David on Formosa

I am in the June 2008 issue of Mook Traveler Luxe (墨客旅人誌) as part of an article titled "I just love playing in Taiwan" (I就是♥玩台灣). As well as myself the article features Janet, Carol and 李鼎+徐君豪. 

What a wonderful surprise to appear on the same page as the amazing and multi-talented Janet Hsieh, presenter [...]

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 [...]

A 49 hour hunger strike for Tibet began at 3pm this afternoon at Freedom Square (自由廣場). Approximately 12 people will participate in the hunger strike which will finish at 4pm on Sunday afternoon. 

Chou Mei-li (周美麗) the President of Taiwan Friends of Tibet addressed the media at the start of the hunger strike. Following this the [...]

First a look at what Taiwan bloggers have written about the election. 

Prince Roy writes about being an election observer.
A-gu has some suggestions about how the DPP can improve.
Kerim on the separation of powers.
Michael Turton on the election rejection and what Taiwan might look like in 2016. 
Tim Maddog reports on the [...]

At about 4:30 on Saturday afternoon I arrived at the Freddy Action HQ (逆轉本部) on Roosevelt Road to watch the vote count in Taiwan's Presidential election. Even though only a few votes had been counted, SET-TV (三立電視臺) showed the KMT was leading 59% to the DPP's 41%. As more votes were counted the margin remained [...]