Taiwanese back Trump, but should they? –Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Big moves are afoot in transportation. Taiwan’s medical research community hits some home runs. Steps forward for the LGBT community, but not prayers. Is support for the TPP and NPP slipping? Finally, Taiwanese back Trump, but should they? First up, I’d like to thank John, Frank and Simon for their generous patronage of this project […]
KMT takes a sharp, stunning pro-US turn–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Summary: Three sets of statistics show how society is changing, and how it isn’t. Some political polling has shown some interesting results. The KMT takes a sharp pro-US turn. And we’ll kick off with some headlines, but first I’d like to note that I am the co-organizer of the Compass Food & Music Festival coming […]
ICRT Weekly Central Taiwan News Report, Oct. 7–transcript
Mayor Lu touts success of shopping festival Speaking to city council, Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen touted the success of this summer’s second annual shopping festival.The festival included special offers, activities and lucky draws for a wide range of items, including TVs, scooters and a new apartment.Overall, they registered over NT$9 billion on the festival’s online […]
Ko P is running for president, Freddy Lim forms alliance–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Summary: Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je tackles a huge, massive problem. Oh, and Ko is also preparing to run for president. Freddy Lim launches another political grouping. But up first, lots of headlines. Headlines Taiwan’s monitoring indicators signaled steady growth in August after five straight months of sluggish growth.The composite index of monitoring indicators for August […]
US-Taiwan relations go into overdrive–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Summary: This is another big show on the recent blooming US-Taiwan relationship, which has gone into overdrive. Up first, the State Department visit was low-key, but important. A Taiwan-US meeting in New York was crafty indeed. The waters around a Taiwan-US trade deal are murky. Taiwan representative to the US upgrades herself. US congressman proposes […]
Ma is “not guilty” and may covet KMT chair–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Summary: Pegatron chair calls Taiwan’s economy “lopsided”. A court rules Ma Ying-jeou and Jiang Yi-huah not guilty. Ma Ying-jeou may try to win back KMT chair. There is a proposal to end oaths delivered to Sun Yat-sen. But first, lots of headlines. Headlines Taiwan’s number of Covid-19 cases has passed 500, but the number of […]
ICRT Weekly Central Taiwan News Report, Sep 23–transcript
Free 10 km bus trips to end for non-Taichungers Starting January 1, the first 10 km free and NT$10 maximum charge on buses in Taichung is set to no longer apply to tens or hundreds of thousands of commuters.After the new year starts, the policy will only apply to Taichungers.The only exceptions will be students […]
The KMT pulls out of Chinese forum in protest–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Summary: Wired magazine hails three top Taiwan leaders. Indigenous groups protest China’s moves in Inner Mongolia. The KMT pulls out of the Cross-straits forum. The curious case of five Hong Kongers. But up first, headlines. Headlines: Yet again, Taiwan will grant a further 30-day extension of stay to foreign visitors who entered the country on […]
ICRT Weekly Central Taiwan News Report, Sep 16–transcript
Tragedy strikes camping families Tragedy struck two camping families when a flash flood struck their tents in the very early hours of Sunday morning.Of the six people in the two families, only two survived.The father of one family survived by swimming to safety.The other survivor was the mother of the other family, who had been […]
Taiwan responds to aggressive Chinese military moves–Taiwan Report News Brief transcript
Summary: A cool advertisement wins an international award. Taiwan’s government responds to PLA incursions. Momentum for trade deals is mounting. The Dalai Lama looks to visit Taiwan. But with all the recent topic-heavy shows, today we’ve got lots of headlines. Headlines Human trials of COVID-19 vaccines in Taiwan conducted with Oxford University’s AstraZeneca have been […]
