Apr 21, 2024
On April 3, 2024 at 7:58am (in Taiwan) an earthquake that’s been reported as measuring 7.2 and 7.4 hit Hualien which is located on Taiwan’s east coast. The last major earthquake of similar magnitude was 25 years ago on September 21st, 1999 in Nantou, which is located in central Taiwan. The earthquake also referred...
Mar 28, 2024
Earlier this year when we were in Taiwan, we traveled down to Kaohsiung where we met with Wan-jen Lin the architect who worked on Weiwuying (衛武營國家藝術文化中心), Kaohsiung’s performing arts center and the Echo Across the Harbor, which up to now is the largest public art project in Taiwan.
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Mar 21, 2024
Last September we had the pleasure of interviewing actor, writer and director Michelle Krusiec. Her IMDB page displays an impressive list of acting roles dating back to 1992.
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Mar 9, 2024
Ten years ago, on the night of March 18, 2014 students and
activists broke into
Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan in an effort to block the passage of the
Cross-Strait Service
Trade Agreement, a trade agreement between Taiwan and China. The
day before, on
March 17, the Kuomintang (KMT) had attempted to force through
passage...
Feb 28, 2024
Remembering 228.
On this day, we remember February 28, 1947, a sad tragic date in Taiwan’s history that marks the murder of tens of thousands. Some estimates put the number as high as 28 30 thousand. Two years earlier, in 1945, the Chinese Nationalists or Kuomintang had fled from China to Taiwan. After Japan’s...