A Cradle of Digital Innovation—CLBC

Located in Taipei City, CLBC is Taiwan’s largest, most quintessential coworking space, as well as one of the few such spaces that has stuck to a commercial mode of operation. According to general manager Tyler Lin, CLBC is following a path inspired by Silicon Valley, focusing on providing robu......

Unforgettable Super Teachers

It’s graduation season again, when the flame trees bloom and students march off to their individual futures. When these students later reflect upon their youthful days at school, what memories will stand out most? All the hard work they put in with their classmates, or those anecdotes that mak......

FutureWard: Where Makers Meet

Daniel Lin, a big fan of 3D printing, had a vision for an ideal “makerspace” that he wanted to create. He happened to meet Yang Yu­hsiu, who had just finished filming a documentary in the US called Maker, and the two young men hit it off right away. Thanks to some fortuitous circumstances they......

Happen Coworking Space: A Social Innovation

In December 2013, two women converted an old building in Taichung’s old downtown area into a coworking space that they hoped would function as a nexus for social innovation and neighborhood transformation. Having prepared the soil, the women, Chiu Chia-yuan and ­Chang Pei-chi, sowed, watered, ......

Learning Huayu in Taiwan

—A Journey of Boundless Possibilities

Lukas Engström is a Swedish national based in Taiwan. Shortly after he started to learn Mandarin Chinese here, he visited a soft drinks bar to buy a cup of pearl milk tea. While in the queue, he kept repeating to himself the Chinese phrases he had to say to the staff. When at last he gave the ......

Soothing Taiwan’s Sweet Tooth

Stories of Local Pastries

Rivaling Willy Wonka’s legendary chocolate bars, and laden with even more stories than Marcel Proust’s madeleine cakes, Taiwanese pastries continue to satisfy our sweet tooth. With their origins in traditional Chinese confectionery, they are made with local ingredients rich in cultural meaning......

Tradition and Innovation:

The Protean Power of Instant Noodles

Who invented instant noodles? In Taiwan, we come across the forerunner of instant noodles, the world’s first instant noodles with sauce packets containing sumptuous chunks of meat, as well as those featuring distinctively local recipes that make use of Chinese medicinal herbs and huadiao, a cl......

A New Trend in Medical Tourism

—Healthcare and Health Maintenance in Taiwan

Hospitals in Taiwan possess high-end medical technology and equipment, and Taiwan is a world leader in certain specialties, including liver transplantation and reproductive medicine. Institutions here provide very cost-effective healthcare services and have a competitive advantage against the ......