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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

Jiufen Old Street: A 2022 Pandemic Profile from a Taiwanese American Tourist

EnglishLife
·September 21, 2022·8 min read
If you've heard of Jiufen, you might know it is the site of filming for many Taiwanese movies, most notably City of Sadness. You might have heard it has wonderful teahouses, and maybe from a friend you heard to try the taro balls there. But you probably first and foremost know it as where Hayao Miyazaki allegedly drew inspiration from in Spirited Away, the hit animated movie about a girl who loses her parents in the spirit world 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

Rainie Yang Controversy Prompts Netizens to React by Posting Photos of Seafood on Social Media

EnglishLife
·September 6, 2022·4 min read
A recent scandal involved singer Rainie Yang claiming not to be Taiwanese, but a “Guangdong person that grew up in Taiwan” on a Chinese program. Yang claimed this despite being born in Taipei in 1984 Read More

Kinky Community Musical: Tongzhi Politics Meet BDSM, Asexuality, and Polyamory

EnglishEventsLife
·September 2, 2022·9 min read
This past weekend, BDSM Company hosted four performances of “Kinky Community Musical 2.0" at the Huashan 1914 Creative Park. Written by Della Wang and directed by Hsiao-I Lu, "Kinky Community Musical 2.0” is a revised version of Wang’s first “Kinky Community Musical,” which debuted in late April 2019 just weeks before the legalization of same-sex marriage in Taiwan. Featuring mesmerizing rope-binding scenes, catchy tunes in the form of twelve original songs, and gripping script writing, the play tells an intertwined love story of four main characters that pushes the boundaries of tongzhi politics to further incorporate Taiwan’s BDSM, asexual, and polyamory communities Read More

The Politics of Food and the Pelosi Visit

EnglishLife
·August 10, 2022·3 min read
Although most discussion of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent visit to Taiwan has been about the geopolitical implications, a bizarre undertext to the visit was the frequent times that food came up as part of political attacks Read More

What’s Behind Pingtung County Offering Bounties on Invasive Species?

EnglishLife
·July 23, 2022·2 min read
Pingtung County recently began offering cash rewards for local residents that bring in an invasive vine, as part of an effort to prevent its spread. The vine, Mikania micrantha, is among the world’s 100 most invasive species, and is known for its ability to rapidly spread, even from branchlings, and it smothers native species by blocking access to sunlight Read More

Tankies Praise Hong Kong Police After Supreme Court Ruling

EnglishLife
·July 2, 2022·2 min read
The latest online blow-up by authoritarian leftists–commonly referred to as tankies–proves a bizarre one Read More

Calls to Auction Off the Sun Yat-Sen Portrait in Legislature?

EnglishLife
·June 28, 2022·1 min read
At a time in which calls to remove authoritarian symbols have more often led to proposals for the removal of the Chiang Kai-shek statue in the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial, pan-Green legislators have recently called for the removal of the Sun Yat-sen portrait in the legislature 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

Taiwan Reliant on Voluntary Measures to Contain COVID-19

EnglishLife
·May 28, 2022·3 min read
As COVID-19 spreads throughout Taiwan as part of the current outbreak, what may be particularly of note is the degree to which the outbreak has interfaced with personal behavior Read More

評論:漂泊的巴黎

EnglishLife
·May 21, 2022·1 min read
艾先生的作品對時尚所做出的評註,正是讓人眼睛為之一亮的地方。他的攝影作品是戶外經過了風吹雨打的時尚海報,這些海報想要表達的時尚宣言,看起來很空虛。 Read More
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