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 ...)
Smart Government Pavilion to Kick off “Smartly” at Taiwan IT Month Expo 2017
Taiwan is big on tech and all things digital ... So far, the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Ministry of Finance have set up their own big data analytics centers, while others use the shared resources of computing power and software in "National ... ( 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 ...)
Orbotech Receives Multi-Million Dollar Order from Career Technology for Pattern and Solder Mask Direct Imaging Solutions for Flexible PCB Production
today announced a multi-million dollar order from Taipei-based Career Technology (Mfg.) Co., Ltd. a worldwide manufacturer of flexible printed circuit (FPC) PCBs for advanced electronic devices, for Orbotech's industry-leading Nuvogo for Patterning DI and ... ( read original story ...)
Smart Technology Leading at TaiSPO Sporting Equipment Show
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Smart technology addressing the ever-evolving needs of 21st century life is today’s main focus of sports and fitness equipment design. The latest developments will be on display at the TaiSPO trade show next March. The re-scheduling of ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Healthcare Experts Share Medical Excellence on Malaysian Patients
Taiwan not only provides world-class medical services ... and we look forward to receiving even more patients from Malaysia in the near future.” Bob Cooper is Canadian Business Tribune''s senior editor. He is also a nationally syndicated newspaper ... ( 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 ...)
China Airlines lands in London for first time in five years
in addition to carrying business and leisure passengers. "This renewed direct flight between London and Taipei is another vote of confidence in the British economy," Hands said from Gatwick Airport. Guy Stephenson, chief commercial officer at Gatwick ... ( 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 ...)