🇹🇼 Taiwan, Province of China Episodes

We talk fallout from the killing of two police officers; some ire feelings about the KMT vice chairman's China trip and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk organized crime gangs and fake jobs, the cancellation of the WorldPride 2025 event due to a dispute over wording and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk China's military exercises, a trip to China by the KMT's vice chairman and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk the visit to Taiwan this week by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi -- from its build-up to the fallout. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Steve Chen was born in Taiwan in 1978 and moved to the U.S. at age eight. After working at PayPal, he co-founded YouTube in 2005 and sold it to Google next year. Steve moved back to Taiwan in 2019 and lives here now with his wife and two sons.  Today’s conversation was a part of the 2022 Taiwanese American Scholarship Fund (TASF) ceremony, a scholarship fund for Taiwanese American students from low-income families. If you are a student in need, please apply: https://tascholarshipfund.org/ Steve Chen was this year's recipient of the Visionary Leadership Award - a recognition of a Taiwanese American with extraordinary achievements. Previous recipients included Patrick Lee, co-founder of Rotten Tomatoes, Debby Soo, CEO of OpenTable, California Congressman Ted W. Lieu, and philanthropist Joseph Fan. We caught up with Steve Chen over video. We talked about fitting in, quitting school, and setting up YouTube as dating service. We asked him about leadership and teamwork, and what it means to him now to be reconnecting with Taiwan.  Support "The Taiwan Take" by donating on patreon.com/Taiwan EPISODE CREDIT Producer, Host / Emily Y. Wu @emilyywu Production Assistant / Gerald WilliamsIntern / Sophia Zuo A Ghost Island Media production / @ghostislandmewww.ghostisland.mediaSupport the show: https://patreon.com/TaiwanSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk US-China-Taiwan issues, more problems for the DPP's Taoyuan mayoral candidate, increasing confidence in the lay judge system and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk questions over a visit to Taiwan by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the European Union's incoming ambassador to China indicating his support for "peaceful cross-strait reunification" and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk Taiwan's honoring of former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, the DPP's choosing of it's Taipei mayoral candidate and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk the KMT choosing its Kaohsiung mayoral candidate, the Straits Forum in China, a headline making divorce and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk controversy over power pricing adjustments, the KMT backtracking on a Taiwan Strait related comment by a ranking member, talk of the negative effects of the government's Bilingual 2030 policy and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk the local elections shaping up, questions over the government arrivals numbers, a designation for World Cup tickets and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk trade, defense, diplomatic ties, Ukraine, the foreign ministry's goals and much more with the foreign minister during a conversation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taipei. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk Eric Chu's US trip, a vow to annually hike the minimum wage, the taboo topic of legal red light districts and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk local insurers looking at huge coronavirus claims, an amendment to decriminalize the use of a presidential state affairs fund, a famous bomber jacket and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk the rejection of a proposal to put Taiwan's observer status on the agenda of this week's meeting of the global heath body, a lot of Taiwan chatter in the United States, the latest coronavirus news and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk the attack on members of the Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church, the latest Coronavirus news and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk domestic coronavirus infections continuing to rise, Lee Ming-che's first press conferance since his release from a Chinese prison and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk the coronavirus latest, a failure to find an agreement on a residency plan for Hong Kong and Macau and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk the new '3+4' quarantine policy, the World Health Assembly, anger over a newspaper report and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

We talk the latest coronavirus news, a fight in the Legislative Yuan over a proposed bill to acquit a former president of corruption, calls for marijuana decriminalization and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn