A glimpse into Matsu’s island
Have you ever heard of Matsu? Most of the people I have met in Taiwan or abroad who never been to Matsu refer to it as a military island or…taiwanislandarchitecturelise darbasmatsu
View ArticleAfter the Show
The Shanghai World Expo is coming to an end… Six months and around seventy million visitors after its launch, what will remain of this mammoth happening? The most enduring legacy…shanghai world...
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不能沒有東南亞
文創產業的未來，不在東方，不在北方，不在西方，而在台灣的東南方。 東南亞作為台灣重要經貿夥伴 這一年來，政府急著想和中國簽訂ECFA，其實就是希望能藉道中國進入東協市場（即東南亞），可見東南亞國家不但和台灣有深厚經貿往來，而且是我們發展經貿不可或缺的一個重要市場。 東南亞的確是台灣重要的貿易夥伴，光是東協加一（包括中國及香港），就占台灣總出口的五成以上，是台灣第三大出口市場。...
View ArticleHourglass Configurations
In response to the Focus 'Beyond the Pale: Architecture in Taiwan' Pierre Maranda would like to introduce readers to what world-famous anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss wrote on the subject of...
View Article被「出賣」的台灣農地
─「土地徵收條例」的圈地陷阱 台灣的糧食自給率只有31%，但「土地徵收條例」卻以開發之名，不斷將農地變成建地，將生機轉為投機。土地淪為政商炒作標的...
View ArticleA World Falling Apart
The Huaguang community (華光社區) is one of the last mainlander villages left in central Taipei. This old community retains the mood and traditions of old times. Its inhabitants, civil...
View ArticleLife on the Yangtze in the early 20th century
My grand-father had always been a great fan of photography. As a photographer himself he did some exhibitions with his own pictures and had the opportunity to share his...
View ArticleLast Fight, Last Hope
After capturing and presenting the atmosphere at night in the Huaguang community - one of the last mainlanders village left in central Taipei-, here are the voices and faces...
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A Hand-Drawn Map of Taipei
Tom Rook was born in in Exmouth (England) in 1988. After he graduated from the geography department of the University of Nottingham, he moved to Taipei where he makes a living…...
View Article蘇州手工精神
作為明清江南區域的中心地，蘇州不僅當時經濟文化領先於全國，而且也是中國第一個早期工業化城市。因而那個時代也可以稱之為中國經濟的蘇州時代和中國文化的蘇州時代。在那個時代，蘇州手工業的發達為其區域經濟文化繁榮提供了物質基礎。明清蘇州的棉紡織業、絲織業、刺繡業、服裝業、建築業、裝潢業等產業，正如當今美國的微軟、德國的汽車、日本的半導體等成為一個地區或一個國家的支柱產業。撰文∣ 施春煜 攝影｜梁准...
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