Last year I spoke with Robin, Jerry and Peng-Hsuan about the U.S. Taiwan Watch after they organized a hackathon at the Taiwanese American Conference- East Coast that’s held annually around July 4th. Related Links: https://talkingtaiwan.com/us-taiwan-watch-think-tank-focused-on-the-relationship-between-the-united-states-and-taiwan-ep-283/ U.S. Taiwan Watch was founded in 2017 to synthesize data on Taiwan-related bills in Congress. Later, they expanded their work to include analysis on U.S. foreign policy and podcasts discussing U.S.-Taiwan relations. Jerry Hsu is Co-founder and President of US Taiwan Watch Robin Liao is Co-founder of US Taiwan Watch Peng-Hsuan Chen is Project Manager of the Hackathon Project, Program and Policy Specialist of US Taiwan Watch   Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode: ·       How the U.S. Taiwan Watch got started ·       How the U.S. Taiwan Watch educates people in Taiwan about the U.S.’s Taiwan-related bills, U.S. Congress, how bills are passed ·       Taiwan’s ban of pork from the U.S. containing ractopamine ·       Taiwanese people’s perceptions of the U.S. ·       Misinformation from Chinese language media in Taiwan ·       Taiwan-related bills for messaging vs. passage ·       How they synthesize data on the U.S’s Taiwan-related bills ·       How the U.S. Taiwan Watch has changed over time ·       The U.S. Taiwan Watch’s connection to American Citizens for Taiwan ·       How the U.S. Taiwan Watch started as a civil tech project ·       How the U.S. Taiwan Watch deals with anti-American sentiments from their audience ·       U.S. Taiwan Watch publishes articles, and produces a podcast ·       How in 1979 the U.S. switched recognition from the Republic of China to the People’s Republic of China ·       U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s visit to China in June 2023 and his statement that the U.S. does not support the independence of Taiwan ·       U.S. President Joe Biden’s remarks on the U.S.’s willingness to help defend Taiwan ·       Former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan in August of 2022 ·       The controversy over expansion of the A.I.T office in Neihu, Taiwan ·       How the U.S. Taiwan Watch deals with disinformation ·       How the pro-China media in Taiwan is anti-American ·       U.S. Taiwan Watch’s podcast covers its articles. Taiwan-related bills and U.S. news ·       The U.S. Taiwan Watch’s most popular podcast episodes ·       How WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus accused Taiwan of slandering him ·       The U.S. Taiwan Watch hackathon at TAC-EC 2023 (Taiwanese American Conference- East Coast) ·       How the U.S. Taiwan Watch concept came out of a hackathon at the 2017 TAC-EC ·       Projects created at the U.S. Taiwan Watch hackathon at TAC-EC 2023 ·       How the U.S. Taiwan Watch hackathon at TAC-EC 2023 was run ·       What is so meaningful about the work that U.S. Taiwan Watch does ·       How people have volunteered to wok for U.S. Taiwan Watch ·       How Peng-Hsuan got involved with U.S. Taiwan Watch ·       How Jerry got involved with U.S. Taiwan Watch   Related Links: https://talkingtaiwan.com/us-taiwan-watch-think-tank-focused-on-the-relationship-between-the-united-states-and-taiwan-ep-283/