Fred Frontier came to Taiwan with a job and a well-researched plan for his time on the island. Then within days of his arrival, he vanished from sight
By David Momphard
Like countless foreigners before him, Fryderyk [Fred] Mieszko Frontier came to Taiwan to teach English for a year or two, then travel on. He landed a job with Hess Educational Organization while still in the US and was to work at a branch in Kaohsiung. He arrived in Taiwan on May 20 in plenty of time to start training courses on May 26. With a few days to relax and a love of the outdoors, Frontier decided to see some of the beautiful places he'd read about from his home in Seattle. He packed a bag for his trip and left the remainder of his luggage at Hess' office in Chungho, Taipei County, where he was to take his training courses.

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There are more hotels and tourists at the famed lake than before 921 earthquake four years ago today
By Vico Lee
Four years after the 921 earthquake, one of the most traumatic incidents in its history, Sun Moon Lake (日月潭 ), in Puli (埔里), Nantou (南投) County, is not only back on its feet but it has also surpassed its former success as a major tourist area in Taiwan.

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By Vico Lee
Stem-cell research, GM food and human cloning is already causing controversy, even as a future where these biotechnological advances are common comes closer.

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It would seem that things have changed, but not by much, for traditional artist scholars in Taiwan
By Vico Lee
Chinese literati of 700 years ago were not much different from their contemporary counterparts. They trained in literature and philosophy, "loved good houses, nice clothes, delicacies, night life, going to entertainments, collecting vintage items ..." Ming dynasty prose writer Zhang Dai (張岱) wrote for his own epitaph.

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The book is set in Manchuria in the 1930s and is narrated by a 16-year old Chinese girl and a Japanese soldier, whose lives inevitably collide
By Bradley Winterton
Sometimes it is extraordinary to observe the difference between French and Anglo-Saxon literary tastes and attitudes.

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By Sean O'Hagen
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