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    Google News: Taiwan

  • Taiwan breeders see big profits in rare shrimps - Inquirer.net

    7 Nov 2009 | 3:08 am
    Taiwan breeders see big profits in rare shrimpsInquirer.netTAIPEI—Taiwanese breeders said Saturday they are hoping to make huge profits from a rare species of ornamental shrimp after a pair sold for US$8500 at and more »

  • Obama firm on Taiwan: White House aide - Radio Taiwan International

    7 Nov 2009 | 3:01 am
    Boston GlobeObama firm on Taiwan: White House aideRadio Taiwan InternationalPresident Barack Obama will stay firm on the US policy of supporting but not recognizing Taiwan. East Asia director on the White House's National Security Obama firm on Taiwan: aideAFPFor Beijing, Tibet is the thorn in the side of China–US relationsAsiaNews.itObama to Asia: The United States Is BackThe Carnegie Endowment for International Peaceall 182 news articles »

  • Taiwan court to scrap 'unfair' law on prostitutes - AFP

    6 Nov 2009 | 10:15 pm
    MSN Philippines NewsTaiwan court to scrap 'unfair' law on prostitutesAFPTAIPEI — Taiwan's constitutional court said it would scrap an "unfair" law that means prostitutes can be punished but allows clients to go free. Two judges' sympathy for elderly prostitutes leads to law revisioneTaiwan Newsall 18 news articles »

  • Taiwan: Swine Flu Vaccination Program Begins - New York Times

    6 Nov 2009 | 5:33 pm
    Taiwan: Swine Flu Vaccination Program BeginsNew York TimesThe Taiwanese government announced that by starting vaccinations against the H1N1 virus this week, it had begun the largest immunization

  • In Taiwan, an effort to bring back witches - Los Angeles Times

    6 Nov 2009 | 5:10 pm
    Los Angeles TimesIn Taiwan, an effort to bring back witchesLos Angeles TimesThe Paiwan tribe in southern Taiwan holds a festival in which elder witches give blessings. In the last 50 years, the number of mediums in the Paiwan tribe
 
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    China Post: Taiwan

  • Taiwan's forex reserves at record high of US$341 bil.

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:34 pm
    (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Taiwan's foreign exchange reserves hit a record high of US$341.22 billion at the end of October, the central bank said Friday. The figure is US$8.98 billion up from the end of September, the bank said in a statement on its Web site.

  • Taiwan targets 2.6% rise in private investments for 2010

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:32 pm
    (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Taiwan's government aims for private investment to increase 2.6 percent to NT$1.03 trillion next year, from an earlier target of NT$1 trillion for 2009, the economics ministry said in a statement on its Web site yesterday.

  • Chi Mei says no mass worker movement to TCL

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:30 pm
    (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Chi Mei Optoelectronics, Taiwan's second largest TFT-LCD maker, has denied reports there is a mass migration of employees to TCL Corp., China's biggest television manufacturer, said the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), yesterday.

  • NT$ climbs on rising reserves, better exports

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:23 pm
    (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Taiwan's dollar rose this week on speculation the improving economy will encourage overseas investors to buy the island's assets.

  • TAIEX index up 45.59 points on Wall St. rally, looming ECFA

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:22 pm
    (ChinaPost.com.tw) - Taiwan stocks rose yesterday, with the TAIE-- benchmark index increasing 45.59 points, following a rally on Wall Street in overnight trading and signs that a cross-strait financial pact may be signed soon.
 
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  • Taiwan headline news

    7 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Taipei, Nov. 7 (CNA) The lead stories in major Taiwan dailies on Saturday are as follows: @The China Times: DPP official reveals that the party's Nantou County chief candidate solicited the support of an ex-gangster. @The United Daily News: Grand justices rule that penalizing prostitutes and absolving their patrons is unconstitutional. @The Liberty Times: Grand justices say Social Order Maintenance Act unconstitutional as it penalizes prostitutes and not patrons. @Central Daily News online: Premier Wu quashes smear campaign by DPP candidate; President Ma commends Wu's speedy handling of the…

  • Today in history

    7 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Taipei, Nov. 7 (CNA) Today is Saturday, Nov. 7, or the 21st day of the ninth month of the Year of the Ox according to the lunar calendar. Following is a list of important events that have occurred on this date in the past. 1659: The Franco-Spanish War, which broke out in 1648, ends. 1867: Nobel Prize-winning physicist Marie Curie is born. 1885: The coast-to-coast Canadian railroad, from Montreal to Post Moody, British Columbia, is completed. 1888: Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, Indian physicist, is born. He won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1931 for his discovery of the changing wavelengths…

  • Taiwan editorial abstracts

    6 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Taipei, Nov. 6 (CNA) The following is a brief roundup of selected local newspaper editorials Friday: Liberty Times: KMT's vice: colluding with gangsters It has been reported that Premier Wu Den-yih once associated closely with a mob boss who at the time was released from jail on parole. Wu has admitted his association, but has defended himself by arguing that ex-prisoners who have turned over a new leaf should not be discriminated against. But what the public are concerned about is not Wu's engagement with a released prisoner but the Kuomintang's (KMT's) long-term practice of colluding with…

  • Polio victim finds freedom in swimming

    6 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Lin Chi-chia, 40, came down with infantile paralysis at three months of age. The disease caused severe withering to his feet, and he must use a scooter or wheelchair to move around. His spine was also deformed, which impacts the function of his neck, and he cannot lift his hands freely. When he is on dry land he walks with difficulty, but once he is in the water, he is finally able to move easily. Lin’s swimming stroke is a bit odd. Since both hands and both feet are bent, he uses his hands as much as possible to move himself forward. Lin says that for the past 40 years he has always wanted…

  • Today in history

    5 Nov 2009 | 12:00 am
    Taipei, Nov. 5 (CNA) Today is Thursday, Nov. 5, or the 19th day of the ninth month of the Year of the Ox according to the lunar calendar. Following is a list of important events that have occurred on this date in the past: 1556: The 13-year-old Mogul leader Akbar defeats his only rival, the Afghan general Hemu, at the second Battle of Panipat. It was at the first Battle of Panipat in 1526 that Akbar's grandfather Babar defeated Sultan Ibrahim II to establish the Mogul dynasty. 1854: British and French forces defeat the Russians at the Battle of Inkerman during the Crimean War. 1892: John…
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    Topix: Taiwan News

  • Taiwan Peking opera troupe to stage Eileen Chang's novel in Beijing

    7 Nov 2009 | 2:59 am
    Taiwan Peking opera "A Tale of Golden Locks," based on a novel of renowned writer Eileen Chang, will be staged at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing on Nov.

  • Taipei, Nov. 6 (CNA) The two sides of the Taiwan Strait should sign....Fullstory

    6 Nov 2009 | 10:18 pm
    Taipei, Nov. 6 The two sides of the Taiwan Strait should sign a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in financial supervision as early as possible for mutual benefit, a senior Taiwanese official said Friday.

  • Elpida and ProMOS ink partnership on DRAM

    6 Nov 2009 | 1:55 pm
    Press release; Jessie Shen, DIGITIMES [Friday 6 November 2009] Elpida Memory and ProMOS Technologies announced on November 6 the signing of a DRAM foundry agreement.

  • Taiwan, China to swap tourism offices

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:33 am
    Taiwan government announced October 23 that it would open an office of the Taiwan Strait Tourism and Travel Association in Beijing early next year with a mandate to promote tourism to Taiwan, increase the number of mainland Chinese visiting Taiwan, and set up mechanisms for facilitating communication for tourists and responding to emergencies.

  • Taiwan's premier linked to ex-con

    6 Nov 2009 | 4:47 am
    Taiwanese Premier Wu Den-yih is attempting to play down his ties with a convicted gang boss as a scandal threatens to undermine the government and the chances of the ruling party in next month's local elections.
 
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    NYT > Taiwan

  • The Taint of Scandal in Taiwan's Pro League

    28 Oct 2009 | 9:00 pm
    The latest baseball investigation in Taiwan has many gloomy about the future of a sport that has given the island an identity.

  • A.I.G. Sells Taiwan Unit for $2.15 Billion

    13 Oct 2009 | 9:00 pm
    American International Group announced on Tuesday that it had agreed to sell its Taiwan life insurance unit to a Hong Kong investor group.

  • Mining Taiwan's Darker History

    13 Oct 2009 | 9:00 pm
    ''Prince of Tears,'' the latest film by Yonfan, is the first major movie in 20 years to explore the "White Terror" period that followed Taiwan's separation from Communist China.

  • Taiwan and China

    6 Oct 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Taipei is slowly and steadily being drawn to the idea of "one country, two systems."

  • Untold Stories of China and Taiwan

    5 Oct 2009 | 9:00 pm
    Lung Yingtai’s new book retells the turbulent beginning of the Communist Party in China through the stories of ordinary people, including her own parents.
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    BigNewsNetwork: Taiwan

  • Control Yuan censures Jiasian Township head

    7 Nov 2009 | 2:07 am
    The Control Yuan censured Liu Chien-fang (劉建芳), the mayor of Kaohsiung County’s Jiasian Township (甲仙), for not properly carrying out his disaster prevention duties during landslides caused...

  • Cops arrest artist over depiction of Ma having sex

    7 Nov 2009 | 12:47 am
    Artist Lin Guo-wu (林國武) has attracted media attention after he was arrested on Thursday for drawing a picture that depicted President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) having sexual intercourse with US S...

  • KMT councilor irate over hybrid buses from China

    7 Nov 2009 | 12:47 am
    A Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Taipei City councilor yesterday accused the Taipei City Government of subsidizing local bus companies to purchase hybrid buses from China. Taipei City’s Department ...

  • Mental illnesses put on list of occupational disease

    7 Nov 2009 | 12:47 am
    Taipei, Nov. 7 (CNA) The Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) has officially listed work-related mental illnesses as an occupational disease that entitles sufferers to labor insurance compensation. Accordin...

  • In Taiwan, an effort to bring back witches

    7 Nov 2009 | 12:17 am
    The government is funding a program to help indigenous tribes preserve traditional practices. For the Paiwan tribe, that includes training women as witches, or spirit mediums.
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    TaiwanNews.net

  • Control Yuan censures Jiasian Township head

    7 Nov 2009 | 2:07 am
    The Control Yuan censured Liu Chien-fang (劉建芳), the mayor of Kaohsiung County’s Jiasian Township (甲仙), for not properly carrying out his disaster prevention duties during landslides caused...

  • Cops arrest artist over depiction of Ma having sex

    7 Nov 2009 | 12:47 am
    Artist Lin Guo-wu (林國武) has attracted media attention after he was arrested on Thursday for drawing a picture that depicted President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) having sexual intercourse with US S...

  • KMT councilor irate over hybrid buses from China

    7 Nov 2009 | 12:47 am
    A Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Taipei City councilor yesterday accused the Taipei City Government of subsidizing local bus companies to purchase hybrid buses from China. Taipei City’s Department ...

  • Mental illnesses put on list of occupational disease

    7 Nov 2009 | 12:47 am
    Taipei, Nov. 7 (CNA) The Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) has officially listed work-related mental illnesses as an occupational disease that entitles sufferers to labor insurance compensation. Accordin...

  • In Taiwan, an effort to bring back witches

    7 Nov 2009 | 12:17 am
    The government is funding a program to help indigenous tribes preserve traditional practices. For the Paiwan tribe, that includes training women as witches, or spirit mediums.
 
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    Global Voices Online » Taiwan (ROC)

  • Taiwan: LGBT Pride on parade

    David Reid
    1 Nov 2009 | 8:53 am
    The annual Taiwan LGBT Pride event was held in Taipei on Saturday with an estimated crowd of 25,000 people. Poagao writes about joining the parade for the first time. shuflies has a report and photos. The event's official photographers also have photos at flickr.

  • Taiwan: Ethics of gift giving

    David Reid
    27 Oct 2009 | 8:24 pm
    Michella discusses the ethical issues for journalists offered gifts. She finds it difficult to understand some of the gift and money giving traditions in Taiwan.

  • Taiwan: Future of the Taiwanese language

    David Reid
    23 Oct 2009 | 2:28 am
    Stocks and Politics discusses the fate of the Hoklo Taiwanese language and expresses concern about its decline. There are also some comparisons with the use of Cantonese.

  • Taiwan: Baseball past and present

    David Reid
    11 Oct 2009 | 7:19 pm
    Baseball is one of the most popular sports in Taiwan. The View from Taiwan analyses a paper on the history of baseball in Taiwan. Sponge Bear reports on watching a professional league game in Taichung.

  • Taiwan: Bike culture is growing

    David Reid
    9 Oct 2009 | 9:56 pm
    Bike Hugger reports on the growing bike culture in Taiwan and comments that the growth doesn't seem to include bicycle commuters.
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    The View from Taiwan

  • The Once and Future US Retreat on China's Colonial Expansion?

    6 Nov 2009 | 12:04 am
    Apologies for the light blogging; just swamped with work this week.The US State Department's latest version of its background notes on Taiwan are out, so it is appropriate that we glance at US-Taiwan-China relations....The Taipei Times hosted a commentary today from former Japanese diplomat Hisahiko Okazaki. Its major point:Through the 37-year history of US-China engagement, the US has consistently retreated in the war of semantics about Taiwan. The US has been unable to muster points against the steel wall of one-party dictatorship. It lost inch-by-inch every time. Each time, however,…

  • Shocked-I-Tell-You Events

    4 Nov 2009 | 3:27 pm
    Happiness is an office decorated with my daughter's paintings.I was shocked, I tell you shocked, to learn that Premier Wu Den-yih, back before he received his promotion to his current exalted state, traveled to Bali Island in Indonesia with a prominent Nantou gangster back in December, as the pro-Blue CTI reported (quickie translation from Google, slightly cleaned…

  • Fourth Round of ECFA Talks Postponed

    2 Nov 2009 | 6:07 am
    Breaking news this evening as the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), which does not, as its title would suggest, help Taishang manage their mistresses in Shenzhen, announced that the fourth "informal" round of ECFA talks has been postponed.Huang Chih-peng, chief of the Bureau of Foreign Trade under the Economics Ministry, said that the ministry had already received a message from the Mainland stating that the details of the consultations and progress required further discussion. As a result, Huang said that the two sides decided to postpone the informal talks. Asked whether the delay was related…

  • Daily Links, Nov 2, 2009

    1 Nov 2009 | 11:51 pm
    What's moving about the blogs today?Real exchange rates in Asia actually on downward trend, says blogger.Global Voices on the LGBT parade this weekend. Poagao writes great post on his experience there, notes number of people out there motivated by the bigots on display last weekend.Rhonda Marie on local women and dating local men.Pemic rides Jihshan Road in Taipei, with the usual excellent pictures.The Dignified Rant says Ma should demand the destruction, not merely the removal, of missiles pointed at Taiwan.J Michael with another great piece on Chinese spying.Jerome compares the Diane Lee…

  • Events and Announcements

    31 Oct 2009 | 4:10 am
    First, the meet up in Taipei, Nov 7, with a very special speaker. Then AmCham Taichung is having a walkathon on Nov 15.Jerome:The speaker for Breakfast Club on November 7th will be Joseph Wu, former Taiwan Representative in Wash. DC and now Research Fellow at the Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi Univ.His topic will be the DPP Perspective on Taiwan-China Relations. Q&A will follow. The venue is the same as it has been for the past months. Time is 10 am.The meeting location is the restaurant 婷婷翠玉 at 174 AnHe Road, Section Two. (rough translation of name is…
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  • International students in Taiwan

    David Reid
    4 Nov 2009 | 9:27 pm
    Two articles recently published on culture.tw contain some useful information and advice for foreign students studying in Taiwanese universities. Jeana Jack, a student at NCCU, has written a survival guide for international students that is full of good advice. She discusses choosing a university, learning Mandarin, finding a place to live and other important things. I had lived in Taiwan for several years before I became a full-time student here so this made adjusting to university life quite easy. I imagine it must be more difficult for people who have just arrived in Taiwan and have to…

  • Register for the 2009 blog awards

    David Reid
    1 Nov 2009 | 3:00 pm
    Taiwanderful is again running awards for the best Taiwan blogs in 2009. The first awards were held last year with a popular online vote to decide the best Taiwan blogs. This year’s awards will continue with popular online voting, but there will also be a peer-judged category. A group of influential Taiwan bloggers will judge the blogs in the various categories. The judges are Ben, Portnoy, Carrie, Todd, DJ Marcus, Fili and myself. While there are no prizes offered the awards aim to promote the Taiwan blogosphere. Entrants in the awards can encourage people to vote for their own blogs…

  • Loving out loud and proud

    David Reid
    31 Oct 2009 | 8:02 am
    A beautiful sunny day greeted participants in the LGBT Pride Parade in Taipei today. Organisers estimated 25,000 people participated in the parade and increase from 18,000 last year. The theme for this year’s parade was “Love Out Loud”. Participants marched in groups matching the colors of the rainbow. Red for sex, orange for power, yellow for hope, green for nature, blue for liberty and purple for art.Some of the groups participating included “Do the left thing”, the Green Party, Gay & Lesbian Couples Association and many university groups. This year’s…

  • Politics and social media in Taiwan

    David Reid
    29 Oct 2009 | 5:46 pm
    With local elections approaching the campaign is not just being run on the streets but also in cyberspace. The screen shot from the DPP website above shows the party’s candidates for mayor or county commissioner in the end of year local government elections. Beneath each candidate’s photo there are icons linking to Plurk, Facebook, blogs, websites and YouTube. It shows that candidates are actively using social media as tools in their campaign. A number of leading DPP politicians including Frank Hsieh (謝長廷), Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) and Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) are active…

  • AIT Director speaks at NCCU

    David Reid
    27 Oct 2009 | 1:29 am
    William Stanton, the Director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), gave a speech at the Institute of International Relations at National Chengchi University (國立政治大學) this morning. He addressed the topic of US-Taiwan relations highlighting the close ties between the two countries especially in the areas of education, trade and military exchanges. Last week Taiwan lifted a ban on US beef imports that had been in place since 2003. This topic seems to be of great interest to the Taiwanese media and there were cameras from a number of Taiwan television stations present. (All the…
 
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  • Road Work, Part V

    thenhbushman
    3 Nov 2009 | 6:25 pm
    Photos by MJ Klein When Hui-chen and I got back from Kaohsiung on Monday afternoon, I noticed a new set of transformers on the new pad.  The old transformers were still there, so the decision was made to replace them. By Tuesday, the old transformers were gone. But, …. Now I don’t get this – but the lines have already been painted on the road!  The area where the transformers were has been skipped! So, either they have to send out the paving and painting crew once more, or the plan is to leave it just how you see it now.  It remains to be seen but I think at least they…

  • Kaohsiung KRT Station Nomenclature – FAIL!

    thenhbushman
    3 Nov 2009 | 7:48 am
    Photos by MJ Klein This weekend, Hui-chen and I were in Kaohsiung for a few days.  I had the opportunity to ride the new KRT system and I noticed something that had escaped me before.  I didn’t cover this in our 2 articles about the KRT during it’s testing period, either.  I was surprised that I missed something as fundamental as this issue. I’m going to present 3 photos taken previously.  I would like you to click on them and take a look at the large sizes for each one. This is a photo of one of the maps in a station.  Typical of station maps, it has numbered…

  • This Week in Food, 0944

    thenhbushman
    2 Nov 2009 | 2:00 am
    Photos by MJ Klein It’s hard to believe that we are week 44 into our year of 2009, but it’s true!  This week was interesting because I was visiting in Taichung and Kaohsiung.  So, let’s get into the food! This week I had several grilled steak lunches at home.  I never get tired of them, especially those thick, flavorful ribeye steaks from Costco! I went riding with Michael Turton this week.  Michael took me to lunch at an upscale restaurant and these are the dishes.  This salad was very good and the presentation was excellent. This was the beef dish that I selected.

  • Today’s Ride, 091027

    thenhbushman
    27 Oct 2009 | 3:00 am
    Photos by MJ Klein Today, I went on another ride with my friend Michael Turton.  We rode the same circuit as we did last time, but this time I had my Nikon with me (it was in the shop last time) and I got some nice photos of the second section of the ride.  I also shot some video with the Gopro Helmet Hero but I’ll have to edit that footage later and then update this article with a link. My first photo stop was on a bridge with this view.  Wow! The people in these first 2 photos will give you an idea of the scale of this landscape.  Fantastic forces were at work to create this…

  • Road Work, Part IV

    thenhbushman
    26 Oct 2009 | 5:00 am
    Photos by MJ Klein This morning, the road crew was back, hard a work to fix up the road.  I took a few shots from my 4th floor balcony and then went down to the road later to check things out. In our first shot of the day, we see the asphalt truck (yellow) in the center of the frame, waiting for the little blue mini-dozer to course-grade the asphalt.   The asphalt truck laid down some asphalt and the smaller mini-dozer is smoothing it out (grading) before the actual paving machine comes by. The mini dozer is scraping up some excess material here. Any excess gets put back into the asphalt…
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    Bloggers In Taiwan

  • Featured Blog - "Wasabi Kneesocks"

    andre
    5 Nov 2009 | 11:30 pm
    Wasabi Kneesocks"Recently-married Lisa and Chris leave their friends and family, pack up everything, and move west... really west. So west they hit the East."by Lisa & Chris Webb

  • Featured Blog - "Taiwaneers"

    andre
    30 Oct 2009 | 4:37 am
    Taiwaneers"A couple of kids from Michigan living the high life in Taiwan"by Michael & Emily Jefferies

  • Featured Blog - "Rice Society"

    andre
    23 Oct 2009 | 4:51 am
    Rice Society"fashion. clothes. DIY. design. art. people. Taiwan. Rice Society!"by Jenna Pearce

  • Featured Blog - "Taiwan-Born American"

    andre
    17 Oct 2009 | 2:12 am
    Taiwan-Born American"a twentysomething hua qiao returns to taiwan for uncertain adventures in identity formation, Mandarin literacy and TEFL teaching"by Laura

  • Featured Blog - "Chris in Asia"

    andre
    9 Oct 2009 | 3:09 am
    Chris in Asia"JUST A BLOG SO FRIENDS AND RELATIVES CAN SEE WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING LIVING HALFWAY ACROSS THE WORLD."by Chris
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  • Taiwan's legal status has its place inscribed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

    26 Oct 2009 | 4:36 pm
    Article 15PrefaceTranslation is a difficult job, and the purpose of this post is by no means to criticize either the translator or the newspaper's editor, but rather to raise concerns over the Taiwan's prosecutors' active pursuit of Roger C.S. Lin and former President Chen Shui-bian with charges of treason following the KMT's misinterpretation of the recent outcome of the US Supreme Court's dismissal of Lin v. USA and to stress the rights of Taiwanese to choose their own nationality.Main contentThe editorial page of the Friday, October 23, 2009 Taipei Times has a translation of a piece by…

  • Referendum on the Referendum Law?

    25 Oct 2009 | 6:28 am
    At a recent private meeting of the Anti-Gambling Alliance featured a Swiss gentleman, Bruno Kaufman, who as Director of the Initiative and Referendum Institute Europe had some interesting ideas:Taiwanese should petition for a referendum on the 2003 Referendum law, a vote on which coinciding with the 2012 Presidential election because only then will turnout be sufficient to come close to meeting the current 50% of all voters threshold. The referendum could be worded as follows (my idea here) "Do you agree that the threshold for the Referendum Law should be lowered to 50% of all participating…

  • Support for Taiwan's immediate independence increases by more than 25%

    20 Oct 2009 | 8:19 am
    ... in just five months!UPDATE 2a: The title and subheadline of this post [originally: "Support for Taiwan's immediate independence nearly triples ...in just six months!" -- based on a comparison with the MAC survey quoted below] has been changed to reflect a better comparison with a survey done by the same pollster the month after the MAC poll. Details from that poll and a link to the original are included below in "Update 2b." [/update 2a]An article from Now News shows that a poll released today by the deep-blue Global Views Magazine (遠見雜誌) has some very interesting numbers related…

  • Trampling the UN Declaration of Human Rights for 60 years

    4 Oct 2009 | 6:13 am
    Chinese officials celebrate -- regular Chinese citizens, not so muchThe United Nations (UN) will soon be celebrating the 61st anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) (ratified December 10, 1948), a declaration which says that "the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world." The People's Republic of China (PRC), on the other hand, just proudly celebrated 60 years (and still counting) of trampling over the UDHR.PRC missiles on display during their National DayScreenshot from SETN…

  • See the Rebiya Kadeer documentary "10 Conditions of Love"

    29 Sep 2009 | 1:40 pm
    Nationwide showings Thursday, October 1, 2009Think of it as a big middle finger to our belligerent neighbor across the Strait on their birthday, and get your asses out to see the documentary "The 10 Conditions of Love" (愛的十個條件), about the life of World Uyghur Congress leader Rebiya Kadeer (رابىيه قادىر, 熱比婭).From an e-mail I received, here's the info about the showings with Google map links and my translations added.熱比婭紀錄片「愛的十個條件」：十月一日北中南19:00同步播放：Rebiya Kadeer documentary "10 Conditions of Love":October 1,…
 
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    The Daily Bubble Tea

  • Weekly Links – November 5, 2009

    Todd Alperovitz
    5 Nov 2009 | 6:51 am
    Nantou’s been rocking this evening: 17:32 6.0 magnitude 13.8 km SSE of Nantou City [if you were anywhere within Caotun Township you probably heard me screaming]. 17:38 4.7 magnitude 13.4 km SSE of Nantou City. 17:56 3.6 magnitude 16.0 km SE of Nantou City. 19:34 5.7 magnitude 15.3 km SSE of Nantou City. 19:39 3.6 magnitude 15.6 km SE of Nantou City. 20:04 3.5 magnitude 13.9 km SSE of Nantou City. 21:13 3.6 magnitude 16.8 km SE of Nantou City. Check out the Central Weather Bureau for the latest information on recent seismic activity. What’s on the blogs? The Wanderings spots a…

  • Daily Photo – The Protenor

    Todd Alperovitz
    4 Nov 2009 | 5:46 am
    Papilio protenor in Jhongsing Village.

  • The Old Jewish Cemetery – Prague

    Todd Alperovitz
    3 Nov 2009 | 6:32 am
    The Old Jewish Cemetery was established in Josefov, Prague’s former Jewish ghetto in the fifteenth century.  The oldest tombstone dates back to 1439 and marks the grave of the poet Avigdor Kara.  I was left in awe at the number of tombstones on such a small area of land.  There are about 12,000 tombstones and an estimated 100,000 burials.  Since space was at a premium, bodies were buried on top of each other.  It is estimated the graves are layered about 12 deep. Many prominent people are buried in this cemetery, including:  Rabbi Loew who is associated with the legend of the…

  • Daily Photo – Love Out Loud

    Todd Alperovitz
    2 Nov 2009 | 7:38 am
    An estimated 25,000 people participated in the LGBT Pride Parade held in Taipei on October 31. Taiwan’s English-language blogsphere has a trio of fine posts by David Reid, Poagao, and Catherine.

  • Weekly Links – October 29, 2009

    Todd Alperovitz
    29 Oct 2009 | 7:11 am
    Mark Forman visits Taichung’s Thieves Market. Pashan hikes the Holy Ridge. MJ and Turton go cycling and have strange encounters along the way. Neil with a spectacular light graffiti animated video. Brian Q. Webb visits Hualien’s Ocean Park. Michael Cannon and the gang bike the Central Cross-Island Highway. Pinyin News on Taipei County’s switch to Hanyu Pinyin. Need a costume for Halloween? For more links, check out the Monday compilations at The View From Taiwan.
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    The Real Taiwan

  • Expat Culture in Taiwan: Everyone is setting up a marketing company

    Dan Chapman
    4 Nov 2009 | 6:38 pm
    There are a number of stages you go through in Taiwan. This one was called: Taiwanese don’t write perfect English so i am going to set up a marketing company. “Just look at this, buddy,” said Josh holding up the brochure for his student’s hose-pipe company, and blocking access to my food which was sizzling away on the teppanyaki hotplate in front of me. “The English is wrong, and the packaging…Just make a few simple changes and I could significantly increase the value of this person’s product. Differentiate it from their competitors.” We were having dinner in a…

  • Taiwan culture: Have an internet connection, can start a business

    Dan Chapman
    27 Oct 2009 | 7:01 pm
    Taiwan has something like the highest percentage of small businesses per capita of any where in the world. They also didn’t worry too much about renting a spanking new office; if you can plug a fax machine in you can start a company. When I first arrived I taught business English and it was a revelation how it worked. The address of the client was 3rd Floor, No. 17, Alley 168, Lane 26, Ho-Ping East Road, Section Three. I drove down the main road, Ho-Ping East Road, and saw a new office building at the intersection with Lane 26. Exactly the sort of place i used to expect to find the office.

  • THE REGGAE LOUNGE NIGHT

    Island Jam
    23 Oct 2009 | 6:27 pm
    [Weekly Event] " THE REGGAE LOUNGE NIGHT" Every friday - @ NAKHLA SHISHA !! [Taipei] The ISLANDJAM & NAKHLA SHISHA lounge bring to you the a WEEKLY EVENT, ROOTS hang out in Taipei. Come and hear the original ROOTS REGGAE in relaxed vibes ! take a drink [special cocktail] with freinds, take a nice dance or meet up with people to get ready for the Week kend. Catch the real Island Vibes EVERY FRIDAY 9:30 at NAKHLAS SHISHA in XIMEN DING ! . 全是為了雷鬼樂。原味，重拍，搖滾…. 各式雷鬼。 每週五 Black Reign Intl Sound 要與你ㄧ起來共鳴 真正雷鬼樂。…

  • ISLANDJAM Carnival

    Island Jam
    18 Oct 2009 | 10:21 am
    ISLANDJAM Carnival feat. PAN AFRICANA @ The Wall 2009. There is something happening here. A movement of the people. A video for the masses Copyright © 2009 The Real Taiwan. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator or www.taiwanfeed.com, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact therealtaiwan(at)gmail.com so we can take legal action immediately.Plugin by Taragana

  • Diwali Tainan Oct 17th 2009

    Johnny Z
    15 Oct 2009 | 6:03 pm
    Here is a message from the Yahoo Group Tainan Bulletin.  I went to this in 2007 and it was good food and a good time. http://www.therealtaiwan.com/indians-in-taiwan-diwali-festival-of-lights… Dear ALL, The moment is going to come on 17 Oct 2009 Saturday OUR NATIONAL FESTIVAL - DIWALI On this occassion , we plan to have great evening on that day with a INDIAN DINNER & FIRE CRACKERS VENUE : LINSEN ROAD & DONGFONG ROAD PARK TIME : 7.00 PM AMOUNT : NT$450 (PER PERSON) NO MONEY FOR CHILDREN I beleive Every Indian in Tainan will participate without any second thoughts. Kindly inform…
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  • ethan turns 3!

    andre
    28 Oct 2009 | 5:18 am
    today is my newphew ethan's 3rd birthday but we celebrated early and gathered at our house yesterday..... happy birthday kiddo!!!

  • olivia dancing & singing to abc bubbles dvd

    andre
    28 Oct 2009 | 5:09 am
    olivia dancing and singing to abc bubbles song teaching about "walk, run, crawl, climb & jump".

  • olivia's halloween flower costume

    andre
    26 Oct 2009 | 9:20 am
    ready to go trick-or-treating!

  • leofoo village theme park

    andre
    22 Oct 2009 | 12:35 am
    photos from family outing at the leofoo village theme park earlier this month.....

  • side trip to yunlin county

    andre
    14 Oct 2009 | 1:26 am
    on our recent 3-day vacation to kenting, on the way back to taipei we took a side trip to yunlin county to visit karen's grandpa for a couple hours.....grandpa's house.when in doubt, shoot flowers in macro. can't go wrong.olivia drinking a bottle of grape juice and enjoying the countryside.speaking of grapes, here's some growing on grandpa's property.hicountry life.grandpa's neighbour who has all sorts of animals in their yard."hey, what are you looking at??!!"we just dropped in on grandpa without notice, needless to say he was extremely surprised to see us and of course very very happy as…
 
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  • Hong Kong Wetland Park

    Fili
    6 Nov 2009 | 4:36 am
    The Hong Kong Wetland Park is a bizarre combination of nature and museum concrete in a way that only Hong Kong can pull off successfully. Located at Tin Shui Wan, close to the HK Shenzhen border, far away from where most of the tourists visit in HK, and about an hour and a half (!) from where I live in HK, is a large wetland designated by the Hong Kong government to serve as a tourism meets education nature park. To get there, I had to take a bus to Choi Hong, take the MTR, exchange at Prince Edwards MTR station, then again at Mei Fu MTR station, alight at Tin Shui Wai and change to the…

  • Taiwan Blogging Awards 2009 @Taiwanderful

    Fili
    2 Nov 2009 | 10:11 pm
    Taiwanderful is again running the Taiwan Best Blog Awards in 2009 following the inaugural competition last year. (Taiwanderful’s Taiwan Blog Awards 2009 announcement) It’s been a few years since Taiwanderful came into existence with David’s kind help. Although I’m now located in HK I guess I will always Taiwan is my second home. I keep track of the Taiwan Twitter gang, I have dozens of Taiwan blogs and online resources on my RSS feed reader and I’m still very much excited when I meet others I can talk to about Taiwan (and trust me, in HK/China, it gets sensitive). So, I’m glad we…

  • Study in HK : Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme 2010/11

    Fili
    30 Oct 2009 | 1:26 pm
    Hong Kong’s getting serious about globalization and attracting global academic talent this year with a new scheme for PhD fellowship that is quite generous. The Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC) announced last year that the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme will be offered to student applying for the 2010/11 academic year. Since I’m a PhD student in Hong Kong studying without this fellowship, I’m naturally quite jealous, but see this as a good opportunity to extend the good local and mainland base with high quality international students. In the last 2 weeks alone, I answered 5…

  • Macau – The Venetian – World’s Biggest Casino 2009

    Fili
    27 Oct 2009 | 10:15 am
    I heard a few things about The Venetian before I went to Macau – that it’s grand, magnificent, it’s built to resemble Venice and that it’s the biggest in the world – but little did I know how extreme this is going to be. The good folks of the Venetian constructed a series of canals with fake European architecture and blue skies indoors at their shopping mall above the huge casino.   Yep, they even have the gondolas, and those even sing Italian opera when they’re navigating the boat. How cheesy.   From the outside it’s a bit hard to relay just how big the entire complex…

  • Macau – A-Ma temple

    Fili
    26 Oct 2009 | 10:30 am
    A-Ma in Macau, Matzu in Taiwan, and Tin Hau in Hong Kong, the Mother Goddess Lin Moniang is among the most important Gods in the region. Macau, despite being a Portuguese Christian ruled colony now overrun with huge casinos, still maintains some of the A-Ma worship traditions with various temples and tall statues of the Goddess spread around town. This next temple, within walking distance from the center of the old town, is among the oldest ones I’ve been to dating back as early as 1488, earlier than most if not all temples in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The temple is still very active, serves as…
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  • Let’s go crazy!

    Mark Forman
    4 Nov 2009 | 8:16 am
    I mentioned last time how when I visited Chung Hsing University they were in the middle of their intra-school cheer leading competition. Here are some more shots of that. It was quite fun to be in the midst of with camera in hand. Here is the complete set you can view as a slide show. The Beach Boys-Be True to Your School ahh simpler days....

  • College Daze…

    Mark Forman
    2 Nov 2009 | 1:45 pm
    The other day I asked a friend about the photogenic qualities of the ChungHsing University campus on the south side of Taichung. He said it ws quite good, mentioning they had a small lake (a pond really) and that it was large and layed out nicely. So I was motivated to see it and shoot some stuff. Well you can imagine my delight when I got on campus and 2 minutes into my journey I discovered that the whole school was engaged in an intra-school cheerleader squad competition. The colors, action and energy were all great. I will do a featured post on that later this week. The lovely young…

  • Clearing my head

    Mark Forman
    29 Oct 2009 | 5:22 pm
    It never fails. Whenever I need to clear static out of my brain, I mean the residual life's minor(and major) aggravations I head for the fields. As soon as I get inside the fields I feel all tension relieved and it's replaced with a very serene and fresh feeling. I love being surrounded by this unpretentious living sphere. Just dirt and food stuff growing out of it.

  • Lately

    Mark Forman
    28 Oct 2009 | 2:42 pm
    First image of the statue taken at the Chung Shan Theater. It is quite a beautiful sculpture of a couple dancing in traditional Tang Dynasty clothing. I'll include a full shot at a later date. The second is a very friendly and sweet lady I met while shopping at an area market. She was so cute albeit geographically challenged(but isn't that most people). We talked while I was waiting for a friend to return from an ATM run. The third is kind of an intense guy who does cell phone repairs. He had an acerbic wit which is kind of rare among the Taiwanese who tend to not casually crack…

  • Come see what I saw

    Mark Forman
    26 Oct 2009 | 2:42 pm
    Poetry in motion A time to dance Analog information assimilation Relaxing in the cool shade All shots taken in Taichung Park . It's fall so how about some Autumn Leaves by Cannonball Adderly with Miles Davis.
 
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  • The Armory “Faces of Tainan” Photo Exhibition

    carrie
    6 Nov 2009 | 7:40 pm
    Armory Photo Exhibit: Photographers Steven Vigar and Garret Clarke Don’t miss the photography exhibition at the Armory in Tainan this week with photographers Steven Vigar and Garret Clarke. Coined by Waakao! as “the Bad Boys of Tainan”, Steven and Garret have literally taken Taiwan by storm. The exhibit celebrates the Armory’s twelve year anniversary and will feature photography, beats by DJ Marcus Aurelius, and a hell of a good party! The show runs from Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 2:00pm until Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 5:00pm Head on over to Waakao! for a…

  • Beverly

    carrie
    6 Nov 2009 | 6:00 am
    Photo by Magdalena Frackowiak. Beverly is a post from: Taiwan Photographers Share and Enjoy:

  • Cosplay

    carrie
    5 Nov 2009 | 5:59 am
    Photo by Way of the Toast. Cosplay is a post from: Taiwan Photographers Share and Enjoy:

  • Resurrection

    carrie
    4 Nov 2009 | 5:55 am
    Photo by Matt Regan. Resurrection is a post from: Taiwan Photographers Share and Enjoy:

  • Taipei Comrade Parade

    carrie
    3 Nov 2009 | 5:54 am
    Photo by Patrick. Taipei Comrade Parade is a post from: Taiwan Photographers Share and Enjoy:
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