By Wild East staff On Saturday, December 18, 2010 N.S.E. presents the Hip Hop ONE LOVE Christmas party! N.S.E. (New Stream Eternity) clothing company is sponsoring the “ONE LOVE” Hip Hop party to celebrate the coming together of people to hear great music. The holiday event will be featuring THC
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Taiwan poised to become medical tourism hub — still
By Trista di Genova The Wild East Medical tourism in Taiwan doesn’t seem to be taking off as well as expected. Initial government efforts began with 2004’s ‘Health Tourism Guidance Task Force in Taiwan,’ funded by NT$10.5 billion (US$34 million) in July 2007 to market, develop and promote the island’s
Read moreDogs: Friend or Food?
Dear Bloody Dave, I’m interested in trying a traditional, but quickly dying out, specialty in Taiwan called xiāng ròu (“fragrant meat”, 香肉, or “mutton of the earth”, 地羊 dì yáng) in Mandarin Chinese and “3-6 fragrant meat”, traditional Chinese: 三六香肉; fragrant meat). There’s one restaurant here in Miaoli where for
Read morePan Africana sowing the seeds of Afro-beat in Taiwan
Interview with Pan Africana frontman “Rankin’ Kim” Douglas. By Trista di Genova The Wild East His voice is smooth as rum; his smile infectious and his manner at once mellow, engaging and humorous. There’s something inspirational, soothing about Kim Douglas’ very presence; in fact, it comes as no surprise to
Read moreArt Explores Indigenous Cultures from Taiwan to Australia
AiR, The Fourth Season Residency Artist Group Exhibition will exhibit in Taipei Artist Village & Grass Mountain Artist Village during the middle of November. The art pieces in TAV are based on video installations & paintings exploring issues related to “Life and Death” “immigrant culture” & “equal rights of aborigines”.
Read more'Lovely and warped' Art Happening Friday, Nov. 5
Dear Friends, Join us this Friday, Nov. 5, 7pm till late, for a lovely + warped evening of audio/cultural/textual/visual exchange on SUPERIOR FRIDAY # 6. For this edition of Superior Friday, New Day Street [NDS] is honored to host the graduate students of Trans-Disciplinary Arts Department of National Taipei University
Read moreStudying Chinese in Taiwan
Alan Kwan was born in Hong Kong, and went to high school and law school there, then was an exchange student in Singapore and pursued graduate studies in International Relations at the London School of Economics (LSE) in England. There, he applied for the MOE (Taiwan Ministry of Education) scholarship
Read moreAustrian trade rep: ‘Coming back to Taiwan an easy choice’
First published as part of Trista di Genova’s “Know Your Trade Rep” series, on the Foreign Community Page of The China Post, Feb. 9, 2009. NB: The current envoy is Dr. Walter Höfle Before coming to Taiwan as Austrian trade delegate in August 2002, Wolfram Moritz had a previous assignment
Read moreGood Friends, Great Times: Behind The Scenes of This Year’s Peacefest
Trista di Genova The Wild East The juicy inside story of what went down in the making of this year’s music festival “Nice one! Rock on!” — Post-fest text message from Peace Dave What an incredible weekend. After being postponed three weeks, and wisely rescheduled for Taiwan’s Birthday, Triple Ten
Read morePetition tries to keep Taiwan's only free animal hospital open
Click here to sign Wild East news staff Photo: Fred Hsu A Change.org petition has begun circulating, targeting Yong Lin Charity Foundation, started by Stephanie Feldstein, to keep open Taiwan’s only free animal hospital. Taiwan’s stray animal problem has been described as being of “epic proportions” … and it would
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