"Documenting the Asian Outposts: Through Sound, Print & Vision"
- September, 2010
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Tourism/Media/Exchange/Culture.
Background: Radio Producer Glen Clifford travelled to Hong Kong, Macau and back to Taiwan, interviewing 'documentarists' from radio, the press and television. He wanted to find out what life is like for expatriate media professionals, regularly documenting places with similar and contrasting histories... All three areas are former colonies and all have historically contentious relationships with China.
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"China's CCTV9 -
High Definition Pictures,
Low Definition Programs" - June, 2010
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Media/Exchange/Intercultural.
Background: Imagine being stuck in
a hotel room, not being able to leave, with nothing to do, no magazines, and no English radio or movie channels. Perhaps you've experienced this, but if you haven't, I can assure you, it's not a desirable position to be in.
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"Hong Kong's Creative Tourist
Marketing Tactic in Shanghai's
Xintiandi District" - June, 2010
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Tourism/Exchange/Culture.
Background:
Continuing with my interest in most things where marketing and cultural matters can be related, I found an interesting tourist promotion for Hong Kong at Shanghai's World Exposition, and reported on it for Macau Post.
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"Language Learning on the Internet:
The Choice of Downloading -
or Live Online Tutoring" - June, 2010
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Technology/Exchange/Languages.
Background: It's easy for most people to miss these big changes in how the area of language learning is evolving - as a result of technology. But there are important considerations that need to be examined before embarking on any online training.
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"Rosie's Taiwan Porn DVD Adventure!"
- October, 2009
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Technology/Popular Culture.
Background: The porn DVD industry is enormous in Japan and also has many customers in Taiwan. Discs are predominantly displayed alongside postcards and stationary. But the distribution side to this story also has many bizarre aspects...
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"New Zealand -
Good for Working Holidays,
but Not a Place for Immigration"
- November, 2009
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Tourism/Exchange/NZ & Asian Culture.
Background: Upon learning of the massive drop in Taiwanese who have decided not to go to New Zealand, I decided to dig up some details. Some of what I discovered didn't shock me and although I felt it was time to be a bit more honest with Taiwanese, the China Post thought otherwise, severely cutting my story. Perhaps somebody in the tourism / immigration department said something?
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"Welcome to the Blogosphere"
- September, 2008
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Technology/Exchange/Popular Culture.
Background:
English language Bloggers are quite well known in Taiwan, with many making a definitive contribution to social development and political thought. And some (as you will see) are just plain bad...
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"Booth Babes at Computex"
- June, 2008
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Technology/Popular Culture.
Background: This is a story about the otaku photographers who frequent technology and car shows, specifically to take pictures of pretty young girls; well, sometimes they are not pretty - and often the behaviour of these males is shocking to witness.
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"A Million Dollar Mouse!"
- May, 2005
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Popular Culture/Asia.
Background: In Western countries, songs about mice are most probably for children's imaginations, rather than an adoring dedication to someone's sweetheart. However as with many things in China, the world is turned upside down. Here, is where a mouse eating rice can have a symbolic and romantic connotation...
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