Tributes to Taiwan's former dictator Chiang Kai-shek will be removed across the island after lawmakers voted in favour of the mandatory axing of symbols of its authoritarian past. The so-called "transitional justice" bill, which was passed late Tuesday ... ( read original story ...)
Exhibition: ‘The Parallel Cosmos: Hsiao Chin & Fadjar Sidik’ in Taipei, Taiwan
Two artists explore the notion of space and self-awareness in ‘The Parallel Cosmos: Hsiao Chin & Fadjar Sidik’, an exhibition jointly organised by Art Agenda, S.E.A., and CANS @project ... technology in the Indonesian city of Bali, and its resulting ... ( read original story ...)
‘A gift from the sky’: record-breaking nine-hour rainbow appears in Taiwan
A professor in Taiwan claims to have witnessed the longest ever visible rainbow, clocking in at nearly nine hours, and plans to submit it for a world record. The rainbow lasted for eight hours and 58 minutes in the mountains around the Taiwanese capital of ... ( read original story ...)
2018 SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL Program Revealed
On what will be the 50th anniversary of his assassination in 1968, down by the Riverside will also recall his most controversial speech, Beyond Vietnam-A Time to Break Silence at the Riverside Church in New York City on April 4 1967-one year to the day ... ( read original story ...)
Vincent Callebaut’s 5 farming bridges will feature thousands of 3D Printed housing units in Iraq
Vincent Callebaut Architectures' main concept is to rebuild them as inhabited bridges by building the new city over the old city ... Seoul's Yeouido Han River Park is also another eco-sustainable project of the architect. Vincent Callebaut runs his ... ( read original story ...)
samsung patent reveals palm recognition for password hints
schemata architects were challenged to design the blue bottle coffee cafe, which was supposed to serve as a connection between the city and the buildi ... the project offers a new ... forces traveled throughout taiwan for several weeks before teaming ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Victoria Dockside Reaches Major Project Milestone with Opening of its First Phase, the Unparalleled K11 Atelier Office Towe
New mixed-use commercial building makes waves in drawing global finance firms Mizuho Bank and Taipei Fubon Bank across the Harbour ... Hills and transforming New York’s Hudson Yards into the city’s most exciting new neighbourhood. ( read original story ...)
These timelapse videos show a rainbow arching over Taiwan for a record-breaking 9 hours
A screengrab of a rainbow that arched over Taiwan for a reported eight hours and 58 minutes. YouTube A rainbow arched over Taiwan for almost nine hours last week. If confirmed, it would be the world's longest-lasting rainbow. The previous record was set in ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Unfulfilled Promise of Marriage Equality
For Taiwan and much of East Asia, homosexuality has long been a taboo subject. In the influential 1988 novel Crystal Boys, directly translated from Mandarin as “sons of sin,” Pai Hsien-yung tells the story of growing up gay in 1970s Taipei: “As soon ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan’s Achilles’ Heel in a Conflict with China Is Not What You Think
Undersea fibre-optic cable is the backbone of data transmission and intercontinental communications--and China could cut Taiwan off from the outside world. Taiwan’s Achilles’ Heel in a Conflict with China Is Not What You Think Since September 2016 ... ( read original story ...)
Psychedelic noodles on offer in fictional futuristic small-town Saskatchewan
One of the inspirations for his film is how Saskatoon is changing and how the present-day city differs from what he ... whose parents moved to Canada from Taiwan in the 1970s. His film is part of a CBC project called Keep Calm and Decolonize. ( read original story ...)
10 things to do in Taipei
The “Made in Taiwan” moniker hardly does this breakaway Chinese state any favours as it belies the island’s hot-spring bubbling mountains, scrumptious street food, and a sassy capital. But last week’s launch of China Airlines’ first direct flight ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan vows to press on with indigenous arms policy
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen vowed Friday to forge ahead with her administration’s policy of building military equipment at home despite an ongoing procurement scandal. Speaking at a commissioning ceremony held at a military base in Pingtung, southern ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan promotes Go South Policy amid plans to help tech companies enter Thailand
In order to assist Taiwanese ICT companies to expand into Thailand, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) held a press conference on the Taiwan AIoT Industry and Computex 2018 event on November 30. To further shape Taiwan into a global ... ( read original story ...)
7 reasons to love Kaohsiung, Taiwan
(CNN) — For too long, Kaohsiung has been known to the world as Taiwan's largest port city -- it's time to give this attention-craving southern city the love it deserves. Taiwan's biggest night market, coolest metro station and unique temples entered ... ( read original story ...)
Countering China’s Anti-Taiwan Campaign
Taiwan’s rise as one of Asia’s most vibrant democracies and an alternative to China’s repressive authoritarian model is viewed with extreme concern in Beijing’s halls of power. From China’s perspective, the existence of Taiwan as a democracy is a ... ( read original story ...)