Colors in Bloom

Through the ages, people have taken deep pleasure in the blooming of flowers. Taiwan’s mild climate allows for various plants to blossom throughout the year. Splendid beauty springs forth from a backdrop of green, adorning otherwise ordinary landscapes and providing a marvelous occasion for an......

A Bird’s-Eye View of Taiwan

Architecture

Taiwan has a diverse architectural culture. Southern Fujianese, Hakka, Japanese, Western, and all kinds of innovative styles find a common home and blossom in this land. This diversity of architecture has become a special part of the scenery in places all over Taiwan. As part of the series “A ......

Scenes of Cloud Gate

Liu Chen-hsiang, born in 1963, is one of Taiwan’s preeminent photographers. When awarding him the prestigious Wu San-Lien Award for Photography in 2010, the judges remarked that his works are “witness to the evolution of Taiwanese society and culture, successfully capturing dancers in their mo......

Tentacles

The 2020 “Nuit Blanche” in Taipei took place in the city’s Nangang District and was met with great enthusiasm. The work that drew the most attention was Tentacles, an inflatable installation piece by the British artist Filthy Luker. Colorful octopus tentacles emerged from the Nangang Station b......

Re-created Historic Sites Capture Keelung’s Stormy History

Waves are their sky, and trawler deck their land. Not nigh is the sea that fishermen survey, but distant.                        —Zeng Yuanyao, “Railroad Alley Days”......

Meeting New Demand for Vegetarian Foods

Taiwan's Plant-Based Meat Experts

Beyond Meat, the American maker of meat substitutes, was established in 2009. Since then, Taiwan has seen the rise of a new kind of vegetarianism, one not limited to certain religious groups, but that also extends to people who adopt it for reasons related to health, the environment, or a love......

Experiencing Slow Travel on the South Link Train Line

They came to capture images of trains against the backdrop of the blue ocean at the mouth of the Jiajinlin River in Taitung County’s Dawu Township or at Duoliang in Taimali Township. All last year train buffs headed to locations along the South Link Line in Taitung and Pingtung to snap images ......

Taiwan’s Vegetarian Awakening

A Gathering Trend

This is a social movement without tensions and clamor. In place of accusations and criticism, you find mirth and a sense of duty. Instead of preaching and protesting, you get your message across through the watchwords “Health, Environment, and Sustain­ability.” This is the vegetarian movement,......