If you walk into a department store, you’ll immediately be exposed to all kinds of ready-made brands, with prices ranging from high to low. You’ll often wait for the discount season to feel the joy of getting a bargain — a special virtue in Asia.
But as we reach a certain age, our bodies and…
The new retrospective of Chung Kui-ying’s work, currently at the National Museum of History in Taipei, is a storm of colours.
A student of Liao Chi-chun and one of Taiwan’s pioneering post-war women artists, Chung walked the same experimental path as her mentor but pushed it in her own direction: her weapon of choice is…
Who is this handsome gentleman? This is Louis Chung. He made this costume.
As in, he designed it? Designed it and tailor-made it with his team. Louis is the owner of Sinfonia, a fashion brand and workshop in Taipei.
And how did he learn to do that? We asked him. He learned overseas:
“After learning…
At the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, it doesn’t take long before you forget you’re at a trade fair.
Taipei Dangdai is the kind of art fair that doesn’t just show you things; it invites you to wander, pause, and listen. Now in its sixth edition, the fair has matured into a confident mix of…
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Baseball Fairies: Taiwan’s “Cheerleaders’ Diplomacy”
It is Taiwan’s national sport. Baseball gets people moving all around the island, riveted to their television or lining up to enter stadiums. It has a tangled history of colonialism and national pride, but it is the only sport in Taiwan that generates such momentum. And…
Here is Taiwan's latest viral picture
Why are you showing me this? This is a picture that went viral in Taiwan. This week, it was all over Threads, the favourite social network of Taiwan's youth, and spilled over to Instagram and Facebook.
What is it? This is a picture of a protest…
