Podcast: Taiwan Report (2020-02-20) The Han Recall hits 450,000
Still a little rough, and a bit too long, but hopefully will get smoother with practice!
Podcast: Current Affairs Taiwan 台灣時事 #32 02-10-2020 PRC infiltration, Han recall, Coronavirus, Mike Pompeo…
Michael Turton (麥哲恩) is back from vacation, and he and co-host Courtney Donovan Smith (石東文) bring a wide-ranging show. The government responds well to the Wuhan coronavirus, a few comments on the KMT chair race and the Han recall campaign looks like it will have enough signatures to trigger a recall election by Feb 16. […]
ICRT’s Taiwan This Week
Taiwan This Week hosted by Gavin Phipps, with guests Courtney Donovan Smith and Hsin Hsiao:
Current Affairs Taiwan (CAT) Podcast 台灣時事 02-03-2020 Episode 31 – Huang Jie Recall, William Lai to visit US.
This week Michael Turton (麥哲恩) is on vacation (but still is with us this week with a new article on Report.tw). Courtney Donovan Smith (石東文) is joined by Scott Ellinger (陳鷹), a former US military and AIT official. The recall campaign by Han fans against Kaohsiung NPP city councilor Huang Jie passes signature count to […]
Taiwan Context Podcast: U.S. Policy on Taiwan with guest Scott Ellinger
The Taiwan Context hosted by Courtney Donovan Smith, with special guest Scott Ellinger
Podcast: Current Affairs Taiwan (CAT) 台灣時事 01-28-2020 Episode 30
This week Michael Turton (麥哲恩) is on vacation (but still is with us this week with a new article on Report.tw), so Courtney Donovan Smith (石東文) is joined by Scott Ellinger (陳鷹), former US military and AIT official. Dragonslayer Jessica Drun took on the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the World Health Organization over […]
Podcast: Current Affairs Taiwan (CAT) 台灣時事 01-20-2020 Episode 29
Hosts Michael Turton (麥哲恩) and Courtney Donovan Smith (石東文) tackle the KMT chair race and the many calls for reform of the party, many of which are quite sensible–such as scrapping the 1992 consensus and bringing the party’s China policies in line with mainstream public opinion–but will the party enact them. Only two candidates for […]
Podcast: Current Affairs Taiwan (CAT) 台灣時事 01-12-2020 Episode 28 (Post Election Special)
The election results are in and hosts Michael Turton (麥哲恩) and Courtney Donovan Smith (石東文) break down what it all means! President Tsai has been re-elected with a record margin, but Han Kuo-yu also crushed the results of Eric Chu in the last election. Han also unified the pan-blue camp, marginalizing the PFP. So, what […]
Taiwan Context: January 10th, 2020: Special Guest Dr. Sang Pu
The Taiwan Context hosted by Daniel Du, with special guest Dr. Sang Pu, a Hong Kong current affairs critic with a doctoral degree in legal studies on the recent Taiwan elections, disinformation, fake news, the anti-infiltration bill and more.
Taiwan Report 01-08-2020 What to look for the in the election: Third parties.
A quick dive in the prospects and importance of the most likely third parties to enter the legislature in Saturday’s elections, including the Taiwan People’s Party, the People First Party, the New Power Party and the Taiwan Statebuilding Party.