The best source for information about any place you move into is expat blogs. While it’s difficult to find the high quality ones that really offer good info before you arrive at your expatriate destination, you are usually able to form a good reading list within the first year.
Before arriving at Hong Kong, I [...]

There are some really great English language Taiwan blogs out there, and almost every week I discover another one that’s worth keeping track of. With 2010 almost in, I thought I’ll do a special 2009 summary tribute of the top of Taiwan’s expat blogosphere.
 
Note : I urge my fellow Taiwan bloggers to do the same. [...]

Mis-B, or Mrs. Webber-Zvik, a talented Israeli web-designer with terrific blog design projects like Parisait, has been extremely sweet and kind in presenting me with the most wonderful 4 year anniversary present for my blog.
Take a look at those kick ass logos :

Isn’t that just beautiful? Thanks, Mis B!

After doing an analysis of the Taiwanese blogosphere and Taiwan’s top bloggers, and wrapping up Chinalyst’s China Best Blog Awards 2008 I figured I’m on a roll, might as well do it with the China blogosphere as well.
DISCLAIMER : this is only for my fun and play, nothing else. This could be completely wrong and [...]

There are some really great English language Taiwan blogs out there, and almost every week I discover another one that’s worth keeping track of. With 2009 just in, I thought I’ll do a special 2008 summary tribute of the top of Taiwan’s expat blogosphere.
I’ll try my best  to do it systematically, using some tools and [...]

Michael Turton and his race for the best Taiwan politics blog (go vote) got me motivated to put up a small blog awards for our little blogosphere. Hope you’ll like the idea and would want to take part.
Information is posted here : http://www.taiwanderful.net/blog/taiwan-best-blog-awards-2008
Voting will begin on the 1/10 and will close 31/10, registration of blogs [...]

While the other Israeli blogs on China are disappearing, it’s nice to find new ones. Naama and Zohar left to southern China and have been writing about their lives in a new Hebrew blog translated "Just like home, but completely different".
Here’s a quick translation from their introduction:

When we went to study Humanities, we didn’t [...]

The Israeli blogference was a 2 day conference about the local and international blogging world. I arrived late at the end of the 2nd day with my personal Taiwanese blog-expert. I didn’t attend any of the seminars and presentations, but still – here are some quick notes about the short time I was there:

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