Taiwan This Week

We talk Lai Ching-te's Cabinet taking form, details emerging about the May 20 inauguration ceremony and more.

We talk an earthquake aftermath, a China trip, new Cabinet leadership and stink bug

We talk chatter of a second Ma Ying-jeou meeting with China's Xi Jinping, Taiwan's position in the AI revolution and more.

We talk calls for a South China Sea visit, the 10th anniversary of Sunflower Movement, convenience store numbers and more.

We talk the ongoing Sudan dyes controversy, security at Taiwan's overseas offices questioned, proposals for absentee voting dismissed and more.

We talk mention of reunification in Beijing, gray-zone warfare tactics, the latest news about the Kinmen boat collision incident and more.

We talk 228 Incident memorial events and comments and more.

We talk the latest fallout from a deadly chase in waters off Kinmen, a slightly delayed policy LY address, food safety issues and more.

We talk the election of the KMT's Han Kuo-yu as Legislative Speaker, China unilaterally adjusting flight routes, generative AI use and more.

We talk single digit temperatures, the pending vote for a Legislative Speaker, visitors from America and more.

We talk the lose of a diplomatic ally, the maintaining of a chairman, the choosing of a new speaker and more.

We talk an election, a 'trust' Xi Jinping comment, a 'rocket' launch alert message and more.

We talk Chinese media coverage of Taiwan's election, Beijing's military activity in the run-up to the ballot and more.

We talk about some of the top stories from here Taiwan over the past year.

We talk suspend ECFA tariff relief, presidential candidate property and land ownership issues and more.

This week's edition is a special ICRT-TVBS World Taiwan election roundtable event recorded at the National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei. Host Gavin Phipps is joined by National Chengchi University Assistant Professor Lev Nachman; Bloomberg Taipei Bureau Chief Samson Ellis; independent journalist, writer, and host Fan Chi-fei (范琪斐) and Oakland University Associate Professor Su Chiao-ning (蘇巧寧). The panelist discuss issues including the latest polls and what polling means in Taiwan, how to the candidates are seeking to attract young voters, the China policies of the presidential candidates, the legislative elections and possible presidential election outcomes.

We talk allegations that an attempt to form a joint presidential ticket violated election laws, the battle for the youth vote, media impartiality in election reporting and more.

We talk the latest election polls, the party lists, questions over a candidate's media ties and more.

We talk a humiliating meeting between party bigwigs, the DPP finalizing its election ticket, the ballot recounting system being ruled unconstitutional and more.

We talk an election gambit, Taiwan in focus on the sidelines of APEC, a "fat tax" proposal and more.