Beach at Fongbin

The currents are wickedness, and there are only certain places where you can swim.

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The Land Where It's Already Tomorrow, Chapter 13: Move on a Motorbike, Bilingual Liquoring Up, South Towards Taitung

October 16th 2006
A few years ago, my friend Jean gave me a nice Chinese name, and designed a signature chop for me. One of the characters in my Chinese name is “history” and the other is “virtue”, from which the reader might reasonably infer that my virtue is history. Well, I used my Chinese signature stamp when I applied for my Alien Resident Certificate. When my National Health card arrived last week, ... read more

Asia » Taiwan » Hualien

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 th... ... read more

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