<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[TaiwanThreads]]></title><description><![CDATA[Celebrating Taiwanese culture with art, calligraphy & unique finds for your home and heart]]></description><link>https://www.taiwanthreads.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 04:20:26 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.taiwanthreads.com/de/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[B.2 Why I’m Not in Taiwan (Yet)]]></title><description><![CDATA[After planning to study Chinese in Taiwan for years, an unexpected outcome forced a change in direction. This reflection explores what happens when a clear path is interrupted — and how to move forward without it.]]></description><link>https://www.taiwanthreads.com/post/b-2-why-i-m-not-in-taiwan-yet</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ce8138a4fdb755a2f564cd</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3e022d_f02cee5bcc204986bf5980a59a026906~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>VIcky Vo</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A.2 Tracing Taiwan’s History - (Part 1)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Long before bubble tea and semiconductors, Taiwan was home to rich Indigenous cultures that shaped the island’s earliest identity. This post dives into the roots of Taiwan’s 16 officially recognized tribes—from ancient origins to modern-day festivals—and why their stories still matter today.]]></description><link>https://www.taiwanthreads.com/post/2-a-historical-overview-of-taiwan-part-1-taiwan-s-indigenous-roots</link><guid isPermaLink="false">683c9e8afcb48d92d0867dcb</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 19:40:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3e022d_544a332c1eda4a34be88f47136db503c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>VIcky Vo</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.1 A Journey Through Taiwanese Food &#38; Drink Culture]]></title><description><![CDATA[Taiwanese food culture isn’t about sitting down for a meal — it’s about moving through food as part of daily life. From early-morning breakfast shops to night markets after dark, eating in Taiwan is continuous, casual, and deeply social. Small dishes, shared tables, and drinks carried everywhere shape a food culture driven by rhythm rather than rules. This piece explores how tea, snacks, night markets, and everyday rituals come together to form a way of living — not just a cuisine.]]></description><link>https://www.taiwanthreads.com/post/d-1-wandering-through-taiwanese-food-drink-culture</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69611f9b047d909b9a67eb1f</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3e022d_c01277437c8e445091d9636c29faf8dd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>VIcky Vo</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[C.1 Learning Mandarin Beyond Lessons and Rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[When people say they’re learning “Chinese,” they usually mean Mandarin—but Chinese is really a whole family of languages. From Mandarin’s rise as the standard to the rich voices of Cantonese and Hokkien, and the shared beauty of Chinese characters, this post explores how Taiwan brings it all together in a living language mix of past and present.]]></description><link>https://www.taiwanthreads.com/post/c-1-a-brief-history-of-the-mandarin-chinese-language-and-characters</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68dfc1e2f550be2c3a5a354c</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3e022d_50f6acb633df41caa198d4a681166d9c~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>VIcky Vo</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.1 Why This Tiny Island Stayed With Me]]></title><description><![CDATA[After traveling to over 40 countries, I never expected to feel so at home in a quiet port city like Kaohsiung. But Taiwan—its warmth, its temples, its gentle strength—welcomed all parts of me. Where other places felt cold or conditional, Kaohsiung simply let me be. This is the story of how I found unexpected belonging in a place I didn’t even know I was searching for.]]></description><link>https://www.taiwanthreads.com/post/c-1-out-of-40-countries-why-taiwan</link><guid isPermaLink="false">688390215df1e5e1b172935c</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3e022d_fcdeb4478bec495bb9118528835c4f01~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>VIcky Vo</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A.1 Understanding Taiwan Before Interpreting It]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before interpreting how Taiwan feels, it helps to understand how it works.
Taiwan Insight explores Taiwan as it is — shaped by history, sustained by democracy, and lived through everyday systems. This category lays the groundwork for understanding Taiwan beyond headlines, recognition debates, or external projections, focusing instead on how society functions, adapts, and holds itself together.]]></description><link>https://www.taiwanthreads.com/post/a-1-taiwan-insights-understanding-taiwan-before-interpreting-it</link><guid isPermaLink="false">696154eb6d2e4f0e097a1181</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 19:59:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3e022d_1d1dcf326804444387e1da190a9611d2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>VIcky Vo</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[C.2 What Do We Mean by “Chinese”?]]></title><description><![CDATA[When people say they are “learning Chinese,” they usually mean Mandarin. But Chinese is not a single language — it is a family of languages that share a writing system but can sound entirely different when spoken. Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, Hakka, and others are often labelled as “dialects,” yet many are mutually unintelligible.

This guide breaks down the difference between Chinese as a script, Chinese as a language family, and Mandarin as a standardised spoken language. Using Taiwan as a re]]></description><link>https://www.taiwanthreads.com/post/c-2-what-do-we-mean-by-chinese</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69611aa1448b5a633f0dff21</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3e022d_ed0685d853cf44b2a0140c7af6259a63~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>VIcky Vo</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>