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A Late Night Visit to the Great Mall

Don't go sharpening up your keyboards ready to pounce on my editor for letting a glaring typo sli...

Taiwan Joshua Samuel Brown

Down, Out and Delicious Dining - Eating out in Taipei on $10 a day

There are certain questions with answers so voluminous as to require near-dissertation length tre...

Taiwan Joshua Samuel Brown

Film Review: The Wedding Banquet

With Brokeback Mountain's many spotlights cast upon director Ang Lee, it's easy to forget that he...

Taiwan Celeste Heiter

'Wedding Banquet' Taiwanese Recipes and Photos

Crispy Squid with Chili Mayonnaise 1 pound squid, cleaned and cut into 1" rings Vegetable oil for...

Taiwan Celeste Heiter

Food and incense are offered to the God of War at the Kuankung Temple Shrine, Taipei, Taiwan.

Temples of Tainan

Located in southern Taiwan, Tainan houses more than 700,000 people-and more than 300 temples. Onc...

Taiwan Dawn Stanton

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Taiwan lantern festival

TAICHUNG, Taiwan, Feb 16, 2003 - A diplay of massive colorful lanterns in this central Taiwan cit...

Taiwan AFP/Benjamin Yeh

Alishan Forest Railway, Alishan, Chiayi County, Taiwan.

A Night and Day on Alishan (Part 2 of 2)

National Forest Recreation Area While a sunrise comes and goes in a moment, you can spend all aft...

Taiwan Dawn Stanton

a classic triangle hold with his legs

Grace versus Brute Force: MMA in Taiwan

Grace versus brute force. Strikers fighting grapplers. Pit bulls against alligators.

Taiwan Joshua Samuel Brown

The Corndog lady worked diligently throughout the festival, feeding all who came with money delicious, nutritious corndogs.

Spring Scream Dog Pictures

Twelve Years (a full astrological cycle, by Taiwanese reckoning) after the first Spring Scream wa...

Taiwan Joshua Samuel Brown

Detail of a Taiwanese 500 dollar bill.

In Taiwan, baseball is the beautiful game - and cultural glue

Taiwan is serious about its favourite game - baseball

Taiwan AFP/Peter Harmsen

Cover- Iron Monkey

Martial Arts Reviews- Iron Monkey

Iron Monkey is, if nothing else, an action-packed Chinese Robin Hood adventure...

Taiwan / China Will Raus

YiYi

Film Review: YiYi

Life is one, big, not-so-happy family in this Edward Yang film that focuses on three generations,...

Taiwan / Mongolia Celeste Heiter

Crispy Asparagus

'YiYi' Taiwanese Recipes and Photos

This tasty Taiwanese-style menu to accompany the Taiwanese film 'YiYi' includes Stuffed Prawns in...

Taiwan Celeste Heiter

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Dongsha, Taiwan

Dongsha atoll became Taiwan's first marine national park in early 2007.

Taiwan AFP/Peter Harmsen

Power Slide off the Taiwan Coast

Riding the Waves Taiwan Style

Surfing is not a choice listed on the "reason for visit" section of the disembarkation card hande...

Taiwan Joshua Samuel Brown

A Night and Day on Alishan (Part 1 of 2)

Sunrise Every story should start with a sunrise. Though I arrived at Alishan (Mt. Ali) late in th...

Taiwan Dawn Stanton

Eclipse at approx. 9:30

The Dragon is Eating the Sun

We used to think an eclipse meant the sun was being eaten by a dragon, you know. He told me with ...

Taiwan Joshua Samuel Brown

Kao Long Chen

Wind Warriors of The Pescadores

An archipelago on the Taiwanese Strait may prove to be the ultimate training ground for internati...

Taiwan Joshua Samuel Brown

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Japanese 'cosplay' draws huge following in Taiwan

Taiwanese "cosers" follow a fashion that aims to combine costume and roleplay based on characteri...

Taiwan / Japan AFP/Amber Wang

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Turning plastic junk into 'green' gold in Taiwan

Recycling plastics waste in Taiwan...

Taiwan AFP/Amber Wang

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