Live long and prosper.

We look forward to this. We look forward to its publishing.

Oh, my goodness.

Thank you. Have a good rest of the day. I hope it’s nice in Taipei right now.

That sounds perfect. Thank you so much.

Maybe waiting until we publish would be more preferred. We can keep you in the loop.

We will be sure to let you know when the final episode comes out. We’ll be editing it here in the next few months. We’ll be sure to pass it to your team when the final version is ready to go.

We’re awed to be able to have this interview. Thank you so much for talking with us. We also have an intern on the call, Koji Kawamoto, who is listening in and making sure that we keep on time and hit all the points.

Thank you so much for joining us. We don’t have anything else we’d like to touch on.

A perfect name for you in the future.

To comment on fashionable, my sister’s a huge fan of yours. She wanted me to tell you that she loves your outfits, your fashion, and stuff.

I always love hearing you speak. I learn so much every time I listen to an interview of yours. Are there any developments that we should be aware of in the coming months? Is there anything that we haven’t covered that you would like to discuss in our remaining time?

In addition to your very excellent podcast episodes, what are some other ways that you think Taiwan could be leveraging that further to make better bridges?

Since we skipped that question, I wanted to touch on a little bit, what kind of things do you think that Taiwan could be doing better to take advantage of some of these problems where they can’t decide on things, they can’t make bridges?

We did cover this at GTI actually.

Sorry. We can go back to it. We took out some questions. We weren’t sure about time.

What are the lessons that Taiwan offers the free world for countering authoritarian influence, especially in the digital space?

I love that you talk about fundamental values and making these bridges between countries and people. Taiwan is often described by its leaders as being on the front line of democracy in the face of an increasing totalitarian China.

Some of these systems that you were talking about, for example, tax filing, seem like it has more of a domestic focus. Can you talk a little bit about how it might move from a more domestic focus to making more international connections between Taiwan and the international community?

Could you talk about how this is related to diplomacy? How can these tools fit into a larger soft power strategy for Taiwan, and what impacts might it have?

Can you also elaborate on how digital tools and AI, including your presence on social media, which I’ve had a lot of friends say that they’re amazed at how responsive you are on Twitter, and they’ve been impressed by that? Some of my American friends as well just have phrased ...

It’s such a great view I think to go back to giving the Internet to everybody, and not just coding it in certain areas and tying that into a more democratic view of the future.

What you said is fascinating, especially how in Taiwan democracy and this digital revolution has been growing together. What might be some of the opportunities or challenges of using democracy to promote Taiwan?

I’d like to begin somewhat broadly to set the stage for Taiwan’s current efforts with soft power. Soft power comes from three sources – culture, political values, and from policy. In your opinion, what are the key features of Taiwan’s soft power?

I’m going to start recording right now.

Since we value your time and we don’t have a lot of time today, we’ll jump straight into the questions, if that’s OK?

Excellent. Your audio level sounds good as well.

Can you hear us OK?

Greetings. Thank you so much for joining us today. I am Adrienne Wu, Research Assistant from GTI. We communicated before through email.

Hello.