31 Dec, 2009 in Hong Kong by Fili An
Thank you to the Hong Kong blogs

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 [...]

26 Dec, 2009 in Rankings, Taiwan by Fili An
Top bloggers 2009 : Best Taiwan blogs

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. [...]

3 Nov, 2009 in Taiwan Blogosphere by Fili An
Taiwan Blogging Awards 2009 @Taiwanderful

Taiwanderful is again running the Taiwan Best Blog Awards in 2009 following the inaugural competition last year.
(Taiwanderful’s Taiwan Blog Awards 2009 announcement)

It’s been a few years since Taiwanderful came into existence with David’s kind help. Although I’m now located in HK I guess I will always Taiwan is my second home. I keep [...]

5 Aug, 2009 in Chinese Blogosphere by Fili An
Live from the blogosphere (image from Boingboing)

I’ve been following the China blogosphere for about 4 years now, ever since I became passionate about all things Chinese. As a tribute to the hard working bloggers I wrote an article for "Here’s Dong Guan", a monthly expat magazine for the city of Dong Guan in Guangdong province, and it was published in the [...]

15 Jan, 2009 in Chinese Blogosphere by Fili An
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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 [...]

13 Jan, 2009 in Taiwan Blogosphere by Fili An
The Best Blogs in Taiwan 2008 – Final Results

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 [...]

29 Nov, 2008 in Taiwan Blogosphere by Fili An
Taiwanderful Announces The Best Taiwan Blogs 2008

It’s been a while since it actually took place, but I was busy as the time and I still want to write something about it.  This was the “press release” issued :
Results of the 2008 Taiwan Blog Awards
The results of the 2008 Taiwan Best Blog Awards have been announced. The awards are for English language [...]

9 Oct, 2008 in Taiwan Blogosphere by Fili An
Expat English language Blogs in Taiwan continued

This is the second part of an introduction lecture about Taiwan’s English language blogs in Taiwan and foreigner perspective about all that’s Taiwanese. First part was “Taiwan’s English Blogosphere – Introducing Expat Bloggers to local Taiwanese”.

It looks much better when not embedded, download it here. Pictures in the presentation all lead to the blogs [...]