Deep Purple to Rock Taipei

Tickets are selling fast for the Deep Purple concert May 10, 2010 at the Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Hall.

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Tip-toeing around the Centenary of the Republic of China

According to vice-chairman of the ROC Centenary Foundation, S.P. Tsai, the logo is free to be used by anyone and associated with other symbols as one likes. This sounds like a politico-marketing version of ‘copyleft’. Open Source politics in the age of democracy.

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'Formosa Betrayed' debuts in U.S. this weekend

Formosa Betrayed Official Website This weekend, February 26-28, a new movie about Taiwan will be coming to theaters. Formosa Betrayed is the first American film to ever deal with US-Taiwan relations and explore the issues of democracy, identity, and justice during the White Terror period in Taiwan. The movie was

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Foreigners Get It Going On For Chinese New Year

By Trista di Genova Originally published 2/9/08 in The China Post TAIPEI, Taiwan — There are a number of foreigners in Taiwan who suffer from “hipititis” — they’re terminally cool. When asked about their plans for Chinese New Year, this is what they had to say. WHAT ABOUT YOU? What

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The Tale of Snake Anthony, of Xin Beitou

By Caleb Cole, in Taipei County There is an eccentric man in Xin Beitou selling pocket-sized novels of an overtly sexual nature outside of one of the Seven-Elevens en route to the public hot springs, for which the locale has come to be known. I randomly learned of his existence

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Me Birthday Fiesta on The Loof

By Trista di Genova For me birthday, I wanted Mexican food. Knowing all my other foreign friends here are commiserating, nay, jonesing for The Real Thang, la cosa vera, I sent out a msg via Facebook and email for the fiesta. But no one in this town seems to understand

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Hard to beat China's cat-and-rat computer games

By John Hancock, in Beijing Special to The Wild East Democracy and free expression are thriving in China — in cyberspace. While Big Brother asserted himself in 2009, this did not prevent foreign ideas from invading his Internet space and there has been a renaissance in self-expression, comparable to the

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The Wild East in 3D

By Phillip Charlier Following a link from the comment section of One Taiwanese would Kiss all of Paris to One Inch Punch I was mesmerized by these 3D images made by taking each frame of a stereoview photograph and turning them into an animated gif. These pieces show that great

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Stefan's Incredible Xmas 'Nog

This is a recipe for the real, authentic-tastin’ EGGNOGGUE!!! Thanks Stefan, in Bangkok, Thailand. 2 bottles whole milk-960cc each 12 eggs 1/2 cup sugar pinch of salt 1 teaspoon vanilla nutmeg powder (optional or cinnamon is ok) Beat (whisk is best) the eggs, sugar, salt and one bottle of milk

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'The Wild East' wins again, thanks to you!

Thank You Dear Readers, mille grazie, xie-xie nin… and Happy Christmas, Kwanzaa, Chinese New Year and so on! Thanks to all our loyal friends and readers who voted — and in some cases tried to vote — for us in the Taiwanderful.net 2nd annual competion for The Best Blog in

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