Taiwan This Week

ICRT 1018 - Poaching high-tech talent

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

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Taiwan This Week

Episodes

Poaching high-tech talent

Han Kuang season

Turning the internet off

More food safety issues

Countering a worrying ethnic unity law

The meaning of status quo

Maritime law enforcement or expansionism?

Tariffs and tech

Measures to reverse a declining birth rate

Trump talks Lai conversation

A warning of clashes and talk of repercussions

Unorthodox travel

Revoked overflight permissions

Breaking down the Cheng-Xi meeting

A peace tour

Bribery and corruption

Verbal provocation

A tiff over a Tokyo trip

Power concerns and defense spending debate

A trade deal signed

Classified defense materials and free milk

Tariffs lowered, but semiconductor investments increased

Decapitation and budget concerns

A year end stern cross-strait warning

The year in review

A potential arms sale and an ignored amendment

An arrival card system causing an uproar

Going big on next year's local elections

T-Dome

A speech and a rebuff

Moves to amend pension reforms and calls for more cash handouts

Taiwan omitted

Alleged nefarious acts

Shovel Superheroes

A deadly storm

Scarred farmland

A high profile detainee makes bail

Recall repercussions

The last recall

The Cabinet facing criticism and making a U-turn

Boris Johnson and semiconductors

Tariffs set and denials about an overseas trip

Recalls big day

Tariff talk and recall chatter

Urban resilience drills

Presidential calls for unity by 'hammering out impurities'

A boycotted briefing

Spies within the DPP and the KMT

Allegations of damaging national sovereignty

A president's first year office and a CEO's big announcements