By Trista di Genova Wild East senior correspondent At a speaking engagement jointly sponsored by Prof. Jerome Keating’s Breakfast Club and the Taiwan Foreign Correspondents Club (TFCC) and held at Central News Agency’s headquarters in Taipei Saturday, Will Tiao, the American-born Taiwanese writer/actor/producer of a controversial new independent film, “Formosa
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First Days in Taipei: Paranoia and Preconceptions
By Mary Weathers The Wild East Here I am in a far away, foreign land. Here I am, or at least part of me. Here I am with a dismembered body and soul. Heart and mind are still at home fighting each other in a bloody battle of courage and
Read moreThe sun also sets on Radio Banciao
Trista di Genova Rooftop Correspondent For scores — maybe hundreds of visitors over the past years –- these graffiti–riddled walls have been a haven, a half-way house, roadhouse, meeting place, jamspace, recording studio, artists’ atelier; a literary salon, a saloon, a party pad, a stepping stone, a tourist cell. “Radio
Read moreProfessor Chomsky coming to Taiwan: Exclusive mini-interview!
By Trista di Genova Wild East news desk Taipei — MIT Professor Noam Chomsky, celebrated linguist, philosopher and cognitive scientist, is visiting Taiwan next month to deliver a special lecture, “Contours of World Order: Continuities and Changes” at Academia Sinica, the nation’s premiere research institution, on Monday, August 9, and
Read moreStruggling to earn, foreign workers face abuse in Taiwan
Editor’s note: This DPA feature article was picked up and published by NONE of the local newspapers, so we are publishing this wires feature because we feel it is an urgent topic to raise with the general public, and too important to leave unreported. DPA feature By David Chang Jul
Read moreTaiwan '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,
Read moreDear MeiGui: My co-worker's hurting my chances
Dear MeiGui; I think my co-worker is falling in love with me, and I don’t know how to let her down gently. It’s not that she’s coyote ugly; in fact she’s a wicked natural blonde fox. The problem is I’m just not into her. I came to Taiwan to find
Read moreDiane Wilson Appearance ‘Shocks’ Shareholders’ meeting in Taiwan
By Trista di Genova The Wild East magazine On June 9, Diane Wilson, a Code Pink co-founder and activist, was arrested after she doused and blackened herself with fake petroleum during an energy hearing in the U.S. Senate. Wilson was voicing anger over BP’s lack of liability in the catastrophic
Read moreExpect the Unexpected: Best Adventures on Taiwan’s East Coast
By Trista di Genova Published in ‘Travel & Culture’ Magazine May 2010 If you’ve travelled around the world but never had the chance to explore Taiwan’s East Coast, congratulations! You’ve likely saved the best for last. Spring is one of the best times of year to travel in Taiwan, as
Read moreCultural Survival on Taiwan’s Orchid Island
A Special Report on Taiwan By Linda Gail Arrigo, with Si Jilgilan (Huang Ching-Wen) and Si Maraos (Chung Chi-Fu) The indigenous people of Orchid Island, an island off the southeast coast of Taiwan, are a small but distinct group—cut off from their closest relatives in the Philippines— among Taiwan’s remaining
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