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Lawyer Billy Chen speaks at Breakfast Club
The Wild East / Peace & Justice Taiwan’s media have turned from the Zane Dean case to Lin Yi-shih, and now the…
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Formosan Clouded Leopard declared extinct in Taiwan
via treehugger.com For the last thirteen years, an international team of researchers have been searching out any indication that one of the…
Expat Life
Detained Briton’s family ‘praying for leniency’
The Wild East Thursday morning began with a court hearing at Taipei District Court for ‘David’, a Briton who’s been in a…
News
Taiwan SPCA seeking support for upcoming animal protection legislation
The Taiwan Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (TSPCA) is asking the international community’s help to urge Taiwan’s government to…
Society
Taiwan firefighters overworked, pressured not to speak up
The Wild East / Society Taiwan firefighters would like to change the system – by putting firestations, like the police, under local…
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Construction of seaside hotel killing off Taitung coral reef
Trista di Genova, The Wild East Protesters camped out on the beach in southeast Taiwan last weekend, to call attention to the…
Politics
Corruption of secretary-general undermines entire Ma administration: opposition
Tuesday, 3 July, 2012 With his face covered by a gauze mask, an expressionless Lin Yi-shih (林益世) was spirited by cover of…
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Taiwan Crime Watch – Rate this cool new column!
These stories are just from a twelve-hour period from midnight to lunchtime, on Tuesday, July 3 and Wed., July 4, 2012. There…
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‘Sleepwalking’ mansion burglar charged after trying to beguile police
The Wild East crime desk – TAIPEI A mysterious mansion burglar was brought to justice in Jiayi recently after engaging local police…
Society
Hospital head calls for ‘total revamp’ of Taiwan medical system
24 June, 2012, TAIPEI Taipei Veterans’ General Hospital Director Lin Fang-yu (林芳郁) joined in the chorus of medical leaders sounding the horn…
News
U.S. says visa-exempt agreement with Taiwan just around the bend
June 14, 2012 – TAIPEI, by Tsuei Shiao-hu, Wild East Politics Editor The U.S. has added Taiwan to its upcoming Visa Waiver…
Travel
A Blessing for the Start of Work on the Chingchuan Community Center
Last year a group of foreigners organized the Wufeng Project, working with aboriginal kids in Wufeng and Chingchuan, Hsinchu County. They gave…