Zhang Sanfeng is known as the founder of Tai Chi, or Taijiquan, which is an internal Chinese martial art practiced for both its defense training and its health benefits. The term taiji refers to a philosophy of the forces of yin and yang, related to the set moves. It is said that many of the Zhang ...
Located at an upstream valley of the Qingshui River at Datong Township in northern Taiwan’s Yilan County (宜蘭縣), Qingshui Geothermal Park (清水地熱公園) is a popular destination for fun and enjoyment. It was formerly a workstation of Taiwan’s state-run Chinese Petroleum Corporation (CPC), which started to drill exploratory wells in the vicinity in 1976. Since the ...
At the 55th Golden Horse Awards in Taipei last November, the winner of the best documentary called for the independence of Taiwan on live TV. Three months later, public polls suggest that the Taiwanese have no desire to unify with China despite consistent threats from Beijing. Taiwan and independence The demand for Taiwan’s independence was made ...
A peculiar mountain, the Banping Mountain sits at the junction of Zuoying District and Nanzi District of Kaohsiung City in Taiwan. One side of the mountain ridge is so flat that it looks like it has been cut off with a knife. The residents say it resembles a painted screen, so everyone calls it the ...
With this year’s Hong Kong Arts Festival set to begin in about a week, all eyes are on an event that celebrates Taiwanese writer, dancer, and choreographer Lin Hwai-min. He is also one of the top orchestral conductors in the world. A retrospective of Lin Hwai-min’s work will be held during the festival. Goodbye to ...
Australian Counselor Gary Cowan took up office in Taiwan in 2018. He loves nature and often participates in various outdoor activities. Gary also said that he likes the country very much for three reasons: its scenery, the food, and its people. According to the United Daily News, Gary Cowan, the representative of the Australian office, ...
Dihua Street in the city of old Taipei was once a very prosperous region in Taiwan. However, the rapid development of other areas in the past few decades had left the neighborhood a pale reminder of its past. All this seems to be changing now as the region is seeing a boom in cultural business. ...
Taiwan’s humane environment and democratic freedoms have often won praises from many foreign visitors. Andie, a Canadian artist who has visited Taiwan three times, recently talked about why she keeps returning and why she does not like the mainland from a foreigner’s point of view in a short video. Andie said that she preferred Taiwan ...
A delivery service from Taiwan, SF Express, has reignited the debate on the menace of Chinese authoritarianism after it refused to send books to Hong Kong that it deemed were “harmful to China’s politics, culture, and morality.” SF Express censorship The first person who reported the delivery’s refusal to send books was columnist Leung Man-tao. ...
A new poll of Taiwanese citizens shows that more than four-fifths of the islanders have no interest in their country being unified with China under the “One Country, Two Systems” policy. The survey comes on the heels of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s remarks that Beijing will use military force if required to make Taiwan a ...
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