The mei hua (plum blossom) is the...

Lives in the Lotus Blossom, Chapter 34: Bachelor Dan, the Scofflaw, No Wonder I've Gone Gray, Repatriation Musings

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May 24th 2008
There will be no new pictures in this chapter. My digital camera, having done yeoman service, is “tango uniform”, so I looked in my files for something to add. I found a video clip of the wonderful road through the mountains back from Li Yu Tan. More about that later. Life goes quietly on. I’m doing OK on my own (Lao-puo Suzanne is in Hanoi with our daughter Renee)—I just don’t like ... read more

Asia » Taiwan » Hualien

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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