By Kwangyin Liu / Taiwan Today Taiwan may be Asia’s most vibrant democracy, but this lofty status masks a colonial past that continues to impact local society and the identity of the people. For Jerome F. Keating, a U.S.-born academic, documenting the island’s history through the cartographic lens is a
Read moreBy Adam Ende Published in The China Post Dear friends and family, Me and Yuchen moved south and got married. It’s taken me a while to get this wedding announcement out to you, because I’ve been trying to finish that cute drawing of me and Yuchi. I kept wanting to
Read moreBy Trista di Genova / The Wild East Preview of upcoming article for Wine & Dine magazine Hungering for a taste of the fine Italian cuisine of my ancestors, the folks at Far Eastern Hotel in Taipei kindly invited me for an amazing lunch recently, a chance to sample the
Read moreBy Trista di Genova / Originally published in The China Post in April 2007 [Ed. This is being republished because Desmond Tutu’s 2007 visit to Taiwan was such a momentous occasion, and this article was the only coverage to quote him at length; the lessons therein still ring true.] Celebrated
Read moreBy Trista di Genova / Originally published in The China Post Phillip Epps is an American producer who began his own video and film production company, international-creative.com, in 2005. In the past, he has worked on political campaigns in America, helped set up the first Internet cafe chain in China
Read moreFormer ‘tea country’ Before it was a cemetery, it was prime “tea country,” key tea-growing areas on the outskirts of town. Then, after the Chinese Civil War of 1949 and Chiang Kai-shek fled here with Nationalist armies, it became a resting place for lost souls. Sixty years ago, the area
Read moreBy Trista di Genova / Originally published in The China Post [China Post no longer exists: broken link removed] Barely a stone’s throw from Taipei 101 and overlooking one of the more scenic views of the city, a small group of foreigners, one Taiwanese and I clamber up the side
Read moreThe Wild East / news staff A good congressman is rare. It’s also exceedingly rare for US Congressmen to visit Taiwan. And it almost never happens that ordinary people can meet good congressmen in Taiwan. But there will be a confluence of these factors on Sunday April 8, when Democrats
Read moreThe following is a Part Three of a report by Taipei Medical University (TMU) International Students who attended Tzu Chi University’s Eco-awareness Camp. Team leader: Trista di Genova (US); with Olaiya Tunbosun (Nigeria), Van Tuyen Duong (Vietnam), Yudha Nur Patria (Indonesia). Friday, Feb. 18: Took 2-hour bus ride to Loshan.
Read moreThursday, Feb 16: Several very interesting classes were held in the morning, and we visited the Recyling Station in the afternoon. The first class, ‘Co-exist with Mother Earth’, was taught by Hsieh Ching-Keui, a field manager who told us he used to ‘cry at midnight’ every night, then put on
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