Happy trails Nov 4, 2009
Historic: Yongdings Unesco-listed tulou where Hakkas have lived for hundreds of years ... We were in Fujians Longyan county, home of the Hakkas and their tulou mud-fortresses ... Perhaps there was something in the salt-baked chicken or the meicai pork but one night, as we were digesting our rich Hakka dinner, Leah (not her real name) suddenly left the table, gathered a half dozen restaurant staff and started to belt out a hymn, all the while exhorting them to accept salvation. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Taiwan Baseball Controlled By Mob Nov 2, 2009
A photographer captures the traditional "apartments" of China's Hakka minority. Paul Ames - - October 21, 2009 06:27 ET. (Newsmax)
* Hakka festival celebrates history, food and culture Oct 9, 2009
Hakka festival celebrates history, food and culture ... This years Taipei Yimin Festival, which opens next Saturday at the Songshan Tobacco Factory, will celebrate Hakka culture with a series of displays and traditional Hakka delicacies ... Yimin (righteous people, q) was a title the Qing dynasty bestowed upon Hakka who helped the Qing government put down an uprising by the Hoklo in the 1700s. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Taiwan à la mode Sep 2, 2009
When explaining his most recent business venture, Liao Jin-feng (A{) talks about how bamboo was used as a weapon by Hakka militias during their resistance to Japanese troops after Qing Dynasty China ceded Taiwan to Tokyo in 1895. Liao also speaks of Far-Hearing (), a deity renowned for his unique sense of hearing and according to legend a musician who lived during the Spring and Autumn Period. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Jostling over whos No. 1 Aug 30, 2009
The dinner hosted by Tan Sri William Cheng, president of ACCCIM, was a sort of summit of Chinese community leaders representing not only ACCCIM and Huazong but also the education groups the United Chinese School Committees Association of Malaysia (Dong Zong), the United Chinese Schools Teachers Association of Malaysia (Jiao Zong), and the Malaysia Chinese Seven Major Clans Association, representing the Hakka, Cantonese, Teochew, Hokkien, Hainanese and others. Specialist approach. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
New museum to spur Johor Baru Aug 17, 2009
Located at a 60-year-old building along Jalan Ibrahim in the heart of the city, the museum would feature a collection of artefacts related to the Cantonese, Hokkien, Hainanese, Hakka and Teochew clans, he said. He added that the presence of pre-war shops near the museum would add to the traditional atmosphere in the area. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Jimmy Choo: from humble beginnings Aug 11, 2009
Acknowledging his Hakka heritage, Choo said that he was heavily influenced by Chinese culture when he was growing up, with the merits of diligence and patience encouraging him to continue to forge his dream. Choo said that in the future he would like to give back to the community, with plans to open a school to teach students. (Xinhuanet, China)
* Urban life a threat to Hakka culture Aug 7, 2009
Urban life a threat to Hakka culture. INVISIBLE MEN: Fearing discrimination, many Hakka who move to big cities like Taipei and Kaohsiung are reluctant to reveal their ethnicity and gradually forget their language By Loa Iok-sin STAFF REPORTER Friday, Aug 07, 2009, Page 4 ... While urbanization and economic development improve living standards, they also pose a threat to the survival of Hakka culture in Taiwan and in many other countries, panelists told a forum on urban Hakka yesterday. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Ma determined to develop nation's cultural diversity Aug 6, 2009
President Ma Ying-jeou (^E) yesterday emphasized the importance of cultural diversity, saying Taiwan was lucky to have different Chinese cultures and that he was determined to build the nation into a development center of Hakka culture ... Ma made the remarks while addressing the World Peace Conference, organized by the World Hakka Association, at the Ambassador Hotel yesterday morning ... Speaking briefly in broken Hakka, Ma said the Hakka language has been disappearing at an... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Taiwans rural south through the lens Jul 30, 2009
But how do you preserve the old-style Hakka houses, which have a different kind of cultural value. he said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Bicycles and butterflies Jul 17, 2009
The farming town of Meinung (@) in Kaohsiung County celebrates its unique Hakka culture this weekend with a bicycle tour and butterfly worship ceremony ... As usual, the festival features a bicycle ride in the Butterfly Valley area and a Butterfly Worship Ceremony, a traditional Hakka prayer ritual. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
* Journalist accuses CHA of censorship Jul 1, 2009
NO FREEDOM OF SPEECH: Hakka freelance journalist Yeh Jih-chia had strong words to say in a video about the destruction of ancient kilns in Houlong Township By Loa Iok-sin STAFF REPORTER Wednesday, Jul 01, 2009, Page 4. Freelance journalist Yeh Jih-chia, left, receives a check in Taipei yesterday at the Hakka Journalism Awards for his reporting on the demolition of Japanese-era kilns in Miaoli Countys Houlong Township in January ... A Hakka Journalism Award recipient yesterday accused the... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
* The poet behind the music Jun 29, 2009
But what has always remained the same is a core concern for social issues and community, which has inspired many of Zhongs lyrics, mostly written in Hakka ... Growing Up Wild looks at women and families in contemporary Taiwanese society, particularly Hakka farming communities, and touches upon the economic divide between northern and southern Taiwan ... Zhong, who wrote all but three of the albums 10 songs, focused on women in Hakka and other Han Chinese families in farming communities,... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
* RESTAURANTS : Fan Po Keng (fC|) Jun 26, 2009
It favors rustic, home-style cookery, so dont go expecting the culinary sophistication of up-market Hakka restaurants such as Taipeis Tung Flower Hakka Restaurant (a\U) ... Comprised of pieces of chicken marinated in wine, crunchy dried radish, stewed pork belly, preserved bamboo shoots, Hakka stir-fry and a deep-fried egg, all served together over rice, the dish makes for a filling meal, and includes a bowl of homemade sour plum drink, which counterpoises the rich, oily flavor of... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* [CD REVIEWS: TAIWAN] Jun 24, 2009
Hakka hip-hop crew Kou Chou Ching () appears on Civil Revolt Chapter 1. Changs poster-boy image X as a PhD student, lecturer in English composition and devout Christian X adds to his novelty as a rapper. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
* INTERVIEW: Ma administration doesnt understand government Jun 21, 2009
As a result, members of the TFD, the Overseas Chinese Culture and Education Foundation and the Council for Hakka Affairs have been replaced for a variety of reasons, Hsiao said ... The Council for Hakka Affairs used to hold a meeting every two months, he said, but since Ma became president, the meetings are often skipped. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Taiwan)
* EDITORIAL: Faulty science and faulty politics Jun 4, 2009
5 percent of people in Taiwan are Aborigines, 85 percent of Hoklo and Hakka in Taiwan are genetically linked to Austronesians through hundreds of years of intermarriage with Aborigines. Aside from a history of colonization by Dutch, Spanish and Japanese that has left its own mark, this nation consists of Hoklo, Hakka and Aborigines along with a growing population of immigrants from Vietnam, the Philippines, Laos, Indonesia and many other countries. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
* Hakka and green activists oppose Taipei culture park May 8, 2009
Hakka and green activists oppose Taipei culture park. CITY ESCAPE: Taipei wants to create a Hakka cultural park with scenes from rural Hakka villages such as terraced rice and tea fields and orchards By Loa Iok-sin STAFF REPORTER Friday, May 08, 2009, Page 2 ... Hakka activists, environmentalists and Taipei residents yesterday voiced their opposition to a NT$600 million (US$18 million) plan by the citys Hakka Affairs Commission to remove more than 150 trees from the former site of a museum... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* FEATURE: Pingpu Aborigines heat up battle for ethnic identity May 3, 2009
However, these people gradually disappeared over the course of time, largely because of interaction with Hoklo and Hakka settlers who began coming from China in large numbers about 400 years ago. To interact and trade with newcomers, Pingpu started to learn to speak Hoklo [also known as Taiwanese] and Hakka, and adopted Chinese names and surnames, said Chan Su-chuan (S), an assistant research fellow at Acadmia Sinicas Institute of Taiwan History ... Aside from business connections,... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Keeping dialects alive through the arts May 2, 2009
The charm of these enchanting folk songs whether in Hakka, Hainanese, Cantonese, or other dialects is in their historical values ... Some examples of the programmes lined up during these events were Hakka Shan Ge (mountain song), Teochew Da Luo Gu (percussion), Hainan Qiong Ju (opera) and Hokkien Nan Yin (orchestra) ... The dinner-performance menu had exotic names like Guangxi Folk Song with Stuffed Tofu, Cantonese Opera with Braised Chinese Cabbage and Dried Scallop, Hakka Mountain Song... (The Star Online, Malaysia)
* What really matters in exchanges with China Apr 5, 2009
In the last few weeks, Amway tourist groups from China flaunted their wealth as if they were the saviors of the Taiwanese economy; the Taiwan Hakka Forum Association threw its support behind a cross-strait economic cooperation framework agreement; and the World Buddhist Forum allowed a politically inclined monk to defame the Dalai Lama and promote unification of Taiwan, Tibet and the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) and distort the tone of the forum. At the same time, Chinese liberals who had... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
* FEATURE : Analysts differ on discrimination proposal Apr 4, 2009
We are too confident that enacting a law would be the solution to everything, said Chiou, former chairman of the Graduate Institute of Hakka Politics and Economics at National Central University. Many countries rely on moral education instead [when pursuing ethnic harmony. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
* THE LIBERTY TIMES EDITORIAL: Ma making the job easy for China Mar 30, 2009
Even an upcoming forum on Hakka affairs is not immune. Yet the Ma administration continues to open up to China. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
* Taiwans system breeds contempt Mar 27, 2009
Wu Poh-hsiung (dB), a Taiwanese Hakka who aligned himself with the KMT and is now its chairman, is rewarded for his loyalty with the title the revered Chairman Wu (B). Have you ever seen those papers honor pro-independence leaders with such titles. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
* Teatime at the National Palace Museum Mar 25, 2009
Some of the spaces are traditionally decorated, ranging from re-creations of traditional Hakka architecture from Beipu (_H) in Hsinchu County, to highly contemporary affairs, such as one enclosed in a giant transparent plastic bubble and another hung about with reflective strips of material. SUP AND LEARN. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
* Ministry helping schools that need English teachers Mar 24, 2009
During the committee meeting, Chinese Nationalist Party Legislator Kuo Su-chun (K) said the ministry should consider pushing back English classes to the fifth grade because children are already under pressure to develop their skills in both Mandarin and another language X Hoklo (also known as Taiwanese), Hakka or an Aboriginal language X at primary school. They are under too much pressure by having to learn [English] as well, she said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
* Taiwan News Quick Take Mar 21, 2009
Hakka books on display. Working with a museum specializing in collecting Hakka family books in western Fujian Province, China, the Taiwan Hakka Association for Public Affairs has organized a Hakka family book exhibition on display in the Taipei County Hakka Museum in Sansia Township (Tl) from now until next Friday ... Huang Tzu-yao (l), chairman of the Hakka association, said that as western Fujian is seen as the origin of all Hakka, Taiwanese Hakka may find the long-lost history of their... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
* FEATURE : Award recipients warn of danger to dialects Feb 22, 2009
ENDANGERED: The UN listed all of Taiwan; Aboriginal languages as threatened, and far fewer Hakka can speak their mother language than was the case in the past By Loa Iok-sin STAFF REPORTER Sunday, Feb 22, 2009, Page 2. Recipients of the Ministry of Educations (MOE) award for special contribution to local languages on UNESCOs International Mother Language Day yesterday warned that Hoklo X also known as Taiwanese X Hakka, and Aboriginal languages face a grim future ... Local languages are... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Biggest Hakka mountain song contest gets bigger Feb 13, 2009
Biggest Hakka mountain song contest gets bigger ... A woman performs at a press conference on Feb. 19 last year to promote the annual Hakka singing contest ... With more than 800 people signed up, the biggest Hakka mountain song contest in the nations history was officially opened in Jhudong Township (F), Hsinchu County, yesterday. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Taiwan)
