Culture
The Tale of Snake Anthony, of Xin Beitou
There is an eccentric man in Xin Beitou selling pocket-sized novels of an overtly sexual nature outside of one of the Seven-Elevens…
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Taiwan's true asset is its people, says Saudi ambassador
Mr. Talal Abdulsalam began working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1983, and studied at the Institute of Diplomatic Office for…
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Them bones! A Taiwan-French connection
According to a recent article in the New York Times, a finger bone from the body of the late Li Tien-lu, the…
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Aquaponics: Get It In Your Garden
The Wild East We know it works. Aquaponics is booming in Australia at present because of the water shortage. By contrast, farm-raised…
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Artists ‘Beat the Flood’, Raising Half A Million
The Wild East A charity art auction held at the Lili Gallery in Tienmu on Sept. 5, raising a remarkable half million…
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Peacefest spirit, gearing up
The Wild East Meeting under banyan trees in ShiDa Rd. park, organizers of this year’s Hoping for Hoping “Peacefest” gathered for the…
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Taiwan, Mecca for Noodle-Lovers
for TheWildEast.net “I want noodle!” I have heard this shouted many times on the streets of Taiwan, by both children and adults…
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Unpaving Paradise: Digging Up Taiwan's Ancient Heritage
Cited on megalithic.co.uk Most of us inhabit this earth as far removed in our daily lives as possible from the roots of…
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Dear Rosanne: My foreign neighbor lady doesn't like foreign things
Originally published in The China Post (but not published anywhere else online). Read more of Rosanne’s witty and hilarious columns for the…
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For Cape No. 7 actor, 'taike' means not forgetting history
Pongfong spraypaints a wall at Radio Banciao, leaving his mark. Photo: TdG Pongfong Wu (吳朋奉) is a complex character to describe. Professionally,…
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The Rise of The Bushiban in Taiwan
Originally published in The China Post, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008; this is the exclusive online publication for The Wild East. In 2007,…
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Aussie marries in Aboriginal affair
For the Huang family, it was the marriage of a decade. Last Saturday, the track area of a junior high school in…