Trista di Genova, The Wild East It happened in the early hours of Saturday, Jan. 22. Many may have missed the short piece published in the Taipei Times, detailing that: “A 32-year-old British man was hit and killed by a taxi in Taipei City early on Saturday morning. Taipei police
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TED Event: 'Hearts And Minds', changed to 9 April
Wild East news staff TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 25 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The annual TED Conference invites the world’s leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18
Read moreCoffee with an immigration cop
By Trista di Genova, The Wild East I met my immigration police friend, Eric, at a café today for an informative chat. It’s always nice to run by him questions regarding all the tricky situations foreigners get into in Taiwan. He’s always been so helpful in this regard, even meeting
Read more'LONG LIVE THE TAIWANESE PEOPLE’ (Requiem for 2-28 Victims)
The following is an excerpt from the recent anthology of poetry, “The War on Sleep” (2010), by Trista di Genova. The 228 Incident, also known as the 228 Massacre (Chinese: 二二八), was an anti-government uprising in Taiwan that began Feb. 27, 1947, and was violently suppressed by the Kuomintang (KMT)
Read moreNew Zealand relief music party this weekend @Pipe in Taipei
PIPE LIVE HOUSE:PIPE 台北市思源街1號 [公館水岸 自來水博物館旁] No.1, Siyuan St. Taipei, Taiwan. See event on Facebook: Sat 26th 10.30 pm: Page Down, Pan Africana and Skaraoke Sun 27th 10.30pm: Blues Vibrations, The Looking Glass and Jindowin Mon 28th: Public Holiday and Don’t Go to Work Entry: $400nt with a free drink.
Read moreDefense 'optimistic' in Scotsman's hit-and-run trial
By Trista di Genova, for The Wild East February 18th hearing, 10:10am Taipei District Courthouse, Bo Ai Rd. The courtroom filled up punctually, with about 20 foreigners, observers who are as myself concerned members of the expatriate community in Taiwan in this case. Two of the victim’s family members –
Read moreLast hearing to determine Scotsman’s fate in hit-and-run trial
By Trista di Genova, The Wild East Media are invited to attend the last hearing in the trial of Zain Dean, on Feb. 18th, 2011, 10am in Room 10 at the Taipei District Courthouse on BoAi Rd. Dean is a Scotsman accused in a hit-and-run accident and death of a
Read moreThe Wonder that is The Refuge Taichung
By Trista di Genova, The Wild East Boston Paul explains the artistic community’s objective: “The Refuge provides Creative Outlets for Artists, Musicians, Bohemians & Truth Seekers to come explore, create & make new connections with others. A Strong Community Makes a World of Change” Just five o’clock Saturday morning the
Read moreWild Times at the Pasta'Ay
Denis’ version: It was insane. So we’re sitting at my place hungover on a Sunday in late November. Trista’s already promised to go to this aboriginal festival, the Pasta’ay in the Hsinchu mountains. First, we cross the street and go eat mifan at the xiaoche, where there were 2 hot
Read moreTaiwan Is Celebrating 100 Years of What?
Originally published in the Taipei Times, “Not all 100 years warrant revelry”, Jan. 8, 2011, with permission to reprint here. Photo by Trista di Genova By Jerome Keating This year has been designated a centennial year for Taiwan, but as the nation gears up for celebrations, Taiwanese need to examine
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