Top Stories - Taiwan

11

Liu Qian stuns Japanese audience with Street Magic - video

http://www.chinahush.com

Liu Qian is a magician from Taiwan who is now famous all over China, and increasingly, the rest of East Asia. He performed at the annual Spring Festival Gala this year and last year and has become a national phenomenon.

Read more »
Arthur Furrowfield's picture
Created by Arthur Furrowfield 4 days 14 hours ago – Made popular 2 days 16 hours ago
Category: Taiwan   Tags:
11

Over 4,000 Taiwan men reported abuse by wives

http://www.asiapacificnews.net

'These men suffered verbal or physical abuse from their wives. One reason is that some women earn (MORE) money than men, so they play a dominant role at home and begin to curse or BEAT their husbands,' the agency quoted Chang Hsiu-yuan, a ministry official in charge of domestic violence, as saying.

Read more »
Arthur Furrowfield's picture
Created by Arthur Furrowfield 2 weeks 5 days ago – Made popular 2 weeks 4 days ago
Category: Taiwan   Tags:
11

Japan to enact law for exhibition of Taiwan's art treasures

http://www.etaiwannews.com

Taipei, Jan. 28 (CNA) Japan will enact a law to smooth the way for an exhibition of art treasures from Taiwan's National Palace Museum there, Legislative Yuan Speaker Wang Jin-pyng said Thursday.

Read more »
Punjapit's picture
Created by Punjapit 7 weeks 4 days ago – Made popular 7 weeks 3 days ago
Category: Taiwan   Tags:
9

Potty Trained Pigs

http://punjapit.wordpress.com

In response to the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA)’s new levy to impose a water pollution fee on factories and farms starting next July, hog farms — a major water polluter — are potty-training their livestock to abate the potential costs added by the levy.

Read more »
Arthur Furrowfield's picture
Created by Arthur Furrowfield 14 weeks 1 hour ago – Made popular 13 weeks 5 days ago
Category: Taiwan   Tags:
10

Taiwan teen cuts off father's hands

http://www.earthtimes.org

Taipei - A 17-old Taiwanese boy chopped off his father's hands after disagreements about the son's refusal to work, police said Tuesday. "The boy, with the help of his teenage friend, first hit the victim's head with a baseball club four times when he was sound asleep in his room Monday night," a police officer in Miaoli county said by phone.

Read more »
Punjapit's picture
Created by Punjapit 24 weeks 4 days ago – Made popular 24 weeks 3 days ago
Category: Taiwan   Tags:
10

Taiwan blogger's Paris pashing quest goes viral

http://www.smh.com.au

A Taiwanese woman's ambition to kiss 100 men in Paris has become an overnight web sensation after she provided details of the quest on her much-visited blog.

Read more »
Punjapit's picture
Created by Punjapit 25 weeks 6 days ago – Made popular 25 weeks 5 days ago
Category: Taiwan   Tags:
8

Pigeon Racing In Taiwan

http://www.travelintelligence.com

When the Japanese introduced pigeon racing to Taiwan early last century, they probably had no idea what an impression it would make.
Shangri-La's Far Eastern Pl...
Taiwan,Taipei City
"Large-scale and lavish, this luxury hotel in Taipei boasts views over the World's Tallest Building."
From TWD 6457 Read review
See all hotels in Taipei City
The Lalu
Taiwan,Yuchr Shiang Nantou

Read more »
Arthur Furrowfield's picture
Created by Arthur Furrowfield 30 weeks 5 days ago – Made popular 30 weeks 4 days ago
Category: Taiwan   Tags:
10

US helicopters join Taiwan typhoon rescue efforts

http://www.france24.com

US military helicopters joined Taiwan's massive typhoon rescue operation Tuesday, lifting excavation equipment into areas that have been cut off for 10 days by floods and mudslides.

Read more »
Arthur Furrowfield's picture
Created by Arthur Furrowfield 30 weeks 6 days ago – Made popular 30 weeks 5 days ago
Category: Taiwan   Tags:
7

Surf and Turf, Southern Taiwan Style

http://eatingasia.typepad.com

The cephalopod, big as a man's hand, is grilled both sides, slashed horizontally and then vertically - butterflied, essentially, and finished with a few flips to char both sides. As it chars he brushes its surface with thick soy sauce. After a query ('La jiao?' - 'Hot chili?') - he adds a sprinkle of dried chili flakes.

Read more »
remora's picture
Created by remora 38 weeks 1 day ago – Made popular 38 weeks 11 hours ago
Category: Taiwan   Tags:
7

Taipei's Japanese Bungalows

http://www.urbanphoto.net

At some point or another, most of Asia was occupied by the Japanese, usually with disastrous consequences. But Taiwan is a bit different. From 1895 to 1945, Taiwan was a full-fledged Japanese colony, a legacy that continues to manifest itself in many subtle aspects of Taiwanese culture. Not the least of this is the urban landscape of Taipei.

Read more »
remora's picture
Created by remora 38 weeks 1 day ago – Made popular 38 weeks 11 hours ago
Category: Taiwan   Tags:
10

Taiwan man to pay for revealing bald truth

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn

TAIPEI -- A man who tore the wig off a telegenic Taiwan legislator last year was sentenced to five months in jail for depriving the MP of his freedom to look good, a court spokesman said on Tuesday.

Read more »
remora's picture
Created by remora 38 weeks 5 days ago – Made popular 38 weeks 4 days ago
Category: Taiwan   Tags:
9

Taipei Zoo seeks correction on panda prank story

http://www.asiapacificnews.net

A furious Taipei Zoo Friday demanded that a newspaper run a correction over an April Fool's Day prank that claimed two pandas from China were disguised forest bears.

Read more »
remora's picture
Created by remora 50 weeks 1 day ago – Made popular 50 weeks 21 hours ago
Category: Taiwan   Tags:
8

Flying Fish Hunters Ritual

http://news.nationalgeographic.com

As the Tao tribe of Taiwan celebrate the ritual launch of a newly carved fishing boat, there is concern nuclear waste could affect their catch.

Read more »
remora's picture
Created by remora 50 weeks 6 days ago – Made popular 50 weeks 6 days ago
Category: Taiwan   Tags:
12

Get a load of this...

http://imprinttalk.com

Poop trend in Taiwan highlighting the restaurant Modern Toilet in Taipei. The restaurant visitors sit on painted toilet seats and served food in the style of toilets or poop.

Read more »
imprinttalk's picture
Created by imprinttalk 1 year 2 days ago – Made popular 1 year 7 hours ago
Category: Taiwan   Tags:
9

Taiwan boy to become master of uninhabited island after lucky draw

http://www.cna.com.tw

Taipei, Feb. 28 (CNA) The Yeh family in Taiwan's island county of Penghu was bombarded with congratulatory visitors and calls Saturday after it was announced that its four-year-old boy had won a free year-long holiday on one of the archipelago's uninhabited islands.

Read more »
remora's picture
Created by remora 1 year 2 weeks ago – Made popular 1 year 2 weeks ago
Category: Taiwan   Tags:
8

Nurses Shoot Seducing Portraits For Marriage Seeking

http://cinapig.com

A joint beauty clinic “Dr. Enherya” has branches at both Tainan and Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Besides having the first Taiwan Superidol Gao Yaxin as their spokesman, the clinic thought of the idea of using fresh looking nurses and pretty doctors as their promotion tools. They came out with the title of “Little Nurse Marriage-seeking” and “Hot and Spicy Photo Albums”.

Read more »
remora's picture
Created by remora 1 year 2 weeks ago – Made popular 1 year 2 weeks ago
Category: Taiwan   Tags:
6

Taiwan "Mattel" town just can't forget Barbie

http://www.reuters.com

She effectively left town more than 20 years ago, but Barbie is still the queen of a Taiwan town whose fortunes were once linked to the slender doll, and where many people just can't forget her.

Read more »
remora's picture
Created by remora 1 year 3 weeks ago – Made popular 1 year 3 weeks ago
Category: Taiwan   Tags:
7

U.S.-born caucasian to run for Taiwan parliament

http://uk.reuters.com

An American-born caucasian is running for Taiwan's parliament next month, a first for the island, to fill a seat vacated over a flap involving the previous lawmaker's U.S. citizenship.

Read more »
remora's picture
Created by remora 1 year 6 weeks ago – Made popular 1 year 5 weeks ago
Category: Taiwan   Tags:
6

Taiwan mulling building bridge linking with China

http://www.channelnewsasia.com

Taiwan is considering building a bridge to mainland China in the latest sign of warming ties between the cross-Strait rivals, an official said Thursday.

President Ma Ying-jeou asked Taiwan's top economic planners to conduct a feasibility study when he visited Kinmen, a Taiwan-controlled fortified island group off the Chinese mainland, in August.

Read more »
remora's picture
Created by remora 1 year 6 weeks ago – Made popular 1 year 6 weeks ago
Category: Taiwan   Tags:
9

The evolution of Otaku culture in Taiwan

http://www.etaiwannews.com

Today, the “otaku” phenomenon represents as one of the most influential sub-culture in Taiwan. However, what is the “otaku”? To English-speaking countries, it generally means geeks or nerds. Indeed, negative stereotypes have been applied to this group but cultural and commercial impacts have changed the whole phenomenon.

Read more »
remora's picture
Created by remora 1 year 6 weeks ago – Made popular 1 year 6 weeks ago
Category: Taiwan   Tags:
7

Baseball legend optimistic about Taiwan's pro baseball future

http://www.etaiwannews.com

Taipei, Feb. 3 (CNA) Baseball legend Sadaharu Oh said Tuesday that despite recent gambling scandals in Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) , he is confident that the local baseball community can find a way to win back the hearts and minds of once loyal fans.

Read more »
remora's picture
Created by remora 1 year 6 weeks ago – Made popular 1 year 6 weeks ago
Category: Taiwan   Tags:
7

Tips for eating Healthy during the Lunar New Year Holiday - Taiwan

http://www.taipeitimes.com

During the Lunar New Year holidays large family meals are often a tradition, but these go against doctor’s orders for many who are eager to eat healthy..

Read more »
remora's picture
Created by remora 1 year 7 weeks ago – Made popular 1 year 6 weeks ago
Category: Taiwan   Tags:
8

Taiwan awards its Patriots upgrade

http://www.defensenews.com

"Configuration 3 is Raytheon's most advanced Patriot system and allows the use of Lockheed's PAC-3 missiles and allows missile launchers to be placed miles in front of the radar of the system, rather than right next to the radar as in earlier Patriot systems."...rem

Read more »
remora's picture
Created by remora 1 year 7 weeks ago – Made popular 1 year 7 weeks ago
Category: Taiwan   Tags:
6

Man who had sex with woman to 'cleanse' her jailed - Taiwan

http://www.americanbuddhist.net

"I promise from here on (2009-->) to link to American Buddhist where I source a lot of my posts instead of to the Original Link as I have done all too often in the past"...yours humbly remora

Read more »
remora's picture
Created by remora 1 year 9 weeks ago – Made popular 1 year 9 weeks ago
Category: Taiwan   Tags:
8

Taiwan cabbie at work with Stiff in Car

http://news.ninemsn.com.au

how embarrassing..can you possibly imagine the stress..and Wang-Chung's considerate concern

Read more »
remora's picture
Created by remora 1 year 13 weeks ago – Made popular 1 year 12 weeks ago
Category: Taiwan   Tags:
7

Beijing Cooks claim Island Ducks too skinny

http://africa.reuters.com

One of China's most famous Peking duck restaurants is set to open its first outlet in Taiwan, but the ducks will have to be imported from the mainland because the island's birds are too skinny, state media said Monday.

Read more »
remora's picture
Created by remora 1 year 14 weeks ago – Made popular 1 year 14 weeks ago
Category: Taiwan   Tags:
6

2008 Bribe Payers Index report

http://www.etaiwannews.com

Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom placed fifth with scores of 8.6. Australia ranked eighth with a score of 8.5.
China ranked 21st with a score of 6.5 among the 22 countries -- only slightly better than Russia, which placed last with a score of 5.9.

Read more »
remora's picture
Created by remora 1 year 14 weeks ago – Made popular 1 year 14 weeks ago
Category: Taiwan   Tags:
6

Taiwan says China "blocking" blockbuster movie

http://in.reuters.com

"The film follows two Taiwan people who fall in love with Japanese, one of whom was involved in Taiwan's colonisation between 1895 and 1945. Their stories reflect the tight bonds, both then and now, between Taiwan and Japan." - Blocking Blockbuster doesnt sound quite right to me,there has to some other word to use....

Read more »
remora's picture
Created by remora 1 year 15 weeks ago – Made popular 1 year 15 weeks ago
Category: Taiwan   Tags:
7

Taiwanese Gruel and Dishes

http://www.telegraph.co.uk

I couldnt help putting this one in as well - considering the belt-tightening times we are about to go into - a sign of the times and Subway is leading the charge..

Read more »
remora's picture
Created by remora 1 year 19 weeks ago – Made popular 1 year 19 weeks ago
Category: Taiwan   Tags:
7

Woman has twins from 13-yr-old sperm

http://news.ninemsn.com.au

look, I am not suited for this topsy-turvy modern world that we are currently living in - women act like men - men act like women - but where do the Children play?....Oh, I know we've come a long way,
We're changing day to day,
But tell me, where do the children play?..rem

Read more »
remora's picture
Created by remora 1 year 19 weeks ago – Made popular 1 year 19 weeks ago
Category: Taiwan   Tags:
Design: Dao By Design | Powered By Drupal/Drigg