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Foreigners Get It Going On For Chinese New Year
TAIPEI, Taiwan – There are a number of foreigners in Taiwan who suffer from “hipititis” – they’re terminally cool. When asked about…
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January 2010
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Jonathan Chandler's Lowdown on The Middle Kingdom
Different Times, Different Worlds
Jonathan Chandler The Wild East It snowed dream-like and blew bone-flaying gusts of Artic wind last week. The sky was bleeding lead…
Travel
Exclusive interview with Lisa Furtado
The Wild East So how did Nelly Furtado’s sister end up teaching in Kaohsiung, Taiwan? I was tired of the routine of…
The Tech Beat
Is there a Y1C computer glitch in Taiwan’s future?
The Wild East Will Taiwan face massive Y1C computer problems next year when the Republic of China turns 100? Or will it…
Jonathan Chandler's Lowdown on The Middle Kingdom
An 'Informal Settler' in Manila
‘Lowdown’ Goes to the Philippines for Christmas By Jonathan Chandler for The Wild East I made a last-minute decision to get out…
Culture
The Tale of Snake Anthony, of Xin Beitou
There is an eccentric man in Xin Beitou selling pocket-sized novels of an overtly sexual nature outside of one of the Seven-Elevens…
Arts
Me Birthday Fiesta on The Loof
For me birthday, I wanted Mexican food. Knowing all my other foreign friends here are commiserating, nay, jonesing for The Real Thang,…
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Hard to beat China's cat-and-rat computer games
Democracy and free expression are thriving in China – in cyberspace. While Big Brother asserted himself in 2009, this did not prevent…
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The Wild East in 3D
Following a link from the comment section of One Taiwanese would Kiss all of Paris to One Inch Punch I was mesmerized…