The bridges and buildings were all engulfed by the mudslide…The village looks like a battlefield… More than twenty people were buried in the mud. Because the roads are still blocked by the mud, there is no electricity…Villagers have to eat dinner at ...
A legend says that we will become stars after death so that we can look after our beloved ones. After the 921 Earthquake in 1999, when we see stars twinkling in the night, we know that every star has its own heart-breaking story. — Requiem for the 921 ...
The Losheng Sanatorium was built in 1929 by Japanese government when Japan colonized Taiwan. It was originally named Rakusei Sanatorium for Lepers of Governor-General of Taiwan (台灣總督府癩病療養樂生院）. During the Japanese colonial period, leprosy patients were ...
Most discussions regarding fishery are in economic and scientific terms, we seldom get to know the life of fishermen here. Avant described the life history of eels and explained how it intertwined with fisherman's fate with a photo essay: The behaviors ...
The Lunar New Year is right at the corner. The Lunar New Year is an important holiday for family members and friends to get together in Taiwan. To prepare the food and the mood, people like to go shopping before the Lunar New Year. chensumi showed us ...
In Taiwan, more and more farmers adopt organic farming methods, from rice to vegetables, from fruits to roses, and from tea to coffee. These farmers use blogs to support each other and sell their products. “Organic” is not as easy as it looks. One ...
The forced eviction of Wild Strawberries Movement at the Freedom Square this morning (Dec 11), just a few hours after the International Human Rights Day, shows the Taiwan government's hypocrisy in the implementation of human rights . The students has ...
Seeing Americans have Thanksgiving holidays, Alanruo tries to search for similar festival in Taiwan and finds a similar counterpart, the peace ritual ceremony: Around October 15th in the lunar calendar (around November 15th in Gregorian calendar), ...
It seems that many people, especially if you are outside Taiwan, found the recent protest against Chen Yinlin in Taipei confusing. Bob pointed out that in China, some incidents in the protest were interpreted as democratic violence. Such impression is ...
The current law restricts the right of citizens to peaceably assemble, by forcing them to apply for permits which the government may deny at will after reviewing the protest topic, allows the government unrestricted rights to close off large areas from ...
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