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Them bones! A Taiwan-French connection
According to a recent article in the New York Times, a finger bone from the body of the late Li Tien-lu, the…
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One Taiwanese Would Kiss All of Paris
A kiss just a kiss. Or is it? A Taiwanese woman named Ya-ching Yang has become famous around the world for a…
Comedy
On a Lighter Note: Top 10 Pickup Spots in Taipei
My room-mate, a Kiwi, just moved from Hualien to Taipei, and asked me where he could find a girlfriend? What kind of…
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'OH, IF ONLY I COULD TEACH'
EXPATCHAT Compiled by Trista di Genova, published in The China Post 12/28/08 Another huge hurdle here in Taiwan: teaching qualifications. Everything’s cool…
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Artists ‘Beat the Flood’, Raising Half A Million
The Wild East A charity art auction held at the Lili Gallery in Tienmu on Sept. 5, raising a remarkable half million…
Jonathan Chandler's Lowdown on The Middle Kingdom
Fortune-telling Alive & Well in The Middle Kingdom
Certain practices and “superstitions” were frowned upon, violently so, during the Cultural Revolution – a recent hiatus in China’s rich and ancient…
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Peacefest spirit, gearing up
The Wild East Meeting under banyan trees in ShiDa Rd. park, organizers of this year’s Hoping for Hoping “Peacefest” gathered for the…
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Prepare for Death and Vaccine, Health Minister Warns
Phillip Charlier Department of Health (DOH) Minister Yaung Chih-liang (楊志良) said recently that people should not directly link death after treatment with…
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Japan's New Era
Japan and the East Asian region face a new era with the election of The Democratic Party of Japan. The ousted Liberal…
Comedy
Dear Rosanne: My Taiwanese BF called me 'big nose'
Originally published in The China Post (but not online). Read more of Rosanne’s witty and hilarious columns for the culturally discombobulated on…
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Dear Rosanne: My foreign neighbor lady doesn't like foreign things
Originally published in The China Post (but not published anywhere else online). Read more of Rosanne’s witty and hilarious columns for the…
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For Cape No. 7 actor, 'taike' means not forgetting history
Pongfong spraypaints a wall at Radio Banciao, leaving his mark. Photo: TdG Pongfong Wu (吳朋奉) is a complex character to describe. Professionally,…