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
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Jan 24, 2025 • 45min
Trump and Taiwan 2.0
We talk Donald Trump's return to the White House and Taiwan; lawmakers passing a slashed central government budget; Constitutional Court rulings taking effect after being signed into by President Lai Ching-te and more.
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Jan 3, 2025 • 53min
A dead president, a onetime presidential hopeful and a presidential address.
We talk how Taiwan remembers Jimmy Carter, the latest on Ko Wen-je's legal woes; Lai Ching-te's New Year's Day address and more.
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Dec 27, 2024 • 41min
2024 in review
We talk the past year's top stories from and about Taiwan.
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Dec 20, 2024 • 41min
Protests, cross-strait talks and tanks
We talk protests over proposed amendments, the Taipei-Shanghai Twin-City Forum, the delivery of Abrams Main Battle Tanks from the US and more.
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Dec 13, 2024 • 49min
Military deployments and influencer propaganda
We talk China's military goings-on this week in the skies and waters around Taiwan, warnings to influencers about accepting funding or instruction from China; the United Daily News' Taiwan's Character of the Year for 2024 and more.
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Dec 6, 2024 • 49min
Talk of martial law
We talk the brief declaration of martial law in South Korea making news in Taiwan, visiting Chinese students facing claims of making comments resulting in "uneasiness in society, a protest against the take over of Foodpanda and more.
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Nov 29, 2024 • 47min
A first overseas trip and a winning team
We talk President Lai Ching-te visiting Pacific Island allies, a visit by Chinese students, a rejected citizenship petition and more.
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Nov 22, 2024 • 44min
Workplace bullying
We talk apologies from senior government officials regarding workplace bullying, lawyers taking to the streets, questions over cryptocurrency taxation and more.
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Nov 8, 2024 • 45min
Taiwan takeways from the US election
We talk Donald Trump's return to the White House and what it could mean for Taiwan, draft amendments to the an allocations act and the demolition of a forty-year old overpass.
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Nov 1, 2024 • 47min
Taiwan and the US election
We speak with regular show commentator Brian Hioe, former American Institute in Taiwan Director William Stanton and Professor Huang Min-Hua, the chair of the National Taiwan University's Department of Political Science about the US election and how it's outcome could affect Taiwan at a special show recorded live at a roundtable event jointly organized by ICRT and the National Taiwan University's Political Science Student Association at the NTU in Taipei.
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