Get your mojo working this weekend as Taiwan’s True Blues Festival presents the cream of the crop of both international and local bands and has gathered several thousand enthusiastic music fans all around Taiwan. The Blues Bash is a cultural, educational and festive event organized by the Blues Society of
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Disputed Islands a Flashpoint in a Greater Game
By Phillip Charlier The recent and ongoing dispute over the territorial sovereignty of the Diaoyu Tai/Senkaku islands is becoming one episode in a rapidly developing re-polarisation of the geo-politics of the Asia-Pacific region. Both the Republic of China (Taiwan) and People’s Republic of China agree that the islands, located 186
Read moreEnforce Article 35 of China’s Constitution, Abolish Censorship and Realize Citizens’ Right to Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Press
Written by Li Rui (李锐), Hu Jiwei (胡绩伟) and others Dated: October 01, 2010 Dear members of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress: Article 35 of China’s Constitution as adopted in 1982 clearly states that: “Citizens of the People’s Republic of China enjoy freedom of speech, of the
Read moreTaiwan 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
Read moreTaiwan Researchers Wage War on Male Hormones?
“A team of Taiwanese doctors have found a way to repress male hormones in what could lead to the prevention of liver cancer, reports said yesterday. The team led by China Medical University Professor Chang Chawnshang used animal testing to prove for the first time that the androgen receptor can
Read moreADOGA: Rocking Taiwan
By Phillip Charlier for The Wild East ‘Adoga’ may be a mysterious word to people residing in the Wild West. The current number one result when you Google the word is American Dehydrated Onion and Garlic Association. In Taiwan, it has a very different meaning. It is the Hoklo Taiwanese word for a
Read moreDeep Purple to Rock Taipei
Tickets are selling fast for the Deep Purple concert May 10, 2010 at the Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Hall.
Read moreTip-toeing around the Centenary of the Republic of China
According to vice-chairman of the ROC Centenary Foundation, S.P. Tsai, the logo is free to be used by anyone and associated with other symbols as one likes. This sounds like a politico-marketing version of ‘copyleft’. Open Source politics in the age of democracy.
Read moreAn 'Informal Settler' in Manila
‘Lowdown’ Goes to the Philippines for Christmas By Jonathan Chandler for The Wild East I made a last-minute decision to get out of sub-zero, Siberian wind-tunnel Qingdao for the Christmas holiday. The prospect of a week’s solitary sopping at Old Jack’s Bar, waiting for the unlikely phone call from my
Read moreThe Tale of Snake Anthony, of Xin Beitou
By Caleb Cole, in Taipei County There is an eccentric man in Xin Beitou selling pocket-sized novels of an overtly sexual nature outside of one of the Seven-Elevens en route to the public hot springs, for which the locale has come to be known. I randomly learned of his existence
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