Zhang Yimou’s “The Flowers of War” with Christian Bale, other East Asian contenders snubbed. The Hollywood Warrior 1/19/2012 The Year of the Dragon could be a good one for Taiwan director Wei Te-sheng, whose rebellion epic Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale was the only film from East Asia to find itself on the...
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Focus Taiwan 2012/01/18 Taipei, Jan. 18 (CNA) Twenty Taiwanese comic artists will exhibit their works at the Angouleme International Comics Festival in France Jan. 26-29, showcasing the diversity of Taiwanese graphic art, the organizer said Wednesday.   
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The Gazette January 9, 2012 By Katherine Monk, Postmedia News NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan — A sea of schoolchildren pours out of buses and spills into the main road of an occupied village. Wearing iPods and carrying digital cameras, some eddy around the home of the Japanese commander, while others form a standing wave...
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Focus Taiwan 2012/01/08 Taipei, Jan. 8 (CNA) A renowned group of artists from Taiwan has been invited to perform at Teatro Biondo Stabile di Palermo in Italy this month, the theater said Sunday. Taiwan’s Contemporary Legend Theater will present an adaptation of Shakespeare’s “King Lear” in five shows at the theater in Sicily from...
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Taipei Times Jan 09, 2012 By Benjamin Yeh  /  AFP, TAIPEI As a long career devoted to Taiwan’s technology sector draws to a close, Maxima Capital Management Inc (麥實國際管顧) chairman Max Fang (方國健) has turned to an entirely new task — helping to build a globally competitive film industry in Taiwan. To this end,...
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