Taiwan’s clock and watch industry struggles to find its niche in the 21st century
One industry that used to be a big deal for Taiwan is watch and clock manufacturing. But with the industry having largely moved to China, where labor is much cheaper than in Taiwan, what are all the clockmakers, clock distributors and repairmen doing to find their niche in the 21st century market? Our Sunday special report.A clock and watch shop in Changhua. Most of the customers don’t come for the clocks: they come for the noodles.Chiang Chun-yuClock and watch merchantSelling the noodles improves the visibility and the sale of the watches. Now lots of people talk about “That watch shop, the one that sells noodles!” Now the shop has a really unique character – even if it’s a bit strange and wacky!Selling noodles in the watch shop was a daring move made by owner Chiang Chun-yu five years ago in an attempt to revive his dwindling business. Now customers sit next to the display cases, gazing at watches, while chewing on their noodles.Chiang Chun-yuClock and watch merchantBefore I started selling noodles, it did happen that there was basically not a single customer all day long. Not a single watch sold. We’d be happy if a couple of people came in to get repairs.The Chiang family’s watch business began with Chiang Chun-yu’s grandfather, and in the 1980s, when Taiwan’s economy was booming, people would want to buy a watch as soon as they had disposable income. The business thrived.Jason TangTaiwan Watch and Clock Industrial Assoc.In those days a watch was seen as an important accessory, connoting a certain status. When you shook hands, you’d chat about your make of watch. So it wasn’t just a functional necessity. It was a status symbol.Back in the heyday of the watch industry, cheap Taiwanese labor attracted many global luxury watch brands to build their factories here. Almost all the components could be produced in Taiwan, apart from the most crucial element of all – the time-keeping watch movement.Jason TangTaiwan Watch and Clock Industrial Assoc.They made the cases in Tainan and the faces in Taichung. From the beginning, because Japanese companies set up factories in Taiwan, the watches being made tended to be quite refined. Later, even Swiss brands would come here to buy components.But with the arrival of cheap Chinese labor on the global market, Taiwan’s clock and watch production lines moved overseas one by one. That and the arrival of the smartphone era and a revolution in people’s time-keeping habits sent Taiwan’s clock and watch industry into decline.This is one of Wanhua’s old clock streets. It used to be the industry’s biggest distribution center in northern Taiwan; now almost all the shops have shut for good. Only their signs still give off a faint glow.Lai Hsuan-chouClock DistributorAt the start, 20 or more years ago, there’d already be at least five or six customers waiting outside at around 8am, before I even opened the shop! Now there are none.Distributors are not getting any orders, and further down the line, repairmen face the same crisis.Once, Cheng Heng-chang would get distributors crowding outside his workshop with watches for him to repair. Now he has to go out and hunt for customers himself.As Cheng inspects the broken watch, its owner Chang Hsing-liang looks on anxiously, afraid that it can’t be repaired.Chang Hsing-liangCustomerThis is a watch that was left to me when my dad passed away. So I always wear it at family gatherings. I want it to feel like my dad is present.This watch has been given a timeless sentimental value thanks to the family memories it embodies. And that means it still has a place in Cheng’s repair shop. His son markets the family business online, hoping to showcase his father’s professional skills in a more effective way. Watch factories are also rebranding themselves, hoping the refined skills of a bygone era will find favor with young people once more.Twenty-eight year-old Chen Wei-ming has inherited this clock factory from his father’s generation. He positions traditional watches as a fashion item, with their various elements like the strap and the face, which can be customized and mixed up at will.Hsieh Ta-yuClock DesignerToday young people pay a lot of attention to their clothes and accessories, their external image. We hope that watches can become a symbol of individual style and taste – something that is really interesting and fun.Taiwan’s traditional clockmakers, distributors and repairmen are all doing their best to survive in what has now become quite a niche market. The world may be changing faster than ever right now, but every now and then, people still need to check what time it is, after all.
Exploring the beauty of Taiwan
This is a compilation of the videos taken from my GoPro Hero Session 4 during our 2017 tour in Taiwan. Places that are included in this video are:
Zhongli Disctrict
Leofoo Village
Longshan Temple
Modern Toilet Restaurant
Ximending
K Underground Mall
Wanhua District
Taiwan High Speed Rail
Taipei 101
Golden Waterfalls
Gloria Outlets
Mr. Brown Castle Café
Yehliu Geopark
National Center for Traditional Arts
I recommend taking the subways and trains of Taiwan in going to some of these places as they are the most convenient modes of transportation there. There were more places that we visited during our stay in Taiwan but were not included in this video and in which some needs to be taken by car. If you are going there, I suggest that you research online regarding the places recommended to visit in Taiwan.
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TAIWAN VLOG | PT. 1 | Modern Toilet, Taipei Zoo, Lantern Village, Shihlin Night Market
I'm back with another short trip to another Asialand!
I arrived in Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport at around 1:25 AM and took the Kuo Kuang Bus to Taipei Main Station. MRT is closed that time so I had to take the bus. After arriving in Taipei Main Station, I took a cab going to our hotel which is located in Ximending and the ride was only about 10-15 mins and paid 130 NTD.
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[Modern Toilet]
108, Taiwan, Taipei City, Wanhua District, Lane 50, Xining South Road, 7號
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No. 30, Section 2, Xinguang Road, Wenshan District, Taipei City, Taiwan 116
[Sky Lantern Village]
226, Taiwan, New Taipei City, Pingxi District, 十分老街
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Lane 101, Wenlin Road, Shilin District, Taipei City, Taiwan 111
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Enjoy the ambiance of Ximending (西門町), a neighborhood and shopping district in the Wanhua District of Taipei, Taiwan. Called the Harajuku of Taipei and the Shibuya of Taipei,” this pedestrian shopping haven is one of the city’s centers of fashion and subculture, and contains a host of clothing shops, eclectic restaurants, clubs and bars.
Ximending was founded during the Japanese colonization era as a recreation district, and today has grown into a cultural icon with inspiration drawn from its Japanese roots.The area is very popular with tourists and Taipei youth, and, along with shopping and restaurants, also hosts street performances and exhibitions.
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Taipei | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:02:08 1 Name
00:02:26 2 History
00:04:13 2.1 First settlements
00:05:41 2.2 Japanese rule
00:06:55 2.3 Post-war
00:08:52 3 Geography
00:10:22 3.1 Climate
00:11:34 3.2 Air quality
00:12:25 4 Demographics
00:13:57 5 Economy
00:17:52 6 Culture
00:18:00 6.1 Tourism
00:18:29 6.1.1 Commemorative sites and museums
00:21:10 6.1.2 Taipei 101
00:22:02 6.1.3 Performing arts
00:22:47 6.1.4 Shopping and recreation
00:25:29 6.1.5 Temples
00:26:38 6.2 Festivals and events
00:28:09 6.3 Taipei in films
00:28:24 7 Government
00:29:46 7.1 Garbage recycling
00:30:47 7.2 Administrative divisions
00:31:06 7.3 City planning
00:32:12 8 Transportation
00:33:12 8.1 Metro
00:34:00 8.2 Rail
00:34:39 8.3 Bus
00:35:20 8.4 Airports
00:35:54 8.5 Ticketing
00:36:33 9 Education
00:38:17 9.1 Notable Mandarin language programs for foreigners
00:38:43 10 Sports
00:39:13 10.1 Major sporting events
00:40:31 10.2 Youth baseball
00:41:05 11 Media
00:41:22 11.1 Television
00:42:05 11.2 Newspapers
00:42:29 12 International relations
00:42:43 12.1 Twin towns and sister cities
00:42:54 12.2 Partner cities
00:43:18 12.3 Friendship cities
00:43:40 13 In popular culture
00:44:04 14 Gallery
00:44:12 15 See also
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Taipei (; Hokkien POJ: Tâi-pak), officially known as Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of Taiwan (officially the Republic of China, ROC). Sitting at the northern tip of the island, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of the northern port city Keelung. Most of the city is located in the Taipei Basin, an ancient lakebed. The basin is bounded by the relatively narrow valleys of the Keelung and Xindian rivers, which join to form the Tamsui River along the city's western border.The city proper is home to an estimated population of 2,704,810 (2015), forming the core part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, which includes the nearby cities of New Taipei and Keelung with a population of 7,047,559, the 40th most-populous urban area in the world—roughly one-third of Taiwanese citizens live in the metro district. The name Taipei can refer either to the whole metropolitan area or the city proper.
Taipei is the political, economic, educational, and cultural center of Taiwan and one of the major hubs in East Asia. Considered to be a global city and rated as an Alpha City by GaWC, Taipei is part of a major high-tech industrial area. Railways, high-speed rail, highways, airports, and bus lines connect Taipei with all parts of the island. The city is served by two airports – Taipei Songshan and Taiwan Taoyuan. Taipei is home to various world-famous architectural or cultural landmarks, which include Taipei 101, Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Dalongdong Baoan Temple, Hsing Tian Kong, Lungshan Temple of Manka, National Palace Museum, Presidential Office Building, Taipei Guest House, Ximending, and several night markets dispersed throughout the city. Natural features such as Maokong, Yangmingshan, and hot springs are also well known to international visitors.
In English-language news reports the name Taipei often serves as a synecdoche referring to Taiwan's national government. Due to the ambiguous political status of Taiwan internationally, the term Chinese Taipei is also sometimes pressed into service as a synonym for the entire country, as when Taiwan's government representatives participate in international organizations or Taiwan's athletes participate in international sporting events.
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- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Taipei (; Hokkien POJ: Tâi-pak), officially known as Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China. Sitting at the northern tip of the island, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of the northern port city Keelung. Most of the city is located in the Taipei Basin, an ancient lakebed. The basin is bounded by the relatively narrow valleys of the Keelung and Xindian rivers, which join to form the Tamsui River along the city's western border.The city proper is home to an estimated population of 2,704,810 (2015), forming the core part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, which includes the nearby cities of New Taipei and Keelung with a population of 7,047,559, the 40th most-populous urban area in the world—roughly one-third of Taiwanese citizens live in the metro district. The name Taipei can refer either to the whole metropolitan area or the city proper.
Taipei is the political, economic, educational, and cultural center of the Republic of China and one of the major hubs in East Asia. Considered to be a global city and rated as an Alpha City by GaWC, Taipei is part of a major high-tech industrial area. Railways, high-speed rail, highways, airports, and bus lines connect Taipei with all parts of the island. The city is served by two airports – Taipei Songshan and Taiwan Taoyuan. Taipei is home to various world-famous architectural or cultural landmarks, which include Taipei 101, Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Dalongdong Baoan Temple, Hsing Tian Kong, Lungshan Temple of Manka, National Palace Museum, Presidential Office Building, Taipei Guest House, Ximending, and several night markets dispersed throughout the city. Natural features such as Maokong, Yangmingshan, and hot springs are also well known to international visitors.
In English-language news reports the name Taipei often serves as a synecdoche referring to Taiwan's national government. Due to the ambiguous political status of Taiwan internationally, the term Chinese Taipei is also sometimes pressed into service as a synonym for the entire country, as when Taiwan's government representatives participate in international organizations or Taiwan's athletes participate in international sporting events.
Taipei | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:03:25 1 Name
00:04:06 2 History
00:06:44 2.1 First settlements
00:09:00 2.2 Japanese rule
00:11:11 2.3 Post-war
00:14:15 3 Geography
00:16:33 3.1 Climate
00:18:27 3.2 Air quality
00:19:43 4 Cityscape
00:19:52 5 Demographics
00:22:17 6 Economy
00:28:31 7 Culture
00:28:39 7.1 Tourism
00:29:20 7.1.1 Commemorative sites and museums
00:33:35 7.1.2 Taipei 101
00:34:59 7.1.3 Performing arts
00:36:06 7.1.4 Shopping and recreation
00:40:18 7.1.5 Temples
00:42:04 7.2 Festivals and events
00:44:24 7.3 Taipei in films
00:44:42 8 Government
00:46:48 8.1 Garbage recycling
00:48:28 8.2 Administrative divisions
00:48:54 8.3 City planning
00:50:34 9 Transportation
00:52:05 9.1 Metro
00:53:18 9.2 Rail
00:54:13 9.3 Bus
00:55:15 9.4 Airports
00:56:05 9.5 Ticketing
00:57:01 10 Education
00:59:42 10.1 Notable Mandarin language programs for foreigners
01:00:18 11 Sports
01:01:01 11.1 Major sporting events
01:02:57 11.2 Youth baseball
01:03:46 12 Media
01:04:08 12.1 Television
01:05:13 12.2 Newspapers
01:05:48 13 International relations
01:06:05 13.1 Twin towns and sister cities
01:06:19 13.2 Partner cities
01:06:50 13.3 Friendship cities
01:07:20 14 In popular culture
01:07:53 15 Gallery
01:08:02 16 See also
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio:
Other Wikipedia audio articles at:
Upload your own Wikipedia articles through:
Speaking Rate: 0.7535334093740118
Voice name: en-US-Wavenet-E
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
Taipei (; Mandarin: [tʰǎipèi]; Hokkien POJ: Tâi-pak), officially known as Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of Taiwan (officially the Republic of China, ROC). Located in the northern part of the Island of Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of the northern port city Keelung. Most of the city is located in the Taipei Basin, an ancient lakebed. The basin is bounded by the relatively narrow valleys of the Keelung and Xindian rivers, which join to form the Tamsui River along the city's western border.The city proper is home to an estimated population of 2,704,810 (2015), forming the core part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, which includes the nearby cities of New Taipei and Keelung with a population of 7,047,559, the 40th most-populous urban area in the world—roughly one-third of Taiwanese citizens live in the metro district. The name Taipei can refer either to the whole metropolitan area or the city proper.
Taipei is the political, economic, educational, and cultural center of Taiwan and one of the major hubs in East Asia. Considered to be a global city and rated as an Alpha City by GaWC, Taipei is part of a major high-tech industrial area. Railways, high-speed rail, highways, airports, and bus lines connect Taipei with all parts of the island. The city is served by two airports – Songshan and Taoyuan. Taipei is home to various world-famous architectural or cultural landmarks, which include Taipei 101, Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Dalongdong Baoan Temple, Hsing Tian Kong, Lungshan Temple of Manka, National Palace Museum, Presidential Office Building, Taipei Guest House, Ximending, and several night markets dispersed throughout the city. Natural features such as Maokong, Yangmingshan, and hot springs are also well known to international visitors.
In English-language news reports the name Taipei often serves as a synecdoche referring to central government of Taiwan. Due to the ambiguous political status of Taiwan internationally, the term Chinese Taipei is also frequently pressed into service as a synonym for the entire country, as when Taiwan's governmental representatives participate in international organizations or Taiwan's athletes participate in international sporting events.