You are here: Homepage Tag Island Articles on behalf of the dragon Illustration: Verena Schulz Notes and observations | Taiwan Taiwan: island of curiosities Beethoven, bubble tea and vertical cemeteries: life in Taiwan is often funny, sometimes strange, never boring. Don't believe us? Read on ... 06/01/2023 Chen Inzone, 38 years old, works as a farmer and lives in Jiali Photo: private Vox pop | Taiwan Military service and cats Students, a fish farmer, a beautician and an activist: we asked eight Taiwanese people what’s on their mind 06/01/2023 Wang Chung-Yong watches a dredger Photo: Ann Wang / Reuters Raw materials | Taiwan The sand pirates Chinese freighters are hunting for one of the world's most coveted raw materials off the Taiwanese coast. But the search for sand poses a problem not just for Taipei, but for Beijing By Will Yang, Yian Lee 06/01/2023 Fossa, an endangered species. In recent decades, its population has declined by about thirty percent Photo: Gustav Mützel Wildlife | Madagascar Skilled hunter The fossa is Madagascar’s largest carnivore. Today it is at the verge of extinction By Fabienne Rafidiharinirina 07/01/2022 Thierry Lebrun in front of his house, on the beach polluted by Sargassum weed Photo: Fanny Fontan Environment | Martinique The brown plague The French island of Martinique is under attack from rotting Sargasso algae and the toxic gases it releases By Fanny Fontan 07/01/2022 Survey | Cape Verde 82 % of young people in Cape Verde are disillusioned with democracy By Brígida Morais 01/07/2022
on behalf of the dragon Illustration: Verena Schulz Notes and observations | Taiwan Taiwan: island of curiosities Beethoven, bubble tea and vertical cemeteries: life in Taiwan is often funny, sometimes strange, never boring. Don't believe us? Read on ... 06/01/2023
Chen Inzone, 38 years old, works as a farmer and lives in Jiali Photo: private Vox pop | Taiwan Military service and cats Students, a fish farmer, a beautician and an activist: we asked eight Taiwanese people what’s on their mind 06/01/2023
Wang Chung-Yong watches a dredger Photo: Ann Wang / Reuters Raw materials | Taiwan The sand pirates Chinese freighters are hunting for one of the world's most coveted raw materials off the Taiwanese coast. But the search for sand poses a problem not just for Taipei, but for Beijing By Will Yang, Yian Lee 06/01/2023
Fossa, an endangered species. In recent decades, its population has declined by about thirty percent Photo: Gustav Mützel Wildlife | Madagascar Skilled hunter The fossa is Madagascar’s largest carnivore. Today it is at the verge of extinction By Fabienne Rafidiharinirina 07/01/2022
Thierry Lebrun in front of his house, on the beach polluted by Sargassum weed Photo: Fanny Fontan Environment | Martinique The brown plague The French island of Martinique is under attack from rotting Sargasso algae and the toxic gases it releases By Fanny Fontan 07/01/2022
Survey | Cape Verde 82 % of young people in Cape Verde are disillusioned with democracy By Brígida Morais 01/07/2022
