Disused section of the Alisan railway line

Day #131: Alishan

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August 12th 2013
Alishan is a forested area of Taiwan (now a National Park) that was developed by the Japanese, who used it for timber exports. To facilitate this they built a railway from Chiayi through to Alishan, which had continued to exist primarily as a tourist attraction (though also as public transport between Chiayi and Alishan) up until a few years ago, when a typhoon sadly destroyed most of the railway. ... read more

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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