Category: Taiwan

TAIWAN: AUTHOR GETS HIT WITH IDENTITY CRISIS!

by Katrina Crosby | Apr 3, 2018 | China, East Asia, Taiwan | 0 |

KATRINA CROSBY WRITES – Can’t China just let Taiwan be Taiwan? In recent news, the issue of...

TAIWAN: STRESS AT THE BEGINNING OF LUNAR NEW YEAR?

by Michaela Mertz | Mar 12, 2018 | East Asia, Taiwan | 0 |

MICHAELA MERTZ WRITES – Lunar New Year is typically a time for celebration and relaxation,...

TAIWAN: THE TRIUMPH OF RIGHTS CRUSADER CHI CHIA-WEI

by Katrina Crosby | May 31, 2017 | East Asia, LBGT Taiwan, Taiwan, Taiwan civil partnership legislation | 0 |

KATRINA CROSBY WRITES – On May 24, 2017, Taiwan ignited a beacon of hope for the LGBT...

TAIWAN: WILL NATION ‘EMBRACE THE RAINBOW’ OR STICK TO CONSERVATIVE PAST?

by Katelynn Barkley | Mar 24, 2017 | Taiwan | 0 |

KATE BARKLEY WRITES—Taiwan may become the first Asian country to embrace the rainbow, as members...

TAIWAN: PIZZA HUT SHOWS TIN EAR ON DAY OF REMEMBERANCE

by Katrina Crosby | Mar 22, 2017 | Taiwan | 0 |

KATRINA CROSBY WRITES – A national day of anguish and remembrance should not be a day that...

TAIWAN: ‘Butcher’ vet revealed to be patron saint of abandoned animals

by Katrina Crosby | Mar 3, 2017 | Taiwan | 0 |

KATRINA CROSBY WRITES – Ninety minutes — the length of a new documentary — was...

JAPAN: Taiwan Makes a Sharp Move

by Amanda Kretsch | Apr 8, 2016 | Japan, Taiwan | 0 |

AMANDA KRETSCH WRITES – Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. has sealed the deal to take over...

THE MAINLAND VS. TAIWAN: Good News, or Bad?

by Emily Rocha | Nov 19, 2015 | China, Taiwan | 0 |

EMILY ROCHA WRITES – Media coverage of the recent monumental meeting between Chinese and Taiwanese presidents differs between the two states, as each attempts to push their own agenda. On November 7, in Singapore, a...

CHINA/U.S.: SHOULD THE XI JINPING CHARM OFFENSIVE SOUND AN ALARM?

by Tom Plate | Nov 10, 2015 | Taiwan | 0 |

THIS TOM PLATE COLUMN APPEARS COURTESY OF THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, WHERE IT FIRST APPEARED 9 NOVEMBER: China’s new focused diplomacy, as viewed in an off-balance U.S., is close to remarkable. After all the past...

TELEVISION: Fresh Off the Boat is a Fresh Look at the Asian-American Experience

by Annie Lundgren | Feb 25, 2015 | China, Slider, Taiwan | 1 |

ANNIE LUNDGREN WRITES – ABC’s newest primetime show, Fresh Off the Boat, reminds us that...

TAIWAN: Words Can Hurt

by Brian Canave | Feb 13, 2015 | Taiwan | 2 |

BRIAN CANAVE WRITES– Someone find Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je a public relations specialist pronto! The...

TAIWAN: Media Gets Burned With Cooking Oil

by Brian Canave | Oct 22, 2014 | Taiwan | 0 |

BRIAN CANAVE WRITES – Media lesson learned in Taiwan this week: don’t let tainted cooking...

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