Rare stamp : China’s “The entire nation is red” but Taiwan is white The Taiwan “Olympics” - Article for Israeli Calcalist Love Kaohsiung Music Festival at Sizihwan : A Night of Old Taiwanese Songs Taiwan’s street food : the “food trucks”
Rare stamp : China’s “The entire nation is red” but Taiwan is white Israel at the Beijing Olympics : What do the Chinese think of Jews? Our medallists : Taiwan’s Chen Wei-ling and Israel’s Shahar Zubari Chinese perception of Israeli media coverage of the China Olympics
Finally, today, after a month in Tainan, I signed my contract for an apartment. Let me see… I must have probably looked at over 20 apartments, and each of those has opened a new door into some strange bizarre Taiwanese culture and peculiar life in Tainan. I owe a big thanks to my London guardian [...]
It’s a tough decision - what would you rather have - a Hello Kitty mini-doll or a special God doll to help my fortune?
It seems that every chain convenience store in Taiwan has its own little give-away mini-dolls that you get if you buy enough things. If you buy at 7-11 then you can collect stamps [...]
In the past couple of weeks, with the weather and my general mood improving significantly, I had a chance to tour a bit outside central Tainan. A few weeks ago I was fortunate to meet John of The-Real-Taiwan and his lovely family and together we had a stroll down Golden Beach to check out the typhoon affects and [...]
Are you a foreigner living in southern Taiwan? then I’m guessing you have a difficult time finding information in English about what’s going on. Foreigners in Taipei have a relatively easy life with established communities and Taiwan portals such as Forumosa and Tealit, but as far as I can tell after a month of living [...]
Last year, with "China : Sex, Pride and a bit about Israel" I mentioned the sensational story of China’s sex-blogger, Chinabounder, being hunted down by the Chinese online mob. Some claimed it was a hoax, Chinabounder went underground, then reappeared with strong criticism of the Chinese government and culture, and the professor who initiated the [...]
My one month intense summer Chinese course ended this last Friday and it feels sad. In the one month that we’ve been studying Chinese together, I feel we’ve become really good friends. 5 hours of intense practice and lunch out together everyday, with some nights going to KTV, movie, dinners - will do that to you, I guess.
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