Arts and Culture

Review: Love Boat: Taiwan (愛之船：台灣)

Brian Hioe
Valerie Soe's Love Boat: Taiwan details the history of an institution well-known among diasporic Taiwanese and particularly Taiwanese-Americans—the Love Boat, officially known as the Overseas Compatriot Youth Formosa Study Tour. Despite how widely known the program is, Love Boat: Taiwan is likely the first attempt to historically document the program... Read More
Arts and CultureEnglishFilm and TelevisionMay 20190 Comments 05 min read

Music’s Role in Shaping Progressive Politics for Youth Visible During Presidential Office Concert

Rath Chien-Chi Wang
Youth for Tsai, an all-volunteer youth campaign recently formed by a group of university students hoping to take action to protect Taiwan amidst the growing influence from China on interfering with Taiwan domestic politics, was present in numbers at the 2019 Presidential Office Concert on Saturday. Their actions and the concert itself are indicative of progressive politics for Taiwanese young people today... Read More
Arts and CultureEnglishMusic0 Comments 06 min read

Review: Our Youth in Taiwan (我們的青春，在台灣)

Brian Hioe
Our Youth in Taiwan, the winner for best documentary at this year’s Golden Horse Awards would be a highly personal character study of two participants in the Sunflower Movement. The first would be Chen Wei-ting, one of the two most recognizable student leaders from the movement, and the second is Cai Bo-yi, a Chinese participant in the movement. However, the film ultimately becomes the personal story of the director, too, by the film’s conclusion... Read More
Arts and CultureEnglishFilm and TelevisionMarch 20190 Comments 05 min read

Devotion Pulled From Online Sales After Controversy Regarding Xi Reference

Brian Hioe
Recently released Taiwanese horror game, Devotion, caused controversy in China after it was discovered that two parts of the game included messages mocking Chinese president Xi Jinping. This later led to the game being pulled from sales on Steam and other online stores. Devotion, released by Red Candle Studios, is the follow-up to 2017 horror hit Detention... Read More
Arts and CultureEnglishFebruary 2019Film and Television0 Comments 17 min read