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East Rift Valley on Deer Antler Licquer

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June 7th 2006
Yahoo News and the Taiwan Weather Bureau both called for heavy thunder storms not only for Haulien County, my destination for this trip, but for the entire island of Formosa. And yet, as my train approached Rueshui station in the East Rift Valley, I was frantically applying 100 SPF sunblock (I’ve become obsessed with guarding my skin against UV rays since going for my medical exam last month; wh ... read more

Asia » Taiwan

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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