Originally published Sunday, December 28, 2008 in The China Post Compiled by Trista di Genova, The China Post ‘OH, IF ONLY I COULD TEACH’ Another huge hurdle here: teaching qualifications. Everything’s cool if you have a Bachelor’s degree from an English-speaking country, but if you don’t you’re kind of screwed
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'Mr. Hockey' Confident of Sport's Future in Taiwan
Canadian coach on the cusp of great things to come after bringing Taiwan’s roller and ice hocky to the international stage
Read moreThe Plight of the Visa Runner
Every month — unless you have a work permit that allows you to come and go without the hassle — foreign visitors must leave the country to renew the stamp on their passport. There’s even a term for this phenomenon, whereby masses of foreigners are made involuntary slaves to tourism every month: “Visa Runners.”
Read moreLowdown on Shanghai: Installment 5
What’s going on with our cross-strait neighbors?
Read more"On Being Black in Taiwan"
Andre Mangongo is a priest with the Catholic Church from the Democratic Republic of Congo, and has been in Taiwan four years.
Read more'Our Biggest Visa Hassles'
Expats are invited to call the toll-free International Community Service Hotline (with English service) to ask any questions: 0 800 024-111.
Read moreChina Warns Web Media and Bloggers: Beijing is watching.
Bloggers will be monitored. The PRC has set up a team to ‘police’ the Internet. They will attempt to remove sensitive content, warn bloggers who ‘cross the line’ and block access to sites that don’t comply.
Read moreState of the Strait, 08: Beijing-Taipei Dialogues
Having ousted the Democratic People’s Party based largely on voter’s disgust at massive corruption scandals, the Nationalist Party has also had to face a wary electorate who, while hoping for greater economic ties with the PRC, were also nervous of the political consequences.
The state of the cross-strait relationship is as follows:
'One Thing I'd Change About Taiwan'
Kyle Sveinson, 28, is from Winnipeg, Canada. He teaches English for a living, and is the producer and a member of the hip-hop crew THC.
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CHRIS: I would change the television. The TV here is atrocious. There’s nothing to stimulate people; it doesn’t have anything to offer the viewer.
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