Taiwan This Week

ICRT News and commentators discuss a slew of international news including Tsai¡¦s trip to Central America and Nigeria¡¦s decision to distance itself further from Taiwan. Then we discuss the KMT chairmanship race, and other domestic news.

ICRT News and commentators discuss widespread criticism of the recently implemented 40-hour workweek policy, President Tsai¡¦s upcoming trip to Central America along with other international relations news, some transportation news, and more.

We ring in the new year with this special edition of the show taking a look at the top ten news stories in Taiwan over the past year.

ICRT News and commentators discuss the week's top stories including the ending of ties with Sao Tome and Principe, fraying trade ties with Japan, a protest for Filipino migrant workers' rights, and more.

Listen in to this bonus interview with Digital Minister Audrey Tang on the Asian Silicon Valley plan, Taiwan's bid to boost tech startups kicking off this weekend.

On this week's show we return to our most frequently covered topic of late, Donald Trump and stuff he's said. Specifically, we discuss what he had to say about the one-China policy with commentators based in Taiwan, Beijing, and Washington DC.

On this week's extra-long episode, former AIT Director Bill Stanton and current Taiwan based journalist Jane Rickards join the show to discuss last week's call between Trump and Tsai. We also discuss some domestic news in the second half.

We discuss the latest on the TrasAsia saga with transportation expert Dr. Jason Ni, then we take a look at subsidies for the tourism industry, this week's Taiwan-Japan talks, the Golden Horse awards, and more.

We discuss the TransAsia Airlines collapse in the first half, and then in the second we invite on special guest NPP Legislator Huang Kuo-chang to get his perspective on the end of the TPP, cross-Strait relations, gay marriage and more.

We continue the Trump talk as officials respond to calls for increased military spending, we hold an extended discussion on potential changes to regulations for foreign professionals, and we take a serious look at Terry Gou's political musings.