Are You a Traveler or a Tourist?
The grand promise of building a mega-tourism empire actually attracts multinational tourist corporations which hire locals only for low-skilled positions, reaping the benefits from consumerism at the social and environmental expense of the host country…
Past and Future of Food in Taiwan (KP14)
What do you think of when we mention “Taiwanese food?” Is Taiwanese food only bubble tea and stinky tofu? We ask food author Elizabeth Kao about fine dining in Taiwan, how history shaped food in Taiwan, and thoughts on the future.
The Debrief, 5/6/14
Taiwan’s execution of five death row inmates, international labor day protests, free trade pilot zones, and a personal account during a visit to areas devastated by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines last year.
This Will be a Long Summer
We must struggle against authorities, police beatings, media distortions, judicial abuses, and the leaders’ ignorance of the people’s will, and become able and determined to take back our nation. Our Freedom Summer will unveil the coming torrential rains…
漫長的自由之夏
2014 年，所有共同經歷過這一段歲月的我們，體驗了衝撞體制、警方毆打、媒體黑白顛倒、司法體系緊咬不放、當權者冥頑不靈等各種民主失衡的現象，也必當建立起奪回自己國家，拯救自己國家的決心與意志。我們的這一場自由之夏，才剛為接下來的暴風雨揭幕…
The Debrief, 4/29/14
Taiwan’s nuclear energy controversy engulfed Taiwan in heated debate once again, US President Obama’s trip to Asia and its impact on Taiwan, an opportunity for sensible and equitable development in Danshui, and Japan’s whale hunting expedition.
Be Civilized, Don’t Speak Catalan or Taiwanese
Language is the umbilical cord that ties our inner workings to our identity, and serves as our antenna to the external world. In a history all too similar to the people of Catalonia, the people of Taiwan lived through linguistic oppression under their colonizers…
Technology and Movements (KP13)
We talk to Sean Su, a Taiwanese American activist and part of the media and tech team for the Sunflower Movement, about all the technology that helped shape the movement’s messages and image. And drones.
The Debrief, 4/22/14
A chemical plant in Tainan and Formosan leopard cats in Miaoli; social civil unrest around the world; two left-wing leaning Taiwanese independent newspapers stopped publishing; and a new regressive marriage law in Iraq.
The Potential of Austronesian International Trade
The Austronesian cultures and languages of Taiwan can inspire national pride and drive transnational cooperation. The 38 Austronesian nations, together, offer an abundance and diversity of resources, including oil and technology…
The Debrief, 4/15/14
In the Debrief this week, we wrap up some continuing stories from the Sunflower Movement, and UN’s climate change report and contraception in the Philippines. Finally, a sex party on a train in Taiwan sparks legal debate.
Sunflower Generation (KP12)
We talk with former NTU student president Ching-Fang Hsu about how this new political generation from the Sunflower Movement will answer Taiwan’s important questions on governance, China, and globalization.