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HALLOWELL — Before film negatives and Kodachrome slides, chemists with an eye for composing a picture created historic images on glass plates. These plates allowed photographers to capture finely detailed glimpses of life, but it wasn’t easy, according to a news release from Bob McIntire with the Historic Hallowell Committee. Kevin Johnson, photo archivist at […]

The National Policy Foundation yesterday urged the Ministry of Culture to help Taiwan’s ailing brick-and-mortar bookstores with subsidies for rent and activities. Tax exemptions rolled out by the government last year did not stop the decline of stores on Taipei’s famous “book street,” said Apollo Chen (陳學聖), the convener of the culture and sports division of the think tank, which is affiliated with the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT). Chen said that a foundation survey showed that ...