[{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Wolfgang Gerhard Thiele \u72c4\u963f\u72fc","ar_views":"217","ar_id":"2003831523","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-08","ar_head":"Japan\u2019s 1960s policy to deport Taiwan independence activists","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"Nine Taiwanese nervously stand on an observation platform at Tokyo\u2019s Haneda International Airport. It\u2019s 9:20am on March 27, 1968, and they are awaiting the arrival of Liu Wen-ching (\u67f3\u6587\u537f), who is about to be deported back to Taiwan where he faces possible execution for his independence activities. As","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2025\/02\/08\/2003831523","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831523","ph_attr":"Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons","ph_cap":"Woodcut The Terrible Inspection by Huang Jung-tsan in Taipei, 1947, depicting ROC military police shooting and beating Taiwanese bystanders.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/08","ph_fname":"P12-250208-b.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/P12-250208-b.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/08\/thumbs\/P12-250208-b.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Hollie Younger","ar_views":"419","ar_id":"2003831460","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-07","ar_head":"Taipei Art Awards at TFAM","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"A pig\u2019s head sits atop a shelf, tufts of blonde hair sprouting from its taut scalp. Opposite, its chalky, wrinkled heart glows red in a bubbling vat of liquid, locks of thick dark hair and teeth scattered below. A giant screen shows the pig draped in a hospital gown. Is it dead? A surgeon inserts hu","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2025\/02\/07\/2003831460","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831460","ph_attr":"Photo: Hollie Younger, TT","ph_cap":"<i>Yes, I\u2019m a simp. Simply in love with...<\/i> by Poyuan Juan.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/07","ph_fname":"p12-250207-Photo2-17.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/07\/p12-250207-Photo2-17.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/07\/thumbs\/p12-250207-Photo2-17.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"385","ar_id":"2003831461","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-07","ar_head":"India\u2019s sacred boat service for giant Hindu festival","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"For millions of Hindu pilgrims at India\u2019s millennia-old vast Kumbh Mela festival, the culmination of their journey is ritual bathing in the holy waters where sacred rivers meet.And for as long as anyone can remember, it has been generations of boatmen from the Nishad community who have provided the ","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2025\/02\/07\/2003831461","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831461","ph_attr":"Photo: AFP","ph_cap":"Boatman Chhote Lal Nishad last month rows his boat across the river Yamuna, in Prayagraj.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/07","ph_fname":"P12-250207-302.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/07\/P12-250207-302.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/07\/thumbs\/P12-250207-302.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Wendy Ide\r\n","ar_views":"384","ar_id":"2003831462","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-07","ar_head":"Timothee Chalamet radiates charisma in evocative Dylan biopic","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"It\u2019s a remarkable performance. Star of the moment Timothee Chalamet inhabits the loose-limbed, live-wire physicality of the young Bob Dylan and makes an impressively good fist of capturing the frayed hessian of his distinctive voice. Acoustic guitars are plucked and harmonicas honked with the effort","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2025\/02\/07\/2003831462","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831462","ph_attr":"Photo: AP\r\n","ph_cap":"Elle Fanning and Timothee Chalamet in a scene from <i> A Complete Unknown<\/i>.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/07","ph_fname":"P11-250207-309.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/07\/P11-250207-309.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/07\/thumbs\/P11-250207-309.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Catherine Shoard","ar_views":"71","ar_id":"2003831463","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-07","ar_head":"Oscar-nominated films compete to bait Donald Trump","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"When reacting to Oscar nominations, actors traditionally err on the side of hyperbole. This year was no exception. \u201cI don\u2019t know if I\u2019m quite in my body,\u201d said Demi Moore, on learning she was shortlisted for The Substance. \u201cI looked at my phone and fell on the floor,\u201d said Monica Barbaro, who plays ","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2025\/02\/07\/2003831463","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831463","ph_attr":"Photo: AP","ph_cap":"Jeremy Strong, left, and Sebastian Stan in a scene from the film <i>The Apprentice<\/i>.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/07","ph_fname":"P11-250207-305.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/07\/P11-250207-305.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/07\/thumbs\/P11-250207-305.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Dan Milmo","ar_views":"402","ar_id":"2003831395","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-06","ar_head":"Will AI systems be caused to suffer if consciousness achieved","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"Artificial intelligence systems capable of feelings or self-awareness are at risk of being harmed if the technology is developed irresponsibly, according to an open letter signed by AI practitioners and thinkers including Sir Stephen Fry.More than 100 experts have put forward five principles for con","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2025\/02\/06\/2003831395","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831395","ph_attr":"Photo: Photo: Bloomberg","ph_cap":"The logos of OpenAI, ChatGPT and DeepSeek artificial intelligence apps seen last month on mobile phones.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/06","ph_fname":"P12-250206-307.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/06\/P12-250206-307.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/06\/thumbs\/P12-250206-307.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Dan Milmo ","ar_views":"461","ar_id":"2003831396","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-06","ar_head":"AI \u2018godfather\u2019 predicts another revolution in the tech in next five years","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"One of the \u201cgodfathers\u201d of modern artificial intelligence has predicted a further revolution in the technology by the end of the decade, and says current systems are too limited to create domestic robots and fully automated cars.Yann LeCun, the chief AI scientist at Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s Meta, said new ","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2025\/02\/06\/2003831396","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831396","ph_attr":"Photo: AFP","ph_cap":"Meta\u2019s Chief Artificial Intelligence (AI) scientist Yann LeCun last month addresses a speech as he attends the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/06","ph_fname":"P12-250206-308.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/06\/P12-250206-308.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/06\/thumbs\/P12-250206-308.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By David Frazier","ar_views":"453","ar_id":"2003831397","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-06","ar_head":"Book review: When Beijing\u2019s indie rock hit its peak","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"In a recent book, Rocking China, Andrew Field, a professor of Chinese culture and history at Duke Kunshan University in Shanghai, looks back at Beijing\u2019s independent rock scene circa 2007, arguing that the year marked both its apex and curtain call. Until that point, the scene\u2019s growth had come at a","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2025\/02\/06\/2003831397","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831397","ph_attr":"","ph_cap":"<i>Rocking China<\/i>, by Andrew David Field","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/06","ph_fname":"p11-250206-book.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/06\/p11-250206-book.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/06\/thumbs\/p11-250206-book.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"\r\nBy Deepti Hajela","ar_views":"44","ar_id":"2003831398","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-06","ar_head":"Mmm, that looks yummy!","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"You know you\u2019ve said it. We all have. \u201cMmm, that looks so delicious \u2014 I want to try some!\u201d That\u2019s because when it comes to what we eat, it\u2019s not just a matter of taste.What foods and drinks look like \u2014 the colors we see before the first morsels or sips hit our tastebuds \u2014 have mattered to people for","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2025\/02\/06\/2003831398","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831398","ph_attr":"Photo: AP","ph_cap":"This image shows a pile of candy corn in Westchester County, New York.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/06","ph_fname":"p11-250206-303.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/06\/p11-250206-303.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/06\/thumbs\/p11-250206-303.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Helen Davidson and Chi-hui Lin","ar_views":"882","ar_id":"2003831336","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-05","ar_head":"Taiwan\u2019s next generation  takes on its fear of the deep","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"A dozen excited 10-year-olds are bouncing in their chairs. The small classroom\u2019s walls are lined with racks of wetsuits and water equipment, and decorated with posters of turtles. But the students\u2019 eyes are trained on their teacher, Tseng Ching-ming, describing the currents and sea conditions at nea","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2025\/02\/05\/2003831336","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831336","ph_attr":"Photo: Tsai Tsung-hsien, Taipei Times","ph_cap":"People in July last year swim at a beach in Kenting.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/05","ph_fname":"P12-250205-003.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/05\/P12-250205-003.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/05\/thumbs\/P12-250205-003.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"306","ar_id":"2003831337","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-05","ar_head":"How China could respond to Trump\u2019s new tariffs","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"From retaliatory tariffs on US goods like car parts and soy beans to controls on raw minerals essential for American manufacturing \u2014 analysts say China has plenty of options if it wants to reply to fresh US levies.US President Donald Trump over the weekend announced 10 percent tariffs on Chinese pro","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2025\/02\/05\/2003831337","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831337","ph_attr":"Photo: EPA-EFE","ph_cap":"A person on Monday windsails near a ship with Evergreen cargo containers at the Port of Los Angeles in Long Beach, California, USA.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/05","ph_fname":"P12-250205-307.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/05\/P12-250205-307.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/05\/thumbs\/P12-250205-307.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Courtney Donovan Smith \u77f3\u6771\u6587","ar_views":"838","ar_id":"2003831292","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-04","ar_head":"Donovan\u2019s Deep Dives: Huang Kuo-chang\u2019s bid to take over the TPP","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"The resignation of Taiwan People\u2019s Party (TPP) co-founder Ko Wen-je (\u67ef\u6587\u54f2) as party chair on Jan. 1 has led to an interesting battle between two leading party figures, Huang Kuo-chang (\u9ec3\u570b\u660c) and Tsai Pi-ru (\u8521\u58c1\u5982). For years the party has been a one-man show, but with Ko being held incommunicado while o","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2025\/02\/04\/2003831292","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831292","ph_attr":"Photo courtesy of Tsai Pi-ru\u2019s Facebook page","ph_cap":"Former Taipei People\u2019s Party (TPP) legislator Tsai Pi-ru, left, and former TPP chairman Ko Wen-je, attend an event in Taichung in this undated photo. Tsai has thrown her hat into the ring to become TPP chairperson.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/04","ph_fname":"P12-250204-003.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/04\/P12-250204-003.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/04\/thumbs\/P12-250204-003.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"327","ar_id":"2003831293","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-04","ar_head":"Beyonce finally wins top album at Grammys, as Lamar shines","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"Beyonce on Sunday finally won the Grammy for the year\u2019s best album for her culture-shaking Cowboy Carter, as rapper Kendrick Lamar posted a clean sweep on a night that served as a love letter to fire-ravaged Los Angeles.Chappell Roan, Charli XCX, Doechii and Sabrina Carpenter emerged as big winners ","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2025\/02\/04\/2003831293","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831293","ph_attr":"Photo: AP","ph_cap":"Beyonce on Sunday accepts the award for best country album for <i>Cowboy Carter<\/i> during the 67th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/04","ph_fname":"P12-250204-302.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/04\/P12-250204-302.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/04\/thumbs\/P12-250204-302.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"979","ar_id":"2003831243","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-03","ar_head":"The global forces sending coffee prices skyward","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"Climate change, political headwinds and diverging market dynamics around the world have pushed coffee prices to fresh records, jacking up the cost of your everyday brew or a barista\u2019s signature macchiato.While the current hot streak may calm down in the coming months, experts and industry insiders e","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2025\/02\/03\/2003831243","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831243","ph_attr":"Photo: Bloomberg","ph_cap":"An employee on May 25, 2023 holds Arabica coffee cherries at Kwadungan Coffee in Temanggung regency, Central Java, Indonesia.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/03","ph_fname":"P12-250203-333.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/03\/P12-250203-333.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/03\/thumbs\/P12-250203-333.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Helen Davidson","ar_views":"517","ar_id":"2003831244","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2025-02-03","ar_head":"China\u2019s economic need and soft diplomacy spur about-face on visa-free entry","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"A few years ago, getting a visa to visit China was a \u201cball ache,\u201d says Kate Murray. The Australian was going for a four-day trade show, but the visa required a formal invitation from the organizers and what felt like \u201ca thousand forms.\u201d\u201cThey wanted so many details about your life and personal life,\u201d","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2025\/02\/03\/2003831244","photo":{"ar_id":"2003831244","ph_attr":"Photo: EPA","ph_cap":"A foreign tourist on Aug. 13 uses his cellphone near the Forbidden City in Beijing, China.","ph_fpath":"2025\/02\/03","ph_fname":"P12-250203-308.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/02\/03\/P12-250203-308.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/02\/03\/thumbs\/P12-250203-308.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"2501","ar_id":"2003830845","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-26","ar_head":"Lunar New Year announcement","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"Due to the Lunar New Year holiday, from Sunday, Jan. 26, through Sunday, Feb. 2, there will be no Features pages. The paper returns to its usual format on Monday, Feb. 3, when Features will also be resumed. Kung Hsi Fa Tsai!","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2025\/01\/26\/2003830845","photo":[]},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"2539","ar_id":"2003830798","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-25","ar_head":"\u2018Tell what happened to us\u2019: The last death camp survivors","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"They were four years old, 15 or only seven months when they were sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau, Bergen-Belsen, Buchenwald and Ravensbruck. Some were born there.Somehow they survived, began their lives again and had children, grandchildren and even great grandchildren themselves. Now in the evening of t","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2025\/01\/25\/2003830798","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830798","ph_attr":"Photo: Reuters","ph_cap":"The Arbeit macht frei (Work sets you free) gate on Jan. 10 is pictured on the site of the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz in Oswiecim, Poland.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/25","ph_fname":"P12-250126-330.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/25\/P12-250126-330.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/25\/thumbs\/P12-250126-330.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"2558","ar_id":"2003830799","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-25","ar_head":"Indian elephants on epic journey to tycoon\u2019s giant zoo","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"A jumbo operation is moving 20 elephants across the breadth of India to the mammoth private zoo set up by the son of Asia\u2019s richest man, adjoining a sprawling oil refinery.The elephants have been \u201cfreed from the exploitative logging industry,\u201d according to the Vantara Animal Rescue Centre, run by An","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2025\/01\/25\/2003830799","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830799","ph_attr":"Photo: AP","ph_cap":"Devotees on Oct. 11 walk with a decorated Indian elephant to participate in prayers during Dussehra festivities, in Mysuru, India. Elephants are to be freed from performing temple rituals and rescued in Anant Ambani\u2019s zoo.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/25","ph_fname":"P12-250125-304.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/25\/P12-250125-304.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/25\/thumbs\/P12-250125-304.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Tyler Cottenie","ar_views":"1191","ar_id":"2003830737","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-24","ar_head":"The Wufeng Lin Family Mansion","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"When 17-year-old Lin Shih (\u6797\u77f3) crossed the Taiwan Strait in 1746 with a group of settlers, he could hardly have known the magnitude of wealth and influence his family would later amass on the island, or that one day tourists would be walking through the home of his descendants in central Taiwan.He m","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2025\/01\/24\/2003830737","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830737","ph_attr":"Photo : Tyler Cottenie","ph_cap":"The final layer in Gong-Bao-Di, the \u201cPalace Guardian\u2019s Residence.\u201d","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/24","ph_fname":"P12-250124-d.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/24\/P12-250124-d.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/24\/thumbs\/P12-250124-d.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"408","ar_id":"2003830738","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2025-01-24","ar_head":"Beijing welcomes back international blockbusters","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"On her way to catch a foreign flick in Beijing, Jane Yao bought a cinnamon roll, had ramen, visited a bookshop, and dropped by a supermarket to grab some snacks.Such an impulse splurge has become all too rare in China, a country where consumption growth is still far below pre-Covid levels and poses ","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2025\/01\/24\/2003830738","photo":{"ar_id":"2003830738","ph_attr":"Photo: Reuters\r\n\r\n","ph_cap":"A person on Feb. 21 walks past movie posters at the Capital Cinema in Beijing, China.","ph_fpath":"2025\/01\/24","ph_fname":"P11-250124-jhkjhkjh.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2025\/01\/24\/P11-250124-jhkjhkjh.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2025\/01\/24\/thumbs\/P11-250124-jhkjhkjh.jpg"}}]