Ep 229 | Robert Tsao Founder of UMC Pledges to Donate USD 100 Million to Taiwan's Military Cause

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In December we spoke with Robert Tsao, founder of UMC, who in August of 2022 pledged to donate 100 million U.S. dollars to help Taiwan defend itself. In 2011 he moved to Singapore and became a citizen there, but in September of last year he renounced his Singaporean citizenship, and reinstated his citizenship in Taiwan.

We talked about what motivated him to decide to make the donation to defend Taiwan, why he's been perceived as pro business investment in China, and about his support for a referendum on unification between Taiwan and China.

We even asked him about his early support in 1993 for the New Party (Xin dang), a political party in Taiwan that had a pro Chinese unification stance.

Mr. Tsao also shared his thoughts on the Chinese Communist party today and why he thinks it's important protect Taiwan from an attack by the Chinese Communist People's Republic of China.

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Here's a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:

· Mr. Tsao's thoughts on the November 2022 local elections in Taiwan

· Mr. Tsao's thoughts on whether the local elections will impact Taiwan's 2024 presidential election

· Mr. Tsao's donation of 100 million U.S. dollars for Taiwan's defense and what it will be spent on

· Why Mr. Tsao decided to make the donation of 100 million U.S. dollars

· Taiwan's first direct presidential election was in 1996

· How to protect Taiwan's freedom and democracy

· President Chen Shui-bian's Task Force on cross-Strait Relations, headed by Academia Sinica President and Nobel prize winner Professor Lee Yuan-tseh

· Mr. Tsao's suggestion regarding a referendum on Taiwan's reunification with China in 2001

· Taiwan's independence

· How Taiwan is unlike Hong Kong which was returned to China

· The July 21, 2019 attacks at the Yuen Long MTR station in Hong Kong

· Mr. Tsao's thoughts on the Chinese Communist party

· Parallels between Russia's President Vladimir Putin invading Ukraine and the possibility of China' President Xi Jinping attacking Taiwan

· Questions about Mr. Tsao's thoughts on investment in China, and his support for a referendum on unification between Taiwan and China

· Mr. Tsao's support in 1993of the New party, a political party in Taiwan that had a pro-Chinese unification stance

· How Mr. Tsao considers himself Taiwanese

· The protests by people in China over strict COVID restrictions

· Name rectification and constitutional reform for Taiwan

· How much of a deterrent Taiwan's semiconductor industry is to China attacking Taiwan

· Military reform in Taiwan

· Mr. Tsao's thoughts on the unification of Taiwan and China

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