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Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
Social workers held a mock <i>pudu</i> (普渡, “universal salvation”) ceremony yesterday — the first day of the Ghost Month — in front of the Ministry of Health and Welfare in Taipei to protest work safety issues. The groups presented the ministry a list of demands, which the ministry said it would look into. Taipei Social Workers’ Union deputy director Shen Yao-yi (沈曜逸) said that in interviews the group conducted, it found that the top three reasons social welfare workers quit their jobs were the politicizing of the social welfare sector, the multitude of unreason...
It's Ghost Month! In honor of this somber time, Bizarre Beijing will bring you a classic Chinese ghost story once a week 'til this month ends.