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Taiwan: Indigenous Tao People's 30 Year Nuclear ‘Nightmare'
After Japan's Fukushima nuclear accident last year, more and more Taiwanese have started to become aware of the problems caused by nuclear power plants. One of the most serious issues is nuclear waste on Orchid Island, where the Tao people have lived for generations.
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Global Online Community Protests U.S. Anti-Piracy Bills 18 January 2012
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Taiwan: Land Expropriation Revision Fails to Address Farmers' Woes 17 December 2011
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China: On the Rise But Feeling Boxed In 9 November 2011
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Taiwan: Photos from the LGBT Pride Parade 2011 in Taipei 31 October 2011
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Taiwan: Nuclear Waste on Orchid Island 31 March 2011
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16 May 2012
Taiwan: Could the Future Be Nuclear-Free?
Inspired by the shutting down of all nuclear power plants in Japan since May 5, 2012, for thorough security checks, the people of Taiwan have started discussing the possibility of moving towards a nuclear-free Taiwan.
9 April 2012
One Day on Earth: Worldwide Collaborative Music Video Released
A new music video has been released in preparation for the worldwide screening of the Global Collaborative film One Day on Earth, which will take place in locations all around the planet on Earth Day (22 April, 2012). The video features musicians, poets and dancers captured on film all during the same 24 hour period in 10 October, 2012, artfully recut and remixed by Cut Chemist.
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6 April 2012
Is Basketball's Jeremy Lin the Light of Taiwan?
From a benchwarmer to an NBA player who led the New York Knicks to seven consecutive victories, Jeremy Lin's inspiring Cinderella story has incited “Linsanity” in Taiwan. All major newspapers have extravagantly portrayed him as "the light of Taiwan." However, many Taiwanese bloggers are wary of this kind of blind idolatry.
3 April 2012
Taiwan: Protect Homeowners Against Forced Demolition
About 400 people gathered to protect one Taipei family against eviction by the police. A controversial urban renewal project has made the Wang's house part of the government sanctioned renewal zone, which allows the government to forcibly expel citizens from their own house when 75% of their neighbors agree to sell their land to the developer.
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29 February 2012
4 December 2011
China: Monitoring the 2012 Presidential Election
Chinese netizen interest this weekend in the first of three debates leading up to Taiwan's presidential election next month suggests more attention will be paid to this round than was given to the island's 2008 elections, and the focus has also expanded beyond each parties' stance on reunification with China.
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13 November 2011
Taiwan: Netizens React to Diplomat Accused of Abusing Domestic Labor
Thanks to slow, reluctant legislators, and “some” - or I should say “many” - cruel employers, Taiwan has a notoriously bad record of mistreating foreign labor. However, this time an inconvenient...
This was, properly understood, a crime but merely one made legal by the political power arrogated to the State through...