Speculation started to fly last month that Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) candidates running in the November elections wanted to keep their distance from party Chair Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文). That some in the KMT were concerned that Cheng’s firm ideological adherence to the “one China principle” is no se
Fangyuan Township (芳苑) in Changhua County is a quiet, unassuming setting, known for its wetlands, eco tours and trained sea-ox that transport the oyster harvest in carts. Topographically speaking, it’s also enormously diverse, boasting a proud tradition of aquaculture and an ecologically rich coastl
Van Gogh once said that he would starve himself to spend time with Rembrandt’s The Jewish Bride. “I should be happy to give 10 years of my life if I could go on sitting here in front of this picture for a fortnight, with only a crust of dry bread for food,” van Gogh said.The quote can be found at “O
Just as the fate of the world hangs in the balance in Digger, Alejandro G. Inarritu’s over-the-top, climate-disaster satire teeters on the brink.It’s an audacious plate-spinning act, juggling exaggerated farce, sober anxieties and an oil-mad Tom Cruise. Inarritu, an art-house showman, has always del
In Dr Seuss’s Green Eggs and Ham, the relentlessly upbeat Sam-I-Am spends the entire book badgering a grouchy, nameless narrator into tasting the eponymous dish. He cycles through one inventive but futile pitch after another — in a house, with a mouse, in a box, with a fox, on a train, in the rain —
The spectacular rise of the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) in recent months has fueled great excitement among individual stock traders. Gate News reported that the stock market swelled 59 percent in the first half of this year, with margin trading volume surging nearly 20 percent. Local newspapers tel
Mark Carney built a global profile this year by standing up to US President Donald Trump. If some prediction-market traders and prominent admirers are right, the Canadian prime minister could end the year with the Nobel Peace Prize and Time magazine’s Person of the Year.Carney briefly became the fav
At a time when the fight for gender equality is facing a backlash, pressure is mounting for the next leader of the UN to be the first woman in its more than 80-year history.The contradiction isn’t lost on UN Women, the agency facing an uphill struggle pressing for the rights of women and girls — and
Under the letter “B” in the index at the back of Carlo Rovelli’s latest book you will find Francis Bacon, bats, behaviorism, Henri Bergson and the big bang. This intriguing little miscellany reflects the sweeping ambition of what is perhaps Rovelli’s most overtly philosophical work to date.Rovelli,
Last year, a Taiwanese-Japanese team of scientists described a new species: the Yuchi music frog (Nidirana shyhhuangi), an amphibian previously thought to be an isolated population of the Ryukyu music frog (Nidirana okinavana).Careful comparison of body sizes, patterning, and vocalizations convinced
In 1951, the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) Central Reform Committee launched an English-language magazine, which, for the next 75 years, would serve as a mouthpiece for Taiwan’s government. Initially titled the Free China Review, and later rechristened as the
Off the coast of Taichung lies the well known Gaomei Wetlands (高美濕地), a popular nature preserve. On weekends, especially in the evenings, the site’s walkways are crowded with sunset watchers, its mudflats filled with people wading and taking pictures of the local wildlife. Birds, amphibious fish, cr
Sept. 28 to Oct. 4Opening in 1971, Singapore’s Wisma Theatre (海燕歌劇院) was entirely modeled after Taiwanese live variety shows, combining singing, dancing and drama. Even its performers were recruited from Taiwan. The formula was an instant hit, selling out on the third night with the crowd fighting o
The Changhua County commissioner race is the most exciting and dramatic in this election cycle, with surprises within the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) popping up every week or two. Most recently, County Commissioner Wang Huei-mei (王惠美), who is about to term limit out, alleges that KMT Chair Cheng
Located a 40-minute drive south of Changhua City, the Cheng Mei Cultural Park (成美文化園) lies beyond a roadside verge of tall, thick trees.A right turn follows a long allee flanked by manicured foliage, from the thick, burly heads of large bonsai trees to the crimped bark of Japanese black pine and lus
Wang Yan-cheng (王彥程) is enjoying a strong first season in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) League, where he has posted an 11-6 record with a 3.97 ERA, 100 strikeouts and a 1.52 WHIP. His 11 wins rank among the most by foreign starting pitchers in the KBO, while he has emerged as one of the top
In April 1933, US president Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order banning the hoarding of gold and requiring Americans to deliver excess quantities to a Federal Reserve Bank by that May. The policy isn’t the subject of much discussion in the tense and earthy thriller The Weight, but it doe
The top 30 of The Korea Times University Rankings 2027 remained largely stable — 28 of last year’s 30 universities held their places — but beneath that continuity, a revised methodology reshaped individual positions and exposed widening gaps in the quality and depth of internationalization at South
The tussle between the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and its pro-People’s Republic of China (PRC) allies and fellow travelers, and the pro-Taiwan side in politics is in part a struggle over defining the nation’s agency in international spaces. What kind of agency does Taiwan have?The United Daily
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