Oct 16

Oct 16 Taiwan’s Humanitarian Aid to Hongkongers Faces New Questions Amid Geopolitical Uncertainties

July 1, 2019 is the 2nd anniversary of the occupation of the Legislative Council in Hong Kong’s Anti-Extradition Bill movement and the 1st anniversary of Taiwan’s investment of national resources in providing humanitarian aid to Hongkongers in exile. Two years after Taiwan’s assistance of Hong Kong, official relations between the two have seemingly ceased as the political situation in Hong Kong continues to deteriorate. Amid geopolitical uncertainties, how can Taiwan continue to help Hongkongers?

Oct 10

Oct 10 A Cup of Myanmar Milk Tea and Homesickness: A History of Huaxin Street

StoryStudio (故事)

Translations, StoryStudio (故事)

Huaxin Street, also known as Little Burma, is home to a large overseas Burmese-Chinese community in Taiwan. How did this community come to be? How did the overseas Chinese policies of “Free China”’ contribute to this rise of this community? What can we learn from this community’s relationship with its “homeland”?

Sep 19

Sep 19 Podcast | Social Worker in the Ring, and the Champions He Brings Out: We All Want to Grow Up Well

The Reporter (報導者)

Translations, The Reporter (報導者)

Before Taiwan entered the COVID-19 Level 3 Alert this year, The Reporter visited a social worker who also works as a boxing coach in Sanxia, New Taipei City. How has he turned boxing into a tool to empower indigenous youths from disadvantaged backgrounds?

Sep 2

Sep 2 Podcast EP 01 | Surviving Minus 68 Degrees Celsius: Recollecting the Story of a Taiwanese Japanese Soldier

The Taiwan Gazette

Events & Interviews, Taiwan Gazette Podcast

During WWII, the Japanese empire mobilized its colonial populations for its imperial expansionist efforts. In 1944, Tân Í-bûn from colonial Taiwan joined the Japanese Imperial Army and served in Manchuria. When war concluded, he was captured as a POW and interned in Siberia. 70 years later, his grandson Chen Li-hang reflected upon the historical knowledge production of this wartime experience.

Aug 25

Aug 25 Margaret Mackay, Granddaughter of George Leslie Mackay, Died at 102

The Taiwan Gazette

George Leslie Mackay, a Presbyterian missionary based in late nineteenth-century Tamsui, might be the most well-known Canadian in Taiwan. His last surviving granddaughter, Margaret, passed away earlier this week.

Aug 15

Aug 15 Art Review: How Do We "Become" Taiwanese?

The Reporter (報導者)

Translations, The Reporter (報導者)

How do artists invite us to reexamine the changes in the Taiwanese identity? What methods do they use? In 2018, Liang-Pin Tsao opened an exhibition at TKG+ Projects examining the intertwined relationships between “identity” and “history”. Focusing on the images of the Martyrs’ Shrine, the exhibition asks: How does one become Taiwanese?

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