Wei-Ting Yen
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comparative political economy and welfare states of Asia. | Assistant Prof @FandMCollege via @ohiostate , @Yale , and NTU in #Taiwan
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I am pretty sure I fulfilled my duty as a Taiwanese today as I stayed up until 3am only to provide Taiwanese perspectives on a live TV show in UAE.
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It saddens me to see a formal president and commander in chief talked like this. The level of pessimism and defeatism makes you wonder which country he truly works for.
THREAD 1/
Former Taiwan Pres Ma Ying-jeou:
“You can never fight a war with the mainland. You can never win”
DW interview:
- Blames DPP for China tensions
- Rejects⬆️mil spending/conscription
- Doubts US wd aid Taiwan in an attack
- "Have to trust" Xi on cross-strait relations
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No matter what, it is such a pleasure to see two female leaders standing side by side. We need more images like this.
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Is “中國人不打中國人” (Chinese do not attack Chinese) a prevailing narrative in SG? (real curiosity)
That's the response I got quite a lot when ppl know I am from Taiwan. When I followed up and said, "but look at Hong Kong..." they said HK is different b/c US is behind it, etc.
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After almost 1200 days, Taiwan will disband the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) and reclassify
#COVID19
as a level 4 disease starting from May 1, which means I (and my wonderful coauthors) have been writing about Taiwan's COVID experiences more than 1000 days.. a 🧵 1/n
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Very timely analysis for
@monkeycageblog
by
@FangYu_80168
@wearytolove
@wupolisciusa
@yeh2sctw
to show how Taiwanese ppl may interpret Pelosi’s visit.
answer: it can boost TW ppl’s confidence of TW-US partnership.
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What are the differences btw Han and Tsai's rally supporters? Here are some survey results.
Including
@FangYu_80168
and my analysis.
#TaiwanElection
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Obviously, KMT and TPP politicians all need to retake undergraduate level statistics.
#marginsoferror
#TaiwanElection2024
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Just did a live show w/
@brianhioe
and
@FreddyLim
(and
@FangYu_80168
on prerecorded video) on
@AJStream
sharing Taiwanese views on the recent Pelosi visit and rising China aggression, etc.
👉Will China ever let Taiwan be Taiwan?👈 via
@AJEnglish
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Had a fabulous time visiting National Chung Cheng Uni and some
#FreedomPineapples
field (so widespread) today in Chiayi.
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Ready to rock
#MPSA19
🤘🤘. This year, I put together a ALL FEMALE panel on Welfare States in Asia. Excited to exchange ideas w/ these awesome women. The panel is 3pm on Friday. Check it out if you are interested.
#WomenAlsoKnowStuff
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If you are interested to learn about the role of state capacity in public health crises, look no further!
link:
also, a very short reflection. (1)
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Excited to be part of the panel on Nov 15 at 7pm hosted by
@FairbankCenter
on "Elections in Taiwan 2024" with Richard Bush and JIA Qingguo, providing analysis from the perspectives of Taiwan, the US, and China 🗳️
sign up here:
#TaiwanElections2024
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w/
@wenliunyc
, Ed Liu, and Ellie Chang, interviewed by
@NPR
today on why overseas
#Taiwanese
fly back to vote.
#TaiwanElection
Thousands More Overseas Taiwanese Register For Key Elections Than For Last Vote
thanks
@lnachman32
for recommending.
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China's outrage reaction to recent officials' visits to Taiwan would further alienate the Taiwanese:
@wu_wenchin
research shows how diplomatic protests in China trigger "rally effects" in Taiwan for Tsai and more support for hardline military policy.
link below 👇
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I have a new article discussing
#Taiwan
#COVID19
response:
As of today, Taiwan has 509 cases and 7 deaths. The extremely few cases are unimaginable.
@CNN
and
@FareedZakaria
recently discussed Taiwan’s miraculous handling of COVID-19. /1
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Happy to see that despite the cracks (govt complacency, slack quarantine hotel practice, relaxing general awareness) that expose Taiwan to its highest local covid-19 spread, the govt finally regroup itself to effective resource deployment again. Few promising signs:
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Here is my explanation of
#Taiwan
's upcoming election.
Why US voters should care about Taiwan's election?
b/c it will have implications for the future of Democracy, Peace, and Prosperity!
Check out the details in this video.
What is the future of Taiwanese politics?
@NCUSCR
#PIPfellow
@poscwty
(
@FandMCollege
) examines the Taiwan's upcoming presidential election which will focus on issues such as the economy and cross-strait relations.
🎧Listen on The US-China Podcast.
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🙌 NEW publication 🙌
Vaccine hesitancy has been an issue. In the US, it was complicated by historical racial biases toward vaccines...(e.g. Tuskegee study). Our paper shows social identity conformity plays a key role in helping vaccination across race!
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In my limited time in Singapore this time, I finally learn how to distinguish rental HDB and owned HDB flats and have a deeper understanding of what “family is the basic unit” means in SG’s social and welfare system.
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If you are interested in Taiwan’s elections and political campaigns, really a MUST WATCH.
The new Netflix series
#WaveMakers
is a MUST SEE for all people interested in
#Taiwan
’s electoral democracy. It provides a very accurate and entertaining window towards the daily lives of Taiwanese political campaigners in the run up to a presidential election.
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My grandparent's traditional more-than-100-year-old rice shop in
#Taiwan
featuring my uncle's introduction.
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Just finished a two-day faculty orientation
@FandMCollege
. Inspired and amazed by how much I learned abt teaching (and I have taught already). Truly a teacher-scholar model I aim to live up to. My brain is totally fried now, but also super excited abt new semester.
#ttyr1
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Wrapping up my first
@AASAsianStudies
and getting ready to fly back to Taiwan.
1. w/ impreesion it is most humanities, I never thought of putting panels together. Both times I am invited by sb else to a panel. Thanks
@kevinweiluo
so I got to experience AAS.
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Quoted: "TPP got more votes than expected…The social force is there, and the Lai administration has to address the social and economic issues right on…Ppl may support the DPP's foreign policy directions, but not necessarily their domestic policies."
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I had the pleasure of reading Alison's paper during the review process. It is truly a remarkable undergraduate-level paper w/ lots of potentials. More details here:
If you have students researching Taiwan, encourage them to apply next year.
@NATSAconf
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Such a pleasure to meet
@womenalsoknow
board member and share the research I am excited about.
Just learned a lot about social welfare policy, especially citizens' preferences in developing countries from
@YenWeiting
, who just defended her PhD at
@OhioState
. She's looking for a job this year & she'd be a great colleague!
#WomenAlsoAPSA
#APSA2018
#POCAlsoAPSA2018
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The annual (biggest) Taiwan Studies conference in North America is happening in 12 hours. it is 100% virtual this year and FREE, which means it is a great opportunity for you to learn about this great conference.
I will be moderating the Opening Forum: KEYWOR(L)DING TAIWAN.
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#Taiwan
has officially become the first Asian country that passed same-sex
#marriage
law.
#marriageequality
#LoveisLove
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New publication in the Taiwan Journal of Democracy. The paper is part of the Special Section "Populism and Elections in Great Britain, the United States, and Taiwan"
➡
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Super excited about this opportunity and look forward to learning more about all aspects of US-China relations.
Meet the next generation of American China specialists!
@NCUSCR
is excited to announce the eighth cohort of
#PIPFellows
joining us to strengthen their understanding of U.S.-China relations and their capacity as public intellectuals.
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Our second public-facing political science book (in mandarin) <Who Governs? EP2> is HERE! This time, the theme is "Ark of Democracy."
Simple reason: no matter how loud, chaotic, and noisy politics is, we sail in the sea of unknown together as a community.
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Here is my short analysis with Li-yin Liu explaining one obstacle facing
#Taiwan
when shifting away from zero-covid to coexisting with the virus. A thread:
@FandMCollege
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A month ago I did an interview with
@NCUSCR
on Taiwan’s upcoming election. A good short video of why the world should pay attention to Taiwan’s election and what’s at stake.
What's next for Taiwan?
Taiwan’s presidential election will be held January 13. This week, we revisit an interview with
@NCUSCR
#PIPFellow
@poscwty
on what to watch for, from candidates and voters alike.
Watch:
Or, listen on the US-China Podcast.
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Too many good quotes, so I recommend you read the piece.
@yujiechentw
details the Taiwanese perspective very well.
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Quoted at CNN on who China prefers as the next U.S. leader.
side note: I think many nations (not just TW or China) are making game plans with the possibility of Trump’s return.
Thanks
@EricCheungwc
for reaching out and
@lnachman32
for the connection.
@FandMCollege
Who does China want to win the US Presidential election in November? Trump or Biden? Well, it's complicated...
My report for
@OutFrontCNN
w/
@ErinBurnett
and CNN Taipei producer
@EricCheungwc
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A pleasant Monday morning surprise to hear the voice of
@dearclarissa
featured in BBC world news giving explanation of why Taiwanese food is different from Chinese food.
Link to her book 👉
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Our latest paper studies why democratic citizens back strict measures in times of crisis, like COVID-19. We use a conjoint experiment to uncover the influence of the '
#COVID19
as a national security threat' narrative and its varying impact on policy support in Taiwan.
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I tried to cover
#CoronavirusOutbreak
in my Asian Politics class, but there are so many, probably too many, aspects I can discuss that I ended up only addressing the fast facts today and asked what they would want to know.
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Even though I am affected more by the h1b visa executive order, I feel personally more hurt by the new ICE regulation on international students.
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Pleasantly surprised to find this email in my inbox today. Our piece on how state capacity matters for public health crisis got
#TopDownloadedArticle
recognition. I really enjoyed writing this paper so this is like the cherry on the top.
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Based on Tsai Ing-wen's inauguration speech, it is pretty clear to me that "the strength of identity", not just identity, will become an important variable accounting for Taiwan's public opinion variation in the future.
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Now Pelosi has finished
#Taiwan
trip, quick reflections from a Taiwanese perspective:
1. overall a symbolic trip w/ substantive meaning. Substantive part: Pelosi sends strong signal of bipartisan support for Taiwan in defense of democracy, freedom, and human rights.
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Wrote an op-ed and a popular science article for the Mandarin-speaking audience discussing political regime, state capacity, and
#COVID
-19.
op-ed version:
popular science version:
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@kuokuomich
wrote a beautiful piece contextualizing this election in Taiwan’s democratic history.
Taiwan’s election result is a triumph for democracy – and a thorn in Beijing’s side | Michelle Kuo
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TPP voters not necessarily overlapping w/ KMT voters. If the polls btw the Lai and Hou gets closer in the coming days, strategic voting may happen w/ a big portion of TPP voting the DPP.
Another point: 71.38% of those choosing Hou first ranked Ko second, while only 57.59% of those preferring Ko ranked Hou second. (4/6)
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19 out of 20 students for my 830am class showed up in my synchronous virtual classroom today. Very proud of my hardworking
@FandMCollege
students.
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Quoted in Dutch newspaper, in a language I am not familiar with.
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@lnachman32
Not totally relevant, but it makes me extra mad when I learn that vaccines are wasted or destroyed b/c not enough take up rate in some states in the US.
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A really beautiful piece written by
@dearclarissa
about postpartum and new motherhood.
In the U.S., the first month of motherhood is often seen as painful and difficult by design. But in Taiwan, new mothers traditionally engage in zuo yue zi, a period of postpartum rest that is now facilitated through an industry of specialized hotels.
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“I know people who arrive on the 11th and are leaving Taiwan on the 12th, just to vote — that is not very rational!” says
@poscwty
, the professor
@FandMCollege
. “But.. compared to the possibility of losing democracy, spending $1,000 on a plane ticket doesn’t seem that costly.”
I wrote about some of the thousands of Taiwanese who travel back to Taiwan from all over the world, at great financial cost, just to cast a single ballot in
#TaiwanElections
today. Thanks a lot to all interviewees & to
@poscwty
for sharing her insights!
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I am at the age where I feel complimented just by being carded. I got carded twice this past week. It made me very happy. 🤣
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Excited to host
@MaggieShum3
to
@FandMCollege
next week and hear her work on building a transnational Hong Kong diaspora community!
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Boxes packed. Keys returned. I have officially ended my time at
@denisonu
. Thanks for the great two years.
Will be off to the East Coast in July to start a new chapter at
@fandmcollege
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#KMT
's primary results will be out next Monday. Here is
@WilliamYang120
's article on the two frontrunner candidates Terry Guo and Han Kuo-yu. See me being quoted on Guo's potential strength in the primary race, even though I think he is unlikely to win.
An Asian tech billionaire’s presidential bid comes with a promise to soak the rich
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I will also present a similar topic
@SokaUniv
on April 26th, “Fighting the Virus: The Politics of COVID-19 Response in Taiwan and Beyond.” (Thanks to
@ShaneSidney87
invitation). Welcome any member in the SOKA community to join!
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Been teaching my students abt
#HongKong
in all my Intro to CP course. I usually showed documentary "Joshua" to start discussions about statehood, nation, and democracy. I keep wondering if that has prepared them to deeper understanding and interest of what's going on now.
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菜市場政治學第二輯：民主方舟 生產中，真令人興奮。It is exciting to see Who Governs ep2 is on the way！ 🤩
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@abcnews
has a very well done segment on Taiwan’s upcoming election.
Thanks
@kt_calderwood
for having a conversation w/ me.
Me: “even if the KMT wins presidency, it doesn’t mean Taiwanese people want unification with China.”
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Excellent piece by
@DrSarahLiu
and Li-Yin providing a more nuanced gender perspective of Taiwan’s 2024 election.
🚨 My latest contribution to
@ConversationUK
with Li-Yin Liu (
@UDaytonpol
) on why it was hard to garner women's support in the
#TaiwanElection
. While voters might have domestic concerns, they can only be resolved by evaluating and incorporating the interests and needs of women.
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"To put it bluntly, life in Taiwan this year has been ridiculously normal"
True. I especially like the critique part of this piece. Rising nationalism still doesn't justify some blind spots and outright descrimination against racialized lower class.
One of the most-oft asked questions I get this year: what’s it like in Taiwan.
My answer 👇
Taiwan Enjoys an "I Told You So" Moment After Tangling with China and the WHO
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"Yen Wei-Ting, a Taiwanese political scientist teaching at the Franklin and Marshall College in the US, said China's continuous aggression towards Taiwan, and the ongoing Hong Kong protests, helped drive up voter turnout."
#TaiwanElection
Latest for
@dwnews
- Following last night’s historic victory for
@iingwen
, I talked to
@kharisborloff
,
@wearytolove
and
@poscwty
about what the results mean to Taiwan and
#China
, as well as
#Taipei
’s effort to firm up international engagement.
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officially DONE with this crazy fully-online module-based academic year!!! I feel more than burnt out, especially in past few weeks.
The only thing standing btw me and my research is the grading of one critical analysis and student-designed website, easypeasy.
#pandemiclife
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How passionate are Taiwanese voters?
There is even an election themed drag show!😻
"Election culture in Taiwan is basically a huge drag show."
Drag queens in Taipei have staged an election themed show to encourage LGBTQ+ voters to exercise their democratic rights.
@ReeceAyersTW
#LGBTQ
+
#TaiwanElection
#Drag
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Since the news contains info abt my next step, it is time to make an official statement.
I will be joining
@FandMCollege
this fall as a TT AP in the Government Department with an additional appointment as a High Impact Emerging Scholar. Words cannot describe my excitement.
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Super interesting. Has Taiwan finally figured out a way to inject its developmental state model into the biotech industry in the post-COVID era?
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For those interested, here is the research behind:
paper:
short excerpt:
more research needs to be done to study the changing social dynamics, especially among the youth, and its political implications.
Who is the "youth vote" in Taiwan and why are the country’s opposition parties hustling to win over the younger generation?
On
#ZoomInZoomOut
, political economist
@poscwty
explains how young voters in Taiwan may impact this year’s race. Full episode:
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Sometimes, low-tech vote counting is a better way to practice democracy.
Lessons for
#Iowa
: Despite being a high-tech leader,
#Taiwan
's low-tech vote counting scores highest on electoral integrity, especially in the era of
#misinformation
.
@kharisborloff
@StanfordSAPARC
#台灣 #台灣大選 #蔡英文 #韓國瑜
#IowaCaucuses
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The already 7 weeks long (which turned violent and still developing)
#antiELAB
protests in
#HK
is alarming for
#Taiwan
. The longer it goes the more it shows "one country two systems" doesn't work, and higher impacts on Taiwan election next yr.
Thx for the chat
@WilliamYang120
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Just finished proofreading my new book chapter (w/ twitterless Li-Yin Liu of
@univofdayton
) on pros/cons of democratic governance during
#COVID19
in
#Taiwan
I counted. This is my 5th
#COVID19
paper in 2 yrs, which is prob a good proxy of my anxiety level 2yrs ago.
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“I’m very hesitant about whether and how the democratization of image(s) can put pressure on outside forces,” says Wei-Ting Yen, who teaches Asian politics at
@FandMCollege
. 1/2
People are dying. The world is watching violent events unfold in Myanmar for many reasons, but perhaps one above all: because it can. The imagery is bringing protests and crackdowns to millions of handheld devices almost immediately. By
@anthonyted
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One strategy to make teaching easier is incorporating your research into teaching more. I lay out steps to do so in this new book chapter:
PM me if you can't have access.
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This is insane. How can we reach scientific conclusion without comparable data? I have used the site countless time to do comparative COVID analysis.
#Taiwan
🇹🇼
#COVID19
🦠 data have been eliminated from
@OurWorldInData
(OWID).
Taiwan's exclusion comes as a result of the decision to replace their entire time series with data from the
@WHO
, which categorizes Taiwan under China.
Read their statement:
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y'all, it actually takes a lot of time and energy to craft a good recommendation letter (which is something I only learned after I started writing letters).
you do so simply because you want your students to achieve more and do better than you.
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A student (whom I have not taught before and will start teaching in Jan) sent me photo of dumplings and video of making dumplings. Since dumplings mean good luck and happiness, sending these photos/videos means sending good luck my way. a small/sweet/creative gesture in 2020.
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Had a conversation (in Mandarin) w/
@yentinghsu
for
@NATSAconf
podcast on effective teaching. Check it out.
Thank you
@NATSAconf
for inviting me to share my thoughts on research and teaching with
@poscwty
! In this podcast, I talked about how I was inspired to become an evidence-based teacher-scholar in
@michel_estefan
's grad seminar and my forthcoming research!
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Earlier, I learned abt ways to encourage non-native speakers how they can contribute to group projects. Writing is not the only contribution one can make. Hours later, I immediately applied what I learned on an international student who feel inferior. I consider it a success.
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This book finally arrived in my office mail, probably only 6 months later than the scheduled delivery date. Blame the pandemic.
Bright aide: I already forgot about the book and it becomes a pleasant surprise for the day 😁😁😁
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Good to see one negotiation mandate is on promotion of SME. Taiwan’s economy is composed of mostly SME, how to help them diversify their markets share and rely less on the China market is key.
The United States and Taiwan, under the auspices of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO), will commence formal negotiation on the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade.
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This popular science article lays the foundation of my research inquiry: 1) what are the roles of regime type and state capacity in health crisis governance? 2) what accounts for Taiwan's success at the early stage? 3/n
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Fav comment from the course evaluation: "Dr. Wei-Ting Yen is an amazing professor! Give her a raise!!" :D
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The upshot:
"
#Compliance
regime is not driven by top-down enforcement but through the integration of policy design and implementation that remove all barriers for compliance.
#Taiwan
’s street-level bureaucrats (aka 里幹事) are the glue of the compliance regime."
#COVID19
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I invite my left-leaning, liberal, Democrat supporter friends to read the article.
Such an excellent article. These are the words I want to share with my progressive/liberal American friends about Taiwan.
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This paper has issue number and page numbers attached to it today!
I try to study why many young welfare states have social insurance (esp. pension) coverage on the paper but not in reality.
One possible answer: income instability.
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