Talking Taiwan

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Around the time of the Sunflower Movement in 2014, which was a protest in response to Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou attempting to force passage of the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement (a trade pact between Taiwan and China), the Taiwan Voice Facebook page quickly became a major source of news about the movement. Students and activists occupied Taiwan's Legislative Yuan (Taiwan's parliament) from March 18-April 10, 2014. Sophie Ping-Ya Hsu spoke about how the Taiwan Voice Facebook page got started, her involvement in it and its impact. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: · How the Taiwan Voice Facebook page got started · How Taiwan Voice started in part to support the students who occupied the Legislative Yuan on March 18, 2014 · Sophie's background and connection to Taiwan · How Sophie got involved in the Taiwan Voice and met the others in the group · How the Taiwan Voice Facebook page was getting a thousand likes per day · Sophie's contribution to running the Taiwan Voice Facebook page was as an editor, she scanned through Chinese-language social media posts for information and news ideas, to coordinate with English translators and to post to the Taiwan Voice Facebook page · Sophie recruited people to help run the Taiwan Voice Facebook page · The core group that started Taiwan Voice Facebook were 10-15 individuals · Initially news and information related to social justice issues were posted to the Facebook page without any filtering · How Taiwan Voice made an impact in creating awareness about Taiwan over social media · How Taiwan Voice helped to gather momentum from abroad for the Sunflower Movement · How Taiwan Voice was a quick source of news about Taiwan Related Links: Taiwan Voice Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TaiwanVoice Sunflower Movement: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower_Student_Movement Legislative Yuan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_Yuan Ma Ying-jeou: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Ying-jeou

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Eric Tsai and Jenny Wang on Outreach for Taiwan talk to host Felicia Lin about Outreach for Taiwan.

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Here is an interview with Author Ed Lin on his Book, Ghost Month. Ed Lin talks about his latest novel - Ghost Month - which is his 5th book featuring Detective Robert Chow. The story centers around a mysterious murder that occurs in Taipei, Taiwan, during the 7th month of the lunar calendar. Mr Lin also talks about the writing process and his experiences as a novelist.

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Here is an interview with Echo Lin on Anti-Nuclear Protests in Taiwan. Echo Lin explains her role as Secretary General of the Environmental Jurist Association, an international group of legal professionals concerned about the lack of legislative frameworks that protect our planet from ourselves. She specifically discusses the controversies surrounding Taiwan's 4th Nuclear Power plant and why this remains a hot-button issue even nearly 30 years after it was approved by Taiwan's Legislative Yuan.

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Borcheng Hsu talks about the 13th Passport 2 Taiwan Festival at Union Square in New York City. P2TW has grown to over 60 booths (1/3 are authentic Taiwanese food you cannot find in the US outside of someone's home) and how cultural groups are now being flown in direct from Taiwan. Mr Hsu also talks about the future of the event, and how it could be traveling to a city new you someday soon!

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Here is an interview with Tony Chang on the Sunflower Movement.

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Here is an interview with Tony Chang on the Taiwan Independence Citizens Revolution.

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Here is an interview with Tony Chang on the Taiwan Independence Citizens Revolution.

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Here is an interview with Lawrence Lin about American Citizens for Taiwan. Related Links: https://talkingtaiwan.com/tt039-lawrence-lin/ In this episode we speak with Lawrence Lin the media spokesperson for American Citizens for Taiwan (ACT). ACT was established in 2009. The mission of ACT is to educate Americans on the importance of Taiwan to the U.S. and working to strengthen the U.S. Taiwan relationship. Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: · How American Citizens for Taiwan (ACT) was started · In the beginning ACT focused on serving Taiwanese organizations · How ACT is focused on online advocacy work · How ACT uses popbox an online tool to facilitate letter writing campaigns for Congressional bills related to Taiwan · HR419 the Taiwan Policy Act · How ACT gets Americans involved or concerned about Taiwan by focusing on Democracy security and the economy · How ACT tries to make it easier for Americans to contact their congressperson about supporting bills related to Taiwan · How ACT is trying to reach others outside of the Taiwanese American community · Why it's important for Taiwan to be represented in the United Nations · The petition on Change.org regarding Taiwan being listed on ISO as Taiwan, Province of China · The challenges of ACT's work · ACT is a 501(c)(4) organization · Plans to set up American Citizens for Taiwan Foundation which will be a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to creating educational resources about Taiwan · One of the ideas for educational resources about Taiwan is a teacher's guide to teach about Taiwan · ACT's future projects and initiatives · New York's Passport to Taiwan · Canada's Taiwanfest Related Links: https://talkingtaiwan.com/tt039-lawrence-lin/

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Here is an interview with Claire Hsieh about the STUF United Fund.