Sunday, November 4th, 2007

Taiwanese Israel information resources and a Taiwanese visit to Israel

Every once in a while I find another Taiwanese perspective about Israel showing some of the personal connections the Taiwanese have towards Israel. Surprisingly, I keep meeting Taiwanese that show interest in information about Israel, even here in Tainan, usually due to their Christian beliefs, most of them telling me that they would feel like there’s almost no information available. I agree, but maybe reading-watching other people’s experience might help them them with that, and so, here are some of the Taiwanese-Israeli connections I found so far that offer some information or community regarding Israel in Mandarin/Taiwanese:

The Taiwanese perspective on Israel : Taiwan’s “World’s Number 1″ visits Israel (Mandarin TV program)
Ruby - A Taiwanese Blog about Taiwanese life …

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

The Chinese-Taiwanese Christian congregation in Jerusalem

Some seemed genuinely happy, some seemed very suspicious but all were utterly surprised at what I believe was their first western looking non-Chinese non-Taiwanese guest in their Saturday Christian mass.
It was by coincidence that I briefly saw Taiwanese Kui when she came to say "Hi" to some of my Chinese friends. Asking about her, I learned that she’s a female-priest from Taiwan who came here to study Hebrew and who’s very active with the Christian Chinese-Taiwanese community in Jerusalem. I’ve always figured there must be some Chinese foreign workers in Jerusalem, and that some of them are probably Christian, but I thought they might be blending in with the endless Christian communities available in Jerusalem. Once I learned that the Chinese-Taiwanese …