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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. To be updated

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By csilvers
July 21st 2009

Better late than never, right? Asia » Taiwan » Taipei

I'm already about a month into the trip so I've decided to post my journal entry. Although, me being me, I only had one entry.... Yesterday I arrived in Taipei. I have decided to spend two months at the Mandarin Training Center at NTNU studying, of all things, Mandarin. I flew out of SFO on Monday at 1:35 AM and got in on Tuesday at 5:30 AM. Pretty crazy, right? I managed to find my way into Taipei and to Aunt Sue’s best friend’s house without too much trouble. The only slip up I made was letting the taxi driver leave [View Full Entry]

By csilvers
July 21st 2009

Weekend fun Asia » Taiwan » Taipei » LongShan Temple

I didn't do too much this past weekend, but I was able to get some of the places crossed off my sightseeing to-do list. On friday, after class, a couple classmates and I went to Ximending (think the Taipei equivalent of Times Square of Picadilly Circus, except with more teenage girls) to a Shisha bar. Going at about 5:30PM ensured that we were the only customers, which was kind of cool. After the bar, we hit up a McDonalds, which over here is a popular hang out spot, and then went back to the dorms to get ready for a night [View Full Entry]

By Kpolizotto
July 9th 2009

Living in Taipei Asia » Taiwan » Taipei » LongShan Temple

India

Hey All, This is my first entry on this new website. I am still learning how to use it so if things appear slowly that may be a reason. I should first enter some pictures from recent travels like India, Lijiang and Tiger Leaping Gorge, then on to Taiwan. I am staying in a rental right now and have lots of time to sit and relax. In between John Wayne movies I am studying Chinese and enjoying Taiwanese cuisine. Yesterday I met with a Chinese tutor and will begin to take classes with him twice a week. Hopefully when I meet [View Full Entry]

By Budokan
July 8th 2009

A Tribute to Taipei's Maokong 猫空 Gondola (4th July 2007 - 1st October 2008) Asia » Taiwan » Taipei

I'm high in the sky.

While the world is mourning for the loss of yet another pop legend MJ these days, mourning took on a different meaning for me ..... From a traveller's point of view, the greatest loss would be the closure of Taipei's Maokong Gondola for an indefinite period of time. Never mind if my tribute came 9 months late. It was only while dishing out information from the tripadvisor forums that it occured to me that the system had been closed since October 2008. I first rode on the gondola during my last visit in August 2008. The challenge of even boarding it [View Full Entry]

By Jacob Travels
July 4th 2009

A trip Asia » Taiwan » Kaohsiung

This is essentially a log of my travels through China. I'm hoping this will help me keep in touch with everyone. I'm sorry that time doesn't allow me to contact everyone personally. Currently I'm preparing to go to Hong Kong, where I will get my visa for Mainland China. After I receive my visa, I will head to Chengdu, Sichuan to meet up with friends of friends, and from there I will head toward Tibet and Xinjiang. As I am still in the middle of packing, I'll have to cut this short. I simply wanted to let you all know that [View Full Entry]

By lostLauralou
July 2nd 2009

Adventures in Taipei with a gammy leg... Asia » Taiwan » Taipei

Coral is bad!!

Soooooooo ...... apologies all, have been completely rubbish, and to be frank was having far too much fun in Taipei to dedicate sufficient time to Travelblog i'm afraid so again i find myself very very behind! in an effort to catch up quickly i have decided to let this entry be more of a story by pictures... i.e. a lot less text (... i hear some of you exhaling a sigh of releif!!...) Sooooo, TAIPEI, TAIWAN!! It all started off very well, had booked my flight with KLM and was so excited about 4 fun packed days in Taipei with Jo [View Full Entry]

By Joe Hung Chou
June 30th 2009

Summer in PengHu island ,Taiwan Asia » Taiwan

Overview of the city

Finaly, i decided to visit Penghu island Taiwan in stead of Phukey in Thailand this year, just because of the serious spread of influenza there. Three days two nights this time flight from Taipei airport, one hour only, not spent too much time on transportation. It is the hot summer here , but the first feeling in Penghu was great with confortable wind. At least, it is not as humid as in Taipei. I rent the motorcycle with half day to walk around the city, to explore the city and found nice local food vendors with fresh sea foods. The [View Full Entry]

By 1050
June 23rd 2009

Love Milk Asia » Taiwan » Tainan

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A quick trip to Anping on the west side of Tainan. It was ruled by the Dutch for just 38 years but they are the ones who got the town started and established it as an important place for trade back in the 1600s. At that time Anping was an island, but since then there has been a build up of silt and it is now connected to Tainan. In 1661, some bastard named Koxinga was running away from enemies in mainland China, and ended up attacking Fort Zeelandia in Anping. The Dutch guy in charge of Anping at the time [View Full Entry]

By Nick and Kristen
June 23rd 2009

Looking Back at Our Experience in Taiwan (our last photos) Asia » Taiwan » Taipei

Dragon Boat Festival Rowers

Nick and Kristen write: We are home! We have been back in the States for a bit of time now, and we are very happy to be home. This will be our last blog (until Nick gets sent to some God-forsaken place again, which hopefully won't be for awhile). Looking back at our time in Taiwan and Asia, there were so many good and bad things we experienced. However, we will always be grateful for our time there, and enjoyed the experience very much. Taiwan is one of the most beautiful countries in the world - the natural landscape is unbelievably [View Full Entry]

By starrie
June 20th 2009

Beidawushan Asia » Taiwan

I have been to Beidawushan but I failed to summit. It was the first time I failed. I was really upset. However, to reach a summit is a luck. Not reaching a summit is a fortune. We left Taipei for the southest city. The way was long. My friend was born there and his mom told him it was raining there. The guide asked everyone to decide to go or not. The weather was good in Taipei. We took a bus down there. We slept at an elementary school. The weather was still good and there were lots of mosquitoes. We [View Full Entry]

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