These three videos identify and explain the neoliberal socio-economic dysfunction which is ironically being exposed by Taiwan’s involvement in the “Stop Anti-Asian Hate” campaign which started in the US, drawing extensively on Taiwanese news reports, social commentary, and academic literature by Taiwanese scholars.
- Taiwan’s “Stop anti-Asian hate” problem #1
- Taiwan’s “Stop anti-Asian hate” problem #2
- Taiwan’s “Stop anti-Asian hate” problem #3
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