David on Formosa

Pinyin News on how things are named in English.
Michael Turton on the politics of nuclear power.
New Mandala on the former KMT soldiers in Thailand becoming Thai citizens. 
Taiwan Green Party's presentation at the Global Greens Conference (bi-lingual). 
Once Upon a Time in Taiwan visits Yeliu.
Tea Masters says the quality of this spring's Oolong [...]

While high oil prices might be hurting many businesses, Taiwan's bike industry is profiting. Shares in Taiwanese company, Giant Manufacturing, the world's leading bicycle manufacturer, hit a record high yesterday. The Taipei Times reports: 
"As oil prices rise, bike makers continue to benefit," said Lily Huang, who counts Merida among the NT$900 million in equities she [...]

The Taiwan EPA has chosen two cartoon characters representing a Polar Bear and Formosan Black Bear to promote the battle against climate change. From the EPA's press release: 
Although the Polar Bear and Formosan Black Bear have developed separately in the Arctic and Taiwan, they are both affected by the impacts of climate change. They both [...]

5 June is World Environment Day. The theme for 2008 is "CO2, Kick the Habit! Towards a Low Carbon Economy." Rather than writing something new I will just collect the links to some posts I have written about climate change.

Taiwan has a huge problem - Taiwan's rising CO2 emissions closely linked to economic growth
Taiwan [...]

A letter I wrote in response to the article NGOs say Taiwan's cities not convenient for cycling was published in the Taipei Times today. The letter discusses bicycle parking among other issues.
One major problem cyclists face is the lack of suitable locations to park their bikes when they arrive at their destination. Where bike [...]

The May 2008 edition of Bike Smiling (微笑單車上路) was held on Sunday 25 May. My bilingual report can be found on the Bike Smiling blog. (The Chinese has benefited from some good editing!). Thanks to Victor and Mike of Cycle Taiwan for joining the ride. 

I'd also like to feature this photo of Barking's wonderful sign. [...]

Last night I gave a presentation on "CO2 emissions and economic growth in Taiwan" in my Economic Development of Taiwan class at NCCU. The purpose of the presentation was to introduce our final paper. My presentation can be read in full in this pdf file: CO2 emissions and economic growth in Taiwan. In the paper [...]

I attended the 2008 World Summit of Indigenous Cultures (全球原住民文化會議) in Taipei over the weekend. The conference included speeches, musical performances and an open space forum. Indigenous people from The Philippines, Canada and the USA attended as well as many indigenous people from Taiwan and academics and researchers. 

On Saturday night there was a welcome banquet [...]