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Ep 336 | Dr. Linda Gail Arrigo: Taiwan Democracy Fighter Talks About Events Leading Up to the Kaohsiung Incident (Classic)
Épisode 336
dimanche 14 décembre 2025 • Durée 01:00:07
To commemorate its anniversary on December 10th, we thought this would be a great time to reshare one of our most popular CLASSIC episodes, an interview we did with Taiwan Democracy fighter Dr. Linda Gail Arrigo, Ai Linda (艾琳達) in 2024 about events leading up to the HISTORIC Kaohsiung Incident.
Last year when we were in Taiwan in January for the presidential election, we were privileged to meet Dr. Linda Gail Arrigo, Ai Linda (艾琳達) in Taipei and sat down for a one-on-one interview. Few have experienced such historic events first-hand in the way Linda has, as she speaks from the doorstep of history.
Linda talked about the era and events that precipitated the Kaohsiung incident, also known as the Formosa Incident, which is widely considered the watershed moment in history that led to Taiwan's democratization. The Kaohsiung Incident happened in December of 1979
During this interview Linda talked about how, in 1975 she had been sent to observe a trial that had been stated to be an open trial but when she arrived there, she saw that it wasn't. In the face of intimidation by the Taiwan Garrison Command officers, she chose to speak up about the injustice she saw, and reported it to Amnesty International. To me, Linda's self-directed action was a moment of historic defiant courage.
Thank you Linda Gail Arrigo, Ai Linda (艾琳達) for sharing your story and for advocating for the people of Taiwan.
Ep 335 | What Taiwan Can Learn from Ukraine: A Panel Discussion Hosted by FAPA - Part 2
Épisode 335
dimanche 14 décembre 2025 • Durée 40:25
Earlier this year, on March 30, at the Taiwan Center in Flushing NY, FAPA (Formosan Association for Public Affairs) hosted a panel discussion, Lessons from the Battlefield: What Taiwan Can Learn From Ukraine. Representatives from the Ukrainian community, Razom for Ukraine and Dignitas Ukraine and FAPA discussed how NGOs can strengthen advocacy, humanitarian aid, and international collaboration.
It was a very substantive discussion that we wanted to record and share with FAPA's permission to our listeners. This episode part two is the second half of the panel discussion. To listen to the first half of the panel discussion listen to the previous episode, episode 334.
Ep 326 | Working in the Intersection of Ceramics Sound and History: Taiwanese American Maker Eugenie Chao
Épisode 326
vendredi 29 août 2025 • Durée 30:12
In this episode of Talking Taiwan we sat down to speak with Eugenie Chao who describes herself as Taiwanese American maker, educator, and musician who works in the intersection of ceramics, sound, and history. Her exhibit at the Taiwanese American Arts Council House 17 on Governors Island aptly named Listening Vessels, features ceramic objects turned musical instruments created by Chao and is on display until September 7th.
Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:
What came first for Eugenie music or working with clay?
What made her combine ceramics with music?
Where did that idea come from?
How did she get interested or start working with clay?
Eugenie's musical training and what instruments she plays?
What was her early artwork like?
How her artwork has evolved over time?
What does it mean to work at the intersection of ceramics, sound, and history?
What is her creative process is like?
How sound affects her artwork?
How she decides the size of the objects she creates?
The challenges involved with making large scale pieces vs pieces that can be made by hand
How does the size of an object affects the sound it makes
The ceramic instruments from ancient cultures that inspire her, how she discovered them and what was their purpose
Ep 236 | TaiwanFest NYC 2023: Talking Taiwan's Live Stream Coverage in the Rain
Épisode 236
vendredi 5 mai 2023 • Durée 09:44
This past Saturday, April 29th was the first TaiwanFest of the year in New York City. So we decided to go check it out and see what businesses and community organizations were there.
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For this episode we tried out something different by livestreaming and talking to people on location. It was a test run for May when Talking Taiwan will be at this year's Passport to Taiwan on Sunday, May 28th from 12-5pm in New York City's Union Square Park.
We'll be having an outdoor on location podcasting studio. So if you're in New York, drop by, I'll be interviewing people in the booth throughout the day. Come and talk to us. Hear highlights from some of our most notable episodes. Suggest someone to be a guest on Talking Taiwan.
We'll be doing giveaways for anyone who willing to sit in the hot seat to answer my flash five questions or better yet, anyone who wants to pitch themself to be a guest on Talking Taiwan.
This episode of Talking Taiwan has been sponsored by NATWA, the North America Taiwanese Women's Association.
NATWA was founded in 1988, and its mission is:
1. to evoke a sense of self-esteem and enhance women's dignity,
2. to oppose gender discrimination and promote gender equality,
3. to fully develop women's potential and encourage their participation in public affairs,
4. to contribute to the advancement of human rights and democratic development in Taiwan,
Ep 235 | Tim Chng and Borcheng Hsu: The Day President Tsai Ing-Wen Met Protesters from the People's Republic of China
Épisode 235
mardi 25 avril 2023 • Durée 01:01:52
This episode is a follow up on episode 233 that covered Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen's 48-hour transit through New York from March 29-31 en route to Central America.
When Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen left Taiwan to go on a ten-day state trip to Central America to meet with Taiwan's diplomatic allies Guatemala and Belize. She first transited through New York from March 29-31 en route to Central America. At the end of her trip she transited through Los Angeles from April 4-5th, where she met with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
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In this episode of Talking Taiwan I started off speaking with Tim Chng (who was previously on Talking Taiwan in episode 159) and Borcheng Hsu (a community organizer based in New York City) about how Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen was met with protestors representing the PRC, People's Republic of China on the first day of her arrival in New York City. All three of us were all there that day, on the afternoon of March 29th at the first major site of the protests, the Lotte New York Palace Hotel where President Tsai was staying.
Our discussion raised a lot of questions, like: How organized the PRC protestors were. How did they know President Tsai's itinerary in New York? As you'll hear from our conversation, the protestors seemed to know when and where to show up and make a scene.
On the other hand, how prepared was the Taiwanese American community? What did community do in response? And what can concerned Taiwanese Americans do to be better prepared in the future when a similar situation arises?
Ep 234 | T.H. Schee: What Concerns Taiwan Should Have About A.I., ChatGPT, and Baidu's Chatbot Ernie
Épisode 234
vendredi 14 avril 2023 • Durée 23:50
In part two of our interview with T.H. Schee we talked about what concerns in particular that Taiwan should have about AI, ChatGPT and Baidu's chatbot Ernie.
ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI in partnership with Microsoft, which is its largest investor. It was released in November of 2022. And in case you're wondering, GPT stands for: generative pre-trained transformer.
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ChatGBT is quite versatile. It can mimic human conversation, and do a whole range of things from drafting email to writing essays, taking tests and writing and debugging computer programs.
On February 7th Chinese company Baidu announced it would be creating a Chinese language ChatGPT, Ernie Bot. A week later, Taiwan's Science and Technology Minister, Wu Tseng-tsong announced that Taiwan will be developing its own Chinese language chatbot due to fears of bias that could be created by China's chatbot.
And on March 16th the Ernie Bot was publicly unveiled.
T.H. Schee is a digital veteran with twenty years of experience in the private and NGO sectors. He was a founding member of the Taiwan Internet Governance Forum and provided his expertise on digital crisis response to the UN Global Geospatial Information Management group. He has served as an adviser to government agencies and the city of Taipei (2016–18) and is a stalwart writer on the intersection of digital and tech policies.
Ep 233 | President Tsai Ing Wen's 48 Hour Transit Through New York En Route to Central America
Épisode 233
mercredi 5 avril 2023 • Durée 10:25
On March 29th Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen left Taiwan to go on a ten-day state trip to Central America to meet with Taiwan's diplomatic allies Guatemala and Belize. In a pre-departure speech, President Tsai shared that the theme of her trip "Meeting Democratic Partnership, Fostering Shared Prosperity" expresses our determination to foster deeper exchange and cooperation between Taiwan and our allies.
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This episode of Talking Taiwan is about first leg of President Tsai's trip that brought her to New York for a 48-hour transit from March 29-31, 2023.
This episode of Talking Taiwan has been sponsored by NATWA, the North America Taiwanese Women's Association.
NATWA was founded in 1988, and its mission is:
1. to evoke a sense of self-esteem and enhance women's dignity,
2. to oppose gender discrimination and promote gender equality,
3. to fully develop women's potential and encourage their participation in public affairs,
4. to contribute to the advancement of human rights and democratic development in Taiwan,
5. to reach out and work with women's organizations worldwide to promote peace for all.
To learn more about NATWA visit their website:
Ep 232 | T.H. Schee: On Taiwan's Civil Defense Preparedness One Year Later After the War in Ukraine
Épisode 232
jeudi 30 mars 2023 • Durée 28:53
Last year I spoke with T.H. Schee about Taiwan's civil defense preparedness in episode 178. This was a hot topic of discussion in Taiwan after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February of 2023. It made the military threat that the people of Taiwan face from the People's Republic of China very real. A year has passed since Russia's invasion and I wanted to bring T.H. back for a follow up conversation about this and how the government and people of Taiwan have adjusted and continue to deal with the situation there. We also touched upon some recent news stories in Taiwan that are related to the topic of internet security. Next week we'll be sharing the second part of my interview with T.H. about AI. We'll be talking about ChatGPT, Baidu's chatbot Ernie and what concerns in particular that Taiwan should have about AI.
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T.H. Schee is a digital veteran with twenty years of experience in the private and NGO sectors. He was a founding member of the Taiwan Internet Governance Forum and provided his expertise on digital crisis response to the UN Global Geospatial Information Management group. He has served as an adviser to government agencies and the city of Taipei (2016–18) and is a stalwart writer on the intersection of digital and tech policies.
This episode of Talking Taiwan has been sponsored by NATWA, the North America Taiwanese Women's Association.
NATWA was founded in 1988, and its mission is:
1. to evoke a sense of self-esteem and enhance women's dignity,
Ep 231 | Eric Chang: On the Unfolding Situation in the Legislative Yuan during the Sunflower Movement
Épisode 231
lundi 20 mars 2023 • Durée 22:32
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The Sunflower Movement in Taiwan, which started in protest to the passage of the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement (CSSTA), happened nine years ago, on the night of March 18, 2014. I was in Taipei when the Legislative Yuan, which is the equivalent of the parliament in Taiwan, was occupied by students and activists in an effort to block the passage of the trade agreement between Taiwan and China. It was the beginning of what became known as the Sunflower Movement. The day before, on March 17, the Kuomintang (KMT) had attempted to force through passage of the CSSTA in Taiwan's Legislative Yuan, without giving it a clause-by-clause review.
Several days later at a press conference on March 23rd Taiwan's then President Ma Ying-jeou stated his resolve in passing the trade agreement. That night, students and activists attempted to occupy the Executive Yuan in protest. A few days later, on March 28th I spoke with Eric Chang who joined students and protestors outside of the Executive Yuan on the 23rd. He was there when police started breaking up the students and protestors, himself among them, and he shared what he saw and experienced that night in episode 121.
At the time I spoke to Eric it had been only 10 days since the occupation of the Legislative Yuan, so the situation at the Legislative Yuan and the Sunflower Movement was still unfolding and this of course was before we knew what the outcome would be. It's interesting to look back on it and hear my conversation with Eric in pre-COVID times, and way before the insurrection of the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6, 2021. We talked about the role of social media in the occupation of the Legislative Yuan, how the Sunflower Movement galvanized young people in Taiwan at the time, and the atmosphere outside the Legislative Yuan while it was occupied; every day there were thousands of people from all walks of life gathered outside in the streets surrounding the Legislative Yuan.
Ep 230 | RUR Architecture: What Inspired the Team to Design the Taiwan Music Center and Kaohsiung Port Terminal
Épisode 230
lundi 13 mars 2023 • Durée 01:01:46
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The Kaohsiung Port Terminal just opened on March 6th and I had a chance to speak with Jesse Reiser AR'81 and Nanako Umemoto AR'83 of Reiser+Umemoto, RUR Architecture, the architects behind its design. They are the team that also designed the Taipei Music Center which opened on September 5, 2020. We spoke about their 35-year-long careers in architecture, how they landed both of these projects in Taiwan, the inspiration behind the design of the projects, and what contributed to delays in completion. Both projects were expected to be completed and in operation by 2014. Also with us when we spoke was Jasmine Lee, the project manager for the Taipei Music Center and Kaohsiung Port Terminal projects at RUR Architecture.
We will be bringing back Jesse, Nanako and Jasmine to show us the Kaohsiung Port Terminal, Taipei Music Center and other architecture projects via video. That video will be posted on Talking Taiwan's YouTube channel at a later date.
This episode of Talking Taiwan has been sponsored by NATWA, the North America Taiwanese Women's Association.
NATWA was founded in 1988, and its mission is:
1. to evoke a sense of self-esteem and enhance women's dignity,
2. to oppose gender discrimination and promote gender equality,
3. to fully develop women's potential and encourage their participation in public affairs,
4. to contribute to the advancement of human rights and democratic development in Taiwan,
5. to reach out and work with women's organizations worldwide to promote peace for all.
What inspires you? Where do you get your inspiration?
Eugenie's connection to Taiwan
How Eugenie considers herself a maker and not an artist
What can we expect to see and experience from Eugenie's Listening Vessels exhibit at the TAAC house on Governors Island
The most ambitious or challenging piece of work that Eugenie has made
How Eugenie deals with a creative block
Eugenie's future projects can we expect to see from you?
After President Tsai's 48-hour transit in New York, she headed to Central America to meet with Taiwan's diplomatic allies Guatemala and Belize.
At the end of her she transited through Los Angeles from April 4 to 5th and met with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy before returning to Taiwan. While in L.A. she was once again met with PRC protestors. Tim, Borcheng and I also talked about what happened in L.A.
This episode of Talking Taiwan has been sponsored by NATWA, the North America Taiwanese Women's Association.
NATWA was founded in 1988, and its mission is:
1. to evoke a sense of self-esteem and enhance women's dignity,
2. to oppose gender discrimination and promote gender equality,
3. to fully develop women's potential and encourage their participation in public affairs,
4. to contribute to the advancement of human rights and democratic development in Taiwan,
5. to reach out and work with women's organizations worldwide to promote peace for all.
To learn more about NATWA visit their website: www.natwa.com
Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:
· How Tim and Borcheng were involved in self-determination and pro-democracy demonstrations for Taiwan in the 1990s, when a thousand people or so could easily be gathered to show support
· What motivated Tim to drive up from Baltimore to be in New York in time to welcome Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen when she arrived at the hotel she was staying during her 48-hour transit through New York
· Why the bus from DC with Taiwanese American supporters of President Tsai wasn't able to make it to New York in time for President Tsai's arrival at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel where she was staying
· What the scene was like and what happened prior to President Tsai Ing-wen's arrival at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel on March 29th
· How Tim and Chi Chun Wang, the President of the Taiwanese Association of America Baltimore chapter spoke to some pro-democracy Chinese activists who said that the PRC (People's Republic of China) protestors were being paid $30 an hour
· What happened outside of the Lotte New York Palace Hotel on March 29th before and when President Tsai Ing-wen arrived
· How the PRC (People's Republic of China) protestors were organized and seemed to know President Tsai's itinerary while she was in New York
· How Borcheng worked with TECRO and the NYPD (New York Police Department) on March 29th
· How sound permits are required for the use of amplified sound in New York City
· The NYPD's handling of the situation on March 29th
· What the PRC protesters were saying about President Tsai and Taiwan
· How prepared the Taiwanese American community was to respond by organizing counter protests
· What happened on March 30th when President Tsai accepted the Global Leadership Award from the Hudson Institute
· What happened on March 31st when President Tsai left her hotel in New York to go to Central America
· What happened with the protests of President Tsai's visit to New York in 2019
· How one of Tim's tweets about the protests of President Tsai in New York on March 29 was misconstrued by someone
· The questions about why pan-green supporters were waving ROC (Republic of China) flags and not green flags or other flags
· Former President Ma Ying-jeou's visit to China
· The protests during President Tsai's transit in Los Angeles (from April 4-5)
· What happened when President Chen Shui-bian visited New York in 2000 and later years
· What can concerned Taiwanese Americans, and supporters of Taiwan's democracy do to be better prepared in the future when a similar situation arises
· How the NYPD and LAPD handled protests against President Tsai and Taiwan in New York and Los Angeles
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This episode of Talking Taiwan has been sponsored by NATWA, the North America Taiwanese Women's Association.
NATWA was founded in 1988, and its mission is:
1. to evoke a sense of self-esteem and enhance women's dignity,
2. to oppose gender discrimination and promote gender equality,
3. to fully develop women's potential and encourage their participation in public affairs,
4. to contribute to the advancement of human rights and democratic development in Taiwan,
5. to reach out and work with women's organizations worldwide to promote peace for all.
To learn more about NATWA visit their website: www.natwa.com
Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:
· Comparing people's concerns about the Internet in 1995-1996 with concerns about AI today
· Yams.com the first Chinese language search engine which was created in Taiwan
· ChatGPT
· Baidu's Chinese chatbot Ernie
· Baidu's demo of Ernie
· How and open, free Internet is key to the successful development of chatbots like Ernie or ChatGPT
· How the government of Taiwan is supporting developing its own Chinese language chatbot
· T.H. Schee's thoughts on ChatGPT
· How different generations use and access the Internet
· How ChatGPT is similar to a search engine
· If ChatGPT can produce responses in Chinese should Taiwan be concerned
· T.H. estimates that 30-40% of the results written in traditional Chinese characters that show up on page one of a Google search are actually sources from China
· Whether or not it's a good idea for Taiwan to try to develop its own version of ChatGPT and if it will reap any benefits from doing so
· How to combat bias in ChatGPT or similar chatbots
· T.H's thoughts on how Taiwan should approach developing its own version of ChatGPT
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2. to oppose gender discrimination and promote gender equality,
3. to fully develop women's potential and encourage their participation in public affairs,
4. to contribute to the advancement of human rights and democratic development in Taiwan,
5. to reach out and work with women's organizations worldwide to promote peace for all.
To learn more about NATWA visit their website: www.natwa.com
Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:
· The situation in Taiwan since we last spoke to T.H. last year
· Thoughts from T.H.'s March 3 talk with New Bloom Magazine "Lessons from Ukraine for Taiwan?"
· What the government in Taiwan is doing regarding Taiwan's military preparedness
· Proposed changes to Taiwan's Mobilization Act that include the military taking control of the media during wartime and the mobilization of people as young as 16 years old
· The importance of allies and partners for Taiwan
· The submarine cables that were cut and affected the internet access of people on Matsu
· How Vietnam had four out of five of its submarine cables cut which meant that there were no ships available to repair the cables that were cut and affected Matsu, so Matsu was without internet access for two to three months
· How the people of Matsu were impacted by the cut submarine cables
· The Taiwan government responded by providing a microwave transmission for Matsu
· How some people of Matsu purchased SIM cards from China to be able to access the internet, and what is problematic about that
· The Taiwan Internet Governance Forum
· How/why the submarine cables in the Taiwan Strait have gotten cut 25 times in five years
· The hi-resolutions photos from the National Palace Museum got hacked and ended up for sale online
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Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:
· What the occupation of the Legislative Yuan by students and activists means for Taiwan's democracy
· What the scene/situation around the occupied Legislative Yuan was like
· Comparisons between the occupation of Taiwan's Legislative Yuan with what would happen if people tried to occupy the U.S. Capitol Building
· How peaceful and organized the student protestors are; they have set up a variety of stations for supplies, to charge mobile phones, for recycling, first aid
· Professors have given lectures outside in the perimeter of the Legislative Yuan
· A sausage vendor that's set up outside of the Legislative Yuan and is giving out sausage for free
· Medical and legal professionals who have volunteered to help the student protestors
· How Eric and his friend Dwagie (Taiwanese hip hop artist/rapper) have visited the Legislative Yuan area since the occupation
· The March 30th Rally in support of the Sunflower Movement that took place globally
· The Taiwan Voice Facebook page
· How people can speak publicly or perform in the area surrounding the occupied Legislative Yuan
· Lazy Habits, a jazz hip hop band performed outside of the occupied Legislative Yuan
· High school students in Tainan (in southern Taiwan) are speaking out publicly about the occupation of the Legislative Yuan
· How the Sunflower Movement has galvanized people across Taiwan
· How Eric has seen friends who are KMT supporters come out in support of the Sunflower Movement and occupation of the Legislative Yuan
· How young people learn about news through social media, Facebook and PTT, a popular local bulletin board founded by a National Taiwan University student in 1995
· Whether or not the pact (Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement) will get passed
· How the Sunflower Movement has made people feel more comfortable to free to speak out publicly
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