Mystique, strange customs appear at Banciao art happening

By Rosanne Lin Published in The China Post print version A place to inspire Van Gogh; a place of mystique and strange customs, of culinary delectables, a place that makes life both convenient and rich. This is the way Trista di Genova sees her favorite enclave in Taiwan – Banciao

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"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.

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'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.

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China 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.

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State 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:

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'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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ROC, Aussie ties ‘dynamic,’ says rep

Alice Cawte heads up the Australian Commerce and Industry Office (ACIO). She studied History at university before joining the Australian Public Service. She has worked in Beijing and Noumea (New Caledonia) and, of course, Canberra. She first came to Taiwan in 1991 to study Chinese.

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Film to focus on 'Taiwan Daughter' Camille Chen

Damon Chang, 28, has produced three feature films including Gary Busey triller “Halletsville,” “Meet the Bulldogs” (MTV) and was co-producer of the 2005 Mrs. America Pageant. He is currently in Taiwan directing a film about a prodigal “Taiwan daughter.”

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Job market tighter for some foreign teachers in Taiwan

Maggie Cieslukowski arrived from Quebec last week armed with some tutoring experience and a TESL, and is finding landing a teaching job harder than last year at this time.

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Taiwan Sun Power Shines through Gloomy Economic Forecasts

Taiwan Premier Liu Chao-shiuan has Taiwan’s solar industry production may reach NT$500 billion by 2012.

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