Hearts in Taiwan

As kids of immigrants from Taiwan, our Asian identity started with beef noodle soup and ended with Chinese school. Now that we’re adults, we’ve found that we still have a lot to learn about Taiwan’s history and its unique culture. Cousins Annie Wang and Angela Yu share their journey as they discover their family’s heritage and celebrate Taiwanese culture in the context of the Asian American experience.

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Hearts in Taiwan

Taiwanese by the numbers

August 05, 2021 • Annie Wang and Angela Yu • Season 1 • Episode 13

Just how big is the worldwide Taiwanese community anyway? We look at the numbers past and present that make up Taiwan and its diaspora, and discuss why it’s hard to track and measure the Taiwanese diaspora. The numbers surprise us and also leave us with some mysteries.

Sources:

UN world population prospects for Taiwan

CIA World Factbook page on Taiwan

Wikipedia page on Austronesian peoples

Wikipedia page on Christianity in China

Taipei vs New Taipei City Quora answer

Wikipedia page on Overseas Taiwanese

Taiwan’s OCAC report of 1M Taiwanese emigrants to the US (as of 2010)

TACL summary of Census 2020 “Write in Taiwanese” campaign

Credits:

"Level Up" by Vienna Teng (Spotify)

Cover photo: Liao Chen-huei, Taipei Times