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Keeping Cool and Changing the World

For their delicious ice creams, 1982 de glacée carefully selects environmentally friendly ingredients like high-welfare eggs, artisanal brown sugar, and free-trade organic cocoa. (photo by Jimmy Lin)

Frozen Desserts with Local Fruit

“23.5 Cactus Sorbet,” located in downtown Magong City, not only has a shop with a very impressive style, they have developed gelato whose mouthfeel is different from traditional ice cream. (photo by Kent Chuang)

Conversations with Taiwan Panorama Shining Lights in Eastern Taiwan

Paul Chiang (left), Stanley Yen (right) (photo by Jimmy Lin)

Rumors vs. Reality

The Dr. Message team took first prize at the US–Taiwan Tech Challenge, receiving recognition of their efforts to combat disinformation. (photo by Kent Chuang)

The Power of Food Education

The whole world should know about Taitung’s fantastic food and stunning scenery! (photo by Jimmy Lin)

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Around Taiwan

Frozen Desserts with Local Fruit

Penghu Cactus Ice and Yujing Mango Ice

Many travelers make pilgrimages to certain locations just to enjoy a bowl of shaved ice, ice cream, or sorbet made with locally produced fruit. Each and every mouthful offers a fresh taste. Local people are very proud of their frozen desserts, which are an integral part of the history of small towns ...more

Around Taiwan

The Power of Food Education

Raising Taitung’s Culinary Profile

“Fooding Taitung” is on a mission to reveal Taitung as a gastronomic powerhouse. Operated by AGUA Design, the project launched in 2019 with the support of the Taitung County Government and the Taitung Design Center. ...more

Cultural Trends

Conversations with Taiwan Panorama Shining Lights in Eastern Taiwan

Stanley Yen’s and Paul Chiang’s Blueprint for Taitung

When you think of Taitung, all kinds of exciting activities come to mind: the Chishang Autumn Rice Harvest Arts Festival, the Taiwan Open of Surfing at Jinzun, the Taiwan International Balloon Festival on the Luye Highland…. People used to have a stereotypical image of Taitung as ha ...more

Cultural Trends

Applause and Bated Breath

Taiwan Acrobats Dazzle Overseas Audiences

Taiwan Acrobatic Troupe turns 30 this year. Sponsored by National Taiwan College of Performing Arts (NTCPA), it is Taiwan’s sole professional acrobatic performance team. Over the course of three decades, the troupe has upheld and developed a performing tradition, nurturing a bevy of talent. In ...more

Global Outlook

Help from Above

Taiwanese Drone Technology

Thanks to Taiwan’s outstanding information and communications technology and its prowess in artificial intelligence, the island’s commercial unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industry has become a bright new star, with applications in the fields of disease prevention, disaster relief, and ag ...more

Global Outlook

Yang 2020

A Son of Taiwanese Immigrants Runs for US President

Dr. Andrew Yang, the first person of Taiwanese heritage to seek the Democratic Party nomination for US president, is the son of immigrants from Taiwan. Yang has a background in law and the tech industry. What ideals for social transformation is he bringing to American politics? ...more

Around Taiwan

A Home away from Home

Staying the Night in Taiwan

When it comes to service, the British emphasize elegance, while the Japanese focus on meticulousness, but both tend to generate a sense of aloofness. But in Taiwan, this little Pacific island off the coast of East Asia, friendliness does not need to be “unzipped,” and personable hospital ...more

Around Taiwan

Takeaway Scenery

Travel Souvenirs

A trip to Taiwan can mean many things: personally visiting some of its 368 districts and townships, tasting local specialties, uploading photos to Instagram and Facebook…. Regardless of how you plan your visit, you will certainly want physical reminders of the scenes and scenery you expe ...more

Around Taiwan

Journey of Memories

Cycling the Chianan Plain

Cycling through the Chianan Plain along Taiwan’s oldest highway—Provincial Highway 1—the places we pass are bastions of prosperity pioneered by our forebears: irrigation reservoirs, cattle markets, bustling districts around train stations…. This journey follows the cent ...more

Around Taiwan

Come Visit Taiwan!

Experience Its Beauty First Hand

When foreigners travel in Taiwan, they experience the island with fresh and different perspectives. In so doing they remind locals of what is beautiful about this land and its people. Here we invite two foreign nationals who are Taiwan travel experts to share their experiences of “Taiwan-style ...more

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Around Taiwan

Second-generation owner Michel Kuo (left) and his son Renhao (right) have lovingly preserved Charng Mei’s vintage flavors. (photo by Lin Min-hsuan)

Around Taiwan

Though Madou’s Central Market has been in decline, Longquan’s delectable desserts are still attracting customers old and new. (photo by Lin Min-hsuan)

Photo Essay

Old streets of Jiufen (photo by Lin Min-hsuan)

Entrepreneurship

Wu Chun-yen’s shaved ice is nothing short of a gourmet dessert, and customers can get a full view of how it is made. (photo by Lin Min-hsuan)

Around Taiwan

A broad swathe of prickly pear cactuses growing on the Wai’an Headland on Penghu’s Xiyu Island. (photo by Kent Chuang)

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.