Photo Credit: Jetset Times' "50 Foods in Taipei You Need to Eat" / The Food of Taiwan cookbook / Ho Chie Tsai/@hochie71 Food writers, photographers, entrepreneurs, chefs and more—we want to hear from you! Do you enjoy writing about Taiwanese food? Do you love cooking and/or posting videos or photos of Taiwanese food? Do you work with Taiwanese food in some way? If 'yes' to any of the above, join us in celebrating Taiwanese food this year! TaiwaneseAmerican.org is excited to…
After a 13-year journey to become parents, Brian and Debbie Dunn adopted their amazing daughter Ellie from Taiwan. In October, they learned Ellie's biological sister was now available to be adopted from Taiwan and the birthmother would like to keep the sisters together. Read their heartfelt letter below and see how you can help. Dear TaiwaneseAmerican.org, we are the Dunns (Brian, Debbie and Ellie) from Georgetown, Texas. Our daughter Ellie is Taiwanese and became a part of our…
MediaRites presents a 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Peabody-winning film Mei Mei, A Daughter’s Song Doors open 7:30pm with live music by the Orchid and Bamboo Ensemble and a beautiful art installation by artist Willow Zheng who created Chinese watercolors for the film! The screening starts at 8pm. “A cross-cultural tale of a mother and daughter separated by language and culture, yet bound together for life.” With the 1989 Peabody-winning audio documentary as the soundtrack, Dmae…
KANO is a 2014 Taiwanese baseball film directed by Umin Boya and co-produced by Wei Te-Sheng (director of Cape No.7, the second highest grossing film in Taiwanese history, and the epic Warriors of the Rainbow). KANO is crowd-pleasing inspirational film, which has won the Audience Award at the 2014 Osaka Asian Film Festival, and the Audience Award at the 2014 Taipei Film Festival. It was an Official Selection at the 2014 New York Asian Film Festival and is a Best Picture Nominee for the 2014 Golden…
AsianInNY’s 10th Annual Fashion Show will feature a runway show to showcase Taiwanese designers: Malan Breton’s and Alexander King Chen’s Spring 2015 collections. Come experience Taiwan’s fashion at Grand Central Terminal on September 27th 2014 from 1-2pm. In addition to having Breton and Chen display their featured designs AsianInNY has recruited the international fashion industry's accessory experts to contribute to the runway show. Hairstyles will be done by Haruo Noro Salon; makeup…
[caption id="attachment_11876" align="alignnone" width="610"] Photo Credit: MengLing Hsieh[/caption] Despite being one of the world's youngest successful democracies, Taiwan continues to be excluded from the United Nations. Among many consequences, that means Taiwan is unable to fully participate in and contribute its resources to global institutions such as the World Health Organization and forced to enter international competitions under the name of “Chinese Taipei." Keep Taiwan Free and…
For many of us living in the United States, a visit to Taiwan can be as infrequent as “that time in 4th grade and all I remember was it was very hot.” A lucky number of us, however, do get to visit Taiwan more often, especially during the holidays. This past Lunar New Year, TaiwaneseAmerican.org staffers-at-large Eric Kao [Social Media Manager] and Kristina Lin [Admin Director] made it their mission to hit up iconic and “hidden gem” destinations around Taipei. They asked resident…
"Formosa Betrayed is one of the BEST FBI crime dramas EVER MADE..."
--Jonathan Jacobs, Screen Spotlight "A powderkeg of a movie. Formosa Betrayed is a crackling political thriller, as well as an important and revealing film for our times..."
--Pete Hammond, Backstage Magazine "A real throwback to the politically charged dramas of the 70s... Formosa Betrayed is smart, explosive, and very entertaining..."
--B. Alan Orange, MovieWeb
* * * * * Dear Formosa Betrayed Fans, In the…
with Mr. Thomas Shu, the "Ambassador of Taiwan Tea" hosted by TaiwaneseAmerican.org's very own intern, Vincent Wang, who was selected for his interest in this "passion project!" Two event locations and times to choose from on Saturday, April 17, 2010! Time: 12:45pm - 2:00pm
Location: UC Berkeley Campus: Senate Chambers, 1st Floor Eshleman Hall, Telegraph Ave & Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA
Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=108490749183694
*will be conducted…
