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Moon Festival and Penghu

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October 14th 2010
Sorry it has been a few months since I've blogged, but life in Kaohsiung has pretty much been same old same old with a few exceptions. Last month we celebrated the Moon Festival. This is a holiday that everyone has off from school and work and it is a day to have a bbq with family and friends, eat pomelos and look at the moon. That day there were many people lining the streets with their small ... read more

Asia » Taiwan » Kaohsiung

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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