After reading Nancy Chen Baldwin’s book, One Thousand Layers of Water and Clouds: The Tale of A Taiwanese Daughter, and taking some time to digest it, I decided to interview Nancy (born Lai Shui-yun / 賴水雲) on Google Meet and to invite Talking Taiwan’s listeners to join us, but instead of having a Q&A afterward, ..Read More
November 12, 2026
Academics, Activism, Art & Culture, Asian International Affairs, Asian mental health, Entrepreneurship, Indigenous Taiwan, New York, Notable Taiwan Guest, Parenting, Podcast, Politics, Racism and Diversity, Self-Empowerment, Taiwan, Taiwan Books, Taiwan Community, Taiwan Food, Taiwan Geography, Taiwan History, Taiwan Life, Taiwan Organizations, Taiwan Travel, Writers
After reading Nancy Chen Baldwin’s book, One Thousand Layers of Water and Clouds: The Tale of A Taiwanese Daughter, and taking some time to digest it, I decided to interview Nancy (born Lai Shui-yun / 賴水雲) on Google Meet and to invite Talking Taiwan’s listeners to join us, but instead of having a Q&A afterward,
October 22, 2026
Academics, Activism, Art & Culture, Asian International Affairs, Coronavirus, Entrepreneurship, Indigenous Taiwan, New York, Notable Taiwan Guest, Podcast, Racism and Diversity, Self-Empowerment, Taiwan, Taiwan Citizenship, Taiwan Community, Taiwan Food, Taiwan Geography, Taiwan Life, Taiwan Music, Taiwan Organizations, Taiwan Studies, Taiwan Travel
Wan-jen Lin (林宛蓁) is an award-winning architect who has worked on Weiwuying (衛武營) National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts along with her husband Ching-Mou Hou (侯慶謀) Together they formed studio HOU x LIN, an architecture and urban design firm, and some of the projects that they have worked on as studio HOU x LIN include
October 14, 2026
Academics, Activism, Art & Culture, Asian International Affairs, Asian mental health, Coronavirus, Current Events, Diseases and Disabilities, Entrepreneurship, Medical Professionals, New York, Notable Taiwan Guest, Podcast, Politics, Racism and Diversity, Self-Empowerment, Sunflower Movement, Taiwan, Taiwan Books, Taiwan Citizenship, Taiwan Community, Taiwan Elections, Taiwan Geography, Taiwan History, Taiwan Independence, Taiwan Life, Taiwan News, Taiwan Organizations, Taiwan Studies, Taiwan Travel, Taiwan vs China, Writers
While Felicia was away attending the World Federation of Taiwanese Associations (WFTA) meeting, that was held in Helsinki, Finland this year, back in New York the annual UN for Taiwan Rally was taking place on Saturday, September 12th. Kaju was there and he spoke with Dr. Dean Shih (史書華) who is now serving as President
October 7, 2026
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In July of 2025, we brought Talking Taiwan to the Taiwanese American Conference West Coast hosted in San Francisco/Silicon Valley, where we interviewed several of the conference’s speakers including Dr. Dean Shih (史書華). Dr. Shih is a dentist by training and he shared how he got involved in Taiwan’s social movements and the Great Recall. This
September 11, 2026
Academics, Activism, Art & Culture, Asian International Affairs, Asian mental health, Current Events, Entrepreneurship, Medical Professionals, New York, Podcast, Politics, Racism and Diversity, Self-Empowerment, Taiwan, Taiwan Books, Taiwan Community, Taiwan Geography, Taiwan History, Taiwan Independence, Taiwan Life, Taiwan News, Taiwan Organizations, Taiwan Studies, Writers
This year marks the 25th anniversary of 9/11. September 11, 2001 when four commercial passenger airplanes were hijacked by terrorists linked to the Islamic extremist group al Qaeda. Two of the planes struck the World Trade Center in New York City causing the twin towers to collapse and a third plane hit the Pentagon in
September 9, 2026
Academics, Activism, Art & Culture, Asian International Affairs, Asian mental health, Current Events, Entrepreneurship, New York, Notable Taiwan Guest, Podcast, Politics, Racism and Diversity, Self-Empowerment, Taiwan, Taiwan Citizenship, Taiwan Community, Taiwan Elections, Taiwan Food, Taiwan Geography, Taiwan History, Taiwan Independence, Taiwan Life, Taiwan News, Taiwan Organizations, Taiwan Studies, Taiwan Travel, Taiwan vs China
The last time that Taipei elected a mayor from the Democratic Progressive Party was Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) in 1994. At the time it seemed like some kind of a breakthrough because Taipei is known to be a Chinese Nationalist Kuomintang stronghold. During his tenure as mayor of Taipei, Chen Shui-bian had a very high public
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