Archive for May, 2011
RSF concerned about Chunghwa Telecom cutting NTDTV’s signal
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has written to Premier Wu Den-yih expressing concern about Chunghwa Telecom’s decision to stop relaying signals from New Tang Dynasty Television (NTDTV). Chunghwa Telecom advised NTDTV in April that they would not renew the contract to relay NTDTV’s signal. NTDTV uses a Chunghwa Telecom satellite to broadcast Mandarin-language programming into Taiwan [...]
Posted: May 25th, 2011 under News & media, Taiwan.
Tags: kmt, politics, press freedom
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Visit to two 228 museums in Taipei
The Taipei 228 Memorial Museum (台北二二八紀念館) reopened in February this year after being closed for almost a year for renovations. The reopening created some controversy over how the new exhibits interpreted the events of 228. On Sunday I went to visit the museum to see for myself how it had changed. I had visited the [...]
Posted: May 11th, 2011 under Museums & galleries, Taipei City, Taiwan.
Tags: 228, history, transitional justice
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Voices in the Clouds: a search for identity and belonging
Voices in the Clouds (眾族同聲) had its Taiwan premiere at the closing of the Urban Nomad Film Festival in Taipei on Sunday night. The documentary is a moving and personal story of a man’s search for identity and belonging. Tony Coolidge was born in Taiwan, but moved to the United States of America with his [...]
Posted: May 10th, 2011 under Movies, Taipei City, Taiwan.
Tags: atayal, documentary, film festival, movie review, urban nomad
Comments: 1