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, turning on a game console, or logging into a computer to play video games. Like a scene from a science-fiction movie, the world’s children will sit in front

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Forumosa Happy Hour this Friday

Friday at 7:30pm – 1:00am Location: On Tap, Zhongxiao East Road Section 4, Lane 216, Alley 11, No.21 (忠孝東路四段216巷11弄21號) Taipei From Forumosa.com: Well, we’ve been promising that we’d have a Friday Happy Hour, and here it is, at On Tap’s brand-new location, no less! Things will kick off around 7:30

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What Taiwanese think of foreigners, part 2

Peter Chen has been a neighborhood chief in Chonghe City for 18 years. His hobby is studying English with the newspaper. PETER: The first time I meet a foreign person I ask where they’re from. A member of my community, another neighborhood chief had a daughter who married an Australian.

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'Our Biggest Visa Hassles'

Expats are invited to call the toll-free International Community Service Hotline (with English service) to ask any questions: 0 800 024-111.

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