Expat Life
How to Make Learning Chinese Impossible: Taiwan's Got It Down
Hapless Chinese learners agree: the Taiwan-only useless system of ‘Bopomofo’ ought to be immediately phased out, and the agreed-upon phonetic system of…
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Expat Life
Forumosa Happy Hour this Friday
Friday at 7:30pm – 1:00am Location: On Tap, Zhongxiao East Road Section 4, Lane 216, Alley 11, No.21 (忠孝東路四段216巷11弄21號) Taipei From Forumosa.com:…
Expat Life
‘Mobile pizza’ pans out for expat in Tainan
Rock Starkey, owner of Tin Pan Alley, talks with The Wild East about his entrepreneurial experiences after setting out with a mobile…
Society
Worst-case scenario: Court rules guilty in Scotsman’s trial
Tuesday at 4 pm, the judge at Taipei District courthouse read out the verdict in less than five minutes, and the group…
Expat Life
A Friend to Us All: On the Loss of Mark Bennett
Trista di Genova, The Wild East It happened in the early hours of Saturday, Jan. 22. Many may have missed the short…
News
TED Event: 'Hearts And Minds', changed to 9 April
Wild East news staff TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 25…
Expat Life
Coffee with an immigration cop
I met my immigration police friend, Eric, at a café today for an informative chat. It’s always nice to run by him…
History
'LONG LIVE THE TAIWANESE PEOPLE’ (Requiem for 2-28 Victims)
The following is an excerpt from the recent anthology of poetry, “The War on Sleep” (2010), by Trista di Genova. The 228…
Arts
New Zealand relief music party this weekend @Pipe in Taipei
PIPE LIVE HOUSE:PIPE 台北市思源街1號 [公館水岸 自來水博物館旁] No.1, Siyuan St. Taipei, Taiwan. See event on Facebook: Sat 26th 10.30 pm: Page Down, Pan…
Society
Defense 'optimistic' in Scotsman's hit-and-run trial
February 18th hearing, 10:10am Taipei District Courthouse, Bo Ai Rd. The courtroom filled up punctually, with about 20 foreigners, observers who are…
Expat Life
Last hearing to determine Scotsman’s fate in hit-and-run trial
Media are invited to attend the last hearing in the trial of Zain Dean, on Feb. 18th, 2011, 10am in Room 10…
Arts
The Wonder that is The Refuge Taichung
Boston Paul explains the artistic community’s objective: “The Refuge provides Creative Outlets for Artists, Musicians, Bohemians & Truth Seekers to come explore,…