Leaving Taiwan after four years: What I learned

Taiwan correspondent Yip Wai Yee reflects on her four-year journey in this special farewell episode. After four years of reporting from the frontlines, Taiwan correspondent Yip Wai Yee is hanging up her media pass to embark on a new chapter.

Li Xueying

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Synopsis: Every first Friday of the month, The Straits Times catches up with its foreign correspondents about life and trends in the countries they’re based in.

In this special farewell episode, host Li Xueying sits down with Wai Yee for one final, reflective look back at the island she called home for the past four years.

They discuss the stark paradox of high-tech industries coexisting with deep-rooted tradition, and the everyday resilience of people living with geopolitical uncertainty.

Wai Yee shares the stories that defined her tenure in Taiwan, and what she will miss most.

Highlights:

• 1:08 Why it’s time to say goodbye: Wai Yee’s next chapter
• 3:56 Taiwan’s high-tech prowess meets deep-rooted tradition
• 6:16 How locals cope with geopolitical pressure
• 10:50 Taiwan’s mangoes becoming hot property in Europe
• 16:29 Navigating cross-strait families and shifting identities
• 20:17 What Wai Yee will miss most about Taiwan

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Host: Li Xueying (xueying@sph.com.sg)

Edited by: Fa’izah Sani

Executive producer: Ernest Luis

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source: The Straits Times https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/why-is-taiwan-okay-with-being-a-society-of-contradictions