Travel
A Dozen Ways Taiwan is Better Than China
Food is better. Whilst proofing news briefs for a Taiwan 🇹🇼 newspaper, I read a crazy story about how vendors in Beijing…
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human rights
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Politics
Compared to U.S., Taiwan police are teddy bears
I can now say from personal experience how much I prefer and appreciate lovely Taiwan po-lice officers! I’ve always thought they are…
History
Taipei graveyard may hold key to White Terror
By Trista di Genova / Originally published in The China Post [China Post no longer exists: broken link removed] Barely a stone’s…
Expat Life
Taiwan’s Unsung Hero: A Tribute to Linda Arrigo
One of the most underappreciated intellectuals around, for decades Linda Gail Arrigo has stuck to her guns and stood up for human…
Culture
My ‘Hole’ Story: Two Months of Hell in Taipei Detention Center
Dear ‘M’, Do you have some time to write about your experience of spending 2 months in the Taipei Detention Center? We’d…
Society
Judicial Reform to be debated @ Breakfast Club
Wild East news staff The Breakfast Club, a group founded by Professor Jerome Keating that invites scholars to speak and lead discussions…
News
Enforce Article 35 of China’s Constitution, Abolish Censorship and Realize Citizens’ Right to Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Press
Dated: October 01, 2010 Dear members of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress: Article 35 of China’s Constitution as adopted…
News
'Formosa Betrayed' debuts in U.S. this weekend
Formosa Betrayed Official Website This weekend, February 26-28, a new movie about Taiwan will be coming to theaters. Formosa Betrayed is the…
Opinion
China Warns Web Media and Bloggers: Beijing is watching.
Cartoon by Nicholson from “The Australian” newspaper: www.nicholsoncartoons.com.au China’s foreign ministry warned Tuesday December 16 that websites referring to Taiwan and China…
News
Taiwan filmfest looks at world of sex workers
A group of sex workers stage a protest at the Ministry of the Interior Tuesday over the minister’s objection to decriminalizing prostitution.…