Taiwan’s new President Lai Ching-te delivered his inauguration speech on May 20. Yet his references to a “multicultural Taiwan” omitted acknowledging Indigenous communities by name.
On this episode of "Zoom In Zoom Out," TaiwanPlus reporter Chris Gorin sits down with Scott Simon, a professor at the school of sociological and anthropological studies at the University of Ottawa. We first zoom in on the content of Lai’s inauguration speech, then zoom out to situate his term within the history of Taiwan’s Indigenous rights movement.
This interview was recorded on May 20, 2024.
