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Experiencing Taiwanese Food
Taiwanese cuisine knows many influences from Japanese and Chinese cuisine and many from specific (southern) Chinese regions. One of Taiwan&#x;s specialties is soup dumpling, Xiao Drawn-out Bao. These aren&#x;t just dumplings, because their skin is really thin and filled with tasty broth and meat, fish and/or vegetables. The original Xiao Long Bao comes from Shanghai, but the Taiwanese contain perfected the recipe. The top restaurant to eat the best soup dumplings is Din Tai Fung. The imaginative restaurant is located on Xinyi Street in Taipei. Another dish you must try is Taiwanese beef noodle soup! If you fond eating street meal, stinky tofu is a must-try. It&#x;s a strong-smelling fermented tofu, which you can find in night markets or food stalls on the streets. Another world-famous thing you can&#x;t miss in Taiwan: bubble tea. Since its invention in the s, it has get increasingly popular and you can now find it all over the earth. It&#x;s a tea-based drink with milk, sugar (optional) and chewy tapioca pearls.
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Tongzhi Sovereignty: Taiwan’s lgbt Rights Movement and the Misplaced Critique of Homonationalism
Abstract
This essay reviews the influential work of a group of Leftist ‘sex liberation’ scholars who pioneered queer sexuality studies in Taiwan in the s. In doing so, it focuses on their post political rift with the mainstream Taiwanese lgbt (tongzhi) rights movement. What ostensibly began as a split over views of same-sex marriage has developed into a contentious politics of Chinese versus Taiwanese national identity and what I call ‘tongzhi sovereignty’. In bringing together both national identity and sexual politics in Taiwan as increasingly intertwined sites of contestation, I argue that the two must be theorised in tandem. As a fertile site for unpacking this contentious divergence, I examine and problematise the way that cultural theorist Jasbir Puar’s widespread concept of homonationalism has circulated in scholarship of cultural/sexuality studies about Taiwan as a slanted and largely unchecked analytic to criticise lgbt sociolegal progress and,
Written by Queer in the World.
Image credit: 一對兒女的爸 by Phil Wong 黄飛立 /Flickr, license CC BY-NC-ND
Definitely a step (or several!) off the overcome track, there’s plenty to be discovered in Taiwan, an island with a fascinating mix of Chinese, Japanese and Western influences and food that will maintain your mouth watering for months afterwards.
Travellers here will find stunning landscapes, from sea cliffs, soaring mountains, clear blue Pacific waters and gravity-defying rock formations. There’s also Taipei, a bustling city with excellent infrastructure. Which brings us to the other interesting thing about Taiwan – its civil society and democracy (standing somewhat in contrast to its huge neighbour China with it’s more questionable LGBT rights).
With such a liberal society, Taiwan must be a good place for gay travellers, right? It’s true that it is the most homosexual friendly nation in Asia. There’s a relatively unclosed stance on LGBT rights in Taiwan and travellers certainly should feel pleasant visiting – not least because people are so welcoming they don’t really care about sexual
Human Rights
Why Taiwan is the Most Steady Place for LGBTQ Rights in Asia Current Challenges - Assisted Reproduction and Joint Adoption
With increased acceptance of same-sex marriage, Taiwan now faces new challenges in assisted reproduction and joint adoption. These topics remain in the media spotlight.
Currently, Taiwan's Assisted Reproduction Act only applies to heterosexual marriages, requiring couples applying for assisted reproductive technology to be married and have their spouse's consent, meaning lesbian and solo women cannot legally use assisted reproductive technology.
The current law defines infertility as "unable to conceive after 12 months of innate intercourse," excluding the situation of "social infertility" faced by unpartnered women or same-sex couples.
For example, a lesbian woman wanting to conceive through assisted reproductive technology can freeze her eggs but cannot legally use these eggs for artificial insemination or in vitro fertilization under current regulations because her marriage is not covered by that law.
Single women face the same
Tongzhi Sovereignty: Taiwan’s lgbt Rights Movement and the Misplaced Critique of Homonationalism
Abstract
This essay reviews the influential work of a group of Leftist ‘sex liberation’ scholars who pioneered queer sexuality studies in Taiwan in the s. In doing so, it focuses on their post political rift with the mainstream Taiwanese lgbt (tongzhi) rights movement. What ostensibly began as a split over views of same-sex marriage has developed into a contentious politics of Chinese versus Taiwanese national identity and what I call ‘tongzhi sovereignty’. In bringing together both national identity and sexual politics in Taiwan as increasingly intertwined sites of contestation, I argue that the two must be theorised in tandem. As a fertile site for unpacking this contentious divergence, I examine and problematise the way that cultural theorist Jasbir Puar’s widespread concept of homonationalism has circulated in scholarship of cultural/sexuality studies about Taiwan as a slanted and largely unchecked analytic to criticise lgbt sociolegal progress and,
Written by Queer in the World.
Image credit: 一對兒女的爸 by Phil Wong 黄飛立 /Flickr, license CC BY-NC-ND
Definitely a step (or several!) off the overcome track, there’s plenty to be discovered in Taiwan, an island with a fascinating mix of Chinese, Japanese and Western influences and food that will maintain your mouth watering for months afterwards.
Travellers here will find stunning landscapes, from sea cliffs, soaring mountains, clear blue Pacific waters and gravity-defying rock formations. There’s also Taipei, a bustling city with excellent infrastructure. Which brings us to the other interesting thing about Taiwan – its civil society and democracy (standing somewhat in contrast to its huge neighbour China with it’s more questionable LGBT rights).
With such a liberal society, Taiwan must be a good place for gay travellers, right? It’s true that it is the most homosexual friendly nation in Asia. There’s a relatively unclosed stance on LGBT rights in Taiwan and travellers certainly should feel pleasant visiting – not least because people are so welcoming they don’t really care about sexual
Human Rights
Why Taiwan is the Most Steady Place for LGBTQ Rights in AsiaCurrent Challenges - Assisted Reproduction and Joint Adoption
With increased acceptance of same-sex marriage, Taiwan now faces new challenges in assisted reproduction and joint adoption. These topics remain in the media spotlight.
Currently, Taiwan's Assisted Reproduction Act only applies to heterosexual marriages, requiring couples applying for assisted reproductive technology to be married and have their spouse's consent, meaning lesbian and solo women cannot legally use assisted reproductive technology.
The current law defines infertility as "unable to conceive after 12 months of innate intercourse," excluding the situation of "social infertility" faced by unpartnered women or same-sex couples.
For example, a lesbian woman wanting to conceive through assisted reproductive technology can freeze her eggs but cannot legally use these eggs for artificial insemination or in vitro fertilization under current regulations because her marriage is not covered by that law.
Single women face the same