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    <title>The Divide</title>
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    <description><![CDATA["The Divide" is a show that explores the things dividing us as human beings. In a world where differences often seem insurmountable, this show delves into the complexities of our diverse societies, shining a light perspectives and experiences that create divisions.]]></description>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA["The Divide" is a show that explores the things dividing us as human beings. In a world where differences often seem insurmountable, this show delves into the complexities of our diverse societies, shining a light perspectives and experiences that create divisions.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Energy wargame: How Taiwan can maintain electricity sufficiency during a blockade (feat. Stella Robertson)]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=96176</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Do you know how many days Taiwan’s current energy reserves could last under a blockade? Which energy resources are the main source of our electricity? And how much imported energy accounts for Taiwan’s total consumption? These are the questions Stella Robertson, a journalist with The Domino Theory, is trying to answer.
In this episode, Stella shares her findings about Taiwan's vulnerability when it comes to imported fuel, and what she thinks the country should do to sustain its electricity grid under a blockade.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 22:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:title>Energy wargame: How Taiwan can maintain electricity sufficiency during a blockade (feat. Stella Robertson)</itunes:title>
      <itunes:subtitle>Energy wargame: How Taiwan can maintain electricity sufficiency during a blockade (feat. Stella Robertson)</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Do you know how many days Taiwan’s current energy reserves could last under a blockade? Which energy resources are the main source of our electricity? And how much imported energy accounts for Taiwan’s total consumption? These are the questions Stella Robertson, a journalist with The Domino Theory, is trying to answer.
In this episode, Stella shares her findings about Taiwan's vulnerability when it comes to imported fuel, and what she thinks the country should do to sustain its electricity grid under a blockade.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Silencing dissent through misogyny (feat. Marcus Michaelsen)]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=95609</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Online harassment, sexualized insults, and AI-generated nudes... These are the realities faced by women human rights activists when they challenge authoritarian power. How do we stop this? And why do autocrats turn misogyny into a political weapon when confronted by women?
In this episode, Marcus Michaelsen of the Citizen Lab explains the logic of digital transnational repression, why authoritarian states are emboldened to target women and LGBTQ+ communities first, and the psychological toll these campaigns inflict on those in their crosshairs.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 22:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:title>Silencing dissent through misogyny (feat. Marcus Michaelsen)</itunes:title>
      <itunes:subtitle>Silencing dissent through misogyny (feat. Marcus Michaelsen)</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Online harassment, sexualized insults, and AI-generated nudes... These are the realities faced by women human rights activists when they challenge authoritarian power. How do we stop this? And why do autocrats turn misogyny into a political weapon when confronted by women?
In this episode, Marcus Michaelsen of the Citizen Lab explains the logic of digital transnational repression, why authoritarian states are emboldened to target women and LGBTQ+ communities first, and the psychological toll these campaigns inflict on those in their crosshairs.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <itunes:episode>77</itunes:episode>
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      <title><![CDATA[China tries to destroy her, she comes back stronger (feat. Carmen Lau)]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=95055</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Carmen Lau left her homeland, Hong Kong, in 2021 after her government decided that her pro-democracy activism was a crime under the national security law. Lau moved to the United Kingdom, where she continued to speak out against authoritarian rule over her beloved city. She has dealt with death threats, a bounty placed on her head, and all kinds of harassment one can imagine from a dictatorship’s playbook.
But with the Chinese Communist Party being, well, the Chinese Communist Party, it has updated its old tactics of harassing overseas activists with the help of technology. Last March, Carmen’s neighbors received AI-generated, sexually explicit images suggesting she was a sex worker “open for business.”
Disturbed and mortified, Carmen knew exactly what this tactic aimed to achieve: to silence her. So she decided to do the opposite—speak out.
In this episode, Carmen shares her harrowing experience of transnational harassment and discusses the psychological impact of such abuse, the role of technology in facilitating these attacks, and the broader implications for women activists.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 22:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:title>China tries to destroy her, she comes back stronger (feat. Carmen Lau)</itunes:title>
      <itunes:subtitle>China tries to destroy her, she comes back stronger (feat. Carmen Lau)</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Carmen Lau left her homeland, Hong Kong, in 2021 after her government decided that her pro-democracy activism was a crime under the national security law. Lau moved to the United Kingdom, where she continued to speak out against authoritarian rule over her beloved city. She has dealt with death threats, a bounty placed on her head, and all kinds of harassment one can imagine from a dictatorship’s playbook.
But with the Chinese Communist Party being, well, the Chinese Communist Party, it has updated its old tactics of harassing overseas activists with the help of technology. Last March, Carmen’s neighbors received AI-generated, sexually explicit images suggesting she was a sex worker “open for business.”
Disturbed and mortified, Carmen knew exactly what this tactic aimed to achieve: to silence her. So she decided to do the opposite—speak out.
In this episode, Carmen shares her harrowing experience of transnational harassment and discusses the psychological impact of such abuse, the role of technology in facilitating these attacks, and the broader implications for women activists.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <itunes:episode>76</itunes:episode>
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      <title><![CDATA['Hope is something we’re not allowed to lose': Venezuela’s long road ahead (feat. Valentina Aguana)]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=94576</link>
      <description><![CDATA[At 4 a.m. local time on Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on his social media platform, Truth Social, that his administration had “carried out a large-scale strike” against Venezuela. Trump said the U.S. military had also captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife and flown the couple out of the country.
What does this mean for the millions of Venezuelans who fled the Maduro regime? In this episode, Valentina Aguana, a digital rights activist who tracks censorship and information controls in Venezuela, reflects on her reaction to the news from exile, how she views the political discourse surrounding the attack, and how a cautious sense of hope for a better Venezuela continues to sustain her.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:title>'Hope is something we’re not allowed to lose': Venezuela’s long road ahead (feat. Valentina Aguana)</itunes:title>
      <itunes:subtitle>'Hope is something we’re not allowed to lose': Venezuela’s long road ahead (feat. Valentina Aguana)</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[At 4 a.m. local time on Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on his social media platform, Truth Social, that his administration had “carried out a large-scale strike” against Venezuela. Trump said the U.S. military had also captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife and flown the couple out of the country.
What does this mean for the millions of Venezuelans who fled the Maduro regime? In this episode, Valentina Aguana, a digital rights activist who tracks censorship and information controls in Venezuela, reflects on her reaction to the news from exile, how she views the political discourse surrounding the attack, and how a cautious sense of hope for a better Venezuela continues to sustain her.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Best of 2025 - Part I ]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=93970</link>
      <description><![CDATA[As we wrap up 2025, we are taking a moment to return to the conversations that challenged us, informed us, and reframed how we think about power, accountability, and the people caught in between.
Throughout this year, The Divide has sat down with voices who lived these tensions every day, from Mark Clifford's reflection on press freedom and the cost of speaking out to Chien Chi-sheng's account of pushing back against institutional harm in sports, and Simon Chang's warning that development without guardrails can reshape entire communities.
This episode shares the moments that lingered long after the microphones were turned off, along with clips that never made it into the original broadcasts.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 22:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:title>Best of 2025 - Part I </itunes:title>
      <itunes:subtitle>Best of 2025 - Part I </itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[As we wrap up 2025, we are taking a moment to return to the conversations that challenged us, informed us, and reframed how we think about power, accountability, and the people caught in between.
Throughout this year, The Divide has sat down with voices who lived these tensions every day, from Mark Clifford's reflection on press freedom and the cost of speaking out to Chien Chi-sheng's account of pushing back against institutional harm in sports, and Simon Chang's warning that development without guardrails can reshape entire communities.
This episode shares the moments that lingered long after the microphones were turned off, along with clips that never made it into the original broadcasts.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <itunes:episode>74</itunes:episode>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hong Kong finds Jimmy Lai guilty: 'It’s now down to people of goodwill to protect the defenseless' (feat. Luke de Pulford)]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=93431</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On December 15, 2025, a three-judge national security panel in Hong Kong found pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai guilty of conspiring to publish seditious materials and colluding with foreign forces. Police arrested Lai in August 2020 and shut down his newspaper the following year.
In the verdict, one name is mentioned 160 times and vaguely accused of being the “foreign force” Lai was allegedly colluding with: Luke de Pulford.
In this episode, Luke discusses Lai’s conviction, explains why he is baffled by the verdict given his minimal personal connection to Jimmy Lai, and what he believes the international community should do to advocate for human rights in Hong Kong.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 22:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:title>Hong Kong finds Jimmy Lai guilty: 'It’s now down to people of goodwill to protect the defenseless' (feat. Luke de Pulford)</itunes:title>
      <itunes:subtitle>Hong Kong finds Jimmy Lai guilty: 'It’s now down to people of goodwill to protect the defenseless' (feat. Luke de Pulford)</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[On December 15, 2025, a three-judge national security panel in Hong Kong found pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai guilty of conspiring to publish seditious materials and colluding with foreign forces. Police arrested Lai in August 2020 and shut down his newspaper the following year.
In the verdict, one name is mentioned 160 times and vaguely accused of being the “foreign force” Lai was allegedly colluding with: Luke de Pulford.
In this episode, Luke discusses Lai’s conviction, explains why he is baffled by the verdict given his minimal personal connection to Jimmy Lai, and what he believes the international community should do to advocate for human rights in Hong Kong.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <itunes:episode>73</itunes:episode>
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      <title><![CDATA[In case of crisis (feat. Lin Fei-fan)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On November 26, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te convened a high-level meeting outlining two major pillars for safeguarding Taiwan: a comprehensive democratic defense and the development of full-spectrum military capabilities. As part of the initiative, many families in Taiwan have received a little orange book in their mailboxes. The book, titled " In Case of Crisis: Taiwan Public Safety Guide," offers guidance and safety information in the time of natural disasters and emergencies.
In this episode, we sit down with Lin Fei-fan, Deputy Secretary General of Taiwan’s National Security Council and a former leader of the 2014 Sunflower Movement, to discuss President Lai Ching-te’s newly announced national security action plans.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 22:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:title>In case of crisis (feat. Lin Fei-fan)</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[On November 26, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te convened a high-level meeting outlining two major pillars for safeguarding Taiwan: a comprehensive democratic defense and the development of full-spectrum military capabilities. As part of the initiative, many families in Taiwan have received a little orange book in their mailboxes. The book, titled " In Case of Crisis: Taiwan Public Safety Guide," offers guidance and safety information in the time of natural disasters and emergencies.
In this episode, we sit down with Lin Fei-fan, Deputy Secretary General of Taiwan’s National Security Council and a former leader of the 2014 Sunflower Movement, to discuss President Lai Ching-te’s newly announced national security action plans.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[The cost of speaking out: human experiments at NTNU (feat. Chien Chi-sheng) ]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=91842</link>
      <description><![CDATA[She only wanted one thing: an apology. Instead, she lost her career in football.
In this episode of The Divide, whistleblower Chien Chi-sheng speaks out about the forced human experiments at National Taiwan Normal University—how years of coerced blood draws, institutional denial, and public scrutiny still haunt her today.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 22:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:title>The cost of speaking out: human experiments at NTNU (feat. Chien Chi-sheng) </itunes:title>
      <itunes:subtitle>The cost of speaking out: human experiments at NTNU (feat. Chien Chi-sheng) </itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[She only wanted one thing: an apology. Instead, she lost her career in football.
In this episode of The Divide, whistleblower Chien Chi-sheng speaks out about the forced human experiments at National Taiwan Normal University—how years of coerced blood draws, institutional denial, and public scrutiny still haunt her today.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Enemy of the school (feat. Chien Chi-sheng)]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=91337</link>
      <description><![CDATA[“I was shouting and asking for help, but no one helped me,” said one of the victims-turned-whistleblowers of the forced human experiments at National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU), Chien Chi-sheng.
Chien was a student-athlete on the university’s women’s football team, whose coach and professor coerced players into giving blood for seven years. It wasn’t until last November, when Chien and her teammates could no longer endure the abuse. They decided to go public. But their pursuit of truth and accountability was met with strong pushback from the university, which made every effort to cover up the case.
In this episode, Chien shares the traumatic experience of reporting the abuse to her school, and how the ordeal still gives her nightmare to this day.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:subtitle>Enemy of the school (feat. Chien Chi-sheng)</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[“I was shouting and asking for help, but no one helped me,” said one of the victims-turned-whistleblowers of the forced human experiments at National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU), Chien Chi-sheng.
Chien was a student-athlete on the university’s women’s football team, whose coach and professor coerced players into giving blood for seven years. It wasn’t until last November, when Chien and her teammates could no longer endure the abuse. They decided to go public. But their pursuit of truth and accountability was met with strong pushback from the university, which made every effort to cover up the case.
In this episode, Chien shares the traumatic experience of reporting the abuse to her school, and how the ordeal still gives her nightmare to this day.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Putting trade, gender equality, and education first in diplomacy (feat. Ambassador Katherine Vanessa Meighan)]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=90781</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The diplomatic relationship between Belize and Taiwan has grown stronger over the past 36 years, grounded in shared values and mutual respect.
In this episode, H.E. Katherine Vanessa Meighan, Belize’s new ambassador to Taiwan, reflects on what makes this partnership so unique. She also shares her personal journey, from student to diplomat, and explains why expanding trade, advancing gender equality, and strengthening education are at the forefront of her mission here.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 22:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:title>Putting trade, gender equality, and education first in diplomacy (feat. Ambassador Katherine Vanessa Meighan)</itunes:title>
      <itunes:subtitle>Putting trade, gender equality, and education first in diplomacy (feat. Ambassador Katherine Vanessa Meighan)</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The diplomatic relationship between Belize and Taiwan has grown stronger over the past 36 years, grounded in shared values and mutual respect.
In this episode, H.E. Katherine Vanessa Meighan, Belize’s new ambassador to Taiwan, reflects on what makes this partnership so unique. She also shares her personal journey, from student to diplomat, and explains why expanding trade, advancing gender equality, and strengthening education are at the forefront of her mission here.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <itunes:episode>69</itunes:episode>
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      <title><![CDATA[Taiwan's bubble tea at risk as Nantou’s incinerator plan threatens Taiwan’s tea heartland (feat. Simon Chang) ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[“Bubble tea,” or “hand-shaken tea,” has become a daily essential for many Taiwanese people over the past decade. It starts with one key ingredient: tea. According to the Agriculture Ministry, Taiwan’s tea drink industry is experiencing a new trend of “returning to locally sourced ingredients,” with producers and consumers demanding domestically grown tea leaves and agricultural products as ingredients.
But ironically, the county that produces the most tea in Taiwan—Nantou—is now considering building a trash incinerator in the heart of its tea region, Mingjian.
In this episode, tea processor Simon Chang explains why local farmers and environmental groups believe this fight over garbage is, in fact, a battle for the future of Taiwan’s tea industry.]]></description>
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But ironically, the county that produces the most tea in Taiwan—Nantou—is now considering building a trash incinerator in the heart of its tea region, Mingjian.
In this episode, tea processor Simon Chang explains why local farmers and environmental groups believe this fight over garbage is, in fact, a battle for the future of Taiwan’s tea industry.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <description><![CDATA[Every year, the National Taiwan Normal University's female football team prepared themselves for a two-week intensive summer training course. They sprinted and practiced from dawn to dusk. The players, all student athletes, expected the training to be hard, challenging, perhaps pushing them to their physical limits. What they didn’t expect was blood drawing. Daily. For at least two weeks.
In this episode, Katia Lin shares how the isolated nature of sports class programs, as well as the university’s administrative neglect, paved the way for NTNU’s female football coach to abuse her players for personal gains.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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In this episode, Katia Lin shares how the isolated nature of sports class programs, as well as the university’s administrative neglect, paved the way for NTNU’s female football coach to abuse her players for personal gains.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[When sports classes become 'special zones,' school protections don’t reach them. (feat. Katia Lin)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Across Taiwan, reports of abuse in “sports class” programs are mounting. Many student athletes come from marginalized or low-income communities with limited academic support, and see sports as a pathway to scholarships, housing, social mobility, and sometimes the only viable future. But instead of support, they have been subjected to violent physical punishment, psychological coercion, sexual assault, and unethical medical experimentation.
In this episode, Katia Lin of the Humanistic Education Foundation breaks down a system built on unequal power, isolation, and fear—where coaches hold near-total control over a child’s athletic future, academic standing, and daily life.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2025 17:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:title>When sports classes become 'special zones,' school protections don’t reach them. (feat. Katia Lin)</itunes:title>
      <itunes:subtitle>When sports classes become 'special zones,' school protections don’t reach them. (feat. Katia Lin)</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Across Taiwan, reports of abuse in “sports class” programs are mounting. Many student athletes come from marginalized or low-income communities with limited academic support, and see sports as a pathway to scholarships, housing, social mobility, and sometimes the only viable future. But instead of support, they have been subjected to violent physical punishment, psychological coercion, sexual assault, and unethical medical experimentation.
In this episode, Katia Lin of the Humanistic Education Foundation breaks down a system built on unequal power, isolation, and fear—where coaches hold near-total control over a child’s athletic future, academic standing, and daily life.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[When Chinese repression reaches beyond borders, some Hong Kongers fight back (feat. Frances Hui) ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Last week, we spoke with Frances Hui, policy and advocacy coordinator at the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation, about the Foundation’s investigative report “We Were Made to Suffer: Systemic Abuse and Political Control Inside Hong Kong’s Prisons.”
The report documents how Hong Kong’s prisons have become instruments of political repression, where political prisoners are subjected to psychological manipulation, solitary confinement, and routine neglect.
In this week’s episode, we continue our look inside Hong Kong’s tightening system of control, but from beyond the prison walls.
As hundreds of political prisoners remain detained, what happens to those who’ve been released or forced into exile? And what does freedom look like when your home has turned against you?]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 22:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Last week, we spoke with Frances Hui, policy and advocacy coordinator at the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation, about the Foundation’s investigative report “We Were Made to Suffer: Systemic Abuse and Political Control Inside Hong Kong’s Prisons.”
The report documents how Hong Kong’s prisons have become instruments of political repression, where political prisoners are subjected to psychological manipulation, solitary confinement, and routine neglect.
In this week’s episode, we continue our look inside Hong Kong’s tightening system of control, but from beyond the prison walls.
As hundreds of political prisoners remain detained, what happens to those who’ve been released or forced into exile? And what does freedom look like when your home has turned against you?]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Not All Imprisonment Is Equal: Inside Hong Kong’s system of political punishment and control. (feat. Frances Hui)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[According to the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation (CFHK), an organization founded in 2022 to advocate for Hong Kong and its people following China’s national security crackdown, more than 1,900 people have been imprisoned on political charges in Hong Kong since 2019 — many without trial. Nearly 800 of them remain behind bars for their pro-democracy activism.
In this episode, Hong Kong human rights activist and CFHK Policy and Advocacy Coordinator Frances Hui shares her research about the harassment and isolation Hong Kong's political prisoners are routinely subjected to while serving their unjust imprisonment.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 22:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[According to the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation (CFHK), an organization founded in 2022 to advocate for Hong Kong and its people following China’s national security crackdown, more than 1,900 people have been imprisoned on political charges in Hong Kong since 2019 — many without trial. Nearly 800 of them remain behind bars for their pro-democracy activism.
In this episode, Hong Kong human rights activist and CFHK Policy and Advocacy Coordinator Frances Hui shares her research about the harassment and isolation Hong Kong's political prisoners are routinely subjected to while serving their unjust imprisonment.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA['We’re in danger of reaching a point where nobody believes anything they read or see.' (feat. Chris Morris)]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=87482</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In today's information-saturated world, truth is harder than ever to define. With viral falsehoods and AI-generated "slop" spreading faster than facts, how can we know what, or who, to trust?
In this episode, Chris Morris, the BBC’s first on-air fact checker and now CEO of Full Fact, talks about how fact-checking became a frontline defense for democracy, and why transparency and accountability matter more than ever.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 18:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:subtitle>'We’re in danger of reaching a point where nobody believes anything they read or see.' (feat. Chris Morris)</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In today's information-saturated world, truth is harder than ever to define. With viral falsehoods and AI-generated "slop" spreading faster than facts, how can we know what, or who, to trust?
In this episode, Chris Morris, the BBC’s first on-air fact checker and now CEO of Full Fact, talks about how fact-checking became a frontline defense for democracy, and why transparency and accountability matter more than ever.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Defunding the democratic voice: What the U.S. retreat means for press freedom worldwide (feat. Harry Lock) - Part 2]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=86410</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In March this year, the Trump administration issued an executive order dismantling the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the federal body that oversaw outlets like Voice of America and Radio Free Asia. The move reflects a troubling global trend: governments slashing funds for public media, leaving critical news organizations weaker just as authoritarian states pour billions into their own international media strategies.
So what does this funding retreat mean for the future of journalism worldwide? What happens when U.S.-backed outlets vanish from the airwaves, only to be replaced by Chinese or Russian state media? And what are the risks for the journalists left behind in hostile environments?
In this episode, we continue our conversation with Harry Lock, Head of Content and Engagement at the Public Media Alliance, as he explaines why defunding international public media could be catastrophic for press freedom and the global information landscape.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 22:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In March this year, the Trump administration issued an executive order dismantling the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the federal body that oversaw outlets like Voice of America and Radio Free Asia. The move reflects a troubling global trend: governments slashing funds for public media, leaving critical news organizations weaker just as authoritarian states pour billions into their own international media strategies.
So what does this funding retreat mean for the future of journalism worldwide? What happens when U.S.-backed outlets vanish from the airwaves, only to be replaced by Chinese or Russian state media? And what are the risks for the journalists left behind in hostile environments?
In this episode, we continue our conversation with Harry Lock, Head of Content and Engagement at the Public Media Alliance, as he explaines why defunding international public media could be catastrophic for press freedom and the global information landscape.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Who should the media serve? (feat. Harry Lock) - Part 1]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=86360</link>
      <description><![CDATA[When most of our news now comes through social media feeds, integrity often takes a back seat. Behind many of these headlines lie undisclosed interests and algorithms that decide what we see, as well as what we don’t. So how do we know if the information we consume is accurate, balanced, and truly in the public’s interest?
In this episode, Harry Lock, Head of Content and Engagement at the Public Media Alliance, shares why public service media still matter, the challenges they face in the age of Big Tech, and what’s at stake if they disappear.]]></description>
      <guid>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=86360</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 22:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:title>Who should the media serve? (feat. Harry Lock) - Part 1</itunes:title>
      <itunes:subtitle>Who should the media serve? (feat. Harry Lock) - Part 1</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[When most of our news now comes through social media feeds, integrity often takes a back seat. Behind many of these headlines lie undisclosed interests and algorithms that decide what we see, as well as what we don’t. So how do we know if the information we consume is accurate, balanced, and truly in the public’s interest?
In this episode, Harry Lock, Head of Content and Engagement at the Public Media Alliance, shares why public service media still matter, the challenges they face in the age of Big Tech, and what’s at stake if they disappear.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[When scholars become dictators' target (feat. Pascale Laborier)]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=85847</link>
      <description><![CDATA[For more than a quarter of a century, the case of Pinar Selek has haunted Turkey’s courts and human rights defenders around the world. A feminist, sociologist, and outspoken anti-militarist, Selek has faced repeated prosecutions and life-threatening charges despite the absence of evidence, ultimately forcing her into exile. Her story is not an anomaly.
Around the world, countless scholars have endured political persecution simply because of their research, or because the independence of their work was perceived as a threat. Many have been driven from their homelands, cut off from their communities, and forced to rebuild their lives in foreign countries.
In this episode, Professor Pascale Laborier sheds light on the difficulties and hardships exiled scholars encounter, and explains why—even in exile—their home governments continue to haunt them through surveillance, intimidation, and legal harassment.]]></description>
      <guid>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=85847</guid>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 22:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[For more than a quarter of a century, the case of Pinar Selek has haunted Turkey’s courts and human rights defenders around the world. A feminist, sociologist, and outspoken anti-militarist, Selek has faced repeated prosecutions and life-threatening charges despite the absence of evidence, ultimately forcing her into exile. Her story is not an anomaly.
Around the world, countless scholars have endured political persecution simply because of their research, or because the independence of their work was perceived as a threat. Many have been driven from their homelands, cut off from their communities, and forced to rebuild their lives in foreign countries.
In this episode, Professor Pascale Laborier sheds light on the difficulties and hardships exiled scholars encounter, and explains why—even in exile—their home governments continue to haunt them through surveillance, intimidation, and legal harassment.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Breaking barriers in French higher education (feat. Pierre-Paul Zalio)]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=85261</link>
      <description><![CDATA[France’s higher education sector is undergoing major growth and transformation. Today, more than 2.9 million students are enrolled across 72 universities, over 200 engineering schools, 220 business and management schools, and dozens of specialist art and architecture institutions. The number of students has doubled since 1980, reflecting both the demand and the ambition of France’s academic landscape.
Amid this expansion, one project stands out: Campus Condorcet in northern Paris, an ambitious hub for the social sciences and humanities. Unlike a traditional university or school, it is designed as a collaborative space where 11 founding institutions.
In this episode, Professor Pierre-Paul Zalio, president of Campus Condorcet talks about breaking down barriers between institutions, fostering collaboration, and advising the French president as part of the new Presidential Council for Science.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 18:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[France’s higher education sector is undergoing major growth and transformation. Today, more than 2.9 million students are enrolled across 72 universities, over 200 engineering schools, 220 business and management schools, and dozens of specialist art and architecture institutions. The number of students has doubled since 1980, reflecting both the demand and the ambition of France’s academic landscape.
Amid this expansion, one project stands out: Campus Condorcet in northern Paris, an ambitious hub for the social sciences and humanities. Unlike a traditional university or school, it is designed as a collaborative space where 11 founding institutions.
In this episode, Professor Pierre-Paul Zalio, president of Campus Condorcet talks about breaking down barriers between institutions, fostering collaboration, and advising the French president as part of the new Presidential Council for Science.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Taiwan’s recall votes: What the results reveal about democracy and risk (feat. Josh Hoang-Wilkes)]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=84688</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On July 26 and August 23, Taiwanese voters faced a stark choice: recall 32 opposition lawmakers—or keep them. Voters chose to keep them, dealing a surprise blow to recall organizers and resetting the island’s political calculus for the next three years. What do these results say about Taiwan’s democracy, its security debates, and the risks of turning recalls into a partisan weapon?
In this episode, political reporter Josh Hoang-Wilkes unpacks what actually happened, why it surprised so many, and what it means for Taiwan’s politics in 2026 and beyond]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 18:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:title>Taiwan’s recall votes: What the results reveal about democracy and risk (feat. Josh Hoang-Wilkes)</itunes:title>
      <itunes:subtitle>Taiwan’s recall votes: What the results reveal about democracy and risk (feat. Josh Hoang-Wilkes)</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[On July 26 and August 23, Taiwanese voters faced a stark choice: recall 32 opposition lawmakers—or keep them. Voters chose to keep them, dealing a surprise blow to recall organizers and resetting the island’s political calculus for the next three years. What do these results say about Taiwan’s democracy, its security debates, and the risks of turning recalls into a partisan weapon?
In this episode, political reporter Josh Hoang-Wilkes unpacks what actually happened, why it surprised so many, and what it means for Taiwan’s politics in 2026 and beyond]]></itunes:summary>
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      <description><![CDATA[12 years ago, Jewher Ilham, the daughter of prominent imprisoned Uyghur economist Ilham Tohti, watched her father taken away by Chinese authorities at Beijing International Airport. At her father’s insistence, she boarded a plane bound for the United States. That was the last time she ever saw him.
In the years since, Jewher has endured Beijing’s psychological manipulation, repeatedly being lured with false promises of a reunion with her father. Instead of giving in, she chose a path of advocacy—dedicating her career to researching forced labor and speaking out on behalf of her father and the Uyghur people.
In this episode, Jewher reflects on the final moments she shared with her father and explains how her work continues to connect her to her people, amplifying their voices and struggles to the world.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 18:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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In the years since, Jewher has endured Beijing’s psychological manipulation, repeatedly being lured with false promises of a reunion with her father. Instead of giving in, she chose a path of advocacy—dedicating her career to researching forced labor and speaking out on behalf of her father and the Uyghur people.
In this episode, Jewher reflects on the final moments she shared with her father and explains how her work continues to connect her to her people, amplifying their voices and struggles to the world.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA['I will forever fight for you, dad.' (feat. Jewher Ilham) – Part 1]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On January 15, 2014, Beijing police arrested Ilham Tohti at his home and shut down Uighurbiz.org, the Uyghur language website he had created. He was held in pre-trial detention for eight months before being sentenced to life in prison.
The website, also known as Uyghur Online, was published in Chinese and Uyghur. It focused on social issues and on building understanding between Han Chinese and Uyghurs, with contributors from both communities. You would think authorities would encourage this kind of work to ease tensions. But instead, in a nonsensical decision, Chinese authorities sentenced its founder to life in prison on charges of promoting separatism and violence.
In this episode, Jewher Ilham—who was abruptly separated from her family at an airport 12 years ago—speaks out on behalf of her father, Professor Ilham Tohti, and the values he stands for. She explains why his imprisonment is a deliberate attempt by the Chinese government to silence him and to conceal its systemic oppression of the Uyghur people.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 20:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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The website, also known as Uyghur Online, was published in Chinese and Uyghur. It focused on social issues and on building understanding between Han Chinese and Uyghurs, with contributors from both communities. You would think authorities would encourage this kind of work to ease tensions. But instead, in a nonsensical decision, Chinese authorities sentenced its founder to life in prison on charges of promoting separatism and violence.
In this episode, Jewher Ilham—who was abruptly separated from her family at an airport 12 years ago—speaks out on behalf of her father, Professor Ilham Tohti, and the values he stands for. She explains why his imprisonment is a deliberate attempt by the Chinese government to silence him and to conceal its systemic oppression of the Uyghur people.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Remembering the Urumqi Massacre: The Uyghur people’s refusal to forget history (feat. Zumretay Arkin)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[16 years ago, in Shaoguan City of the Southern Guangdong province, a Uyghur man was wrongfully accused of raping a Han Chinese woman at a factory. The accusation ignited a brawl between Han Chinese and Uyghur factory workers, leading to the death of two Uyghur men.
Their deaths were ignored by police in Shaoguan City, almost as if the Uyghur lives were expendable in the eyes of Chinese authorities. But their deaths were not ignored by their people. In Urumqi, people took to the streets to protest authorities’ lack of accountability in the incident. And their protests, like most of the protests in China, were met with a bloody crackdown.
In this episode, Zumretay Arkin, Vice President of the World Uyghur Congress, recounts what happened in the summer of 2009, when she witnessed firsthand the unjust treatment her people have endured for decades, and continue to suffer.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 22:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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Their deaths were ignored by police in Shaoguan City, almost as if the Uyghur lives were expendable in the eyes of Chinese authorities. But their deaths were not ignored by their people. In Urumqi, people took to the streets to protest authorities’ lack of accountability in the incident. And their protests, like most of the protests in China, were met with a bloody crackdown.
In this episode, Zumretay Arkin, Vice President of the World Uyghur Congress, recounts what happened in the summer of 2009, when she witnessed firsthand the unjust treatment her people have endured for decades, and continue to suffer.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Are big hotel chains aiding genocide in Xinjiang? (feat. Peter Irwin)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In 2016, there were only five international hotels in the Uyghur Xinjiang Autonomous Region. Today, that number has increased tenfold -- and continues to grow. Accor, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG, Marriott, Minor Hotels, and Wyndham are all opening and operating in the region, where the United States, the United Kingdom’s Parliament, and the European Parliament have stated that genocide is being committed against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities by Chinese authorities.
In this episode, Peter Irwin, Associate Director for Research and Advocacy at the Uyghur Human Rights Project, discusses why the expansion of international hotel chains in Xinjiang is contributing to ongoing atrocities against Uyghur communities and other Muslim groups.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 18:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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In this episode, Peter Irwin, Associate Director for Research and Advocacy at the Uyghur Human Rights Project, discusses why the expansion of international hotel chains in Xinjiang is contributing to ongoing atrocities against Uyghur communities and other Muslim groups.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[The closed window: How China's commercial media defied China's COVID narrative - and what it cost (feat. Beatrice Gallelli)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In early 2020, eight doctors were reprimanded by Chinese authorities for “spreading falsehoods” after raising early alarms about coronavirus infections in Wuhan. In the months that followed, millions around the world would die from the disease. By 2023, protests erupted across cities in China as ordinary citizens demanded an end to draconian pandemic restrictions—and called for a free press. The government responded with a heavy crackdown, leading to hundreds of arrests.
If you’re a Chinese citizen, you’re likely familiar with the official narrative: that the country triumphed over COVID-19 under the Party’s leadership, with heroic doctors on the front lines. But you also know what lies behind that story—countless lives lost, and a tightly controlled silence about the central and local government mismanagement that contributed to the tragedy.
In this episode, Beatrice Gallelli, reseacher at the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) and assistant professor at Ca' Foscari University, talks about China’s COVID-19 media coverage, revealing a brief window where investigative journalism like Caixin flourished—before the state erased their reporting.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 22:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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If you’re a Chinese citizen, you’re likely familiar with the official narrative: that the country triumphed over COVID-19 under the Party’s leadership, with heroic doctors on the front lines. But you also know what lies behind that story—countless lives lost, and a tightly controlled silence about the central and local government mismanagement that contributed to the tragedy.
In this episode, Beatrice Gallelli, reseacher at the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) and assistant professor at Ca' Foscari University, talks about China’s COVID-19 media coverage, revealing a brief window where investigative journalism like Caixin flourished—before the state erased their reporting.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Weaponizing translation: China’s strategic narrative in different languages (feat. Beatrice Gallelli)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[“Translation is never innocent.” This rings especially true in the realm of propaganda. Did you know that when China translates Xi Jinping’s speeches into other languages, it tailors the messaging to align with the cultural expectations of the target audience?
In this episode, Beatrice Gallelli, reseacher at the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) and assistant professor at Ca' Foscari University, shares her research on how China adapts its political rhetoric across languages to reshape historical narratives and legitimize its unsubstantiated claims on Taiwan and Xinjiang.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:title>Weaponizing translation: China’s strategic narrative in different languages (feat. Beatrice Gallelli)</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[“Translation is never innocent.” This rings especially true in the realm of propaganda. Did you know that when China translates Xi Jinping’s speeches into other languages, it tailors the messaging to align with the cultural expectations of the target audience?
In this episode, Beatrice Gallelli, reseacher at the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) and assistant professor at Ca' Foscari University, shares her research on how China adapts its political rhetoric across languages to reshape historical narratives and legitimize its unsubstantiated claims on Taiwan and Xinjiang.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[UK’s warship patrols Taiwan Strait: defending democracy with freedom (feat. Sir Gavin Williamson CBE MP and members of TFCC) ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[When UK's warship HMS Spey sailed through the Taiwan Strait in June, China called it a provocation, disregarding the status quo which determines the waters as international area where everyone can pass through.
In this episode, UK's former Secretary of State for Defence Sir Gavin Williamson CBE MP speaks to the members of the Taiwan Foreign Correspondents' Club about UK’s strategic interests in maintaining a presence in the Indo-Pacific region, Taiwan’s increasing defense spending, and why a more assertive UK stance on Taiwan’s recognition is necessary.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 16:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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In this episode, UK's former Secretary of State for Defence Sir Gavin Williamson CBE MP speaks to the members of the Taiwan Foreign Correspondents' Club about UK’s strategic interests in maintaining a presence in the Indo-Pacific region, Taiwan’s increasing defense spending, and why a more assertive UK stance on Taiwan’s recognition is necessary.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[When documenting the truth becomes a crime (feat. Ian Johnson)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Did you know that in China, there’s a quiet but determined group of people who, knowingly or not, record the events unfolding around them? In doing so, they’ve drawn the attention—and often the wrath—of a government determined to control how history is told.
In this episode, award-winning journalist and researcher Ian Johnson shares how he has been gathering these fragments of “unofficial history” into an online archive. He introduces us to the people behind these records—citizens, film makers, writers, and activists—and calls them what they are: underground historians.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 22:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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In this episode, award-winning journalist and researcher Ian Johnson shares how he has been gathering these fragments of “unofficial history” into an online archive. He introduces us to the people behind these records—citizens, film makers, writers, and activists—and calls them what they are: underground historians.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tariffs, markets, and deficits: How can Taiwan navigate the new trade order? (feat. Greg Fuller)]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=79690</link>
      <description><![CDATA[As the U.S. 90-day tariff pause draws near, tensions are again rising in global trade. On Tuesday, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research reported that Taiwan’s manufacturing sector fell into contraction territory in May and that Taiwan Dollor . Does this have anything to do with the United States' trade policy?
In this episode, political economist Greg Fuller unpacks US President Donald Trump's unpredictable tariff strategy, its ripple effects on global trade, and how smaller economies like Taiwan can weather the storm.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[As the U.S. 90-day tariff pause draws near, tensions are again rising in global trade. On Tuesday, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research reported that Taiwan’s manufacturing sector fell into contraction territory in May and that Taiwan Dollor . Does this have anything to do with the United States' trade policy?
In this episode, political economist Greg Fuller unpacks US President Donald Trump's unpredictable tariff strategy, its ripple effects on global trade, and how smaller economies like Taiwan can weather the storm.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Taiwan in a map maker’s eyes (feat. Alex Kunz)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[When we think of division, we often imagine differences in ideology, wealth, gender, or belief. These lines—whether drawn by politics, identity, religion, or even taste in food—can be hard to see, let alone measure.
In this episode, researcher Alex Kunz discusses his work using data visualization and mapping to explore the unique social and geographic divides within Taiwan—and how data can help us better understand the island’s complexities.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 22:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[When we think of division, we often imagine differences in ideology, wealth, gender, or belief. These lines—whether drawn by politics, identity, religion, or even taste in food—can be hard to see, let alone measure.
In this episode, researcher Alex Kunz discusses his work using data visualization and mapping to explore the unique social and geographic divides within Taiwan—and how data can help us better understand the island’s complexities.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <description><![CDATA[In Taiwan, nearly 5% of adolescents—roughly 54,000 students—experienced cyberbullying in the past year, with some facing such intense online abuse that it led to self-harm or suicide attempts. As internet use among teens grows more pervasive, so too does the emotional toll of life online, especially for young people from marginalized groups.
In this episode, we explore the human cost of a fragmented, unequal digital world. Host Iris speaks with Amanda Manyame from Equality Now and Mrinalini Dayal from the Alliance for Universal Digital Rights, who are fighting for stronger protections against tech-facilitated gender-based violence and calling for a universal digital rights framework that centers the voices of those most often silenced online.]]></description>
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In this episode, we explore the human cost of a fragmented, unequal digital world. Host Iris speaks with Amanda Manyame from Equality Now and Mrinalini Dayal from the Alliance for Universal Digital Rights, who are fighting for stronger protections against tech-facilitated gender-based violence and calling for a universal digital rights framework that centers the voices of those most often silenced online.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <description><![CDATA[Did you know that Big Tech might know you better than you know yourself? Or that the AI tools designed to “serve” you may actually serve corporate interests instead? And that authoritarian regimes around the world are cutting off access to information through internet surveillance and digital censorship?
In this episode, we meet two people fighting for your rights in the digital realm—rights many don’t even realize they’re losing. Richard Whitt of the GliaNet Alliance is building a coalition of companies committed to putting users, not profits, at the center of AI development. And Jason from eQualitie shares how his team helps vulnerable communities in war zones and authoritarian states access uncensored information—and stay connected to the open internet.]]></description>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Did you know that Big Tech might know you better than you know yourself? Or that the AI tools designed to “serve” you may actually serve corporate interests instead? And that authoritarian regimes around the world are cutting off access to information through internet surveillance and digital censorship?
In this episode, we meet two people fighting for your rights in the digital realm—rights many don’t even realize they’re losing. Richard Whitt of the GliaNet Alliance is building a coalition of companies committed to putting users, not profits, at the center of AI development. And Jason from eQualitie shares how his team helps vulnerable communities in war zones and authoritarian states access uncensored information—and stay connected to the open internet.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Erasure and resistance: June 4th, academic freedom, and the U.S. visa ban (feat. Yaqiu Wang)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On this 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre, the U.S. is moving to aggressively revoke Chinese student visas. What should a country do when its academic freedom is exploited by the Chinese Communist Party to advance its military capabilities?And 36 years after the bloody crackdown on students in Beijing, has the Chinese government successfully erased the memory and legacy of the June 4th protests?
In this episode, Chinese human rights advocate Yaqiu Wang reflects on the human cost of the broad student visa ban—and what it means to confront injustice in both China and the United States.]]></description>
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In this episode, Chinese human rights advocate Yaqiu Wang reflects on the human cost of the broad student visa ban—and what it means to confront injustice in both China and the United States.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Digital authoritarianism goes global (feat. Michael Caster)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Last week, we heard from Michael Caster, head of the Global China Program at Article 19, who walked us through China’s legal architecture—from its Cybersecurity Law to the growing power of the Cyberspace Administration of China, or CAC—and how these institutions are being exported across the Indo-Pacific. We also discussed how Beijing’s approach is not just about controlling information but about shaping the global narrative on digital governance.
If you missed it, it’s definitely worth going back to hear how data localization, real-name registration, and the legal groundwork for internet shutdowns are being normalized under the guise of national security.
Today, we pick up where we left off—examining what these digital norms with “Chinese characteristics” look like in practice, and how countries in the region are responding.]]></description>
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If you missed it, it’s definitely worth going back to hear how data localization, real-name registration, and the legal groundwork for internet shutdowns are being normalized under the guise of national security.
Today, we pick up where we left off—examining what these digital norms with “Chinese characteristics” look like in practice, and how countries in the region are responding.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[You don’t have to be in China for China to block your internet (feat. Michael Caster)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[China isn’t just censoring the internet within its borders — it’s exporting its model of digital control around the world. From data localization to surveillance mandates, Beijing’s cybersecurity laws are becoming a blueprint for authoritarian governance.
In this episode, Michael Caster of Article 19, an international organization that ropels the freedom of expression movement locally and globally, talk about the organization’s recent report “Cybersecurity with Chinese Characteristics: Digital Governance in the Indo-Pacific and the Taiwanese alternative,” and explains how China’s approach is reshaping the global internet — and why countries like Taiwan are pushing back with a rights-based model.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2025 22:23:00 +0800</pubDate>
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In this episode, Michael Caster of Article 19, an international organization that ropels the freedom of expression movement locally and globally, talk about the organization’s recent report “Cybersecurity with Chinese Characteristics: Digital Governance in the Indo-Pacific and the Taiwanese alternative,” and explains how China’s approach is reshaping the global internet — and why countries like Taiwan are pushing back with a rights-based model.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Uncensoring Venezuela: how one app fights Maduro’s grip on news (feat. Valentina Aguana)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, May 14th, the United Nations Human Rights Office released a statement urging the Venezuelan government to immediately cease holding its opponents or those perceived as such in isolation and incommunicado detention, after the office conducted a fact-finding mission investigating the country's practice of enforced disappearances. In November of last year, eight international organizations, including Reporters Without Borders and the Committee to Protect Journalists, released a report documenting different types of attacks against the Venezuelan press that occurred between July 1st and August 28th, the period surrounding the presidential election, which was held on July 28th. In the report, researchers documented 228 press freedom violations, including the arbitrary detention and expulsion of 11 foreign journalists, 62 physical and verbal attacks on the press, the continued arbitrary imprisonment of at least eight journalists, and the blocking of at least 29 websites belonging to media outlets and press organizations.
In this episode, Valentina Aguana of Conexión Segura y Libre talks about how she and her organization are fighting back the harsh repression orchestrated by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his government, and bringing uncensored, independent news to the public.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2025 21:46:00 +0800</pubDate>
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In this episode, Valentina Aguana of Conexión Segura y Libre talks about how she and her organization are fighting back the harsh repression orchestrated by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his government, and bringing uncensored, independent news to the public.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Should we regulate science and technology innovation? (feat. Yongsuk Jang)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As countries race to form new trade alliances in response to tariffs imposed by great powers, what roles do international organizations like the OECD-the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development-play in shaping the global economic order today?
In this episode, Dr. Yongsuk Jang, chair of the OECD’s Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy, speaks about the role of science, technology, and innovation (STI) in global governance, national security, and economic growth.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2025 23:55:00 +0800</pubDate>
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In this episode, Dr. Yongsuk Jang, chair of the OECD’s Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy, speaks about the role of science, technology, and innovation (STI) in global governance, national security, and economic growth.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA['The CCP has never run up against somebody like Jimmy Lai.' (feat. Mark L. Clifford)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Friends with Jimmy Lai for decades, Mark L. Clifford now finds himself bearing witness to Hong Kong's persecution of him, as prosecutors use their correspondence as evidence of “conspiracy to collude with foreign forces.”
In this episode, the author of The Troublemaker: How Jimmy Lai Became a Billionaire, Hong Kong's Greatest Dissident, and China's Most Feared Critic shares his reaction to the charges against Lai — and reflects on whether he thinks his biography does justice to his friend’s life story.]]></description>
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In this episode, the author of The Troublemaker: How Jimmy Lai Became a Billionaire, Hong Kong's Greatest Dissident, and China's Most Feared Critic shares his reaction to the charges against Lai — and reflects on whether he thinks his biography does justice to his friend’s life story.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Color, courage, and cantonese: How Jimmy Lai turned Apple Daily into Hong Kong’s boldest newspaper (feat. Mark L. Clifford)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[When Apple Daily first came out in 1995, it instantly became the most popular newspaper in Hong Kong. Before Jimmy Lai pivoted from retail to the media business, no one was printing newspapers in color, and Cantonese had never been used in the press.
In this episode, the author of The Troublemaker: How Jimmy Lai Became a Billionaire, Hong Kong's Greatest Dissident, and China's Most Feared Critic, shares his observations of the pro-democracy media mogul’s character and discusses Lai’s personal sacrifices throughout his entrepreneurial journey, as well as the significance of Apple Daily in shaping public discourse in Hong Kong.]]></description>
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In this episode, the author of The Troublemaker: How Jimmy Lai Became a Billionaire, Hong Kong's Greatest Dissident, and China's Most Feared Critic, shares his observations of the pro-democracy media mogul’s character and discusses Lai’s personal sacrifices throughout his entrepreneurial journey, as well as the significance of Apple Daily in shaping public discourse in Hong Kong.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Will the European Union continue to support Ukraine? (feat. Lutz Güllner)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As European countries rallied behind Ukraine following a heated exchange between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House in early March, the world is left wondering how the Russo-Ukrainian war will unfold.
In this episode, Head of the European Economic and Trade Office in Taiwan Lutz Güllner talks about European security, information manipulation, and his office's priorities in Taiwan.]]></description>
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In this episode, Head of the European Economic and Trade Office in Taiwan Lutz Güllner talks about European security, information manipulation, and his office's priorities in Taiwan.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Under watch: How spyware threatens press freedom (feat. Jonathan Rozen)]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=66950</link>
      <description><![CDATA[According to a 2024 survey conducted by the International Women's Media Foundation, more than 31 % of journalists have experienced online violence. The American Press Institute found that these statistics illustrate a troubling trend that many journalists grapple with every day, disproportionately affecting women journalists of color and LGBTQ plus journalists.
In this episode, Jonathan Rozen of the Committee to Protect Journalists shares his insights on how spyware and surveillance are increasingly used to intimidate, silence, and endanger journalists around the world.]]></description>
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In this episode, Jonathan Rozen of the Committee to Protect Journalists shares his insights on how spyware and surveillance are increasingly used to intimidate, silence, and endanger journalists around the world.]]></itunes:summary>
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In this episode, Mark Sabah from the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation discusses the trial's repercussions, the response from the Hong Kong public, and questions whether democratic nations are sufficiently countering the rise of dictatorship.]]></description>
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In this episode, Mark Sabah from the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation discusses the trial's repercussions, the response from the Hong Kong public, and questions whether democratic nations are sufficiently countering the rise of dictatorship.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Trans-Atlantic American think tank, the Atlantic Council, recently bestowed the Global Citizen Award on Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, a recognition intended to honor the "highest expression of global citizenship." However, questions arise: Is Meloni truly deserving of this prestigious award?
In this episode, human rights attorney Barbora Bukovská, Senior Director for Law and Policy at Article 19, a freedom of expression organization, discusses the current state of media freedom in Italy, particularly under Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government.]]></description>
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In this episode, human rights attorney Barbora Bukovská, Senior Director for Law and Policy at Article 19, a freedom of expression organization, discusses the current state of media freedom in Italy, particularly under Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[When a US destroyer, a Canadian frigate, and a Chinese aircraft carrier sail through the Taiwan Strait: How to deter China's military provocations? (feat. Seth Cropsey)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On October 20, a U.S. 7th Fleet Destroyer and the Royal Canadian Navy conducted a bilateral transit through the Taiwan Strait. Just two days after this transit, China conducted live-fire drills from its territory closest to Taiwan.
In this episode, Seth Cropsey discusses the escalating military tensions in the Taiwan Strait, particularly in light of recent Chinese military exercises.]]></description>
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In this episode, Seth Cropsey discusses the escalating military tensions in the Taiwan Strait, particularly in light of recent Chinese military exercises.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why does Tsai Ing-wen choose Czechia? (feat. Marcin Jerzewski)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Former President Tsai Ing-wen is visiting Europe for the first time since her presidency ended in May, choosing the Czech Republic, France, and Belgium as her destinations. Why has she selected these three countries, and what impact might her visit have on Taiwan-Europe relations?
In this episode, Marcin Jerzewski, head of the Taiwan Office of the European Values Center for Security Policy, discusses the significance of Tsai Ing-wen's first international trip post-presidency and explores the shared dynamics in international posture between these nations.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Thailand is grappling with significant economic challenges, such as high household debt and a downturn in tourism resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, the country's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are struggling due to hidden debts and the impact of Chinese dumping.
This week, Shawn Crispin of Asia Times discusses the critical tasks Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra must prioritize if she aims to rejuvenate Thailand’s sluggish economy.]]></description>
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This week, Shawn Crispin of Asia Times discusses the critical tasks Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra must prioritize if she aims to rejuvenate Thailand’s sluggish economy.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <description><![CDATA[In 2020, Thailand was gripped by significant protests demanding monarchy reform, met with severe police crackdowns. Four years later, despite an electoral victory, the Move Forward Party was dissolved by a constitutional court order in August. Following this, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of former self-exiled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, became the youngest Prime Minister in Thailand's history. These developments raise the questions: Have the pro-democracy protests been in vain? What are the primary concerns of the Thai people today?
In this episode, Shawn Crispin, the Southeast Asia editor at Asia Times, discusses the complexities of Thailand's political landscape, focusing on the recent changes in leadership, the impact of pro-democracy movements, and the historical influence of the Shinawatra family.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Who will hold China accountable for its human rights abuses? (feat. Orville Schell)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[When diplomats at the United Nations pressed China to address allegations of human rights abuses in Xinjiang, Chinese state-run media launched a fervent counter-attack, accusing the US and EU of "politicizing and applying double standards to human rights issues."
In this episode, Mr. Orville Schell talks about China's historical relationship with nationalism, how Stanford University is finding itself in a legal battle with the Chinese Communist Party, and the possibilities of influencing China's human rights policies, as well as his latest book, "My Old Home." This novel, while a departure from his previous non-fiction works, continues to provide profound insights into China.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[The tangled US-China relations: when neither engagement nor isolation is the right answer (feat. Orville Schell)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[U.S.-China relations have cooled significantly in recent years, defying the expectations of U.S. foreign policy strategists since the 1970s, when there was a prevailing belief that engagement and trade would gradually bring the two countries closer and encourage China to become more open and less authoritarian. That didn't happen.
In this episode, historian Orville Schell, the Arthur Ross Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society, delves into the complexities of U.S.-China relations. He discusses the historical concept of engagement and explains why decades of diplomatic efforts and trade have not transformed China into a democracy.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[The struggle for press freedom in Myanmar (feat. Adam Bemma)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In February 2021, when Myanmar's military junta staged a coup, they opened fire on civilians and arrested and killed journalists who sought to inform the world about the unfolding events. Fast forward to today, the regime’s brutal treatment of its own people persists, but so does the reporting by Myanmar's media outlets. Journalists continue to operate under extremely dangerous conditions, delivering uncensored news both within and beyond the country's borders.
This week, Adam Bemma from the independent underground broadcaster Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) talks about the challenges faced by independent media organizations and the rise of citizen journalists amid escalating violence against the press.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[In February 2021, Myanmar's military junta staged a coup d'état, dissolving the reformist parliament and imprisoning State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi. Since then, the country has plunged into a bloody civil war and the Rohingya community's plight continues.
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In this episode, Adam Bemma, a media development consultant for the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), discusses Myanmar's complex political landscape, the history of violence against the Rohingya, and the media's role in reporting on the situation.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Are we doing enough to support Ukraine? (feat. Benjamin L. Schmitt)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Although the United States and the European Union have implemented extensive sanctions against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, Russia continues to find its ways to finance its military efforts. Why has it not depleted its funds for weapons acquisition, and who is sustaining the Russian economy?
In this episode, Dr. Benjamin L. Schmitt, an astrophysicist and energy security expert from the University of Pennsylvania, explores the difficulties of enforcing sanctions and discusses why it is important for countries to transition to renewable energy.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2024 23:49:00 +0800</pubDate>
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In this episode, Dr. Benjamin L. Schmitt, an astrophysicist and energy security expert from the University of Pennsylvania, explores the difficulties of enforcing sanctions and discusses why it is important for countries to transition to renewable energy.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Europe's energy crisis: when your adversary holds your lifeline (feat. Benjamin L. Schmitt)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has served as a wake-up call for Europe. Countries are now recognizing the risks of depending heavily on Russia's energy exports, finding themselves constrained by Russia's dominance in their energy markets.
In this episode, Dr. Benjamin L. Schmitt from the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy discusses Europe's energy security vulnerabilities and addresses the unethical practices of many far-right politicians who prioritize their financial interests over those of Europe.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2024 11:30:00 +0800</pubDate>
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In this episode, Dr. Benjamin L. Schmitt from the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy discusses Europe's energy security vulnerabilities and addresses the unethical practices of many far-right politicians who prioritize their financial interests over those of Europe.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[How can states counter China's economic coercion? (feat. Bethany Allen)]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=18130</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The deployment of the THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) missile defense system in South Korea in 2016 triggered a series of sanctions from China. Since then, Seoul has been cautiously avoiding a repeat of such incidents, even going so far as to arrest its own citizens on the charge of threatening national security.
In this episode, Bethany Allen, author of 'Beijing Rules: How China Weaponized Its Economy to Confront the World,' continues to discuss China's use of economic coercion and its impact on liberal democracies.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2024 23:04:00 +0800</pubDate>
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In this episode, Bethany Allen, author of 'Beijing Rules: How China Weaponized Its Economy to Confront the World,' continues to discuss China's use of economic coercion and its impact on liberal democracies.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Is Beijing buying out your freedom? (feat. Bethany Allen)]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=19092</link>
      <description><![CDATA[When China imposed sanctions on Australian wine, meat, and lobster following Australia's inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus in 2020, countries worldwide realized in horror that they had been held hostage by Beijing's use of economic coercion, a term popularized by China’s strategic application of economic measures to achieve its political goals.
This week, journalist and author Bethany Allen discusses her book "Beijing Rules: How China Weaponized Its Economy to Confront the World." She delves into her research on how the Chinese Communist Party manipulates global trade to force companies and governments to comply with its terms.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2024 23:55:00 +0800</pubDate>
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This week, journalist and author Bethany Allen discusses her book "Beijing Rules: How China Weaponized Its Economy to Confront the World." She delves into her research on how the Chinese Communist Party manipulates global trade to force companies and governments to comply with its terms.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[What would make a country safer: diplomacy or deterrence? (feat. Mariana Budjeryn)]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=33909</link>
      <description><![CDATA[When scholars, security experts, politicians, and activists all warn that "democracy is under threat," it's clear this is no longer merely a hyperbolic slogan. The situations such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine, conflict in Gaza, and coercion threats in the Taiwan Strait illustrate the challenges states face in managing security risks and deterring hostile adversaries. Today, weapons of mass destruction still represent the ultimate form of deterrence.
In this episode, Dr. Mariana Budjeryn, a researcher at the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center Project on Managing the Atom, discusses Ukraine's decision to relinquish its nuclear arsenal under the Budapest Memorandum, the effectiveness of nuclear deterrence, and the ongoing risks associated with nuclear armament.]]></description>
      <guid>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=33909</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2024 22:40:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[When scholars, security experts, politicians, and activists all warn that "democracy is under threat," it's clear this is no longer merely a hyperbolic slogan. The situations such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine, conflict in Gaza, and coercion threats in the Taiwan Strait illustrate the challenges states face in managing security risks and deterring hostile adversaries. Today, weapons of mass destruction still represent the ultimate form of deterrence.
In this episode, Dr. Mariana Budjeryn, a researcher at the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center Project on Managing the Atom, discusses Ukraine's decision to relinquish its nuclear arsenal under the Budapest Memorandum, the effectiveness of nuclear deterrence, and the ongoing risks associated with nuclear armament.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Should states make nuclear weapons or friends? (feat. Mariana Budjeryn)]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=29522</link>
      <description><![CDATA[As of July 2024, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has resulted in over 11,100 civilian deaths and at least 21,860 injuries. In a stark warning, Russian President Vladimir Putin has not ruled out the use of nuclear weapons against Ukraine, a state without its own nuclear arsenal.
But did you know Ukraine once held the world's third-largest nuclear arsenal? In this episode, Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center's Dr. Mariana Budjeryn discusses Ukraine's commitment to the global nuclear non-proliferation regime, the treaty that was meant to safeguard the country from military conflicts, and the uncanny resemblance of Ukraine and Taiwan's disarmament history.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2024 21:35:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:title>Should states make nuclear weapons or friends? (feat. Mariana Budjeryn)</itunes:title>
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But did you know Ukraine once held the world's third-largest nuclear arsenal? In this episode, Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center's Dr. Mariana Budjeryn discusses Ukraine's commitment to the global nuclear non-proliferation regime, the treaty that was meant to safeguard the country from military conflicts, and the uncanny resemblance of Ukraine and Taiwan's disarmament history.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Unfair play: favoritism, rigged competitions, and Taiwan athletes' long road to the Olympics (feat. Mitzi Ting)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As athletes from around the world prepare for the 2024 Paris Olympics with their nations' backing, Taiwan's athletes face challenges in competing and qualifying for the national team due to opaque selection processes managed by their sports associations.
In this episode of "The Divide," retired swimmer Mitzi Ting and host Iris explore the Chinese Taipei Swimming Association's alleged manipulation of rankings and interference in the Olympic selection process. They discuss how the lack of transparency and fairness has harmed the careers of Taiwan's athletes for decades and examine the difficulties and risks athletes face when speaking up.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2024 12:24:00 +0800</pubDate>
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In this episode of "The Divide," retired swimmer Mitzi Ting and host Iris explore the Chinese Taipei Swimming Association's alleged manipulation of rankings and interference in the Olympic selection process. They discuss how the lack of transparency and fairness has harmed the careers of Taiwan's athletes for decades and examine the difficulties and risks athletes face when speaking up.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[US Presidential Election: Should Taiwan Favor Biden or Trump? (ft. Chris Horton)]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=32780</link>
      <description><![CDATA[American voters are becoming less enthusiastic about their choices after the first US presidential debate ended with President Joe Biden facing growing pressure to drop out of the race, while former President Trump is being criticized for false claims he made during the debate. Meanwhile, people in Taiwan are closely monitoring the race, anxiously waiting to see if the future US president will bring changes to US-Taiwan relations.
In this episode, American journalist Chris Horton explores the potential policies of future US administration and the significance of Taiwan in American national security and foreign policy.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2024 22:35:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:subtitle>US Presidential Election: Should Taiwan Favor Biden or Trump? (ft. Chris Horton)</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[American voters are becoming less enthusiastic about their choices after the first US presidential debate ended with President Joe Biden facing growing pressure to drop out of the race, while former President Trump is being criticized for false claims he made during the debate. Meanwhile, people in Taiwan are closely monitoring the race, anxiously waiting to see if the future US president will bring changes to US-Taiwan relations.
In this episode, American journalist Chris Horton explores the potential policies of future US administration and the significance of Taiwan in American national security and foreign policy.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Balancing innovation and regulation: the impact of AI on Asia's digital economy (feat. Gareth Tan)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As AI continues to weave itself into the fabric of technological advancement, it brings with it a host of opportunities and challenges. Taiwan, home to the world's largest semiconductor manufacturer TSMC, is also navigating the delicate balance between fostering innovation and implementing regulations to ensure safety and public trust.
In this episode, Gareth Tan of the Coalition for Digital Prosperity for Asia talks about why small- and medium-sized businesses are easily marginalized in the AI and digital markets around the world, and what his organization is doing to change that.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jul 2024 23:08:00 +0800</pubDate>
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In this episode, Gareth Tan of the Coalition for Digital Prosperity for Asia talks about why small- and medium-sized businesses are easily marginalized in the AI and digital markets around the world, and what his organization is doing to change that.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Is your freedom of expression in crisis? (feat. David Diaz-Jogeix)]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=19106</link>
      <description><![CDATA[More than half of the world's population, 4.2 billion people, live in countries where freedom of expression is in crisis.
Each year, Article 19, a British international human rights organization that works to defend and promote freedom of expression and freedom of information worldwide, publishes the "Global Expression Report" to track the changes in the right to free expression and information worldwide. This year, the organization found that freedom of expression is stagnant at a global level.
In this episode of The Divide, Article 19's Senior Director of Programmes David Diaz-Jogeix talks about the findings from this year's Global Expression Report and highlights some concerning trends, including internet shutdowns, harassment of journalists, and hate speech that are contributing to the decline.
Go to https://www.globalexpressionreport.org/ to find out how your country has performed when it comes to freedom of expression.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2024 17:03:00 +0800</pubDate>
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In this episode of The Divide, Article 19's Senior Director of Programmes David Diaz-Jogeix talks about the findings from this year's Global Expression Report and highlights some concerning trends, including internet shutdowns, harassment of journalists, and hate speech that are contributing to the decline.
Go to https://www.globalexpressionreport.org/ to find out how your country has performed when it comes to freedom of expression.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Is China erasing Hong Kong's June 4 vigil? (feat. Sophie Richardson)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On June 4 each year, Hong Kongers mourn the the victims of the Tiananmen Massacre who died on that day in 1989 together at the city's Victoria Park. But this year, the heavy police presence and subsequent arrests signaled a message to the citizens: "If you try to commemorate, you are breaking the law, and we will arrest you."
Sophie Richardson, who served as the China Director at Human Rights Watch from 2006-2023 and is currently a visiting scholar at the Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law at the Freeman Spogli Institute at Stanford University, speaks to Rti about Beijing's control over Hong Kong, collective punishment on the families of activists and dissidents, and whether the world is doing enough to hold Beijing accountable for their human rights violations.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2024 18:03:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:subtitle>Is China erasing Hong Kong's June 4 vigil? (feat. Sophie Richardson)</itunes:subtitle>
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Sophie Richardson, who served as the China Director at Human Rights Watch from 2006-2023 and is currently a visiting scholar at the Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law at the Freeman Spogli Institute at Stanford University, speaks to Rti about Beijing's control over Hong Kong, collective punishment on the families of activists and dissidents, and whether the world is doing enough to hold Beijing accountable for their human rights violations.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:image href="https://webfile.rti.org.tw/web/rti.org.tw/en/code/public/assets/images/2023/06/03/f04ee380642098a8e14861db6e84ebe5.jpg" />
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      <title><![CDATA[2024 India election: A check on the power of the BJP (feat. Kunal Majumder)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On June 4, India concluded its 6-week election with a surprising outcome that leaves Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with no choice but to form a coalition government. This week, Indian journalist and representative of the Committee to Protect Journalists Kunal Majumder comes back to The Divide to talk about the implications of the election results, and why he feels hopeful about India's political and economic future.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2024 19:54:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:subtitle>2024 India election: A check on the power of the BJP (feat. Kunal Majumder)</itunes:subtitle>
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      <itunes:image href="https://webfile.rti.org.tw/web/rti.org.tw/en/code/public/assets/images/2024/06/10/f87ee20a960a315ea7e7a553c7577e52.jpg" />
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      <title><![CDATA[Hong Kong 47: when running for a seat in the legislature becomes a crime (feat. Carmen Lau and Yaqiu Wang)]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=18109</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Last week, a court in Hong Kong convicted 14 people of conspiracy to commit subversion in the largest national security case, involving 47 pro-democracy advocates who organized an unofficial primary election for legislative council seats. Hong Kong officials, including Chief Executive John Lee, welcomed the convictions, emphasizing 'the scale and the seriousness of the criminal scheme.'
In this episode, Carmen Lau, a former district councillor now living in exile, and Yaqiu Wang, Freedom House's Research Director for China, explore the scale and motivations behind the relentless efforts of the Chinese and Hong Kong governments to suppress the city’s pro-democracy movement.]]></description>
      <guid>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=18109</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2024 18:15:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:title>Hong Kong 47: when running for a seat in the legislature becomes a crime (feat. Carmen Lau and Yaqiu Wang)</itunes:title>
      <itunes:subtitle>Hong Kong 47: when running for a seat in the legislature becomes a crime (feat. Carmen Lau and Yaqiu Wang)</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Last week, a court in Hong Kong convicted 14 people of conspiracy to commit subversion in the largest national security case, involving 47 pro-democracy advocates who organized an unofficial primary election for legislative council seats. Hong Kong officials, including Chief Executive John Lee, welcomed the convictions, emphasizing 'the scale and the seriousness of the criminal scheme.'
In this episode, Carmen Lau, a former district councillor now living in exile, and Yaqiu Wang, Freedom House's Research Director for China, explore the scale and motivations behind the relentless efforts of the Chinese and Hong Kong governments to suppress the city’s pro-democracy movement.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:image href="https://webfile.rti.org.tw/web/rti.org.tw/en/code/public/assets/images/2021/01/06/8577eb732e84923d4fd60e842269d39c.JPG" />
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      <title><![CDATA[Is the Legislature overreaching? (feat. Vincent Chao)]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=19101</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, May 21, tens of thousands of people gathered outside the Legislature in Taipei to call for more transparency regarding controversial legislative reform bills. Inside the Legislature, lawmakers from the opposition parties Kuomintang (KMT) and the Taiwan People's Party (TPP) passed the second reading of parts of the bills with their majority votes.
In today's episode, Vincent Chao, a Taipei City Councilor and former Director of International Affairs of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), speaks on why he thinks the bills are an infringement on Taiwan's democracy and, potentially, national security.]]></description>
      <guid>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=19101</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2024 18:19:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:title>Is the Legislature overreaching? (feat. Vincent Chao)</itunes:title>
      <itunes:subtitle>Is the Legislature overreaching? (feat. Vincent Chao)</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[On Tuesday, May 21, tens of thousands of people gathered outside the Legislature in Taipei to call for more transparency regarding controversial legislative reform bills. Inside the Legislature, lawmakers from the opposition parties Kuomintang (KMT) and the Taiwan People's Party (TPP) passed the second reading of parts of the bills with their majority votes.
In today's episode, Vincent Chao, a Taipei City Councilor and former Director of International Affairs of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), speaks on why he thinks the bills are an infringement on Taiwan's democracy and, potentially, national security.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why do universities invest in weapons? (feat. Kafia Ahmed and Alex Shepard)]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=33967</link>
      <description><![CDATA[As death tolls rise in Gaza, student protests have swept through US campuses in response to the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. Students are urging their schools and universities to divest from weapons manufacturers and companies profiting from Israeli military actions against Palestinians.
But why do so many colleges and universities invest in companies involved in weapons manufacturing or connected to foreign states? Are these investments ethical? And what would happen to these education institutions if they divest from these entities?
In this episode, human rights activist Kafia Ahmed and senior editor Alex Shephard from The New Republic delve into why numerous US colleges and universities hold substantial endowments in the defense industry.]]></description>
      <guid>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=33967</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 18:13:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:title>Why do universities invest in weapons? (feat. Kafia Ahmed and Alex Shepard)</itunes:title>
      <itunes:subtitle>Why do universities invest in weapons? (feat. Kafia Ahmed and Alex Shepard)</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[As death tolls rise in Gaza, student protests have swept through US campuses in response to the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. Students are urging their schools and universities to divest from weapons manufacturers and companies profiting from Israeli military actions against Palestinians.
But why do so many colleges and universities invest in companies involved in weapons manufacturing or connected to foreign states? Are these investments ethical? And what would happen to these education institutions if they divest from these entities?
In this episode, human rights activist Kafia Ahmed and senior editor Alex Shephard from The New Republic delve into why numerous US colleges and universities hold substantial endowments in the defense industry.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Who should decide on the death penalty: The Court or the People? (feat. Jimmy Chia-Shin Hsu and Lin Hsin-yi)]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=33960</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Constitutional Court convened a debate on abolishing the death penalty on April 23. Long-term polls consistently show that approximately 80% of the Taiwanese public supports maintaining the death penalty. Against this backdrop, the question arises whether the Judiciary has the authority to override public opinion.
In this episode, we are hearing from Professor Jimmy Chia-Shin Hsu (許家馨), a constitutional law scholar invited to the Constitutional Court on April 23 to provide an expert opinion, about why he believes the bench should refrain from completely ruling out capital punishment. Meanwhile, Ms. Lin Hsin-yi (林欣怡), Executive Director of the Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty, argues that it is the right time for the Court to examine the constitutionality of the death penalty.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 17:40:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:title>Who should decide on the death penalty: The Court or the People? (feat. Jimmy Chia-Shin Hsu and Lin Hsin-yi)</itunes:title>
      <itunes:subtitle>Who should decide on the death penalty: The Court or the People? (feat. Jimmy Chia-Shin Hsu and Lin Hsin-yi)</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Constitutional Court convened a debate on abolishing the death penalty on April 23. Long-term polls consistently show that approximately 80% of the Taiwanese public supports maintaining the death penalty. Against this backdrop, the question arises whether the Judiciary has the authority to override public opinion.
In this episode, we are hearing from Professor Jimmy Chia-Shin Hsu (許家馨), a constitutional law scholar invited to the Constitutional Court on April 23 to provide an expert opinion, about why he believes the bench should refrain from completely ruling out capital punishment. Meanwhile, Ms. Lin Hsin-yi (林欣怡), Executive Director of the Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty, argues that it is the right time for the Court to examine the constitutionality of the death penalty.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA['We try to understand why they commit crimes,' anti-death-penalty advocate unpacks her work to end capital punishment in Taiwan (feat. Lin Hsin-yi)]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=33834</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On April 23, the Constitutional Court of Taiwan convened a hearing to assess the constitutionality of the death penalty. This came after 37 individuals on death row submitted a petition, contending that capital punishment violates their constitutional right to life. In this edition of The Divide, we sit down with Lin Hsin-yi (林欣怡), the executive director of the Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty, who has been a staunch advocate for abolition since the early 2000s. Lin sheds light on the prevalence of wrongful convictions and underscores the pervasive biases within the judicial system that often go unnoticed.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 15:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[On April 23, the Constitutional Court of Taiwan convened a hearing to assess the constitutionality of the death penalty. This came after 37 individuals on death row submitted a petition, contending that capital punishment violates their constitutional right to life. In this edition of The Divide, we sit down with Lin Hsin-yi (林欣怡), the executive director of the Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty, who has been a staunch advocate for abolition since the early 2000s. Lin sheds light on the prevalence of wrongful convictions and underscores the pervasive biases within the judicial system that often go unnoticed.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:image href="https://webfile.rti.org.tw/web/rti.org.tw/en/code/public/assets/images/2024/05/06/846c7ecd53472fe437e9e1d6e00f0970.jpg" />
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      <title><![CDATA[What you should know about the re-education camps in Xinjiang (feat. Ilshat H. Kokbore)]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=33910</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In 2017, shocking reports emerged from East Turkistan, or Xinjiang, revealing the harrowing reality faced by thousands of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities. They were forcibly detained in "re-education camps'' by Chinese authorities. There they endured unimaginable horrors such as forced disappearance, torture, and extra-judicial detention. The world grappled with the crisis while the number of victims climbed to a maximum estimate of 2 million.
I speak with Mr. Ilshat H. Kokbore, a courageous Uyghur rights activist whose own family has fallen victim to the atrocities perpetrated by the Chinese authorities in Xinjiang.
Join us as we delve into the heart-wrenching truths about the ongoing crisis and Mr. Kokbore's commitment to seeking justice for his people.]]></description>
      <guid>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=33910</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2024 19:23:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:subtitle>What you should know about the re-education camps in Xinjiang (feat. Ilshat H. Kokbore)</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In 2017, shocking reports emerged from East Turkistan, or Xinjiang, revealing the harrowing reality faced by thousands of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities. They were forcibly detained in "re-education camps'' by Chinese authorities. There they endured unimaginable horrors such as forced disappearance, torture, and extra-judicial detention. The world grappled with the crisis while the number of victims climbed to a maximum estimate of 2 million.
I speak with Mr. Ilshat H. Kokbore, a courageous Uyghur rights activist whose own family has fallen victim to the atrocities perpetrated by the Chinese authorities in Xinjiang.
Join us as we delve into the heart-wrenching truths about the ongoing crisis and Mr. Kokbore's commitment to seeking justice for his people.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:image href="https://webfile.rti.org.tw/web/rti.org.tw/en/code/public/assets/images/2024/04/29/7b0bec4de429ff412bbb15fa33cdf56c.jpg" />
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      <title><![CDATA[Navigating India's election as a journalist (feat. Kunāl Majumder and Amrita Madhukalya)]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=23483</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Join us for an insightful interview with Kunāl Majumder, the representative for India at the press freedom organization Committee to Protect Journalists; and political journalist Amrita Madhukalya, who is covering the ongoing general election in India. In this episode of the Divide, Kunal and Amrita dive deep into the issues affecting journalists covering India's ongoing elections, including press freedom hurdles, safety concerns and the polarizing landscape.]]></description>
      <guid>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=23483</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 14:46:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:title>Navigating India's election as a journalist (feat. Kunāl Majumder and Amrita Madhukalya)</itunes:title>
      <itunes:subtitle>Navigating India's election as a journalist (feat. Kunāl Majumder and Amrita Madhukalya)</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Join us for an insightful interview with Kunāl Majumder, the representative for India at the press freedom organization Committee to Protect Journalists; and political journalist Amrita Madhukalya, who is covering the ongoing general election in India. In this episode of the Divide, Kunal and Amrita dive deep into the issues affecting journalists covering India's ongoing elections, including press freedom hurdles, safety concerns and the polarizing landscape.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[The dichotomy of India's general election: BJP vs. everyone else (feat. Amrita Madhukalya and Kunāl Majumder)]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=30999</link>
      <description><![CDATA[India kicks off what's essentially the world’s biggest election on April 19. It's a huge deal — possibly the most important one in decades — and it could really shape the country's future.
Almost a billion people will get to decide if they want Prime Minister Narendra Modi back for a rare third term, which would extend his party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), beyond their current 10 years in power. But what's at stake, and what do we need to know about this general election?
On this week's The Divide, Iris speaks with two experts who are observing the election from their unique media perspectives: Amrita Madhukalya, a political journalist who is currently covering the ruling party BJP's election campaign; and Kunal Majumder, journalist and the India representative for the press freedom organization Committee to Protect Journalists.]]></description>
      <guid>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=30999</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 16:44:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:title>The dichotomy of India's general election: BJP vs. everyone else (feat. Amrita Madhukalya and Kunāl Majumder)</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[India kicks off what's essentially the world’s biggest election on April 19. It's a huge deal — possibly the most important one in decades — and it could really shape the country's future.
Almost a billion people will get to decide if they want Prime Minister Narendra Modi back for a rare third term, which would extend his party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), beyond their current 10 years in power. But what's at stake, and what do we need to know about this general election?
On this week's The Divide, Iris speaks with two experts who are observing the election from their unique media perspectives: Amrita Madhukalya, a political journalist who is currently covering the ruling party BJP's election campaign; and Kunal Majumder, journalist and the India representative for the press freedom organization Committee to Protect Journalists.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:image href="https://webfile.rti.org.tw/web/rti.org.tw/en/code/public/assets/images/2019/02/23/ff858a44c3b1a4e8ec46131245aa4a17.jpg" />
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      <title><![CDATA[Is motherhood for everyone? (feat. Tara Lee, Anni Qureshi, and the ladies of Rti English Service)]]></title>
      <link>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=19096</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Motherhood is a complex and nuanced topic that is often discussed in a limited manner. However, for many women, it is not a simple either/or decision. In this episode, we will hear from four women who are navigating their life choices with diverse mindsets and considerations.]]></description>
      <guid>https://www.rti.org.tw/en/programnews?uid=4&amp;amp;pid=19096</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2024 15:55:00 +0800</pubDate>
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      <itunes:title>Is motherhood for everyone? (feat. Tara Lee, Anni Qureshi, and the ladies of Rti English Service)</itunes:title>
      <itunes:subtitle>Is motherhood for everyone? (feat. Tara Lee, Anni Qureshi, and the ladies of Rti English Service)</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Motherhood is a complex and nuanced topic that is often discussed in a limited manner. However, for many women, it is not a simple either/or decision. In this episode, we will hear from four women who are navigating their life choices with diverse mindsets and considerations.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Hong Konger who chose to stay and go to jail (feat. Steve Vines, Mark Simon, and Steven Butler)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This week, The Divide delves into the impact of Jimmy Lai's trial on the people of Hong Kong and the broader implications of China's crackdown on democracy. We hear from former Hong Kong journalist Steve Vines, close associate Mark Simon, and former Asia coordinator for the Committee to Protect Journalists Steven Butler about Lai's fearless character and unwavering commitment to democracy, even at the risk of life imprisonment.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[A devout Catholic and media mogul, Jimmy Lai voluntarily gave up his freedom to stand trial in a case he could never win. Steve Vines, a veteran Hong Kong journalist who witnessed the downfall of Lai’s newspaper Apple Daily; Steve Butler, former Asia coordinator for the Committee to Protect Journalists who spoke to Lai about the deterioration of press freedom in the city; and Mark Simon, Lai’s friend and 'right-hand man,' share their thoughts with Iris Hsu on the ongoing trial and its irreversible impact on the former British colony.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[HKSAR v. Jimmy Lai: A billionaire's courage to lose everything (feat. Mark Simon and Steve Vines)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[At the age of 12, Jimmy Lai escaped Communism from mainland China, finding refuge in Hong Kong aboard a fishing boat. In 1981, he laid the foundations of his fortune with the retail chain Giordano and later established Apple Daily, the most popular Chinese-language newspaper, through his Next Media empire. A staunch critic of authoritarianism and the Chinese Communist Party, Lai and his publication boldly challenged Beijing's oppressive regime.
Now, 64 years after his escape, 76-year-old Lai finds himself imprisoned for amplifying the voices of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement. Despite holding UK citizenship, which could have allowed him to live a peaceful life abroad, he chose to stay in Hong Kong. Why did he make this choice? And would any of us possess the same courage to sacrifice personal freedom for a city's future and the slim chance of achieving democracy if we were in his shoes?
Mark Simon, Jimmy Lai's former deputy and trusted confidant, shares with Iris Hsu insights into Lai's character as a friend and boss, as well as the significance of Apple Daily's closure for Hong Kong's press freedom.
Steve Vines, a British journalist, writer, and broadcaster who spent most of his career in Hong Kong, provides an account of the rise and fall of Apple Daily, along with a close-up observation of the city's current media landscape.]]></description>
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Now, 64 years after his escape, 76-year-old Lai finds himself imprisoned for amplifying the voices of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement. Despite holding UK citizenship, which could have allowed him to live a peaceful life abroad, he chose to stay in Hong Kong. Why did he make this choice? And would any of us possess the same courage to sacrifice personal freedom for a city's future and the slim chance of achieving democracy if we were in his shoes?
Mark Simon, Jimmy Lai's former deputy and trusted confidant, shares with Iris Hsu insights into Lai's character as a friend and boss, as well as the significance of Apple Daily's closure for Hong Kong's press freedom.
Steve Vines, a British journalist, writer, and broadcaster who spent most of his career in Hong Kong, provides an account of the rise and fall of Apple Daily, along with a close-up observation of the city's current media landscape.]]></itunes:summary>
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      <title><![CDATA[Unraveling the danger of authoritarian regimes' information operations (feat. Christopher Walker)]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[When a group of analysts and researchers at the National Endowment for Democracy were tasked with identifying threats to democratic development and security, they found an unexpected enemy that's been brazenly violating the democratic institutions: disinformation campaigns.
In this episode, Christopher Walker, Vice President for Studies and Analysis at the National Endowment for Democracy, and I talk about the detrimental effects of inaccurate and purposefully misleading information that can be shared on a massive scale through automation.
If you want to learn more about how authoritarian regimes are deploying "sharp power" to undermine democracies from within by weaponizing universities, institutions, media, technology, and entertainment industries, pre-order "Defending Democracy in an Age of Sharp Power" here.]]></description>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[When a group of analysts and researchers at the National Endowment for Democracy were tasked with identifying threats to democratic development and security, they found an unexpected enemy that's been brazenly violating the democratic institutions: disinformation campaigns.
In this episode, Christopher Walker, Vice President for Studies and Analysis at the National Endowment for Democracy, and I talk about the detrimental effects of inaccurate and purposefully misleading information that can be shared on a massive scale through automation.
If you want to learn more about how authoritarian regimes are deploying "sharp power" to undermine democracies from within by weaponizing universities, institutions, media, technology, and entertainment industries, pre-order "Defending Democracy in an Age of Sharp Power" here.]]></itunes:summary>
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