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Taiwanese Pagoda

Once 'Round the Little Dragon

Shaped like an autumn leaf, Taiwan fell from the boughs of Mainland China long ago, coming to res...

Taiwan Ian Douglas

Dawn off the coast of Hualien

Down the Twisted Coast (Part 4 of 4)

Part Four - Homeward Bound on the East Coast Highway Haunted by the sphinx-like mystery of my dri...

Taiwan Joshua Samuel Brown

Kenting, Taiwans Resort Town

A one-street thoroughfare nestling precariously on the Southern Coast of Taiwan that partially su...

Taiwan Ieuan Dolby

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Chie Tanaka, of Cape No. 7 fame

Cape No. 7 has become Taiwan's highest-grossing Chinese-language film ever. It tells of the roman...

Taiwan / Japan AFP/Amber Wang

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Choosing a Quality Language Program

Opportunities for overseas and exchange programs abound, but to find quality instruction, you'll ...

Taiwan / Vietnam / Myanmar Dawn Stanton

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Remembering Taiwan

I've enjoyed writing about my experiences in Japan and by doing so; it has sparked me to write ab...

Taiwan Stefan Chiarantano

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Book Review: Keeping Up With the War God by Steven Crook

Part travelogue, part history book, and part cultural exposé, Keeping Up With the War God is an ...

Taiwan Celeste Heiter

A purveyor of fine beverages at the Shi-Lin Night market.

Nighthawks at the Night Market

It was 11:30 PM, a cold front had just blown into Taipei, and I was in bad need of a second quilt...

Taiwan Joshua Samuel Brown

Dragons and Tigers

Title: Dragons and Tigers. A Geography of South, East and Southeast Asia. Author: Barbara A. Weig...

Taiwan / Vietnam / Myanmar ThingsAsian Booklist

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Fact File: Asian Internet Top Domains

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Taiwan / Vietnam / Myanmar ThingsAsian

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Lunar New Year Traditions

HONG KONG, Jan 22, 2004 - Hongkongers will play mah jong but superstition prevents them from bett...

Taiwan / China AFP/Mark McCord

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Vignettes of of Taiwan - a book review

Vignettes of Taiwan Author: Joshua Samuel Brown Publisher: ThingsAsian Press &...

Taiwan Ernie Yap

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Fast Changing Trends

Life in Taiwan is often a mass rush. The idea of sitting down to a lengthy three hour meal, respl...

Taiwan Ieuan Dolby

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My House in Taiwan is filled from the top to bottom with free gifts. I am tripping over them on t...

Taiwan Ieuan Dolby

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Marriage Preparations

Getting married in Taiwan requires enormous strength, courage, forward vision and lots of money. ...

Taiwan Ieuan Dolby

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Lunar New Year celebrations across Asia

BEIJING, Jan 22, 2004 - Today Asia celebrates its most important holiday, the Lunar New Year, wit...

Taiwan / Vietnam / Indonesia AFP

Taiwan officially recognizes nine distinct indigenous groupings, a total of 400,000 people (about 2 percent of the entire population.) Twenty peoples of Austronesian extraction were living in Taiwan for centuries before the Chinese made any significant inroads in the island.

Photo of the Day Archive for March 2004

Photo of the Day Archive for March 2004

Taiwan Albert Wen

The National Palace Museum has a large collection of art and artifact from all of China's 6,000-year history. The museum houses more than 700,000 pieces of Chinese art treasure. The articles on display are rotated every 3 months.

Photo of the Day Archive for September 2006

Photo of the Day Archive for September 2006

Taiwan Albert Wen

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