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Talking Taiwan

Talking Taiwan is a Golden Crane Award Winner and the longest running Taiwan-related podcast. It's all about the interesting people and stories connected to Taiwan and Taiwan's global community.

Mar 29, 2021

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:

 

Since the beginning of the pandemic I’d been hearing about more and more cases of Asian hate attacks that seemed to be related to blaming the Chinese for spreading COVID.  It’s been a year so you could say that I’m kind of late to the game in addressing...


Mar 22, 2021

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:

 

March 23rd will mark the seventh anniversary of the short-lived occupation of the Executive Yuan by students involved in the Sunflower Movement of 2014. The Sunflower Movement began when students and activists occupied the Legislative Yuan on March 18, 2014 in an effort to...


Mar 15, 2021

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:

 

Learn about the Taiwan connection (namely a physician, publisher and supermodel) that made Monster Dance children’s book story come to life. Monster Dance was created to help children deal with and understand the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Dr. Karen Tsai is a...


Mar 8, 2021

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:

 

Michael Turton is a political commentator, writer and Taipei Times columnist based in Taichung, Taiwan.  I first learned about him through his long running blog, The View From Taiwan when I lived in Taiwan myself and started blogging about living there. I’ve invited him...


Mar 1, 2021

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:

 

Dr. Michi Fu is a professor, psychologist, writer, public speaker and experience creator. She spoke with me about how her mother’s decision to retire in Taiwan led her to decide to take a one-year sabbatical in Taiwan and to apply for Taiwan citizenship- which proved to...