Lessons From Kaohsiung’s Explosion Tragedy
Underground gas pipeline explosions in Kaohsiung, a major industrial port and Taiwan’s second largest city, killed at least 28 people and injuring more than 280 on July 31. What lessons must we learn?
What’s Next, Lin Fei-fan?
Sunflower Movement leader Lin Fei-fan (林飛帆) was interviewed by Taipei-based magazine Wealth (財訊), and explained in detail his outlook on the future, for the first time since the student occupation of Taiwan’s parliament in March…
Migrating to Taiwan (KP20)
Migrations in Taiwan are not just historical facts, but an ongoing reality. What policies should Taiwan’s government pursue? We talk to Professor Ji-Ping Lin, of Taiwan’s Academia Sinica, to answer questions about professionals, laborers, and immigrants.
Violence and Poverty Push Children to Leave Honduras
Honduras made world headlines after more than 57,000 Honduran children crossed illegally into the United States since last October, and the journey is to escape the poverty and violence posed by drug cartels back home…
The Debrief, 7/29/14
One of the most popular online media websites in Hong Kong, The House News, suddenly shut down; what is next for Hong Kong’s freedom of speech; also we look into ISIS-controlled Iraq, and the ebola outbreak’s humanitarian crisis.
The Debrief, 7/22/14
China and Japan continuing to increase their international presence, anti-Israel sentiment in Taiwan over the Gaza conflict, and one year after the Dapu, Miaoli land expropriation incident.
Tongues of Heaven (KP19)
We talk to filmmaker Anita Chang about her film Tongues of Heaven, which explores the stories of four young women in Taiwan and Hawaii in search of their native languages, which are facing extinction.
The Debrief, 7/15/14
Japan courts Australia with a free trade deal and defense cooperation, the Srebrenica Massacre in Bosnia, intellectual property law changes in Taiwan, Taiwan’s HIV shelters and the first backlash against Uber in Asia.
The Greatest Arms Sale Never Sold
The alliance therefore will give Taiwan years, if not decades, to solidify its own still-emerging national identity while further establishing its rightful place in the global community as a separately functioning state…
The Debrief, 7/8/14
Myanmar’s oppressed Muslim minority the Rohingya, Kiribati’s solution to relocate its population before the nation sinks into the ocean due to rising sea levels, Taiwan’s aboriginal tourism troubles and the latest on a gondola in Beitou, Taipei.
Upside Down Idealism (KP18)
Because Taiwan’s society is so pragmatic, it sometimes worry so much on what is available, and forget to see what is possible. And in a time like this when there isn’t much more available, Mr. Candle reminds us to focus instead on what is possible.
A Classroom for No One
One day, my patience was finally exhausted. I gave them a long lecture about learning attitude and their future success. I couldn’t hold back my frustration, so I told them their laziness and unwillingness to learn really disgusted me…