Historical locations, events, and analysis in East Asia, including China, Japan, and Taiwan.
On his birthday, October 15, India and Taiwan look back on how Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, India’s 11th President worked his ways towards uniting minds and yearned for a peaceful world. Investing in art and culture was also central to his mission as President. Thirukkural’s popularity in Taiwan grew exponentially
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To say that men have misused their dominance and power will suffice because for centuries, this world has seen and heard of male dominated societies only. And with great power comes great responsibility, doesn’t it? Were they taking the responsibility and doing enough! The idea that women are inferior to
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Rebecca Grace Kehl – revised copy for December 24, 2016 More people are learning about the Solstices and Equinoxes, how they are the original holidays and celebrations from which modern holidays, like Christmas, and all it’s flashing lights and noise, were created. Let’s revive what this time of year was about
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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
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T The Taiwan POW Camps Memorial Society is holding a FEPOW Day (Far East Prisoners of War) event this coming Saturday evening August 15th at 5:30 pm. at the Spot Theatre – 18, Zhongshan North Road Sec. 2 in downtown Taipei. At this time there is still plenty of space
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By Sean Kaiteri / Culture Vulture for The Wild East In 1703, England received her first ever exotic traveler from Formosa (Now Taiwan): a charming man who enjoyed telling everyone all the crazy and foreign things he and his “people” did from the faraway land. One problem? That man was
Read moreBy Jerome Keating / originally published in Taipei Times Notes of Travel in Formosa, Charles W. Le Gendre, Eds. Douglas L. Fix and John Shufelt, National Museum of Taiwan History 2012, ISBN 978-986-03-2127-2. 475 pages, introduction i-lxxii. As the effects of the Industrial Revolution made their way around the world,
Read moreDear Friends, Just a reminder about our annual FEPOW Day event which is being held this coming Saturday, August 11th at the Spot Theatre at # 18 Chungshan North Road Sec. 2 (near the corner of Nanking) at 6:00pm. The Chungshan MRT Station is just around the corner from the
Read moreFormosan Odyssey: Taiwan, Past and Present by John Ross. RATING: 4.5 stars **** Paperback, 285 pages Published 2002 by Taiwan Adventure Publications ISBN 9869995160 I recently re-read this book, and thoroughly enjoyed it again, perhaps even more than the first time. This is probably because this time around, I knew
Read morePart One here; and Part 2; Part 3 Check out this link at Travel & Culture magazine to read AmCham’s abridged version of this article. By Trista di Genova, The Wild East Land rights are another ongoing issue for this and other tribes in Taiwan. Under the Chen administration, residents
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