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Emily Y. Wu @emilyywu.com · 03/07/2026

Really sad to hear the passing of Lam Wing-Kee. In April 2021 he welcomed our team into his bookshop. He talked about his jailing by the CCP, relocation considerations, Hong Kongers in exile, and the reading books to combat disinformation. ghostisland.media/zh/shows/5-s...

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Emily Y. Wu @emilyywu.com · 02/07/2026

Women's experiences under White Terror is a central theme in our podcast Z色派對 this year. Today, Rita Jhang & Zoe Lee discuss the life of Tan Sian-cha (1922-2020) whose husband Wang Yu-lin was taken then killed by KMT police March 14, 1947. Listen (in Mandarin): ghostisland.media/en/shows/gre...

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Emily Y. Wu @emilyywu.com · 30/06/2026

Starting today, Taiwan's permanent residents (APRC holders w/10+ years of total residency as foreign professionals) are now eligible for disability care. Listen to my conversation with David Chang from Crossroads who began this advocacy work 3 yr ago: ghostisland.media/en/shows/tai...

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Emily Y. Wu @emilyywu.com · 19/08/2025

CHENG began her career as a journalist covering national disasters and crises, most notably the 921 Earthquake in 1999 and the SARS outbreak in 2003. She is hopeful about the Taiwanese society's ability to unite during stress.

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Emily Y. Wu @emilyywu.com · 19/08/2025

CHENG discusses how self-censorship in the creative industries have typically prevented political stories from being developed, funded, and produced. Potential funders shied away from the project, and in some cases, entire talent agencies refused to participate.

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Emily Y. Wu @emilyywu.com · 19/08/2025

New on #TheTaiwanTake pod: I spoke with the producer of "Zero Day Attack" TV series about an imagined Chinese invasion of Taiwan. Hsin-mei CHENG talks about what it's like developing this series: Listen: Spotify: gimpod.me/zero-day-spo... Apple Pod: gimpod.me/zero-day-apple

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Emily Y. Wu @emilyywu.com · 23/07/2025

Here's a look at the recall thresholds for this Saturday's recall referendum in Taiwan. Listen to our interview with political scientist Nathan Batto on Great Recall - available on "The Taiwan Take" wherever you get your podcasts.

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Emily Y. Wu @emilyywu.com · 18/07/2025

Phase 1 and 2 of recall bids were more successful in cities than in rural communities. The varying social cost of participation could be one reason to this, Batto explains.

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Emily Y. Wu @emilyywu.com · 18/07/2025

We caught up with political scientist Nathan Batto on Taiwan's upcoming recall referendum. Listen to "The Great Recall of 2025": gimpod.me/recall-listen The Taiwan Take podcast: Apple Pod: gimpod.me/recall-apple Spotify: gimpod.me/recall-spotify YouTube: gimpod.me/recall-youtube

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Emily Y. Wu @emilyywu.com · 06/06/2025

Nous parlons à nouveau cinéma dans le podcast "Balades Culturelles Franco-Taïwanaises" - cette fois en compagnie de Wafa Ghermani, professeure et autrice. "Histoire du cinéma taïwanais avec Wafa Ghermani": ghostisland.media/zh/shows/fra...

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Emily Y. Wu @emilyywu.com · 21/05/2025

700 entries from 35 countries competed in this year's IWPA. We're so honored to be among this batch of heavy weights from Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, and Taiwan.

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Emily Y. Wu @emilyywu.com · 21/05/2025

🥳 Z GREEN PARTY our pod on feminism & gender has been nominated for an International Women's Podcast Awards! Congratulations to hosts Dr. Rita Jhang and lawyer Zoe Lee.

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Emily Y. Wu @emilyywu.com · 06/05/2025

Jessica’s writing style blends history with travelogues and memoir. Jessica names American anthropologist Anna Tsing and Taiwanese writer Wu Ming-yi as writing influences. Listen to this great interview on #TheTaiwanTake podcast: ghostisland.media/en/shows/tai...

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Emily Y. Wu @emilyywu.com · 06/05/2025

We first interviewed Jessica J. Lee in 2020 for "Waste Not Why Not" podcast. Five years later we finally got to meet her in person. Thank you @yehaoqin.bsky.social at the Czech Hub in Taiwan for co-organizing this great talk. Moderated by the amazing Esther Kim.

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Emily Y. Wu @emilyywu.com · 08/04/2025

Join us for a talk this Friday, April 11, with British-Canadian-Taiwanese author Jessica J. Lee, whose works offer one of the most unique reading experiences about Taiwan. RSVP: gimpod.me/LeeApr11

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Emily Y. Wu @emilyywu.com · 07/04/2025

Kaitlyn Chen is the first Taiwanese American to win an NCAA basketball championship! She was previously the captain at Princeton where they won the 2024 Ivy League tournament. 🏀🏆

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Emily Y. Wu @emilyywu.com · 21/03/2025

We sat down with Anders Fogh Rasmussen in Taipei this week for a conversation on support for Taiwan, warning against collective failure, and a new world order. Rasmussen is chairman @aodemocracies.bsky.social, former NATO Sec Gen, and former PM of Denmark. Listen: ghostisland.media/en/shows/tai...

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Emily Y. Wu @emilyywu.com · 14/03/2025

Earlier this week, Mariia Makarovych of Liberal Democratic League of Ukraine joined me in a podcast to discuss peace negotiations, role of CSO the past three years, society preparedness pre-2022, Russian propaganda, and China. Listen on Spotify/Apple/YouTube: ghostisland.media/en/shows/tai...

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Emily Y. Wu @emilyywu.com · 11/03/2025

The English translation, released in 2024, includes updates on the rise of Trump and the ongoing war on Ukraine. Listen on The Taiwan Take podcast on YouTube, Spotify, Apple: ghostisland.media/en/shows/tai... Thank you @yehaoqin.bsky.social and @europeanvalues.bsky.social for hosting the event!

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Emily Y. Wu @emilyywu.com · 02/12/2024

A must visit if you're in DC! Really impressed by the scale of JF Books at Dupont Circle. Closed in Shanghai in 2018, 季風書園 reopened here in 2024. There's a great selection of history, politics and literature books in English, complex Chinese, and simplified Chinese.

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Emily Y. Wu @emilyywu.com · 29/11/2024

Is this 新華書店 in Shanghai? If so, they've really expanded this wall! Here is 2018 😅

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Emily Y. Wu @emilyywu.com · 24/11/2024

And the MVP goes to captain of team Taiwan, Chieh-Hsien Chen 🥎 Shots of Taiwanese crowds in the audience crying.

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Emily Y. Wu @emilyywu.com · 24/11/2024

Another first for Taiwan 🥎 Congratulations to Taiwanese baseball for this epic win at WBSC #Premier12!!! As Taiwanese commentators keep saying, "November 24, 2024, this is a date that will be in Taiwan's history books forever!"

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Emily Y. Wu @emilyywu.com · 21/11/2024

"Thank you so much to the National Book Foundation for recognizing us," adds translator Lin King, "which I think we both feel is a recognition for the place that we come from, Taiwan." Full text to their acceptance speech in English: www.youtube.com/live/h_xLHve...

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