Taiwan This Week

With Donald Trump set to assume America's top office, we invite on Michael O'Hanlon of the Brookings Institution to help us get a sense of how a Trump administration might approach Taiwan and the broader Pacific region. We discuss some domestic stuff too.

ICRT invites on a distinguished panel to discuss the upcoming US election and what it could mean for US-Taiwan ties.

With three separate proposals out this week to legalize same-sex marriage, we invite on two LGBT rights advocates to give their reaction. We also get a preview of tomorrow's Pride Parade in Taipei, and we talk about some politics at some point.

ICRT News and guests discuss the week's top stories, including plans to open up the energy sector to green energy, two high profile Tsai Administration resignations, the Penghu gambling referendum, calls to legalize prostitution in Taipei and more.

We invite onto the show the head of the KMT's International Affairs Department, Eric Huang, for his take on President Tsai's Double Ten Day speech. Then in the second half of the show we discuss the Zain Dean case, filming US sitcoms in Taipei, and more.

We invite onto the show former AIT Head Bill Stanton and New Bloom's Brian Hioe to discuss the tussle over the five day work week, James Soong's appointment as APEC envoy, and some defiant words in President Tsai's recent WSJ interview.

We discuss this week's typhoon controversies, the lack of an invitation for Taiwan to a UN aviation assembly, a standoff between Changhua county and a local power plant, and a recent protest over the government's use of eminent domain.

ICRT News and commentators discuss the week's biggest stories including the controversial delegation to China, that revealing Google Maps photo of Taiping island, and Penghu's upcoming gambling referendum.

We discuss the pension reform controversy, the tourism industry controversy, and the Tsai Admin¡¦s Southbound Policy. We also feature a conversation with contract reporter Ralph Jennings over a recent controversy centered on one of his articles.

In this special edition of the show, ICRT News and commentators discuss the Tsai administration's first 100 days in office and the current state of Taiwan politics.