Last week, Ang Lee's (李安) film Lust, Caution was prevented from competing as a Taiwanese film for the Best Foreign Film Award at next year's Oscars by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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By Chang Sheng-hsin 張升星
After donating NT$15 billion (US$460 million) to National Taiwan University for cancer research, Taiwanese tycoon Terry Gou (郭台銘) recently donated another NT$200 million to solve the problem of stray dogs by implanting chips in the animals and neutering them.

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By Julia Famularo
It was merely 20 years ago that the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lifted martial law in Taiwan. Today, Taiwan has blossomed into a vibrant democracy.

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As economists watch with concern, the boomers are heading for their 60s and inducing a `silver tsunami'
By Suzanne Goldenberg
In the late 1960s they were flower children, and it was all about peace and the summer of love. Now, with 2008 nearing, it's going to be all about the check.

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By Declan Walsh
Benazir Bhutto hesitated on the top step, a flicker of nerves flashing across her face. Behind her was the plane from Dubai, the desert metropolis where she has spent much of the past eight years, battling to retain relevancy and waiting for this moment.

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By Jeffrey Sachs
Former US vice president Al Gore's Nobel Peace Prize is a fitting tribute to a world leader who has been prescient, bold and skillful in alerting the world to the dangers of man-made climate change. Gore's co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize is less known, but no less deserving.

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In an Oct. 11 interview with Fox News' Washington correspondent Jason Rosen, international chess champion and democracy activist Garry Kasparov looked to Taiwan (as opposed to China) as proof that authoritarianism can be overthrown and democracy can take root in any culture.

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As a teacher of two years' standing in central Taiwan, I would like to comment briefly about the state of the schools here.

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