For decades, American soft power in Taiwan has run deeper than any military footprint could — shaping generations through educational pipelines, media apparatuses, and state-funded study abroad programs. Dr. Chen Meei-shia, emerita professor of public health at National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan, joins Amanda Yee to reflect on her own political transformation, from a recipient of a US government fellowship on a path to join the Taiwanese elite to an active voice against imperialism. Chen describes how systemic US “ideological control” and anti-communist, anti-China propaganda shaped Taiwan’s social fabric and contemporary political identity. Read Dr. Chen’s Tricontinental article, “The Weight of US Ideological Control in Taiwan": https://thetricontinental.org/asia/the-weight-of-us-ideological-control-in-taiwan/

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