HER NAME IS TAIWAN, WITH DIGNITY

Welcome to our favorite links to Taiwan, our home country.
The content of these WWW pages in no way reflects the
policies or opinions of Northwestern University.
They are the sole responsibility of the authors.

The official name of Taiwan is Republic of China, which is considered to be "disputed" in this page. The national flag is here (from World Flags Homepage.) Both governments of People's Republic of China and Taiwan hold the same view of future reunification. However, undaunted by the military threat from Chinese government, people from the opposition side advocate for separation from China permanently. In Taiwan, there is a growing consensus that Taiwan is already an independent political entity, though far away from a de jure independent country. There comes a trend to symbolize the significance of the political movement of Taiwan independence, some Taiwanese call for a new Taiwan's national flag.

News

• Chen Shui-Bian, incumbent, Democratic Progressive Party.
• Lien Chan, opposition leader, Kuomingtang.
• Soong, James, opposition co-leader, People's First Party.

• [English] Laurence Eyton's articles at Asia Times Online
• [CHINESE] Recent Essays by Laurence Eyton, translated into Chinese published by the Taiwan Daily Newspaper.

Usually the places where I look for Taiwan's news,

• Columns by Pro-Independence political analysts (in Mandarin)
• The Taipei Times (English)
• Far Eastern Economic Review
• BBC / Asia news
• Time Magazine(International Edition)
• Voice of America News, Audio.
• Asiaweek
• Economist (highlight only if not paid subscriber)

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• Taiwan-related news from Washington Post archive (Full text, last two weeks)
• Taiwan-related news from Los Angeles Times since last six months (Summaries Only)
• Taiwan-related news from Chicago Tribune since 1985 (Summaries Only)
• Newsgroup: clari.world.asia.taiwan (available only to Clarinet subscribers)
• Latest 7-day news excerpt from a major pro-government English newspaper, China News, in Taiwan. (full coverage is here)

Student Organizations

• Collection of some organizations in U.S. and Europe by Cultural Division of Taiwan in Houston.
• NCSU Taiwanese Student Association (Raleigh, North Carolina State University)
• Taiwan Studies Society (Austin, University of Texas)
• USC Taiwanese Student Association

Taiwan's sky (Hourly updated weather satellite picture from Central Weather Bureau in Taiwan)

Politics

• Constitution (1946)
• Proposed Constitution of Republic of Taiwan
• Human Rights in Taiwan, 1993 (from WORLD HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICE)
• Is there any prostitution in Taiwan?
• Hearing on UN Membership for Taiwan (1995) by FAPA(Formosan Association for Public Affairs), a Washington based non-profit organization which aims to promote freedom, human rights and democracy for the people of Taiwan.
• New York Times
  • Taipei Journal
    Due to copyright concern, only titles are listed. For those who are interested and have easy access to these news archive, please search New York Times CD-ROMs which are available in both Northwestern University's (or anywhere you can find) main library and science and engineering library.(Some of them were written by Pulitzer Prize winner, Nicholas D. Kristof.)

    • The Mayor Won't Abide Licensed Licentiousness(March 30, 1998)

      Taipei's mayor Chen Shui-bian's crusade of banning public brothel. (remind you the New York city's Mayor Rudolf?)

    • Or Heaven's Sake, Don't Fly a U.F.O. (Feb. 27, 1998)

      a former medical professor named Chen Heng-ming's sect, the God Saves the Earth Flying Saucer Association.

    • Crime Invades a Once-Peaceful Place(July 14, 1997)

      A TV celebrity's (Pai Ping-ping) daughter's death stirs island's anxiety about the rising crime

    • A FEMINIST'S WORK IS NEVER DONE (Jul 4, 1994)

      About Hsiu-lien Annette Lu, then an opposition (Democratic Progressive Party) lawmaker.

    • DISSIDENT FINDS DEMOCRACY ISN'T ITS OWN REWARD (Dec 22, 1992)

      Huang Hua, a Taiwanese forgotten political dissident gets cold water on the DPP's banquet.

    • THE HORROR OF 2-28: TAIWAN RIPS OPEN THE PAST (Apr 3, 1992)

    • THE VOICE OF TAIWAN SPEAKS ENGLISH (Jan 4, 1992)

      The most popular radio station is an English-speaking one, I.C.R.T.

    • Kidnapper of Chiang Kai-shek Ends Long Silence (Feb. 20, 1991)

      About Young Marshal, Zhang Xueling.
  • 228 Incident (February 28, 1947 there was a more than Tiananmen massacre scale tragedy)

• The archive of Chinese missile tests around Taiwan: reactions from U.S. Congress.

• Data from US Congress Thomas server.
  • Type "Taiwan" to query Congressional Record (follow this link), Some results, like
    • TIME FOR COMMON COURTESY: WELCOME TAIWAN'S PRESIDENT TO OUR SHORES

    • SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 9--RELATING TO A VISIT BY PRESIDENT LEE TENG-HUI OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON TAIWAN TO THE UNITED STATES (Senate - March 06, 1995)

    • RECOGNIZE FREE CHINA NOW (House - March 16, 1995)

  • Or type "Taiwan" to query Full Text of Legislation (follow this link), for example,
    • Relating to the Republic of China (Taiwan's) participation in the United Nations. (Introduced in the House) [H.CON.RES.12]

    • Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding a private visit by President Lee Teng-hui of the Republic of China on Taiwan to the United States. (Introduced in the House) [H.CON.RES.33]

Our Groups

There are two organizations at Northwestern University.

• Taiwanese Student Association (or Republic of China Student Association)
• Taiwanese American Student Club (from NUINFO -- Student Organizations Listed Alphabetically)

Films

Garnering award at the Venice and Cannes festivals, HOU Hsiao-hsien is arguably the most famous director in Taiwan. Recently, in Chicago International Film Festival, TSAI Ming-liang (co-winner, Golden Lion, in 1994 Venice Film Festival, title:"Vive L'Amore") is a familiar name. In the end of 1997, school of the Art Institute of Chicago's Film center inaugurated the first comprehensive Edward Yang's chronicles in the United States (title:"A brighter summer day"). Here is an excellent article by Jonathan Rosenbaum.
• Listing of some immortal works by distinguished Taiwanese directors.
• Taiwanese movies (LINK)
  • The 33st Chicago International Film Festival, 1997
  • 45th International Berlin Film Festival, 1995
• City of Sadness (English)

Other Taiwan Links (BIG-5 Encoding)

• Julie's Taiwan Page -- contains a handful selection of Taiwan related sites, beautiful icons ladden and graphic-intense, text version is also available.
• Pro-Independence Prominent Columnists and Writers's Web
• Taiwan Culture Gopher
• On-line Journal of Taiwan Association of University Professors -- contains many short articles by members of this association.
• Formosa WWW.
• Official Taipei Economic and Culture Office based in New York (state-funded daily online news, both Chinese and English are available)
• The Journalist, one of the most influential political magazines in Taiwan.
• Taiwan Page From Germany

Copyright ?1995 by Laurent Lin & Julie Huang. All Rights Reserved.