· December, 2006

Stories about Taiwan (ROC) from December, 2006

China: Ping…ping…pfft

  27 December 2006

The earthquake near Taiwan last night which snapped six underwater internet cables, seems to have left a large part of Asia, particularly the Northeast, struggling for an internet fix. Those with internet censorship circumvention tools (proxies) already installed on their computers seem to be doing a little better, but for...

China: Nary Xmas?

  23 December 2006

A group of PhD students at several of China's biggest and best universities came together last week to release a letter calling for Chinese to boycott Christmas—a holiday they see as representing waning interest in traditional Chinese culture—and all the rest of non-native cultural trends. Presumably not a very popular...

Taiwan: travel 2.0

  13 December 2006

FUNCK CHEN applies the concept of web 2.0 to travel: a travel service that helps the tourists to define their own travel content and environment, etc. (zh)

Taiwan: election outcome

  10 December 2006

ESWN blogs about the gaps between public opinions and election outcomes in Taipei and Kaohsiung mayoral elections. Michael Turton picks up the discussion.

Taiwan: death penalty

  8 December 2006

Michael Turton blogs about Anmesty International's campaign to eliminate the death penalty in Taiwan with more background information.