As fellow Asian Tigers, or two of the four Little Dragons, Singapore and Taiwan have enjoyed years of cooperation in trade ...

Taiwan opera is revered across the Asian island. One of its most beloved traits is its gender-bending character archetypes, and its best-known actors are women who portray men.

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(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) EMILY FENG, BYLINE: Taiwanese opera, or koa-a-hi in Taiwanese Hokkien, first started here nearly two centuries ago in northern Taiwan. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) UNIDENTIFIED SINGER ...