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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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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…
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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…
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),…
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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…
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Taiwan EPA’s ‘smoking gun’: bogus air standards
The Wild East / editorial Real-time Taiwan air-quality readings here Who controls the past controls the future, and who controls the present…
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Protest held at Taipei City Council against ShiDa closures
The following call for support is from the owner of ‘Out of India’ restaurant in ShiDa. Read more: “Who Killed ShiDa?” SAVE…
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Who Killed ShiDa? The heart of Taiwan has died a slow death
Andy Singh, owner of Out of India restaurant, is one of the many small business owners in the ShiDa who has been…
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Taichung Refuge fundraiser to help rescue strays
The Wild East / Arts & Entertainment Because of the recent Rabies Scare, Taichung Refuge is teaming up with other organizers and…
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Legislator Hsiao Bi-khim tackling some tough questions
The Breakfast Club really outdid itself this time, inviting DPP Legislator Hsiao Bi-Khim (蕭美琴) to speak at its monthly gathering on July…
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When Helen Caldicott Came to Town
Helen Caldicott, the world-famous pediatrician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985 for her work founding Physicians for Social Responsibility, lectured…
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U-bike – the perfect way to get around Taipei
Once you get started, it’s addictive. And now, if you use it for less than 30 minutes, it’s free! So when you…