Taiwan Talk: “Fresh Off the Boat” in Taipei
Listen to the podcast version of the show at the ICRT website, on iTunes, or DOWNLOAD IT HERE! Fresh Off the Boat, a US network sitcom that stars a Taiwanese-American immigrant family, filmed nearly its entire season three premier episode in Taiwan. We speak with the show’s executive producer, Melvin Mar, about bringing Taiwan to US...Continue reading
Taiwan Immigrant Family Sitcom Fresh off the Boat to Air in US
A sitcom about the experiences of a Taiwanese immigrant family is set to air on US television this week. “Fresh Off the Boat” will be the first network sitcom to focus on the story of a Taiwanese immigrant family and only the third attempt by any major American network to launch an Asian-American situational comedy....Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: Wages for foreign in-home caregivers (6/30-7/1/2014)
Listen Episode Description Recently the Ministry of Labor announced it was reviewing measures that would increase the salary for Taiwan’s more than 200,000 foreign born domestic workers and caregivers to the minimum wage and mandate they be given 8 hours of continuous rest every day. To help us understand the proposals and what they could...Continue reading
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