The Land Where it's Already Tomorrow, Chapter 24: Shake it Baby Shake, Hualien Winter, Ren Shan Ren Hai, Lovewrecker, Father Claude, Jingle Bells a la Formosa, Before the Magistrate the Next Morning
December 17th 2006 Speak of the devil, and he’s sure to appear. That old saying came true, with a vengeance, last night, when I casually remarked that we hadn’t had an earthquake for a while. Within minutes, there was a sound like a train coming at us, and the house began to jiggle, then to shake. I hate that feeling, because we never know if it will stop, or escalate into a disaster. As it stood, the epicen
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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 
