Situated on the south-side of Beigang Estuary (北港溪出海口) in southern Taiwan’s Chiayi County, and covering an area of 1,030 hectares, Aogu Wetland is the land reclaimed from the sea and reverted to a coastal wetland. It is a wildlife conservation sanctuary. In 1964, levees were constructed on the site by the state-run Taiwan Sugar Corporation ...
Taiwan and China have always had a strained relationship, with the former persistently asserting its independence, much to the ire of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Over the past months, many Chinese officials, including President Xi, have been aggressively suggesting that Taiwan will soon be a part of China. However, this seems unlikely. 3 reasons ...
Located in Nantou (南投), Taiwan’s only landlocked county in central Taiwan, Xinyi Township (信義鄉) is home to plum blossoms. Its plum trees span about 1,500 hectares (3,706 acres), and approximately 80 percent of the trees are concentrated at Fengguidou (風櫃斗) in Ziqiang Village (自強村). In addition, Lona Village (羅娜村), Taiwan’s largest aboriginal community adjacent to ...
Doreen Hegemann is a German senior corporate lecturer, strategist, and an honorary member of the Board of Directors of the European Business Women’s Alliance (EWMD). In late April 2018, Doreen was invited to Taiwan to participate in the EWMD study tour. On the eve of her departure from Taiwan, she was interviewed. She specifically mentioned ...
A 20-year-old Taiwanese, Lin Chin-hsiang, has been asked to pay approximately US$390,000 (12 million Taiwanese dollars) in damages after he crashed into four Ferraris worth a combined estimated value of US$2.8 million while delivering an order. To his good fortune, the people of Taiwan seem to have taken pity on him and have chipped in ...
The Sinliao Waterfall Trail (Xinliao Waterfall Trail新寮瀑布步道) is located along Singliao Stream in Northern Taiwan’s Yilan County (宜蘭縣). Though it is only about two kilometers long, there are two beautiful waterfalls with a height of 60 meters and 30 meters respectively along the way. The first waterfall is about 1.5 kilometers away from the entrance ...
As China becomes a dominant global power, it is inevitable that its language will become popular. With a population of almost 1.4 billion, no one with international career ambitions can now afford to neglect learning Chinese. According to estimates, the number of American students wanting to learn Chinese doubled from 200,000 in 2015 to 400,000 ...
If you happen to visit the densely populated urban areas of Taiwan that make up the country’s western plains, it would be easy for you to wonder why Taiwan is called “Ihla Formosa,” or “Beautiful Island.” Of course, the majority of Taiwan has plenty of urban development; however, this should not take away from the many ...
Though Christmas is not an official holiday in Taiwan, it is still marked by a great many people across the country. Christmas celebrations in Taiwan are, in fact, one of the most significant celebrations from November to December every year. It is therefore not uncommon to see shopping malls, stores, and households across Taiwan put ...
The mainland Chinese police have participated in the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China for 19 years. When I called the mainland police department to clarify the truth about Falun Gong one time, they cursed me using filthy language. I told them: “The police in Taiwan will not act in such an embarrassing manner. ...
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