The UW Taiwan Studies Program has released our latest video on our YouTube channel! On October 14th, Professor Ming-Sho Ho spoke about his recently published book, Challenging Beijing’s Mandate of Heaven: Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement and Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement. Professor Ho discussed the role of student-led decentralized protest, how protest occupation of public space shaped protest results, “Be Water” protest tactics,

The University of Washington has a newly launched Chinese Flagship Program!  The Chinese Flagship Program is a federally funded program that offers Chinese language courses and culminates in a year-long capstone experience in Taiwan or China, where students study abroad and complete an internship in their field.  In Taiwan, the International Chinese Language Program at

UW Taiwan Studies 2020 Newsletter Welcome to the inaugural issue of the UW Taiwan Studies Program newsletter.  We intend to make this newsletter an annual update of news, events, and other items of interest to the Taiwan Studies community.  We invite your feedback as well as your support. COVID-19 Roundtable and New Online Events While