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A photo-filmic essay of the Sunflower Movement
Part One: The Approach by Trista di Genova / The Wild East Sunday morning, March 30, 2014. I was watching television in…
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Comedy
Newsflash! U.S. writer/publisher declares presidential candidacy
The Wild East / Politics “I’m taking this opportunity,” April 1st, April Fools Day, “because it’s time for fools like you and…
Politics
Gangsters counter-protest student-occupied legislature
Via NTU (National Taiwan University) E News Forum A counter-protest against the students occupying the Legislative Yuan has been taking place this…
Politics
Exclusive photos: Students occupying Taiwan’s legislature
Editor’s note: The following photographs were taken by Dave Johnson on the evening when Taiwanese students occupied and took control of the…
Arts
Scott Cook to wind up Taiwan tour @Sappho, Mar. 30
The Wild East / Entertainment Canada’s prairie balladeer Scott Cook is back in Taiwan, fresh from a tour of Australia, in the…
Society
Lessons for Taiwan: The HIV/AIDS pandemic
The largest and most important meeting on AIDS in Asia, the 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP),…
American Taels
The Wild East stands in solidarity today against mass surveillance.
The day we fight back: https://thedaywefightback.org/ The NSA “has secretly broken into the main communications links that connect Yahoo and Google data…
Politics
Letters from a tense Thailand
Jan 23. Phuket is like Detroit. A city they built for a population that isn’t coming anymore. A faded beauty. Since the…
Culture
Dihua street (迪化街) abuzz every Chinese New Year
Via pristine.net The name “Dihua” was given in 1947 by the Republic of China government, in reference to the city of Dihua…
Expat Life
The Writing Cure: A Conversation with Trista di Genova
When the TIBE (Taipei International Book Exhibition) comes to town Feb. 5-10, 2014 two local expat writers will be represented, L. Farrah…
Comedy
How to tell someone off in Chinese
吵架必备汉语 The must-learn Chinese words when you are fighting with someone. 1. Go to hell. qù sǐ ba 。 去死吧。 2. You’re…
Arts
Expat author Furtado to present at Taipei Intl Book Exhibition
L. Farrah Furtado is an award-winning author living in Taiwan since 2002. First generation Canadian, her parents immigrated during the 1960’s to…