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Kinmen: Now the Battle is for Tourism, part 4/4
“EVERYWHERE IS A MUSEUM” This year, Kinmen made international headlines when Kinmen was transformed from a former battlefield into an international art…
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Kinmen: Now the Battle is for Tourism, part 3/4
THE BATTLE OF GUNINGTOU The Chinese Nationalist army (KMT), led by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek (蔣中正), defeated the Japanese in Nanking, but lost…
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Kinmen: Now the Battle is for Tourism, part 2/4
Even though they it is not a UN member, Taiwan has made significant efforts to demine Kinmen island (金門). About 75,000 landmines…
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Kinmen: Now the Battle is for Tourism, part 1/4
Kinmen’s rich history of broken landscapes: Once the frontline of Taiwan’s conflict with China, Kinmen is now a lush national park. It…
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Mapping Taiwan: A journey through history
Taiwan may be Asia’s most vibrant democracy, but this lofty status masks a colonial past that continues to impact local society and…
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Tutu discusses ‘echoes’ in Taiwan’s truth movement
[Ed. This is being republished because Desmond Tutu’s 2007 visit to Taiwan was such a momentous occasion, and this article was the…
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Taipei graveyard may hold key to White Terror, Part 2
Former ‘tea country’ Before it was a cemetery, it was prime “tea country,” key tea-growing areas on the outskirts of town. Then,…
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Taipei graveyard may hold key to White Terror
By Trista di Genova / Originally published in The China Post [China Post no longer exists: broken link removed] Barely a stone’s…
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Orchid Island’s problem won’t just go away, needs monitoring by scientific community
Editorial / The Wild East Taipei Times‘ Dec. 2 editorial, “Living in a nuclear wasteland”, was an informative summary outlining the Tao…
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2-28 Massacres: Remembering the dark side of Taiwan’s history
Feb. 28, 1947. A confrontation occurs between agents of the Monopoly Bureau and a woman cigarette vendor; in their view she is…
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'Why Taiwan Matters': A Book Review
Why Taiwan Matters: Small Island, Global Powerhouse. Shelly Rigger Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (29 April 2011) ISBN: 978-1442204799 Pages 232 (Hardcover) Why…
Politics
THE SOCIAL ORIGINS OF THE TAIWAN DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT: THE MAKING OF FORMOSA MAGAZINE, 1979
THE SOCIAL ORIGINS OF THE TAIWAN DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT: THE MAKING OF FORMOSA MAGAZINE, 1979 by Linda Gail Arrigo original July 1981; revised…