Voting is underway for the Best Taiwan Blog Awards 2008. The awards are targeted at Taiwan based English language blogs. Currently there are around forty blogs in the running.
Blog Awards are great for promoting link-love between the Taiwan blogs. If you write a blog and you like a certain blog then link to it asking [...]
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NTNU Mandarin Training Center
國立臺灣師範大學 National Taiwan Normal University, Shi-Da, founded the Mandarin Training Center in 1956 for the study of Mandarin Chinese by foreign students.
The Mandarin Training Center represents one of the world’s oldest and most distinguished programs for language study, attracting more than a thousand students from over sixty countries to Taiwan each year and making the [...]
Preserving Taiwan’s Austronesian Aboriginal Languages
Reviving Ethnic Diversity:
Preserving Taiwan’s Austronesian[1] Aboriginal Languages
“Language is much more than collections of words with meaning that can be translated – they embody whole perspectives on meaning which are not readily capable of translation, and they are a key resource for understanding culture.”
“Taiwan has been colonized by the Spanish (1626-1642), the Dutch (1624-1662), Ming Dynasty [...]
Penghu: Casinos not the answer
A letter I wrote to the Taipei Times was published today:
Penghu(彭湖): Casinos not the answer
Sunday, Sep 14, 2008, Page 8
President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) comment that only economically disadvantaged outlying islands would be considered as casino venues needs a rethink (“Ma offers outlying islands hope of developing casinos,” Sept. 9, page 3).
A referendum held [...]
Typhoons in Taiwan
Today is a Typhoon day. That means that all schools, government offices etc are closed and it’s recommended that you stay indoors for your own safety. Typhoons frequently hit Taiwan between July and September, often causing casualties in mountainous regions prone to landslides and flash floods.
Today’s typhoon is called Sinlaku, which refers to the legendary [...]
Xinyi to go car-free on Monday Sept 22
The Taipei Times reports that Xinyi district in central Taipei will be car-free for the first time ever! I’m quite surprised that they chose a Monday to do this. The Taipei City government will also be having a group biking activity which will cover a distance of 16km on Sunday, Sept. 21.
Taipei city has hundreds [...]
Kinmen National Park 金門國家公園
Kinmen National Park 金門國家公園
In 1995, three years after the ending of the military administration of the island, Kinmen National Park was opened. It was Taiwan’s sixth national park and the first to have the primary aim of protecting historical and cultural heritage, and serve as a war memorial. Kinmen Island today is still a military [...]
Taiwan donates scholarships to Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic is one of the 23 nations, including the Vatican City, that maintain diplomatic relations with Taiwan.
Taiwanese Ambassador to the DR, Isaac Tsai, will donate US$1 million to the Ministry of Higher Education (SEESCYT) on behalf of his country. The funds will be used to help Dominican university students. The Taiwanese Embassy announced that [...]
Rotary International Youth Program limits interaction with Taiwanese
The Rotary International Youth Program allows thousands of teenagers world wide to attend a year long exchange program in the country of their choice.
Mads Meoller, the Danish student, made some interesting comments regarding the,
written agreement between the exchange students and the organizers of the program that discouraged them from learning about Taiwanese politics, and matters concerning the weaker or stronger sex, which limited their interaction with their Taiwanese counterparts. “It was a fight to learn about culture,” he observed…..having restrictions like these does seem to be a contradiction in terms.
Kinmen (金門) & Matsu (馬祖) gateway to China
On the 20th of June 2008 the Taipei Times reported that Kinmen and Matsu can be used by foreign nationals to enter China:
Effective immediately, Taiwanese and foreign nationals holding valid travel papers will be allowed to enter China via the outlying islands of Kinmen or Matsu, the Executive Yuan announced yesterday.
Previously, only certain Taiwanese residents [...]
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