RTI Radio Taiwan International 
RTI Radio Taiwan International 
Today I will be bringing you the final part of my interview with Rex How. Rex has had a very successful career in publishing, founding Locus Publishing in 1996 and Net and Books in 2001. In 2009 he was a national policy advisor to former president Ma Ying-jeou but then resigned in 2013 due to the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement with China. This agreement would have forced Taiwan to open up sixty-four industrial sectors, accounting for a staggering 70% of its GDP and encompassing five million workers. The outcry and protests that followed would lead to the movement known as the Sunflower Student Movement in 2014.
Rex has recently come out with his latest book ‘Taiwan Unbound: A New Chapter,' in which he discusses Taiwan’s current political parties, the candidates that ran for the 2024 presidential election, his own experience in politics, and some of Taiwan’s pressing social issues drawing on numerous interviews with academics and politicians.
On the last two episodes of Hot Stuff, we discussed the 2024 presidential candidates, Rex’s journey and resignation as a national policy advisor, and today we will be discussing Taiwan’s social issues including wealth disparity, housing issues, wages, and the prospects for young people currently in Taiwan.
