The Taibei International Airport has flights to many metropolitan cities around the world. Fine arts and popular culture include Chinese painting, and Chinese music. Popular musical instruments include the fiddle and flute. Dances include court dances, aboriginal dances, and Chinese folk dances. Theatre includes traditional Chinese opera, Taiwanese operas, which use the southern Fujian dialect, and modern drama presented on the stage as well as over radio and television.
Puppet shows are popular.
Taiwan competes with Hong Kong in making Chinese motion pictures. Taiwanese handicrafts are prized for their beauty. The National Palace Museum collections includes ancient Chinese paintings and books, pottery, porcelain, curios, and sculptures. The Art House in Taiwan holds art exhibitions and has a stage for drama and dance performances. There are more than 30 daily newspapers, two of which are English language publications, and about 1,000 periodicals.