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Anti-Nuclear Protests Mark Anniversary of the Fukushima Disaster

Anti Nuclear protest Taiwan. Photo by CNA.

March 12, 2016October 4, 2026Phillip CharlierLanyu, nuclear power plants in Taiwan, Orchid Island, protests

Thousands of people braved the cold and rain around Taiwan today, Saturday March 12, 2016, the day after the fifth anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster to protest against the continuing reliance on nuclear power, the plan to develop a fourth nuclear reactor, and the use of Orchid Island as a storage site for 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…

Orchid Island’s problem won’t just go away, needs monitoring by scientific community

Beautiful Island health and wellbeing History

March 10, 2012October 4, 2026Trista di Genova1 Commentaboriginal, environment, Lanyu, nuclear dumping on Orchid Island, Orchid Island, Taipower, Taiwan indigenous peoples

The disposal site on Orchid Island for 'low-level' radioactive waste. Editorial / The Wild East Taipei Times‘ Dec. 2 editorial, “Living in a nuclear wasteland”, was an informative summary outlining the Tao people’s dilemma, praiseworthy in its attempt to put a spotlight on this issue in the run-up to January’s presidential elections. But this is…

Beautiful Island History

May 18, 2011October 4, 2026Trista di Genova1 Commentaboriginal culture in Taiwan, aboriginal peoples, anthropologist Peter Bellwood, Austronesian creation myths, Austronesian language and cultures, Barry Martinson, green island 綠島, indigenous peoples, Japanese in Taiwan, Kuomintang influence on tribal cultures, Lanyu Meteorological Observatory (蘭嶼氣象站), Lou Tsu-k’uang, nuclear, nuclear dumping on Orchid Island, Orchid Island, Orchid Island Lanyu 蘭嶼, Pacific Rim cultures, Phalaenopsis orchids, Presbyterians in Formosa, Small Heavenly Lake (小天池, Taiwan DNA and the Batanes, Taiwan history, Tao tribe, travel, Treaty of Shimonoseki, Xiao tien chih)., Yami, Yeying Village (Ivalino)

Photo: Trista di Genova If the Tao people of Taiwan’s Orchid Island can overcome some modern-day challenges while celebrating and sharing their rich heritage, the future looks bright for this amazing but remote haven. Check out this link at Travel & Culture magazine to read AmCham’s version of this article. By Trista di Genova, The…

An Adventure 'round the Island: Couchsurfing, Hitchhiking, and Island Hopping

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September 29, 2010October 4, 2026Trista di Genova6 Commentsaboriginal culture in Taiwan, couchsurfing, hitchhiking, Karaoke in Asia, Lanyu, Official God of War temple, Orchid Island, tainan, Taitung, Taiwan travel

By Mary Weathers The Wild East As soon as I had secured myself a teaching position in Taipei, I decided to take a couple months off to tour the Island that is Taiwan. I needed to see more of the country; I had certainly not fallen head over heels in love with the filthy city.…

Beautiful Island

June 29, 2010October 4, 2026Trista di Genova2 Commentsaboriginal culture in Taiwan, nuclear dumping on Orchid Island, Orchid Island, Tao tribe, Yami

A Special Report on Taiwan By Linda Gail Arrigo, with Si Jilgilan (Huang Ching-Wen) and Si Maraos (Chung Chi-Fu) The indigenous people of Orchid Island, an island off the southeast coast of Taiwan, are a small but distinct group – cut off from their closest relatives in the Philippines – among Taiwan’s remaining two percent…