Taiwan: Democratic Role Model and Cultural Plurality. With Emily Y. Wu

Taiwan usually appears in Western media because of the simmering
conflict with mainland China or its global dominance in the
semiconductor industry. The entrepreneur and podcaster Emily Y.
Wu lets us in on other issues that are moving the Taiwanese
people today beyond these two topics. In this episode, she gives
an insight into her work and her country – one of only three
“full democracies” in Asia.


Wu explains how metal music and politics fit together, what
tensions still remain between the various ethnic groups in Taiwan
and how she lives with the constant threat of a Chinese invasion.


Furthermore, the ifa magazine KULTURAUSTAUSCH has dedicated its
current issue II/2023 to Taiwan. In doing so, it also sheds light
on topics beyond the current news situation and offers other
perspectives on the island state in the West Pacific.


For English articles from the current edition of KULTURAUSTAUSCH,
you can visit the website at kulturaustausch.de or order the
German print issue of the magazine here:
https://www.kulturaustausch.de/de/bestellen/bestellung


To listen to Freddy Lim’s personal playlist, click here:
https://www.kulturaustausch.de/de/archiv/dossiers/taiwan/playlist


If you want to learn more about Taiwan’s approach on cultural
diplomacy, you can download our country report on Taiwan:
https://culturalrelations.ifa.de/forschung-detail/taiwan-country-report/


If you would like to find out more about Emily Wu’s work, listen
to her podcast „Metalhead Politics“.


All previous episodes of “Die Kulturmittler:innen”, e.g. on
feminist foreign policy or our special episodes on Ukraine, can
be found here: https://www.ifa.de/ifa-podcast/


Do you have topic requests or feedback? Feel free to send them to
podcast@ifa.de.


More information on the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen at
https://www.ifa.de.