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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. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Taiwan This Week makes Taiwanese political machinery legible without sanding away disagreement or uncertainty.
Gavin Phipps turns Taiwan's major political stories into structured conversations with rotating commentators, moving from the week's developments to the institutional choices and partisan pressures underneath them.
Gavin Phipps gets past the recall petition; you stay for the question of who can actually win.
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A brisk Taiwan politics roundup that keeps circling back to what the week's spectacle actually changes.
The Taiwan politics roundup opens with Ya Ya's departure under a deportation order, then broadens into the harder realities of legislative combat and the uneasy overlap between public politics and organized crime.
A measured look at what Trump's return could mean for Taiwan.
Taiwan This Week opens on Donald Trump being sworn in as the 47th president and asks, in practical terms, what his return might mean for Taiwan. The discussion stays close to the record: Taipei congratulated Trump and J.D.
A brisk Taiwan politics roundtable that links an old diplomatic rupture to current legal fallout.
Taiwan This Week begins with Jimmy Carter's death and the 1979 break, when Washington cut formal ties with Taipei and recognized Beijing. The discussion stays grounded in the present, tracing how that split still shapes the legal fights around Taiwan politics today.
A clear look at recall politics, legal risk, and the arithmetic behind a very Taiwan week.
Taiwan This Week stays close to the recall petition investigations in Taiwan, following the forgery and fraud allegations, the six people released on bail after questioning, and the reported links to a KMT member and five KMT Youth League associates.
A Taiwan-first tariff briefing that treats trade pain as policy, not spectacle.
Taiwan This Week uses the tariff shock to frame Taiwan's trade and industrial position, and it works best when it gets practical: how Lai Ching-de responds, what the negotiation team is meant to do, and where the economy looks exposed.
A tight weekly brief on Taiwan's chips, defense, and the politics connecting them.
Taiwan This Week follows the week's Taiwan politics through two pressure points: TSMC's additional $100 billion U.S. investment and the fight in Washington over Taiwan's defense spending.
A measured look at Taiwan's trust question before the KMT recall fight takes over.
The episode opens with a Brookings piece from its Taiwan-US quarterly analysis series and uses it to ask a blunt question: how much trust Taiwan can place in the United States.
Taiwan's institutions, recall math, and this week's pressure points, handled with context and caution.
Taiwan This Week keeps its focus on how power actually moves: President Lai Ching-de's meeting with the heads of the five government branches, the push for cooperation between the DPP government and the opposition, and the legislative standoff around implementation.
A Times host interviews the paper's own reporters on the day's biggest story.
Outline writers unpack their own published stories, one essay-driven conversation at a time.
Monocle's weekday briefing on Iran, Hormuz, and Gulf diplomacy, often broadcast live from Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
This episode of Taiwan This Week discusses allegations of eroding free speech in Taiwan, focusing on the deportation of Chinese social media influencers advocating military unification.
This episode of Taiwan This Week covers the death of former U.S.
This episode analyzes the implications of Donald Trump's inauguration for Taiwan-U.S.
This episode of Taiwan This Week covers key political and social issues in Taiwan, including President Lai Ching-de's unprecedented meeting with government branch heads to address legislative disputes, mass recall campaigns targeting opposition lawmakers, debates over using a record tax surplus for cash handouts versus debt reduction, challenges with undocumented migrant workers and labor policies, and concerns about noise pollution and surveillance cameras.
This episode of Taiwan This Week covers key political and foreign affairs stories, including the Yushan Forum with international figures discussing Taiwan's global role, President Lai's new national security rules to counter Chinese influence, a diplomatic dispute with South Africa, the deportation of a Chinese influencer, and a societal debate over a pit bull incident.
This episode analyzes the impact of US tariffs on Taiwan, covering stock market crashes, government interventions, and trade negotiations.
This episode analyzes a Brookings Institution report on declining trust in the US under Trump in Taiwan and South Korea, featuring discussions on partisan divides, historical anti-Americanism, and Taiwan's strategic dilemmas.
This episode of Taiwan This Week analyzes TSMC's $100 billion investment in the U.S., exploring its geopolitical implications for Taiwan-U.S.-China relations, domestic political debates between the KMT and DPP, and broader issues like defense spending and historical memory.
This episode of Taiwan This Week delves into investigations into recall petition fraud involving ghost signatures, with KMT members implicated, and explores related political protests, espionage cases, economic impacts of U.S.
A weekly news roundup covering major Taiwan news stories, including KMT chairwoman Zhang Liwen's visit to China and cross-strait relations.
A weekly news roundup covering the biggest stories in Taiwan, this episode focuses on KMT chairwoman Zheng Liwen's visit to China.
A weekly news roundup covering political clashes in Taiwan's legislature over amendments to the Election and Recall Act.
A weekly news roundup covering Taiwan's political and military tensions with China, including China's naval deployment and Taiwan's response.
A weekly news roundup covering major stories in Taiwan, including South Korea's martial law declaration and the DPP's social media controversy.
A weekly roundup of major news stories in Taiwan, starting with President Lai Ching-te's first official overseas visit to Pacific allies.
A weekly news roundup covering major political stories in Taiwan, including cross-strait tensions and domestic scandals.
A weekly roundup of major news stories in Taiwan, including political election negotiations, TSMC's factory plans, labor policy, and a unique wedding photo story.
A weekly news roundup covering Taiwan's top stories, including UN support from allies, agricultural minister resignation, election polls, and US-Taiwan cybersecurity cooperation.
A weekly news roundup covering major stories in Taiwan, including a building collapse, presidential visit, election updates, and egg program controversy.