Taiwanese Psychiatrists’ Cultural Inquiries in the 1950s: Toward a Prehistory of Transcultural Psychiatry and Psychological Anthropology on the Verges of the Japanese and American Empires

Written by Alex Hsu-Chun Liu. This article reviews the cultural inquiries of Taiwanese psychiatrists in the postwar years, a period that saw the birth of transcultural psychiatry. The stories of Hsien Rin and Tsung-Yi Lin revealed the shift from eugenics to socio-cultural psychiatry and contributed to the decolonialisation of psychiatry in a postcolonial society.

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An Unseen Legacy: Cold War Liberalism and the Liberal Historiography of Taiwan

Written by Thomas Liang-Chung Wang. This article reviews the discourses of Cold War liberalism in Taiwan, which focuses on the individualistic nature of liberalism. Such a reflection prompts a reappraisal of the present-day concept of the liberal ideal in Taiwan. It questions whether the contemporary vision overlaps with those of refugee liberals, especially on perspectives such as nationalism.

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The national Committee on Climate Change: Also a security issue  

Written by Paul Jobin. This article discusses the challenges and strategic priorities of Taiwan’s national committees placed in the Presidential Office, addressing the issues of climate change, defence resilience, and health. This article reviews the first meeting of the National Climate Change Response Committee to assess the government’s stance on nuclear energy, the priorities of different stakeholders in climate policy, and the potential synergies with Taiwan’s defence and health strategies.  

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A Time of Extinction: Dedicated to Whom? Exploring Sustainability through the Lens of Theater, Let’s Be Consciously Wasteful

Written by Charles Lee. This article raises fundamental questions about theatre sustainability. It focuses on theatre venues and infrastructure in Taiwan by critically examining productions that attempt to respond to the concerns through distinct approaches. The author also investigates the unique dynamics Taiwanese The author also explores the unique dynamics that Taiwanese audiences have with the “aesthetics of Anthropocene theatre”.

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Taiwan’s Semiconductor Industry in the “Chip Wars” Era 

Written by Gunter Schubert. Taiwan’s security is largely determined by the government’s ability to promote the resilience of Taiwan’s high-tech industries, especially semiconductors, to ensure their international competitiveness and crisis resilience. Based on this fact, this article raises two subsequent questions: what strategies are the Taiwanese semiconductor industry pursuing to secure its technological edge and markets in the new global power constellation? And what is the Taiwanese government doing to strengthen the country’s economic security, which arguably depends essentially on maintaining Taiwan’s leading position in the global high-tech industry over the long term? 

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The New AI (Artificial Indigeneity): The Rise of Speculative Indigenous Fiction in Taiwan

Written by Ti-han Chang. This article explores a literary landscape where unique Austronesian cultural references blend with fantastical narratives of speculative realism which has given rise to a groundbreaking subgenre in eco-literature, Speculative Indigenous Fiction, in Taiwan. The author calls the new wave of fictional writing the new AI—‘Artificial Indigeneity’.

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Taiwan and Artificial Intelligence

Written by Hon-min Yau. This article examines Taiwan’s recent development and regulation of artificial intelligence (AI). Sensing the incoming grand trend of AI development, Taiwan’s “Year 0” for AI came in 2017. At the time, AI-enabled devices such as smart speakers or smart TVs have been the focus of the consumer market, but other emerging AI-enabled services in fields such as object recognition, medical diagnosis, customer service, and vehicle self-driving were seen by Taiwan as new economic opportunities for Taiwan’s development.

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