Lives in the Lotus Blossom, Chapter 08: Down by the Station, Early in the Morning
September 29th 2007 Commuting by train certainly has its advantages—in terms of lower cost and less aggravation. It takes me ten minutes to get to the station on my motorbike (because I take the not-so-scenic “Colwood Strip” route), but twenty to get home because I take Jung Shan Lu down to the waterfront and take Hai An Lu (Peaceful Ocean St) home. It is getting dark by the time I get to the waterfront, but
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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 
