Throughout history, women have created and used special personal patterns of language to express themselves. In China’s Jiangyong County in southern Hunan Province, women were taught nushu, (possibly early as the Song and Yuan dynasty, 13th to 14th century) an ancient secret written and spoken language. Nushu allowed women to freely share with each other […]
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It’s 2020 and “living foreign” has had a few more challenges added to its list than in previous decades: increased fallout from climate change, global political unrest, aircraft casualties, epidemics and toxic industrial accidents that have caused severe damage to our natural resources and environments. (Please click or tap on any thumbnail to view it
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All over Taipei, rows and rows of large round red lanterns have been put up outside temples, department stores, local businesses, homes and throughout public parks and gardens, in preparation for the final celebration of the Lunar New Year, the Lantern Festival. (Please click or tap on any thumbnail to view it in full screen
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Twenty-first century third culture kids (TCK) with all their international experience and bilingual (sometimes multi-lingual) language capabilities, along with a cultural savviness when it comes to navigating cross-cultural situations, are still unsure of themselves. Why? (Please click or tap on any thumbnail to view it in full screen and make it readable.) This
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Our guide was motioning for us to hurry, as our small group stood appreciating the cool blasts of air in the main lobby of the Taipei National Palace Museum (NPM) on an unusually hot late autumn morning. As we walked towards the Curio Gallery, where some of the NPM lacquerware collection was on display, our
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Each year, the Community Services Center’s Steering Committee and Foundation Board present an award to an organization that has demonstrated exceptional leadership, service and commitment to the community and to the Community Services Center. This year’s award recipient is the American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei (AmCham Taipei). (Please click or tap on any thumbnail
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Living foreign is a mixed bag. One minute you are in love with everything about the people and their culture and then, after an unexpected cultural mishap, you hate everything about them. (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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It’s that time of the year, when hungry ghosts once again make their appearance in Taiwan. Each year, they leave the land of the dead and wander the earth beginning on the first day of the seventh lunar calendar month for thirty days. This year’s Ghost Month and the Hungry Ghost Festival will begin on
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Not too long ago, Taiwan was overflowing with garbage and wallowing in mountains of dumpsite trash such as broken furniture, rubbish, tires, chemicals and plastic waste. In 1993, the trash collection rate on the island was only about 70%, and a few years later, two-thirds of the nation’s landfills were full or nearly full. Taiwan
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Humankind has long been entranced by the colors and magical qualities of natural stones, especially when it comes to warding off disease, ghosts or other misfortunes in life. The uses of natural stones are also hallmarks of the imperial courts of China.
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