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How to Get Your Kids Unplugged this Summer
When summer vacation comes around this year, untold numbers of kids will celebrate the last day of school by grabbing a smart-phone,…
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Taipei Light Pollution 台北的光汙染
(translated by 吳耀翰) Because Taipei city is such that the residential always mixes with the commercial, and since commercial buildings here often…
Society
On Safety and Connectedness: Compliments to Taiwan and her Citizens for Modeling Safe-City Culture
– A Young Canadian’s View on Why Taiwan is So Safe – By Rebecca G. Kehl When I was 17 and a…
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Japan Cherry Blossom Season 2016: Himeji Castle
In Taiwan, April 5 is a public holiday to celebrate the traditional Chinese festival of Qingming, also known as Tomb Sweeping Day.…
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Anti-Nuclear Protests Mark Anniversary of the Fukushima Disaster
Thousands of people braved the cold and rain around Taiwan today, Saturday March 12, 2016, the day after the fifth anniversary of…
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Dear Cai Ying-wen 親愛的蔡英文總統: Much Love and Power to You 豐沛的愛與力量予妳
Power, power, power… 🙂 What is it, where does it come from, and what do we do with it? 力量、力量、力量…它究竟是甚麼，它從哪裡來，我們可以用力量做甚麼？ When you…
Arts
The Great Ugly Monkey Controversy
Taipei residents are somewhat embarrassed, and slightly disgusted by the Taipei City Government’s choice of mascot for this year’s lantern festival. The…
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Tainan Earthquake: News from the Front
My love affair with Taiwan has been reconfirmed… Old Taiwan may possibly have dropped the ball, Mother Nature exasperated the problem, but…
Expat Life
Taiwan citizenship: Give it away now!
The Wild East / Editorial The Taiwan media is notorious for being lame and vacuous, heavily relying on lightweight ‘coverage’ of food stories…
Travel
The Tainan Earthquake: who is to blame?
It’s a little over 12 hours since a 6.4 magnitude earthquake rattled the southern area of Taiwan and wreaked destruction on the…
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Macau: City of Saints and Sinners
As you land in Macau, it feels as if the plane is going to touch down on water. The airport, like a…
Arts
‘Ridin’ with the wind’: A jazz singer is born in Taiwan
The Wild East recently caught up with American comedy writer, artist and now singer/musician Trista di Genova, who is following her…