Huwei

Some are giants. Others blue-suited aliens. And they are all puppets, operated by as many as 200 local troupes that generate a buzz in Huwei which officials hope to export around the world. Huwei and surrounding Yunlin County aim to send the wooden, hand-powered celebs to the world stage. The silver screen is one part of the plan. Local tourism is the other.

2007 January 21, Ralph Jennings, “Remote Taiwan county dreams of puppet economy”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 17 Oct 2022, Oddly Enough

Furthermore, since authorities have ordered that five groundwater wells providing water to the Anching (安慶) irrigation area in Huwei Township (虎尾) be sealed to prevent land subsidence, the council has provided funds to the association to establish a reservoir between the two floodgates to help farmers access water, Hu said.

2014 November 10, Sean Lin, “COA finishes repair work on Jhuoshuei farm irrigation canal”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2014, Taiwan News, page 3