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Keys of Memory

Hsieh Pei-yu and her grandmother reminisce about the days when Le Thi Thu lived in Taiwan. They view Thu as one of the family. (photo by Kent Chuang)

From Industrial to Medical Endoscopes

The Industrial Development Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs gave Adronic a grant of NT$7 million in June 2020 to assist its development of endoscopes and supporting systems. (photo by Lin Min-hsuan)

Government and Citizens Unite Against Covid-19

Yi Tonn Covid Prevention Arts and Crafts Studio (photo by Lin Min-hsuan)

Voices from the Grassroots

Voices from the Grassroots—Reinterpreting Construction-Site Culture (photo by Kent Chuang)

Listening for the Sounds of Life

Through continuous exploration and experimentation, Yannick Dauby is uncovering the subtle symphonic movements of life. (photo by Jimmy Lin)

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Entrepreneurship

Government Goes Viral

The Rising Star of Social Media Editors

In their communications with the public, government agencies are turning away from old habits of issuing haughty pronouncements couched in stuffy officialese. Instead they are employing social media editors who are full of whacky ideas and are a match for every conceivable challenge. These editors e ...more

Global Outlook

An Innovative Global Curriculum

Minerva Schools Comes to Taiwan

The Minerva Schools program at California’s Keck Graduate Institute prides itself on being a university of the world. Not confined to any physical campus, Minerva students visit seven cities across the world during their four-year degree programs. They interact with their teachers through webi ...more

Cultural Trends

Voices from the Grassroots

Reinterpreting Construction-Site Culture

Small children are always dazzled when they see the machinery at construction sites, while the workers who put up buildings seem like heroes. But after growing up, children are no longer curious about the world behind the construction hoardings, and life inside the hoardings is like a parallel unive ...more

Cultural Trends

Listening for the Sounds of Life

Experiencing Nature and Culture Via Sound Art

In this world of ours, countless sound waves are moving rapidly and intangibly, endlessly coming, going, and resonating. In the air, in the water, in the countryside and cities, in seemingly quiet spaces, life-forms use a variety of vocabularies to continually interact with each other. Human ea ...more

Communities

Upholding Thai Culture in Taiwan

The Four Faces Thai Traditional Dancers Group

Tradition has it that if you make a request of the deity Phra Phrom and your wish is granted, you must come and show your gratitude in whatever way you promised at the time of your request. There are many ways to show gratitude. Those with enough money can make offerings of gold or elephants, while ...more

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

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

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

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

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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Global Outlook

The Minerva students were impressed by the Taiwanese people’s active participation in the presidential election of 2020. (photo by Kent Chuang)

Cultural Trends

Nowadays, patrons of Pingtung salons read copies of the county’s Amazing Pingtung magazine while getting their hair done. (photo by Jimmy Lin)

Photo Essay

A field of garlic chives in blossom (photo by Jimmy Lin)

Cultural Trends

Lin Yaqing’s guided tour for Walk in Taiwan enables participants to see different historical eras through architecture and to feel the vitality of manual workers. (photo by Kent Chuang)

Communities

The members of the Four Faces dance group are all Thai by birth and they all have a firm foundation of dance training. (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.