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Chiang Kai-shek's kidnapper a hero in Hsinchu village
For The Wild East Magazine A museum featuring Chang Hsueh-liang, Chiang Kai-shek’s kidnapper, has become the star attraction of Chingchuan, Hsinchu County…
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Peacefest 2010: It Flows Like a River / 2010和平音樂祭：如河般流動
Press Release: Peacefest 2010 Nestled in an idyllic valley between lush green mountains – peace runs like the river through it –…
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The healing hot springs of Chingchuan
I am floating in the steaming hot springs of the aboriginal mountain village of Chingchuan (清泉), an hour’s ride from the foothills…
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Diane Wilson Appearance ‘Shocks’ Shareholders’ meeting in Taiwan
The Wild East magazine On June 9, Diane Wilson, a Code Pink co-founder and activist, was arrested after she doused and blackened…
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Expect the Unexpected: Best Adventures on Taiwan’s East Coast
Published in ‘Travel & Culture’ Magazine May 2010 If you’ve travelled around the world but never had the chance to explore Taiwan’s…
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Cultural Survival on Taiwan’s Orchid Island
A Special Report on Taiwan By Linda Gail Arrigo, with Si Jilgilan (Huang Ching-Wen) and Si Maraos (Chung Chi-Fu) The indigenous people…
Politics
What Can We Do For Earth Day… and Every Day?
In my grandparents’ generation, this was a popular proverb that urged us all to be resourceful, not wasteful: “MAKE IT DO, WEAR…
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Scott Cook's Taiwan Ramble
Just a little note from the road, and a late-night, half-cut one at that. It has been fabulous. Good old friends in…
Culture
A Night At The Brothel
Wild East Rooftop Correspondent “Do you have places like this in America?” the Madame asked me, in Chinese since her English is…
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Italian Ambassador Living the Dulce Vita in Taiwan
Trista di Genova’s interview in the China Post with Leopoldo Sposato, Italian Trade Director, January 2009 Trista: What was your background, prior…
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Taipei restaurant teaches authentic Thai cooking
The Patio restaurants offer a monthly cooking class for those interested in broadening their culinary skills. BY TRISTA DI GENOVA published in…
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Exclusive interview with Lisa Furtado
The Wild East So how did Nelly Furtado’s sister end up teaching in Kaohsiung, Taiwan? I was tired of the routine of…