“East Meets Mae West,” by Trista di Genova Saturday, Jan. 19, 7 p.m.-midnight PLACE: Beat Studio, Taipei “I think of it as a Beat Studio Avantro-spective, a taste of the year to come. Something to make the Biennial people jealous!” laughs Trista di Genova, a first-time curator in this experience,
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Ron Paul and The Clash of the Medias
Congressman, Presidential Candidate, Dr. Ron Paul MD by Phillip Charlier It’s surprising to see that as we approach 2008, there are still many people who can’t deal with the reality that the Internet represents real information, and real people. The Internet does not consist of a virtual world of transient
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By Peter Dearman Political Analyst for The WIld East Hello all, Time for some important Orwellian news. When the Republicans held their televised candidate debates, CNN posted live comments from viewers as they came in, and ran a live poll of who viewers perceived as the winner. Well, unsurprisingly, because
Read moreMy favorite Taiwanese typos
By Trista di Genova The lead stories in major Taiwan dailies are as follows from the CAN news vehicle: Debt-ridden police caught holding up bank with knife. In 2005, Taiwan has 8.2 million outbound travelers and 3.38 visitors, Yen pointed out. The value of Taiwan’s export oders hit an all-time
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This collection of mistakes by Taiwanese (non-native English-speaking) reporters were my personal favorites during the past 4 years of working for all the major Taiwan dailies and wire services in Taiwan — Taipei Times, Taiwan News, The China Post, and the “CAN” news vehicle (Central News Agency):
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