Peanut Butter Samples May Be Contaminated
The Consumers’ Foundation yesterday said 50 percent of sampled peanut butter was found to contain aflatoxin – a substance that can be harmful to humans over long-term consumption. According to the foundation, the amount of aflatoxin found in the test samples did not exceed the 15-parts per billion legal limit. However, the consumer watchdog is...Continue reading
Taiwanese Singer-Songwriter Jonathan Lee Performs at Hollywood’s Dolby Theater
Singer-songwriter and record producer Jonathan Lee has become the first Taiwanese singer to perform at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California. Lee performed his most popular songs on Sunday at the 3,400 seat venue, which was 90 percent full. During the concert, Lee shared a video clip of him recording music in Los Angeles 30...Continue reading
Dancing Twins Zony and Yony to Release Album, DVD and Book
Six year-old twins Zony and Yony are set to release an album, a DVD and a book. They have also filmed a music video, which features the elementary age-twins playing on Fulong beach and writing calligraphy at Tainan’s Confucius Temple. Zony and Yony made headlines in Taiwan in February, after a video of them wearing...Continue reading
Luc Besson’s Lucy Starring Scarlett Johansson in Taipei City Set to Hit Taiwanese Theaters August 22
Lucy, a blockbuster film that was filmed in Taipei, will be hitting theaters in Taiwan August 22. The movie is directed by French director Luc Besson, and it stars Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freeman. Many locals here in Taipei might remember last year when they spotted Johansson filming in many of Taipei’s most distinguished areas...Continue reading
Taiwanese Tennis Player Chan Hao-ching Advances to the Wimbledon Finals for Mixed Doubles
Taiwanese tennis player Chan Hao-ching and her Belarusian partner Max Mirnyi advanced to the finals of the Wimbledon mixed doubles Saturday, displaying the best performance ever by the young athlete in a grand slam event. Chan wrote on her Facebook page, “It’s very happy to advance to the finals in Wimbledon. I’ll be more focused...Continue reading
Local Chef Chen Li-zhi of 85C Bakery Wins Global Pastry Chefs Challenge in Norway
Taiwan pasty chef Chen Li zhi took the top prize in the first Global Pastry Chefs Challenge in Norway Sunday – with a creation he said highlights the importance of protecting the earth. Chen’s pastry work – titled “The 3-D Reflection of Deep Blue Ocean” – was an edible depiction of a humpback whale leaping...Continue reading
Giant Panda Cub Yuan Zai Celebrates Her First Birthday at Taipei Zoo
Giant panda cub – Yuan Zai – celebrated her first birthday Sunday with a giant fruit cake Sunday. The 34-kilogram cub was also showed several bamboo branches decorated with signs reading different professions — a unique take on the common practice of a one-year-old child choosing from different items symbolizing various jobs. Yuan Zai’s picks...Continue reading
Taiwan Talk: NDC Head on Push for Free Economic Pilot Zones (7/7-8/2014)
Listen Episode Description The Ma administration is currently promoting a plan to develop what it’s calling Free Economic Pilot Zones in a number of locations around Taiwan as a way of testing out economic deregulation that it says will pave the way for market liberalization and increased trade. However, key provisions of the plan have...Continue reading
15th Annual Taiwan Comic Fair Expected to Attract Over Half a Million Visitors
Graphic artists, voice actors and animators from Taiwan and Japan will gather in Taipei on August 7th for the opening of the 2014 Comic Exhibition. According to the Taipei-based Chinese Animation and Comic Publishers Association, 24 artists are so far set to participate in the exhibition’s activities and book-signing events and more are expected to sign...Continue reading
ICRT Joins TuneIn Radio to Bring Mobile and Online Streaming
International Community Radio Taipei (ICRT) has become the first radio station in Taiwan to officially team up with TuneIn to bring broadcasts to mobile devices around the world. “ICRT listeners are avid users of social media and new technology. They’ve been clamoring for an easy option to listen to ICRT on their cellphones and pads,...Continue reading
“Dracula: History and Art of Vampires” Exhibition to Open at National Museum of History in Taipei
Ever since Stephanie Meyer’s young adult series Twilight hit bookshelves almost a decade ago, vampires have become penetrated so many aspects of popular culture that the mythical creatures are now most often the subject of mockery. However, an exhibition at the National Museum of History in Taipei will draw on the oft-forgotten historical and cultural aspects...Continue reading
Houston Rockets’ Jeremy Lin Set to Make Annual Taiwan Visit in Mid-July
Houston Rockets point guard Jeremy Lin is set to land in Taiwan July 16th for a week-long visit in what has become an annual tradition for the NBA star. Adidas is sponsoring Lin, and the sports brand will begin the festivities before his arrival by selling special edition sneakers at its flagship store on Zhongxiao...Continue reading
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