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‘The Tiger Awakens’: An observer’s view of the Sunflower Movement

April 3, 2014October 4, 2026Trista di GenovaDPP President Chen Shui-bian, DPP's former President Chen Shui-bian （陳水扁）, Kuomintang, President Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九), see the tiger awaken, Sunflower Movement, Sunflower Revolution

di Genova is an anthropologist and novelist, pleasantly exiled in Taiwan for over a decade. Trista di Genova / Politics & Commentary March 30, 2014 I don’t read the newspapers or watch TV, since I lost my job in the media. Now I prefer to just show up and ask questions, and listen to what…

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 4/4

Beautiful Island History Strait-Talk

May 4, 2012October 4, 2026Trista di GenovaBattle of Guningtou, Bunker International Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA), Dadeng Military Base, Kinmen Quemoy Jinmen, Kuomintang, Quemoy crisis, Shen Yuan’s Speaker Tea, Sun Yat-sen 孫德明孫文, take back China, Wu Chao-hsi, Yin Ling’s “Lovemaking for world peace, 蔣中正 / 蔣介石 Chiang Kai-shek General Chiang Kai-shek

Kinmen's bunker-bunking exhibition was the brainchild of Cai Guo-Qiang. Photo: everywhereismuseum.com By Trista di Genova / published 2005 in Travel & Culture magazine in its abridged form “EVERYWHERE IS A MUSEUM” This year, Kinmen made international headlines when Kinmen was transformed from a former battlefield into an international art exhibition. A hundred thousand visitors came…

Kinmen: Now the Battle is for Tourism, part 3/4

Beautiful Island History Strait-Talk

May 2, 2012October 4, 2026Trista di Genova”, 823 War Museum, Anti-Secession Law, Battle of Guningtou, Bunker International Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA), Dishan Zhaishan tunnel, General Chiang Kai-shek, Houchiang Bay, Kinmen Quemoy Jinmen, Kuomintang, Quemoy crisis, Shen Yuan’s Speaker Tea, take back China, Wu Chao-hsi, Wu Chao-hsi Blacksmith Wu, Yin Ling’s “Lovemaking for world peace, 蔣中正 / 蔣介石 Chiang Kai-shek

'Don't forget Ju' – part of the KMT philosophy behind the Take Back China strategy. Photo: blog.actionreportchina.com By Trista di Genova / published 2005 in Travel & Culture magazine in its abridged form THE BATTLE OF GUNINGTOU The Chinese Nationalist army (KMT), led by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek (蔣中正), defeated the Japanese in Nanking, but lost…

2-28 Massacres: Remembering the dark side of Taiwan’s history

History

February 28, 2012October 4, 2026Trista di Genova1 Comment2-28 incident, 2-28 Massacre, Archbishop Desmond Tutu in Taiwan, Chen Yi, Chiang kai-shek in Taiwan, City of Sadness, Formosa Betrayed by George Kerr, Kuomintang, Lee teng-hui, Linda Gail Arrigo 艾琳達 Ài Líndá, Taiwan martial law, White Terror

2-28 Incident in woodcut; the artist was executed. Feb. 28, 1947. A confrontation occurs between agents of the Monopoly Bureau and a woman cigarette vendor; in their view she is illegally selling cigarettes, and they try to confiscate her life savings. Onlookers intervene on her behalf and one officer opens fire as they flee, killing…

Predicting who will be Taiwan’s new president

Political Beats Taiwan News

January 12, 2012October 4, 2026Trista di Genova3 CommentsDemocratic Progressive Party, DPP, Kuomintang, ma ying-jeou, Taiwan presidential elections 2012, Tsai Ing-wen, 蔡英文, 馬英九

Tsai Ing-wen POLITICS / The Wild East Tomorrow is a big day for the people of Taiwan. There is no such thing as a ‘vote from abroad’ here, so all 23 million people, if they want to vote, must travel to their hometown. This makes it difficult for some to vote, particularly for ‘green’ voters…