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Small temple nestled in a busy street - Danshui
Supposedly, Taiwan has more temples per capita than any other country.
The Wisdom of the Scooter
August 7th 2006 They converge on me like a swarm of buzzing, biting insects: cutting across my path on pedestrian crossings, surprising me with a sudden appearance from behind a pillar, and snapping at my heels whilst walking along a footpath. Scooters are in plague proportions in Taipei and they probably pose a bigger threat to the unwary foreigner than either typhoons or earthquakes. The second most densely p
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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 COMING SOON HOUSE ADVERTISING ads_leader_photo_bottom
