The Taiwan Take

Ghost Island Media 鬼島之音

A current affairs podcast on Taiwan and the world. Every episode, we invite a journalist to a conversation with an expert to get the big picture context of what we need to know. These are global issues, and this is The Taiwan Take. Nominated for Best News Podcast at 2020 Excellent Journalism Award in Taiwan. Produced by Ghost Island Media in Taipei, Taiwan. 2020年台灣卓越新聞獎 Podcast 新聞獎入圍者．這是一個專門討論臺灣時事的訪談性英文節目，以「縱觀世界議題，以臺灣觀點論述」為主軸，由記者採訪跨領域專家、名人與來賓等，第一手將臺灣的故事推向國際．鬼島之音製作播出．

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The Taiwan Take

Episodes (62)

Jun 29th Starting June 30, 2026: Disability Care Eligibility for Taiwan’s Foreign Professionals (permanent residents and dependents)
Jun 4th Journalist Tim Culpan on Computex and what’s next for Taiwan’s A.I. boom (Culpium)
May 26th Asia Pacific is one of the most dangerous regions for journalists: Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

The Taiwan Take

Jun 29, 2026
41¼ minutes
38 MB

On June 30, 2026, legal amendments come into effect in Taiwan that will open disability certification to permanent residents (APRC holders) with 10+ years of total residency in Taiwan as foreign professionals. The changes will allow disabled individuals from this group to opt into disability benefits and care. Our guest is David Chang, Founder and Secretary-General of Crossroads, a non-profit that advocates for foreigners residing in Taiwan. We discuss the implications of the disability amendment, its 10-year residency requirement as eligibility, additional limitations to access, why Taiwan’s expansion of disability rights is overdue, and why some permanent residents are sti...

The Taiwan Take

Starting June 30, 2026: Disability Care Eligibility for Taiwan’s Foreign Professionals (permanent residents and dependents)

Ghost Island Media 鬼島之音

00:00 -41:19