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May 2020
Celebrate Taiwanese American Heritage Week with Ilha Candles!
Looking for the perfect Mother’s Day gift? Support a small business, donate to a non-profit, and celebrate APAHM and Taiwanese American Heritage Week — all at once! Treat the 阿姆s in your life to a gorgeous Jasmine Green Tea candle. This custom blend has floral notes of jasmine and fresh and cooling notes of green tea. This limited edition scent was released in honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. For the month of May, 10% of net proceeds of…
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Read Taiwanese American, Shop Independent
Read #taiwaneseamerican, shop #independentbookstores. We've curated recommendations across the Taiwanese American canon (Shawna Yang Ryan's "Green Island," Charles Yu's "Interior Chinatown," Chia-Chia Lin's "The Unpassing", Michelle Kuo's "Reading with Patrick," and more), as well as favorites from translated Taiwanese literature (Wu-Ming Yi's "The Stolen Bicycle, Chen-Ho Wang's "Rose, Rose, I Love You," etc.) and non-fiction (Cathy Erway's "The Food of Taiwan," Ming-Sho Ho's coverage of Taiwan's Sunflower Movement, and more). Take a peek @ bookshop.org/shop/taiwaneseam_org. Also linked in bio. TaiwaneseAmerican.org…
Find out more »June 2020
NATEA-SV x Dosudo: June 2020 Blockchain Overview
Blockchain walk-through including consensus, mining, block rewards, and more. Recommended readings for non-techs and technologist prior to the event. Overview article: https://medium.com/@jj1385jeff850527/the-list-blockchain-for-non-techs-2d3e497ca5cc Advance concepts: https://medium.com/3-minutes-blockchain-paper/2-bitcoin-paper-explained-b53619c99bf3 Event Info: Registration: FREE, just RSVP on Eventbrite or FB event by pressing "going" June 20th: 8 to 9:30pm PDT (Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82961457321?pwd=TWFKcG41ME9JMjVtZHpwTjAyTWM2QT09) Speaker: Jeff Hu (https://www.linkedin.com/in/yaochiehhu/) Jeff is the CEO of Turing Chain and author of the best-selling blockchain online course in Taiwan. He is a scholar at Blockchain X-Lab and Global fellow at…
Find out more »July 2020
Food Tech – Robotics & the Rise of Cloud Kitchens
About this Event OVERVIEW Robotics Food Tech and Cloud Kitchen are becoming more popular than ever especially with the rise of home delivery. RECOMMENDED ARTICLE READING: Robotics restaurant vs staffed restaurant in post Covid-19 , article link here Revolution of food and beverage industry, article link here EVENT INFO Registration: FREE, just RSVP on Eventbrite or FB event Date: July 18th: 8 to 9:30pm PDT (Zoom link) Speaker: Andy Lin (CEO & founder of Yo-Kai Express) Bio: Andy earned his Electrical Engineering Master degree in UC Irvine…
Find out more »August 2020
New York Asian Film Festival (streaming nationwide)
The New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) will be virtual and starts today, August 28th. The lineup features many Taiwan films. To buy tickets or for more info, visit: http://nyaff.org – Wild Sparrow (Shih Li, 2019), New York Premiere. Co-Presented with the Freer and Sackler Galleries, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art – Detention (John Hsu, 2019), New York Premiere – IWeirDO (Liao Ming-yi, 2020), US Premiere. Co-Presented with the Freer and Sackler Galleries, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of…
Find out more »September 2020
Prismatic Taiwan: A Queer Film Series (streaming nationwide)
NOTE: USE CODE "TAORG" FOR $2 OFF PRE-SALE & REGULAR PASSES Co-presented by Taiwan Academy Houston, OFTaiwan, Taiwanese American Citizens League, and Asian Cinevision; Sponsored by the Taiwan Ministry of Culture AUSTIN, TX – The Austin Asian American Film Festival (AAAFF) is thrilled to co-present a virtual, six-film series celebrating the past and present of queer Taiwanese cinema. The viewing period for all films–including exclusive filmmaker Q&As–will be September 4-13, 2020. Access to the films will be available on the festival’s…
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US Taiwan Startup Forum
The US Taiwan Startup Forum (UTSF) will be hosted virtually on September 11th and 25th, 2020. This year, 15 startups from five technology themes ― AI, Semiconductor, Blockchain, IoT, and Digital Health ― will be pitching in front of 14 venture capitalists with investing focus in these sectors. In addition, the venture capitalists will provide feedback to the startup entrepreneurs, share industry insights, and engage with the attendees through an interactive Q&A during an investor panel discussion. This event will be…
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