A Cultural Engine for Taichung The Taichung Green Museumbrary:

Art, Books, and Everyday Life

A mild climate, convenient north–south connections, and rapid change are all part of Taichung’s distinctive character. The Taichung Green Museumbrary, opened at the end of 2025, takes stock of and responds to the city’s cultural life and local character from the perspective of urban governance.......

Five Decades of Photos of Public Structures in Taiwan

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Dragon Boating:

Speed, Strength, and Spirit The 2026 IDBF Club Crew World Championships in Hualien

The 15th International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) Club Crew World Championships (CCWC) made its Taiwan debut in Hualien. This top-tier international competition for club crews brought together some 5,800 athletes and support staff from 21 countries for contests of power and speed. The thril......

Reimagining the White Terror:

A Dark Tour of Creative Works

“Dark tourism” conventionally involves visiting human rights memorials and sites of injustice. However, through music, picture books, stage performances, films, and other art forms, creative practitioners in Taiwan are also opening a window into those dark recesses of history that used not to ......

Taiwan’s Democracy:

A Light in the Darkness

Travel is not just about seeing scenery. Visits to human rights memorials and sites of injustice offer a profound journey of reflection—a fresh look at history. This month we invite readers to experience this kind of “dark tourism.” In Taipei, we follow architectural and cultural historian Lin......

On the Trail of Democracy:

Revisiting Sites of the Kaohsiung Incident

Formosa Boulevard Station on the Kaohsiung Metro is home to The Dome of Light, a dazzling stained-glass work hailed as the world’s largest glass artwork. But while you are there, why not go up to the street level where, under the intense sunshine, four glass-clad metal-framed structures formin......

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The Path to Human Rights: Taiwan’s Democratic Journey

Travel is not just about seeing scenery. Visits to human rights memorials and sites of injustice offer a profound journey of reflection—a fresh look at history. This month we invite readers to experience this kind of “dark tourism.”......

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Illuminating the Spirit of Our Time: The National Award for Arts

This month we tell the stories of the seven winners of the 24th National Awards for Arts. These individuals have spent their lives pursuing their ideals and telling Taiwan’s stories to the world in many different ways.......

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Here’s to a Free and Democratic Taiwan! 30 Years of Direct Presidential Elections

Taiwan held its first direct presidential election in 1996. Thirty years on, we invite readers to experience Taiwan’s now-­familiar electoral culture anew through culture and aesthetics. Japanese scholars Yoshiyuki Oga­sa­wara and Masahito Wa­ta­nabe have both described Taiwan’s elections as g......

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Prime Produce: Local Ingredients Reimagined

This month we visit farmers across Taiwan who are revitalizing traditional produce into brands that are taking the market by storm, in a movement that is a microcosm of the transformation and upgrading of industries islandwide.......

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Sustainable Taiwan

Facing climate change and limited resources, progress toward “net-zero transition” has become a key indicator of national and corporate competitiveness. This month we take you across Taiwan to visit sites of “green resilience” and see our island’s astonishingly innovative solutions.......

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Rural Renaissance: From Rustic Fare to Fine Local Dining

While everyone is pursuing exquisite dishes made by internationally famous chefs, have you ever stopped to try the delicious flavors of Taiwan’s rural cuisine? In this month’s Cover Story, we explore the revolution in “new local tastes” brought about by members of the “Tian Mama” certified eat......