West gate

Taipei in the rain

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December 18th 2013
Since I arrived in Taipei it has been raining pretty much non-stop 😞 So I had to change my plan to inside stuffs. So I went to the: - National Palace Museum: it's ok. They have some great piece of Chinese art in there, a good exhibit on the Qing dynasty and mainly the emperor Qialong - Presidential office: you need to show your passport to get in there and then you get a guided tour of the ... 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