Word: spirit
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...attitude is a major turnaround from that of Taiwan's outgoing President, Chen Shui-bian of the rival Democratic Progressive Party, or DPP. In 2000 Chen made history by becoming the first non-KMT President of Taiwan. He won by tapping into and championing a rising spirit of Taiwanese nationalism. Many people in Taiwan no longer consider their island a part of China; instead, they see Taiwan as a de facto independent state and desire an identity of their own. The search for Taiwan identity also had a sharp anti-KMT edge. The KMT has historically been the party...
...Separate Equal Free? Hsieh's thinking resonates among a significant portion of Taiwan's population. The DPP's political base - mainly the longtime Taiwanese residents of the island - completely rejects the idea that Taiwan has any connection to China. The party sees itself as the true champion of this spirit of independence, compared to the KMT, with its old ties to the mainland. The DPP is "much more committed to defending Taiwan's de facto independence and Taiwan's democracy," says Hsiao Bi-khim, the international-affairs director for Hsieh's campaign. "We are not at all willing to compromise...
...Kicked out of power eight years ago, the KMT had grown out of touch with Taiwan's increasingly vibrant democratic environment. After ruling for so many decades, most of the time through authoritarian regimes, the KMT was corrupt, imperial and slow to adapt to the rising spirit of Taiwanese identity. Since its landmark 2000 electoral loss, however, the KMT has learned to be more democratic and open to public sentiment, and it found a new message, oddly enough, in its historical ties to China. As Lin Chong-pin, president of the Foundation on International and Cross-Strait Studies, puts...
...question for this Biennial, which runs through June 1, and for art at large, is whether lessness can amount to more than that. Without question, there's a tumbledown, slacker spirit among some of the 81 artists that Huldisch and Momin have selected. Yet they also chose just enough work in which the materials may be humble but the ambitions are larger. New York artist Heather Rowe has adapted ideas from the late Gordon Matta-Clark, who sawed entire houses into parts to expose their strange and poignant innards. Rowe builds her own wooden frameworks, embedded with shards of mirrors...
...throw at them with good humor, be it a temporary pool in what was a dining hall or just a grumpy bath tub. “It gives our House character,” Pinto says. “Moving out for an entire semester? What kind of House spirit would you have...