A scaffolding collapse on the site of acclaimed director Martin Scorsese’s new film, Silence, claimed the life of one worker and sent two more to the hospital with serious injuries. The accident happened at the Chinese Culture and Movie Center on January 29 when a ceiling collapsed onto contractors hired to reinforce an existing structure…
Taiwan’s diverse society fuses ancient traditions with cutting-edge modernity, and nothing underscores this duality better than the calendars seen in homes and offices. Like their counterparts in the West, Taiwan’s workers, civil servants, and students generally refer to the Gregorian calendar when making appointments and meeting deadlines. The Chinese lunar calendar, however, is used to…
STORY AND PHOTOS BY JANE RICKARDS Fortuntellers in Taiwan use such methods as numeric calculations based on one’s name, date of birth, or grains of rice; face or palm reading – or even birds playing pick-up sticks. On a dustry sidewalk near an old Taoist temple in suburban Banqiao, a man sites behind a red-clothed…
