Retro Reels takes a look back at film over the decades — especially what it says about the world back then, and how things have changed since. Join Hanna for a critical look at old movies that recalls the historical events, filmmaking trends, and shifting perspectives that informed their creation.
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Every weekday, RTI broadcasts ten minutes of news from our studios in downtown Taipei. Stay abreast of the most important stories of the day affecting the government, economy and people of Taiwan.
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Tune in to the full one-hour program offered every day by Radio Taiwan International, Taiwan's national radio station. Programs are updated daily at 1900 UTC.
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Status Update is RTI's most interactive program, and your entries are what make the program exciting! Each week, we select letters from our worldwide listeners to read on the air. Did you listen to our program online or through shortwave? Send us comments and suggestions here to our email here: [email protected]
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We know it's impossible for you to come join us at the metaphorical office water cooler to hear what we talk about in the newsroom. That's why we created the program: Hear in Taiwan. Tune in every weekday for a panel discussion with the news team to learn about the stories that caught our attention but did not quite make their way into the nightly newscast. Image: Kimmie Phan Stattman
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Check out a wide range of fresh music coming out of Taiwan and learn more about the lyrics and background behind the band's inspiration. You don't have to understand Chinese to appreciate these awesome songs!
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2025-06-19
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A reception report in a letter form, compliments via emails and more!
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2025-06-17
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The International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, Switzerland, released its 2025 World Competitiveness Yearbook on Tuesday, ranking Taiwan 6th among 69 evaluated economies. This marks a two-spot rise from last year and Taiwan’s best performance to date.
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2025-06-16
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U.S. House of Representatives Congressional Taiwan Caucus Co-Chair Ami Bera and a delegation of democratic lawmakers were received by President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) at the Presidential Office on Monday. In a welcome speech, Lai thanked Bera for leading the committee to Taiwan and the U.S. Congress for its firm support. He also expressed his hopes tha…
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2025-06-15
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2025-06-13
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President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) emphasized that Taiwan’s police force plays a vital role in building societal resilience, helping the government mitigate the impact of natural disasters and other emergencies. With active training and preparation, he said, the nation can both instill public confidence and strengthen its capacity to meet evolving challe…
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2025-06-12
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President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) expressed his sincere appreciation to the French Parliament for its long-standing support of Taiwan’s international participation and for becoming the first major country to legislate protections for freedom of navigation in the Taiwan Strait.
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Notable for being the first Chinese film to ever win the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or, Chen Kaige's Farewell My Concubine weaves a tale of friendship, unrequited love, jealousy, betrayal, and retribution spanning five decades of Chinese history.
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Marie-Noëlle Battistel, French National Assembly Deputy and Chair of the Assembly’s Taiwan-France Friendship Group, led a delegation to Taiwan this Sunday, meeting Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Chairman Chiu Chui-cheng (邱垂正) on Tuesday.
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2025-06-11
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Taiwan experts say the phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping is a positive step for future trade talks, though meaningful progress remains limited.
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2025-06-05
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A Taiwanese research team has been featured in Reports on Progress in Physics, a leading international journal published by the UK’s Institute of Physics. Their study was not only selected as a featured article but also ranked among the most-read papers on the platform.
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The Tourism Administration announced Wednesday that the L'Étape cycling series by Tour de France will return to Sun Moon Lake this October 18.
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Hanna kicks off Pride Month with a strange and groovy avante-garde flick from the late sixties that depicts a side of Japan very seldom seen.
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2025-06-04
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Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry extended congratulations and praised Poland for holding a peaceful and democratic election that reflected the collective will of its people.
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2025-06-03
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Plenty of reception reports in today's episode from different corners of the world, if you know what SINPO, 9405kHz and 73 means, you are great!
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2025-06-02
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Taipei ranks 60th in British research institution Oxford Economics’ 2025 Global Cities Index, an evaluation that scores 1,000 cities based on five criteria: economy, human resources, quality of life, environment, and governance. Taipei scored an average of 75 out of 100, placing 60th, moving up five places from 65th last year.…
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2025-06-01
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The United States plans to increase arms sales to Taiwan to a scale that exceeds that of President Donald Trump's first term in order to curb China's escalation of military pressure on Taiwan, according to a Reuters interview with two U.S. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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2025-05-29
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China’s social networking platform Xiaohongshu is highly suspected of being a united front tool, per Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Chairperson Chiu Chui-cheng (邱垂正) this Thursday at a Legislature meeting. These comments follow Chinese professor Zhang Weiwei’s (張維為) remarks that it would be easier to govern Taiwan post-unification than it is Hong K…
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President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) presided over the June military officer promotion ceremony at the Presidential Office on Wednesday morning, accompanied by Presidential Office Secretary-General Pan Men-an (潘孟安), National Security Council Secretary-General Joseph Wu (吳釗燮), and Defense Minister Wellington Koo (顧立雄).…
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Hanna wraps up the anime film series with a few choice words about her biggest problem with the genre, as illustrated through the 1995 scifi cult classic, Ghost in the Shell.
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2025-05-28
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2025-05-27
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Today's episode will include some warm praises, reception reports and as well as a listener from a country I've never ingrfsctrd with before!
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Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo said he will lead a delegation to Taiwan in early June for a state visit and to meet with President Lai Ching-te (賴清德). The announcement was made on Monday, local time, during a press conference where he said the visit aims to strengthen Guatemala’s friendly and cooperative ties with Taiwan.…
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2025-05-26
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The first wave of investigations into Taiwanese enlisted personnel and civil servants’ Chinese residency status concluded at the end of April. A second wave targeting more civil servants and public school teachers will take place next, according to Deputy Interior Minister Ma Shih-yuan (馬士元) this Monday.…
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