Tag: Taiwan

HBO Asia in the Spirit With ‘The Psychic’ Original Series Production

Variety has the story.

Actress/singer Yao Yao to star. Here she is performing at a 2011 New Year's Eve party, and not looking very psychic.

Actress/singer Yao Yao to star. Here she is performing at a 2011 New Year’s Eve party, not looking particularly psychic.

Optical engineer Tsai Jung-chou on a quest for a realistic lightsaber

LINK: Taiwan ‘master’ cashes in on Star Wars

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Hou Hsiao-hsien: “I Don’t Want My Films to Be Mere Fantasy”

LINK: Director on Taiwan’s Oscar Entry ‘The Assassin’

“McDonald’s Goddess” Is the Latest Icon of Taiwan’s Sexual Fast Food Culture

Read about the creepiness at Vice.com.

Toy Story 3 Was Originally Set In Taiwan & Involved Transformers

Over the years, the plot for the scrapped sequel has made the rounds

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Aviation Inspiration and Superhero Dreams in a Quirky Tainan Home

Subtlety wins out over kitsch in home in Taiwan’s largest city.

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“Ruins of Time” wins Chinese version of the Nebula Award

Author Bao Shu wins Xingyun Award.

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Cover of “Ruins of Time”

Check out LONTAR, The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction

Issues available at LONTARjournal.com.

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Wei Fen Lee reading Elka Ray Nguyen’s story “The Yellow River.”

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