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Taiwan This Week
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Keeping abreast of Taiwan news has never been easier, nor more informative. Every week, the ICRT news team from around the island takes a look back at the important stories that affected Taiwan. From Taipei all the way down to Pingdong, and even far beyond. Friday nights at around 8:20, tune into ICRT FM 100 for Taiwan This Week.
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A warning of clashes and talk of repercussions
6d ago00:40:13Tap to summarizeWe talk the Trump-Xi meeting and Taiwan, fallout from passage of a watered down special defense budget bill and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn
Transcribe →Unorthodox travel
2w ago00:50:22Tap to summarizeWe talk President Lai Ching-te traveling to Eswatini on a rather special airplane, Taiwan likely to be a topic of conversation between US President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping next week, a rat problem and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn
Transcribe →Revoked overflight permissions
4w ago00:45:22Tap to summarizeWe talk President Lai Ching-te's nixed state visit to Eswatini, the central government's general budget plan moving forward after more than six months in limbo and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn
Transcribe →Breaking down the Cheng-Xi meeting
Apr 1700:48:55Tap to summarizeWe talk KMT Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun returning from her China trip, President Lai Ching-te being slated to visit Eswatini later this month and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn
Transcribe →A peace tour
Apr 900:42:33Tap to summarizeWe talk KMT Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun's visit to China, the DPP's shortlist for its Taipei mayoral candidates, fears of a plastic bag shortage and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn
Transcribe →Bribery and corruption
Mar 2700:47:23Tap to summarizeWe talk Taiwan People's Party founder and former Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je being sentenced to 17 years in prison, heated debate about the possible restarting of nuclear power plants, Employment Gold Cards and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn
Transcribe →Verbal provocation
Mar 2000:41:40Tap to summarizeWe talk the KMT and the Taiwan People's Party approving a pact for November's ballots, the continuing dispute over the status of a lawmaker-at-large, the latest on a designation spat with South Korea and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn
Transcribe →A tiff over a Tokyo trip
Mar 1300:49:01Tap to summarizeWe talk the premier making a brief trip to Japan on his day off that raised some ire feelings, a sharp decline in Chinese military flights near Taiwan, revisions to the Meteorological Act and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn
Transcribe →Power concerns and defense spending debate
Mar 600:52:08Tap to summarizeWe talk the government's reaction to the US-Israel war on Iran, dueling defense budgets; scores of people being indicted in the Prince Holding Group case and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn
Transcribe →A trade deal signed
Feb 1300:49:15Tap to summarizeWe talk the signing of a Taiwan-US trade deal, experts touting Sanae Takaichi's election victory as being good news for Taiwan, a movie adaptation of unsolved murders causing controversy and more. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn
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