Taipei Railway Workshop Designated National Cultural Heritage Site
The Ministry of Culture has designated the Taipei Railway Workshop as a national cultural heritage site, a move that is being hailed as a victory by cultural preservation groups. The Taipei Railway Workshop dates from the 1930’s, and was considered the most important railway maintenance depot in Taiwan. Activists point to the compound’s architectural features,...Continue reading
Taiwan Academy in Houston to Honor Newman Prize Winner Chu Tien-wen
The Ministry of Culture’s Taiwan Academy in Houston will kick off a series of events in the United States today, to honor Taiwan writer Chu Tien-wen, the winner of the fourth Newman Prize for Chinese Literature. The literature and film events are being organized to coincide with a ceremony tomorrow at the University of Oklahoma,...Continue reading
Elephant Gym Leads Indie Music Award Nominations
Taiwan band Elephant Gym leads the pack with eight nominations for the 5th Golden Indie Music Awards. The Ministry of Culture’s Bureau of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development sats the bass-driven band from Kaohsiung received nominations for best album, best band, best rock single, best jazz single, album with the best style and single with...Continue reading
Hou Hsiaohsien films to be screened at New York museum
Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture has been working with a New York museum to screen films by Taiwan director Hou Hsiaohsien, starting today. The Museum of the Moving Image in New York will screen 18 films directed by Hou, and five others that he either acted in, wrote the screenplay for, or produced. The international touring...Continue reading
Century-old Sunken Ship Discovered Off Green Island
Researchers are working to determine if a sunken ship discovered off Taiwan’s Green Island is a legendary Dutch ship that locals say ran aground there in the 19th century. The shipwreck appears to be the remains of a wooden vessel from the West dating to at least 100 years ago, according to Tsang Cheng-hwa, an...Continue reading
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