The Debrief, 7/1/14
China’s top Taiwan affairs official Zhang Zhijun visits Taiwan amidst protests, Hong Kong voters turn out to participate in a referendum and large scale street protests, renewed conflict in Iraq, and deforestation in Indonesia.
My Race is the Default, Your Looks Are Exotic
The ideas that “my race is the default, your looks are exotic,” and “I will not learn your language, you should understand mine,” are outdated. Demographic changes have been taking place rapidly…
Westerner in Taiwan (KP17)
We ask blogger Ben Goren, the author of the blog Letters from Taiwan, about what it is like being a Westerner living in Taiwan, and just how he got into the fray of Taiwan’s controversial political scene. We also talk shop about politics, just a little bit.
The Debrief, 6/17/14
China’s White Paper on ruling Hong Kong through the One Country Two Systems policy, and Hong Kong’s reactions; the second national election in Kosovo, education reform in Taiwan and a constitutional law mock trial on same-sex marriage.
Who is the Global Citizen?
As a global citizen, he believes that anything that happens in this world will eventually affect all of us in one way or another. With the world acting as a well-connected network, the chain of effect can extend from one tip of the world to the other.
The Debrief, 6/10/14
Taiwan’s affordable housing project’s corruption charges, the ugly side of Taiwan’s paper recycling, controversy with Brazil’s World Cup and a shocking truth about lies in the glitzy world of big-money philanthropy.
Advocacy for US-Taiwan Relations (KP16)
35 years after the Taiwan Relations Act, how has the relationship between the US and Taiwan evolved? We talk to Coen Blaauw and Gerrit van der Wees from the Formosan Association for Public Affairs (FAPA) to find out.
Bromance in Military Service, Sort of
I was told by many past attendees to simply relax and see professional training like going on a vacation. With their reassurance, I headed south with the belief that it would be a stress-free two-week vacation. However, I was proved to be wrong again…
Killing a Person in a Sound Mind
However, I am a petty individual with a mind that is only big enough to serve myself. The society, as a whole, should be better than myself. The society needs to preoccupy itself with bigger issues such as the practicality of its policy…
The Debrief, 6/3/14
In a short program this week we tell you about how last week’s EU election results have everyone worried, as well as commemorative events for the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre and Taiwan’s Taiyuan Uprising.
Taiwanese, Yet American (KP15)
We talk with HoChie Tsai about the Taiwanese American communities, whether Taiwanese Americans should, or have a right to, be involved in affairs in Taiwan, and about what the third and even fourth generation might be facing in the future.
Mala-Ta-Ngia, a Bunun Festival
The Bunun are noted for their calendar system (based on moon cycles) and a written language that are both over 1,000 years old. Their most significant cultural festival, which occurs in the month of May, is the Bunun Ear-Shooting Festival (Mala-Ta-Ngia).