The Wild East / Culture Six Maori media studies undergraduates from Aukland University of Technology (AUT) made a tour of Taiwan in January this year, where they learned about its indigenous people. Creative media projects between New Zealand and Taiwan could be on the cards after the two-week cultural exchange.
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Tobie Openshaw speaks on Taiwan betelnut beauties at Breakfast Club
The Breakfast Club, a monthly meeting featuring guest lecturers on a variety of lively topics, will get back in the swing of things this fall with a meeting on Saturday, Sept. 1 at 10 am. Topic: Taiwan’s Unique BetelNut Girls and the unique Role They Play in Today’s Society. Speaker:
Read moreA Blessing for the Start of Work on the Chingchuan Community Center
Last year a group of foreigners organized the Wufeng Project, working with aboriginal kids in Wufeng and Chingchuan, Hsinchu County. They gave the kids cameras and their photography was then sold at auction, raising over NT$2 million to renovate a desperately needed community center in Chingchuan. This is the blessing
Read moreTaiwan's Betel Nut Culture Deeply Engrained
Annual production value has fallen sharply in the past decade, but the fruit of the betel palm still ranks as the second largest cash crop for Taiwan farmers. BY TRISTA DI GENOVA Published in AmCham’s Topics Magazine After declining for years as health and environmental concerns cut into consumption, Taiwan’s
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