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· Bryan Ke
Taiwanese-American Dentist Wins World Beauty Fitness and Fashion Show 2017
Meet Yen Chun, the 26-year-old dentist and bodybuilder based in Silicon Valley who was crowned champion during the World Beauty Fitness and Fashion show in Sacramento, California in June. Yen, a dentist by day and bodybuilder by night, won the competition with his amazing…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Taiwanese Woman Tracks Down Foster Parents After 20 Years in Heartwarming Story
A Taiwanese woman has ended her exhaustive search for her foster parents after being reunited with them 20 years after they cared for her, according to Taiwan News. The 29-year-old Taichung resident, Lin Ching-Mei, had searched for her foster parents for years, travelling to…
· Kyle Encina
Viral Taiwanese Booth Babe Captures Hearts of Japanese Netizens
Japanese netizens are going crazy over a Taiwanese booth babe who travels around the world promoting cars, gadgets, cosmetic products and, of course, flaunting her good looks. Model Hebbe Cheng is making waves on social media with her hourglass figure and charming smile. Cheng…
· Bryan Ke
Taiwanese-American Actress Accuses ‘Gossip Girl’ Actor Ed Westwick of Rape From 2014
Another victim emerged just days after actress Kristina Cohen shared her story on Facebook regarding her sexual assault encounter with “Gossip Girl” actor Ed Westwick. Aurelie Wynn, a Taiwanese-American former actress who was also known by her stage name as Aurelie Marie Cao,…
· Bryan Ke
Taiwanese Student Totally Nails Ryuk from ‘Death Note’ for Halloween
Last year, Momo, the 2-year-old kindergartner from Kaosiung, Taiwan, gave everyone cuteness overload when she dressed up as No Face from Studio Ghibli’s “Spirited Away” for Halloween. She went as a different character this year – Death God (Shinigami) Ryuk from “Death Note”. But…
· Bryan Ke
Taiwanese Fishing Ship Finds Women Lost at Sea for 5 Months, Alerts U.S. Navy
Two American women, Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuiaba, were saved after being stranded in the middle of the ocean for five months thanks to a Taiwanese fishing boat that spotted them on Oct. 24. The women’s crippled sailboat were spotted by the Taiwanese fishing vessel about 900…
· Bryan Ke
Taiwanese Cosplayer Accuses Chinese Online Shop for Using Her Image Without Approval
Marceline Liu, a Taiwanese gamer, cosplayer and airsoft hobbyist, is looking to sue Chinese online store Taobao after it used her as a model for a clay figurine and used her photo for advertising purposes without consent. Liu vented out on her Facebook account on Tuesday after…
· Carl Samson
British Expat Gets ‘Taiwan’ Tattooed on His Face While Drunk
A British expat living in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, is in deep regret after realizing that the Chinese characters for “Taiwan”, and one of its pro-independence flags were tattooed on his forehead and chin. While the Briton, identified as Paul, 32, has been living in Taiwan for…
· Ryan General
Horrific Acid Attack and Suicide Shocks National Taiwan University Campus
A graduate student took his own life after attacking another student with a corrosive substance on the National Taiwan University (NTU) campus in Taiwan. The horrific incident, which took place around midnight on Friday in front of an NTU women’s dorm, left the suspect,…
· Kyle Encina
Taiwanese Woman’s Wedding Becomes Funeral After Tragic Accident Day Before Birthday
A Taiwanese woman’s wedding tragically turned into her funeral when the bride-to-be was killed in an accident less than a week before the ceremony and the day before her 32nd birthday. Prior to the accident, Ren An Ni had just left a hospital in Taiwan’s Taoyuan city after…
· Bryan Ke
Drunk Taiwanese Student Sleeping By the Street Fatally Run Over By Truck
A 19-year-old Taiwanese student was pronounced dead on arrival after he accidentally got ran over by a huge truck in New Taipei’s Taishan District, Taiwan. Police are now looking into the case. The student, who was only identified by his surname Huang, was passed out drunk on a…
· Bryan Ke
Woman Arrested for Giving Birth in Hotel Bathroom and Leaving Newborn to Die in Taiwan
A Taiwanese woman was recently charged with manslaughter after delivering her newborn in a hotel bathroom that resulted in the baby boy’s death. The 39-year-old woman, only identified by her surname Liu, rented a room in an unspecified hotel in Taichung, Taiwan, with a male…
· Kyle Encina
Taiwanese News Anchor Refuses to Pay $7 to Salon in Thailand Over ‘Cultural Difference’
A Taiwanese news anchor got into a scuffle with a salon owner in Thailand not just because of poor service, but also due to their cultural differences and apparent language barrier. Taiwanese journalist Huang “Vivi” Ruowei and her friend had an altercation at a salon in Siam…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Store Owner Causes Severe Backlash After ‘Cluelessly’ Stocking Nazi Stickers in Taiwan
A Taiwanese automotive store in the Hsinchu County town of Zhubei has recently come under fire for selling a Nazi flag sticker labeled as the “flag of Germany”. According to Taiwan News, the offending item was spotted by a man named Ted Pillar, who snapped a photo and uploaded…
· Bryan Ke
Taiwanese Nurse Shocked After Boyfriend Arrives at Hospital in a Coma — With His Mistress
A Taiwanese nurse was furious and shocked to find out that her boyfriend and his mistress were rushed to the hospital she works at after they got into a car accident and he fell into a coma. She decided to post all of her emotions on Facebook, angrily writing: “I hope you never…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Taiwanese Cat Literally Forgets to Close His Mouth When Given Kisses
This is Didi. Didi lives in Taiwan with Mr. Yang and three other kitties — Mimi, Kiki, and Yoyo.
· Benny Luo
Idiot Travels to Taiwan, Pays $329 For the World’s Most Expensive Beef Noodle Soup
Beef Noodle Soup is probably the most iconic dish in Taiwanese Cuisine. While it was first created by the Hui people, a Chinese Muslim ethnic group during the Tang Dynasty, the red braised beef version was created by veterans who fled from mainland China to Taiwan after the…
· Bryan Ke
Something is Wrong With the iPhone 8 Plus Battery in Japan and Taiwan
Two cases of batteries swelling up have been reported by iPhone 8 Plus users in Japan and Taiwan. While it may sound alarming, fans shouldn’t worry as it’s reportedly nowhere near as dangerous as the infamous Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 battery explosions in 2016. The first reported…
· Carl Samson
Taiwan’s ‘Cheese Tea’ is Now Taking Over the World
If there’s one drink that’s winning lines of thirsty city dwellers across the globe at this moment, it’s probably a thing called cheese tea. This rather unexpected concoction of tea with cheese on top emerged from the streets of Taiwan before making its way to China, Hong Kong,…
· Bryan Ke
Taiwan’s Live-Action ‘Dragon Ball’ Is Cringe AF But Still Better Than ‘Dragonball: Evolution’
Editor’s note: A previous version of this article stated that “Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins” was a Thai movie; it has been changed to reflect the fact that “Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins” was a Taiwanese production. Years before the controversial, whitewashed “Dragonball:…