA): https://www.na-tsa.org/   International Journal of Taiwan Studies: https://brill.com/view/journals/ijts/ijts-overview.xml   Taiwan Studies program at the University of Texas at Austin: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/eastasia/asian-studies-at-ut/Taiwan-program.php   Brill Series in Taiwan Studies: https://brill.com/view/serial/BSTS   Routledge Research on Taiwan Series: https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Research-on-Taiwan-Series/book-series/RRTAIWAN   Camphor Press: https://camphorpress.com/   Taiwan Studies Revisited, Edited By Dafydd Fell, Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao: https://www.routledge.com/Taiwan-Studies-Revisited/Fell-Hsiao/p/book/9780367201722 Taiwan’s Contemporary Indigenous Peoples, Edited By Chia-yuan Huang, Daniel Davies, Dafydd Fell: https://www.routledge.com/Taiwans-Contemporary-Indigenous-Peoples/Huang-Davies-Fell/p/book/9780367553579   Tsai Ing-wen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsai_Ing-wen   Peng Min-Ming: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peng_Ming-min   Frank Hsieh: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Hsieh   Su Tseng-chang: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su_Tseng-chang   Second World Congress of Taiwan Studies held at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) June 18-20, 2015: https://www.soas.ac.uk/news/newsitem94890.html   Reflections on the Second World Congress of Taiwan Studies (held in 2015): https://www.soas.ac.uk/news/newsitem104787.htxml   Academia Sinica: https://www.sinica.edu.tw/en   Hakka singer Lin Sheng-hsiang: https://www.soas.ac.uk/taiwanstudies/events/07jul2016-music-of-lin-sheng-hsiang.html   SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies 2021 Summer School program: https://www.soas.ac.uk/taiwanstudies/summerschool/   The Fourth World Congress of Taiwan Studies (2022) in Seattle, Washington, USA: https://wcts.sinica.edu.tw/wctsIV/zWelcome.html

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:   Dr. Dafydd Fell is the author of Taiwan’s Green Parties Alternative Politics in Taiwan. He spoke with me about his book, which he started working on in 2012. Topics covered in this episode include the Green Party concept, and the impact that Taiwan's Green Parties have had on Taiwan's other political parties and social movements. Dr. Fell's not only talks about some of the most his most interesting research findings, but how he was personally impacted by the subject matter of his book.   He’s also the Director of the SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies at the University of London and we’ll have him back on another episode to talk about the SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies.       Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: How Dr. Fell got interested in Taiwan’s politics The Green Party concept and origin Global Greens Network When Taiwan’s Green Party was established Dr. Fell’s bookParty Politics in Taiwan The focus groups with Green Party activists that led Dr. Fell to write Taiwan’s Green Parties How Dr. Fell is working on a Chinese language version of his book, Taiwan’s Green Parties The main accomplishments and impact of Taiwan’s Green Party How Taiwan’s Green Party compares to other Green Parties around the world The role of Taiwan’s Green Party in the anti-nuclear movement in Taiwan How Taiwan’s Green Party was the first party to advocate same sex marriage and nominate openly LGBT candidates How Taiwan’s Green Party raises alternative issues (death penalty, euthanasia for terminally ill) The Taiwan Green Party’s influence on mainstream political parties How the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has poached figures from the Green party The Taiwan Green Party’s electoral performance Taiwan’s alternative parties The splinter Green Parties, the Trees Party and GPT-Social Democratic Alliance The most surprising or interesting finding that Dr. Fell discovered in his research for his book, Taiwan’s Green Parties How Taiwan could participate in the Green Party’s global network and gain some international visibility The Asia Pacific Greens network Keli Yen, Global Greens Convenor (2017-2020) How England and Wales Green Party Leader Penny Kemp went to Taiwan in 1996 to show support The current status of Taiwan’s Green Party How Dr. Fell’s book offers a different perspective on Taiwan’s history through the lens of small political parties and social movements How Dr. Fell is now working on the Chinese language version of his book, Taiwan’s Green Parties with three Taiwanese scholars who were formerly leaders of Taiwan’s Green Party How Dr. Fell started working on the book, Taiwan’s Green Partiesin 2012     Related Links:   Taiwan’s Green Parties by Dr. Dafydd Fell: https://www.routledge.com/Taiwans-Green-Parties-Alternative-Politics-in-Taiwan/Fell/p/book/9780367650315   Dr. Dafydd Fell on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dafyddfell   Facebook Page for Taiwan’s Green Parties: https://www.facebook.com/Taiwans-Green-Parties-Alternative-Politics-in-Taiwan-101639718636953   Wild Lily Student Movement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Lily_student_movement   https://oftaiwan.org/social-movements/wild-lily-student-movement/   1989 Elections in Taiwan: https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/03/world/nationalists-lead-taiwan-elections.html   Global Greens Network: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Greens   Taiwan’s Green Party: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Party_Taiwan     Taiwan’s first direct presidential election (1996): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Taiwanese_presidential_election   Taiwan’s cross strait missile crisis of 1995-1996: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Taiwan_Strait_Crisis#:~:text=The%20Third%20Taiwan%20Strait%20Crisis,1995%20to%2023%20March%201996.   https://www.jstor.org/stable/2626754   Party Politics in Taiwan by Dr. Dafydd Fell: https://www.routledge.com/Party-Politics-in-Taiwan-Partay-Change-and-the-Democratic-Evolution-of-Taiwan/Fell/p/book/9780415650700   Blocking of Taiwan’s fourth nuclear power plant:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Taiwan   Reuters article, “Taiwan to halt construction of fourth nuclear power plant”:  https://www.reuters.com/article/taiwan-nuclear/taiwan-to-halt-construction-of-fourth-nuclear-power-plant-idUKL3N0NJ08C20140427   Keli Yen, Global Greens Convenor (2017-2020): https://www.asiapacificgreens.org/profile/keli-yen   England and Wales Green Party Leader Penny Kemp: https://greenworld.org.uk/article/obituary-penny-kemp-1949-2021   Democratic Progressive Party (DPP): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Party   https://www.dpp.org.tw/en/about   Ko Wen-je: https://en.xn--wikipeadia-65a.org/wiki/Ko_Wen-je   Taiwan’s People Party: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_People%27s_Party   Kuomintang (KMT): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuomintang

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: In May of 2020 I interviewed Valerie Soe and Kristina Wong about the Auntie Sewing Squad, a sewing circle that was formed on March 24th during the global Coronavirus pandemic. Initially the group sewed masks for frontline medical and essential workers, and then for vulnerable marginalized communities. From the outset, Kristina described the Auntie Sewing Squad as a stop gap measure, and said that she had no intention of turning it into a nonprofit. In fact, she stated that the nature of what the Auntie Sewing Squad does is not sustainable in the long run and that the goal would be for the group to eventually retire. The work of the Auntie Sewing Squad, has gone beyond mask making. So, when I learned that the Auntie Sewing Squad had set a date to retire, I had to invite Valerie and Kristina back on to talk about the Auntie Sewing Squad’s retirement.   Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:   Why and when the Auntie Sewing Squad is going into retirement The work that the Auntie Sewing Squad has done aside from sewing masks How the Auntie Sewing Squad is spending $10,000 on N-95 masks for farmworkers who have to work during the wildfires How Kristina and the Auntie Sewing Squad allocates food and supplies from the L.A. food bank to communities in need The Super Aunties of the Auntie Sewing Squad How the Auntie Sewing Squad is not the alternative to FEMA The other ways that Aunties are trying to support communities in need Dealing with the recent passing of Auntie Sally Super Auntie Constance Parng’s breakout case of COVID How Kristina has been able to do more to affect change as an Auntie than an elected official The statement that the Auntie Sewing Squad put out after the Atlanta Spa Shootings The book about the Auntie Sewing Squad that will be coming out this fall (The Auntie Sewing Squad Guide to Mask Making, Radical Care and Racial Justice) The full-length documentary being made about the Auntie Sewing Squad (We Go Down Sewing) How COVID hospitalizations have affected people in need of other medical treatments/procedures The Auntie Sewing Squad retirement party How the Auntie Sewing Squad is nonhierarchical The term mutual aid The unique community and bonds that have formed amongst the Aunties and members of Auntie Sewing Squad What will happen to the group after it retires, and will the community still exist online Kristina’s show about the Auntie Sewing Squad which is set to be performed in New York in November   Related Links:   The Auntie Sewing Squad’s website: http://auntiesewingsquad.com/   The Auntie Sewing Squad on Instagram: www.Instagram.com/AuntieSewing   Auntie Sewing Squad Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2764362993676831/   Auntie Sewing Squad Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/auntiesewing   The Auntie Sewing Squad’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQrlwkZu_l6F1d9D_M5ZnGQ   The Auntie Sewing Squad’s book, The Auntie Sewing Squad Guide to Mask Making, Radical Care and Racial Justice, 30% off code 17M6662, valid for UC Press website only: https://bit.ly/3iwyEBb   The Auntie Sewing Squad’s HQ (list of notable Aunties): http://auntiesewingsquad.com/about/what-is-hq/   FEMA: https://www.fema.gov/   World Harvest Food Bank: https://www.worldharvestla.org/   Mutual Aid:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_aid_(organization_theory)   Super Auntie Constance Parng’s Talking Taiwan interview: https://talkingtaiwan.com/constance-parng-super-auntie-to-native-nations-of-the-auntie-sewing-squad-ep-108/   Atlanta Spa Shootings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Atlanta_spa_shootings   The Auntie Sewing Squad’s Statement on Rising Anti-Asian Hate and Violence: http://auntiesewingsquad.com/blog-posts/anti-aapi-hate-statement/   Kristina Wong’s website: http://kristinawong.com/   Kristina Wong’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ilovekristinawong/   Kristina Wong’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYVB9L   Valerie Soe’s blog: https://beyondasiaphilia.com/   Valerie Soe’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Valerie-Soe-1397194727164610   Valerie’s previous Talking Taiwan interview about her documentary film, Love Boat Taiwan: https://talkingtaiwan.com/love-boat-taiwan-interview-asian-american-studies-professor-film-maker-valerie-soe-ep-66/   Talking Taiwan Episode 75: Auntie Sewing Squad Combats Covid-19 One Mask at a Time: https://talkingtaiwan.com/auntie-sewing-squad-combats-covid-19-one-mask-at-a-time-ep-75/ Talking Taiwan Episode 107: Auntie Sewing Squad 2: Supporting Communities On the Fringe Through Caring: https://talkingtaiwan.com/auntie-sewing-squad-2-supporting-communities-on-the-fringe-through-caring-ep-107/