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8th of August in Taiwan: Father’s Day with a Confucian touch

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In Mandarin, both the character for eight and for father are pronounced “ba”. Also, August is simply the eighth month of the year. So...
Culture

“Big noses” and “filthy rich tourists”

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In times of growing (anti)racist hysteria in most of the Western world, it’s very important to remember that racism or at least quite condescending...
Features

Me, the impious student

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The recent death of former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui reminded me of one my former Mandarin teachers in Taipei. She used good teaching methods...
Asian history

Taiwan´s imperial subjects still speak Japanese

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Many of the elderly that were educated under Nippon’s colonial rule still are fluent in Japanese and happy to use it among their fellows.
Culture

21st century Chinese food in Taiwan

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Due to the influx of people from all over China in 1949, Taiwan became a heaven for lovers of very diverse Chinese food.
Asian Politics

Another ruling imposed from above in Taiwan

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A clear majority of Taiwanese isn’t in favor of a recent constitutional interpretation about adultery.
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