Today is February 28th. Much like 9/11, this date is known in Taiwan simply by it’s numbers: “228″, and is recognized each year by the Taiwanese for what happened there 56 years ago. If you think 9/11 was bad, read … Continue reading →

Yesterday during a televised speech, Taiwan��Ωs president Chen Shui-Bian called for a referendum on the possibility of Taiwan unifying with the mainland People��Ωs Republic of China, and consistently referred to the two countries as what they are ��Ω two separate … Continue reading →

Here is perhaps the longest-overdue headline I’ve ever seen: Taiwanese say it’s time to scrap island’s official name ‘Republic of China’ and replace it with ‘Taiwan’. This link is to Yahoo, but I’ve seen versions of it in the New … Continue reading →