"Taiwan Travelogue is a fearless record of a complicated time in Taiwan’s history," writes critic Lauren Yu-Ting Bo.

The disappearance of Tâi-gí, a variety of Hokkien, “is tied to a long history of colonization,” The Dial wrote.

Taiwan opera is revered across the Asian island. One of its most beloved traits is its gender-bending character archetypes, and its best-known actors are women who portray men.

Opera is particularly loved in Taiwan, where it's performed in the Hokkien, one of the Island's main languages and, as NPR's Emily Feng reports, also has some casting curveballs. (SOUNDBITE OF ...

A version of this story ran in the November / December 2024 issue. Dai wan wei. The sounds of the Taiwanese Hokkien language don’t resemble Mandarin Chinese, which drifts from the throat in soft ...

War has no winners and peace is priceless, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Saturday in Hawaii after visiting a memorial ...