On April 22, 2022, the Taiwan Studies Program hosted emeritus faculty Stevan Harrell for an interview with UW faculty Jing Xu about her current research involving children growing up in a rural Taiwanese village during the 1950s. Dr. Xu’s project incorporates rigorous anthropological analysis on unpublished research conducted by the late anthropologists Arthur Wolf and

On Tuesday, October 25, 2022, Professor Zhuqing Li joined UW’s China Studies and Taiwan Studies Programs for a Book Talk discussing her recent publication – Daughters of the Flower Fragrant Garden: Two Sisters Separated by China’s Civil War. Professor Li shared her journey in trying to understand and reconstruct the near-century-long-lives of her two maternal

UW Taiwan Studies Program Assistant Professor James Lin was quoted in the October 10, 2022 episode of NPR’s The World on Taiwan’s National Day celebrations.

On September 29, 2022, Ian Easton (Senior Director, Project 2049 Institute) discussed with James Lin (Assistant Professor, University of Washington) Taiwan’s current defense situation, including newly announced budget increases, institutional reforms, and changing threats. Easton stressed that Taiwan faces a real and increasing threat of invasion from the PRC. However, leadership in Taipei had sidelined

Taiwan Studies Program faculty member, Director of the Urban Commons Lab at the University of Washington, and Professor of Landscape Architecture Jeff Hou published Emerging Civic Urbanisms in Asia: Hong Kong, Seoul, Singapore, and Taipei beyond Developmental Urbanization. Co-edited with Dr. Im Sik Cho (National University of Singapore) and Dr. Blaz Kriznik (Hanyang University), the book

UW Taiwan Studies Program Assistant Professor James Lin was quoted on Taiwan’s recent news of defense spending increases in the Singaporean newspaper, The Straits Times. Professor Lin was also quoted by Hindi-language newspaper, Dainik Bhaskar, in an article entitled, “Taiwan has been under siege for 21 days:China’s warships and fighter jets deployed, Taiwanese said – now

From June 27th to June 29th, 2022, the University of Washington Taiwan Studies Program hosted the 4th World Congress of Taiwan Studies. The conference was a collaboration between UW-TSP and Academia Sinica. Hosted in North America for the first time, the event brought together the world’s leading Taiwan-focused scholars to present and discuss cutting-edge research.

UW Taiwan Studies Program Assistant Professor James Lin was one of four scholars recently featured on The Inquiry, a BBC World Service podcast. In the episode titled “Will the US and China go to war over Taiwan?”, Professor Lin addressed historical aspects which have contributed to the current geopolitical situation. Professor Lin was also referenced

UW Taiwan Studies Program Assistant Professor James Lin was featured by multiple sources on Speaker Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. He was quoted in the South China Morning Post on the risk Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan may pose. Professor Lin was also featured on Conversation Six discussing Speaker Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. Professor Lin spoke

UW Taiwan Studies Program Assistant Professor James Lin appeared for multiple interviews with TaiwanPlus, a Taiwan-based English-language media platform which appears on the CTS cable channel in Taiwan, and streams its content for free online. Professor Lin’s first appearance on July 4, 2022, addressed the history of US-Taiwan relations. In his second interview on July