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Taiwanese Professor: ‘I Was Brainwashed’ About China
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August 8, 2026
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41:17Now PlayingFor decades, American soft power in Taiwan has run deeper than any military footprint could — shaping generations through an anti-communist education system, a pro-US media apparatus, 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"
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