One of the things Ray appreciates most about living in Taipei is how easy it is to get out of Taipei without technically having to even leave the city.
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From Hip Hop Icon to Tech Entrepreneur
At the age of 20, Jeffrey Huang was the oldest member of L.A. Boyz, a hugely popular trio that took Taiwan by storm with their American-style hip hop, rap, and dancing. Now in his mid-40s, Huang has become a serial crossover business entrepreneur. From performing on stage to founding businesses behind the scenes, how has Huang adjusted?
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Health is the Greatest Wealth: A Conversation with Peter Kurz
If the name Peter Kurz doesn’t ring any bells, chances are you’re not deeply invested in Taiwan’s financial sector, the world in which Kurz has made a name for himself over the past three decades as an investment guru, earning the nickname “Mister Taiwan” in the process.
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Fresh Off the Bloat: Comedy Legend Margaret Cho Comes To Taiwan
It isn’t everyday that Taiwan gets to play host to a comedy legend (let alone one whose ideals are so near and dear) like Margaret Cho.
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The Family that Rides Together: Around the world with Céline and Xavier Pasche
When Céline and Xavier Pasche left Switzerland by bicycle in 2010, they had no real fixed route in mind. Their goal was merely to begin cycling, and their only agenda was to go where their bicycles took them and to trust the road completely.
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We Support and Empower You: An Interview with Womany’s Wei Shuan Chang
From the moment we meet it’s clear that Womany Media Group founder and CEO Wei Shuan Chang is an earnest woman.
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Taiwan Culture Blooms at InBlooom, Taipei’s hippest fabric art shop
Dadaocheng is a busy neighborhood on most days, especially in the weeks leading up to the Lunar New Year holidays. But even on the busiest days things are usually a bit quieter on two blocks west, which is where you’ll find InBlooom, a shop specializing in both selling print goods and in teaching Taiwanese printing art to locals and visitors alike.
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“A stranger is a friend you haven’t met yet” (A Conversation between MyTaiwanTour and Chu Ping)
Chu Ping is not your typical interview subject. Our conversation (which at times crossed the line from Ted Talk to Tony Robbins seminar) ranged from tourism to art, capitalism to futurism, poetry to human rights. Chu Ping (or simply Ping to friends, and since Ping regards friendship as a most cherished value that’s how I’ll be referring to him here on in) is a modern-day Renaissance man, with a field of interest as difficult to summarize as that of revered American theorist, author and and designer Buckminster Fuller.
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Coming Home to Taiwan
A few weeks back, MyTaiwanTour was asked to arrange a few activities for Jacki Ueng, AKA The Bohemian Vagabond. Jacki is a seasoned writer, photographer and travel blogger, but it wasn’t work that had brought her on this particular trip but family.
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