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A Weekend in Taipei

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April 16th 2012
At the end of February I had a few days off and wanted to escape the cold drabness of the Tokyo winter and escape to somewhere a bit warmer. Being only 4 hours away, hot and cheap to get to, Taipei beckoned! The primary objective of getting away was for some warmer weather - January was too cold for me, and my house here is pretty thin and flimsy. Checking the week before, the temperature in Ta ... 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