[{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Han Cheung","ar_views":"982","ar_id":"2003827018","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-11-17","ar_head":"Taiwan in Time: When a Siraya village requested the shogun\u2019s protection","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"Nov. 18 to Nov. 24Led by a headman named Dika, 16 indigenous Siraya from Sinkan Village, in what is today\u2019s Tainan, traveled to Japan and met with the shogun in the summer of 1627. They reportedly offered sovereignty to the emperor. This greatly alarmed the Dutch, who were allies of the village. The","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/11\/17\/2003827018","photo":{"ar_id":"2003827018","ph_attr":"Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons","ph_cap":"A Dutch depiction of indigenous Formosans from 1670. 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The giants of the industry \u2014 Bumble and Match, which owns Tinder \u2014 have both created apps catering to friendly ","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/11\/15\/2003826927","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826927","ph_attr":"Photo: Reuters","ph_cap":"Staff members in February 2022 prepare for a \u201cPray and swipe right\u201d event organized by online dating app Tinder at the Trimuriti shrine on Valentine\u2019s Day in Bangkok, Thailand. ","ph_fpath":"2024\/11\/15","ph_fname":"p13-241115-301.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/11\/15\/p13-241115-301.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/11\/15\/thumbs\/p13-241115-301.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Jake Coyle","ar_views":"385","ar_id":"2003826928","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-11-15","ar_head":"Film review: \u2018Red One\u2019 tries to supersize the Christmas movie","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"Ah, the Christmas movie. That old chestnut. That cozy perennial pastime where \u2014 let\u2019s just pick one scene from Red One \u2014 Dwayne Johnson, playing Santa\u2019s body guard, faces off with a witch-possessed mercenary (Nick Kroll) and ice-sword-wielding CGI snowmen on the sandy beaches of Aruba. Can\u2019t you jus","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/11\/15\/2003826928","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826928","ph_attr":"Photo: AP","ph_cap":"A scene from <i>Red One<\/i>.","ph_fpath":"2024\/11\/15","ph_fname":"p14-241115-314.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/11\/15\/p14-241115-314.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/11\/15\/thumbs\/p14-241115-314.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Emma Beddington","ar_views":"163","ar_id":"2003826929","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-11-15","ar_head":"Is 35 the worst age to be?","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"If you\u2019re 34, watch out: Tom Hanks says 35 is the worst age. Why ask Hanks \u2014 delightful as he seems \u2014 as opposed to, say, the highly qualified global community of happiness psychologists and social scientists? Because he\u2019s got a film out, duh \u2014 Here, which required him to be rejuvenated to various a","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/11\/15\/2003826929","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826929","ph_attr":"Photo: AFP","ph_cap":"US actor Tom Hanks last month attends the world premiere of <i>Here <\/i> during AFI Fest at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.","ph_fpath":"2024\/11\/15","ph_fname":"p14-241115-328.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/11\/15\/p14-241115-328.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/11\/15\/thumbs\/p14-241115-328.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Hollie Younger ","ar_views":"492","ar_id":"2003826870","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-11-14","ar_head":"Restaurant review: Good things come in small portions","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"Dimmed red lighting and cozy corners, the soft glow from the streetlights outside; the music, modern yet sexy, envelops hushed conversations. JUJU entices us to their snug Spanish spot to clink wine glasses and share indulgent dishes. This place was designed for sultry romantic evenings. But be warn","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/11\/14\/2003826870","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826870","ph_attr":"Photo: Hollie Younger","ph_cap":"Garlic Shrimp from JUJU Spanish Gastrobar. ","ph_fpath":"2024\/11\/14","ph_fname":"p13-241114-111.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/11\/14\/p13-241114-111.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/11\/14\/thumbs\/p13-241114-111.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Elsie Chen and Dake Kang","ar_views":"404","ar_id":"2003826871","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-11-14","ar_head":"China\u2019s underground raves, from street techno to quotes from Chairman Mao","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"Crouch through the small metal door and walk down the dark tunnel, and even before you step into the abandoned air raid shelter, the air reverberates with pounding techno beats. Young Chinese holding booze and cigarettes shake and sway in a red-lit passageway, below a big screen rolling through quot","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/11\/14\/2003826871","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826871","ph_attr":"Photo: AP","ph_cap":"Rave attendees in August dance in an abandoned air raid shelter in Guangzhou, China.","ph_fpath":"2024\/11\/14","ph_fname":"p13-241114-311.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/11\/14\/p13-241114-311.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/11\/14\/thumbs\/p13-241114-311.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Dharna Noor","ar_views":"383","ar_id":"2003826872","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-11-14","ar_head":"Big oil firms knew of dire effects of fossil fuels as early as 1950s: memo","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"Major oil companies, including Shell and precursors to energy giants Chevron, ExxonMobil and BP, were alerted about the planet-warming effects of fossil fuels as early as 1954, newly unearthed documents show.The warning, from the head of an industry-created group known as the Air Pollution Foundatio","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/11\/14\/2003826872","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826872","ph_attr":"Photo: Reuters","ph_cap":"A general view in June shows the Mexico state oil firm Pemex\u2019s Ciudad Madero refinery, after the Tropical Storm Alberto hit Mexico, in Ciudad Madero, Mexico.","ph_fpath":"2024\/11\/14","ph_fname":"P14-241114-313.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/11\/14\/P14-241114-313.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/11\/14\/thumbs\/P14-241114-313.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Natasha Walter","ar_views":"118","ar_id":"2003826873","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-11-14","ar_head":"Book review: Racism by any other name","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"When I started to read Rachel Shabi\u2019s new book, I felt a profound sense of relief and recognition. As she writes: \u201cThe left has ceded the space on antisemitism\u2026 and the right has smartly and strategically filled that void.\u201d As someone who has been involved for years with various causes where leftwin","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/11\/14\/2003826873","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826873","ph_attr":"","ph_cap":"<i>Off-White: The Truth About Antisemitism <\/i>,by Rachel Shabi.","ph_fpath":"2024\/11\/14","ph_fname":"p14-241114-the book.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/11\/14\/p14-241114-the book.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/11\/14\/thumbs\/p14-241114-the book.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"","ar_views":"447","ar_id":"2003826810","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-11-13","ar_head":"Five ways science is making the world better","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"REVERSING DIABETESHalf a billion people worldwide live with diabetes. There are different types with different causes, but all lead people to have too much sugar in their blood. If not well controlled, this excess glucose can inflict damage throughout the body, putting people at risk of gum disease,","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/11\/13\/2003826810","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826810","ph_attr":"Photo: Reuters","ph_cap":"Spiral galaxy NGC 628, located 32 million light-years away from Earth, is seen in an undated image from the James Webb Space Telescope.","ph_fpath":"2024\/11\/13","ph_fname":"p13-241113-302.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/11\/13\/p13-241113-302.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/11\/13\/thumbs\/p13-241113-302.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Claire Lee","ar_views":"485","ar_id":"2003826811","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-11-13","ar_head":"The S Korean feminist movement sweeping America","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"No dating, sex, marriage or having children with men: South Korea\u2019s extreme feminist movement \u201c4B\u201d has gone viral in America and beyond since Donald Trump won the US presidential election.WHAT IS 4B?In Korean, 4B stands for the \u201cFour Nos\u201d: dating, sex, marriage and childbearing with men.The movement","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/11\/13\/2003826811","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826811","ph_attr":"Photo: AFP","ph_cap":"South Korean women in March carry flags reading \u201cFeminist\u201d as they march during a rally to mark International Women\u2019s Day in downtown Seoul. 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Relative t","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/11\/12\/2003826755","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826755","ph_attr":"Photo: Liao Chen-huei, Taipei Times","ph_cap":"Former US deputy national security adviser Matt Pottinger, center, on June 13 speaks at an event to promote <i>The Boiling Moat: Urgent Steps to Defend Taiwan<\/i>, a book he edited, as Forward Alliance director Enoch Wu, right, and Ivan Kanapathy, who worked in the White House\u2019s National Security Council during Donald Trump\u2019s first term as president. Pottinger might be tapped to again work in the Trump White House.","ph_fpath":"2024\/11\/12","ph_fname":"P13-241112-001.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/11\/12\/P13-241112-001.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/11\/12\/thumbs\/P13-241112-001.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Hannah Devlin ","ar_views":"385","ar_id":"2003826756","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-11-12","ar_head":"Missed deadlines lead people to judge work more harshly: study","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"Is there a job you\u2019re putting off finishing so you can read this story? Well, if new research into procrastination is anything to go by, you\u2019d better get back to it.Scientists studying the psychology of people who leave things to the last minute have found that work that is submitted late tends to b","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/11\/12\/2003826756","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826756","ph_attr":"Photo: AFP","ph_cap":"Workers on Nov. 8 walk through the Grande Arche office block at the end of the day in the La Defense business district, in Paris.","ph_fpath":"2024\/11\/12","ph_fname":"P13-241112-304.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/11\/12\/P13-241112-304.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/11\/12\/thumbs\/P13-241112-304.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Michael Turton","ar_views":"1023","ar_id":"2003826699","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-11-11","ar_head":"Notes from Central Taiwan: A century of Taiwan independence","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"In mid-1949 George Kennan, the famed geopolitical thinker and analyst, wrote a memorandum on US policy towards Taiwan and Penghu, then known as, respectively, Formosa and the Pescadores. In it he argued that Formosa and Pescadores would be lost to the Chine communists in a few years, or even months,","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/11\/11\/2003826699","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826699","ph_attr":"Photo: Liu Hsin-de, Taipei Times","ph_cap":"Members of several pro-Taiwanese independence groups in August 2017 stage a protest in front of the Democratic Progressive Party\u2019s headquarters in Taipei, demanding that Taiwan participate in international events as \u201cTaiwan,\u201d not \u201cChinese Taipei.\u201d","ph_fpath":"2024\/11\/11","ph_fname":"p13-241111-001.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/11\/11\/p13-241111-001.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/11\/11\/thumbs\/p13-241111-001.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Han Cheung","ar_views":"4949","ar_id":"2003826654","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-11-10","ar_head":"Taiwan in Time: The rise and fall of Taipei\u2019s sky bridges","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"Nov. 11 to Nov. 17People may call Taipei a \u201cliving hell for pedestrians,\u201d but back in the 1960s and 1970s, citizens were even discouraged from crossing major roads on foot. And there weren\u2019t crosswalks or pedestrian signals at busy intersections.A 1978 editorial in the China Times (\u4e2d\u570b\u6642\u5831) reflected t","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/11\/10\/2003826654","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826654","ph_attr":"Photo courtesy of weichen_kh vis Flickr","ph_cap":"People walk on a pedestrian overpass across Taipei\u2019s Zhonghua Road.","ph_fpath":"2024\/11\/10","ph_fname":"p13-241110-Zhonghua Road.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/11\/10\/p13-241110-Zhonghua Road.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/11\/10\/thumbs\/p13-241110-Zhonghua Road.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Hollie Younger \r\n","ar_views":"1006","ar_id":"2003826610","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-11-09","ar_head":"TFAM\u2019S latest exhibition explores the inner worlds of women","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"The room glows vibrant pink, the floor flooded with hundreds of tiny pink marbles. As I approach the two chairs and a plush baroque sofa of matching fuchsia, what at first appears to be a scene of domestic bliss reveals itself to be anything but as gnarled metal nails and sharp spikes protrude from ","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/11\/09\/2003826610","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826610","ph_attr":"Photo: Hollie Younger","ph_cap":"Yun Suknam, <i>Pink Room III<\/i> (1998).","ph_fpath":"2024\/11\/09","ph_fname":"p14-241109-222.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/11\/09\/p14-241109-222.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/11\/09\/thumbs\/p14-241109-222.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Tyler Cottenie","ar_views":"1223","ar_id":"2003826559","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-11-08","ar_head":"The 921 Earthquake Museum","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"What first caught my eye when I entered the 921 Earthquake Museum was a yellow band running at an angle across the floor toward a pile of exposed soil. This marks the line where, in the early morning hours of Sept. 21, 1999, a massive magnitude 7.3 earthquake raised the earth over two meters along o","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/11\/08\/2003826559","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826559","ph_attr":"Photo: Tyler Cotteni","ph_cap":"Kuangfu Junior High School\u2019s running track uplifted by the earthquake along a faultline.","ph_fpath":"2024\/11\/08","ph_fname":"P13-241108-Track.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/11\/08\/P13-241108-Track.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/11\/08\/thumbs\/P13-241108-Track.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Mark Kennedy","ar_views":"794","ar_id":"2003826560","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-11-08","ar_head":"Movie review: \u2018Heretic\u2019 is a fascinating mix of high discourse, gore and a shifty Hugh Grant","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"Heretic opens with an unusual table setter: Two young missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are discussing condoms and why some are labeled as large even though they\u2019re all pretty much a standard size. \u201cWhat else do we believe because of marketing?\u201d one asks the other.Tha","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/11\/08\/2003826560","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826560","ph_attr":"Photo: AP","ph_cap":"Hugh Grant in a scene from <i>Heretic<\/i>.","ph_fpath":"2024\/11\/08","ph_fname":"P14-241108-316.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/11\/08\/P14-241108-316.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/11\/08\/thumbs\/P14-241108-316.jpg"}},{"ar_sbhdtease":"","ar_byline":"By Arwa Mahdawi","ar_views":"431","ar_id":"2003826561","ar_sbhdbody":"","ar_section":"Features","ar_pubdate":"2024-11-08","ar_head":"You shouldn\u2019t date anyone who wants to go into space","dp_urlname":"feat","ar_desc":"Olivia Rodrigo does not want to hear about Uranus. Or your planned trip to Mars, for that matter. The pop star recently told Netflix that she has an \u201coddly specific question\u201d that she asks guys on first dates. \u201cI always ask them if they would want to go to space \u2026 If they say yes, I don\u2019t date them,","ar_url":"News\/feat\/archives\/2024\/11\/08\/2003826561","photo":{"ar_id":"2003826561","ph_attr":"Photo: AFP","ph_cap":"There is no bigger red flag than your dog not liking your date or your date appearing to be indifferent to your dog.","ph_fpath":"2024\/11\/08","ph_fname":"P14-241108-324.jpg","ph_url":"images\/2024\/11\/08\/P14-241108-324.jpg","ph_url_thumbs":"images\/2024\/11\/08\/thumbs\/P14-241108-324.jpg"}}]