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Ep 283 | US Taiwan Watch: Think Tank Focused on the Relationship Between the United States and Taiwan
Manage episode 419927100 series 2769920
Last year I spoke with Robin, Jerry and Peng-Hsuan about the U.S. Taiwan Watch after they organized a hackathon at the Taiwanese American Conference- East Coast that’s held annually around July 4th.
Related Links:
https://talkingtaiwan.com/us-taiwan-watch-think-tank-focused-on-the-relationship-between-the-united-states-and-taiwan-ep-283/
U.S. Taiwan Watch was founded in 2017 to synthesize data on Taiwan-related bills in Congress. Later, they expanded their work to include analysis on U.S. foreign policy and podcasts discussing U.S.-Taiwan relations.
Jerry Hsu is Co-founder and President of US Taiwan Watch
Robin Liao is Co-founder of US Taiwan Watch
Peng-Hsuan Chen is Project Manager of the Hackathon Project, Program and Policy Specialist of US Taiwan Watch
Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:
· How the U.S. Taiwan Watch got started
· How the U.S. Taiwan Watch educates people in Taiwan about the U.S.’s Taiwan-related bills, U.S. Congress, how bills are passed
· Taiwan’s ban of pork from the U.S. containing ractopamine
· Taiwanese people’s perceptions of the U.S.
· Misinformation from Chinese language media in Taiwan
· Taiwan-related bills for messaging vs. passage
· How they synthesize data on the U.S’s Taiwan-related bills
· How the U.S. Taiwan Watch has changed over time
· The U.S. Taiwan Watch’s connection to American Citizens for Taiwan
· How the U.S. Taiwan Watch started as a civil tech project
· How the U.S. Taiwan Watch deals with anti-American sentiments from their audience
· U.S. Taiwan Watch publishes articles, and produces a podcast
· How in 1979 the U.S. switched recognition from the Republic of China to the People’s Republic of China
· U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s visit to China in June 2023 and his statement that the U.S. does not support the independence of Taiwan
· U.S. President Joe Biden’s remarks on the U.S.’s willingness to help defend Taiwan
· Former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan in August of 2022
· The controversy over expansion of the A.I.T office in Neihu, Taiwan
· How the U.S. Taiwan Watch deals with disinformation
· How the pro-China media in Taiwan is anti-American
· U.S. Taiwan Watch’s podcast covers its articles. Taiwan-related bills and U.S. news
· The U.S. Taiwan Watch’s most popular podcast episodes
· How WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus accused Taiwan of slandering him
· The U.S. Taiwan Watch hackathon at TAC-EC 2023 (Taiwanese American Conference- East Coast)
· How the U.S. Taiwan Watch concept came out of a hackathon at the 2017 TAC-EC
· Projects created at the U.S. Taiwan Watch hackathon at TAC-EC 2023
· How the U.S. Taiwan Watch hackathon at TAC-EC 2023 was run
· What is so meaningful about the work that U.S. Taiwan Watch does
· How people have volunteered to wok for U.S. Taiwan Watch
· How Peng-Hsuan got involved with U.S. Taiwan Watch
· How Jerry got involved with U.S. Taiwan Watch
Related Links:
https://talkingtaiwan.com/us-taiwan-watch-think-tank-focused-on-the-relationship-between-the-united-states-and-taiwan-ep-283/
262 episodes
Manage episode 419927100 series 2769920
Last year I spoke with Robin, Jerry and Peng-Hsuan about the U.S. Taiwan Watch after they organized a hackathon at the Taiwanese American Conference- East Coast that’s held annually around July 4th.
Related Links:
https://talkingtaiwan.com/us-taiwan-watch-think-tank-focused-on-the-relationship-between-the-united-states-and-taiwan-ep-283/
U.S. Taiwan Watch was founded in 2017 to synthesize data on Taiwan-related bills in Congress. Later, they expanded their work to include analysis on U.S. foreign policy and podcasts discussing U.S.-Taiwan relations.
Jerry Hsu is Co-founder and President of US Taiwan Watch
Robin Liao is Co-founder of US Taiwan Watch
Peng-Hsuan Chen is Project Manager of the Hackathon Project, Program and Policy Specialist of US Taiwan Watch
Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:
· How the U.S. Taiwan Watch got started
· How the U.S. Taiwan Watch educates people in Taiwan about the U.S.’s Taiwan-related bills, U.S. Congress, how bills are passed
· Taiwan’s ban of pork from the U.S. containing ractopamine
· Taiwanese people’s perceptions of the U.S.
· Misinformation from Chinese language media in Taiwan
· Taiwan-related bills for messaging vs. passage
· How they synthesize data on the U.S’s Taiwan-related bills
· How the U.S. Taiwan Watch has changed over time
· The U.S. Taiwan Watch’s connection to American Citizens for Taiwan
· How the U.S. Taiwan Watch started as a civil tech project
· How the U.S. Taiwan Watch deals with anti-American sentiments from their audience
· U.S. Taiwan Watch publishes articles, and produces a podcast
· How in 1979 the U.S. switched recognition from the Republic of China to the People’s Republic of China
· U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s visit to China in June 2023 and his statement that the U.S. does not support the independence of Taiwan
· U.S. President Joe Biden’s remarks on the U.S.’s willingness to help defend Taiwan
· Former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan in August of 2022
· The controversy over expansion of the A.I.T office in Neihu, Taiwan
· How the U.S. Taiwan Watch deals with disinformation
· How the pro-China media in Taiwan is anti-American
· U.S. Taiwan Watch’s podcast covers its articles. Taiwan-related bills and U.S. news
· The U.S. Taiwan Watch’s most popular podcast episodes
· How WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus accused Taiwan of slandering him
· The U.S. Taiwan Watch hackathon at TAC-EC 2023 (Taiwanese American Conference- East Coast)
· How the U.S. Taiwan Watch concept came out of a hackathon at the 2017 TAC-EC
· Projects created at the U.S. Taiwan Watch hackathon at TAC-EC 2023
· How the U.S. Taiwan Watch hackathon at TAC-EC 2023 was run
· What is so meaningful about the work that U.S. Taiwan Watch does
· How people have volunteered to wok for U.S. Taiwan Watch
· How Peng-Hsuan got involved with U.S. Taiwan Watch
· How Jerry got involved with U.S. Taiwan Watch
Related Links:
https://talkingtaiwan.com/us-taiwan-watch-think-tank-focused-on-the-relationship-between-the-united-states-and-taiwan-ep-283/
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