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How to Move to Taiwan
Take the fast train out of wherever you are! Trista di Genova (and NTU students), The Wild East The following article is an expansion on class discussion with National Taiwan University students. The...
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Top 10 reasons to check out Chingchuan’s new Youth Cultural Center
A year's worth of hard work by a small group of dedicated, caring people is finally paying off this weekend! By Fr. Barry Martinson / The Wild East The Taoshan Youth Cultural Center opened in...
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Ang Lee’s ‘Life of Pi’ a triumphant tale of ‘man vs. nature’
The best fillum to come out in ages. By Trista di Genova, The Wild East / Entertainment Five stars: ‘One of the best films of the year’, even Roger Ebert agrees, and perhaps one of the only movies that...
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Impressions of Saisiyat tribe’s Ritual of the Little Black People
Trista di Genova / The Wild East / Culture Every two years the Saisiyat tribe in Hsinchu County, Taiwan, hold the Ritual of the Little Black People (矮靈祭, ǎi líng jì). This year, it took place Dec. 1-3,...
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Putting the magic back in movies: Ang Lee’s ‘Life of Pi’
Indian actor Suraj Sharma, right, playing the character Pi, stands near a tiger in Ang Lee’s new film Life of Pi. Photo: ReutersThe special effects company that relocated to Taiwan to work on the ‘Life...
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‘The Last Samurai’: Travels in Formosa
<i>Notes of Travel in Formosa</i>, by Charles W. Le Gendre, 1874. By Jerome Keating / originally published in Taipei Times Notes of Travel in Formosa, Charles W. Le Gendre, Eds. Douglas L....
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Christmas in Wulai: A heart-warming affair
Sean Kaiteri, right, with some of the hundreds of gifts donated by Annie's English School and other kind souls to cheer Aboriginal children in Wulai and its environs for the holiday season. Behind...
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Aboriginal New Year’s Feast in Chingchuan
A preview to the WILD FEAST this coming New Year's Eve in Chingchuan! Gonna be fantastic.Check this out – The Wild East’s Wild Feast! What can be better than being able to spend the weekend and your...
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Taiwan SPCA seeking support for upcoming animal protection legislation
The Taiwan Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (TSPCA) is asking the international community’s help to urge Taiwan’s government to end the current capture-kill policy and make it illegal...
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7-Elevens in America: How do they measure up with Taiwan’s?
Yours truly, reporting from the field, at a 7-Eleven in Tucson, Arizona.“So far in America, I’ve visited a 7-Eleven, a Circle K, and the AM-PM store. There is also a ‘QT’ store now, which is a novelty...
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‘Taiwan Book Fest 2′ features local writers @ Huashan
Taiwan Book Fest showcased the work of local writers on Taiwan. Some of the writers, from left to right: Richard Saunders, Stig Hansen, Trista di Genova, Nick Kembel, Lisa Furtado, and on the right,...
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Prof. Scott Simon to speak on Seediq Bale @ Academia Sinica
An aboriginal uprising against Japanese colonists was popularized in the excellent film, "Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale"Anthropologist Scott Simon will be speaking at Academia Sinica in Taipei...
View ArticleDetained Briton’s family ‘praying for leniency’
The Wild East Thursday morning began with a court hearing at Taipei District Court for ‘David’, a Briton who’s been in a detention center near Taipei for 3 months during the investigation of another...
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Formosan Clouded Leopard declared extinct in Taiwan
via treehugger.com For the last thirteen years, an international team of researchers have been searching out any indication that one of the world’s most majestic animals, the Formosan clouded leopard,...
View ArticleLawyer Billy Chen speaks at Breakfast Club
The Wild East / Peace & Justice Taiwan’s media have turned from the Zane Dean case to Lin Yi-shih, and now the Philippine Row. What makes this poignant and ironic is (for those who remember) a...
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Pierre’s organic experiment: Can vegetables cure cancer?
In 2008 I wrote a story for The China Post , “Revolution in the Taipei countryside” about Pierre Loisel, a French-Canadian whose organic farm in Toucheng seemed the epitome of a natural pharmacy. Over...
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U-bike – the perfect way to get around Taipei
One Taiwan resident registers at a U-bike kiosk while another gets ready to rent one, at Taipei Medical University, May 27, 2013. Photo: Trista di GenovaBy Trista di Genova, The Wild East Once you get...
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Trista di Genova joins ATAYAL board of directors
Trista di Genova presenting at the AISA conference in Tempe, Arizona earlier this year.The Wild East The ATAYAL organization officially welcomes Trista di Genova as a member of its Board of Directors...
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Fer SHOW!!! Brush elbows with literary genius @’The Writ VI’
No cover charge if you get to the 'Fuge by 7:45pm!!!!The Wild East / Beaux Arts The Writ VI is here, it’s coming this Saturday, and it’s gonna be amazing, man, you gotta check this out, especially if...
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Exposure! Open air art market a huge success
Always a great event, Exposure! takes place today noon to 6pm at Taipei Artist Village. Exposure, the open air art market is back and in full effect. Bring your friends and family for an exciting day...
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