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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Oct 21, 2016 • 55min
Jumping Ship?
ICRT News and guests discuss the week's top stories, including plans to open up the energy sector to green energy, two high profile Tsai Administration resignations, the Penghu gambling referendum, calls to legalize prostitution in Taipei and more.
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Oct 14, 2016 • 1h 5min
Doubling Down
We invite onto the show the head of the KMT's International Affairs Department, Eric Huang, for his take on President Tsai's Double Ten Day speech. Then in the second half of the show we discuss the Zain Dean case, filming US sitcoms in Taipei, and more.
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Oct 7, 2016 • 1h 5min
Let's Put It Diplomatically ...
We invite onto the show former AIT Head Bill Stanton and New Bloom's Brian Hioe to discuss the tussle over the five day work week, James Soong's appointment as APEC envoy, and some defiant words in President Tsai's recent WSJ interview.
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Sep 30, 2016 • 59min
Pork Bun Perseverance
We discuss this week's typhoon controversies, the lack of an invitation for Taiwan to a UN aviation assembly, a standoff between Changhua county and a local power plant, and a recent protest over the government's use of eminent domain.
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Sep 23, 2016 • 60min
Three Pronged, White Something-or-others
ICRT News and commentators discuss the week's biggest stories including the controversial delegation to China, that revealing Google Maps photo of Taiping island, and Penghu's upcoming gambling referendum.
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Sep 9, 2016 • 1h
See You At the Protest
We discuss the pension reform controversy, the tourism industry controversy, and the Tsai Admin¡¦s Southbound Policy. We also feature a conversation with contract reporter Ralph Jennings over a recent controversy centered on one of his articles.
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Sep 2, 2016 • 1h
Tsai Admin Turns 100 Days Old!
In this special edition of the show, ICRT News and commentators discuss the Tsai administration's first 100 days in office and the current state of Taiwan politics.
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Aug 26, 2016 • 1h 1min
Pokemon Going ... going ... still here.
ICRT News and commentators discuss the week¡¦s top stories including Mega Bank¡¦s mega controversy, the Han Kuang military exercises, the Taipei-Shanghai Forum, and Taiwan's showing at the just concluded Olympics.
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Aug 19, 2016 • 34min
UN membership a no-go, while emissions cause a stink in the center of the island
This week host Gavin Phipps sits down with Compass Magazine's Donovan Smith in Taichung, Ross Feingold of the Washington-based D.C. International Advisory and Brian Chee-Shing Hioe of the New Bloom Magazine.
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Aug 12, 2016 • 55min
Pokemon NOOOO!!!
ICRT News and commentators discuss the top stories of the week including the latest Olympic news, the case of the drunk driving diplomat, new moves to help Taiwan's potential bid for the TPP, and of course the fallout from the arrival of Pokemon Go.
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