WuiT #041: Dieter Neumann (part 2)

Filed Under: Tourism.
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This week is the second part of our interview with Mr. Dieter Neumann; the topic is mainly focused on the development for Taiwanese tourism.

Here is a letter that Mr. Neumann passed on to us the following day of the interview; it is his views on Taiwanese health care. He asked us to present it for him, and it goes as follows:


My message to government and politicians:

The mandatory National Health Insurance and recently passed legislation to establish a retirement fund for employees at the expense of entrepreneurs is worth some praise, without much doubt, but do not let this be the beginning of copying the "cradle-to-grave" social care system that just now collapses in Germany after 125 years. Relieving people from performance pressure and self-responsibility will make them complacent and unfit for life. Do not lure them with false sentimentality; tell them the truth: Only the fear to fail keeps people alive and alert! Fear of existence and social pressure are the best guarantors for human efficiency! Sounds bitter- -but truth is like medicine; it MUST taste bitter, or it will not work! If you learn that from me, that only and nothing else, then I can pass away in peace, knowing that my 30 years of time on Taiwan were not wasted.

Dieter Neumann

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本週繼續是 Dieter Neumann 先生訪問的第二部份，話題集中在對台灣觀光產業發展的建議。

這裡有一份 Dieter Neumann 先生隔天寄給我們的信件，內容是他對保險制度的呼籲，他希望我們能放在他的介紹裡。

WuiT #040: Dieter Neumann (part 1)

Filed Under: Business Man, English.
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Mr. Dieter Neumann is the representative for the government of Hannover Germany in Taipei, and also the senior adviser of Hannover Pacific Corporation, which is responsible for some of the world's leading trade shows for information technology, telecommunications, software and services... such as CeBIT.

Mr. Neumann has been living in and out of Taiwan for the last 30 years; he mentioned that when he first got here, Sung-Chiang Road wasn’t even paved. He feels that the growth of the Taiwanese economy comes from the hard work of the people, as well as our “sexual” relationship with money, interesting, huh?

We have been very anxious to meet one of the many foreign businessmen from the Taipei World Trade Center, and through the introduction of Michael Turton, we had the privilege of completing this interview. Thanks again to Michael for all of his help. Because it is such a rare opportunity to have a guest such as Mr. Neumann, we want to present the interview in its entirety as much as possible, part 1 will be posted this week.

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Dieter Neumann 先生是德國漢諾威市政府的駐台代表，同時也是漢諾威展覽會台灣辦事處 (Hannover Pacific Corp.) 的資深顧問，該公司承辦許多全球性的商展，其中包括全球最大的資訊通訊展 CeBIT ， CeBIT 每年都是資訊通訊科技的趨勢指標，科技迷應該非常熟悉。

Dieter Neumann 先生陸陸續續往返或居住台灣已三十年。他剛到台北時，松江路還沒有鋪柏油，他覺得台灣的經濟成長，除了人民勤奮，還有華人視錢如『性』有關，很勁爆吧！

本節目覬覦台北世貿中心裡的外籍商務人士已有多時，終於在 Michael Turton 先生的介紹下，有機會能進入採訪，在此向 Michael 致謝！由於訪問得來不易，我們盡量保留完整播出，這個星期先播第一部份。

WuiT #035: Matthias and Angela Reetz (part 2)

Filed Under: Branding, TV News, Pearl Milk Tea, Mahjong.
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This is the continuation of the interview with Matthias and Angela from last week.

Other than visiting friends and family, Matthias also shot footages for a popular German video podcast, it hasn’t been posted, but check it out when you can: Around the World Video Podcast.

We have an introduction of Taiwan from yet another beautiful girl from our island. Her name is Natalie, and she will be recommending some historical sites in Tainan to everyone.

Please come join the fun!

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本週繼續未完的Matthias and Angela的訪問。

Matthias此行還幫一位德國的Video Podcaster拍攝介紹台灣的短片，大家也許可以留意一下：Around the World Video Podcast，雖然目前尚未發佈。

同時介紹第二位幫忙推銷台灣的女學生，來自台南的Natalie，特別向大家推薦台南的古蹟。

WuiT #034: Matthias and Angela Reetz (part 1)

Filed Under: Study Chinese, Love at First Sight, Taiwanese Haircut.
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[Show Notes]
Our listeners truly come from all over the world! This is becoming sort of the unofficial month for our supporters, sharing their feelings about Taiwan in the interviews.

The story is almost identical to that of Damon and Katherine. We have been receiving letters of support and useful comments from Matthias and his Taiwanese wife Angela since the early stages of “What’s up in Taiwan”. They met in Taiwan years ago and got married pretty quickly. Currently residing in Zürich, this was their vacation visiting family and friends, and we managed to get in touch for an interview.

We met at Angela’s brother’s coffee shop, where we were greeted by the warmest Taiwanese hospitality and free coffee. Matthias asked Angela if she cared to response first whenever we presented a question, a true gentleman. It might have been love at first sight over a decade ago, but we are sure the feelings have lasted. Speaking if “love at first sight”, you can pick up a little German lesson as a bonus for this episode.

Learning Chinese is certainly a global trend that has been really heating up recently, there are parents in New York forking out big money to hire Chinese baby-sitters so their children can grow up in a Chinese-speaking environment. There are many heated debates about learning traditional Chinese or simplified Chinese over the internet constantly. Matthias shared that 90% of the Chinese students in Germany decided to go to China; you can hear what he has to say being the minority.

Angela’s brother’s coffee is called KC Café in Taipei City; the phone number is (02)2393-6188. Pay them a visit, the coffee is excellent and there is free wireless internet access.

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我們的聽眾真的遍佈全球，不是蓋的！這個月可以說What's up in Taiwan的忠實聽眾分享月。本週我們將繼續推出WuiT忠實聽眾的訪問。

幾乎與Damon和Katherine一樣的故事，從What's up in Taiwan推出不久，我們就常常接到Matthias來信鼓勵與建議，Matthias的太太Angela是台灣人，兩人在台灣相識、很短的時間就步入禮堂，目前定居瑞士蘇黎世。今年夏天回台灣探親，便與我們聯繫並安排訪問。

訪問的地點是Angela哥哥開的咖啡館，我們當然受到熱情的招待與免費咖啡，在過程中Matthias每個問題都會請示Angela是否要先回答，非常有紳士風度，似乎十幾年前的一見鍾情，持續到現在... 說到一見鍾情，你將可以透過本節目學會德語版本，也算是聽我們節目的附加價值。

全球掀起一陣學習中文的熱潮，在紐約有人以天價聘請華人保姆，只為了讓孩子在熟習中文的環境中成長。繁體字與簡體字孰優孰劣，也在網路上引發熱烈的討論，Matthias班上想學中文的人，90%都選擇前往北京，讓我們聽聽10%的說法。

Angela哥哥開的Cafe叫「侃奇咖啡館」（KC Café），地址：台北市杭州南路1段99號1樓，電話：(02)2393-6188，咖啡好喝、又可無線上網。