At the Frontline of Taiwan's Protests
Region: Taiwan
by I-fan Lin It seems that many people, especially if you are outside Taiwan, found the recent protest against Chen Yinlin in Taipei confusing. Bob pointed out that in China, some incidents in the protest were interpreted as democratic violence. Such impression is probably a result of the mainstream media report on the violent scene. You may want to ask what had happened during this long day, Nov 6th? Why did so many ... more
Views: 2664Fishing Boat Accident Increases Tension over Disputed Islands
Region: Taiwan
Posted by Portnoy to Global Voices Online On June 11st, a Taiwanese recreational fishing boat United sank following a collision with a Japanese coastguard vessel 11km off the disputed Diaoyutai (Japan:Senkaku) islands, an island chain claimed by Taiwan, Japan and China. Passengers and crew on the sinking boat picked up by Japan. Shortly, Taiwanese main stream media highly concerned the accident. Political ta... more
Views: 2819Taiwan: Support for Tibet
Region: Taiwan
by I-fan Lin For Tibetan independence movement, most Taiwanese support and sympathize Tibetans, and many people changed their twitter profile figure to the flag of Tibet which represents Tibetan independence movement. Many artists, writers, musicians, and social movement participants held ‘Bringing love to Tibet' to pray for Tibetans: Young volunteers from Taiwan have worked overseas wherever help is needed.... more
Views: 2881Taiwan: Voices after Presidential Election
Region: Taiwan
by Ming-Hsien Lee March 22 is Taiwan's presidential election held once every four years. The victory finally is belonging to KMT's Ma Ying-jeou, who got 60 percent of votes and 2 million votes than the other candidate, Frank Hsieh from Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). KMT lost its dominant political power since DPP became the ruling party eight years ago. Now they are back and complete the second-round transition o... more
Views: 2816Taiwan: Religious Buildings–A Way to Explore How Cultures Mix
Region: Taiwan
by I-fan Lin The popular image of multi-culturalism as a mosaic, a salad bowl in which different cultures mix but keep their integrity, is misleading. Cultures are more like soups, flavored with many ingredients, some identifiable. –From the book ‘Cultures and societies in a changing world,’ written by Wendy Griswold. Taiwan has a long history of diasporas and colonization. Even the so-called &lsqu... more
Views: 2638Taiwan: Racial Commercials Everywhere
Region: Taiwan
by Portnoy On Taiwan's TV screens there is a commercial about drawing lots of cars. In this commercial, a woman with south-east Asia look is driving a car, and the subtitle says:”How can she own a car?” Is this a question? How cannot a south-east Asia woman own a car in Taiwan? When you see more and more women with south east Asia look playing roles of servants in each commercial or advertisement on clean... more
Views: 3176Asus to Launch Android-Based Netbook
Region: Taiwan
Asus is about to breached another barrier by being the first company to launch a Netbook with an Android OS, 18 months after having single-handedly launched the Netbook revolution. Currently the netbook market is dominated by Intel and Asus and mirrors their domination of the desktop and laptop market. Asus has brought together a team of engineered to develop an Android based netbook. Bloomberg published two articles... more
Views: 1931In Taiwan, Citizen Journalism Fights Censors and Sensation
Region: Taiwan
It was a tough time for Taiwanese media. On December 11, 2008 I walked into the brightly decorated offices of Taiwan Public Television Service (PTS). PTS has a core mission to broadcast 'in service of the public interest, maintain independent media operation and defend freedom of speech'-- unusual pursuits in the Chinese-language press. I was there to talk about Peopo.org, their citizen journalism platform,... more
Views: 4815Chen’s unwelcome visit reproved
Region: TaiwanTaiwan President Chen Shui-Bian’s visit to Spratly Islands last Feb.2, 2008 has met opposition from the Philippine government. The Taiwanese leader visited Spratly aboard military air craft C-130 and landed on Ligao Island or Taiping which is approximately a few miles away from the Philippines province of Palawan. Chen’s latest move is nothing new hence; the Chinese are regular visitors to Spratly and Ch... more
Views: 1527The most exciting Taiwanese Drama - Hot Shot
Region: Taiwan
Lately, I came across this very exciting drama series (2008) from Taiwan after being recommended by many of my friends. After I watched the first episode, I could not stop watching after that. The plot is based in "Pi Li University" where basketball has been a sport that is forgotten and very much relegated. The daughter of the principal for the University, Li Ying or also known as 'W' was the former consultant in th... more
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