I never really understood why the Portuguese referred to Taiwan as Formosa, or “beautiful island.” The pollution, traffic and combined chaotic mess of Taipei and Taichung make you easily ...

Green Island may sound like something out of the movie "Moana," a lush islet of environmentally friendly bliss, but this eastern Taiwanese island is looking decidedly off-color. As a renewable energy ...

Green Island Located in southeast Taiwan, this volcanic island has swirling masses of tropical fish and over 300 colorful soft and hard coral species.

Taiwan has been a democracy since the 1980s, but in the decades after World War II it was under one-party rule — or rather military dictatorship — by the Kuomintang. In the novel “Green ...

Shawna Yang Ryan’s new novel, “Green Island,” plays out against the backdrop of Taiwan’s haunting history. Ryan appears Feb. 23 at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park and Feb.

From 1895 to 1945 the Japanese ruled Taiwan. They required the Taiwanese to speak Japanese, ... “Green Island” is fairly long — nearly 400 pages — so it’s no fast read, ...

Green Island may sound like something out of the movie "Moana," a lush islet of environmentally friendly bliss, but this eastern Taiwanese island is looking decidedly off-color. As a renewable energy ...