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The KMT Enters the Metaverse…With Chiang Kai-shek NFTs

EnglishLife
·January 18, 2022·3 min read
The latest of the KMT’s desperate attempts to appeal to people proves a funny one–Chiang Kai-Shek NFTs. More specifically, a recent initiative of the KMT to try and raise funds for the party has been turning a decorative saber owned by Chiang Kai-shek into an NFT Read More

“Beitou Witch Magic Festival” Criticized Over Depiction of Indigenous

EnglishEventsLife
·September 8, 2022·4 min read
A cultural event in Beitou has been criticized regarding Indigenous representation. Namely, the event, the “Beitou Witch Magic Festival”, draws on the history of female Indigenous mediums in Beitou Read More

“What Could Be Better Than a Dance Party in the Name of Solidarity?”: ‘Dance for Ukraine’ at Studio 9 on Friday

EnglishLifeMusic
·February 1, 2023·2 min read
Brian Hioe spoke to Anna Luy Tan about 'Dance For Ukraine', an upcoming dance fundraiser for Ukrainian that will be held at Studio 9 in Ximen on Saturday, starting at 11 PM. Anna will be DJing, along with DJ Monty, and a special guest. All proceeds from the door will go to Ukraine Read More

伊恩貝(Sona Eyambe)的恐跨主義很危險

ChineseLife
·December 22, 2022·1 min read
數個右傾的外籍YouTuber成功在台灣找到了觀眾。他們時常聲稱他們在「解釋」自己國家或台灣的文化,有些提倡枯燥無味的消費主義、一種美國的生活風格,而且不吝以文化差距做為衝擊值來達到震驚觀眾的效果。 Read More

When in Taiwan: The Color of Your Skin

EnglishLife
·April 13, 2021·18 min read
To be a child of globalization comes with an inconceivable sense of perpetual displacement—a disturbance of sort: the fault lines between distant societies or “civilizations” are deeply felt in the space you occupy, the people you interact with, and the commonplace cross-cultural misunderstandings you observe Read More

The Cross-Straits Politics of Global Panda Health

EnglishLife
·October 7, 2022·3 min read
Tuan Tuan, one of four giant pandas displayed in the Taipei Zoo, has become ill with brain lesions. MRI imagery from late September shows that Tuan Tuan has local large-scale necrosis and edema on the left-side of his brain. There is local small-scale edema on the right side of his brain.  Read More

“100 Ways to See Transgender” Exhibition Shares a Wide Range of Transgender Experiences

EnglishEventsLife
·November 11, 2022·6 min read
This past weekend, over 200 participants came to see the Taiwan Alliance to Promote Civil Partnership Rights’ (TAPCPR) "看見跨性別藝文展 100 Ways to See Transgender" exhibition at 二空間 SPACE TWO. Since their first Transgender Film Festival in 2020, TAPCPR has made it a tradition to do larger scale public engagement programming around transgender issues every year in the month of November. Last year was the second Transgender Film Festival, and this year is the 100 Ways to See Transgender exhibition Read More

What Would “Cultural Sovereignty” Mean for Taiwan in an Age of Digital Media?

EnglishLife
·June 22, 2022·3 min read
Minister of Culture Lee Yung-te made comments at the recent National Culture Congress earlier this month that might strike as somewhat unusual Read More

The KMT Does Not Know How to Wear Pants

EnglishLife
·September 28, 2021·3 min read
The jokes started in 2018 after legislator Apollo Chen and then-chair Wu Den-yih appeared in a publicity photo together, awkwardly posing with their fists. If this wasn’t bad enough their pants went all the way above their waists, in a grandfatherly fashion. The image sparked a seemingly endless number of memes Read More

Which Ways Forward for Green Politics in Taiwan?

BooksEnglishLife
·March 16, 2021·3 min read
Dafydd Fell’s recent academic monograph, Taiwan’s Green Parties: Alternative Politics in Taiwan, is not to be missed for those who are interested in or who study party politics in Taiwan. Drawing on close to a decade of research and observation, the book details the ebbs and flows, as well as the transformations, experienced by the Green Party in Taiwan since its founding. The book also focuses on the Social Democratic Party and Trees Party as Green Parties Read More

Who Are This Year’s Fringe Candidates in the Taipei Mayoral Race?

EnglishLife
·November 18, 2022·2 min read
The Taipei mayoral race saw twelve candidates this year. The three serious candidates are, of course, Chen Shih-chung of the DPP, Chiang Wan-an of the KMT, and Vivian Huang of the TPP. It remains unclear as to which of them may win, with a tight three-way race anticipated. At the same time, as the nation’s capital, Taipei often attracts a number of fringe mayoral candidates. This was no different this year, with the views of these candidates on display at the four-hour policy platform held by the Central Election Commission, in which all of the candidates were given thirty minutes to express their views Read More

Animatronic Hells and Goddesses with GPS

EnglishLife
·April 20, 2021·5 min read
Temple festivals in Taiwan often seem to be a mixture of the sacred and the profane. Sure, temples are places of worship—but temple festivities often have elements of what would otherwise be considered “low” culture incorporated into them Read More
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