On Wednesday, February 7 from 3:30-5pm PT in THO 317 and online,  the UW Taiwan Studies Program welcomed Professor Ian Rowen to discuss his newly published book One China, Many Taiwans: The Geopolitics of Cross-Strait Tourism. One China, Many Taiwans  examines how tourism, one of several strategies employed by the PRC at exerting political control over Taiwan,

Join the Taiwan Studies Program in-person or online as three speakers, Kharis Templeman (Hoover Institution, Stanford), David Bachman (UW), and Ellen Chang (UW) discuss the 2024 elections and Wave Makers on Wednesday, November 1 from 5-6:30pm PT in HUB 340. In January 2024, Taiwan will elect a new president and legislature. This election offers a potentially

I was surprised to see a Tatala mounted on the wall of the Burke Museum: after leaving Lanyu Island I wasn’t sure I’d ever see one again. But here it was, carefully displayed in the Culture is Living exhibit featuring traditional boats and paddles from marine peoples around the world. Gazing up at the Tatala,

On Thursday, October 12 at 3:30pm in Thomson Hall 317 UW-TSP welcomed Professor Janet Chen to discuss her newly published monograph, The Sounds of Mandarin: Learning to Speak a National Language in China and Taiwan, 1913–1960. This talk was featured in person and online. To view the recording, please visit our YouTube channel or watch

CALL FOR PAPERS International Journal of Taiwan Studies Topical Section: “Democratic Transition and Postauthoritarianism in Taiwan” In the 1980s and 1990s, Taiwan underwent a dramatic transformation from single-party authoritarian rule to a vibrant multi-party democracy.  The transformation spawned a number of studies about Taiwan’s democratisation as part of the so-called ‘Third Wave’. Today, Taiwan ranks

Friday May 12, 2023 1:00pm-4:00pm Saturday May 13, 2023 9:00am-12:00pm Peek Family Forum (Founders Hall 580) | Seattle Campus As US-China relations grow increasingly tense, Taiwan has found itself in the middle of a decoupling of the two largest economies in the world. Taiwan-based semiconductor firm TSMC has responded to the recent US CHIPS Act by building

The second iteration of the UW Taiwan Studies Program and UW Program on the Environment summer study abroad course, Exploring Environmental and Social Resilience, concluded two weeks ago. This year’s program included eighteen UW students, ranging in academic discipline and undergraduate year. Led by Dr. Yen-Chu Weng, Lecturer in the UW Program on the Environment, the

Assistant Professor James Lin was quoted in a June 16, 2023, article in The New Yorker titled, “The Quest to Save Chili Peppers.” Professor Lin was also interviewed on the July 13, 2023, episode of the Council of Foreign Relation’s podcast, Why It Matters, discussing Taiwan-China relations. Listen to the episode titled “Taiwan, China, and

CALL FOR PAPERS Southeast Asia and Taiwan Conference April 25-26, 2024 University of Washington, Seattle Co-hosted by the UW Center for Southeast Asia & its Diasporas, Taiwan Studies Program, and East Asia Center Southeast Asia and Taiwan have been linked for millennia by migrations of indigenous peoples and maritime trade.  Today, both have become rising economies

On June 20, 2023, Assistant Professor Yuan-Hsiao published a new article in Globalization and Health entitled “Politics matters for individual attitudes toward vaccine donation: cross-national evidence from the United States and Taiwan.” Co-authored with a collaborative team of scholars from National Cheng Kung University, Professor Hsiao’s article discusses commonalities and differences between political influences on Taiwanese and