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Taiwan in Time: The godfather of Taiwan's mangoes

<strong>May 31 to june 6</strong>
Douliuzai Village (斗六仔) was once considered the poorest settlement in Tainan’s Yujing District (玉井). The residents were often the butt of local jokes one saying poked fun of their lack of money, yellowed faces and smelly feet.
The village’s fortunes drastically changed in the late 1960s due to the efforts of Cheng Han-chih (鄭罕池), who planted the nation’s first Irwin mango trees in 1962. By the early 1970s, everyone was growing the lucrative fruit and “Irwin mansions” sprouted up in the area. In 1973, the government established the first mango special agricultural ....

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Taiwan in Time: Burning for freedom


Taiwan in Time: Burning for freedom
Democracy and labor activist Chan Yi-hua self-immolated during Deng Nan-jung’s funeral in front of the Presidential Office on May 19, 1989, but his story is often forgotten
By Han Cheung / Staff reporter
May 17 to May 23
“Who still remembers Chan Yi-hua (詹益樺)?”
This question has been asked repeatedly over the decades, usually on the anniversary of Chan’s self-immolation on May 19, 1989 at fellow political activist Deng Nan-jung’s (鄭南榕) funeral in front of the Presidential Office.
People gather at Chan Yi-hua’s memorial on the 30th anniversary of his death.
Photo: Tsai Tsung-hsun, Taipei Times
Deng had committed the same act on April 7 when the police came to his office to arrest him for sedition. That day is now observed as National Freedom of Speech Day, and it would be pretty hard to find someone in Taiwan who doesn’t know Deng today. ....

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