Science Shows Animals Have Feelings Too

Staff / Truthdig Apr 23, 2014 Research demonstrates that dogs, cats and others release the same hormone that humans do when they're in love; a blond man once convinced British intellectuals he was Asian and had been kidnapped from Taiwan; to deal with the climate crisis, we have to change our way of thinking. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Two Chinas Meet for the First Time Since 1949

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Feb 11, 2014 The China that has its capital in Beijing has been at odds with the China that has its capital in Taipei since Mao Zedong and his Communist army chased the nationalist Kuomintang across the Taiwan Strait in 1949. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Big Green Energy Is Remaking Africa and Asia

Juan Cole / Truthdig Feb 11, 2014 A significant part of the population of Africa and Asia at present has no access to electricity, and in some countries those deprived amount to as much as 80 percent of the population. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

New Bird Flu Reported in Taiwanese Woman

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 15, 2013 Sources in Taiwan say that a previously unseen variant of avian influenza infected a 20-year-old woman in that country in the first recorded case of an H6N1 virus infecting and causing disease in a human. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Breast Milk Protein Fights HIV

Staff / Truthdig Oct 28, 2013 Scientists have discovered why only a small percentage of babies contract HIV when breastfed by mothers who have been infected with the virus; Taiwan's new police uniforms are extremely frightening; and David Petraeus is using his new position in academia to promote profiteering health care and fracking industries. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Factory Collapse Kills Two Workers in Cambodia

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 17, 2013 Two people are dead after part of the concrete roof of a factory that manufactures Asics shoes in Cambodia collapsed on workers, officials say. Police report at least six people were injured. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rep. Owens Will Reimburse Cost of Taiwan Trip

By Justin Elliott, ProPublica May 12, 2012 The congressman who last year took a $22,000 four-day trip to Taiwan organized by lobbyists said Friday that he will personally reimburse the university that paid for the trip. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Lobbyists Arranged N.Y. Congressman’s $20,000 Trip To Taiwan

By Justin Elliott, ProPublica May 11, 2012 Though rules laid down by the House Ethics Committee expressly forbid participation in lobbyist-organized trips, Rep. Bill Owens and his wife took a four-day tour of Taiwan late last year that was arranged by lobbyists with ex-New York Sen. Al D’Amato's firm, Park Strategies. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Why Does Obama Suddenly Want a War With China?

William Pfaff / Truthdig Nov 23, 2011 One might think that a bitter Central Asian war in Afghanistan and an ambiguous commitment to Iraq would be enough for President Barack Obama to cope with. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

China Fears Are Misplaced

William Pfaff / Truthdig Oct 12, 2011 The preoccupation of American think tanks and policymakers with China's growing military and economic power is unrealistic. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Airport Rage, Animated

Staff / Truthdig Nov 18, 2010 Taiwanese satire machine NMA World Edition has cranked out another timely animated play on a story making headlines over here in the U.S., and once again, we end up looking pretty silly. Surprise! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jon Stewart’s Rally, as Seen From Taiwan

Staff / Truthdig Oct 26, 2010 As Jon Stewart prepares for his "Rally to Restore Sanity" this Saturday in Washington, DC, and Fox Newsers spin stories of Democratic conspiracies, the politically attuned animators over at NMA World Edition in Taiwan have clearly been paying attention (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )