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Book review: Sex, family and the Taiwanese psyche
2+ hour, 44+ min ago (1045+ words) A book that focuses on Taiwanese and the most intimate part of their psyche, rather than treating them as pawns in geopolitics, is a rare thing. Hoi Yan-yau (), an associate professor at National Taiwan Normal University, based Sex, Culture and…...
Taiwanese literature translators discuss language, culture in Poland
2+ hour, 44+ min ago (300+ words) Translators, scholars and publishers from across Europe gathered in Poland this week to discuss the challenges of bringing Taiwanese literature to international readers, according to the National Museum of Taiwan Literature in Taipei. Their conversations ranged from linguistic nuance and…...
Palace Museum to hold Dragon Boat flute concert
14+ hour, 2+ min ago (237+ words) The National Palace Museum is to hold a free flute concert at its main branch in Taipei on Friday next week to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. The program is to feature musical arrangements inspired by summer blooms, as well…...
Copenhagen crowd cheers Mullet Championship
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (529+ words) Business in the front, party in the back. A packed Danish crowd on Saturday celebrated the much-maligned but enduring mullet hairstyle, defined by very short hair at the front and longer hair at the back. Denmark's raucous Mullet Championship, presented…...
Taiwan's lost cinema finds a new audience
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (699+ words) Taipei Times - All Front Page Taiwan News Business Editorial & Opinion Sports World News Features Bilingual Pages Taiwan's lost cinema finds a new audience Screenings of restored 1950s and 1960s Taiwanese-language films in Britain do more than celebrate a cinematic anniversary " they showcase…...
Taiwan's Li Ang opens Poland's Authors' Reading Month with reading - Taipei Times
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (449+ words) Taiwanese author Li Ang () opened the Polish edition of Authors" Reading Month at Wroc'awski Dom Literatury in Wroc'aw, Poland, on Saturday with a reading from her latest work, which draws on Taiwan"s supernatural folklore and religious traditions. Li said…...
Taiwan in Time: Where incense flowers once bloomed year round - Taipei Times
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (819+ words) June 8 to June 14 It was once said that flowers bloomed throughout the four seasons in Yunxiaocuo (). Not real ones, but "incense flowers," referring to a radiating circular formation of freshly cut incense sticks set out to dry. Up until the…...
In D-Day tale "Pressure, Andrew Scott is a forecaster with news nobody wants to hear
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (563+ words) Sure, folks discuss the weather a lot, especially in Britain. Still, it's hard to imagine that a quiet chat about the weather " and why it isn't boring " could be an emotional high point of a feature film. Especially when that…...
You can be made a laughing stock to millions: can gen Z escape the fear of being cringe?
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (724+ words) Now 25, but having started making this kind of content " "weird skits" " at 20, Whitney is part of what is known online as Cringe Tok, a subsection of the Internet that deals in content designed to make your toes curl. It's in…...
Ballerinas in Cuba dance their way through crisis
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (587+ words) Cuban ballerina Laura Kamila Rojas is dancing her way through the transport woes, lengthy power cuts and economic hardship that now define daily life on the Caribbean island. Twirling and pirouetting as a soloist with the National Ballet of Cuba,…...