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Taiwanese boys take gold at World Indoor Tug of War Championship (2014/02/24)

Students from National Nantou Senior High School are world champions in the 560-kilogram men’s category of the World Indoor Tug of War Championship. While competing in Ireland over the weekend the boys beat a team from England to take gold. 

Art installation looks like pigeon house on wheels (2014/02/24)

A new installation at the Taitung Art Museum offers visitors a chance to enter what appears to be a moving pigeon house. Inside the house is devoid of pigeons and looks more like a human inhabitance, conveying the designer’s conception of a longing to fly free. 

Anti-nuclear alliance planning mass demonstrations around Taiwan on March 8 (2014/02/23)

An anti-nuclear alliance vowed a nationwide protest on March 8. to express opposition to nuclear power. The alliance is worried a safety report concerning the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant will be sent to the Atomic Energy Council for review in June. Thus paving the way for the plant to begin tests and operations as early as September. 

Robots are put to the test in a competition that simulates natural disaster response (2014/02/23)

Kaohsiung recently held a robot competition that featured a number of challenges associated with emergency response to natural disasters. For example, robots were given the task of breaking through barricades and performing other critical functions which tested each team’s creativity and programming ability.

Warm-up event held for Feb. 28 Ballroom Dance Taipei Open (2014/02/23)

Today, both expert and amateur dancers participated in a warm-up competition for the World Dance Council’s Ballroom Dance Taipei Open which begins on Feb. 28. Even a few young contestants participated such as this brother and sister pair who were just three and four years old.

228 Concert (2014/02/23)

The Kaohsiung Spring Arts Festival is now in its fifth year. Last night, a special outdoor concert was held in front of the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts. The concert commemorated the 228 Incident, as the Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra performed with 4 choral groups along with Italian trumpet virtuoso, Andrea Giuffredi.

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Weekend Cycling Trip  (2014/02/23)

With the benefit of excellent weather this weekend, the Taoyuan County Government and the Taiwan Cyclist Federation sponsored a 42.9 km cycling trip on the Northern Cross-Island Highway. 

Wheelchair user promotes the concept of universal design (2014/02/23)

an Tang, the chairman of the Foundation of Universal Design Education. Tang vigorously promotes the concept of universal design so that disabled people like him and anyone with special needs can lead easier, more fulfilling lives. 

Taipei metro operators accused of banning anti-nuclear advertisements (2014/02/21)

The operators of the Taipei Metro are under fire for apparently banning advertisements that contain anti-nuclear energy messages. The issue was raised when an ad by the NGO Mom Loves Taiwan appeared at Taipei Main Station missing its full message. 

Taichung university merged with high school and vocational school (2014/02/21)

A ceremony was held to celebrate National Chung Hsing University’s merger with the National Senior High School of Agriculture and Technology and National Dali High School. It is the first time in Taiwan that a university is merging with a high school and a vocational school.