Taiwan

6. Samsung Charity Run Samsung Charity Run is a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) from Samsung for help children in Taiwan. Samsung in Taiwan foster the education in Taiwan by charity run events. In 2016, this event proved to be the most success project because from this project raising approximately NT$2.5 million or US$80,000. This charity donated to the Taiwan Fund for Children and Families…

exemplified through the wider spectrum of roles and positions that they hold. However, underlying the superficial surface are cultural values that are difficult to change. Therefore, I believe that the story “Women’s right campaigners pin hopes on new Taiwan leader Tsai to address entrenched sexism” is a relevant topic that would be important for the SEAS program participants to explore and understand as it affects Southeastern Asian culture in its entirety. The election of the first…

is: How did the Jin Men and Matzu island effect the life of the soldiers living on it between the time periods of the late 50s, 80s, and 1998? After doing a deep research on the topic in Taipei, Taiwan, interviewing someone who actually underwent that time period and a history professor at the National Taiwan University. The professor then recommended a book for me to read as a good reference to my research question, the book is called “Cold War Island: Quemoy on the front line”. This book is…

patterns in the semiconductor industry between South Korea and Taiwan. What are their relative merits and demerits? Introduction The Gerschenkron model is a framework that views the catching up process of countries in the “historical and comparative perspective” (Shin, 2005). It states that the differences in the degree of backwardness affects the strategies and institutions undertaken by the countries. However, while South Korea and Taiwan were both extremely backward countries, they adopted…

After her husband’s death in 1975, Madame Kai-Shek stayed in Taiwan but left Taipei in 1991 at the age of 93 and although she was no longer part of Chinese politics, she was still linked to that country. Madame Chiang Kai-Shek relocated to New York, where she lived and battled cancer until she passed away at the age of 105 on the 24th of October in 2003. Her death caused a widespread of grief and felt like “an end of an era” because she was the last person alive who was a significant person…

Centre Plan The emergence and development of the community care centre Background The Community Care Centre Plan (CCCP) was implemented in Taiwan because of the social conditions and pressures of the ageing population in the 1990s. The CCCP was based on the unique social conditions in Taiwan, namely the Community Development Associations (CDAs) system. In Taiwan, CDAs are widespread grassroots organizations. Most CDAs were established by the Community Development Plan, which was advocated by the…

controlled by Japan They have a total area of about 7 square kilometers and lie north-east of Taiwan, east of the Chinese mainland and south-west of Japan's southern-most prefecture, Okinawa. These islands are considered very important to all three countries due to their close proximity to important shipping lanes, rich grounds for fishing and the potential to house large oil and gas reserves. China, Taiwan and Japan all claim ownership to the islands, with China stating that they were the first…

The Cold War was an era of prosperity, of excessive fear, and of great change. It was a war of ideologies and world control between the Soviet Union and the United States. Though it was never resulted in actual combat supposedly, it could be seen as one of the most influential wars of the world. Specifically to the United States, it significantly changed its social, cultural, and technological progress. However, one of the largest changes was to US foreign policy, especially during the…

The first participants Ambor is a 31 years old female from Taiwan. Now she is a store manager of Daiso in Brisbane (large-scale retail stores sell thousands of product under 3 dollars). According to her words, she described herself as a traditional Taiwanese with a good Australia culture integration. Taiwanese culture constitutes by local Taiwanese culture, Hakka culture and new culture brought by mainlanders. On the other hand, since Taiwan was under Japanese rule for 50 years (1895 - 1945) and…

Thinking outside of the box is one of my personality traits. I grew up in Taiwan where with the abundant and diverse culture, as well as its legal system. Given the fusion of various legal systems in Taiwan, I was exposed to different countries’ legal knowledge, including German law, Japanese law, and America law. To facilitate my future study in the U.S., I also grasped the opportunity to accumulate my knowledge in American law during my university years. Several subjects of American law I…