Talking Taiwan

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Ed Yen is a Taiwanese music producer, music executive, entrepreneur, singer-songwriter, audio engineer, theater designer, film score, commercial composer, A&R manager and vocal coach. He is the Executive Producer of Taiwan Music Express and CEO Of GCA.

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:   For this episode of Talking Taiwan, I stopped by the CMJ 2014 Taiwan Music Express press conference to interview Dwagie (大支), one of the hip hop artists who will be performing at the CMJ Music Taiwan Night Showcase in October. Dwagie is known for writing about social issues and most notably has collaborated with the Dalai Lama.   Here's a little pre...

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Around the time of the Sunflower Movement in 2014, which was a protest in response to Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou attempting to force passage of the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement (a trade pact between Taiwan and China), the Taiwan Voice Facebook page quickly became a major source of news about the movement. Students and activists occupied Tai...

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Eric Tsai and Jenny Wang on Outreach for Taiwan talk to host Felicia Lin about Outreach for Taiwan.

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Here is an interview with Author Ed Lin on his Book, Ghost Month. Ed Lin talks about his latest novel - Ghost Month - which is his 5th book featuring Detective Robert Chow. The story centers around a mysterious murder that occurs in Taipei, Taiwan, during the 7th month of the lunar calendar. Mr Lin also talks about the writing process and his experience...

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Here is an interview with Echo Lin on Anti-Nuclear Protests in Taiwan. Echo Lin explains her role as Secretary General of the Environmental Jurist Association, an international group of legal professionals concerned about the lack of legislative frameworks that protect our planet from ourselves. She specifically discusses the controversies surrounding T...

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Borcheng Hsu talks about the 13th Passport 2 Taiwan Festival at Union Square in New York City. P2TW has grown to over 60 booths (1/3 are authentic Taiwanese food you cannot find in the US outside of someone's home) and how cultural groups are now being flown in direct from Taiwan. Mr Hsu also talks about the future of the event, and how it could be trav...

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Here is an interview with Tony Chang on the Sunflower Movement.

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Here is an interview with Tony Chang on the Taiwan Independence Citizens Revolution.

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Here is an interview with Tony Chang on the Taiwan Independence Citizens Revolution.

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Here is an interview with Lawrence Lin about American Citizens for Taiwan. Related Links: https://talkingtaiwan.com/tt039-lawrence-lin/ In this episode we speak with Lawrence Lin the media spokesperson for American Citizens for Taiwan (ACT). ACT was established in 2009. The mission of ACT is to educate Americans on the importance of Taiwan to the U.S. a...

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Here is an interview with Claire Hsieh about the STUF United Fund.

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Here is an interview with Chieh-ting Yeh about the Ketagalan Project.

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:   When I invited Andrew Watson onto Talking Taiwan to talk about the fourth annual Hello Taiwan Concert, I was pleasantly surprised by how our conversation touched on the 1990s music scene in Taiwan. Andrew was living in Taiwan at the time when he formed his band Feiwu (廢物樂隊), which will be performing at Hello Taiwan. Feiwu is the hard-rocking band...

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:   When I spoke with Jesse Liu a concert promoter and manager of the Brazilian band Hibria, our conversation touched upon the music scene in Asia and comparisons between Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and South East Asia. Jesse also spoke more specifically about the music industry in Taiwan.     Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this episode:...

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Here is an interview with Television, Film Actor, and Producer Brian Yang.

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Here is an interview with Brian Yang, the producer of "Linsanity" the Movie.

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Here is an interview with entrepreneur Yao Huang, the founder of the Hatchery. 

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:   I spoke at length with Eric de Fontenay, the Founder of MusicDish about topics ranging from the artists who will be performing at this year's Taiwan CMJ Music Showcase, the Asian music scene, Mandopop, J-pop and K-pop. It was a fun and fascinating conversation. Listen to hear preview clips from the artists who will be performing at the Taiwan CMJ Musi...

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:   Jenny Wang spoke with me about Taiwan Week 2013, which is a week of events leading up to the Keep Taiwan Free Rally aka the UN for Taiwan (UN4TW). This year marks the 20th anniversary of UN4TW movement in New York. Listen to hear about all the fun daily events being planned for Taiwan Week.     Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this p...

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Our guest on this episode of Talking Taiwan is Elena Liao, the owner of Té Company. She won last year's Entrepreneur Challenge and Competition (ECC). To learn more about the ECC listen to the previous episode about the Entrepreneur Challenge and Competition. The name of her company, comes from the word "Té," for "tea" in Taiwanese Hokkien.   Elena, the...

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:   In this episode of Talking Taiwan I spoke with Crystal Tang, TAP-NY's Professional Chair and Jacqui Wu, TAP-NY's Co-President about the second annual Entrepreneur Challenge and Competition (ECC). The ECC is organized by the Taiwanese American Professionals - NY (TAP-NY) and the Taiwan Merchants Association. Crystal and Jacqui talked about the ECC's se...

A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin: Ho Chie Tsai is a founding Board Member who also wears many hats in the Taiwanese American community. As a frequent speaker on the collegiate conference circuit and youth summer camp programs, a past Program Director and current Board Member of the Taiwanese American Foundation, and a founder of the Taiwanese American Professionals chapter in San Franci...