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One of the most delightful developments of the last decade has been the emergence of a whole continent of English-language commentary on Taiwan, rising from the sea like the island itself, along with major changes in the commentary ecosystem. In the early 2000s, there wasn’t a whole lot out there, outside the mainstream media pieces and occasional long-form thinkpieces in magazines, and what was there was largely male. There were few female writers aside from a number of very good reporters. <strong>PLURALITY OF VOICES</strong> Today, by contrast, we have a wealth of skilled and informed female journalists, commentators and writers including ....
Taiwan in Time: Warding off disease for 165 years Qingshan Temple’s annual festivities have waxed and waned over the past century, but last weekend’s all-night procession came under fire for noise pollution By Han Cheung / Staff reporter Dec. 14 to Dec. 20 A group of fishermen set sail from Taiwan in 1854 to protect today’s Wanhua District (萬華) from a devastating pandemic by retrieving a deity, known as Qingshanwang (青山王, Green Mountain King), from their ancestral home of Huian County (惠安) in Quanzhou City, Fujian Province. Upon returning to Wanhua, they hauled it inland, but only made it a little way because the effigy suddenly became too heavy to move. Worshippers saw it as a sign and built the first iteration of Qingshan Temple (青山宮). ....
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