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Weekends Away: Sun Moon Lake, Fulong and Hualien

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April 14th 2010
A few weeks ago, my friends Miyuki and Calvin and I decided on a whim to spend the weekend at Sun Moon Lake (日月潭). Early on Saturday morning we piled into Calvin's car and ventured down Taiwan's west coast into Nantou county, munching sleepily on an oily, delicious breakfast of eggs wrapped in spring onion pancakes (蔥抓餅). Three hours later we arrived at the lake. We spent the day explo ... 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