Trackside Temple, Fonglin

Lives in the Lotus Blossom, Chapter 15: A year Already? Strutting their Stuff, a Stone Outing

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November 5th 2007
It was Monday November 5 when I started writing this--a year to the day since a very blurry-eyed Lao-puo got off her plane from Vancouver at 0530--to be greeted by her equally blurry-eyed husband. It seems a lifetime ago, and it seems like yesterday. Taiwan is like that. I give up! I’ll never understand this place! Not far from Mei Luen hill there is a military establishment, in front of wh ... 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