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Dragon Boat Festival Stories and Traditions

There is something about a good story that makes people perk up and listen. Living in Taiwan, we certainly hear a great many stories, fables and proverbs. The Dragon Boat Festival (端午節; duanwujie) is held on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar (which usually falls in June). The position […]

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Women of Courage : Ordinary People doing Extraordinary Things

The five women profiled for this article all have very different life stories, yet they share one distinctive characteristic …courage. For some of the women, their visions have pushed them center stage and subject to the scrutiny of society. For others, their steadfastness and quiet resolve have helped to challenge stereotypes and social assumptions about

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