Big is beautiful in land that thrives on foreign affairs Nov 3, 2009
A Taiwanese fishing boat is no longer helping search for 11 suspected. Top National Times articles. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
* 228 foundation to open memorial museum in 2011 Nov 3, 2009
Saying the 228 Incident remained an emotional topic for Taiwanese, Chan said the foundation had just reshuffled its board, and one-third of the members are victims, relatives of victims, academics or other experts. President Ma Ying-jeou (^E) did not interfere in the selections of board members, Chan said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Taiwan Baseball Controlled By Mob Nov 2, 2009
Typically, Taiwanese gangsters have intimidated players into throwing games, and punished those who haven't cooperated ... You've gotta add a dash of human bone, according to one Taiwanese swordsmith. (Newsmax)
* EDITORIAL : Baseball: greed, vanity and shame Oct 31, 2009
It did not take seriously its responsibility to understand why Taiwanese baseball is so vulnerable to game-fixing, let alone implement strict oversight policies and player-focused reforms to combat it ... It is national: It is a slap in the face for everyone who feels pride when Taiwanese teams perform X at home or in international competitions. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Colleges mull group to lobby for PRC students Oct 30, 2009
DPP lawmakers said recruiting Chinese students could ultimately infringe on the rights of Taiwanese students. NO SCHOLARSHIPS. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* RESTAURANTS : Shi-Yang Culture Restaurant is Oct 30, 2009
Creative Taiwanese cuisine meets rustic tranquility at Shi-Yang Culture Restaurant (is), located at a mountainside property on Yangmingshan ... Shi-Yangs meals are a healthier take on the traditional Taiwanese banquet. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* FEATURE: Chinese spouses demand right to work in Taiwan Oct 29, 2009
Taiwanese began to refer to the lettuce as "dalumei" more than a decade ago, when Chinese brides began arriving in Taiwan. Marriages between Taiwanese men and Chinese or Southeast Asian women have increased in the past few years ... Most of them got married with the help of agencies who arranged for Taiwanese to visit China for speed dating. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Business Briefs Oct 28, 2009
Taiwanese companies invested about US$5 billion in Shanghai by the end of April, Fang said ... The New Taiwan dollar fell against the US dollar, snapping two days of gains, on speculation overseas investors will pare investment in Taiwanese stocks ... 7 billion more Taiwanese shares yesterday than they bought, stock exchange data showed. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Rebel artists think in ink Oct 28, 2009
He dubs the new style modern in the Taiwanese context, but experimental when it comes to Chinas ink painting endeavors ... The examples exhibited in Open Flexibility demonstrate that modernist experimentation freed Taiwanese artists from the formal constraints of the past and enabled them to employ ink in a revolutionary manner ... When China opened up in the early 1980s, ink painters across the country followed in the innovative footsteps of their Taiwanese counterparts. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Newsweek: Chinas rail revolution Oct 28, 2009
This month it opened high-speed rail tracks connecting it for the first time to Ningbo, a major port, and to the neighboring province of Fujian, an important hub for Taiwanese investment. The link, which will ultimately extend south to Hong Kong, is expected to further stimulate Wenzhou's legendary entrepreneurial spirit, which has seen it move rapidly from small family workshops to major textile and electronics manufacturing, as well as becoming the source of much of the real-estate investment... (MSNBC -- International)
* Ma marks anniversary of historic battle on Kinmen Oct 26, 2009
We successfully blended broad and profound Chinese tradition with the open and enterprising ocean culture and transformed it into a Chinese culture with distinguishing Taiwanese features, he said. China experienced dramatic changes over the years and now has risen economically and politically in East Asia, a road that was more difficult and tortuous than Taiwans, Ma said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
* Greens unite, protect and besiege Oct 25, 2009
The vitality of songs in Hoklo (also known as Taiwanese) has given birth to a group of excellent musicians such as Ye Chun-lin (T) and Tyzen Hsiao (M) ... Many local governments in Taiwan still preserve buildings reflecting Taiwanese history ... However, in a pan-blue controlled area like Miaoli, people are willing to spend huge sums to build a Ma museum while they dont think twice about knocking down the chimney of a kiln tied to the long history of Taiwanese pottery. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
* DBS set to replace foreign managers with local staffers Oct 24, 2009
The Taiwanese government paid DBS NT$44. 5 billion (US$1. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Taiwanese tapestry Oct 21, 2009
Working in a similar vein to other Taiwanese artists of his generation such as Yang Mao-lin (ZL) and Hou Chun-ming (JT), Lees paintings offer a glimpse of contemporary society through the use of traditional folk and religious imagery rendered in a comic book style ... Although Taiwanese art has been influenced by many cultures X whether Chinese literati painting, American consumer culture or comics X these disparate elements have been assimilated ... The way in which Lee combines... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
* Ma has carefully heeded Hus Six Points Oct 16, 2009
Taiwan used to claim to represent orthodox Chinese culture, but now the Ma administration has brought up reading standard characters while writing with simplified characters X the first positive Taiwanese reaction in 60 years to the simplified character set used in China. Fourth, if the Democratic Progressive Party changes its Taiwan independence separatist position, China will make a positive response. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* The Taiwanese connection Oct 15, 2009
The Taiwanese connection ... Her documentary Tigerwomen Grow Wings (), shot in 2004 during the presidential election in Taiwan, traces the lives of Taiwanese women from three generations X Taiwanese opera actress Hsieh Yue-hsia (), famed novelist Li Ang () and director D.J. Chen (MT) ... This week, Treuts Taiwanese connections deepen with the release of Ghosted (N), a supernatural mystery that also functions as a love story. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Ministry to help universities make top 100 Oct 13, 2009
During a question-and-answer session with legislators on the Education and Culture Committee, the minister said a team of Taiwanese and international academics led by Academia Sinica President Wong Chi-huey (f) would determine the criteria under which universities could apply for some of the NT$50 billion (US$1. 54 billion) available in government funding. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Ma vows to maintain national security Oct 11, 2009
Over the past 60 years, Ma said the history and culture of the Republic of China (ROC) and Taiwan have integrated and developed into a Chinese culture with a unique Taiwanese character. . (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
* Conductor to auction his baton for charity Oct 10, 2009
Taiwanese conductor Paul Chiang (ti) is auctioning one of his batons, known as Little Henry, to raise money for the physically disabled ... The Philharmonia Moment Musical, a symphony orchestra of young Taiwanese that Chiang founded in 1998, has given particular attention to Aboriginal communities, holding dozens of concerts in remote areas of southern Taiwan prior to the recent devastation wrought by floods and mudslides caused by Typhoon Morakot in August ... We impressed audiences... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Newspaper ranks NTU in worlds top universities Oct 9, 2009
NTU was the first Taiwanese university to make the top 100 world universities in the annual rankings, released by the Times Higher Education magazine yesterday. NTU came in 124th last year and 102nd in 2007. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* MUSIC: Mainstream magnetism Oct 9, 2009
The 27-year-olds gentle, honey-smooth voice and mellow lounge singers demeanor have resonated with mainstream Taiwanese audiences ... Many of the new albums songs will appeal to mainstream Taiwanese tastes. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* ART JOURNAL: The good, the bad and the baffling Oct 7, 2009
The festival, held at the Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts (N]) and Aigrette Down (O), includes two solo shows X one by Australian installation artist Jayne Dyer and the other by Taiwanese sculptor Chang Tzu-lung (il) ... Aspiring to emulate Balzacs approach is an achievable goal, as for example, dozens of local artists have created multi-layered characterizations of Taiwanese society ... Both artists created tapestries of Taiwanese culture by employing symbols culled from the... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Web addiction linked to depression in teens Oct 6, 2009
But if at-risk children--such as those identified in the Taiwanese study--are given sufficient time and exposure without careful monitoring, Internet addiction could easily become one of the most chronic childhood diseases in America, says Dr. Dimitri A. Christakis of the Center for Child Health, Behavior, and Development, in Seattle. Our culture practically mandates time online, he says, with Wi-Fi connections in coffee shops and BlackBerries and iPhones that allow Internet access almost... (CNN -- Tech)
* INTERVIEW: Film director fights for freedom of expression Oct 6, 2009
If I also started to run around holding placards or hanging banners, I would at most get a two-page spread in the newspapers, but I would also get caught up in the old Taiwanese political protest culture, and that would not help things. I chose to ask my friends for help, because the whole issue involved freedom of speech and freedom of creativity. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* INTERVIEW: China to rule the world, British author says Part 2 Oct 5, 2009
CONTESTED MODERNITY: In part two of an interview with Taipei Times staff reporter J. Michael Cole, author Martin Jacques discusses modernity, Taiwanese independence and the fall of the West Monday, Oct 05, 2009, Page 3 ... From that angle, Taiwans modernity was informed by both its colonial experience under Japanese rule X at a time when Meiji Japan itself was modernizing X and its ties with the West, especially the US. Do these experiences mean that Taiwanese modernity and Chinese... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Taiwan)
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A renowned trio that has been entertaining Angelenos for more than 25 years is back with its take on the Iraq War and its effects at home, while the countrys oldest Asian American theater company celebrates its 44th season by tempting audiences with a story about recreating the perfect Taiwanese meal soul food style ... Kenneth Lin penned this play about a Taiwanese immigrant who recruits a friend, an African American chef, to help him recreate his deceased mothers Great Banquet. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
* FILM REVIEW: Different strokes, different folks Oct 2, 2009
Taiwanese filmmaker Yang Jen-tso () studied Hansens disease for 10 years, which resulted in the documentary Leprous Life (c). Leprous Life complements Lady Camellia, a South Korean documentary about a former Hansens disease sufferer who, aged four, was quarantined on Sorok Island. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
* EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT Oct 2, 2009
The musical tells a story of workplace intrigue and lampoons Taiwanese office culture ... Paiwan singer Matzka, who plays reggae and rock with a strong Taiwanese flavor, has recently taken residence at the venue. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
* Education bodys meeting marred by shouting match Oct 1, 2009
Kuan also accused the National Immigration Agency (NIA) and the Ministry of Education of breaking the law after the NIA passed a regulation allowing Chinese spouses children from former marriages to register at Taiwanese high schools without passing local entrance examinations ... The minister said that the Chinese students applications would not necessarily be accepted by schools, and added that Taiwanese students rights would not be compromised. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Future bright as China turns 60 Oct 1, 2009
Today Jinmen, still part of Taiwan, has a military garrison but its defense tunnels are open for sightseeing to Taiwanese and PRC citizens alike. Senior officials in both China and Taiwan refrained from politicized rhetoric. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Ma Sees Want Want in China Bring Prosperity to Taiwan as Shares Return 39% Sep 30, 2009
Want Want, which is by Taiwanese billionaire , has grown into the worlds largest maker of rice crackers by running 34 factories and generating more than 90 percent of its $1 ... Hes easing investment and travel barriers that have impeded Want Want and 100,000 other Taiwanese companies that do business on the mainland -- angering opponents who say hes playing into the hands of Chinese President ... Since 1988, when Taiwan lifted a ban on its citizens visiting China, Taiwanese... (Bloomberg)
Alternative view Sep 30, 2009
Kyle Shih, young Taiwanese soldier. In a sign perceptions have changed over the past six decades, many Taiwanese do not see the weaponry to be displayed in China's military parade to mark the 60th anniversary as necessarily aimed at Taiwan, but more as a symbol of China's rise and power ... One young Taiwanese soldier, Kyle Shih, quipped that his main reason for watching the parade was "to see the Chinese female soldiers parading in their mini-skirts.". (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
* Taiwan News Quick Take Sep 26, 2009
Taiwanese representative to the US Jason Yuan (K) said Taiwan is the US' ninth-largest trade partner and the seventh-largest market for US agricultural exports, with 95 percent of Taiwan's wheat imports supplied by the US. In terms of per capita consumption, Taiwan is the world's biggest consumer of US agricultural products, Yuan said. He said the visit by the Taiwanese delegation was a demonstration of the importance Taiwan attaches to economic and trade relations with the US, adding that... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
* FILM FESTIVAL: Oldies but goodies Sep 25, 2009
The second segment screens works made mostly by female filmmakers, including the first local documentary to win an award at Japans Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, The Lost Kingdom (w), director Lee Hsiang-hsius (q) study on a legendary Taiwanese opera troupe that was popular in the 1970s, and 1997s Swimming on the Highway (btWa). After each screening, filmmakers will attend question-and-answer sessions to discuss their work with... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Migration puts the world in world music Sep 25, 2009
It includes a collaborative project between Taiwanese artists in the beiguan (_) group Qing He Xuan (yMa) and pipa (\]) specialist Chung Yu-feng (), with Japanese guitarist Ken Othake and Finnish folk musician Pekko Kappi, who have all been living in the town of Budai (U), Chiayi County, for the last month working on a musical fusion that will be presented at the concert in Chiayi on Sunday and at the final concert in Taipei on Oct. 4. Migration Music Festival is largely the... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* FESTIVAL: Picnic power Sep 25, 2009
net), which is showing the debut films of 30 Taiwanese directors in 10 days at different locations across Taipei, will screen its first film, Sunday Morning (P), by director and curator Alfie Chen (a). An outdoor installation art exhibit and a flea market selling products made by independent artists and designers are planned for both days. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Belgian visitor receives special welcome at Taipei 101 Sep 25, 2009
Asked which Taiwanese dishes she liked most, she immediately said seafood ... The tour guide said Belgians were usually very curious about Taiwanese culture. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Ma not 'daring or resolute,' foreign student poll says Sep 25, 2009
6 percent of the respondents said Taiwanese culture and its Chinese counterpart were similar, while only 9 ... The survey also interviewed 842 Taiwanese students, with 62 percent of them saying Ma was gentle, while 41 ... 7 percent of the Taiwanese students said Ma showed high [administrative] efficiency, while only 8. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Casino bid involves choices as a society Sep 24, 2009
In addition, Taiwanese that go to casinos abroad are mostly rich people. If we establish casinos in Penghu, they would inevitably attract clients from the middle and lower-class to spend lavishly and waste their hard-earned money. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
* New film highlights benefits of Taiwan-EU cooperation Sep 24, 2009
Face (y), the latest work by director Tsai Ming-liang (G), which premiered on Tuesday night, is the first Taiwanese movie funded by the EU and a prime example of cultural cooperation between the EU and Taiwan, Europes top envoy to Taiwan said recently ... The production, which features noted French stars Laetitia Casta, Fanny Ardant and Jean-Pierre Leaud, as well as Taiwanese actors Lee Kang-sheng (d) and Lu Yi-ching (R), will be the first movie that the Louvre will add to its... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
China lends rare art to Taiwan Sep 24, 2009
Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou is much closer to China than his predecessor Chen Shui-bian, and since he came to power in 2008 relations between the two neighbours have improved ... Nevertheless, the Taiwanese say there will not be any loans going in the opposite direction until an agreement is reached about Beijing's claims on treasures still in Taipei. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
* Unreliable comments on the Chen conviction Sep 23, 2009
This policy is supported by the vast majority of Taiwanese. More than 50 percent of the population consider themselves to be unambiguously Taiwanese, while only 5 percent to 6 percent think of themselves as Chinese ... Taiwanese have clearly become more Taiwanese. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
* Say it with subtlety Sep 23, 2009
The Taiwanese word for water is also a homophone for beautiful. . (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
* EXHIBITIONS Sep 23, 2009
Taiwanese artist and 2009 Venice Biennale participant Yang Mao-lin (ZL) examines how global culture supplants local traditions in Temple of Sublime Beauty X Made in Taiwan (CPqwxWsy). In his sculpture, Yang mixes the iconography of Taiwanese religious artifacts, such as Buddhist statues and Taoist alters, and characters from popular culture, including King Kong and Wonder Woman ... Taiwanese painter Lin Hong-yis (L) solo exhibition features landscape, nude, portrait and... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
China's leaders give little away Sep 22, 2009
Ironically, the gleeful coverage in mainland media earlier this month of the life sentences handed down to former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian and his wife for stealing millions of dollars in state funds while accepting bribes worth many more millions may come back to haunt Beijing. Chen, a supporter of Taiwanese independence, has long been a nemesis of China's leadership, but now he is also a symbol of a Chinese leader at the highest level brought to book for corruption. (Asia Times Online)
* A joy to the eye and the mind X and a reminder Sep 21, 2009
Lais Deaflympics program was interesting because his adult world appeared to be the deeply imprinted experience of life in exile for a Taiwanese Mainlander intellectual ... Because he is unfamiliar with traditional Taiwanese life, this was the Taiwan we were left with: the Taipei streets of his youth and childhood dreams of his ancestral home. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Taiwan city to screen Kadeer film Sep 21, 2009
Local tourism officials had spoken out against the move, Taiwanese media reported, fearing it would drive Chinese tourist numbers down. Rebiya Kadeer heads the World Uighur Congress, which represents the Uighur community in exile. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Tortoise with taste for life in the fast lane is rescued from the M25 Sep 20, 2009
Taiwanese man 'too old' for jail. Egypt's Ramadan television soaps. (BBC News -- UK)
Taiwanese school officials visit Monroe Central Sep 19, 2009
Monroe Central Schools Friday morning welcomed a delegation of eight Taiwanese school administrators as part of an exchange program encouraging nations share their strengths and abilities to teach children ... "We're asking the Taiwanese principals, 'What are you doing in your schools that is successful,' and sharing with them the things we've found particularly successful here," Robbins said ... John Lin, a senior officer, culture division, of the Taiwanese Consulate in Chicago, Ill. (Winchester News-Gazette, IN)
Hunan Restaurant offers Asian taste for 25 years Sep 19, 2009
The anniversary came on July 27 for the Taiwanese immigrant, who came to the United States in 1978. Through the years, generations of local families have sat down for oriental cuisine at Hunan Restaurant, surrounded by an Asian decor with flowers, vases and a circular doorway with a Chinese dragon. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
* [ARTS & CULTURE] Best artists and best audiences to meet at culture fest Sep 18, 2009
Zhang Qingxian (iR_), Liang Guying () and Zhang Mingrong (ia) are just three of the big names who now regularly feature in local kun opera productions, bolstering the lineup of Taiwanese artists with their considerable experience. Hsu said this was a match made in heaven, because many of this older generation of Chinese kun artists enjoy a passionate following in Taiwan. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
* Chens fate should act as a lesson Sep 17, 2009
Last week, a Taiwanese court sentenced former president Chen Shui-bian () to life imprisonment for corruption ... This official effort to portray native Taiwanese as a separate ethnic group, with scant relation to Chinese culture, was extended to language, as Chen favored using Taiwanese in lieu of Mandarin spoken by 1 ... The message was obvious: His was the only group with a legitimate claim to being native Taiwanese. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
* Taiwan democracy in peril: US senator Sep 16, 2009
Written and produced by Taiwanese-American Will Tiao (N), the film has received wide support and sponsorship from the Formosa Foundation, a nonprofit based in Los Angeles ... The congressional screening is designed to raise awareness of the historic and ongoing struggle of the Taiwanese people to build a democratic society. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
* Betelnut buzz Sep 16, 2009
Betelnut T-shirt brand pays homage to Taiwanese culture with a satirical X but affectionate X twist ... Betelnut (}), a T-shirt brand that pays cheeky homage to Taiwanese culture, was partly inspired by a trip to California ... When I got back to Taiwan, I wondered how we could do the same thing, but with a Taiwanese take, says Tang. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
* Winners of Presidential Culture Awards announced Sep 16, 2009
Another notable winner was Chi Pang-yuan (D), a National Taiwan University professor emeritus, who has played a leading role in introducing Taiwanese authors to the Western world by translating their works. Chi, who is also 85, is a prolific writer and translator. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
* Gambian students begin agriculture course in Pingtung Sep 15, 2009
The university has prepared a variety of activities during the new semester to allow the foreign students to gain knowledge of Taiwanese culture and customs and meet local students, the NPUST officials said. This story has been viewed 355 times. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
* Standard Chartered looking to Taiwanese in India Sep 14, 2009
Standard Chartered looking to Taiwanese in India ... Taipei Times (TT): What incentive do you think the India market offers to attract potential Taiwanese investments ... Helen Hui (\J): If you look at the worlds IT products, most are dominated by Taiwanese players. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
West confused over Confucians Sep 10, 2009
Confucius (traditionally September 29, 551 BC-479 BC) was a Chinese thinker and social philosopher whose teachings and philosophy deeply influenced Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Taiwanese and Vietnamese thought and life. 2. (Asia Times Online)
* DEAFLYMPICS TAIPEI 2009: Athletes to enjoy Taiwans cuisine Sep 9, 2009
We want to dedicate the feast to the athletes, introducing such traditional culture and Taiwanese peoples passion for foreign friends and make them remember Taiwan forever ... Deaflympics athletes will be treated to a huge outdoor banquet featuring Taiwanese cuisine such as steamed dumplings and beef noodles at the closing ceremony on Tuesday, the Deaflympics Organizing Committee said yesterday ... We want to dedicate the feast to the athletes, to introduce this traditional culture and the... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
* Ma looks to his father and betrays the Chiangs Sep 8, 2009
To Taiwanese, the perspectives of the two dictators were not entirely terrifying ... Although these slogans did not win over everyone, they ensured that Taiwan would not be sold out to the CCP and that at least Taiwanese would be free of the fear of being controlled by yet another foreign regime and a different system. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
* Activists campaign against tobacco plants expansion Sep 3, 2009
Branding Imperial Tobaccos expansion plan a Second Opium War, Huang Sung-li (C), -secretary--general of the Taiwan International Medical Alliance, said the companys Taiwanese investment plan would facilitate its global business expansion. Accusing the Miaoli County Government of nurturing disease and death in Taiwan and Asia while helping Imperial Tobacco make money, Huang said the expansion plan reflected the companys imperial mentality. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
* Taiwan à la mode Sep 2, 2009
Since its launch last summer, street-wear brand Nong Li has quickly won a following for its unique take on Taiwanese culture ... We want to bridge the gap, using street-wear apparel as a medium to transform Taiwanese culture into fashionable elements, so that people may look at the old and tradition in a different light, Liao said ... By making the connection between the two, they may find Taiwanese religion less distant and mysterious, said Liao, whose future plans include working with... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
* [ LETTERS ] Sep 2, 2009
Taiwanese welcome him with our hearts ... However, as Taiwanese, we do not accept Ma or China insulting the Dalai Lama ... Beijing has no right to dictate who Taiwanese can listen to. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
* FEATURE: Futai Street Mansion has a history to share Sep 1, 2009
The first floor now houses an exhibition room and a cafe decorated with the work of local artists, where visitors can enjoy tea and snacks while listening to old Taiwanese music. Climbing up the wooden stairs to the second floor, there are two exhibition rooms, one equipped with a large-size electronic book detailing in Chinese and English the history of Taipei City from 1600 to 2007. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Taiwanese protest against Dalai Lama's visit Sep 1, 2009
Typhoon-affected Taiwanese protest Dalai Lama's visit _English_Xinhua. Typhoon-affected Taiwanese protest Dalai Lama's visit ... Last Saturday, more than 10 Taiwanese political organizations condemned DPP's invitation to the Dalai Lama as "unethical" and "politically motivated," as approximately 100 members from the Labor Rights Association, the Labor Party and other organizations staged a protest outside the headquarters of the DPP in Taipei. (Xinhuanet, China)
