Steven Crook: Taiwan's consummate cultural notetaker

By Trista di Genova, The Wild East (Pick up a copy of next month’s ‘Centered on Taipei’ magazine to see this interview in print.) Steven Crook, a Briton who’s been in Taiwan since 1991, is an amazingly versatile freelancer. He’s worked as a government project consultant, copy editor for Taiwan

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Taiwan News goes totally digital, dudes.

by Anonymous Reporter for The Wild East Taiwan News, a publication that claims a history of more than 60 years will cease publishing its English language newspaper this week, two days from the time of writing, on Thursday 30 September 2010. The good news is: it is still available on

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Taiwan 'English' newspapers struggling to stay afloat

By Trista di Genova The Wild East Op-ed On an island sporting a tiny foreign community of 500,000, all three English-speaking newspapers here — Taiwan News, Taipei Times and The China Post — are battling to stay alive amidst severe budget cuts and a dwindling readership. One might even question,

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