Gone East to Taiwan - February, 2015 2015 Taiwan 053

Gone East to Taiwan - February, 2015

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October 30th 2015
GONE EAST TO TAIWAN It always takes forever to cross the Pacific to Asia and when I finally do get to that continent, I’m dead tired. Leaving Las Vegas at the crack of dawn, I had a quickie connect in Los Angeles and then the endless 11 hours with nothing to see but water in every direction. By the time my Delta jet kissed the tarmac in Tokyo, I was more than ready for a hot ... 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