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Military Helicopters Ferried Stricken Villagers to Safety from Remote Taiwanese Communities Hit by Typhoon Morakot. CBSNews. (CBS News)
* Avant-garde Bard Aug 7, 2009
For Wang, this marked a high point in the Taiwanese musical, with its natural balance of drama and song. The [Taiwanese] musical these days over-emphasizes big dance numbers, and there is less attention to characterization. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* FEATURE: More youth undergoing cosmetic surgery over summer Aug 6, 2009
Tseng said students normally constituted 20 percent of his clientele, but that the figure had jumped to 40 percent over the summer, while another 20 percent to 30 percent are students from abroad and the remaining customers are mostly Taiwanese women aged 25 to 45. Chao Tzi-kang (ld), the director of a beauty clinic in Taipeis Ximending district (m), a shopping district popular with students, also reported the trend. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Delegation to travel to China to boost Aboriginal economy Aug 5, 2009
China is expected to announce measures to help the visitors, such as donations for the construction of hope elementary schools, an idea first initiated by Taiwanese in China, as well as a program to help Aboriginal school dropouts. The delegation will also ask China to include indigenous communities in the itineraries of Chinese tourists and sell agricultural produce grown by Taiwans indigenous peoples to help them improve incomes, Chang added. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Taiwan)
* Nine Inch Nails: sharper than you know Aug 1, 2009
James Chen, an Australia-based Taiwanese promoter, is bringing the band here through his company Straight Music House, which is also putting on this weekends Terminal Festival. We are taking this tour not really for money, Chen said, but because it would be too bad if kids in my country miss [the last chance to see Nine Inch Nails in concert. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
* Taiwan News Quick Take Aug 1, 2009
Taiwanese antique collectors and jewelry creators Li Shau-min () and Yin Yu (M) yesterday opened a month-long gem and jewelry exhibition titled Old Jades, New Inventions: An Exhibition of Min and Yu Creations. The museum will also hold an exhibition titled The Art of Seal Carving from Hung Mien Chen from Aug. 14 to Sept. 27 and an historic document exhibition titled The Birth of New Taiwan from Aug. 26 to Sept. 27. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Kin Paid After iPhone Drama Spurs Suicide Jul 29, 2009
Taiwanese Employer of Man who Killed Himself over a Missing iPhone Agrees to Pay Family $52K plus $4K per Year ... (AP) The Taiwanese employer of a young Chinese man who killed himself after being interrogated over a missing iPhone prototype has agreed to pay compensation to his family, a company official said Tuesday. (CBS News)
Payout given in China iPhone case Jul 29, 2009
A Taiwanese firm which makes products for Apple in China is to pay a "condolence payment" to the family of an employee who committed suicide. Sun Danyong killed himself after an iPhone prototype went missing from the company where he worked in Shenzhen. (BBC News -- Technology)
Family of iPhone Suicide Victim Gets $50,000 Jul 29, 2009
TAIPEI, Taiwan The Taiwanese employer of a young Chinese man who killed himself after being interrogated over a missing iPhone prototype has agreed to pay compensation to his family, a company official said Tuesday. Sun Danyong, 25, jumped from his high-rise apartment in southern China last week after officials of Foxconn Technology Group questioned him about the whereabouts of the iPhone model that was in his possession. (Fox News)
* Macau chooses new chief executive Jul 27, 2009
He also said he planned to work to attract more Taiwanese tourists to Macau, taking advantage of recently improved relations between Beijing and Taipei. The new Macau leader has also pledged to fight corruption, which has cast a shadow over the territorys success. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Chinese kids learn their roots Jul 27, 2009
Many of the classes are led by teachers supplied by the Taiwanese government. School leaders say they are teaching Chinese children more than their language and culture. (News & Observer)
* Treasure island Jul 25, 2009
Lovely Taiwan (xWnE) mixes together the old and the new and gives birth to something relatively rare in Taipei X a store that focuses exclusively on traditional Taiwanese crafts ... In 2002, the studio was reborn as a tourist attraction, teaching woodcarving classes and making colorful figures based on Taiwanese animals, like the Formosan black bear and the fairy pitta, a small endangered bird ... Many Taiwanese people dont think Taiwanese culture is modern or fashionable enough. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
* Researchers make immunodeficiency therapy discovery Jul 24, 2009
The research has won recognition from the US-based journal Free Radical Biology and Medicine, which is going to publish the teams research paper detailing the new therapy, Shieh said, adding that his team had acquired Taiwanese patent rights to the new therapy. Of all the research around the world in the field, Shieh said, only the NCKU team has succeeded in developing the therapy in white blood cells. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Karmapa Lama: Tibet's young voice Jul 23, 2009
Every day, scores of visitors, mostly Tibetan, Western, Chinese or Taiwanese Buddhists, arrive at his monastery to seek his blessings in private or attend his public teachings. The Karmapa's importance is growing as the Dalai Lama is aging. (Asia Times Online)
Worker Commits Suicide over Missing iPhone Jul 23, 2009
The 25-year-old man worked in product communications at Foxconn Technology Group, a Taiwanese firm that makes many Apple products. Although Apple and Foxconn have confirmed the suicide, they haven't provided details about the circumstances. (CBS News -- Sci/Tech)
* Why did the NIA bar Dolkun Isa? Jul 22, 2009
But this time it was Taiwanese media ... Taiwanese NGOs and Uighur NGOs work together. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
* COMMUNITY COMPASS: France, Taiwan laud closer ties Jul 21, 2009
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs David Lin (L) said that France has a long and glorious history well-known for its refined culture and rich traditions, and Taiwanese have a deep affection for French art and culture, as well as its achievements in science and technology, architecture, literature and fashion. Over the past few years, Taiwan and France have enjoyed frequent and wide-ranging exchanges and cooperation in many areas, and such deep relations have continued to grow stably, Lin... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
* Taiwanese culture, art should go back to NYC Jul 21, 2009
Taiwanese culture, art should go back to NYC ... As an important overseas cultural pillar, the theater and gallery organized a wide array of Taiwanese artistic and cultural activities and were praised by audiences and critics alike ... Anyone visiting these two venues would gain a better understanding of Taiwanese culture. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
* [ SOFTCOVER: TAIWAN ] Alphabet soup for the newcomers soul Jul 19, 2009
Written by Amy Liu and published by the Community Services Center, Taiwan A to Z provides an introductory taste of Taiwanese culture ... F is for Friendly Taiwanese, a gimmicky chapter that may be difficult to digest (more on that later), but also for Fruit Paradise, a mouthwatering compilation ranging from wax apples to star fruits ... Lius guide entices readers with the best of Taiwanese cuisine, from pearl milk tea (]) to fantuan ({), or sticky glutinous rice rolls, to... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
* Be-leaf it or not: worshippers pray to tree gods for protection j O Jul 18, 2009 * Cinema was the other church to me Jul 15, 2009 * The plastic menagerie Jul 15, 2009 * Yonaguni Island and changing relations Jul 14, 2009 * COMMUNITY COMPASS: Traveler finds home in Taiwan Jul 14, 2009 * Most Taiwanese students will shun China, official says Jul 13, 2009 * DPP members face censure for going to forum Jul 13, 2009 China Will Open Mainland Entertainment Industry to Taiwanese Investment Jul 12, 2009 * KMT-CCP forum focuses on culture Jul 12, 2009 * Non-traditional tourist activities gain popularity Jul 12, 2009 * [ EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT ] Jul 10, 2009 * National Award for Arts recipients announced Jul 8, 2009 Jackson's World Fans Mourn Idol Jul 8, 2009 Jackson motorcade reaches LA memorial service site Jul 8, 2009 Cheers, jeers greet Taiwan's president Jul 7, 2009 Chinese opt for spot ore prices: Rio Jul 6, 2009 Rodin revitalises China's arts scene Jul 5, 2009 * More than a thousand teams enter Taiwan contest Jul 4, 2009 * EETO says record number have been given scholarships Jul 4, 2009 * EDITORIAL: Dog eat dog, Aboriginal-style Jul 4, 2009 Hu embarks on apolitical pilgrimage Jul 2, 2009 * Games spectators allowed flags Jun 30, 2009 * The poet behind the music Jun 29, 2009 * Fervor for upgrades will hurt Aborigines Jun 29, 2009 * Ma coughs up cash to help save traditional characters Jun 29, 2009 * [PAPERBACK: UK] Western hegemonys demise may not be so bad Jun 28, 2009 * Officials to meet to boost cross-strait cultural ties Jun 26, 2009 * US experts on China have got it all wrong Jun 26, 2009 * Changes to Taipei Awards stir controversy Jun 26, 2009 * CIP rejects Pingpu status claim Jun 25, 2009 * [CD REVIEWS: TAIWAN] Jun 24, 2009 * Everywhere man Jun 24, 2009 * EDITORIAL: Lessons in leadership Jun 21, 2009 * Must pro-Taiwanese flee again? Jun 21, 2009 * Taiwan News Quick Take Jun 20, 2009 * Ma defends comments on simplified Chinese Jun 20, 2009 * I shop, therefore I am Jun 19, 2009 * Education ministry launches character-building plan Jun 18, 2009 * Inspired by nature Jun 17, 2009 * COMMUNITY COMPASS: Russian-Taiwanese ties celebrated at Russian National Day party Jun 16, 2009 Frameline favorites Jun 16, 2009 Yao Ming voices role in Chinese animated film Jun 5, 2009 * DPP blocks Chinese student bill Jun 4, 2009 * EDITORIAL: Faulty science and faulty politics Jun 4, 2009 Gwen Stefani's Harajuku Lovers Brand To Open First Free-Standing Store in Asia Jun 4, 2009 * No honor in story of celebrated suicide Jun 3, 2009 * KMT chairman mum on second term Jun 2, 2009 * [ LETTERS ] Jun 2, 2009 * GIO to launch online daily newspaper Taiwan Today May 31, 2009 * Ma likely to meet Clinton: envoy May 31, 2009 * Johnny Neihu's News Watch: Post in shouting headline shocker May 30, 2009 * Visits to Taiwan by Chinese trade groups increase May 28, 2009 * Huangs mission: to seek out new art forms May 27, 2009 * ANALYSIS: Beijing easily outmaneuvering Ma, analysts say May 27, 2009 * Local architecture projects enjoying international fame May 27, 2009 * COMMUNITY COMPASS: 'Flavors brings Scandinavian taste to Taiwan May 26, 2009 * COMMUNITY COMPASS: African handicrafts in exhibit at Taipei mall May 26, 2009 * Cross-strait situation fundamentally changed: Ma May 26, 2009 * PRC erodes rights abroad: forum May 24, 2009 * EDITORIAL: The KMT and Chinese democracy May 23, 2009 Taiwanese find new life in mainland May 22, 2009 Asia lures travelers with exotic, luxury hotels May 21, 2009 LIVE FROM ... BLOG May 21, 2009 * COMMUNITY COMPASS: FEATURE: Latter-day Saints mark 52 years of carrying out their mission in Taiwan May 19, 2009 * Better solutions for economic woes May 17, 2009
In Taiwanese folk belief, some people pray to trees in the firm belief that there is a deity in every big tree. This practice has developed into a unique big tree deity culture in what is a unique aspect of Taiwanese folk belief ... Su says Taiwanese traditionally refer to grass and tree spirits as the Big Tree Deity, the Tree King or the Ancient Holy Lord, and that the worshipped trees are taller than 10m and older than 100 years. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
China delegation boycotts World Games opener Jul 17, 2009
But under the gaze of the capacity crowd of 40,000, the Chinese team was absent from the ceremony, with a single Taiwanese staff member carrying a sign marked "China," and another carrying a Chinese flag ... Most Taiwanese support his policies, though events like the World Games boycott do not help the mainland's image on the island, which is already undermined by perceptions it is austere and overbearing ... Many Taiwanese see it as a golden opportunity to stretch the limits of the island's... (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
She made a television documentary, Black Butterfly (), about Taiwanese dancer Chuang Shih-hsien (h) in 2005, partially in cooperation with the Public Television Service (@q) ... When I was little, there was a Taiwanese man invited by my grandparents to stay with us. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Toy distributor Medicoms glass cases were filled with limited-edition and one-off items for enthusiasts to cast covetous gazes upon, while Carousel Toy Shop set up a large Chinese checkers board manned with figures by Taiwanese designer D-La (). There were more crossover products for sale this year, including flash drives from US-based Mimoco and sneakers, bags and T-shirts by like Taiwanese line The Black Skull Union (p) and Hong Kong-based design house Apple Kingdom ...... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Taiwanese are worried and Japanese are confused about Taiwans position and even their own. As vanquished nations, Germany and Japan have become the fists of the victors, the US and the UK, by hosting US military bases. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Aoki spent six months studying with a foot masseuse, but even after she finished, the warmth of her Taiwanese friends inspired her to find ways to stay ... Her writing is interwoven with personal experiences of interacting with Taiwanese and learning about their everyday lives and culture ... The Taiwanese are not afraid of expressing themselves, an impression she says she got from hearing people fart in public. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
Most Taiwanese students will shun China, official says ... A high-ranking education official yesterday expressed confidence that distinguished high school students would stay and study in Taiwan despite Chinas plan to allow Taiwanese to apply for places at Chinese universities using their scores on the Taiwanese college entrance exams ... Yuan said on Saturday that China was planning to allow Taiwanese students who score well on Taiwans college entrance examinations to apply to study at... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Taiwan)
Hsu, who is nicknamed DPP Grandma, was approached by Taiwanese reporters for an interview while visiting the Song Dynasty-era Yuelu Academy in Changsha with other Taiwanese delegates ... KMT Legislator John Chiang (Y), a KMT deputy chairman, said six articles had been drawn up in a Memorandum of Understanding, including promoting cross-strait cultural exchanges, pushing for educational and media exchanges and supporting Taiwanese businesses in China. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
China to Open its Entertainment Industry to Taiwanese (Update1) - Bloomberg ... China to Open its Entertainment Industry to Taiwanese (Update1) ... July 12 (Bloomberg) -- Chinas government plans to allow Taiwanese to set up and run entertainment businesses on the mainland, an official said at talks between the two sides. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Wu said the two sides should strengthen educational exchanges and promote cooperation between Taiwanese and Chinese media companies. He touted education as the soil from which soft power grows and said student exchanges would broaden students horizons and encourage them to create common goals in the pursuit of cultural achievements. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Taiwan)
Sampling Taiwanese cuisine was cited by Japanese tourists as the main reason for visiting Taiwan, whereas Chinese tourists cited well-known scenic spots and a desire to experience Taiwanese culture ... Eighty-eight percent of respondents said they were satisfied with their visit to Taiwan, with most saying they were impressed by the friendliness of Taiwanese, the countrys low crime rate and the safety of accommodations and recreational facilities. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Taiwan)
(Y@ASn), an exhibit that presents 11 young Taiwanese artists working in a variety of media to explore the theme of beauty in contemporary society. Eslite Xinyi Bookstore (~Hq), 5F, 11 Songgao Rd, Taipei City (x_Q115). (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Foundation chairman Huang Ming-chuan (t) said this years winners were distinguished contemporary Taiwanese cultural and art workers who used the power of life as the basis for their creations ... Bowen Chen has edited numerous films, including several by the late Taiwanese filmmaker Edward Yang (w) such as Yi Yi. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Holding white candles, Hong Kong singer William Chan and Taiwanese pop star Judy Chou led the audience in observing a 30-second silence. Many fans clutched red roses and wore black; some donned Jackson's trademark fedora hats. (KIRO TV, WA)
Holding white candles, Hong Kong singer William Chan and Taiwanese pop star Judy Chou led the audience in observing a 30-second silence ... Holding white candles, Hong Kong singer William Chan and Taiwanese pop star Judy Chou led the audience in observing a 30-second silence. (Florida Times-Union)
The president of Taiwan left Honolulu Airport early last night after a controversial 23-hour visit to Hawaii that sparked protests from members of the Taiwanese community who oppose his political measures. "China wanted to make it clear that Taiwan was a part of China, (but) we, the majority of Taiwanese, do not agree," said Yu-Chong Lin, a professor of psychology at the University of Hawaii's John A. Burns School of Medicine ... After arriving late Saturday evening from Nicaragua with a... (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
That is equivalent to around $US65 free-on-board and above the new benchmark price of $US61 Japanese, South Korean and Taiwanese mills pay. Because of strong spot prices and deals struck with steel mills outside China, analysts believe iron ore miners, including BHP Billiton and Brazilian giant Vale, are not in a position to offer China deeper cuts demanded by the China Iron & Steel Assocation (CISA). (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
In a function room, young Chinese business people have been watching executives from a Taiwanese computer disk-drive firm sign a sales agreement with some mainland distributors. Then the lights dim, and a spotlight picks out Wang, his cloak now shed, as he makes silent, slow-motion moves around the statue of a young woman, copy of a famous piece by French sculptor Auguste Rodin. (The Age, Australia -- Features)
Anyone was eligible to enter the contest, as long as his or her team has at least two people and at least one team member is not Taiwanese ... The teams must pay their own way to Taiwan between July 11 and Aug. 31 to qualify for the travel subsidies, although the bureau will help them obtain discounts from Taiwanese air carriers. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
There has been a substantial year-on-year growth in the number of Taiwanese winners of the European Commissions Erasmus Mundus scholarship program, with a new record being set this academic year. The Taipei-based European Economic and Trade Office (EETO) said two academics and 22 students from Taiwan have been awarded scholarships this year, compared with 14 students and no academics last year. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Taiwan)
But the fact remains that the administration of President Ma Ying-jeou (^E) has an agenda that bodes ill for people who identify culturally or ethnically as Taiwanese. Normally the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) champions the response to this agenda, but of late the DPP has been struggling to champion anything. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
He could have chosen to show no flag, or a Taiwanese flag, that of the Republic of China, which still holds official ties with the Vatican. His choice of the PRC and the new Hong Kong flags was a clear declaration of political loyalty to the PRC government. (Asia Times Online)
During the Beijing Olympic Games last year, Yang Hui-ju (p), the captain of the Cheerleading Squad for Taiwan, was refused entry to Beijing on her way to cheer for the Taiwanese team as the squad had initially planned to wear yellow uniforms bearing the Taiwanese flag and the English slogan Taiwan Woo. . (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Growing Up Wild looks at women and families in contemporary Taiwanese society, particularly Hakka farming communities, and touches upon the economic divide between northern and southern Taiwan ... Theres almost nothing like this in Taiwanese popular music. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
The motherland that all Taiwanese rely on for their existence and the culture they rely on for their development will be terminated by a development model focusing on urbanization and de-Taiwanization. At the core of the disintegration of Aboriginal society and the marginalization of Aboriginal development is a lack of autonomy X which is essential to tribal development X making it impossible to develop local advantages. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
On June 9, Ma said he hoped Taipei and Beijing could reach an agreement on the teaching of traditional and simplified Chinese characters at schools for overseas Taiwanese and Chinese, so that students would be taught to read traditional characters and write simplified characters. He did not elaborate on what he meant by understanding traditional Chinese characters and writing in simplified Chinese, nor on how such an agreement would be reached with Beijing. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Taiwanese opinion on independence is volatile, we read, while China appears happy to leave the issue on the back burner and allow long-term trends to decide the outcome. It would be very easy to compile a far more alarmist set of predictions. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
At the Beijing meeting, officials from both sides will negotiate issues such as arranging exchange visits by cultural officials, organizing exhibitions, protecting intellectual property, cooperating on movie making and the promotion of Taiwanese art, Huang said. Huang said the Taiwan pavilion to be built at the Shanghai World Expo next year would highlight Taiwanese culture and that the council would put forward several ideas and proposals to the Taiwan External Trade Development Council... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Taiwan)
Although she did not want to appear impetuous on political matters because of concerns for book sales in Taiwan, she asserted that economic integration with China would be beneficial to the majority of Taiwanese and that it will reduce the obstacles facing Taiwans security. . (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Yu believes a film festival should adapt to changing times, and says the Taipei Film Festival now favors feature films in keeping with the revival of Taiwanese cinema ... the Taipei Awards is becoming the only major platform for local feature films, Yu said, because we hardly see [any] Taiwanese films at the Golden Horse Awards now. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
The homeless beggar analogy is commonly used in Taiwanese to refer to a situation in which a person tries to get rid of and take the place of someone who once helped them. The Pingpu claim to be Aborigines, but they do not share the same historical legacy and lack interaction with Aborigines, the statement said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
The chorus of I Ride a White Horse, sung in Taiwanese, references not just a classical heritage, but also, whether intentionally or not, its glitzy, kitschy manifestation of televised golden light puppets ... Hsu is very much at home in the world of MSN, Japanese-inflected slang, Internet jargon and Taiwanese catchphrases, and has, for the most part, incorporated them effectively into her songs ... Chang, who raps in both English and Hokkien [commonly known as Taiwanese], sometimes trips over... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
And this is what Taiwanese did when we went to Europe ... TT: What do Taiwanese do now ... TT: So the style of tourism for Taiwanese has changed quite significantly. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
But the issue provides us a chance to reconsider whether in Taiwanese culture, a great company cant do without a strongman type of leadership. Perhaps we should ask ourselves: When Taiwan has seen local companies perform well globally and compete with rivals using international standards, what do we really believe about developing leadership. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Must pro-Taiwanese flee again ... Two new books have come out recently: A Perfect Escape (k`) by former presidential advisor Peng Ming-min (^), revealing the details of his escape from Taiwan 39 years ago, and Zhiyan (Straight Talk, ) by former Taiwanese representative to Switzerland Rex Wang (@_), depicting his six years of work and life in Switzerland ... During former US president Richard Nixons visit to then-Chinese premier Zhou Enlai (P) and former Chinese... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Under Taiwanese law, invasion of another persons privacy carries a maximum three-year jail term ... Taichung Mayor Jason Hu (Jj) is scheduled to fly to Beijing next Friday to promote Taiwanese agricultural products. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Speaking to members of a Chinese Association from California on June 9, Ma said he hoped that Taiwan and Beijing could come to an agreement on teaching traditional and simplified Chinese characters at schools for overseas Taiwanese and Chinese, whereby students would be taught to read traditional characters and write using simplified characters. He did not elaborate on what he meant by understanding traditional Chinese characters and writing in simplified Chinese, nor on how such an... (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
She put Taiwanese culture in the form of betel nut beauties and glove puppets under the microscope in 2006s The Island of Silence (qq). For her latest performance, E-wish for a Lonely Island (tqe@), the choreographer and director explores the more universal theme of contemporary consumerism. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Taiwanese society is generally considered a society replete with strong soft power, as we are a society characterized by culture and quality, Minister of Education Cheng Jei-cheng (G) told a press conference at the Taipei Railway Station ... Cheng said Taiwanese should have the determination to improve themselves and help each other build character. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
This year eight artists were chosen, two Taiwanese X Lee Chao-chang () and Yang Chun-sen (K) X along with Ashish Ghosth from India, Park Bong-gi from South Korea, Norway-based Briton Stuart Ian Frost, Dutchman Merijn Vrij and two Americans, Karen McCoy and Roy Staab. They had just 10 days to create their works, including collecting reeds, branches and other material from around the park, working together with volunteers, many of whom were young art students from local schools. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
COMMUNITY COMPASS: Russian-Taiwanese ties celebrated at Russian National Day party ... Gubarev, who has been posted to Taipei for three-and-a-half years, said he has never encountered a cold attitude in all his interactions with Taiwanese officials and that mutual efforts will strengthen bilateral cooperation ... Taiwanese and Russian scientists are engaged in more than 50 joint projects and each year, he said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Treut has crafted a kind of romantic ghost story about the spirit of a deceased Taiwanese woman who returns to her lover, a German video artist, in the form of another woman. Treut allows many of the film's mysteries to remain unsolved, which only deepens its hold on our attention. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Taiwanese model-actress Lin Chi-ling and Hong Kong singer-actor Leon Lai also feature in the entirely Chinese production, which premiers June 19, the official China Daily newspaper reported. "A lot of animation produced in China is very good and I hope children can enjoy this one and pass on traditional Chinese culture as well," Yao was quoted as saying. (Anchorage Daily News)
Yesterdays meeting was the committees fifth attempt to complete the preliminary review of proposed amendments to the University Act (jk) and the Junior College Act (Mk) X two bills proposed by the Ministry of Education to allow Chinese students to enroll in Taiwanese universities. The DPP has used numerous strategies to stall the review, including locking themselves in the committees conference room on May 4 and preventing KMT lawmakers from entering the room. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
In 2007, then-premier Yu Shyi-kun coined the term Chinese Taiwanese to describe Taiwanese of Han ethnicity ... Taiwanese take pride in their unique cultural blend. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
With great Taiwanese consumer anticipation, "Harajuku Lovers" is finally opening its flagship store in May ... In addition, Taiwanese people's willingness in trying new things has resulted in the conglomeration of diverse international brands ... Recently, the fashion apparel expenditure of the Taiwanese public is on the rise, with annual sales of between NT$150~170 billion. (PR Newswire)
Small wonder that many Taiwanese refer to themselves as Chinese without thinking about it. This is why it is so difficult to build Taiwanese self-awareness ... There is no need for Taiwanese to purposely avoid Chinese holidays if the holidays relate to Taiwan. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Meanwhile, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus yesterday criticized Wu for his remark that de-Sinification was a counter-current in Taiwan, saying Wu had given up his status as a Taiwanese. DPP Legislator Lee Chun-yee (T) said more than 70 percent of Taiwanese thought Taiwan was a sovereign country, and if Wu believed de-Sinification and one Taiwan, one China were a counter-current, then the public should worry about whether Wu and the KMT were selling Taiwan to China. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Why should Taiwanese expect the rest of the world to respect their country when they dont respect it themselves. In the face of claims so often made of the progressive nature of Taiwanese society being a compelling basis for the nations full-fledged international recognition often flies the actual treatment, by the local people, of their international guests ... Sorry, but I dont need to be reminded every single day by everyone I meet that Im different from Taiwanese. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Taiwan Today will select important political, economic, social, cultural and lifestyle news from major Chinese-language newspapers every day to be translated into English, presenting the diversity of Taiwanese society through the Internet, he said. Taiwan Today, to go online at www. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Ma, who gave Colom a Taiwanese bicycle as a gift, instructed the embassy to give Coloms wife another one after the Guatemalan president mentioned that he and his wife have recently developed a new passion for cycling. Previously in Belize, Ma and Belizean Prime Minister Dean Barrow held talks and reached a consensus on strengthening cooperation in fishing and agriculture. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
The 1,200m keai-off: Teenage girls compete to see who can first spot a Labrador through field glasses at 1,200m, then complete the phrase hao keai o. Artistic rhythmic photo-posing: The Taiwanese will face stiff competition in this medal category from the Japanese and the Koreans. Competitors are scored on their flexibility, form and grace in executing the V finger sign in the correct position while being photographed by a camera attached to a rapid conveyor belt. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
A trade delegation from Guangxi Province visited Taiwan last Friday, returning yesterday with US$170 million in Taiwanese products, Yang said, without giving details ... What surprised me most was that the Taiwanese side also placed orders with the delegation for Guangxi Products, although I had originally thought our trip to Taiwan would only be a unilateral purchase activity, Ma said ... The two-way procurement orders totaled nearly NT$10 billion (US$281 million), with the Guangxi group... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Despite his somewhat Vulcanesque appearance, the comparison between the 45-year-old Taiwanese artist and the 43-year-old Star Trek franchise stops here ... They draw crowds but beg the question: Could Taiwan do better to promote Taiwanese artists. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
POLITICAL GAME: While Ma Ying-jeou has been eager to push cross-strait ties, Beijing has wisely chosen to take it slowly at the risk of upsetting Taiwanese, analysts said By Ko Shu-ling STAFF REPORTER Wednesday, May 27, 2009, Page 3 ... Beijing is worried, however, that if Ma goes too fast, Taiwanese may not like it, so it must step on the brakes, he said ... Ruan said China would make an all-out effort to help Ma win re-election, adding that Beijing was likely to dole out more small favors... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
This is the first time in four years X and a great honor X that a Taiwanese work has won a top prize at the worlds real-estate excellence awards ... Taiwanese architecture received international recognition when Kaohsiung Citys Heart of Love River (Re) river renovation and the Central Park Station on the MRT won two International Real Estate Federation awards ... This is the first time in four years X and a great honor X that a Taiwanese work has won a top prize at the worlds... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Since moving to Taiwan, he has relished learning about the culture and is now a self-proclaimed taike (x), he said, adding that he wished more Taiwanese appreciated their home for what it is ... Now that summers here, most Taiwanese just say: Oh its going to be so hot. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
The ministry said it hoped the exhibition would lead to commercial opportunities between Taiwanese and African companies and enhance economic and trade relations, as one of the governments policies was to promote economic and trade diplomacy ... Swazi Ambassador Njabuliso Gwebu, chairperson of the Africa Group of Ambassadors and Representatives in Taiwan, expressed hope that the handicrafts on exhibit would win the appreciation of Taiwanese. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Meanwhile, the president yesterday conferred a medal on Taipei European School CEO John Nixon for his effort to promote -Taiwanese and European culture. Ma honored Nixon with the Order of Brilliant Star with Grand Purple Cordon for integrating German, British and French educational systems and establishing the Taipei European School, Ma said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
He called on Taiwanese to support Chinese democracy activists in countering the CCP regime. For many, human rights and freedom are abstract concepts, World Uyghur Congress president Rebiya Kadeer said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Taiwan)
The KMT sees a Chinese future for Taiwan, but it cannot defend Taiwanese self-determination until it displays practical and rhetorical support for Chinas democracy movement X however fractured, demoralized and inconvenient that movement may be. This story has been viewed 609 times. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
An estimated 1 million Taiwanese live on the mainland, where some extend their careers and some start their dreams ... "I plan to find a job on the mainland. There are always more opportunities for Taiwanese here," he says ... He cites the mainland's opening of more professions to Taiwanese, including social workers, and civil and structural engineers. (Xinhuanet, China)
The Hotel of Modern Art was founded by a Taiwanese business entrepreneur in 1997 and represents a lovely balance of world class sculpture, architecture, and art set against the backdrop of the natural beauty of the lush grounds. Despite the somewhat limited English among the staff, the genuine kindness and warmth delivered here is truly heartwarming. (MSNBC -- Travel)
French Culture Minister Christine Albanel (L) poses with members of the Cannes copetition jury: British novelist and screenwriter Hanif Kureishi, Indian actress Sharmila Tagore, Taiwanese actress Shu Qi, French actress and president of the jury Isabelle Huppert, South Korean director and screenwriter Lee Chang-Dong, Forrest Gump and Princess Bride actress Robin Wright Penn, Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan, We Own the Night director James Gray and Italian actress/director Asia Argento.... (USA Today -- Life)
But a few things have remained the same and that is the hardworking ethic of the Taiwanese people and their love and commitment to their families ... The main duty of the missionaries, said Norman Neilson, the president of the Taipei Mission, is to share the gospel of Jesus Christ and tell the Taiwanese brothers and sisters that families can be together forever ... There are also a handful of native Taiwanese. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Taiwan)
These products are processed using cheaper production methods by China-based Taiwanese businesspeople and then exported around the world in a triangular trade sequence ... Because development of the domestic economy has been overlooked, Taiwanese are not willing to invest resources at home, and this has retarded improvements in ordinary peoples livelihoods and the overall economic climate. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
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