Taipei Times
Date: Nov 10, 2015

National Chiayi Senior Commercial Vocational School third-year students Liu Chuan-yu,

Chien Ling-yen and Chang Yung-chi borrowed their school’s DSLR camera to make their first ever production, Encounter. They have now been chosen as one of three groups to represent Taiwan, and on Nov. 23 they will travel to Japan to take part in the International Asian Youth Film Exhibition where they will go head to head with groups representing 16 other countries.

The theme of the exhibition is “The moment I feel happy” and the rules state that participants must shoot a three-minute film using only home-use film equipment; subtitles and voice-overs are not allowed.

Liu, who operated the camera, said they took approximately one month to shoot the film. According to Liu, inspiration for the film came from Chang — one of the group members — who doesn’t know how to ride a bicycle. The film’s story describes a female student who has little interaction with her classmates. She manages to overcome her fear of failure, tries once more to learn how to ride a bicycle and revives the friendship with her classmates.     [FULL  STORY]

Want China Times
Date: 2015-09-06
By: CNA

A national university in Taiwan was commissioned over the summer by the

Ministry of Education, to launch an international exchange program allowing foreign students to enroll on short-term courses and take vocational internships.

The two-month Taiwan Experience Education Program, offered by the College of Management at National Sun Yat-sen University in the southern city of Kaohsiung, enabled foreign students to participate in teams consulting selected enterprises during the summer vacation and learn about the operations of Taiwanese companies.

The program also offered foreign students courses in Chinese language studies, as wells as opportunities to exchange work experience with Taiwanese counterparts and visit local economic and cultural sites, as a way of broadening their understanding of Taiwan.     [FULL  STORY]

Want China Times
Date: 2015-08
By: CNA

As Academia Historica in Taipei owns the archive on the late Republic of China president

Chiang Kai-shek, the institution is perceived as an important asset for information on the 1937-1945 second Sino-Japan war.

This is according to Chen Yi-hua, a special commissioner of Academia Historica, who likened Academia Historica Thursday to the US-based Hoover Institution, which owns Chiang Kai-shek’s diaries.

“If the Hoover Institution is the World War II research site in the West, Academia Historica is its counterpart in the East,” Chen told CNA.

Chen said that the Chiang Kai-shek archive has become one of the institution’s anchors, as it is full of important data on the second Sino-Japan war.     [FULL  STORY]

‘TIRED, BODY AND SOUL’:The Northern Alliance activists said that they would continue to support the movement, but they could no longer face the pressure

Taipei Times
Date:  Aug 06, 2015
By: Abraham Gerber  /  Staff reporter

Three prominent student protesters yesterday announced their withdrawal from the

“policymaking” leadership group of the students occupying the Ministry of Education forecourt.

“We are tired — body and soul. We are tired of this education and tired of the government,” Chu Chen (朱震), Wang Pin-chen (王品蓁) and Liang Yan-jou (梁豔柔) said in public statement.

They said the burden on their shoulders was not just the fight for their ideals, but also pressure from the reactions of the public and officials.

The trio said that they were determined to leave, but would remain supporters of the movement.     [FULL  STORY]