Politics
‘The Tiger Awakens’: An observer’s view of the Sunflower Movement
Trista di Genova / Politics & Commentary March 30, 2014 I don’t read the newspapers or watch TV, since I lost my…
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Kuomintang
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Travel
Touring Taiwan’s outlying islands
An excerpt of the Lin Yang (of the DPA, Deutsche Presse-Agentur) interview with Trista di Genova, who has traveled to and written…
History
Kinmen: Now the Battle is for Tourism, part 4/4
“EVERYWHERE IS A MUSEUM” This year, Kinmen made international headlines when Kinmen was transformed from a former battlefield into an international art…
History
Kinmen: Now the Battle is for Tourism, part 3/4
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…
History
2-28 Massacres: Remembering the dark side of Taiwan’s history
Feb. 28, 1947. A confrontation occurs between agents of the Monopoly Bureau and a woman cigarette vendor; in their view she is…
Politics
Predicting who will be Taiwan’s new president
POLITICS / The Wild East Tomorrow is a big day for the people of Taiwan. There is no such thing as a…