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Background: In 1895, military defeat forced China to cede Taiwan to Japan. Taiwan reverted to Chinese control after World War II. Following the Communist victory on the mainland in 1949, 2 million Nationalists fled to Taiwan and established a government using the 1946 constitution drawn up for all of China. Over the next five decades, the ruling authorities gradually democratized and incorporated the native population within the governing structure. In 2000, Taiwan underwent its first peaceful transfer of power from the Nationalist to the Democratic Progressive Party. Throughout this period, the island prospered and became one of East Asia's economic "Tigers." The dominant political issues continue to be the relationship between Taiwan and China - specifically the question of eventual unification - as well as domestic political and economic reform.

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By Forts
August 18th 2009

Good evening Taipei Asia » Taiwan » Taipei » CKS International Airport

Hong Kong

So I land in Taipei at around 19:30 delighted to finally be here and to be done with travelling. It's taken about 16 hours to get from London to here which I guess isn't too bad. Can i just make two points about the journey. Both Heathrow T5 and BA have had a bad press over the last year or so but I thought they were great. T5 is an outstanding piece of architecture, so much better than the other hellhole terminals. My bags connected fine at Hong Kong (as did I) and i felt that the £25 charge from BA [View Full Entry]

By multigrain
August 11th 2009

Almost there! Asia » Taiwan » Taipei » CKS International Airport

buying our new camera!

Hello/AOA to all! We have just arrived in the Taipei airport after our 13 1/2 hour flight! The flight was not that bad. I was able to sleep for about 8 hours and Tayyaba slept a little less. The food we had on the flight was chinese noodles for a snack and then for breakfast we shared scrambled eggs and some chinese type of porridge that had carrots, peas, and chicken it it. The plane was huge and we are glad we have the longest leg of our trip behind us! We have one hour until our plane leaves from here [View Full Entry]

By Fort Fun Granola Boy
June 19th 2009

I smell. Asia » Taiwan » Taipei » CKS International Airport

Going Somewhere?

Deodorant and a quick brushing do not a shower make. Sitting in the Taipei airport waiting for my next flight to Bangkok. From there, it will be a slow slog into the city, a 10-hour train ride north to Chiang Mai, and a 3-4 hour bus ride to get me near Mai Ai. I think that means I get there on Saturday. Though last I checked, it was Wednesday. On the long flight over, I sat next to a health worker from Indonesia, who had gotten 3 weeks off to take his 3 kids (all born in LA) and wife back [View Full Entry]

By Hooligan414
May 15th 2009

Back in Taipei Asia » Taiwan » Taipei » CKS International Airport

So im back in Taiwan and honestly this place is kinda creepin me out.... right as I step off the plane im bombarded by that damn cat again!!! What is it with these people and Hello Kitty? Im beginning to think that it was created by the Red Masters as a brain washing tool for childeren. But anyways.......... Ive had a great past few days in Phnom Penh and everyday im beginning to realize why people hate tourists and more often then not , American Tourists. We were leaving a nice little cafe on the riverfront after dinner and all we [View Full Entry]

By Hooligan414
April 28th 2009

Taiwan Asia » Taiwan » Taipei » CKS International Airport

So I made it to Taipai, LONG LONG LONG flight. Watched 4 movies read most of my book and still slept for about 6 hours. Very beautiful landing, saw whales swimming off the coast and loads of fishing boats scattered everywhere. I have about 2 more hours till I leave for Phnom Pehn. Im going to explore the airport. Ive noticed alot of stores run by liquor companies, there was a Hennessy store, A glenlevit store, etc etc etc.(my kind of people) Also, as long as I live I will never understand the facination with Hello Kitty, that stupid cat is [View Full Entry]

By TheLowes
March 20th 2009

Our Beginning Asia » Taiwan » Taipei » CKS International Airport

March 20, 11:24PM: We finally made it! To the airport that is. Thanks to my sister and Phil, Adam and I got to SFO at 10:00PM (You two rock!). With three hours to kill, we wondered around the domestic & international terminals and read our books. Cassie is currently reading Living Dead in Dallas; Adam is currently reading One Square Mile of Hell. It’s currently 1:24PM Bangkok time. We must stay awake for 9 more hours to stick to our new time zone for the next two weeks! Can we do it? I don’t think so….zzzzzzzzzzzzz. We miss Abby and Coco [View Full Entry]

By sublimeiswhatigot
October 7th 2008

Hi All Asia » Taiwan » Taipei » CKS International Airport

CKS

Hey everyone back home :-) hope your all well, its 7:15pm Tuesday and I'm guessing its about 11:15am back in England about today was my first proper day here in Taipei, its a very busy city with people and scooters everywhere, it seems like everyone has a scooter and they ride them everywhere including the pavements lol, the weathers pretty bad cos it keeps raining but its still really hot, was still finding my feet after the flight yesterday (left England 9:30pm Sunday arrived in Taipei at 9:15pm Monday) so i haven't really done a lot i went to the library [View Full Entry]

By Budokan
September 1st 2008

16 August 2008 ~ My First Day in Taipei Asia » Taiwan » Taipei » CKS International Airport

CKS Memorial Hall by night

"多了一份亲切感，少了一脸的无助。这是我喜欢的台北。" Overheard in Taipei Metro: - "台北车站。往淡水，新店和南势角的旅客，请在本站换车。" "Taipei Main Station. Attention, passengers transfering to Danshui, Xindian and Nanshijiao, please alight at this station." [View Full Entry]

By babamcrib
July 2nd 2008

I just flew across the pacific, and man my arms are tired Asia » Taiwan » Taipei » CKS International Airport

A few reasons why Taiwan is the best country ever (even though it dosen't officially exist) They fed me TWICE on their flight. They have very attractive and kind stewardesses. They have FREE INTERNET in their airport. Strangers come up to you and tell you in broken english that they like your "mustachae" (beard) and America. As anyone who has been my roomie knows, I love crazy Asian TV. ALL THEY HAVE is crazy Asian tv. They have touch screen computers with on-demand content in their ECONOMY CLASS SECTION. Even though the food was fine, they have a message displayed on [View Full Entry]

By BessieUCD
July 1st 2008

Back in the Mother Island Asia » Taiwan » Taipei » CKS International Airport

08-06-2007 020

I wonder how many times I've flown out of this airport. I'm glad it's being re-modeled right now. 13.5 hours later... Layover at CKS中正/桃園Tao Yuan International Airport depending on your nationalist flavor/fervor. I realize I've never flown into Taiwan at dawn, I usually come in at night. Pretty stunning views of Ilha Formusa, Dan Shui (淡水河), and that bridge here: The election has certainly changed Taiwan in some ways, last year it all the billboards were clamoring for UN recognition of Taiwan: Other things do not change: [View Full Entry]

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