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US Taiwan Watch (美國台灣觀測站)

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US Taiwan Watch (美國台灣觀測站)

US Taiwan Watch (美國台灣觀測站) is a Washington DC-based Taiwanese American civic media and policy-research organization founded in 2017 that tracks Taiwan-related bills in the U.S. Congress and produces Chinese-language analysis of U.S. foreign policy toward Taiwan.

Not 美國國會台灣觀測站 (taiwan-watch-taiwan-affairs-in-u-s-congress, the Houston entry in the TAH directory). Identity HOLD: whether the two 觀測站 share any lineage is unreconciled; the 2024 profile evidence (DC, g0v/TACS origin, 501(c)(3)) reads against a merge. Do not merge without a source stating it. Minted by owner ruling 2026-10-26 (needs-tier t_329f4a08).

Identity

  • Type: 501(c)(3) nonprofit civic media / policy-research group (per TaroNews profile, 2024-04-26)
  • Founded: 2017, by three Taiwanese Americans, out of the g0v civic-tech project at the East Coast Taiwanese American Conference (TACS East Coast)
  • Geography: Washington DC; audience spans the U.S. and Chinese-language readers in Taiwan
  • Founders (as named in press): Jerry Hsu — co-founder, president; Robin Liao — co-founder (Talking Taiwan podcast, Ep 283); 楊光順 Yang Kuang-shun — co-founder (Global Taiwan Institute member page; IORG report)
  • Board: 葉介庭 Chien-Ting Yeh — 董事, per CNA via TJJ 2025-04-18
  • Chinese name: 美國台灣觀測站; podcast 《觀測站底加辣》 (2020–)

Community Relevance (Tier E — CONTROL §1b): the community is the founding constituency, not merely a theme — three Taiwanese Americans founded it out of the Taiwanese American Conference’s g0v project; a named board member (葉介庭, TAH #425) and a cited columnist (陳昭南) are people in our archive; it received the 2024 廖述宗教授紀念獎, a Taiwanese American community award.

From the record

  • 2017 — founded by three Taiwanese Americans from the 美東台灣夏令會 (TACS East Coast) g0v civic-tech project, to track Taiwan-related bills in Congress using open data; received the g0v 公民科技創新獎助金 the same year — sourced (TaroNews 2024 profile; Talking Taiwan Ep 283; two independent secondaries agree).
  • 2019 — 《台灣關係法》40 週年特別企劃: interviews with Taiwan party leaders and legislators on U.S.–Taiwan issues — sourced (TaroNews).
  • 2020 — launched the weekly podcast 《觀測站底加辣》 on YouTube/Spotify/Apple Podcasts — sourced (TaroNews).
  • 2021 — published 《為什麼我們要在意美國》 for young and student audiences; IORG credits the “Why and How the US Matters” narratives to 陳方隅 Fang-Yu Chen — sourced for the publication (TaroNews); authorship detail recorded as inferred (two secondaries, different granularity).
  • 2021-05-26 — 陳昭南’s column 離中國越遠越安全 cites 「US Taiwan Watch: 美國台灣觀測站」‘s reading of the U.S.–ROK Leaders’ Joint Statement on the Taiwan Strait — sourced (in-archive: TJJ archive).
  • 2021 — 華府行 series: seven videos on Congress, the embassy district, the White House during BLM; interviews with GTI and the DPP DC chapter — sourced (TaroNews).
  • 2024-04-26 — received the 10th 廖述宗教授紀念獎 alongside 林衡哲 — sourced (TaroNews).
  • 2025-04-18 — CNA (TJJ reprint) quotes 董事 葉介庭 on Trump’s transactional U.S.–Taiwan policy — sourced (in-archive: CNA 2025-04-18).
  • 2026-10-24 — the 美台觀測站 column 《中共的跨國鎮壓（恐怖行為）已經到了家門口》 ran in 自由評論網: it records the 新北地檢署 2026-10-21 indictment of five in the 45萬買兇 case against 黃逸豪, the 卡米地 潑漆潑糞 attack, the 24-hour surveillance of 沈伯洋 in Taiwan, and the attempted ramming of 蕭美琴’s motorcade in Europe — sourced (LTN column 2026-10-24); all characterizations are the columnist’s, attributed. See 跨國鎮壓 spine for the tier rulings on those subjects.

Role in the Community

The organization sits at the intersection of two diaspora institutions: the Taiwanese American Conference’s civic-tech pipeline (its g0v hackathon origin, TACS East Coast) and the DC advocacy ecosystem (FAPA alumni among early contributors per the GTI member page for co-founder 楊光順). Its output — bill trackers, 華府行 videos, the 觀測站底加辣 podcast — is civic education for the next generation of the community, which is why the 廖述宗獎 committee honored it in 2024. Movement reading: the community’s own record (陳昭南 2021, 葉介庭 2025, this column 2026) shows US Taiwan Watch functioning as the community’s in-DC analytical voice across five consecutive years — cited by our people, staffed by our people, honored by our institutions.

案件立場（case posture）

本頁主體（US Taiwan Watch）無任何司法程序於本庫紀錄中——未起訴、未判決、無案件。頁內所記 2026-10-21 新北地檢署起訴五人，係中華民國（台灣）法院對台灣協力者之程序，被告均非本組織成員；該案未判決，被告推定無罪。中國為該案報導所指使之指控方（alleged），非程序進行者。

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