“There is a new dynamic at work. The worldwide movement to abolish the death penalty is now irresistible,” said Roger Hood in a public talk last night in Taipei. Hood is a Professor Emeritus of criminology at Oxford University and a former...
Topics: death penalty, Human rights, Taiwan

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I have already written about great Taiwan blogs part one and part two. After finishing those posts I realised there were still a few blogs I had inadvertently omitted. I’ll make amends with a third installment.Patrick Cowsill blogs on life in...
Topics: Taiwan, taiwanderful

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With local elections approaching the campaign is not just being run on the streets but also in cyberspace. The screen shot from the DPP website above shows the party’s candidates for mayor or county commissioner in the end of year local government..
Topics: dpp, kmt, politics, Taiwan, twitter, youtube

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William Stanton, the Director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), gave a speech at the Institute of International Relations at National Chengchi University (國立政治大學) this morning. He addressed the topic of US-Taiwan relations...
Topics: nccu, Taiwan

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Formosa Betrayed, a political thriller set in Taiwan in the 1980s, now has a worldwide distributor and is set for a release in 15-20 North American cities in February 2010. A tweet from @TaiwaneseAm_org on Twitter said the film will be released on the...
Topics: formosa betrayed, Movies, Taiwan

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