About Leonard Chien
An English-Chinese interpreter and translator in Taiwan, Leonard now serves as an coordinator in GV Chinese and Lingua project. My blog at: back from the world
Latest posts by Leonard Chien
Stories
November 9th, 2008
New Zealand: Time for Change As Well?
October 30th, 2008
SketchPAN: World without Words
September 17th, 2008
Five Minutes to Midnight: Let the Youth Be Heard
Since June 2003, Five Minutes to Midnight (FMM), a non-profit organization, has been trying to give youth's a voice on human rights and international issues, especially in developing countries. Leonard Chien has the chance to talk to Wojciech Gryc, FMM founder and director, about its past, future and views towards online tools.
June 2nd, 2008
Taiwan: Bridging Digital Divide with Puncar
Since May 2008, Puncar project has visited several rural villages and tribes around Taiwan, teaching young and old, men and women about using blogs, online tools and applications to bridge local digital divide.
February 13th, 2008
East Asia
With the upcoming presidential election in Taiwan on March 22nd, televised debates will be held on February 24th and March 9th. Following the Youtube example in the United States, at the first debate, two presidential candidates will answer 20 video questions selected from Peopo website[zh]. Voters in Taiwan are welcomed to make their own 30-second videos, and upload directly to the website. So far hundreds of questions have been posted, with issues ranging from education reform, relations with China, infrastructure, economic development, environmental protection, death sentence abolition, foreign policies, nuclear energy, LGBT rights, and so on.
October 19th, 2007
Taiwan: 2007 Taiwan Pride Parade
On October 13th, the fifth Taiwan Pride Parade took place in the eastern district of Taipei. Close to fifteen thousand people joined in this activity. The theme this year is "Rainbow Power." Participants are divided into seven groups, wearing and holding seven different colors to form a huge rainbow on ...
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