Taiwan's Flower Industry:
Putting Down Roots, Branching Out
Chang Chiung-fang/photos by Hsueh Chi-kuang/tr. by Scott Williams
Taiwan produces one-third of the world's orchids. In Japan, one of the world's top three flower consumers, it supplies 85% of the Oncidium orchids and nearly 90% of the flamingo lilies on the market.
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Flowers' beauty is their birthright. But it takes the wisdom and skill of breeders to do "matchmaking" among plants to enhance their allure.
Some people oppose allowing anyone to have exclusive right...
Lin Hsin-ching/photos by Jimmy Lin/tr. by Geof Aberhart
Winners of prestigious international prizes are not uncommon amongst the students at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology's College of Design, but most of them find success in one of t...
Compassion in the Mountains:
Taitung St. Mary's Hospital at Half a Century
Chen Hsin-yi/photos by Chuang Kung-ju/tr. by Josh Aguiar
If you decide to visit St. Mary's Hos-pital in Taitung, be advised that you might find that most of the employees are out doing fieldwork.
Bright and early at 8:30 one morning a group comprising a nu...
Chen Hung-hsu/photos by Chen Wen-fa/tr. by Scott Williams
Chou Meng-tieh, "Uncle Chou," always cuts a familiar figure when he's out on the street.
No matter the season, he'll be wearing a woolen cap and a long robe, and carrying an umbrella and a big bag f...
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