This means there’s a huge rush of people driving out of the major cities, and especially driving south, on New Year’s Eve. Thanks to the extra Friday off this year, people will mostly be doing this drive on Thursday night, Friday all day, and early on Saturday. To beat the traffic...
Since 1979, the U.S.-Taiwan relationship has been governed by the Taiwan Relations Act, which gives a legal basis to provide Taiwan with the means to defend itself, but does not mandate that the United States come to Taiwan's aid if attacked. It was unclear what wo...
according to thefigures released by the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan). In the first nine months of this year, the total amount of new housing loans climbed to TWD 880.78 billion (US$27.57 billion), more than 76% higher as compared to the same period last year. This is...
Taipei 101 is easily accessible by either the Taipei Metro or with their bus system, it just depends on your level of comfort with each mode of transportation. Taipei 101 is located next to the Taipei 101/World Trade Center Metro Station, which means there is a stop right beside the buildi...
Current time in Songhe is now 07:37 AM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Taipei " with a UTC offset of 8 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you:Douliu,Dongshi,Dongxing,Daguan, andTaipei. ...
One of Taiwan’s most scenic areas, Alishan is rainy around 40 per cent of the year, creating a unique environment that gives rise to the “five wonders of Alishan”. The first four are the area’s beautiful sunrises and sunsets, its sea of low-hanging clouds and its lush, dense forest...
This means you’ll find plenty of things to do in the area. The streets are lined with traditional food and souvenir vendors, antique stores, Chinese medicine shops and even places to buy Buddhist relics. In addition, the temple is less than a mile from the famous Ximending (Shi-men ...
I have a Curve Blue card myself, it means I can buy a coffee on a foreign station on a card without being stung by fees and lousy exchange rates, just by tapping the Curve card on their card reader. The money goes through Curve to my normal debit card and is taken directly from my...
Of the many “leisure farms” I’ve been to in Taiwan (I covered leisure farms for a whole year while writing for Travel in Taiwan magazine), this is one of the smaller but more interesting ones I’ve been to. I found it when I went on a weekend trip to Yilan with a cram school...
Analysts generally agree that Nixon and Kissinger acted in the national interest when they launched normalization.2 The central argument of this study, however, is that the means to that laudable end were deeply flawed, that they fundamentally undermined U.S. credibility and sowed the seeds of ...