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Mong Tong's Taiwan Mystery II features a montage of unusual architecture and occult phenomena from around the country. It was released along with an art book featuring photos and imagery from many of these sites. The music is also really great; dreamy instrumental psychrock. youtu.be/kwHcZaPLl58?...
Mong Tong - Taiwan Mystery II
YouTube video by Mong Tong
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November 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Mong Tong's Taiwan Mystery II features a montage of unusual architecture and occult phenomena from around the country. It was released along with an art book featuring photos and imagery from many of these sites. The music is also really great; dreamy instrumental psychrock. youtu.be/kwHcZaPLl58?...
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It's been one month since floodwaters equating to 6,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools crashed into an #Indigenous #Taiwanese township due to a mountainous barrier lake caused by typhoons and landslides.
My A–Z guide to the 2025 Matai’an barrier lake flood: wordsfromtaiwan.medium.com/2025-mataian...
My A–Z guide to the 2025 Matai’an barrier lake flood: wordsfromtaiwan.medium.com/2025-mataian...
2025 Matai’an barrier lake flood: An A to Z guide
Of typhoons and landslides: When floodwaters equating to 6,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools crashed into an Indigenous Taiwanese township
wordsfromtaiwan.medium.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
It's been one month since floodwaters equating to 6,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools crashed into an #Indigenous #Taiwanese township due to a mountainous barrier lake caused by typhoons and landslides.
My A–Z guide to the 2025 Matai’an barrier lake flood: wordsfromtaiwan.medium.com/2025-mataian...
My A–Z guide to the 2025 Matai’an barrier lake flood: wordsfromtaiwan.medium.com/2025-mataian...
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Taichung from the rooftop of one of the tallest buildings on Taiwan Boulevard 🏙️
October 15, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Taichung from the rooftop of one of the tallest buildings on Taiwan Boulevard 🏙️
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Taiwan is a terminal society, one that is doing far too little to avert the coming demographic collapse. David Chang, founder of Crossroads, brings receipts and makes the case for more serious efforts at internationalization in this Commonwealth Magazine op-ed. english.cw.com.tw/article/arti...
Rethinking immigration to halt a growing economic security crisis｜Politics & Society｜2023-09-25｜web only
In this op-ed, David Chang tackles Taiwan's imminent demographic challenge, a matter of urgent concern. They delve into the aging population issues in Taiwan, dissecting the factors that underlie this...
english.cw.com.tw
October 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Taiwan is a terminal society, one that is doing far too little to avert the coming demographic collapse. David Chang, founder of Crossroads, brings receipts and makes the case for more serious efforts at internationalization in this Commonwealth Magazine op-ed. english.cw.com.tw/article/arti...
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glad to be born at a time when i got to see what life was like before the internet and will be dead before AI completely destroys humanity
October 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
glad to be born at a time when i got to see what life was like before the internet and will be dead before AI completely destroys humanity
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“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind
September 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind
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if charlie kirk didn't get shot the right wing would be equally and as consequentially as mad about a tv commercial or restaurant logo or something else, they're gonna do what they're gonna do regardless
September 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
if charlie kirk didn't get shot the right wing would be equally and as consequentially as mad about a tv commercial or restaurant logo or something else, they're gonna do what they're gonna do regardless
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Shining a light on an old 1950s vintage theater in Hunei, right on the border between Kaohsiung and Tainan in southern Taiwan. Only the facade remains... but it tells an interesting tale. #TheaterHunt
spectralcodex.com/hunei-wenxia...
spectralcodex.com/hunei-wenxia...
Hunei Wenxian Theater (湖內文賢戲院) - Spectral Codex
A small town theater built in the early 1950s. It operated until 1973 after which it was converted into a factory and migrant worker dormitory. Most of what remained of the structure was dismantled in...
spectralcodex.com
September 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Shining a light on an old 1950s vintage theater in Hunei, right on the border between Kaohsiung and Tainan in southern Taiwan. Only the facade remains... but it tells an interesting tale. #TheaterHunt
spectralcodex.com/hunei-wenxia...
spectralcodex.com/hunei-wenxia...
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Racers kidnapped with giant nets and ransomed. Others smuggled on to high-speed trains to get to the finish line faster. Performance enhancing drugs. Millions in alleged gambling.
Our story on the wild world of Taiwan's pigeon racing, with pics by An Rong Xu www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Our story on the wild world of Taiwan's pigeon racing, with pics by An Rong Xu www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Drugs, smuggling and abductions: inside the fast and furious world of pigeon racing in Taiwan
Low regulation and high stakes mean Taiwanese pigeon racing is awash with cheating – but efforts are afoot to clean up the sport
www.theguardian.com
August 29, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Racers kidnapped with giant nets and ransomed. Others smuggled on to high-speed trains to get to the finish line faster. Performance enhancing drugs. Millions in alleged gambling.
Our story on the wild world of Taiwan's pigeon racing, with pics by An Rong Xu www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Our story on the wild world of Taiwan's pigeon racing, with pics by An Rong Xu www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
A pretty interesting hockey card.
August 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
A pretty interesting hockey card.
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The recall movement has old roots in spontaneous local resistance
www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
Notes from Central Taiwan: Recall as resistance - Taipei Times
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
www.taipeitimes.com
July 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The recall movement has old roots in spontaneous local resistance
www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
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Honestly, quite outraging to hear that cases of abuse, untreated injuries, and death continue to occur for migrant fishermen in Taiwan’s fishing fleet
edition.cnn.com/2025/07/12/a...
edition.cnn.com/2025/07/12/a...
Taiwan is held up as a bastion of liberal values. But migrant workers report abuse, injury and death in its fishing industry | CNN
Silwanus Tangkotta was working aboard a Taiwanese fishing boat in the remote Pacific last year, when a heavy wave slammed a rolling metal door onto his hand, crushing his middle and ring fingers.
edition.cnn.com
July 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Honestly, quite outraging to hear that cases of abuse, untreated injuries, and death continue to occur for migrant fishermen in Taiwan’s fishing fleet
edition.cnn.com/2025/07/12/a...
edition.cnn.com/2025/07/12/a...
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Before tea, indigo.
'During the town’s heyday in the late 1800s, more than 80 ships traversed these waters [from Sanxia to Bangka), transporting not just indigo but local tea, camphor, timber, furniture, coal and rice noodles.'
www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
'During the town’s heyday in the late 1800s, more than 80 ships traversed these waters [from Sanxia to Bangka), transporting not just indigo but local tea, camphor, timber, furniture, coal and rice noodles.'
www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
July 13, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Before tea, indigo.
'During the town’s heyday in the late 1800s, more than 80 ships traversed these waters [from Sanxia to Bangka), transporting not just indigo but local tea, camphor, timber, furniture, coal and rice noodles.'
www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
'During the town’s heyday in the late 1800s, more than 80 ships traversed these waters [from Sanxia to Bangka), transporting not just indigo but local tea, camphor, timber, furniture, coal and rice noodles.'
www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...
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#TaiwanSensibility: 'The hashtag is often attached to shots of walkup apartment buildings built at least 40 or 50 years ago, or lush greenery, or colorful neon signage...They say that this kind of urban scenery is charming, retro, and relaxing.'
www.taiwan-panorama.com/en/Articles/...
www.taiwan-panorama.com/en/Articles/...
#Taiwan Sensibility: The Gritty, Retro Appeal of Taiwan’s Walkups
Koreans traveling in Taiwan often post photographs of Taiwanese street scenes on social media with the hashtag #대만감성—Daeman gamseong or “Taiwan sensibility.”
The hashtag is often att...
www.taiwan-panorama.com
July 8, 2025 at 2:41 AM
#TaiwanSensibility: 'The hashtag is often attached to shots of walkup apartment buildings built at least 40 or 50 years ago, or lush greenery, or colorful neon signage...They say that this kind of urban scenery is charming, retro, and relaxing.'
www.taiwan-panorama.com/en/Articles/...
www.taiwan-panorama.com/en/Articles/...
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After a speech by Lai in which he stated that the "CCP has never controlled Taiwan", Lu Shiow-yen responds to him by stating that it's "Only his personal historical viewpoint." Er, but it's true the CCP has never controlled Taiwan?
news.ltn.com.tw/news/politic...
news.ltn.com.tw/news/politic...
賴清德強調「中共從未統治台灣」 盧秀燕稱「個人史觀」挨轟 - 政治 - 自由時報電子報
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news.ltn.com.tw
June 24, 2025 at 4:52 AM
After a speech by Lai in which he stated that the "CCP has never controlled Taiwan", Lu Shiow-yen responds to him by stating that it's "Only his personal historical viewpoint." Er, but it's true the CCP has never controlled Taiwan?
news.ltn.com.tw/news/politic...
news.ltn.com.tw/news/politic...
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On the scene at a surprise discovery in the back alleys of Taichung. Just yesterday demolition workers revealed this old Zen Buddhist structure previously hidden behind metal sheeting. Some pretty intense public interest here this morning; city councilors are inspecting, media reporting.
June 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
On the scene at a surprise discovery in the back alleys of Taichung. Just yesterday demolition workers revealed this old Zen Buddhist structure previously hidden behind metal sheeting. Some pretty intense public interest here this morning; city councilors are inspecting, media reporting.
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Collection of old maps and illustrations of Taiwan.
archive.org/details/imba...
archive.org/details/imba...
Imbault Huart, Formose, Illustrations : Imbault-Huart, Cordier : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Detailed description to comeThis series of 51 pages, many with two photos on each, is a precious reminder of this set preserved at France BNF Estampes...
archive.org
June 2, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Collection of old maps and illustrations of Taiwan.
archive.org/details/imba...
archive.org/details/imba...
Cemetery of Zhenghai Army
甲仙鎮海軍墓
Graves of soldiers sent (mostly Hubei Province ) to guard and "open up" this area of Kaohsiung in the mid 1880s.
甲仙鎮海軍墓
Graves of soldiers sent (mostly Hubei Province ) to guard and "open up" this area of Kaohsiung in the mid 1880s.
May 30, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Cemetery of Zhenghai Army
甲仙鎮海軍墓
Graves of soldiers sent (mostly Hubei Province ) to guard and "open up" this area of Kaohsiung in the mid 1880s.
甲仙鎮海軍墓
Graves of soldiers sent (mostly Hubei Province ) to guard and "open up" this area of Kaohsiung in the mid 1880s.
We reach for the sky
Neither does civilization
Scooters used to cool
Neither does civilization
Scooters used to cool
May 24, 2025 at 12:04 AM
We reach for the sky
Neither does civilization
Scooters used to cool
Neither does civilization
Scooters used to cool
The "From Edo to Modern Times - Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Ukiyo-e Collection Exhibition"
A cool art thing ends Sunday
in Kaohsiung
Location
台灣創價學會 創價美術館
A cool art thing ends Sunday
in Kaohsiung
Location
台灣創價學會 創價美術館
May 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The "From Edo to Modern Times - Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Ukiyo-e Collection Exhibition"
A cool art thing ends Sunday
in Kaohsiung
Location
台灣創價學會 創價美術館
A cool art thing ends Sunday
in Kaohsiung
Location
台灣創價學會 創價美術館
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This is such an excellent article: 'Your Convenience, My Overwork', how Taiwan's ubiquitous and justly famed convenience stores replaced traditional ga-ma-diam (柑仔店) in a form of gentrification, and the advent of foreign national clerks--normal in Japan but still a radical idea in Taiwan.
"The Cost of Convenience: Precarity in Taiwanese Franchise Markets" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
The Cost of Convenience: Precarity in Taiwanese Franchise Markets | New Bloom Magazine
Employees at iconic Taiwanese diners work long hours for low pay. Major diner chains are run by large and powerful conglomerates with close ties to the government…
newbloommag.net
May 18, 2025 at 10:20 AM
This is such an excellent article: 'Your Convenience, My Overwork', how Taiwan's ubiquitous and justly famed convenience stores replaced traditional ga-ma-diam (柑仔店) in a form of gentrification, and the advent of foreign national clerks--normal in Japan but still a radical idea in Taiwan.
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"The Cost of Convenience: Precarity in Taiwanese Franchise Markets" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
The Cost of Convenience: Precarity in Taiwanese Franchise Markets | New Bloom Magazine
Employees at iconic Taiwanese diners work long hours for low pay. Major diner chains are run by large and powerful conglomerates with close ties to the government…
newbloommag.net
May 18, 2025 at 7:55 AM
"The Cost of Convenience: Precarity in Taiwanese Franchise Markets" by @brianhioe.bsky.social
Riding The Length Of Taiwan Blew Our Minds
YouTube video by Global Cycling Network
youtu.be
May 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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That sound you hear is a few thousand nerds constantly hitting refresh on the Carleton riding results
April 29, 2025 at 5:10 AM
That sound you hear is a few thousand nerds constantly hitting refresh on the Carleton riding results