Leanne, Maokong Tea House, Taipei

The Kembel Family rocks Taiwan, the Philippines

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August 22nd 2008
For more of my photos, or to buy my book, please visit www.nickkembel.com The Kembels are out of place in Taiwan. We are loud, boisterous, crude, even belligerent, and visibly shocking in such a homogenous society. Between my tattooed father speaking in gangster-talk to Taiwanese elders and my tattooed sister speaking in yak-talk to nobody in ... read more

Asia » Taiwan

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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