2020/10/28 |
“Your Trend, My Normal”: A Review of ‘Black in Asia’
Through a series of 23 vignettes, 'Black in Asia' examines personal accounts of navigating Asia’s social spaces that lack the lived experience of what it means to be Black.
2020/09/07 |
This Taiwanese Family Is Fighting for Their Lost Ancestral Tomb
Across Taiwan, burial grounds are being demolished to make way for developers. One family is putting up a fight.
2020/07/28 |
How Hong Kong Activists Are Sustaining Pro-Democracy Movement in Taiwan
After a year of intense protesting, Hong Kong activists in Taiwan are shifting gears, organizing a group called Hong Kong Outlanders to encompass art, education, and lobbying of government figures to sustain interest in their cause.
2020/02/06 |
What Taiwan Has Done to Curb Coronavirus Spread
Despite being excluded from the World Health Organization, Taiwan has moved quickly to adopt measures to curb the domestic spread of the coronavirus.
2019/02/22 |
Statue of Chiang Kai-shek Defaced at Taipei's National Chengchi University
A group called 'Shot for Democracy' claimed responsibility for the early-morning act of vandalism.
2018/06/11 |
Taiwan Labor Ministry Gives Migrant Caregivers' Appeals Short Shrift
The Ministry of Labor declined to sit down with protesters because Sunday was their day off.
2018/06/04 |
Migrant Workers Accuse HTC of Document Forgery, Labor Violations
More than 20 migrant laborers came together to protest what they claim is a cycle of falsified documents and exploitation at HTC's factories.
2018/05/17 |
Taiwan Migrant Fishers' Groups Step Up Pressure on Working Conditions
A new group of NGOs wants more vigorous enforcement of the Labor Standards Act.
2018/04/02 |
UPDATE: Protests Delay Xindian Cemetery Demolition
Protests helped push a decision on the demolition of greater Taipei's last flatland cemetery to a public meeting.
2018/03/06 |
UPDATE: New Artifacts Found in Condemned Xindian Cemetery
Xindian First Public Cemetery is the last flat-land cemetery left in the Taipei basin, but is in the process of being demolished.
2018/01/23 |
Destruction of New Taipei's Xindian Cemetery Risks Catastrophic Cultural Loss
The first half of the cemetery was unceremoniously buried in 2016, now the battle is on to rescue and preserve what remains.