30 Sep, 2007 in Chinese culture, Taiwan

Nobody has so far been able to explain to me how it was that the Mid-Autumn Festival turned into the national holiday for BBQing, after making a stop at Hotpoting, but there it is - Moon Festival in Taiwan, as well as in other East-Asian countries like China, Korea, Vietnam etc. is usually celebrated with [...]

24 Sep, 2007 in Taiwan

As I was walking around Tainan and enjoying the peculiarities of Moon Festival, I got a pre-scheduled call from a popular radio show in Israel’s Reshet Bet called “The International Hour” that discusses recent events from all over the world.
Here’s what went on :
First introduction of the issue - “The day after tomorrow, [...]