Chiang Kai Shek memorial

Teaching English and more in Taipei

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January 26th 2006
So after a very long 24 hour flight and stopovers in Chicago, San Fran, and Japan, we've finally made it to Taipei. We live in the XinYi district, which is part of downtown Taipei and only a 15 minute walk to the Taipei 101, which is the tallest building in the world and which also has a huge mall with all the stores that make me feel like home. We even found Starbucks and had our breakfast the ... read more

Asia » Taiwan » Taipei

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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