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A 30-Year Cultural Legacy Opens at the National Comics Museum, Reconnecting Readers with the Golden Age of Taiwanese Comics By KHT Staff TAICHUNG — In May 1989, amid Taiwan’s social awakening and global uncertainty, something remarkable happened in a publishing house office: a filmmaker, an editor, and a visionary publisher decided to launch an audacious experiment. They would create Sunday Comics Weekly, a magazine that would prove Taiwan could produce world-class sequential art and compete on the international stage. Thirty-seven years later, the National Comics Museum is celebrating that gamble with one of the year’s most anticipated cultural exhibitions. “This…
The Liberty Times reports that the route will use Liouguei’s winding mountain roads, with sharp turns and changing terrain expected to test drivers’ handling skills and reaction times. Spectators will be able to watch the cars up close and experience the sound and speed of the competition, organizers said.
“Unlike in the past, when international schools were concentrated in Taipei and Hsinchu, Kaohsiung has in recent years attracted European educational institutions with its positioning as a high-tech, startup-friendly, and international city.”
Lai’s trip had originally been planned for April 22, but it was abruptly postponed after Seychelles, Mauritius, and Madagascar revoked overflight permits for his aircraft. Taiwanese officials blamed Beijing, accusing China of using diplomatic and economic pressure to block the visit. China has not framed it that way, but it thanked the countries involved for upholding the “one-China” principle.
“Graffiti starts in the street,” Babu says. “Taiwanese people think graffiti should be a beautiful mural, but in the beginning, it was about writing your name on the wall. It’s a game of fame.”
The image circulated on social media this week after a Threads user who described themselves as an Indian resident who has lived in Taiwan for years called the campaign material “blatant and direct racial discrimination.” The post said it was legitimate to debate migrant worker policy, but argued that using cultural and ethnic imagery to oppose a specific group crossed a line.
Chen said Cishan’s Gushan Park (鼓山公園) reflects both the district’s strengths and its current limitations. While the area has a rich historical background, he said, its overall tourism theme remains somewhat scattered.
Hsu said the problem was being driven by easy access to food and by exposed garbage. She argued that while the city has launched rodent-control efforts in shopping districts and traditional markets, parks risk becoming a neglected gap in those measures. She urged the city government to add parks to its priority pest-control areas, improve trash collection and management at hotspots, and consider adopting covered garbage containers similar to those used in other cities to reduce food access for rodents.
Kaohsiung City Councilor Chang Po-yang (張博洋) said the confusion not only increases the risk of traffic violations but can also make riders hesitate or suddenly switch lanes, raising the chance of accidents. He said that under Kaohsiung’s own review process for two-stage left turns by motorcycles and slow vehicles, roads with two lanes or fewer in one direction should, in principle, not require two-stage left turns.
Chen said staffing remains central to the city’s childcare policy. He said the city has raised salaries for public childcare workers three times during his term and increased pay for other professional staff. He added that quasi-public childcare workers are eligible for long-service bonuses, while staff at public and private infant care centers can access free psychological counseling.
