On the 6th day of the Chinese lunar year, the Tsuhsih Temple holds a pigs of God contest where the aim is to raise the fattest pig. The controversial...
The Chinese Lantern Festival traditionally takes place on the 15th day of the first lunar month. In Pingxi, Taiwan, a massive release of sky lanterns...
On the 6th day of the Chinese lunar year, the Tsuhsih Temple holds a pigs of God contest where the aim is to raise the fattest pig. The controversial practice is opposed by animal activ...
The Chinese Lantern Festival traditionally takes place on the 15th day of the first lunar month. In Pingxi, Taiwan, a massive release of sky lanterns takes place in the period between l...
The first 6 days of the Chinese lunar new year, traditional temples are packed with worshipers who come to ask for good fortune, receive blessings, make offerings and pray for a prosper...
Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations begin on New Year's Eve when families get together for a feast. Special markets are set up providing food, snacks and candy. Dihua Street and Na...
Incumbent Ma Ying-jeou and running mate Wu Den-yih of the KMT won the 2012 Taiwan Presidential election with 51.6% of the vote, a margin of 6% or 800 000 votes over challenger Tsai Ing-...
On the eve of the 2012 Taiwan elections, candidates Ma Ying-jeou (incumbent) of the KMT and Tsai Ing-wen of the DPP held final rallies across the island nation. Polls suggest this will ...
Behind the scenes at a Taiwanese/Chinese Opera performance in Taipei. The Taiwanese style of Chinese opera originated a century ago in Yilan, Taiwan and can commonly be seen at temples ...
A Cargo vessel ran aground and broke in half near Keelung City. The oil spill has spread to cover an area of 3km long and about 20m to 40m deep. Taiwan. 3rd October 2011
The remains of the Taiwanese-owned, Panama-registered Jui Hsing gravel ship that ran aground and broke in half. Four crewmembers were killed, while six remain missing. Taiwan. 3rd Octob...
Workers from the EPA cleaned up a strip of beach near Keelung after the Jui Hsing, a Taiwanese-owned cargo vessel registered in Panama, ran aground and broke in half, causing an oil spi...
Four sailors were confirmed dead and six were missing after rescuers saved 11 from a freighter that ran aground near Keelung and broke in half, causing an oil spil. Keelung City, Taiwan...
Ten stories of scaffolding around the Splendor Hotel in downtown Taichung collapsed. Reports that at least 12 people were injured including one person in a critical condition. Taichung,...
About one hundred anti-nuclear protesters made speeches and collected signatures for a petition outside Taipei Station. Former premier Frank Hsieh attended the protest. Taipei, Taiwan. ...
Taiwan has the fourth largest shark catch in the world, a large part of which goes to fuel the global trade in shark fins, long considered a delicacy in traditional Chinese culture.
An anti-nuclear protest with the theme "No to nuclear power" was held in Taipei in the wake of the nuclear incident in Fukushima. Taipei, Taiwan. 20/03/201
Several thousand people joined a rally in Taichung to support Su Jia-chyuan, the Democratic Progressive Party's candidate for Mayor of Taichung in the election to be held on 27th N...
Thousands of people marched through Taipei to protest against expansion of the petrochemical industry in Taiwan. Many came from Changhua and Yunlin counties which are directly affected ...
Hello, did anyone get pics
Hello, did anyone get pics from the protests against the lifting of the ban on US beef imports in Taipei ?
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Typhoon Morakot is expected
Typhoon Morakot is expected to hit Taiwan in the next few days. Images and reports welcome.
Taiwan legalises
Taiwan legalises prostitution, 600,000 people are involved in sex-related jobs. Images and reports are welcome.