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Legislator Hsiao Bi-khim tackling some tough questions

August 13, 2013October 4, 2026Trista di Genova1 CommentAmnesty International, Chinese blind activist Chen Guangcheng:, Chinese Civil War, Chinese control of Taiwan media, Chinese in Taiwan, cross strait relations, cross-cultural communication, cross-strait ties, Democratic Progressive Party, DPP, DPP Legislator Hsiao Bi-Khim (蕭美琴), DPP's former President Chen Shui-bian （陳水扁）, dual citizenship, freedom and democracy in the ROC, media monopoly in Taiwan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, President Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九), rights of foreigners in Taiwan, Taiwan human rights, women's rights

A champion for expats, women and immigrants, Hsiao Bi-khim is a rising star in Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). By Trista di Genova / The Wild East, political beat 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 27. Hsiao discussed the…

Touring Taiwan’s outlying islands

Beautiful Island

May 25, 2012October 4, 2026Trista di GenovaBattle of Guningtou, cheap travel tour package deals, Chinese Civil War, Flying Fish Festival Taitung County, green island, Guningtou War Museum, homestay information and reservations, Kinmen Quemoy 金門縣, Koxinga 國姓爺; pinyin: Guóxìngyé;, Kuomintang, mao communist cafe, Mao Tse Tung, Orchid Island, Orchid Island Lanyu 蘭嶼, Taiwan travel, travel stories about Taiwan, Trista di Genova travel writing, what to see in Taiwan

Trista wants to travel to and cover in depth all of Taiwan's islands. An excerpt of the Lin Yang (of the DPA, Deutsche Presse-Agentur) interview with Trista di Genova, who has traveled to and written about her fascination with history and culture on Taiwan’s outlying islands, so far Orchid Island, Green Island and Kinmen. Lin…

Kinmen: Now the Battle is for Tourism, part 2/4

Beautiful Island History Strait-Talk

April 30, 2012October 4, 2026Trista di Genova1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki, Chinese Civil War, demining Kinmen, Deyue Tower, Dutch in Taiwan, Fukien, geomancy feng shui, history of kinmen quemoy, kaoliang, Kinmen Institute of Technology’s Department of Architecture and World Preservation, Koxinga 國姓爺; pinyin: Guóxìngyé;, Liaoluo Bay, mao communist cafe, Marquis of Jiang-Sia Zhou De, Ming dynasty Emperor Chu Yuan-Zhang, Minnan architecture, minnan culture Fujian, Mount Fenglian, paragon model street, Taiwan’s Council for Cultural Affairs, Tan Dun

By Trista di Genova / published 2005 in Travel & Culture magazine in its abridged form Even though they it is not a UN member, Taiwan has made significant efforts to demine Kinmen island (金門). About 75,000 landmines still remain, and the process is ongoing. President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) said in September [2005], that it…

Beautiful Island History

April 25, 2012October 4, 2026Trista di GenovaChinese Civil War, Dutch in Formosa, geography, Japanese in Taiwan, Jerome F. Keating, Jerome Keating, Mapping Taiwan, Taiwan history

Dutch historian Francois Valentyn’s map of 1724, replete with depth markings between Taiwan and mainland China, accentuates the strategic value of the strait. (Courtesy of SMC Publishing Inc.) By Kwangyin Liu / Taiwan Today Taiwan may be Asia’s most vibrant democracy, but this lofty status masks a colonial past that continues to impact local society…

Taipei graveyard may hold key to White Terror

History

April 8, 2012October 4, 2026Trista di GenovaChiang Wei-shui, Chinese Civil War, human rights, Linda Gail Arrigo 艾琳達 Ài Líndá, martial law, political prisoners, White Terror, White Terror era in Taiwan, 蔣中正 / 蔣介石 Chiang Kai-shek

At the gate to the Martial Law Era Political Victim Memorial Park, from left to right: Linda Arrigo, Ann Heylen, professor of NTNU's Graduate Institute of Taiwan Culture, Richard Zalski a researcher and Kenbo Liao, whose father fell victim during the 2-28 Incident. Photo: Trista di Genova By Trista di Genova / Originally published in The…

Will Tiao on 'Formosa Betrayed': ‘I can defend my movie to the T”

Arts & Entertainment

August 8, 2010October 4, 2026Trista di Genova11 Comments2-28 incident, 228 massacre, Chiang kai-shek in Taiwan, Chinese Civil War, Formosa Betrayed, Formosa Kaohsiung incident, Henry Liu, meilidao, Taipei Times reviews, Taiwan history in film, White Terror, Will Tiao

Will Tiao at yesterday’s Breakfast Club meeting. Photo: Trista di Genova By Trista di Genova Wild East senior correspondent At a speaking engagement jointly sponsored by Prof. Jerome Keating’s Breakfast Club and the Taiwan Foreign Correspondents Club (TFCC) and held at Central News Agency’s headquarters in Taipei Saturday, Will Tiao, the American-born Taiwanese writer/actor/producer of…

Study explores the "Kinmen Identity"

Beautiful Island Political Beats Strait-Talk Taiwan News

July 13, 2007October 4, 2026Trista di GenovaChiang kai-shek in Taiwan, China, Chinese Civil War, Chinese identity, chineseness, cultural identity, DPP, kinmen, KMT, quemoy, quemoy incident, republic of china, Taiwan identity, three mini links, Wei Jian-feng

The history of Taiwan's outlying Kinmen Island, known in the West as Quemoy, goes back 1600 years. When the Kuomintang fled to Taiwan after the Chinese civil war of 1949, the battles didn't stop there for Kinmen's residents. See original article in the China Post here. By Trista di Genova The history of Taiwan’s outlying…