David on Formosa

The Urban Nomad Film Festival last night screened short films with the theme “Whitey Strikes Back” at Taipei Artist Village. Most of the shorts were directed by foreign residents of Taiwan.

Oiwan Lam of Global Voices sent me information about a new report on independent media in the Chinese speaking world. The report, available in Chinese and English, covers Hong Kong, Taiwan, China and Malaysia. It examines at how independent media has developed in response to control, regulation and monopoly. Info-Rhizome: Report on Independent Media in [...]

A group of Taiwanese NGOs held a press conference at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei this morning to criticise the proposed amendments to the Parade and Assembly Law (集會遊行法). A-gu has a recent post explaining the law and the amendments. The Legislative Yuan will vote on the amendments tomorrow.

DPP vs KMT violence. Taipei Times, 26 April 2009. ESWN translates a story on a politician who changed his name to try and get nominated as a candidate. Lao Ren Cha has a big list of all the best places to eat in Taipei. Taiwanese Identity on the Siraya’s ongoing struggle for recognition. Michael Turton [...]

Petit Fancy 10 held at NTU over the weekend brought out Taipei’s cosplayers from some more cosplay fun. The above scene is based on the anime Ranma. Two lovely ladies in black dresses strike a pose.

Last week I visited the KMT headquarters in Bade Road with some students from the Taiwan Studies program at NCCU. The ground floor is adorned with some large photos of Chiang Ching-kuo (蔣經國) commemorating the 100th anniversary of his birth. On the ground floor there is also a small museum of the history of the [...]