China’s Air Defense Zone (KP5)
We take up two countervailing American views on China’s East China Sea air defense identification zone and discuss escalation versus appeasement. The co-hosts also ponder what all this means for Taiwan.
The Debrief, 12/13/13
We cover Singapore’s Little India riot, a confusion in the Taiwan-China services trade agreement, women in the labor force and a controversy over naming National Cheng Kung University’s new plaza.
The Debrief, 12/6/13
Tribute to Nelson Mandela, Taiwan’s same-sex marriage rally, continued hot air over China’s air defense zone, US trade investigations into Taiwan’s steel exports and controversy with confusion over where the capital is.
Pop Music and Politics (KP4)
Co-hosts Chieh-Ting Yeh, Jonathan Lee, and Tim Suen talk about a few pop singers in Taiwan and their encounters with political and social questions, including Deserts Chang, Mayday, Amei, Wang Lee-hom, Dua G and Chthonics.
The Debrief, 11/29/13
Visit by China’s Taiwan affairs official, major Taiwan firms’ US expansions, China’s new air defense zone, Tiananmen Square dissident Wu’er Kaixi turning himself in, EU-Taiwan relations, and shark consumption in Taiwan.
The Debrief, 11/22/13
The Gambia breaking diplomatic relations with Taiwan, the annual Autumn Struggle labor demonstration, Public Television personnel issues, Eslite Bookstore’s censorship controversy and the new metro line in Taipei.
Land Abuse (KP3)
In this third episode of the Ketagalan Project, we explore the various issues surrounding the government’s expropriation of land, student activism and economic factors in places like Dapu, Shihlin, and Huaguang in Taiwan.
The Debrief, 11/15/13
Taiwan’s reaction to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, the KMT and the Chinese Communist Party’s central committee meetings, yet another land expropriation tragedy, cooking oil scandals and sex education in Taiwan.
The Debrief, 11/8/13
In this pilot episode of our new weekly news briefing podcast, we talk about the same-sex marriage bill, singer Deserts Chang’s UK concert, Taiwan’s trade with Myanmar, and a documentary that has been breaking records in Taiwan.
Histories of Taiwan (KP2)
In this second episode of the Ketagalan Project, co-hosts Chieh-Ting Yeh, Jonathan Lee, and Tim Suen chat about the histories of Taiwan, founding myths and how conflicting national identities affect politics in Taiwan today.
US Pivot to Asia (KP1)
In this first episode of the Ketagalan Project, we talk with US foreign affairs expert on East Asia Julia Famularo on current policy debate on Taiwan in Washington, the pivot to Asia, reaction from China and predictions for the future.