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Making Waves with Nautical Education

—Yue Ming Elementary and Junior High School

In the beloved comic book and anime series One Piece, Luffy and his companions sail the Going Merry over the high seas, hunting for a mysterious treasure. Yue Ming Elementary and Junior High School is giving Taiwan its own young nautical adventurers. These young mariners have sailed all the wa......

Water, Water, Everywhere—

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In his book Shuicheng Taipei (“The Water City of Taipei”), author Shu Guozhi describes the dense concentration of waterways and ubiquity of wet rice paddies in 1970s Taipei. “Women did laundry at the sides of streams that could be found everywhere. When out and about, people walked alongside r......

The Glittering Ponds of the Taoyuan Plateau

Flying into or out of Taoyuan International Airport, if you look out the window during takeoff or landing you will see numerous large ponds interspersed among the green fields. This is the liquid landscape of the Taoyuan Plateau, and the reason why Taoyuan is known as “the land of a thousand ponds.”......

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On a map, the Gaoping River and its tributaries look like blue veins on a leaf. From its source on Yushan, the Gaoping River crosses 23 townships before finally emptying into the Taiwan Strait. Together with its five main tributaries—the Laonong, Qishan, Zhuokou, Ailiao, and Meinong rivers—it ......

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Shortwave Broadcasting in the 21st Century:

Radio Taiwan International

Giving voice to Taiwan in 20 languages, the Central Broadcasting System—under its call sign Radio Taiwan International—broadcasts to some 150 countries. In a tumultuous world, RTI continues to offer companionship and encouragement to listeners, helping them through life’s slings and arrows.......

Breaking the Mold:

Yuantai Bamboo Crafts

Walking down Dingheng Street in Nantou County’s Zhushan Township, we are drawn to the retro handwritten sign of Yuantai Bamboo Crafts, a workshop that is breathing new life into a declining industry.......

Making It Evergreen:

Brilliant Bamboo Craft

In modern Taiwan, traditional bamboo utensils no longer play an indispensable role in our daily lives. Nevertheless, we can still come across treasures made of bamboo in shops in Central Taiwan’s Nantou County, a stronghold of bamboo crafts.......

Lukang

A Treasure House of Minnan Craftsmanship

Lukang, which once ranked second behind Tainan and ahead of Bangka (Wanhua) as one of Taiwan’s top three population centers, is a historic town that flourished for a time during the Qing Dynasty. Faced with the ravages of time, it has maintained its posture of stubborn resistance, and like the......