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All Posts Tagged With: "Taiwan"
Worldfocus Radio
November 11, 2009
Worldfocus Radio: LGBT politics and gay asylum
Perspectives
November 11, 2009
Taiwanese baseball fans outraged by game-fixing charges
Hsin-Yin Lee writes how a game-fixing scandal has rocked Taiwanese professional baseball. Unlike Phillies fans who vow for a comeback next season, fans in Taiwan wonder if there is a future for the island's beloved sport. Evidence says Taiwan's league is all mobbed up.
Perspectives
October 28, 2009
Taiwanese Internet gamers addicted to ‘Happy Farm’
"Happy Farm," a six-month-old Facebook application, has spawned millions of cyber farmers across Taiwan. Hsin-Yin Lee, a former associate producer at Worldfocus, writes about the current Taiwanese obsession with growing crops and using livestock.
Video
August 11, 2009
Hundreds missing in Asia after typhoon and flooding
In Asia, frantic rescue efforts are underway following a devastating typhoon that struck both China and Taiwan. Hundreds are missing after the worst flooding in half a century.
Blogwatch / Video
August 10, 2009
Typhoon and earthquakes devastate Asia
In Asia, Typhoon Morakot has been downgraded to a tropical storm, but not before it caused widespread destruction in several countries, from China to the Philippines. Meanwhile, Japan has been hit with a series of powerful earthquakes.
Perspectives
February 23, 2009
Taiwanese men return from mainland China empty-handed
In recent years, men from Taiwan left behind families to look for work on the Chinese mainland. Now, as the economic crisis deepens, writes a Worldfocus contributing blogger, these men are headed back to Taiwan with empty pockets.
Signature Video
February 2, 2009
China and Taiwan cope with decades of tension
Last May, Ma Ying-jeou was sworn in as Taiwan's new president and promised to improve relations with mainland China after decades of tension. Worldfocus explores Taiwan's progressing relations with mainland China.
