Farming

A Pilgrimage to Chicken Town

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March 12th 2010
Before I left my apartment last Saturday morning, my landlady stopped me so we could have our daily exchange about the weather ("Hot today, no?" "Oh yes, hot"). I told her I was going hiking. She asked me in her rapid, heavily accented Chinese, "somethingsomethingsomething towel?" (What?) I looked at her, then nodded. She repeated her question, rubbing her face. Thinking that she was talking about ... 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