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Nine sperm whales were located by a whale watching vessel outside of Hualien on Sunday ahead of their regular migratory season, a local whale watching operator said Monday. ....
Taiwan is an island country. Although it is surrounded by the sea, its people fear the sea since the politics, the history and the religious beliefs held on this island make people turn their backs to the sea. Oceanic literature author Liao Hung-chi and underwater photographer Ray Chin lead the audience out to the sea and into the water. They prompt us to understand the sea and to think about the possibility that the ocean might become our lives and the future of our country. ....
Movie review: Whale Island This tender and majestic ode to the sea follows two men deeply drawn to the deep blue, connecting their unrelated stories through their struggles to balance their passions with family life By Han Cheung / Staff reporter Even though Taiwan is surrounded by the ocean, its people have turned their backs on the sea for too long, writer and marine advocate Liao Hung-chi (廖鴻基) says in the documentary Whale Island (男人與他的海). Liao laments that due to a multitude of social and political factors, most Taiwanese don’t understand the ocean, which is often walled off by concrete tetrapods or coastal industrial zones. Through his life’s work, he hopes that Taiwanese can face the waves head on both literally and figuratively. ....