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k106539http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1065392016-12-29T05:40:00+08:00The Tourism Bureau under the Ministry of Transportation and Communications unveiled Dec. 28 in Taipe106505http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1065052016-12-28T05:40:00+08:00President Tsai Ing-wen said Dec. 27 that the government is committed to promoting historical and tra106390http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1063902016-12-26T05:40:00+08:00Taiwan and India signed a letter of intent for cooperation on railway heritage Dec. 24 in southern T106321http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1063212016-12-23T05:40:00+08:00The Taiwan Film Institute under the Ministry of Culture will launch an online box-office revenue sys105764http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1057642016-12-15T05:40:00+08:00The winners of the 2016 Trending Taiwan Short Film Competition, organized by the Ministry of Foreign104489http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1044892016-12-01T05:40:00+08:00French academic Samia Ferhat and the EU Center at National Sun Yat-sen University in southern Taiwan104487http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1044872016-11-28T05:40:00+08:00An exhibition showcasing metal artworks and items of jewelry by Ruan Weng-mong is underway at the Mu104488http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1044882016-11-28T05:40:00+08:00Taiwan’s Tai Tzu-ying clinched the women’s singles badminton title at the 2016 Yonex-Sunrise Hong Ko104486http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1044862016-11-24T05:40:00+08:00Taipei City-based National Palace Museum’s digital “Giuseppe Castiglione-Lang Shining New Media Art 104485http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1044852016-11-14T05:40:00+08:00The Foundation for International Cooperation in Higher Education of Taiwan, a nonprofit organization102543http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025432016-11-07T05:40:00+08:00The 2016 Asia-Pacific Culture Day concluded Nov. 6 at Taipei Main Station, with 20 foreign missions 102542http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025422016-10-25T05:40:00+08:00Ink painter Liu Kuo-sung, chair professor in the Department of Fine Arts at National Taiwan Normal U102541http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025412016-10-21T05:40:00+08:00Vice President Chen Chien-jen received a delegation comprising the president of the International Un102539http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025392016-10-20T05:40:00+08:00A short film about Pine Garden, a Japanese colonial era (1895-1945) building in eastern Taiwan’s Hua102540http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025402016-10-20T05:40:00+08:00A joint exhibition by the national libraries of Taiwan and Hungary is underway in Budapest, offering102538http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025382016-10-19T05:40:00+08:00A total of 96 artifacts from the Taipei-based National Palace Museum have gone on display at Paris’ 102537http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025372016-10-18T05:40:00+08:00Memorial services are being held in cities across Taiwan to mark the passing of Thailand’s King Bhum102536http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025362016-10-17T05:40:00+08:00The World Stamp Championship, or PHILATAIPEI 2016, opens Oct. 21 for the first time in Taiwan, servi102535http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025352016-10-11T05:40:00+08:00Taiwan’s Tommy Yen-po Chen took first place in the 250-kilometer Atacama Crossing ultramarathon in C102533http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025332016-10-07T05:40:00+08:00Taiwan is sending its largest number of performance groups to Festival Internacional Cervantino, one102534http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025342016-10-07T05:40:00+08:00Dragon boat maker Liu Ching-cheng, Taiwanese opera promoter Sun Rong-hui and the Godot Theatre Compa102531http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025312016-10-03T05:40:00+08:00The National Taichung Theater, central Taiwan’s newest architectural landmark, was officially inaugu102532http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025322016-10-03T05:40:00+08:00People in Taipei came out in droves to view artistic creations and performances throughout the night102530http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025302016-09-26T05:40:00+08:00The recipients of the 2016 Tang Prize were honored at an awards ceremony Sept. 25 at National Sun Ya102529http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025292016-09-23T05:40:00+08:00Taiwan has joined the ranks of a U.S.-led coalition of eight cancer-fighting countries working to co102528http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025282016-09-20T05:40:00+08:00Taiwan poet Yu Hsi was honored by the Czech Republic government Sept. 16 at the 36th World Congress 102526http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025262016-09-12T05:40:00+08:00Taiwan directors Ang Lee and Midi Zhao were recently honored by London-headquartered International B102527http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025272016-09-12T05:40:00+08:00The Full Moon Mandarin Connection, an event co-organized by the Ministry of Education and National S102525http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025252016-09-08T05:40:00+08:00A Taiwan team’s efforts to combat the Zika virus have been realized in a device designed to provide 102524http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025242016-09-06T05:40:00+08:00The 2016 Formosa International Poetry Festival is underway in New Taipei City’s Tamsui District, bri102523http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025232016-09-02T05:40:00+08:00Tran Thi Hoang Phuong, chief instructor in the Vietnamese division of the Southeastern Asian Languag102522http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025222016-09-01T05:40:00+08:00Taiwan’s advanced standards of care and symptom management for those with Lou Gehrig’s disease, or a102521http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025212016-08-31T05:40:00+08:00The post-production phase recently concluded on director Yeh Tien-lun’s “The Mad King of Taipei Town102520http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025202016-08-30T05:40:00+08:00Taiwan-made “The Road to Mandalay” by Myanmar-born director Midi Zhao is set to make its world premi102519http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025192016-08-25T05:40:00+08:00A team of three students from the Department of Industrial Design at Tunghai University in central T102518http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025182016-08-24T05:40:00+08:00A spectacular menu of Chinese cuisine for next month’s Tang Prize Banquet inspired by the categories102517http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025172016-08-23T05:40:00+08:00The Puzangalan Choir, made up of children from southern Taiwan’s indigenous Paiwan community in Ping102516http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025162016-08-22T05:40:00+08:00The one-year countdown to the 2017 Universiade commenced Aug. 20 in Taipei City, with the local gove102514http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025142016-08-19T05:40:00+08:00A canoe building project for disadvantaged children with learning disabilities living in rural areas102515http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025152016-08-19T05:40:00+08:00The latest batch of teachers certified by the Ministry of Education to instruct compulsory and elect102513http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025132016-08-18T05:40:00+08:00Taipei City Government announced the medical services plan for the Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade at102512http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025122016-08-16T05:40:00+08:00The main structure of the athletes’ village for the Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade was unveiled Aug.102511http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025112016-08-12T05:40:00+08:00Hit Taiwan TV drama “The Way We Were” is set to screen in Latin America next month, helping share th102510http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025102016-08-11T05:40:00+08:00The 2016 Taiwan Higher Education Fair, the largest overseas fair focusing on Taiwan’s higher e102508http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025082016-08-10T05:40:00+08:00An anti-terrorism drill testing the coordinated response capabilities of central and local governmen102509http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025092016-08-10T05:40:00+08:00A Taiwan baseball team defeated their opponents from Puerto Rico 4-0 to claim the 2016 PONY Bronco W102507http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025072016-08-05T05:40:00+08:00A team of young athletes from Taiwan defeated their rivals from the U.S. state of Hawaii 6-2 to clin102506http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=1025062016-08-02T05:40:00+08:00The biennial Austronesian Cultural Festival kicks off in eastern Taiwan’s Taitung County Aug. 6, wit24676http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246762016-08-01T05:40:00+08:00Taipei City Government announced July 28 a budget of nearly NT$30 million (US$920,000) has been gran24674http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246742016-07-29T05:40:00+08:00Elephant Parade, an open air exhibition of individually decorated 1.5-meter-tall statues of baby ele24675http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246752016-07-29T05:40:00+08:00Taipei’s Eslite Spectrum was named one of the “world’s coolest department stores” by CNN July 27, wi24672http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246722016-07-26T05:40:00+08:00The 2016 Asia Illustrations Annual Awards are underway at the Taichung Cultural and Creative Industr24673http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246732016-07-26T05:40:00+08:00Nearly 100 foreign students attended the 2016 Joint Aboriginal Harvest Festival hosted by Hualien Co24671http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246712016-07-22T05:40:00+08:00The Tourism Bureau under the Ministry of Transportation and Communications is taking the three-prong24670http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246702016-07-20T05:40:00+08:00Taipei 101, the tallest green-certified building in the world, recently concluded a memorandum of un24669http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246692016-07-15T05:40:00+08:00The Ministry of Culture is sending teams of gifted young Taiwanese to Southeast Asian nations as par24668http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246682016-07-12T05:40:00+08:00The official opening ceremony of the 50th International Children’s Games, sanctioned by the Internat24667http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246672016-07-05T05:40:00+08:00Culture Minister Cheng Li-chiun conferred to nine individuals and one musical group certificates hon24666http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246662016-06-28T05:40:00+08:00“House of Little Moments,” an advertising campaign produced by ADK Global Taiwan, bagged gold in the24665http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246652016-06-21T05:40:00+08:00Winners of the 2016 Tang Prize in four categories were announced June 18-21, with each category rece24664http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246642016-06-17T05:40:00+08:00Sixteen books by Taiwan authors have been translated into English, French, Japanese, Korean and Swed24663http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246632016-06-01T05:40:00+08:00Taiwan is the honorable guest country invited to French design festival D’Days in Paris May 30 to Ju24662http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246622016-05-26T05:40:00+08:00Shihsanhang Museum of Archaeology in New Taipei City, northern Taiwan, launched trial operations May24661http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246612016-05-13T05:40:00+08:00A set of transit cards featuring depictions of the Yellow Tiger Flag, the banner of the short-lived 24660http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246602016-05-09T05:40:00+08:00The inaugural Europe Fair wrapped up May 8 at Taipei Songshan Cultural and Creative Park as part of 24659http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246592016-05-06T05:40:00+08:00Lungshan Temple’s inclusion in CyArk 500, a U.S. digital archive dedicated to the preservation of in24656http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246562016-04-29T05:40:00+08:00The opening of more and more design hotels in Taipei City’s Ximending is putting a new face on the f24655http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246552016-04-22T05:40:00+08:00A fresh approach to promoting Taiwan as a leading travel destination saw the real-time experiences o24654http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246542016-04-20T05:40:00+08:00Taiwan submissions won 16 awards at the 49th WorldFest-Houston International Film and Video Festival24653http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246532016-04-19T05:40:00+08:00Wei Wu Ying Center for the Arts in Kaohsiung City is set for completion in June, sowing the seeds fo24652http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246522016-03-29T05:40:00+08:00A startup by four Taiwan youths is making the greatest sound revolution in the past 80 years on the 24651http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246512016-03-24T05:40:00+08:00The winners of the Show Taiwan in One Second competition organized by ROC Ministry of Foreign Affair24650http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246502016-03-23T05:40:00+08:00One of Taiwan’s oldest Mazu pilgrimages kicked off March 16 at Gongtian Temple in Miaoli County, pro24649http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246492016-03-04T05:40:00+08:00The 2016 Taiwan Lantern Festival wraps up March 6 in Taoyuan City, bringing the curtain down on a mo24648http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246482016-02-26T05:40:00+08:00The first-ever Taiwan cartoonist to have his work serialized by Japan’s top-selling Shonen Jump comi24647http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246472016-02-19T05:40:00+08:00Kurt Lu’s campaign advertisements for Tsai Ing-wen helped the chairwoman of the Democratic Progressi24646http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246462016-02-02T05:40:00+08:00Taipei-born culinary maestro Andre Chiang is the toast of the town following his inclusion in Le Che24645http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246452016-01-30T05:40:00+08:00Eight young film directors and producers from Taiwan are to undertake a three-day follow-up South Pr24644http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246442016-01-29T05:40:00+08:00An exhibition showcasing beautiful religious and historical treasures from the Holy See will take pl24642http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246422016-01-25T05:40:00+08:00A special exhibition showcasing installation pieces fashioned from recycled waste materials got unde24643http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246432016-01-25T05:40:00+08:00A Taipei City Government delegation headed by Mayor Ko Wen-je embarked Jan. 24 on a seven-day Japan 24640http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246402016-01-22T05:40:00+08:00Taoyuan City is gearing up for the 2016 Taiwan Lantern Festival next month, with an estimated 20 mil24641http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246412016-01-22T05:40:00+08:00The winners of Taiwan Aboriginal Literary Awards organized by the ROC Ministry of Education were hon24638http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246382016-01-20T05:40:00+08:00A five-volume compilation of Taiwan New People’s News was released Jan. 18 by National Museum of Tai24639http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246392016-01-20T05:40:00+08:00A Taipei landmark photo walk was launched Jan. 20 by the local government as part of efforts heighte24637http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246372016-01-19T05:40:00+08:00A charity solo exhibition by Yang Yin-chai opened Jan. 13 in Hsinchu County, showcasing the octogena24636http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246362016-01-18T05:40:00+08:00An arts exhibition spotlighting urban development through the eyes of young artists from northern Ta24635http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246352016-01-14T05:40:00+08:00An exhibition documenting the lives of ROC nationals in Taiwan during the 20th century opened Jan. 124634http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246342016-01-13T05:40:00+08:00The winners of this year’s Taipei International Book Exhibition Book Prize were announced Jan. 12 by24633http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246332016-01-12T05:40:00+08:00A three-year major renovation of Chiayi Cultural and Creative Industries Park was launched Jan. 11 i24631http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246312016-01-11T05:40:00+08:00A tribal community in Pingtung County is rising in prominence as a window of artwork and culture for24632http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246322016-01-11T05:40:00+08:00An exhibition of prints celebrating the upcoming Year of the Monkey in the Chinese zodiac was recent24629http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246292016-01-08T05:40:00+08:00Winner of the 2016 X-site architecture initiative was announced Jan. 6 by Taipei Fine Arts Museum, w24630http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246302016-01-08T05:40:00+08:00An exhibition showcasing the puppets and related materials of accomplished French talent Jean-Luc Pe24627http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246272016-01-06T05:40:00+08:00The winners of two video clip competitions organized by the ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs were hon24628http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246282016-01-06T05:40:00+08:00Taipei City-based Academia Sinica was recently named winner of the Field Discovery Award at Shanghai24626http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246262016-01-05T05:40:00+08:00Recipients of the 35th Executive Yuan National Cultural Award were unveiled Jan. 4 by the Ministry o24625http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246252016-01-04T05:40:00+08:00The National Museum of Prehistory branch in Tainan City illustrates the commitment of the government24624http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246242015-12-31T05:40:00+08:00The Nantou International Sand Sculpture Art Festival is to kick off New Year’s Day in the central Ta24623http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246232015-12-30T05:40:00+08:00The primary and handheld lanterns for the 2016 Taiwan Lantern Festival to be launched in Taoyuan Cit24622http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246222015-12-29T05:40:00+08:00National Palace Museum Southern Branch began its trial period Dec. 28 in Chiayi County, marking a si24621http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246212015-12-28T05:40:00+08:00An exhibition showcasing the works of finalists for the 2015 Taipei Arts Awards is underway at Taipe24619http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246192015-12-25T05:40:00+08:00The upcoming edition of the Taipei International Book Exhibition will feature Hungary as the theme n24620http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246202015-12-25T05:40:00+08:00The results of laboratory tests on two fossils from what some claimed as the second oldest prehistor24617http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246172015-12-24T05:40:00+08:00The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Dec. 19 the winner of a social video competition, which wa24618http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246182015-12-24T05:40:00+08:00An interactive exhibition drawing back the curtain on the historic buildings of the National Taiwan 24616http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246162015-12-23T05:40:00+08:00A joint exhibition by indigenous artists Sakuliu Pavavalung and Rahic Talif is underway at Kaohsiung24615http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246152015-12-22T05:40:00+08:00An international band fiesta is underway in Chiayi City, spurring local participation in musical act24614http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246142015-12-18T05:40:00+08:00A three-week festival transforming the commercial and high-tech zones of Dazhi and Neihu into a 24/724613http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246132015-12-17T05:40:00+08:00This year’s winners of the National Award for Arts, the highest honor afforded to artists in Taiwan,24612http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246122015-12-16T05:40:00+08:00An innovative exhibition drawing back the curtain on the historic buildings of National Taiwan Museu24611http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246112015-12-15T05:40:00+08:00A solo exhibition by Amis artist Yosifu opened Dec. 7 at Hualien County Stone Sculptural Museum, sho24610http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246102015-12-14T05:40:00+08:00A special exhibition marking the opening of the new treasure repository at National Taiwan Museum of24608http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246082015-12-11T05:40:00+08:00An annual 3-D projection program using the latest lighting and sound effects to celebrate Christmas 24609http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246092015-12-11T05:40:00+08:00Taiwan swept the field at Golden Pin Design Award Dec. 10 in Taipei City, claiming 16 out of 29 top 24607http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246072015-12-10T05:40:00+08:00An innovative festival showcasing the living art of eastern Taiwan and offering participants the opp24606http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246062015-12-09T05:40:00+08:00An international band fiesta offering young talents the opportunity to take part in and help invigor24604http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246042015-12-08T05:40:00+08:00A collection of century-old artifacts from the Bunun tribes in eastern Taiwan’s Taitung County is se24605http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246052015-12-08T05:40:00+08:00A new exhibition opened Dec. 1 at Chimei Museum in Tainan City, enriching the facility’s permanent c24603http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246032015-12-07T05:40:00+08:00Transformation of Taiwan Railways Administration’s former headquarters in Taipei City into a world-c24602http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246022015-12-04T05:40:00+08:00The 2015 Taipei Original Festival kicked off Dec. 4 at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park in Taipei24601http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246012015-12-02T05:40:00+08:00A series of seven documentaries highlighting the life experiences and works of legendary writers fro24600http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=246002015-12-01T05:40:00+08:00The first cross-strait exhibition of tricolor glazed pottery from the Tang dynasty (618-907) kicked 24599http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245992015-11-30T05:40:00+08:00An exhibit of blue-and-white porcelain is underway at the Yingge Ceramics Museum in New Taipei City,24597http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245972015-11-27T05:40:00+08:00A draft bill aimed at furthering the development of indigenous languages was passed by the Cabinet N24598http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245982015-11-27T05:40:00+08:00The 71-year-old legendary dancer-cum-choreographer Liao Mo-shi is returning to the stage in a perfor24596http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245962015-11-26T05:40:00+08:00The winners of a creative design competition were unveiled Nov. 24 by Taipei City-based National Pal24594http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245942015-11-25T05:40:00+08:00An act aimed at protecting Taiwan’s underwater cultural heritage was passed Nov. 24 by the Legislatu24595http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245952015-11-25T05:40:00+08:00The Louvre’s Ninth Art Comic Collection Exhibition is to kick off Nov. 28 at the Museum of National 24593http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245932015-11-24T05:40:00+08:00The Masterpieces—Contemporary Crafts Collection exhibition kicked off Nov. 21 at the Taipei branch o24591http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245912015-11-23T05:40:00+08:00“The Assassin” by renowned Taiwan filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien was the biggest winner at the 52nd Golde24592http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245922015-11-23T05:40:00+08:00The 2015 Taiwan Design Expo kicked off Nov. 21 at Chung Hsing Cultural and Creative Park in Yilan Co24590http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245902015-11-20T05:40:00+08:00An exhibition of mouth-and-foot paintings is underway in northern Taiwan’s Hsinchu County, showcasin24589http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245892015-11-19T05:40:00+08:00An indigenous craft art festival is to kick off Nov. 21 at an industrial development center in Pingt24588http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245882015-11-18T05:40:00+08:00The Digital Attraction Interactional Contemporary Art Exhibition is underway at FZ Fifteen Animation24586http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245862015-11-17T05:40:00+08:00The 2015 Black Golden Section Art Festival kicked off Nov. 14 at the Art Site of Chiayi Railway Ware24587http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245872015-11-17T05:40:00+08:00The 68 winners of the Taipei International Design Award were honored Nov. 15 in the northern Taiwan 24585http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245852015-11-16T05:40:00+08:00The 2015 Kaohsiung Design Festival is underway at the Pier-2 Art Center, showcasing innovative art f24584http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245842015-11-13T05:40:00+08:00The Pingtung International Tourism Film Festival is to kick off Nov.14 in southern Taiwan, hailing t24583http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245832015-11-12T05:40:00+08:00Winners of the 2015 Taiwan Literature Awards were unveiled Nov. 9 by the Tainan City-based National 24582http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245822015-11-11T05:40:00+08:00A bamboo installation exhibition is underway at bridges in Taitung County, offering a fresh take on 24581http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245812015-11-10T05:40:00+08:00Chang Chi-tao was named the recipient of the National Crafts Achievement Award, the top honor in Tai24579http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245792015-11-09T05:40:00+08:00A total of 60 sets of historical and religious treasures from the Vatican will go on display at Taip24580http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245802015-11-09T05:40:00+08:00An eclectic exhibition is underway at the National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute i24577http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245772015-11-06T05:40:00+08:00The winners of a national photo competition showcasing the unique cultural heritage and natural beau24578http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245782015-11-06T05:40:00+08:00Live Forever in Taipei will kick off Nov. 7 at Taipei Expo Park, showcasing the nation’s emerging in24576http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245762015-11-05T05:40:00+08:00Digital Art Festival Taipei is set to kick off Nov. 13 at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, showc24574http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245742015-11-04T05:40:00+08:00New Taipei City’s annual holiday season celebrations are set to kick off Nov. 20 featuring Taiwan’s 24575http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245752015-11-04T05:40:00+08:00The winners of the Taiwan Architecture Award were named Nov. 2 by Taipei City-based Taiwan Architect24573http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245732015-11-03T05:40:00+08:00The Taiwan Map Festival is currently underway at the National Museum of Taiwan History in Tainan Cit24572http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245722015-11-02T05:40:00+08:00Art Taipei, one of the largest exhibitions of its kind in Asia, is underway at Taipei World Trade Ce24571http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245712015-10-30T05:40:00+08:00The Tsai Jui-yueh International Dance Festival is to kick off Oct. 30 in Taipei City to commemorate 24570http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245702015-10-29T05:40:00+08:00The Women Make Waves Film Festival is to tour to Taichung City for the first time Oct. 30, with movi24569http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245692015-10-27T05:40:00+08:00Culture Minister Hung Meng-chi presented representatives of the indigenous Saisiyat people with cert24567http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245672015-10-26T05:40:00+08:00The 2015 Asia-Pacific Culture Day concluded Oct. 25 at Taipei Main Station, demonstrating the govern24568http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245682015-10-26T05:40:00+08:00Two avant-garde exhibitions are underway at the Pier-2 Art Center in Kaohsiung City, placing a spotl24566http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245662015-10-23T05:40:00+08:00A festival showcasing the melodious merits of plucked string music from home and abroad is underway 24564http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245642015-10-22T05:40:00+08:00A memorandum of understanding facilitating exchanges and interactions between New Taipei City and Sa24565http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245652015-10-22T05:40:00+08:00Locally set movies showcasing the potential of Kaohsiung City as a regional hub for cinematic produc24563http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245632015-10-21T05:40:00+08:00An exhibition celebrating the contribution of tenmoku pottery masters to global tea-tasting culture 24562http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245622015-10-20T05:40:00+08:00Taipei City’s rich cultural heritage and rising reputation as a regional hub of literary excellence 24560http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245602015-10-19T05:40:00+08:00An international cycling, fireworks and music fiesta is set to kick off Oct. 23 at Sun Moon Lake in 24561http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245612015-10-19T05:40:00+08:00President Ma Ying-jeou said Oct. 17 that the Youth Ambassador Exchange Program is playing a key role24559http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245592015-10-16T05:40:00+08:00The 2015 Taiwan International Festival of Hakka Culture is underway in Hsinchu County, showcasing th24558http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245582015-10-15T05:40:00+08:00The Taichung International Animation Festival is to kick off Oct. 16, further strengthening this bur24556http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245562015-10-14T05:40:00+08:00An exhibition featuring the development of Taiwan’s video art from 1983 to 1999 is underway at the K24557http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245572015-10-14T05:40:00+08:00The New Taipei City Documentary Film Festival kicks off Oct. 18 at Fuzhong 15 in Banqiao District, s24555http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245552015-10-13T05:40:00+08:00The winners of Taiwan Young Pottery Artist Award and Biennale were unveiled Oct. 2 by Taipei City-ba24554http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245542015-10-08T05:40:00+08:00An innovative festival showcasing the vibrancy of the emerging contemporary arts scene from around T24553http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245532015-10-07T05:40:00+08:00The traditional hand tattoo culture of Taiwan’s indigenous Paiwan tribe is taking center stage at an24551http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245512015-10-06T05:40:00+08:00A retrospective on Wang Nong commenced Oct. 5 at Taipei City-based National Central Library, reveali24552http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245522015-10-06T05:40:00+08:00An international puppet arts festival is underway in Yunlin, highlighting local government efforts a24549http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245492015-10-05T05:40:00+08:00A model 1/25th the size of Taiwan’s Taipei 101 was unveiled Oct. 4 at Tobu World Square in Nikko, Ja24550http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245502015-10-05T05:40:00+08:00Taiwan’s 10 must-visit libraries were named Oct. 1 by the ROC Library Association in Taipei City, sp24547http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245472015-10-02T05:40:00+08:00More than 150 imperial Chinese artworks from National Palace Museum will exhibit next year in San Fr24548http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245482015-10-02T05:40:00+08:00An arts festival promoting environmental protection awareness and community cultural development is 24546http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245462015-10-01T05:40:00+08:00An eclectic artist fair showcasing long-term creative efforts by talents in various fields from arou24545http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245452015-09-30T05:40:00+08:00An exhibition commemorating the life and work of William Shakespeare 400 years after his death kicke24543http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245432015-09-25T05:40:00+08:00A special exhibition commemorating the 120th anniversary of a renowned Taiwan sculptor’s birth and r24544http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245442015-09-25T05:40:00+08:00A National Palace Museum film charting the history of a 12-year copper etching project commissioned 24541http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245412015-09-24T05:40:00+08:00An annual festival using the latest lighting and sound effects to offer a fresh take on the historic24542http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245422015-09-24T05:40:00+08:00A literary festival combining book fairs, reading, storytelling and theater commenced Sept. 24 at Hu24540http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245402015-09-23T05:40:00+08:00A possibly 1,800-year-old pottery vessel unearthed over a quarter of a century ago in northern Taiwa24539http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245392015-09-22T05:40:00+08:00Two traditional arts were recently awarded cultural heritage status by New Taipei City Government, u24536http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245362015-09-21T05:40:00+08:00The 50th Radio Golden Bell Awards were presented at a ceremony Sept. 19 in Taipei City, recognizing 24537http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245372015-09-21T05:40:00+08:00Taiwan students bagged one gold and three silvers at the International Earth Science Olympiad in Bra24538http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245382015-09-21T05:40:00+08:00A special exhibition drawing the curtain back on the exploits of a female soldier-cum-writer-cum-aca24534http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245342015-09-18T05:40:00+08:00A biennial Asian art exhibition enhancing public awareness of changes throughout Asia in the face of24535http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245352015-09-18T05:40:00+08:00National Palace Museum Southern Branch is scheduled to commence trial operations Dec. 28 in Chiayi C24532http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245322015-09-17T05:40:00+08:00A citywide festival celebrating Taichung’s vibrant arts scene is set to kick off Oct. 23, offering 224533http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245332015-09-17T05:40:00+08:00An international kite festival is taking place Sept. 26-27 in New Taipei City, featuring 80 experts 24530http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245302015-09-16T05:40:00+08:00An installation art exhibition underscoring southern Taiwan’s potential as a vibrant hub for environ24531http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245312015-09-16T05:40:00+08:00The inaugural Global Talent Design Festival kicked off Sept. 15 in Taipei City, spotlighting Taiwan’24529http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245292015-09-15T05:40:00+08:00The winners of the prestigious Taichung Literature Prize were unveiled Sept. 13 by the local governm24528http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245282015-09-14T05:40:00+08:00The annual harvest festival of the Thao tribe was listed an important national folk customs Sept. 1324527http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245272015-09-10T05:40:00+08:00A Taiwan-Spain art exchange exhibition is underway in Pingtung County, further strengthening the bon24526http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245262015-09-09T05:40:00+08:00An international printmaking exhibition is underway at Yilan City-based Museum of Art, spotlighting 24525http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245252015-09-08T05:40:00+08:00A festival combining arts, history and scenic spot promotion is underway in Changhua County, undersc24524http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245242015-09-04T05:40:00+08:00Formosa International Poetry Festival is underway in Tainan, highlighting the commitment of the loca24523http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245232014-06-16T05:40:00+08:00The biennial Tang Prize, established by Taiwan entrepreneur Samuel Yin in December 2012, provides a 24522http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245222014-06-02T05:40:00+08:00A group of schoolchildren in Hualien County’s Ruisui Township giggled happily while watching a film 24521http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245212014-03-21T05:40:00+08:00Taipei City residents were recently awoken in the early hours by a shallow, magnitude-4 temblor with24520http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245202014-02-28T05:40:00+08:00The new term has begun, and the streets of Taiwan are filled with schoolbags, compulsory for schoolc24519http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245192014-02-02T05:40:00+08:00Mention of crabs in Taiwan is likely to elicit a smacking of lips and talk of banquets and seafood r24518http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245182013-12-01T05:40:00+08:00Earlier this year, the Ministry of Culture announced the addition of four festivals to its list of d24517http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245172013-11-17T05:40:00+08:00Japan TV series “Hanzawa Naoki” is the most successful and talked-about foreign drama of the year in24516http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245162013-11-10T05:40:00+08:00The important role of cultural exchanges in boosting bilateral relations has long been recognized by24515http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245152013-10-27T05:40:00+08:00Imagine cycling from sea level to 3,275 meters altitude in four hours, along a 100-kilometer long up24514http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245142013-09-29T05:40:00+08:00Cute things and phenomena are constantly in the news in Taiwan. The nation has recently witnessed th24513http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245132013-09-15T05:40:00+08:00Taiwan’s first aerial documentary featuring an array of stunning landscapes is set to hit the big sc24512http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245122013-08-25T05:40:00+08:00The future of Taiwan’s book industry has become a hot topic. Prestigious U.S. journal The Atlantic p24511http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245112013-08-18T05:40:00+08:00Taiwan mixologists are fast developing a reputation for shaking, stirring and pouring some of the wo24510http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245102013-06-23T05:40:00+08:00Those interested in experiencing life as a Buddhist monk now have the chance following the launch of24509http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245092013-06-16T05:40:00+08:00A steady stream of applause greeted the premiere of “Taipei Factory” at the 2013 Cannes Film Festiva24508http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245082013-06-09T05:40:00+08:00Once renowned throughout the free world as a symbol of courageous resistance in the face of mainland24507http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245072013-04-28T05:40:00+08:00Taipei City-based calligraphy brush-maker Lam Sam Yick Co. Ltd. is renowned Taiwanwide for its time-24506http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245062013-04-14T05:40:00+08:00Installation artist Michael Lin created a sensation by draping the Vancouver Art Gallery in Taiwan f24505http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245052013-02-09T05:40:00+08:00Umass Zingrur of the Paiwan tribe, famed for its bead art and skill in stone- and woodcarving, is kn24504http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245042012-12-23T05:40:00+08:00Fujin Street, an enchanting 800-meter-long road in Taipei’s Minsheng Community, offers visitors a tr24503http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245032012-12-16T05:40:00+08:00When Huang Su-chiung moved to Paris in 2002 with her French husband, fried leek dumplings helped her24502http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245022012-12-09T05:40:00+08:00An icon of Taiwan, Taipei-based National Palace Museum, with its massive collection of ancient Chine24501http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245012012-08-26T05:40:00+08:00In 1624, a curious 17-year-old Sirayan made a forbidden foray outside his tribe’s territory, paddlin24500http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=245002012-08-11T05:40:00+08:00Standing in a spacious dance studio lined with floor-to-ceiling mirrors, Sheu Fang-yi looks like an 24499http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244992012-07-21T05:40:00+08:00As digital tools replace handwriting in the computer age, many people still find calligraphy, from g24498http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244982012-07-01T05:40:00+08:00Walis Nokan fits many descriptions: aboriginal activist, prolific writer and critic, elementary scho24497http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244972012-06-30T05:40:00+08:00What could a group of six National Tsing Hua University students majoring in different subjects poss24496http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244962012-06-17T05:40:00+08:00At first sight, the setting appears too rural to attract fans of the film series “Transformers,” in 24495http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244952012-06-09T05:40:00+08:00Sun Moon Lake, a natural alpine lake located in central Taiwan’s Nantou County, is surrounded by hig24494http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244942012-06-03T05:40:00+08:00Chants of “YuWo! YuWo!” could be heard at the Kingstone Bookstore in southern Taipei’s Gongguan comm24493http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244932012-05-27T05:40:00+08:00There was a time when many people in Taiwan were intimately familiar with rice straw, a material tha24492http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244922012-05-20T05:40:00+08:00Over the past decade, Taiwan studies has emerged as an institutionalized research field in Europe. V24490http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244902012-04-22T05:40:00+08:00“Come, ancestors! Do not worry about the insufficient preparation of meat and wineFor there is plent24491http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244912012-04-21T05:40:00+08:00Everything that fills the first floor of No. 89-4 Zhonghua Road in western Taipei City’s Wanhua Dist24489http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244892012-04-08T05:40:00+08:00At the International Tourism Bourse of Berlin, held from March 7 to 11, Taiwan was at its “unique be24488http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244882012-04-07T05:40:00+08:00When it comes to sweets, French patisseries boast some of the most sensual tastes in the world, whic24487http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244872012-03-18T05:40:00+08:00When National Taiwan University Press published the complete works of the late thinker Yin Hai-guang24486http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244862012-02-25T05:40:00+08:00The ROC government has been keen on promoting the country through its soft power, with the island’s 24485http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244852012-02-12T05:40:00+08:00Waiting for trains on crowded railway platforms is a common memory among many Taiwanese above a cert24484http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244842012-02-11T05:40:00+08:00For a mega sports event like Super Bowl XLVI, it is not surprising to find sports bars invaded by ho24483http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244832012-02-05T05:40:00+08:00The Taipei Mass Rapid Transit system’s new Xinzhuang Line is more than just convenient daily transpo24482http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244822012-01-22T05:40:00+08:00“Finding Sayun” is the first Taiwan feature film on indigenous culture shot from the perspective of 24481http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244812012-01-14T05:40:00+08:00The visitor’s eye is immediately drawn to two weathered wooden panels standing against the wall insi24480http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244802011-12-26T05:40:00+08:00In 1871, a ship from the Miyako Islands of the Ryukyu Kingdom, modern-day Okinawa, encountered a sev24479http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244792011-12-03T05:40:00+08:00Visitors to the newly opened National Museum of Taiwan History in Tainan City are greeted by a slant24478http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244782011-11-13T05:40:00+08:00A dilapidated factory can be an eyesore to its neighbors. Paint on the walls has faded away. Constru24477http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244772011-11-12T05:40:00+08:00Taiwanese directors Juang Yi-tzeng and Yen Lan-chuan, a husband-and-wife team who made their name wi24476http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244762011-10-09T05:40:00+08:00With Taiwan’s visibility around the world sometimes limited due to its special relationship with mai24475http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244752011-10-02T05:40:00+08:00As the sun set on Taipei City one evening this September, a lonely spot of light could be seen shini24474http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244742011-10-01T05:40:00+08:00Ethnographic films begin as a way for anthropologists to document culture, and are often viewed only24473http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244732011-09-18T05:40:00+08:00Preschool children resplendent in traditional attire attracted attention at the annual harvest celeb24471http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244712011-08-26T05:40:00+08:00Their tradition of tattooing their faces was banned by the Japanese colonizers of Taiwan in the earl24472http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244722011-08-26T05:40:00+08:00Ethnic Chinese communities around the world stress the importance of their cultural roots. Over the 24470http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244702011-08-19T05:40:00+08:00“This used to be the residence of a physician’s family but became a coffeehouse in 1992,” said Yen S24469http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244692011-08-13T05:40:00+08:00Night falls early in Taipei City. Even in the midst of summer, the last rays of sunlight fade out by24468http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244682011-08-05T05:40:00+08:00Movies can reflect a nation’s culture and showcase its soft power. For the past few years, Taiwanese24467http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244672011-07-29T05:40:00+08:00One evening in 2004, Ho Hsin-ju of Taiwan gave a performance that will long be cherished by all thos24466http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244662011-07-23T05:40:00+08:00One afternoon in June, a crowd of people lined up on a street in the ancient city of Prague despite 24465http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244652011-07-15T05:40:00+08:00In what has come to be known as the Wushe Uprising of 1930, a group of Seediq aborigines from centra24463http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244632011-07-01T05:40:00+08:00Taiwan-born conductor Lu Shao-chia is a man of few words, but when it comes to music, he engages wit24464http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244642011-07-01T05:40:00+08:00Producing travel guides is a tricky business. Readers of these publications are the most demanding o24461http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244612011-06-17T05:40:00+08:00Long shots of foggy hills and cabbage fields crisscrossed with muddy paths can be seen in the remote24462http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244622011-06-17T05:40:00+08:00Hidden in the twist and turns of the Dihua commercial loop in Taipei City lies a pastry store establ24460http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244602011-05-27T05:40:00+08:00For the Vox Nativa Choir Taiwan, its May 18 performance was special in a number of ways. It was the 24459http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244592011-05-20T05:40:00+08:00On Friday nights, more than gourmet food is served at Capone’s Italian Dinnerhouse in downtown Taipe24458http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244582011-05-19T05:40:00+08:00When the lifeguards on the beach are too far away to immediately help a swimmer in trouble, the Offs24457http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244572011-05-13T05:40:00+08:00Taiwan has changed so much in the last century that it is difficult to imagine what things were like24456http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244562011-05-06T05:40:00+08:00With a paring knife in one hand and an orange in the other, Huang Ming-po, an art chef with the Sher24454http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244542011-04-29T05:40:00+08:00The procession moves slowly southward, hemmed in by crowds of worshippers and exploding firecrackers24455http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244552011-04-29T05:40:00+08:00The origin of Taiwan’s Buddhism dates back more than 300 years, to the time when Han Chinese began i24453http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244532011-04-22T05:40:00+08:00With scissors in one hand and a folded piece of paper in the other, 86-year-old paper cutting master24451http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244512011-04-15T05:40:00+08:00To commemorate those who lost their lives in Japan’s mega-quake and tsunami, the Taipei Symphony Orc24452http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244522011-04-15T05:40:00+08:00The Ten Drum Percussion Group was established in 2000 with the purpose of advancing Taiwan’s drum cu24449http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244492011-04-08T05:40:00+08:00As science and technology continue to progress at an ever faster pace, more and more traditional pro24450http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244502011-04-08T05:40:00+08:00With its historic battlefields, traditional architecture and abundant migratory birds, Kinmen Nation24447http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244472011-04-01T05:40:00+08:00It may not be as well known today as the National Symphony Orchestra in Taipei, with which it is oft24448http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244482011-04-01T05:40:00+08:00At last year’s National Day celebrations, the spotlight was on Taiwan’s First Lady Chow Mei-ching, w24446http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244462011-03-18T05:40:00+08:00Readers in the English-speaking world have long enjoyed translations of the cream of French, German 24445http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244452011-03-11T05:40:00+08:00“The Long Goodbye,” a documentary film on senile dementia by Golden Horse Award director Yang Li-cho24444http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244442011-03-10T05:40:00+08:00The opening of a Joel Robuchon Atelier in November 2009 in ritzy Taipei Bellavita mall is proof of t24443http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244432011-03-04T05:40:00+08:00Open to historical influences, enriched by waves of immigration, but with a strong insular character24441http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244412011-02-25T05:40:00+08:00The Formosan languages are the most important cultural heritage of Taiwan and in dire need of preser24442http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244422011-02-25T05:40:00+08:00As Taiwan shivers through its coldest winter in 48 years, Beitou’s hot springs offer soothing relief24439http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244392011-02-18T05:40:00+08:00Bamboo and misty trees, the remote village is silentAll are hard at work here at Bamboo Hat HillFore24440http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244402011-02-18T05:40:00+08:00For Taiwanese painter Liu Keng-i, there is no distinction between art and life—there is just the wor24436http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244362011-01-28T05:40:00+08:00Out-of-the ordinary tales and enough wry comments to provoke occasional laughter make “Taiwan: The B24437http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244372011-01-28T05:40:00+08:00Kelsang Chukie Tethong, dubbed Tibet’s most powerful voice, has a story to tell through her singing—24438http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244382011-01-28T05:40:00+08:00In Slubice, Poland, as the crisp clinking of lutes resonated in the background, pulsating drumbeats 24435http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244352011-01-21T05:40:00+08:00For those who have no idea about Go, the ancient Chinese board game with more than 2,500 years of hi24434http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244342011-01-14T05:40:00+08:00At Juten Junior High School in southern Taiwan’s Pingtung County, vocational education is served up 24433http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244332010-12-31T05:40:00+08:00Each year, the Taipei City Government celebrates Chinese characters—the medium for transmitting one 24432http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244322010-12-24T05:40:00+08:00The design industry in Taiwan has begun to acquire a new momentum unimaginable even just a decade ag24430http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244302010-12-17T05:40:00+08:00Outside the house, under a huge tree, is a low platform built of driftwood and rattan, where tribal 24431http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244312010-12-17T05:40:00+08:00Were it not for the rows of audience seats, one could easily mistake the fern-adorned stage, with it24428http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244282010-12-03T05:40:00+08:00By the corner of Yanping South Road and Boai Road in Taipei, not far from the city’s historic North 24429http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244292010-12-03T05:40:00+08:00“The story passes from one generation to the next, embracing the island like ocean water.”—mikarayag24426http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244262010-11-26T05:40:00+08:00“Out of Sight,” a graduation project by Yu Ya-ting, Yeh Ya-hsuan and Chung Ling from the Department 24427http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244272010-11-26T05:40:00+08:00Now that fall is turning to winter and the days are becoming shorter and colder, the people of Taiwa24424http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244242010-11-12T05:40:00+08:00The small tourist town of Jiufen is located on a mountain not far from Taipei, the capital of Taiwan24425http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244252010-11-12T05:40:00+08:00An unusual event at the Huashan 1914 Creative Park in Taipei City is introducing the culture of tea 24422http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244222010-11-05T05:40:00+08:00On Oct. 10, the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Artifacts Museum, located in the heart of Taipei,24423http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244232010-11-05T05:40:00+08:00Near historic Wushi Harbor in northeastern Taiwan’s Yilan County, visitors are flocking to a new bui24421http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244212010-10-29T05:40:00+08:00As a form of performance art, dance must stay in a viewer’s memory after the performance. This belie24418http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244182010-10-08T05:40:00+08:00In terms of natural and man-made landscapes, Taiwan is fantastically diverse. No wonder, then, that 24419http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244192010-10-08T05:40:00+08:00Though already 81 years old, director Li Hsing still manages to keep himself busy. This August he fi24420http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244202010-10-08T05:40:00+08:00Just 20 years ago, Erkan Village was seriously threatened by depopulation and the deterioration of i24416http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244162010-10-01T05:40:00+08:00Strolling in the Huashan 1914 Creative Park in Taipei City in a Sunday afternoon, visitors might fin24417http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244172010-10-01T05:40:00+08:00Hidden in the bustling streets of Shilin District in Taipei City lies an elementary school establish24415http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244152010-09-24T05:40:00+08:00Asked to name a few dance companies in Taiwan, most people would probably mention Cloud Gate Dance T24412http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244122010-09-10T05:40:00+08:00In a wooden cupboard lie cakes of different flavors—chocolate, strawberry, coffee and many more. Som24413http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244132010-09-10T05:40:00+08:00(This is the second of two articles about independent Taiwan bands on tour in Canada.) In Vancouve24414http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244142010-09-10T05:40:00+08:00A successful restoration project in the tiny village of Bayan, near the foot of Yangmingshan in Taip24411http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244112010-09-07T05:40:00+08:00(This article begins a two-part series about four independent Taiwan bands on tour in Canada.) On 24410http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244102010-09-03T05:40:00+08:00Hsinchu City, located in northern Taiwan, is best known for its strong winds, world-class science pa24409http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244092010-08-31T05:40:00+08:00The Taipei Ricci Institute, founded in 1966 to support a huge Chinese dictionary project, has since 24408http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244082010-08-27T05:40:00+08:00Many residents of Taiwan have long dreamt of going to the Flower Festival in Brussels but have never24406http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244062010-08-13T05:40:00+08:00Taiwanese opera, the only native-born theatrical form in Taiwan, was suppressed at different times f24407http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244072010-08-13T05:40:00+08:00Mount Ali, better known as Alishan, is one of the most beloved tourist attractions in all of Taiwan.24405http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244052010-08-06T05:40:00+08:00After a two-year hiatus, the beloved Yilan International Children’s Folklore and Folkgame Festival h24404http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244042010-07-23T05:40:00+08:00Eleven years ago, the rural township of Gongliao, located in a rocky coastal area in northeastern Ta24403http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244032010-07-02T05:40:00+08:00While Taiwan is known these days for its computer chips and bicycles, not many people realize that i24401http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244012010-06-25T05:40:00+08:00Very few people in the U.K. follow baseball, so Wang Chien-ming, Ni Fu-te and Taiwan's other exports24402http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244022010-06-25T05:40:00+08:00When she was in her late 20s, Yuma Taru decided to dedicate the next 50 years of her life to passing24400http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=244002010-06-18T05:40:00+08:00In an era when visual images top all other forms of entertainment, one can easily forget that just l24399http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243992010-06-17T05:40:00+08:00Most people as they grow older tend to give up on and even forget their childhood dreams. A few, how24397http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243972010-06-11T05:40:00+08:00The second Young Art Taipei that showcased the works of contemporary Taiwanese artists in the rooms 24398http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243982010-06-11T05:40:00+08:00Taipei has everything a cultural enthusiast could want: arts performances, music festivals, film scr24396http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243962010-06-04T05:40:00+08:00It may seem farfetched for a story about Southeast Asian workers to enjoy a high level of audience r24395http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243952010-05-28T05:40:00+08:00The Dutch occupation of Taiwan was partial, brief and ended 342 years ago. However, this period in t24394http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243942010-05-14T05:40:00+08:00In this age of digitalization, pictures are easily taken, deleted, reproduced, disseminated and re-t24392http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243922010-05-07T05:40:00+08:00Taiwan’s Yani Tseng made headline news in the world of golf again as she came away with another majo24393http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243932010-05-07T05:40:00+08:00Backstage at the 2010 London Fashion Week, a young man concentrated single-mindedly on bringing out 24391http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243912010-04-30T05:40:00+08:00At the turn of the century, a small group of activists and government officials in Taiwan embarked o24389http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243892010-04-23T05:40:00+08:00In an inconspicuous, three-story ivory-colored building surrounded by heavy traffic in downtown Hsin24390http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243902010-04-23T05:40:00+08:00While many cultural elements coming from the nomadic peoples who invaded ancient China from the west24388http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243882010-04-02T05:40:00+08:00Visitors coming out of the Taipei 228 Memorial Museum, overwhelmed after exploring one of the most g24387http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243872010-03-19T05:40:00+08:00“City marketing” through TV and film productions has become an idea dear to the hearts of municipal 24386http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243862010-03-12T05:40:00+08:00Moments after then-ROC President Chiang Kai-shek suffered a second, fatal heart attack at his Shilin24385http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243852010-02-26T05:40:00+08:00February is a busy month for the gods in Taiwan. During the Lunar New Year vacation, pious followers24384http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243842010-02-12T05:40:00+08:00Ten years ago, Kaohsiung City was known as an industrial wasteland, with a heavy concentration of ga24383http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243832010-02-05T05:40:00+08:00For many years, one of the best kept secrets among travelers to Taiwan was Yehliu Geopark, located o24381http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243812010-01-29T05:40:00+08:00As far as Council for Cultural Affairs Minister Emile Chih-jen Sheng is concerned, the recently pass24382http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243822010-01-29T05:40:00+08:00For many, Kinmen is the final battlefield of the Chinese Civil War and an anti-Communist stronghold 24380http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243802010-01-22T05:40:00+08:00It is perhaps easy for passersby to overlook the Taipei Costume and Culture Center, located as it is24379http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243792010-01-15T05:40:00+08:00News stories in 2009 about Taiwan's tourism industry focused on two trends: an ability to attract mo24378http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243782010-01-07T05:40:00+08:00The Taiwan Music and Cultural Park, located in the home base of the National Taiwan Symphony Orchest24377http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243772010-01-02T05:40:00+08:00The 53rd Asia-Pacific Film Festival, which concluded last month in southern Taiwan's Kaohsiung Count24376http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243762009-12-31T05:40:00+08:00Tseng Miin-shyong’s photo of Paiwan artist Sakuliu Pavavalung can hardly be called a portrait in the24375http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243752009-12-24T05:40:00+08:00When Tiffany Lin and Grace Zhan opened Lavender Cottage in Xinshe Township in central Taichung Count24373http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243732009-12-18T05:40:00+08:00While driftwood would seem to be natural material for making art, in Taiwan it is part of a complex 24374http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243742009-12-18T05:40:00+08:00Djupelang Qrudu is studying to become a shaman. The irony of it is that the Paiwan woman is only com24372http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243722009-12-16T05:40:00+08:00The musical “Mazu’s Bodyguards,” which just completed a three-day run at the National Theater in Tai24371http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243712009-12-04T05:40:00+08:00As negotiators from Taipei and Beijing prepare to sit down and work out the nuts and bolts of the pr24370http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243702009-11-27T05:40:00+08:00Readers might be surprised to learn that Taiwan has underwater archaeological treasures to rival the24369http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243692009-11-13T05:40:00+08:00The Frankfurt Book Fair, a barometer of trends in the global publishing industry, saw a plethora of 24367http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243672009-11-06T05:40:00+08:00“We feel appalled by the cultural amnesia of our society,” said filmmaker Waro Hsueh. Her documentar24368http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243682009-11-06T05:40:00+08:00On a sunny mid-October afternoon, as a gentle breeze blew, a group of third-graders could be found t24366http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243662009-10-23T05:40:00+08:00Japanese Nobel laureate in literature Kenzaburo Oe visited Taiwan, where he is a household name amon24364http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243642009-10-16T05:40:00+08:00The triennial Wang Ye boat festival will take place this year from Oct. 10 to the early morning hour24365http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243652009-10-16T05:40:00+08:00Tucked away on a busy street in downtown Taipei is a museum dedicated to paper. Its director Rita Li24362http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243622009-10-09T05:40:00+08:00Once a relatively anonymous village nestled between the plains and mountains of southern Taiwan, Xia24363http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243632009-10-09T05:40:00+08:00Folk scholar Edwin A. Winckler once described Taiwan's cultural landscape with the pithy catchphrase24361http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243612009-10-02T05:40:00+08:00Flower lovers and cultural enthusiasts alike will have special reason to visit Taipei between Nov. 524359http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243592009-09-25T05:40:00+08:00Tucked behind a major thoroughfare in Taipei City with an entrance sign almost impossible to spot, t24360http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243602009-09-25T05:40:00+08:00Yushan National Park of Taiwan came into official existence on April 10, 1985. An earlier attempt by24358http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243582009-09-18T05:40:00+08:00The 2009 Asia-Pacific Traditional Arts Festival is slated to run from Oct. 3 to 11 in eastern Yilan 24357http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243572009-09-11T05:40:00+08:00Watching the documentary “Formosa Dream, Disrupted,” viewers immediately associated the roaring muds24356http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243562009-09-04T05:40:00+08:00A project sponsored by the Council for Cultural Affairs is fostering the cross-pollination of local 24355http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243552009-08-28T05:40:00+08:00A Japanese duo went looking for “heart and soul.” One U.S.-based husband-and-wife team set about tra24354http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243542009-08-14T05:40:00+08:00Most tourists to Taiwan inevitably pay a visit to the National Palace Museum in suburban Taipei, whi24352http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243522009-07-31T05:40:00+08:00From belting out rhythms on pots and pans at home to giving a solo piano performance at a major Taip24353http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243532009-07-31T05:40:00+08:00Imagine a quiet life of meditation, conversation, poetry, painting, calligraphy and music, all withi24351http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243512009-07-17T05:40:00+08:00A special exhibition now running at National Taiwan Museum in Taipei sets out to put nature art in T24350http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243502009-07-10T05:40:00+08:00Calligraphy is often called the art of space on paper—what will happen if it is reinvented in three-24349http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243492009-07-03T05:40:00+08:00Out of the gloom of Tsauling railway tunnel emerged not a speeding locomotive, but several sweat-dre24348http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243482009-06-12T05:40:00+08:00Four contemporary artists from Taiwan are flying the island’s cultural flag during the 53rd Internat24347http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243472009-06-05T05:40:00+08:00Waves of applause washed over the performers as they took their final bows. Later, long after the ac24343http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243432009-05-22T05:40:00+08:00On the evening of Jan. 20, Taiwan-born fashion designer Jason Wu shot from relative obscurity to int24344http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243442009-05-22T05:40:00+08:00Released in 2008, director Ho Chao-ti’s documentary film “El Salvador Journal” follows a maguila lab24345http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243452009-05-22T05:40:00+08:00“Face,” the latest film by Taiwan-based director Tsai Ming-liang, is one of 19 entries nominated for24346http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243462009-05-22T05:40:00+08:00Taiwan’s Paper Windmill Theater will stage “Don Quixote’s Adventure—Pegasus” between June 5 and 7 at24340http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243402009-05-15T05:40:00+08:00For most residents in Taiwan today, the urban landscape dominated by modern concrete buildings has b24341http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243412009-05-15T05:40:00+08:00When it comes to dancers, the adage “age knows no boundaries” is rarely applicable, but in the case 24342http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243422009-05-15T05:40:00+08:00The works of leading Taiwanese artist Yang Mao-lin will appear at the 53rd International Art Exhibit24337http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243372009-05-08T05:40:00+08:00Around 1956, a mysterious disease began afflicting residents living in southwestern Taiwan. The mala24338http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243382009-05-08T05:40:00+08:00In the last few years, Wind Music has quietly emerged as a major force in Taiwan’s independent recor24339http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243392009-05-08T05:40:00+08:00By the time he was 36, Ken Yang had succeeded in creating a profitable company, but felt lost. Thoug24335http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243352009-05-01T05:40:00+08:00Today’s residents of Taipei would probably find it almost impossible to imagine just how rich and di24336http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243362009-05-01T05:40:00+08:00As the models sashayed gracefully down the catwalk, they quickly drew the attention of more than 20024331http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243312009-04-24T05:40:00+08:00For the Bunun people of Fengciou Village, tucked in the mountains of central Taiwan, growing grapes 24332http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243322009-04-24T05:40:00+08:00The earthquake that struck Taiwan Sept. 21, 1999 changed the lives of many people, among them Mag Ch24333http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243332009-04-24T05:40:00+08:00Almost 30 years ago, an obscure comedy appeared on stage that would forever alter the nature of dram24334http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243342009-04-24T05:40:00+08:00In the 1980s, many people around the world were left scratching their heads as they struggled to con24327http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243272009-04-17T05:40:00+08:00Seventy-year-old Liu Young-chuan got up at 3:30 a.m. to prepare the vegetables she was planning to s24328http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243282009-04-17T05:40:00+08:00Former convict and founder of Taipei’s first farmer’s market Yang Ru-men has trodden his path with o24329http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243292009-04-17T05:40:00+08:00Surrounded by lush greenery and brushed with rolling clouds of sulphur laden steam, the Beitou Hot S24330http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243302009-04-17T05:40:00+08:00While Beitou can be justifiably proud of its history as a popular spa resort, its reputation has not24324http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243242009-04-10T05:40:00+08:00Japanese author Nanami Shiono, known for books on the history of Italy, wrote in her first bestselle24325http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243252009-04-10T05:40:00+08:00At Mutou Wood Magic Factory in Taichung, a group of excited children gathered around owner Chiang Mi24326http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243262009-04-10T05:40:00+08:00Over the past three years, an increasing number of young people in Taiwan have been taking part in a24321http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243212009-04-03T05:40:00+08:00When hearing Inka Mbing sing in her native Atayal language for the first time, one is struck by the 24323http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243232009-04-03T05:40:00+08:00In a world increasingly dominated by pop culture, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan's goal to chang24322http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243222009-04-02T05:40:00+08:00On Feb. 28 in Danshui Township, Taipei County, a "smoke signal action" was staged as a way of protes24317http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243172009-03-27T05:40:00+08:00On the evening of March 18 in a music studio in Taipei, world-renowned pianist Chen Pi-hsien was ins24318http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243182009-03-27T05:40:00+08:00The 2009 Taiwan International Piano Festival featuring world piano giants, as well as local virtuoso24319http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243192009-03-27T05:40:00+08:00When designing a building, architects of substance and vision will always strive to create a structu24320http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243202009-03-27T05:40:00+08:00Taiwan-born dancer Sheu Fang-yi will perform in acclaimed modernist choreographer Martha Graham’s “C24314http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243142009-03-20T05:40:00+08:00When aboriginal singer-songwriter Hu De-fu, or “Kimbo” as he is better known to his legion of fans a24315http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243152009-03-20T05:40:00+08:00People call him A-sun, a simple name that reflects his character and work. Though he is one of Taiwa24316http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243162009-03-20T05:40:00+08:00Japanese artist Nyubo Abe looks at his unfinished wooden sculpture in the courtyard of Taipei Artist24312http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243122009-03-13T05:40:00+08:00Beside the entrance to the train station in Houbi Township, Tainan County, a bronze statue of a farm24313http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243132009-03-13T05:40:00+08:00For visitors to Taroko National Park in eastern Taiwan, the breathtaking spectacle of craggy rocks a24311http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243112009-03-06T05:40:00+08:00Award-winning Taiwanese ceramicist Samuel Shih, known in the ceramics world as “the Young Hero,” cho24310http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243102009-03-05T05:40:00+08:00For a quarter of a century, the Taipei Fine Arts Museum on tree-lined Chungshan North Road has been 24307http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243072009-02-27T05:40:00+08:00The 15th day of the first month on the lunar calendar is known as Lantern Festival in Chinese cultur24308http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243082009-02-27T05:40:00+08:00The Taipei Fine Arts Museum is currently holding a retrospective of Lee Ming-tiao’s work. The pictur24309http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243092009-02-27T05:40:00+08:00“Only after undergoing the experience of being a man and a woman can one truly be a human. Gender is24304http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243042009-02-20T05:40:00+08:00In a scene steeped with emotion and history, 14 Dutch families stood in front of the Rukai Great Chi24305http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243052009-02-20T05:40:00+08:00From Feb. 11-25, Taiwan's filmmakers are set to display their works at the 2009 Documentary Fortnigh24306http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243062009-02-20T05:40:00+08:00"Mazu Festival," currently on display at the Munich State Museum of Ethnography in Germany, is the w24301http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243012009-02-13T05:40:00+08:00Rich ocean resources, stunning beaches, well-preserved traditional Chinese villages and a culture sh24302http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243022009-02-13T05:40:00+08:00With the development of tourist casinos on Taiwan's offshore islands now hinging on resident approva24303http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243032009-02-13T05:40:00+08:00In 2000, the Formosan black bear was voted the favorite Taiwanese wild animal by visitors to the Tai24298http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242982009-02-06T05:40:00+08:00Since beginning operations in 2000, the Taiwan Environmental Information Association has spared no e24299http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242992009-02-06T05:40:00+08:00In an effort to pressure the government into improving its environmental record, the Taiwan Environm24300http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=243002009-02-06T05:40:00+08:00Vegetarian food has long had a reputation, deserved or otherwise, for being tasteless and rather dul24296http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242962009-01-23T05:40:00+08:00It is often said that the essence of creativity emerges during periods of challenging personal circu24297http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242972009-01-23T05:40:00+08:00Decorating the home with artwork featuring auspicious animals, popular fables or the zodiac sign of 24294http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242942009-01-16T05:40:00+08:00On Dec. 4, 2008, the residents of Losheng Sanatorium squared off against dozens of construction work24295http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242952009-01-16T05:40:00+08:00Taiwanese mountain enthusiasts and hikers have long regarded their home as a paradise for short walk24292http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242922009-01-09T05:40:00+08:00Thanks to the success of the movie "Cape No. 7," necklaces with colored glass beads from the Paiwan 24293http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242932009-01-09T05:40:00+08:00While there are many ways to celebrate the new year, city officials in Taipei have taken the cake fo24290http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242902009-01-02T05:40:00+08:00If artist Ho Hsin-yi had never taken the time to organize an exhibition commemorating the 77-year li24291http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242912009-01-02T05:40:00+08:00Given that 2009 is the year of the ox in the Chinese zodiac, it is only to be expected that images o24287http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242872008-12-26T05:40:00+08:00Being an economist in Taiwan during martial-law rule was a tricky proposition at the best of times, 24288http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242882008-12-26T05:40:00+08:00Seven months after the May 12 Sichuan Earthquake in China, reconstruction of the region's shattered 24289http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242892008-12-26T05:40:00+08:00If mainstream medicine is unable to remedy a patient's ills, then a cornucopia of alternative therap24284http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242842008-12-19T05:40:00+08:00With incidences of contaminated food popping up in a seemingly endless cavalcade of bad news, Taiwan24285http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242852008-12-19T05:40:00+08:00Qingquan, an aboriginal settlement in Wufeng Township that is perhaps best known for its hot springs24286http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242862008-12-19T05:40:00+08:00Respected writer Yeh Shih-tao, 83, the author of "An Outline History of Taiwan Literature"--a 1987 c24281http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242812008-12-12T05:40:00+08:00Over the last hundred years, the burgeoning human population has placed enormous pressure on the ear24282http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242822008-12-12T05:40:00+08:00With this year marking the 60th anniversary of the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the T24283http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242832008-12-12T05:40:00+08:00The world of dance is dazzling but notoriously ruthless. A performer's leaps, jumps and turns repres24279http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242792008-12-04T05:40:00+08:00Last month, two developments captured the local public's imagination regarding technology's potentia24280http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242802008-12-04T05:40:00+08:00Aspotlight cuts through the darkened stage, settling on the actor's face playing George Leslie Macka24277http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242772008-11-28T05:40:00+08:00In April, Taiwanese poet Lee Min-yung published "Trembling State of Mind: Dialogue with Contemporary24278http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242782008-11-28T05:40:00+08:00For fans of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's enduring classic "The Little Prince," it is easy to imagine t24275http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242752008-11-21T05:40:00+08:00In April 1979, a handful of students and teachers at Taichung County's Huei Ming School in central T24276http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242762008-11-21T05:40:00+08:00With her hips tracing hypnotic figure eights and abdominals rolling from top to bottom, the dancer's24272http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242722008-11-13T05:40:00+08:00After 18 months of intensive work, the Institute of Taiwan History at Academia Sinica, the country's24273http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242732008-11-13T05:40:00+08:00Taipei-based Academia Sinica's Institute of Taiwan History was formally established in 2004, after o24274http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242742008-11-13T05:40:00+08:00The 45th edition of the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival kicked off in the nation's capital Nov. 6,24268http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242682008-11-07T05:40:00+08:00It was long believed that typhoons could help cleanse the environment of carbon dioxide. Scientists 24269http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242692008-11-07T05:40:00+08:00Violence in relationships has become an important issue for educators in Taiwan, as the number of mu24270http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242702008-11-07T05:40:00+08:00"It takes two to tango" may be an old adage but it certainly gets right to the heart of the matter w24271http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242712008-11-07T05:40:00+08:00With Taiwan's climate perfectly suited for growing various types of bamboo, it comes as no surprise 24266http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242662008-10-31T05:40:00+08:00Once again the Women Make Waves film festival hailed women's boundless creativity and power. Organiz24267http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242672008-10-31T05:40:00+08:00Veteran Taiwanese opera singer-actress Pan Li-li won the Best Actress Award at the third Annual Seou24262http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242622008-10-23T05:40:00+08:00In addition to the Vietnamese newspaper Bao Bon Phuong, several periodicals targeting Southeast Asia24263http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242632008-10-23T05:40:00+08:00"When I hear melodious singing, I am moved so deeply that I tremble," Yang Han-ru said, "And when gr24264http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242642008-10-23T05:40:00+08:00From Oct. 10 to Nov. 20, the National Palace Museum presents a total of 17 works composed between th24265http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242652008-10-23T05:40:00+08:00When Chang Cheng was studying in Vietnam, he realized how much he missed his mother tongue. This mad24258http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242582008-10-16T05:40:00+08:00Melamine contaminated products have sickened thousands of infants in mainland China and left several24259http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242592008-10-16T05:40:00+08:00The economic downturn, disillusionment with politics, and poor government performance are often blam24260http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242602008-10-16T05:40:00+08:00Vasif Kortun is the founding director of Platform Garanti, a renowned non-profit contemporary art in24261http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242612008-10-16T05:40:00+08:00In the lobby of the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Argentina's Internacional Errorista has captured the sp24254http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242542008-10-10T05:40:00+08:00Documentary filmmaking has seen diverse participation and development in Taiwan over the past few ye24255http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242552008-10-10T05:40:00+08:00More than 600 entries from 53 countries were received for the biennial Taiwan International Document24256http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242562008-10-10T05:40:00+08:00Six outstanding artists were honored Sept. 26 with the 2008 National Award for Arts, the most presti24257http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242572008-10-10T05:40:00+08:00Although Taiwan is known for the variety of its gourmet Chinese food, it has only been in the past f24250http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242502008-10-03T05:40:00+08:00Toward the end of summer in recent years, Taipei's urbanites invariably, and eagerly, have come to e24251http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242512008-10-03T05:40:00+08:00For many in the Middle East, this would be an impossible meeting, yet for Palestinian oud player Sam24252http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242522008-10-03T05:40:00+08:00"Never Ending Story," an exhibition that marks the 10-year career of Jimmy Liao, the most acclaimed 24253http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242532008-10-03T05:40:00+08:00The Taipei Artist Village building in central Taipei is as tall as "49 forearms plus four open dista24248http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242482008-09-26T05:40:00+08:00Paper may appear to be a fragile material, but it is also able to bear substantial pressure. The sam24249http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242492008-09-26T05:40:00+08:00Typhoon Sinlaku may have darkened the skies over Taiwan during the moon festival weekend, but there 24243http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242432008-09-19T05:40:00+08:00A plan to relocate an antique wooden house from Japan to Taiwan is evolving into a platform for shar24244http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242442008-09-19T05:40:00+08:00Metal plates in playfully wrought forms, paper chopsticks, forks with three heads--these are some of24245http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242452008-09-19T05:40:00+08:00The global economy may be going to hell in a handbasket but Art Taipei 2008--the region's longest-st24246http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242462008-09-19T05:40:00+08:00To mark next year's 80th anniversary of Ming Hwa Yuan--Taiwan's premier opera company--the group set24247http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242472008-09-19T05:40:00+08:00The world-renown Cirque du Soleil will present its production "Alegria" in Taiwan from Jan. 14 to Fe24241http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242412008-09-12T05:40:00+08:00It is morning in rural Nantou County's Jhongliao Township, and a group of sexagenarians are hard at 24242http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242422008-09-12T05:40:00+08:00Samuel and Billie Liao have been busy trying to help Jhongliao rebuild since the 1999 Jiji Earthquak24239http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242392008-09-11T05:40:00+08:00A historic spot of any standing can evoke visitors' memories of the past, but a site revived through24240http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242402008-09-11T05:40:00+08:00Despite the "Just Love Millet" exhibition at the National Museum of History coming to an end, the Ta24235http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242352008-09-04T05:40:00+08:00Making a movie can be a form of community empowerment and that is just what the new "Once Upon A Tim24236http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242362008-09-04T05:40:00+08:00Demonstrating that occupational safety and health are issues that know no bounds, a film produced by24237http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242372008-09-04T05:40:00+08:00A team of local architectural talents set out Aug. 28 to represent Taiwan at the 11th International 24238http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242382008-09-04T05:40:00+08:00Venice's biennale is reputed to be the world's most renowned contemporary art festival. Since it was24232http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242322008-08-28T05:40:00+08:00A pale blue light reflected off the steel walls and tables in a special exhibition room at National 24233http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242332008-08-28T05:40:00+08:00It is nothing new that museums are pairing with top-notch restaurants in order to satisfy both the s24234http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242342008-08-28T05:40:00+08:00The world of art and business may be mutually exclusive in some people's eye, but for Serina Lai--fo24229http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242292008-08-21T05:40:00+08:00The mainstream education system in the ROC resembles those found in many East Asian nations, where l24230http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242302008-08-21T05:40:00+08:00Seal-carving, handmade books and movable type printing are all considered obsolete in the technology24231http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242312008-08-21T05:40:00+08:00As an artist who wears many creative hats, it comes as no surprise that Shiah Shiah also dabbles in 24227http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242272008-08-15T05:40:00+08:00Since its founding July 1, 1983, Wenshun magazine has been a beacon of enlightenment for literary ci24228http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242282008-08-15T05:40:00+08:00As the strikingly contrasting sounds of a saxophone and dizi (Chinese flute) fuse in seamless harmon24225http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242252008-08-07T05:40:00+08:00Birth, youth, middle-age and death--it is a life cycle for not only people, but also art genres. For24226http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242262008-08-07T05:40:00+08:00The lights became brighter inside the elevator as it ascended to the main exhibition hall of the Mus24223http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242232008-07-31T05:40:00+08:00Almost anyone who has ever lived in Taiwan can probably sing or hum the melody of "Longing for the S24224http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242242008-07-31T05:40:00+08:00Buying a luxurious villa on the Costa Del Sol and soaking up the Spanish sun may be some people's fi24221http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242212008-07-25T05:40:00+08:00If you go down to the woods today in Taoyuan County's Dasi Township then you are sure for a big surp24222http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242222008-07-24T05:40:00+08:00At any time of year, Sun Moon Lake is a top tourist attraction. Located in the township of Yuchih at24219http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242192008-07-17T05:40:00+08:00Hidden among the green hills of Taipei County's Jueifang Township, Chinkuashih was once the site of 24220http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242202008-07-17T05:40:00+08:00Gold Ecological Park is what is known as an "ecological museum." Unlike traditional museums, which t24217http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242172008-07-11T05:40:00+08:00Cleveland Park Historic District in Washington, D.C. is known for its concentration of colonial Geor24218http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242182008-07-11T05:40:00+08:00Some people possess a rare talent for combining a sightseer's perspective with a critical eye that g24216http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242162008-07-04T05:40:00+08:00The South and East China seas have traditionally been the home of Chinese junks ferrying cargo betwe24214http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242142008-06-26T05:40:00+08:00For many people, a balloon is nothing more than a colorful piece of latex filled with air. But if yo24215http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242152008-06-26T05:40:00+08:00It would have been easy to mistake the casually dressed man puffing away on a cigarette for an under24213http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242132008-06-20T05:40:00+08:00Few people have lived a more adventurous life than Ke Chin-yuan. Climbing Mount Everest, trekking ac24211http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242112008-06-12T05:40:00+08:00British statesman and literary figure Benjamin Disraeli once said, "A great city, whose image dwells24212http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242122008-06-12T05:40:00+08:00Planning of the Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit System began in 1999, with construction getting under w24209http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242092008-06-06T05:40:00+08:00"You can pay whatever price you think is reasonable for this cup of coffee," Hsu Wen-yen said to a p24210http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242102008-06-06T05:40:00+08:00Wearing a white uniform and buzzing around the wards to change dressings and check the status of pat24208http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242082008-05-29T05:40:00+08:00It is said the walkers move like clouds drifting across the sky, taking one step after another and f24206http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242062008-05-23T05:40:00+08:00Is three a crowd or do good things come in threes? If asking the triumvirate of bakers from Taiwan w24207http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242072008-05-23T05:40:00+08:00Long hours, hard work, plus all the creative demands that a celebrity chef has to manage and more. W24204http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242042008-05-16T05:40:00+08:00Who said it does not snow on the subtropical island of Taiwan? When visiting northern Hakka-populate24205http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242052008-05-16T05:40:00+08:00Photographic exhibitions can on occasion be dull affairs, held in uninspiring locales featuring what24203http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242032008-05-09T05:40:00+08:00Any night owl worth their salt never missed the chic lounge bars and throbbing discos dotting the fo24200http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242002008-05-01T05:40:00+08:00"When the Lord closes a door, he opens a window somewhere else," Maria sang in "The Sound of Music,"24202http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=242022008-05-01T05:40:00+08:00After checking with the security guard on the ground floor, the two guests were ushered in to visit 24198http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241982008-04-25T05:40:00+08:00"Try these handmade fudges," Alice Ju told her guests. "They were made using organic ginger." The de24199http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241992008-04-25T05:40:00+08:00The red-brick 60-meter tower shimmered in the bright sun, its neo-classical facade a testament to th24196http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241962008-04-17T05:40:00+08:00Despite scorching sunlight and cramped conditions, the vague silhouette of a person in a camouflaged24197http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241972008-04-17T05:40:00+08:00Taiwan's sub-tropical climate is renown for its warm spring weather, but when it comes to the scorch24194http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241942008-04-11T05:40:00+08:00For many of Taiwan's early Han Chinese settlers, the decision to leave China and begin life anew in 24195http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241952008-04-11T05:40:00+08:00Some people take overcrowded buses to Tibet's capital Lhasa, while others make the trip by ritually 24192http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241922008-04-04T05:40:00+08:00While Taipei 101, the world's tallest completed skyscraper, is still held as the sole icon of modern24193http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241932008-04-04T05:40:00+08:00We have all marveled at the coincidences that occur in our lives, but for Lee Hung-wei, meeting the 24190http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241902008-03-28T05:40:00+08:00Despite rapid industrialization and urbanization, Taiwan remains tremendously rich in biological res24191http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241912008-03-27T05:40:00+08:00Down a small alley in Lugang Township, hurried pedestrians jostle with honking traffic, with everyon24188http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241882008-03-20T05:40:00+08:00The words you are reading at this moment have been digitally arranged on a sheet of smooth, machine-24189http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241892008-03-20T05:40:00+08:00While most works of art last a lifetime--if not eternity--Chuang Ming-ta's creations are gone within24187http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241872008-03-14T05:40:00+08:00Direct election of a nation's leader seems taken for granted today in political systems that call th24185http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241852008-03-06T05:40:00+08:00"In the territory that is not ours we rowed, passing by a coastline that was strange to us. We remem24186http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241862008-03-06T05:40:00+08:00Serene and sage, they sit life-like amid a medley of Chinese landscape art, painted screens and an e24183http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241832008-02-29T05:40:00+08:00Perhaps once awestruck by the larger-than-life bronze statue that greeted them, visitors to the form24184http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241842008-02-29T05:40:00+08:00For audience members taking in "Apocalypse of Beijing Opera"--a production that follows the decline 24181http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241812008-02-22T05:40:00+08:00After considering a request by the Butterfly Conservation Society of Taiwan and other butterfly rese24182http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241822008-02-22T05:40:00+08:00After a long day slaving away in the spirit-sapping confines of the office, female employees would r24180http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241802008-02-14T05:40:00+08:00Shrinking the riverbank scenery of Pien River in Henan Province, China down to an 11-meter-long hand24178http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241782008-01-31T05:40:00+08:00The 63-year-old former fisherman deftly chopped patchouli leaves with a kitchen knife outside a simp24179http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241792008-01-31T05:40:00+08:00Catching a glimpse of a rat in the kitchen of a five-star hotel in Paris is probably the last thing 24176http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241762008-01-24T05:40:00+08:00Hsieh Kuo-cheng's award was not exactly a Nobel Prize from Sweden. However, winning the 2007 Ig Nobe24177http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241772008-01-24T05:40:00+08:00For most people around the world, Taiwan is identified by a series of visual metaphors that might in24174http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241742008-01-18T05:40:00+08:00Packing their children off to schools in North America has long been a popular decision for Taiwanes24175http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241752008-01-18T05:40:00+08:00In the days of the Roman Empire, the greatest honor one of its generals could earn was a "triumph" t24172http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241722008-01-10T05:40:00+08:00On the cover of the Chinese-language version of "Taiwan: The Threatened Democracy," there is a strik24173http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241732008-01-10T05:40:00+08:00Most people reach for a stick of gum when they feel the need for sugar-induced speed. But what happe24170http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241702008-01-04T05:40:00+08:00The highest mountain in Northeast Asia has gone by many names over the years. It was once called Pat24171http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241712008-01-04T05:40:00+08:00Sporting an open-necked shirt and sipping an aromatic espresso, Joseph Wong, the eldest son of Old M24168http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241682007-12-27T05:40:00+08:00The sea looked calm in the distance. The woman held the hand of a small boy--her first child since m24169http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241692007-12-27T05:40:00+08:00No one likes to miss an episode of their favorite TV soap or drama, but what happens when one of tho24166http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241662007-12-21T05:40:00+08:00In November, Cardinal Shan Kuo-hsi, of the Roman Catholic Church embarked on a lecture tour around T24167http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241672007-12-21T05:40:00+08:00For most students, entering the classroom or lecture hall is as easy ABC: just walk through the door24163http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241632007-12-13T05:40:00+08:00The aboriginal woman from the Paiwan tribe had a basket on her lap that was full of betel nuts and b24164http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241642007-12-13T05:40:00+08:00Poets come to introduce their collections, event organizers seek the location as a venue, and blogge24165http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241652007-12-13T05:40:00+08:00If Taipei's bibliophiles cannot find the books they are looking for in "Wen Roo Ding"--a triangular 24161http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241612007-12-07T05:40:00+08:00Taiwan's economic growth has affected all aspects of society, leading to an improved quality of life24162http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241622007-12-07T05:40:00+08:00A romantic folk story for the ages about a scholar who pursues and wins the heart of a beautiful pri24160http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241602007-11-29T05:40:00+08:00Palm trees and comfortable beach chairs, a fully furnished two-floor Japanese-style house with spa, 24157http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241572007-11-22T05:40:00+08:00The outlying territory of Kinmen has no steamy jungles or game reserves, but it is home to hundreds 24158http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241582007-11-22T05:40:00+08:00Without fail, the northwest monsoon drenches the island group of Kinmen every winter, but by the tim24159http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241592007-11-22T05:40:00+08:00Piles of long yellow brushes were tied up with colorful strings and filled the walls on both sides o24155http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241552007-11-16T05:40:00+08:00In today's increasingly globalized gastronomic world, there is a refreshing maxim that Taipei's nigh24156http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241562007-11-16T05:40:00+08:00Ink painting, an art form that was thought to embody the Chinese philosophy on life and the universe24153http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241532007-11-09T05:40:00+08:00Outdoor music events in Taiwan have mushroomed in size and popularity over the last decade. Although24154http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241542007-11-09T05:40:00+08:00In Taiwan, young men have to take an aptitude test to register for their compulsory military service24151http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241512007-11-01T05:40:00+08:00A man holding a special "basket of fruits and vegetables" in hand chatted with Yuan Yen-li, storekee24152http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241522007-11-01T05:40:00+08:00After three to four years of marriage, many couples forget the romantic candlelight dinners and lang24149http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241492007-10-26T05:40:00+08:00As part of its efforts to attract foreign tourists to Taiwan, the government's Tourism Bureau has be24150http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241502007-10-26T05:40:00+08:00Known as "Island of Fire" in the past, nowadays it is green with vegetation. The growth of verdant t24146http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241462007-10-18T05:40:00+08:00Taipei City was chosen to host the 2011 inaugural world congress of the International Design Allianc24147http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241472007-10-18T05:40:00+08:00"It's fruity, creamy, a bit dry, yet has a long-lasting floral finish," Li Jhan-feng, one of the win24148http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241482007-10-18T05:40:00+08:00Driving along the roads of Taiwan's outlying Kinmen County, tall trees and military fortifications d24144http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241442007-10-12T05:40:00+08:00On the weekend of Aug. 18 and 19, Cheng Hung-yi, the host of a political talk show, introduced a boo24145http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241452007-10-12T05:40:00+08:00Buying souvenirs for families and friends is something nearly every traveler does since shopping bec24142http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241422007-10-04T05:40:00+08:00In this day and age, the very existence of a slice of wilderness in a highly urbanized city such as 24143http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241432007-10-04T05:40:00+08:00An ornate replica of a 13-story Buddhist pagoda made out of fishbone and decorated with over 300 eng24140http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241402007-09-21T05:40:00+08:00On the map of Taiwan, Wang-an Island is a barely visible spot off the nation's western coast. Althou24141http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241412007-09-21T05:40:00+08:00Entering the front gate to the artist's studio, the first thing that came into sight was the pieces 24138http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241382007-09-14T05:40:00+08:00An old Chinese proverb states that "man's fortunes are as unpredictable as the weather." In Taiwan, 24139http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241392007-09-14T05:40:00+08:00A group of elementary-school students stepped off the escalator and into the bakery. Their eyes open24136http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241362007-09-06T05:40:00+08:00In the early hours of the morning, the disc jockey, J-Six, cuts the music, closing out a great set A24137http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241372007-09-06T05:40:00+08:00There is something special about great paintings which reflect the depth of personal sacrifice an ar24134http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241342007-08-24T05:40:00+08:00Though not as well known as Western culture's Valentine's Day, Chihsi, or "Lovers' Day," is celebrat24135http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241352007-08-24T05:40:00+08:00An old man looked around and asked the museum staff to find a snuff bottle for him. He said that he 24132http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241322007-08-17T05:40:00+08:00When jazz aficionados visiting Taipei ask for recommendations of good venues, two places are likely 24133http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241332007-08-17T05:40:00+08:00Most people would pop open a bottle of champagne or cut a cake with relatives and friends to celebra24130http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241302007-08-10T05:40:00+08:00A girl told the store clerk that she dreamed of becoming a famous chef who could cook dishes from ar24131http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241312007-08-10T05:40:00+08:00A variety of vegetables lie as if tipped onto a table from a housewife's grocery bag upon return fro24128http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241282007-08-03T05:40:00+08:00Wines and spirits occupy an important place in history. The last emperor of China's Shang dynasty (c24129http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241292007-08-03T05:40:00+08:00Nearly 2 million visitors have passed through the doors of the Shihsanhang Museum of Archeology sinc24125http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241252007-07-27T05:40:00+08:00When talking about Taiwan's scenery, one cannot omit mentioning Chiayi, because it is where Alishan 24126http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241262007-07-27T05:40:00+08:00The talent to recognize quality is a key to winning in all walks of life. This rule can also be appl24127http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241272007-07-27T05:40:00+08:00The man was dressed like a pig. His shirt bore the face of a pink pig, and three of his fingers had 24123http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241232007-07-20T05:40:00+08:00When cicada start to hum in the banyan trees and flame tree flowers burst into blossom symbolizing t24124http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241242007-07-20T05:40:00+08:00A sea of cloud and mist surrounded both sides of the mountain ridge. It was around five o'clock in t24121http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241212007-07-13T05:40:00+08:00Looking for an apartment or someone to share your apartment, or better yet, simply looking for frien24122http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241222007-07-13T05:40:00+08:00As a man sang love songs to court a woman who was selling betel nuts, someone else was listening. Th24119http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241192007-07-06T05:40:00+08:00There are no big stars, no special effects, no stunt action, no animation, no witty dialogues and ab24120http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241202007-07-06T05:40:00+08:00The couplet was titled "Bean Curd, Peanuts, Leafy Greens" and written with thick strokes on a long s24115http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241152007-06-29T05:40:00+08:00Ma Ying-jeou, presidential candidate of the opposition Kuomintang, officially announced former Premi24117http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241172007-06-29T05:40:00+08:00Nanjichang Night Market is a community of eateries open from morning to midnight in Taipei. At aroun24116http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241162007-06-28T05:40:00+08:00Among all the possible places to eat in Taiwan, the most renowned is probably Din Tai Fung. Many peo24118http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241182007-06-28T05:40:00+08:00Beams of light from the seabed shone like stage spotlights, thus announcing the opening of a piece o24113http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241132007-06-22T05:40:00+08:00Standing on Penghu Island's white sandy beaches, there appears to be a castle on the hill above, alb24114http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241142007-06-22T05:40:00+08:00A farmer carries a young man across a quickly flowing stream while leading a pair of water buffaloes24111http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241112007-06-15T05:40:00+08:00Climbing a six-story building without equipment may sound like a scene from the "Spider-Man" films. 24112http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241122007-06-15T05:40:00+08:00An old man sits on a stool at Taipei's Lungshan Temple, his bamboo hat lying on his knee. Rather tha24109http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241092007-06-07T05:40:00+08:00They did not come to a new country on the Mayflower to get away from religious persecution in Englan24110http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241102007-06-07T05:40:00+08:00Before sending presents to friends overseas, you first have to fill out a form attached to the cover24106http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241062007-05-31T05:40:00+08:00It was 3 a.m. on a deserted street corner in downtown Taipei, and a tall youth wearing a painter's m24107http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241072007-05-31T05:40:00+08:00Ho Yuan-fu skipped school to ride on trains, and his brother developed a fondness for red wine; over24108http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241082007-05-31T05:40:00+08:00Ho Yuan-fu skipped school to ride on trains, and his brother developed a fondness for red wine; over24103http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241032007-05-25T05:40:00+08:00Among the different varieties of Taiwanese small dishes, the most unique, most essential to daily li24104http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241042007-05-25T05:40:00+08:00It recently came to my attention that the Taipei City Government sponsored an online survey of the b24105http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241052007-05-25T05:40:00+08:00Each year, particularly at the Yuansiao Lantern Festival after Lunar New Year, tens of thousands of 24101http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241012007-05-18T05:40:00+08:00The guests at this residence enjoy every amenity: soft music, temperature-controlled rooms and clean24102http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241022007-05-18T05:40:00+08:00Walking down the red carpet alongside Nicole Kidman at the Oscar ceremony might be an impossible dre24099http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240992007-05-11T05:40:00+08:00When taking the mass rapid transit to the north of Taipei City, the Chinese-style Grand Hotel captur24100http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=241002007-05-10T05:40:00+08:00A sea of Taoist and Buddhist statues face a television as if awaiting divine prophecy. Yukie, a mixe24097http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240972007-05-04T05:40:00+08:00Hugues Mignot is one of the few tour guides at the National Palace Museum who speaks four languages.24098http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240982007-05-04T05:40:00+08:00Back in 1971 as a 4-year-old boy, Hung Hsin-fu folded layer upon layer of paper for the simple purpo24094http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240942007-04-27T05:40:00+08:00The new "Transformers" movie will be released in the United States July 4. A story about alien andro24095http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240952007-04-27T05:40:00+08:00Bank Mountain, the highest point of Changhua City, derived its name from Changhwa Bank, which owns a24096http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240962007-04-27T05:40:00+08:00A massive blue whale shark lies motionless in a shallow pool under the baking sun. A few meters away24092http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240922007-04-19T05:40:00+08:00Few of his colleagues at the Bureau of Food Safety under the Cabinet-level Department of Health knew24093http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240932007-04-19T05:40:00+08:00The broad-tailed swallowtail was attracted by the smell of asphalt on a newly paved road; the amateu24090http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240902007-04-13T05:40:00+08:00On Feb. 27, 2007, sixty years after the tragic February 28 Incident, families of victims and victimi24091http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240912007-04-12T05:40:00+08:00At the age of 47, cartoonist Chu Te-yung has managed to avoid working in an office for all but four 24088http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240882007-04-09T05:40:00+08:00Betelnut beauties are one of the more colorful features of life in Taiwan. They certainly caught the24089http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240892007-04-09T05:40:00+08:00A small boat lies nestled in a rocky outcrop in the middle of the Li River in Guilin, China. Next to24086http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240862007-03-30T05:40:00+08:00The humble mosquito has been one of the greatest mass murderers known to mankind. Malaria and dengue24087http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240872007-03-30T05:40:00+08:00On a cold October mountainside night last year, occasional climber Yang Ming-huang recalled silently24084http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240842007-03-22T05:40:00+08:00Taiwan, Japan and Tasmania are not usually associated together in the minds of most people. Taipei A24085http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240852007-03-22T05:40:00+08:00There is no cat on the face of this earth which could possibly fit in the palm of your hand, but aft24082http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240822007-03-16T05:40:00+08:00People visit Yingge Township in Taipei County for one thing: ceramics. For over 200 years, the littl24083http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240832007-03-16T05:40:00+08:00For many in Taiwan, spending days wandering the halls of the British Museum in London, enjoying exhi24080http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240802007-03-09T05:40:00+08:00Dozens of oversized Harley Davidson motorcycles, driven by black leather-clad men and women wearing 24081http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240812007-03-09T05:40:00+08:00Two young women in traditional clothing and with tattooed faces fill their water pots at a mountain 24078http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240782007-03-02T05:40:00+08:00The swishing sound of skates on ice at Taipei Arena's skating rink could easily induce tranquility, 24079http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240792007-03-02T05:40:00+08:00In an alley opposite National Taiwan University in Taipei, a nondescript sign announces the presence24075http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240752007-02-16T05:40:00+08:00Few would expect to find the latest fashion sensation in a remote village in China's Guangdong Provi24077http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240772007-02-16T05:40:00+08:00Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 15th Taipei International Book Exhibition Jan. 30, Premier S24076http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240762007-02-15T05:40:00+08:00Even though it was not for sale, a book measuring less than 0.01 square centimeters captured great a24073http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240732007-02-09T05:40:00+08:00Luo Shiu-jhu noticed something strange while working as a manager at the Puli Hakoune Onsen Resort. 24074http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240742007-02-09T05:40:00+08:00Fifty years ago, Chen Cheng-hsiung could be employed for a whole day of woodcarving for US$0.50; now24071http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240712007-02-01T05:40:00+08:00In Taiwan, food is serious business. For a crucial event such as Lunar New Year, only a kung fu dish24072http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240722007-02-01T05:40:00+08:00In March 2003, Chou Kung-shin received a strange suggestion from a manager at the Central Daily News24069http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240692007-01-26T05:40:00+08:00If it were not the birthplace of former President Lee Teng-hui, Sanjhih, a small farming town of 23,24070http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240702007-01-26T05:40:00+08:00Wu Shao-tong has spent 12 years traveling to 14 countries on five continents to photograph cranes in24067http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240672007-01-19T05:40:00+08:00The term "restaurant chain" conjures up images of fast-food joints built from the same blueprint, el24068http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240682007-01-19T05:40:00+08:00It takes most people a few tries and often many years to find their true callings in life. Li Fang-y24065http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240652007-01-12T05:40:00+08:00While some teams of fishermen are preparing to throw their nets, others punt their boats to try thei24066http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240662007-01-12T05:40:00+08:00August 2002, Esperenza Chang spent three days riding a canoe, climbing through mountains and even wa24062http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240622007-01-05T05:40:00+08:00The story of Grace Jhao Gao and her husband Jhao Jian-jhih, featured in the award-winning TV program24063http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240632007-01-05T05:40:00+08:00In November 2006, Chen Chuan-hong's autobiography, "The Farm of Hopes," was published by Seadove Pub24064http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240642007-01-05T05:40:00+08:00On a wintry Dec. 8, 2006, around 500 people crowded into the square in front of Taipei's Jhongshan H24060http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240602006-12-29T05:40:00+08:00        Most award winners graciously take their trophy from cele24061http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240612006-12-29T05:40:00+08:00        As laborers fixed a hole in a Jioufen road on a spring af24056http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240562006-12-22T05:40:00+08:00        In the 1990s, the Tainan Canal was more a source of embar24057http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240572006-12-22T05:40:00+08:00        On Feb. 18, 2007, Taiwan enters the lunar Year of the Pig24058http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240582006-12-22T05:40:00+08:00        "Pig" and "cute" are not words that usually go together w24059http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240592006-12-22T05:40:00+08:00        With statues of hundreds of deities, ancestral spirits, h24053http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240532006-12-15T05:40:00+08:00        "It's not a porno," said Paul Dawson, lead actor of the c24054http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240542006-12-15T05:40:00+08:00        Wang Yen-ni's short film "The Secret in the Wind" shows a24055http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240552006-12-15T05:40:00+08:00        The term "cultural exchange" is bandied about nowadays, s24051http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240512006-12-08T05:40:00+08:00        Globe-trotting primatologist and humanitarian Jane Goodal24052http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240522006-12-08T05:40:00+08:00        Sitting on a hard rock or patch of level ground--perhaps 24049http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240492006-12-01T05:40:00+08:00        For the majority of young people in Taiwan, the singer ca24050http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240502006-12-01T05:40:00+08:00        With an umbrella repairer, his dying mother, a family hei24046http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240462006-11-24T05:40:00+08:00        At the Nov. 6 press conference to announce the impending 24047http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240472006-11-24T05:40:00+08:00        Hsu Chung-yin last appeared in the pages of this newspape24048http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240482006-11-24T05:40:00+08:00        Taiwan residents were offered a glimpse of aristocratic R24044http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240442006-11-17T05:40:00+08:00        Until recently, the second floor of the Taipei main train24045http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240452006-11-17T05:40:00+08:00        Five-year-old Zoraida from Catelonia in Spain was an exan24043http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240432006-11-03T05:40:00+08:00        A Taiwanese aboriginal legend tells of a peacock prince t24042http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240422006-10-27T05:40:00+08:00        Returning from the fields in the late afternoon of a warm24040http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240402006-10-20T05:40:00+08:00        A geisha wearing a cream-colored kimono and hot-pink wig,24041http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240412006-10-20T05:40:00+08:00        To celebrate the two ghost months of this year's calendar24038http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240382006-10-16T05:40:00+08:00        Fan Wei-da and his wife, Angela, roused their two childre24039http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240392006-10-16T05:40:00+08:00        Regular visitors to the National Palace Museum who are fe24035http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240352006-10-06T05:40:00+08:00        Tsai Ming-liang is a Malaysian of Chinese extraction who 24036http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240362006-10-06T05:40:00+08:00        "I Don't Want to Sleep Alone" is the latest film from dir24037http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240372006-10-06T05:40:00+08:00        Collecting stones sounds more like a punishment than a ho24034http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240342006-09-22T05:40:00+08:00        If you want digital voice-and-data convergence systems, g24032http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240322006-09-15T05:40:00+08:00        On Taiwan's warmer days, especially when the island's cit24033http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240332006-09-15T05:40:00+08:00        Following the 11th Taipei International Youth Chopin Pian24031http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240312006-09-08T05:40:00+08:00        "The face of Taipei City is ever changing," said painter 24030http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240302006-09-01T05:40:00+08:00        For archaeologists, discovery of the Peinan site in south24028http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240282006-08-25T05:40:00+08:00        The line between reality and fantasy, the Orient and the 24029http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240292006-08-25T05:40:00+08:00        The music came from an earlier era and from an altogether24025http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240252006-08-18T05:40:00+08:00        To the man in the street, Taiwan's international schools 24026http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240262006-08-18T05:40:00+08:00        In the Page 4 article titled, "Mormons celebrate 50 years24027http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240272006-08-18T05:40:00+08:00        While some people head to the golf course as soon as they24023http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240232006-08-11T05:40:00+08:00        Fifty years ago, Taiwan was still very much an agricultur24024http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240242006-08-11T05:40:00+08:00        When in 2000, the third Taipei Arts Festival held a poll 24021http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240212006-08-04T05:40:00+08:00        Since the end of World War II, English has been the prima24022http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240222006-08-04T05:40:00+08:00        The National Palace Museum in suburban Taipei is famous f24019http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240192006-07-28T05:40:00+08:00        To many Westerners who arrive in Taiwan to visit, do busi24020http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240202006-07-28T05:40:00+08:00        Pan Hsiao-hsia's recent solo exhibition at the Huashan Cu24017http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240172006-07-21T05:40:00+08:00        Local and Japanese tourists in Taipei in late June might 24018http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240182006-07-21T05:40:00+08:00        The Government Information Office and the Chinese Comic P24014http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240142006-07-14T05:40:00+08:00        Twelve years ago, a couple of English-teaching foreigners24015http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240152006-07-14T05:40:00+08:00        As schools broke for their summer vacation, the 2006 Yila24016http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240162006-07-14T05:40:00+08:00        With the opening of the Taipei-Yilan Freeway, Taiwan's ea24012http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240122006-07-07T05:40:00+08:00        Total darkness plays tricks on the mind. At first, a pinp24013http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=18&post=240132006-07-07T05:40:00+08:00        The National Symphony Orchestra's four performances of "T