Erin and Lao-puo

Erin is another English teacher, who was assaulted and robbed in Hualien shortly after this weekend. She was riding her motorbike, when two guys rode up beside her and snatched her shoulder bag--knocking her down and breaking her collarbone. Within days, the two guys were caught, and within weeks after that they were doing four years in prison. They don't fool around with criminals over here.

The Land Where it's Already Tomorrow:Chapter 19: Lao-Puo Rolls In, Li Yu Tan Campout, Parking on the Sidewalk

November 5th 2006
It’s a rainy Tuesday afternoon as I start to write this. We are as snug as bugs (or at least as snug as bugs could be given that we live in an unheated concrete apartment). We were going to head down to a town about 20 km away for dinner, but it’s no fun in the rain and then coming back in the dark. Besides, I’m tired. Teaching English is really a high-energy job, if done properly. Su ... read more

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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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