🇹🇼 Taiwan, Province of China Episodes

We talk New Year's Day political pledges and statements, China coronavirus outbreak concerns, the citizen judge system and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk the top and bottom of the news from Taiwan in 2022 -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

James Mao (毛加恩) is a former basketball player on Taiwan’s national team. Today, he's general manager of the New Taipei Kings. His roster includes Joseph Lin (brother of Jeremy Lin) and Quincy Davis, a L.A. native who’s now a Taiwanese citizen. For the last 20 years, a fully professional basketball league simply didn’t exist in Taiwan. And as of 2022, there are now two professional leagues at play: The P. League+ (6 teams) and the T-1 League (6 teams).“There's no reason why Taiwan basketball can't be as good as Japan or Korea or China, but it comes down to a lot of people investing a lot of time and energy and also resources to help these players improve,” says James Mao.See New Taipei Kings website for season schedule: https://www.newtaipeikings.com/Today’s host is JR Wu, a former journalist with two decades of media experience in the US and Asia. She has led news bureaus for Reuters and Dow Jones.Support the show by donating on patreon.com/taiwanEPISODE CREDITHost / JR WuProducer / Emily Y. Wu @emilyywuResearch & Editing / Gerald WilliamsA Ghost Island Media production / @ghostislandmewww.ghostisland.mediaSupport the show: https://patreon.com/TaiwanSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk a week of TikTok talk, a pending Taipei by-election, a partial Tourism Bureau budget freeze and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk exports to China facing more problems; calls for the resumption of direct ferry links to China from Kinmen and Matsu, Santa hats causing a commotion and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk TSMC's new plant in the US, warnings about Taiwan being used as scapegoat if protests in China continue, plans to prohibit people with certain criminal convictions from running for office and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk about what's ahead for the winners and the losers of Taiwan's local elections. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk Taiwan's local elections. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk Taiwan chatter at the G20, TSMC's founder heading Taiwan's delegation to the APEC Summit amid semiconductor concerns, some of the latest local election news and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk Taiwan to be the topic of Biden-Xi talks, the Taipei mayoral election, a deadly extortion ring and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk concerns that China will poach more allies, the government facing questions over the Medigen coronavirus vaccine, experts from both Taiwan and China agreeing on care for giant panda Tuan Tuan and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

An ECCT-ICRT hosted local election roundtable special. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk Xi Jinping's Taiwan comments, local election news and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk this week's National Day, the reopening of Taiwan's borders to quarantine free arrivals, some local latest election news and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Yu-Jie CHEN (陳玉潔) is a key legal expert on international law and diplomacy in the context of China-Taiwan relations. As democratic support for Taiwan increases, so has Beijing’s message to the world about its “One China principle” and the myth of a global consensus regarding the sovereignty of Taiwan. The truth is, every country - including Taiwan - has its own “One China policy”. And that policy (according to each country) is not the same as the principle (according to the PRC).It can be confusing. In a fight about international discourse on Taiwan, Beijing’s diplomats and ambassadors are proactively trying to confuse the world. And this confusion is increasingly challenging for Taiwan’s participation in global affairs and organizations. It’s also challenging for different countries’ own One China policy. Beijing insists that its “principle” should be adhered to by every country in the world. The end goal is for the world to confuse Beijing’s’ “principle” with an actual international law. The PRC would later use international law to say: exactly, this is our internal affairs and we can do whatever we want to do. No such international law exists. The UN resolution 2758 doesn’t say that Taiwan is a part of China (despite what China says in its recent white paper.) The One China principle is PRC’s principle only - not international law. And each country has (and should) clarify their own positions on Taiwan's sovereignty. China’s “trying to say to the international society, to create a confusion that Taiwan belongs to China. So when China either sends out military aircrafts or flight jets around Taiwan, it's China's international affairs that other countries should not interfere with,” says Dr. Chen Yu-Jie. Dr. CHEN offers a solution. It’s very important that all countries, including Taiwan, that don't agree with the One China principle to speak up, says Dr. Chen. “It's important that countries should voice out their different opinions, because international law depends on international practice. So if countries don't object to something that's being said, in the long run when it becomes a practice it might become a norm.” Dr. CHEN has a JSD from the New York University School of Law. She is an assistant research professor at Taiwan's prestigious Academia Sinica. In addition to publishing and academic journals in the US, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the UK, CHEN also writes op-eds and takes part in public facing discussions. Articles mentioned in this episode include:  “I'm Taiwanese and I Want to Thank Nancy Pelosi”, op-ed by Yu-Jie CHEN (New York Times, August 5, 2022): https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/05/opinion/taiwan-china-pelosi-democracy.html““One China” Contention in China–Taiwan Relations: Law, Politics and Identity”, scholarly paper by Yu-Jie CHEN (China Quarterly, September 27, 2022): https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/china-quarterly/article/abs/one-china-contention-in-chinataiwan-relations-law-politics-and-identity/3D4369ACBC0E9062F2FB9462D8961763#“China Is Using a UN Resolution to Further Its Claim Over Taiwan” by Madoka Fukuda (The Diplomat, August 26. 2022): https://thediplomat.com/2022/08/china-is-using-a-un-resolution-to-further-its-claim-over-taiwan/China white paper on Taiwan: https://english.news.cn/20220810/df9d3b8702154b34bbf1d451b99bf64a/c.htmlToday’s host is JR Wu, a former journalist with two decades of media experience in the US and Asia. She has led news bureaus for Reuters and Dow Jones.Support the show by donating on patreon.com/taiwanEPISODE CREDITProducer, Host / Emily Y. Wu @emilyywuResearch / Min Chao @wordsfromtaiwanProduction Assistant / Gerald WilliamsA Ghost Island Media production / @ghostislandmewww.ghostisland.mediaSupport the show: https://patreon.com/TaiwanSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk National Day, the lifting of quarantine regulations for arrivals, Taipei mayoral candidates unveiling of their pet policies and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk Paraguay's president calling for Taiwan investment, the International Civil Aviation Organization's triennial assembly, new emergency coordination office for wartime and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk earthquakes, high level talk of the defense of Taiwan, the lifting of border restrictions and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk UN General Assembly plans, an act in the United States and a resolution in the European Parliament, a survey showing widespread support for the death penalty and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk incursions by Chinese operated UAVs, anger over increases to the minimum wage, a pet squirrel attack on the Taipei metro and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn