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interWellness: The women-led startup representing Taiwan at the Hult Prize global accelerator interWellness: The women-led startup representing Taiwan at the Hult Prize global accelerator
Pew Research reissues report on Asian Americans after misrepresenting Taiwanese Americans Pew Research reissues report on Asian Americans after misrepresenting Taiwanese Americans
Huiru May Huang: On Encountering a Stranger   Huiru May Huang: On Encountering a Stranger  
Now at the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival: "Taiwan Equals Love" Now at the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival: "Taiwan Equals Love"
Stamp Thief, by Ying-Ann (Annie) Chen Stamp Thief, by Ying-Ann (Annie) Chen

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Stamp Thief, by Ying-Ann (Annie) Chen

FEATURE PHOTO ADAPTED FROM Dave Weatherall on Unsplash The fire ate loudly. It spit ashes everywhere as it gorged down our offerings. “The gods are hungry today,” my grandma warned. The fire burst in a sudden uproar, slapping its chopsticks down on the lady susan, demanding more. The offerings…

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cóng mei guo lai de, by Vanessa Wan

FEATURE PHOTO PROVIDED BY VANESSA WAN When I was little, I thought I was Chinese. That’s what my parents said when we were asked the inevitable question: “What are you?”  I later learned we were not Chinese.  Assigned to research the flag of my parents’ home country for class, I went…

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“Danny, Danny”: Meet San Francisco filmmaker Huan Cheng

FEATURE PHOTOS COURTESY OF HUAN CHENG, 2021 San Francisco-based filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist Huan Cheng explores the loneliness of the immigrant experience in her short film Danny, Danny. Cheng, born in Taiwan, draws upon her own experiences of arriving in the United States as a young adult…

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Meet @interwellnessTW, the women-led startup that Meet @interwellnessTW, the women-led startup that represented Taiwan at the Hult Prize global accelerator. ⁠ ⁠ Guest contributor Jessica Cheng interviewed Joyce Chen: @interwellnessTW CEO, Bay Area native, recent graduate of the National Taiwan University, and second-generation Taiwanese American. ⁠ ⁠ "Back in 2017, when Joyce made the decision to head to Taiwan for college, it was something that no one had expected, herself included. 'At the beginning, I still saw myself very much as an American,' she reflects, 'so a lot of my friends were actually international students.'⁠ ⁠ By her senior year though, Joyce had co-founded a startup with two native Taiwanese schoolmates, and they became one of 37 semifinalists selected from a pool of 300K ventures to join the Hult Prize accelerator in London.⁠ ⁠ In addition to their entrepreneurial ambitions though, they saw a great opportunity for soft diplomacy: 'If we’re not talking about interWellness, we’re talking about Taiwan.'"⁠ ⁠ Read their full conversation here: https://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/2021/09/interwellness-the-women-led-startup-representing-taiwan-at-the-hult-prize-global-accelerator/⁠
Feeling triumphant about the Pew Research correcti Feeling triumphant about the Pew Research correction? We are too! We know there's still a long way to go, but we want to acknowledge the efforts of those who pushed for meaningful, productive dialogue - from the community leaders who first launched the #WriteinTaiwanese census campaign decades ago, to today's #Next100, Christina Hu @christinajhu . Christina is the Director of the Write in Taiwanese Census Campaign @write.in.taiwanese.census and the Director of Civic Engagement, Taiwanese American Citizens League (@taclorg ). We're so proud of her consistent advocacy for Pew Research, and the world at large, to better understand Taiwanese and Taiwanese Americans. Read their interview with #TheNext100 project lead, Vivienne Chang, here and in bio: https://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/next100/people/christina-hu/
The May report from Pew Research analyzing Asian A The May report from Pew Research analyzing Asian American communities included footnotes that data for "Chinese" includes those identifying as "Taiwanese." After pushback from the Taiwanese American community, including an open statement with nearly 600 signatories, the research center has issued a correction and accompanying blog post. ⁠ ⁠ The "Write in 'Taiwanese'" campaign team has drafted a second open letter reporting on the productive correspondence that has occurred with the Pew Research team. The open letter, with links to the Pew Research Center statement and corrections, is linked here and in bio: ⁠ https://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/2021/09/pew-research-reissues-report-on-asian-americans-after-misrepresenting-taiwanese-americans/
In other US-Taiwan startup news, the women-led tea In other US-Taiwan startup news, the women-led team from National Taiwan University representing Taiwan at the global Hult Prize includes #TaiwaneseAmerican co-founder and CEO Joyce Chen.⁠ ⁠ From Focus Taiwan:⁠ "Chen, a second-generation Taiwanese-American, said the team [Lin Fang-ju (林芳如), Sandy Tsai (蔡岑珊)] is using the challenge as an important learning opportunity and to do things that are "meaningful and impactful" for the world.⁠ The team is one of 30 that qualified to participate in the 2021 Hult Prize out of 30,000 teams worldwide that took the Challenge.⁠ In addition to getting ready for the challenge, the team has also prepared trademark Taiwanese snacks -- pineapple cakes and cream- filled puffs -- to give to other teams and promote Taiwan culture, Chen said."⁠ ⁠ Our interview with Chen is forthcoming, but for now, the Focus Taiwan article is linked here and in bio: https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202109080003
North American Taiwanese Engineering Association ( North American Taiwanese Engineering Association (NATEA) is pleased to announce that they are hosting the U.S. Taiwan Startup Forum (UTSF) 2021, a virtual showcase of 16 tech startups that were founded by Taiwanese and Taiwanese American entrepreneurs. The event will take place on Sept. 9 and 10 from 5 to 7 p.m. PDT. The event is free with the registration info in this link: https://www.utstartup.net.
“The stories of Taiwan, as told by the Taiwanese “The stories of Taiwan, as told by the Taiwanese people.” Follow @taiwanplus for more, including free streaming of @seqalu_formosa1867.official — available now! PC: @tsai_ingwen
On August 30, debuting worldwide on Taiwan+ is Tai On August 30, debuting worldwide on Taiwan+ is Taiwan's most ambitious cinematic project yet. SEQALU tells the story of clashes of identity and power. At the southern tip of Taiwan, then known as Liangkiau, the forces of America, Indigenous, and Han powers collide to bring "an epic saga rivaling that of Game of Thrones."⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Funded by the people of Taiwan, Taiwan+ @taiwanplus is the nation’s first English-language video news and programming platform for an international audience. ⁠⠀ This is a *free* streaming service with English subtitles. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Taiwan+ fully unlocks on August 30: https://taiwanplus.com/⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Tag a buddy to binge-watch "SEQALU Formosa 1867" with you! (ps, there are 12 episodes, 40 minutes each. Plan accordingly.)
From Taiwan News — AUG. 23 - A Taiwanese team p From Taiwan News — AUG. 23 - A Taiwanese team participating in the 24 Hours of Le Mans sports car race in France were asked to remove the national flag from their car’s hood before the start of the race. According to Taiwan-based website F-1 Auto Racing, the decision to change the flag was probably due to pressure from Beijing, seeing as how China's Wan Heping (萬和平) is currently the vice president for sports at the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, the body that runs Le Mans. Full article linked here and in bio: https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4274841
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We're delighted to present this next PIONEER of ou We're delighted to present this next PIONEER of our 100 Passionate People project: #TheNext100.⁠ ⁠ Tiffany Luke is a pioneering marketer and content creator. Tofu and Boshi (@tofu_corgi) are, according to their mom, "two loaves of bread with legs & brows." The duo have been featured in influencer campaigns for companies such as Disney, Warner Bros, Target, Marvel Studios, Electronic Arts, and more. They have also raised money for many causes such as Stop AAPI Hate, the NAACP, and Project Hope and last year, created a campaign to encourage our followers to vote in the 2020 presidential election.⁠ ⁠ That's a lot of hustle for two loaves of bread.⁠ ⁠ Read their interview with #TheNext100 project lead, Vivienne Chang, here and in bio: http://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/next100/people/tiffany-luke-tofu-boshi/
Taipei Cultural Center (TCC) in New York is please Taipei Cultural Center (TCC) in New York is pleased to collaborate with the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) to present a ten-day virtual series of horror films in celebration of Taiwan’s Ghost Month:⁠ ⁠ "This series showcases a constellation of domestic box-office hits from recent years that have been critically praised for incorporating Taiwanese folklore, Chinese mythology, contemporary social issues, and historical tragedies into their succinctly unnerving narratives. TCC adds, ‘the series also reflects the surge of Taiwanese genre films in recent years, among which horror/ghost films make up the most burgeoning one.’” ⁠ The seven films to be shown for Taiwan Ghost Month are Detention, Get the Hell Out, The Heirloom, Mon Mon Mon Monsters, The Rope Curse, Silk, and The Tag-Along.⁠ ⁠ The Taiwan Ghost Month Series runs from August 23rd to September 1st. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit NYAFF’s official website: https://www.nyaff.org/twgm21/films.⁠ ⁠
Ghost Festival is this weekend! (Correction: Ghost Ghost Festival is this weekend! (Correction: Ghost Month is well underway 👻) Some Ghost Month community programming and content we've liked:⁠ - Join the conversation at @theformosacoffee on their recent "Dear Taiwanese Americans" post about taboos that are traditionally observed during Taiwan's Ghost Month. ⁠ - Taiwan-based vlogger and streamer Annie @annieaiyo has an Instagram highlight called 拜拜101 about temple rituals, including new guidance implemented to reduce urban pollution⁠ - OFTaiwan has an overview on Ghost Month and its traditions, including a burlesque show sometimes practiced in rural Taiwan, and water lanterns. ⁠ - For some timely reading, check out “Ghost Month” by Ed Lin @edlinforpresident - Check back tomorrow for more Ghost Month programming! ⁠ ⁠ View OFTaiwan's article here and in bio: https://oftaiwan.org/culture/ghost-festival/
We are so proud to introduce the newest PIONEER of We are so proud to introduce the newest PIONEER of our 100 Passionate People project: #TheNext100.⁠ ⁠ As a proud daughter of Taiwanese immigrants, Kelly Lan's (@visual.tastemkr) mission is to spread prosperity. And in order to do so, one must feel grounded and turn the complexities in their narrative into power. So Kelly began mobilizing the creative diasporic communities to co-own and express the stories we want to tell, authentically.⁠ ⁠ Hello Prosper (@hello.prosper) crafts hands-on educational products that serve interracial & intercultural families to embrace Asian traditions, one untold story at a time. The organization was built out of necessity – to undo the narrow and harmful public perceptions of Asian women and the fractured sense of self from assimilation, displacement and historical amnesia. ⁠ ⁠ Read Kelly's powerful profile and recorded interview with #TheNext100 project lead, Vivienne Chang, here and in bio: http://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/next100/people/kelly-lan/
We are pleased to share "On Encountering a Strange We are pleased to share "On Encountering a Stranger," a 2021 Betty L. Yu and Jin C. Yu judge selection from Huiru May Huang (@cinemawrites) and featuring original art from Yawei (@scratchesnsketches).⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ "My students were putting on Little Red Riding Hood today and I was the Big Bad Wolf, so I showed up to Sister Marianne’s door in my wolf costume. Sister Marianne is my ninety year-old neighbor. She works at the church next to my school, so we’d walk to work together every day, rain or shine. We wouldn’t say much to each other, but her petite presence always puts my mind at ease. Prolonged silences like these used to drive me out of my skin, but I’ve grown to understand the solitude that comes with silence, and, now, these quiet walks are what I look forward to the most every day."⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Read Huiru's short story, linked here and in bio: http://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/2021/08/huiru-may-huang-on-encountering-a-stranger/
There are just THREE MORE DAYS (including today) t There are just THREE MORE DAYS (including today) to stream "TAIWAN EQUALS LOVE," now available for free through the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival.⁠ ⁠ TAIWAN EQUALS LOVE 《同愛一家》explores the relationships of three same-sex couples across a three-year period of time. From 2016, when drafts of the marriage equality act were proposed but later pushed back by anti-LGBTQ opposition groups, to 2019, when Taiwan became the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage, we’re able to follow and chronologically live through each family’s struggles, perseverance, and emotional roller coaster rides as the right to marry and secure a legal guarantee for their relationship seems at once within reach, yet distantly far.⁠ ⁠ Read guest contributor Jessica Cheng's (@ch.jessi.ca) thoughtful reflection here (and find out how you can watch it, too!): http://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/2021/08/now-at-the-honolulu-rainbow-film-festival-taiwan-equals-love/
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