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Putting the Environment First

The burning of waste materials continues to release dioxins, which are persistent pollutants, into the environment. Many everyday products still contain formaldehyde, a Group 1 carcinogen. Increasing demand for and use of plastics and other polymer-­based materials, which are both inexpensive ......

Digital Reading Trailblazer

Readmoo

Readmoo, a pioneer in Taiwan’s rapidly growing ebooks marketplace, is the island’s largest vendor of ebooks in traditional Chinese. It also has its own line of ebook readers, and promotes reading both online and off. The results speak for themselves: Readmoo works with more than 3000 writers a......

Playful Designs Creating a New Desktop Terrain

Once upon a time, people recorded history and passed on culture through the “four treasures of the study”: brush, ink, paper, and inkstone. But as personal computing has become ubiquitous, electronic devices have virtually taken over our desktops. Nowadays, we can find out what’s happening alm......

2007 Taiwanese Design Takes Flight

Taiwanese designs have been big winners in recent years at major international design competitions such as iF and red dot in Germany, IDEA in the US, and G-Mark in Japan. This success has gone far toward changing the stereotypical image of Taiwan as a nation that only does contract manufacturi......

Learning Huayu in Taiwan

—A Journey of Boundless Possibilities

Lukas Engström is a Swedish national based in Taiwan. Shortly after he started to learn Mandarin Chinese here, he visited a soft drinks bar to buy a cup of pearl milk tea. While in the queue, he kept repeating to himself the Chinese phrases he had to say to the staff. When at last he gave the ......

Soothing Taiwan’s Sweet Tooth

Stories of Local Pastries

Rivaling Willy Wonka’s legendary chocolate bars, and laden with even more stories than Marcel Proust’s madeleine cakes, Taiwanese pastries continue to satisfy our sweet tooth. With their origins in traditional Chinese confectionery, they are made with local ingredients rich in cultural meaning......

Tradition and Innovation:

The Protean Power of Instant Noodles

Who invented instant noodles? In Taiwan, we come across the forerunner of instant noodles, the world’s first instant noodles with sauce packets containing sumptuous chunks of meat, as well as those featuring distinctively local recipes that make use of Chinese medicinal herbs and huadiao, a cl......

A New Trend in Medical Tourism

—Healthcare and Health Maintenance in Taiwan

Hospitals in Taiwan possess high-end medical technology and equipment, and Taiwan is a world leader in certain specialties, including liver transplantation and reproductive medicine. Institutions here provide very cost-effective healthcare services and have a competitive advantage against the ......