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Creating Change Around the World
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Creating Change Around the World

TaiwanICDF’s Overseas Volunteers

Volunteering abroad can be like an in-depth tour of a new place. It requires you to free yourself from your initial preconceptions, and learn to look at the world through the eyes of local people and really understand what they need. ...more
The Benevolence of the Land
Around Taiwan

The Benevolence of the Land

Master Rice Farmers Wei Jui-ting and Tseng Kuo-chi

“If you aren’t good at school, then go into farming!” This is what older rice farmers used to tell their offspring. But younger people, determined not to be farmers, studied hard and escaped from their rural hometowns. Wei Jui-ting from Chishang in Taitung County and Tseng Kuo-chi ...more
Paving the Way for Rural Children
Cultural Trends

Paving the Way for Rural Children

Boyo Graduates Share Their Experiences

Before Lee Chia-tung, professor emeritus at National Tsing Hua University, founded the rural educational organization Boyo Social Welfare Foundation, he taught at St. Teresa Children’s Center for many years. When asked why he didn’t just donate money instead of teaching at the center, he ...more
Archiving Memories
Cultural Trends

Archiving Memories

Lan Tsu-wei on Taiwan’s Audiovisual Culture

In the 1980s there was a film library tucked away inside an unpretentious office building on Qingdao East Road in Taipei City. This mecca for Taiwanese film buffs offered access to the works of internationally acclaimed directors such as François Truffaut, Alain Resnais, Werner Herzog, Wim We ...more
The Rise of Esports
Global Outlook

The Rise of Esports

A Fantastic, Challenging Adventure

Gaming can be addictive and can cause people to waste entire days playing, but it can also be a crucible for honing perseverance, willpower, and the drive to chase your dreams. With the quiet efforts of competitors, coaches, and members of the gaming industry, esports is gradually losing its old sti ...more

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Mobilizing Against a Pandemic
Global Outlook

Mobilizing Against a Pandemic

Safeguarding Taiwan, Helping the World

According to Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of late May 2020 more than 5 million cases of COVID-19 and more than 340,000 deaths from the disease have been confirmed worldwide. The pandemic is being called the greatest threat to humanity since World War II and the most severe blow ...more
Walk in Taiwan
Around Taiwan

Walk in Taiwan

Showcasing a Culturally Self-Confident Nation

How do you pronounce the word for “tea” in your culture? Is it more like “cha,” or more like “tea”? James Shih, a guide for “Walk in Taiwan,” likes to use this question as an entry point when explain­ing to foreign visitors how tea culture spread f ...more
A Community-Driven Effort to Improve Our Air
Entrepreneurship

A Community-Driven Effort to Improve Our Air

Taiwan’s AirBox Sensors

EdiGreen’s AirBox, a device that uses microsensors to check air pollution levels, generating big data that is published online, has emerged from the Taiwanese public’s pursuit of better air quality. This world-­leading technology is providing Taiwan with rich data for analysis, attra ...more
A 24-Hour Bookstore Turns Its Final Page
Cultural Trends

A 24-Hour Bookstore Turns Its Final Page

Eslite’s Dunnan Branch Closes Its Doors

When Robert Wu, founder of the Eslite Group, was 38, he fell seriously ill, and lost a lot of blood in surgery, nearly dying. This brush with death opened his eyes anew, and he began to think about the meaning of the things he had pursued in his life. He discovered that he not only wanted to open a ...more
Seeing the Forest and the Trees
Around Taiwan

Seeing the Forest and the Trees

Taiwan's Tree Researchers and Forestry Surveyors

How tall is a tree? How many leaves does it have? And how many trees are there in a forest? Almost all children ask such questions in their stage of inquisitive wonder. After growing up, you aren’t likely to encounter these questions in daily life unless you’re a forestry professional. B ...more

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Annular eclipse (photographed by Kent Chuang at Fuli Township, Hualien County)

Photo Essay

Annular eclipse (photographed by Kent Chuang at Fuli Township, Hualien County)

As founder and faculty advisor of the journalism club at Hui-Wen High School, Vincent Tsai has enjoyed witnessing his students’ growth from performing their editorial duties. (photo by Kent Chuang)

Cultural Trends

As founder and faculty advisor of the journalism club at Hui-Wen High School, Vincent Tsai has enjoyed witnessing his students’ growth from performing their editorial duties. (photo by Kent Chuang)

(photo by Jimmy Lin)

Photo Essay

(photo by Jimmy Lin)

Wei Jui-ting, a child of a farming family who left his rural hometown behind, later returned home and now uses technology and expertise to market his rice around the world. (photo by Lin Min-hsuan)

Around Taiwan

Wei Jui-ting, a child of a farming family who left his rural hometown behind, later returned home and now uses technology and expertise to market his rice around the world. (photo by Lin Min-hsuan)
Under the direction of Kooidea’s Andrew Huang, Weiwei Chou’s team successfully kicked off the first sales campaign for the Yoyusunsun brand of dried squid. From left to right: Jacky Chen, Weiwei Chou, Derrick Liu, Annie Sung. (photo by Jimmy Lin)

Cultural Trends

Under the direction of Kooidea’s Andrew Huang, Weiwei Chou’s team successfully kicked off the first sales campaign for the Yoyusunsun brand of dried squid. From left to right: Jacky Chen, Weiwei Chou, Derrick Liu, Annie Sung. (photo by Jimmy Lin)

Moments in Time to Last an Eternity

The Taiwan Panorama Photo Collection is a visual record of this land of Taiwan and of its people, from the exalted to the ordinary. It includes a rich variety of images, covering local life and customs, holidays, folk rituals, and portraits of individuals, as well as pictures taken by our photojournalists on assignment abroad. These images tell the true story of the emotional attachment people this land and its people. In this ever-changing world, these moments, frozen in time by our cameras, will last forever.

The founder of Boyo Foundation, Lee Chia-tung, realized that many rural children are unaware of what’s going on in society and in the world. Lee hopes to broaden their perspectives through reading and activities. (photo by Kent Chuang)

Cultural Trends

The founder of Boyo Foundation, Lee Chia-tung, realized that many rural children are unaware of what’s going on in society and in the world. Lee hopes to broaden their perspectives through reading and activities. (photo by Kent Chuang)
Rock YeNai spreads the idea that older people are still useful members of society. (photo by Lin MIn-hsuan)

Communities

Rock YeNai spreads the idea that older people are still useful members of society. (photo by Lin MIn-hsuan)

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