Throughout the ages, fishermen all over the world have reported seeing strange creatures from the sea. Their terrifying tales of giant sea monsters and serpents have become global legends. However, in Asia just off the coast of Japan lived a gentle sea creature called amabie (ah-mah-bee-ey). (Please click or tap on any thumbnail to view […]
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Once again, the Ghost Month Festival has officially begun in Taiwan (on August 19th) and there has been a rush to purchase enough ghost money to last until the Gates of Hell close for another year, on September 16th. (Please click or tap on any thumbnail to view it in full screen and make it
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For Patrick Lee, life has presented one adventure after another, some more challenging and energizing than others, but always with positive connotations. The one thing that has remained a source of continual inspiration for him is the power of art. (Please click or tap on any thumbnail to view it in full screen and make
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Among the lingering charms of Taipei are its older neighborhoods. Their narrow streets and alleys hold remnants of the past, along with unexpected surprises and diversity. Le Sommelier, a long-time popular French wine bar, is located in one of these older areas, Tianmu. Tucked away at the far-end of an antiquated wrap-around building and a few steps down to the sub-ground level, Le Sommelier offers patrons not only a good wine menu, but also a place to gather for monthly events and special occasions.
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Since 2006, Robin Winkler, founder of Winkler Partners Attorneys at Law of Taiwan and Foreign Legal Affairs, has had a visionary mission. That mission is for his organization to have a positive impact on the environment. (Please click or tap on any thumbnail to view it in full screen and make it readable.)
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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