Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General-Secretary, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), Xi Jinping, currently standing as the highest-ranking official in China, approved of a sarcophagus presented to him today, February 15, 2020, as senior officials, also wearing surgical masks, sat in front of microphones and bent forward while scribbling with pens. I approve…
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Saturday, December 23, will see Santa come to Wulai for the seventh annual Christmas in Wulai event organized by the Atayal organization. Santa will appear from noon until 5:30pm, giving presents and candy to children and the child at heart at the Wulai Atayal museum. Wulai District is a predominantly aboriginal community at the periphery…
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Tainan City, Taiwan – Three brothers, known as the Coolidge Brothers, are exploring Taiwan and sharing their travel experiences as YouTubers. There are a lot of YouTubers, bloggers and professional travelers with an online presence, but there is no one doing what these boys, known as the XJ2 Crew, are doing. Johan, age 15, Xander,…
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In a southern district of Tainan, farmers carefully till their fields, working their way around ancient concrete sarcophagi that sit on the surface, or lay half buried in the sandy soil. One with a mushroom-like lid protrudes from a sand dune beside a farmhouse. Locals say that outsiders consider them interesting, but that they have…
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Tokyo has the distinction of being the world’s most expensive city, but you needn’t break the bank to visit. While a loaf of bread may set you back around US$9 according to this CNN Money report, there are a bunch of visitor attractions that are absolutely free. This is The Wild East top 5 free…
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The Director of Denmark’s Trade Office in Taiwan, Nicholas Enerson, led a delegation to Changhua County [Chinese Language] this week, to view and discuss the development of wind farms in the county. A delegation from Denmark meets with Changhua County Magistrate Wei Ming-ku (魏明谷) November 24, 2016. Photo: Changhua County Government. On Thursday, November 24,…
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In 2006 Oscar Kightley, of ‘Naked Samoan’ fame, and New Zealand radio/TV host Nathan Rarere traced their ancestry via DNA to Taiwan. They made a trek and documentary about it titled ‘Made in Taiwan’. Kightley and Rarere began their journey in New Zealand, where they took a DNA swab, and sent it to a lab…
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When using postal services to send something to Taiwan, how should one address the country? Whether you write Taiwan or R.O.C. (Republic of China), the mail usually reaches the recipient. Recently, someone carried out an interesting experiment to see if there was a difference in the time it takes for a letter to reach the…
Read moreAn 87 year-old farmer in Changhua County operates a drone to scare birds out of a millet field. Photo: 二林舊社「田龜計畫 Facebook Group. While Taiwan, like many other developed nations, is facing the problem of an aging population, the crisis in the agricultural sector is particularly acute. The average age of farmers in Taiwan is 62,…
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When summer vacation comes around this year, untold numbers of kids will celebrate the last day of school by grabbing a smart-phone, turning on a game console, or logging into a computer to play video games. Like a scene from a science-fiction movie, the world’s children will sit in front of screens in air-conditioned rooms,…
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