Jhongjeng Bridge

Kaohsiung - what do they put in the water here?

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March 27th 2010
At their developmental stage, most children learn a new word every day. I’ve been in Taiwan two days and today learned my second word. My first - Ni hao (hello). My second - Xie xie, pronounced schi schi (thanks). Something tells me the traditional child will outpace me after this. I left Taipei this morning for Kaohsiung, Taiwan’s second largest city. Before going to the station, I grabbed a ... 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