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Dreams Can Come True

Dreams can come true, especially dreams built upon sustainability and true grit. For Gordon Tsai, an important motivating factor for establishing his ‘Dream Community’ stemmed from a vision. This vision was to create a neighborhood community where art and creativity would be a daily part of the lives of its residents. It would also be based on human, social, economic and environmental programs, initiatives and actions for sustaining the ‘Dream Community’.

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The Astoria Café and Bakery Celebrates its 101st Anniversary

Astoria’s unique history makes it remarkable from other coffee shops in Taipei. The history of Astoria could be traced back to 1920s when the owner Mr. Chien founded Astoria with other three Belarusian. It was at that time the first bakery shop along with the coffee shop that was established the next year in that

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Sue Babcock : An Honored Legacy – Coming Full Circle

Suzan Babcock is a long-time resident of Taiwan. During her stay here, she has managed four successful careers in education, cross-cultural relations and counseling, although being a mother  has been her favorite. (Please click or tap on any thumbnail to view it in full screen and make it readable.)   This Article was published in

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Book Review : Bitter Water – A Memoir of Discrimination in Indian Country

Charlene Delaunay, a member of the Northern Arapaho tribe returns to the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming to help her uncle with his sheep ranch – eventually purchasing it from him. Little did she or Manu, her French husband know that they would become targets of intense discrimination and hatred from long-time reservation neighbors –

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Celebrating Taipei’s Lantern Festival of Light and the Arrival of Spring

This year, the Taiwan Lantern Festival is expected to be the biggest in the event’s more than 30-year history. Taipei will be the 2023 host and it is ready to celebrate. (Please click or tap on any thumbnail to view it in full screen and make it readable.)       This Article was published

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Community Cuisine Corner

It’s strange, but for me, memories are usually made up of common things and those things are often tied up with food. Memories that involve defining food moments from childhood like my granny’s Taiwanese cold tofu and vegetable salad or her Japanese chewy ‘red noodles’ soaked in Japanese-style dashi broth, with bonito flakes and kombu.

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The Chinese Lunar New Year : Door Gods and Firecrackers

The Chinese have over the centuries, developed a belief system and symbols for warding off evil. Various methods continue, even now, to be used to prevent bad spirits from entering one’s home or workplace. During the Tang dynasty (618-907) posters of door gods were among the more popular methods of seeking protection. These traditional posters

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The Woven Threads of Truku Ancestral Spirit Culture

History and traditions are closely related to the lives of our ancestors. For the Taiwan Truku, also known as Taroko people, their society is a kinship or ‘gaya’ society, where home is the center of the tribal unit. Grandmothers and mothers are significant in the passing of the tribe’s oral history and traditions to the

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