Hsinchu temple

Free time? What's that?

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March 22nd 2006
Last few days have been a bit of a blur. I couldn't sleep much yesterday. Only 4 hours...seriously not enough for me. Work has taken over-are you shocked 😊 I have experimented with more interesting food... I had some kind of soup with pork meat battered in a fish coating. Ok, not something for me. I know that for sure!! Also, I had the rice sticks (Hsinchu is also well known for thi ... 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