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xpatmatt

The Best Budget Trip for Chinese New Year

Matt-Gibson.org | November 24th 2009

This year Chinese New Year vacation is expected to be from February 13th to 21st.  It’s already a bit late to buy tickets, and many flights are already sold out, but there are still some good deals to be had. Since Thailand and the Philippines are read more

baksanir

Chen House

Wayfaring Travel Guide | November 24th 2009 by baksanir

The  house  is  situated  on  an  old  Japanese  cherry-farm  in  the  Datun –mountains  of  North  Taiwan. It  is  designed  as  a  vessel  to  react  on  the demanding  wind,  flooding  and  heat  conditions  on  th read more

bernardyong

Globalite Travel & Tours special deals to Hainan, Guilin, Sha…

Travel Today Lah | November 23rd 2009 by Bernard Yong Chen Wei

Globalite Travel & Tours special deals to Hainan, Guilin, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Macau, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Europe. read more

bernardyong

Amazing Asia - tour deals to China, Hong Kong and Taiwan from RM1…

Travel Today Lah | November 23rd 2009 by Bernard Yong Chen Wei

Amazing Asia - tour deals to China, Hong Kong and Taiwan from RM1,238. read more

cncliving

How do you like your cookies wrapped? (and how do I transport cut…

Chic 'n Cheap Living | November 22nd 2009

So remember I told you I was a little domestic goddess wannabe and made cookies for our NYC wedding?  Well I'm thinking about what favors to give at the Taiwanese wedding and the same cookie theme sounds appropriate.  Although this time I'm read more

keetsa

Recycled Paper Shoes Anyone?

Keetsa! Blog - Eco-Friendly and Green | November 21st 2009 by Max Lee

Taiwan has been known to create some of the craziest yet fad things you can think of today and it looks like they have something that should cater to the footwear shoppers. Colin Lin came up with a different kind of concept in the design of shoes, u read more

chinasecurity

Taiwan PM urges China to withdraw missiles: report (AFP via Yahoo…

ChinaSecurityBlog.com | November 21st 2009

Taiwan PM urges China to withdraw missiles: report (AFP via Yahoo! News): “Taiwan’s Premier Wu Den-yih has urged China to remove missiles targeting the island to pave the way for peace talks between the formal arch-rivals, according to a read more

davidreid

Tears: a tough police drama

David on Formosa | November 21st 2009 by David on Formosa

Tears (眼淚) directed by Cheng Wen-tang (鄭文堂) is a tough and gritty police drama. The style is quite a contrast to Cheng’s previous film, the teen romance Summer’s Tail (夏天的尾巴), which I reviewed earlier. Enno Cheng (鄭 read more

88newsnet

Tammy Chen nervous about more bed scenes

88news Asian Entertainment News | November 21st 2009

SETTV drama produced by Wang Pei Hua has finally began filming (the second time) on the 18th, after being through much troubles. The male and female lead Wang You Sheng and Tammy Chen Yi Rong showed up in their wedding outfits and the main cast had read more

LearningfromDogs

Straight Talking and Realpolitik

Learning from Dogs | November 21st 2009

“To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.” Quote by Will Durant. During his China visit Obama said that “the US accepted that Tibet was part of China, but went on to push for the early resumption of ta read more

zenux81

Hualien Night Market Snack

Ah Hong Taste & Travel Blog | November 21st 2009

My first night in Hualien, Taiwan light up with the snack from the night market. One BBQ was the first food we hunt down the road and I gave two thumbs up for the unique taste. So for those who loves food like me, it is real worth to sketch a visit t read more

chinasecurity

US urged to press China on arms (Taipei Times)

ChinaSecurityBlog.com | November 21st 2009

US urged to press China on arms (Taipei Times): “In a major report scheduled to be released yesterday, a US congressional commission urges US President Barack Obama to encourage China to “demonstrate the sincerity of its desire for improved c read more

chinasecurity

US/China relations + PLA transparency via china-pla.blogspot.com

ChinaSecurityBlog.com | November 20th 2009

US/China relations + PLA transparency: “I just have some random thoughts from the last couple of days with Obama’s visit to Asia and all the news releases with PLAAF’s 60th anniversary. There have been a lot of new articles recently ab read more

rajajang

Soludo will make Anambra Africa's Dubai – Anaekwe | Vanguard

How to get job in Dubai - secret revealed | November 20th 2009 by furqan

Almost everything, but let me single out the vision to turn Anambra into the Dubai or Taiwan of Africa. The African Dubai —Taiwan (ADT) concept is totally new in Nigerian politics. Original post: Soludo will make Anambra Africa's Dubai – Ana read more

pop2009

Taiwan high speed train company to refinance debt (Manila Bulleti…

Refinance Loan Make your life easy | November 20th 2009

TAIPEI (Dow Jones) – Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp. aims to refinance syndicated loans totaling NT$382 billion by the end of November to stem losses and reduce its interest repayments, Vice President Ted Chia said. read more

88newsnet

400 Taiwanese artists on “Tax Evasion Wanted List”

88news Asian Entertainment News | November 20th 2009

TAIPEI: Taiwanese tax authorities are coming down hard on celebrities as more than 400 artistes are being investigated for tax evasion this year. Those on the ‘wanted list’ include hosts Barbie Hsu and Dee Hsu, as well as actresses Chery read more

scofieldjr

TAIWAN...Touch Your Heart

tinta de filipinas | November 20th 2009 by scofieldjr

Kung sa atin sa pinas si regine at apple de ap ang kumakanta para ipromote ang turismo sa bansa. Dito sa bansang itinuring ko ng ikalawang lupa ay ang mga damuhong ito ang tagapagpakilala ng turismo (ayun eh kapag sila ang nanalo sa pacontest...hahah read more

88newsnet

KangXi Festival ticket sales suspended in Beijing

88news Asian Entertainment News | November 20th 2009

The news of Beijing stop of “KangXi Festival” concert, originally scheduled for November 28th, being cancelled has just be revealed. Some online ticket vendors have already put out a “Informed of temporary halt of ticket sales for read more

iYankees

Wang and the Dodgers

The iYankees Blog | November 20th 2009 by Chris H.

Via MLBTR, we learn that Chien-Ming Wang would be open to the idea of reuniting with Joe Torre and playing for the Dodgers if he and the Yankees don’t reach some sort of agreement later on (assuming he’s non-tendered). There’s no w read more

investorblogger

Taiwan: Spas for both summer and winter

Obblogatory dot com | November 20th 2009 by InvestorBlogger

Taiwan is a weird country. It’s freezing in the winter where we live, with temperatures in the low tens or under; boiling in the summer when temps rise to 38C or more. But within those extremes are a huge variety of conditions depending on wher read more

Link Love: Taiwan, Bangkok, and Collaborative Systems

Pop Wuping | November 20th 2009

Small pieces, loosely joined. Some of my favorite links of the week found on twitter and elsewhere. Some thoughts on Biking (in Taiwan). Michael Turton's excellent article on what biking means to him.Biking Weekend: Biking in TaiwanOne Taiwanese W read more

Colin Lin reuses discarded newspapers to create eco-friendly shoe…

Grendiary | November 20th 2009

Designer Colin Lin, 50, chanced upon a brilliant idea of creating eco-friendly footwear and tote bags using recycled newspaper. The Taiwanese designer recycles Chinese language newspapers and weaves them into a lattice pattern. In order to endow he read more

emmanuelliu

Another Beautiful song by Xiao Feng Feng(Joyce Lim) 小鳳鳳....…

The mind of an African-chinese guy | November 19th 2009 by Emmanuel Michael Liu

Xiao Feng FengMalaysian songbird Xiao Feng Feng(Joyce Lim) 小鳳鳳 continues to be one of my all time favorite Hokkien singers.Here are some of my favorite song from her....小鳳鳳 -十二蓮花 12 lotus flowersXiao Feng Feng Joice Lim 小鳳 read more

chinasecurity

The Evolution of Taiwan’s Military Strategy: Convergence and Di…

ChinaSecurityBlog.com | November 19th 2009

China Brief – The Jamestown Foundation via The Evolution of Taiwan’s Military Strategy: Convergence and Dissonance. On October 19, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) released the National Defense Report 2009. This is the firs read more

chinasecurity

US urged to press China on arms (Taipei Times)

ChinaSecurityBlog.com | November 19th 2009

Yahoo! News via US urged to press China on arms (Taipei Times). In a major report scheduled to be released yesterday, a US congressional commission urges US President Barack Obama to encourage China to “demonstrate the sincerity of its desire for i read more

jasadh

Sebanyak 60% Remaja Ingin Bunuh Diri

just call me Ag | November 19th 2009 by jasadh

Sekitar 60% remaja taiwan berpikir untuk bunuh diri, sementara 34 persen lainnya mengaku tidak memiliki orientasi hidup. Demikian hasil survei yang dilakukan majalah CommonWealth. Hasil survei bertajuk Pendidikan dan Kehidupan itu menyebutkan sebanya read more

seattlesketcher

向菜頭敬禮

Urban Sketchers | November 19th 2009 by Gabi Campanario

和潘大去了一個公園門口有一顆菜頭大雕像市長希望市民向菜頭敬禮吧在中和....想起來了仁愛公園公園新得有點不太正常一時也說不出哪裡怪等我們畫了那兩個聊天的阿婆隨著兩老的腳步踏 read more

kenneth

安室強勢 紅白搶人

偉士牌的安室奈美惠namie amuro | November 19th 2009 by kenneth

安室奈美惠近年氣勢如虹,樂壇盛事「紅白歌唱大賽」今年開出優厚條件誓要打動天后出席,足證安室的地位超凡,屆時鋒頭定必蓋過宿敵濱崎步。 除夕舉行的「紅白」逐漸逼近,NHK電視 read more

Los robots, cada vez más útiles

Golpedegato | November 19th 2009

Fuente: Infobae.Investigadores de Taiwán crearon un robot que puede trabajar de recepcionista, guía turístico, guardia de seguridad y asistente médico, la última oferta de una isla que busca hacerse un nombre en el mercado robótico global.El ro read more

Between Cultures – Social Network Map HK, China, Taiwan & I…

fiLi's world | November 19th 2009

Social network maps do a great job of giving you information you usually don’t come across which summarizes big stories into easily interpretable graphs. Having being part of Facebook for quite some time now, I think it’s been long enough for me read more