Archive for 'Taiwan'
Some more books about Taiwan
Democracy's Dharma: Religious Renaissance and Political Development in Taiwan is a new book by Richard Madsen. Madsen was formerly ordained in the Maryknoll Order which brought him to Taiwan in the late 1960s. He later left the order for an academic career. He is currently Professor of Sociology at the University of California.
Democracy's Dharma [...]
Posted: July 1st, 2008 under Books, Buddhism, Taiwan.
Comments: 2
Links 30 June 2008
Michella rafts the Xiuguluan River in Hualian.
Taiwanese Identity on the real story of Taiwan's peoples.
Darren photographs the Wanhua Produce Market.
Six Trains, Two Boats, One Adventure is the blog of a journey from Wales to Taiwan by train and boat.
Christine on the Taipei Film Festival.
Foreigner's Guide to Film Culture in Korea [...]
Posted: June 30th, 2008 under Blogs & websites, Taiwan.
Comments: 2
Learning to fly
They are Flying (飛行少年) is a documentary directed by Huang Chia-chun (黃嘉俊) about a group of 30 boys from the Faith Hope Love Youth Academy (信望愛少年學園) in Hualian who ride around Taiwan on unicycles.
Like Island Etude it highlights some of Taiwan's beautiful scenery in the journey around the island. However, the real story here is [...]
Posted: June 25th, 2008 under Cycling, Movies, Taiwan.
Comments: 3
Links 23 June 2008
A-gu on the state of aboriginal affairs.
Prince Roy recalls his last week in Taipei.
Shu Flies has great advice about studying at Shi-Da.
Darren visits the Taipei Fish Market.
Todd writes about Momo TV visiting his school.
Michael Turton on the SCMP's alternative reality.
Poagao discusses the Uncanny Chinese Valley.
Felicia writes about Su Beng's opinion on the [...]
Posted: June 23rd, 2008 under Blogs & websites, Taiwan.
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Cycling along the Tonghou River
A while back I wrote about cycling to Wulai and noted that the road continued on past the police checkpoint and up into the mountains. I took advantage of the perfect weather today to ride further up the road along the Tonghou River (桶后溪).
This area is popular with cyclists, hikers and people that just [...]
Posted: June 22nd, 2008 under Cycling, Photos, Taipei County, Taiwan.
Comments: 8
Action for Burma in Taipei
Free Burma protest in Taipei
19 June is Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday and an international day of action for the people of Burma. The Taiwan Free Burma Network (台灣自由緬甸網絡) organised a protest outside the British Trade and Cultural Office in Taipei. Members of the Burmese community and other groups also took part.
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Posted: June 20th, 2008 under Human rights, Photos, Taipei City, Taiwan.
Comments: 1
10th Taipei Film Festival
The tenth Taipei Film Festival (台北電影節) will be held from 20 June to 6 July 2008. It features some 250 films from around the world.
In Wuchang Street in Ximending there is a special event in conjunction with the festival called the Taipei Movie Walk. The Outdoor Cinema Park has an exhibition of hand painted movie [...]
Posted: June 19th, 2008 under Movies, Taipei City, Taiwan.
Comments: 2
Links 16 June 2008
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 [...]
Posted: June 16th, 2008 under Blogs & websites, Environment, Taiwan, Travel.
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