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Da Nang welcomes first direct flight from Taipei
Vietnam Business Finance News | December 26th 2009 by Huge
VNBusinessNews.com - The first direct flight linking China’s Taipei and the central city of Da Nang arrived in the Vietnamese Da Nang airport on Dec. 26.Taiwan-based TransAsia Airways became the second foreign carrier conducting direct flights to D read more
Danang sees more direct flights to Asian cities
Indochinatours online | December 22nd 2009 by INDOCHINATOURS ONLINE
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will make its first scheduled flight from Danang to Japan on December 21 and an additional flight from Danang to Hong Kong on December 23. The offering of more direct flights from Da Nang is expected to help read more
Hualian and Jiaoxi
Poagao's Journal | December 22nd 2009 by TC
Over the past week, Chenbl has been showing a group of his friends, three from Malaysia and one from France, around Taiwan. Bored with their continual hot weather, the Malaysians were eager to experience low-temperature traveling, and they tossed asi read more
Gay Cruise to Sail from Shanghai, China
Seattle Gay Scene | December 20th 2009 by Bill W.
Add another first for Atlantis Events. Last year, the company set sail on the first all-gay cruise from Hong Kong to Singapore with a sold-out ship, the Azamara Quest. And soon, the West Hollywood, Calif.-based company will bring the first all-gay cr read more
Taipei Freelance Gig: The Last Minute New Year’s Eve Celebratio…
Taiwan Photographers | December 20th 2009 by Carrie
Hello Taiwan Photographers! Frog in the Sock Entertainment, the guys behind some of Taipei’s most popular parties including the annual Last Minute New Year’s Eve Party and Halloween: Resurrection, are looking for a photographer who is in read more
6.4 Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Taiwan
theblackurbantimes.com | December 19th 2009
Santana/AP/AP Rescue workers and firefighters search for victims in the rubble of a collapsed hotel in Taipei as rescue operations continue and workers search for victims read more
Taiwan: Earthquake of magnitude 6.4, no casualties
Just One Touch | December 19th 2009 by Fururu
© 2009 (AFP Olivier Morin) A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.4 shook Taiwan on Saturday announced the American Institute of Geophysics (USGS), causing no casualties, according to initial information. The earthquake occurred 25 kilometers southeast read more
Lifestyle: “Just a fad?”
NTU The Foreign Exchange | December 18th 2009 by The Forex
"Just a fad?" By Kevin LeeGood news for cycling enthusiasts and bike commuters: now in cities such as Taipei, Kaohsiung, and Tainan, a public bike rental system is in place! Jumping on the “green” bandwagon, governments of these cities are strivi read more
Lifestyle: The National Palace Museum—An Alternative Saturday N…
NTU The Foreign Exchange | December 18th 2009 by The Forex
The National Palace Museum—An Alternative Saturday Night By Jackie LeeI never pictured that I would become a frequent visitor of the National Palace Museum, because transportation to the museum had always seemed to me not very convenient. However, read more
WINTER STORY
tinta de filipinas | December 18th 2009 by scofieldjr
Today, December 18, 2009.Taipei city got a 10 degrees temperature.Dahilan para umurong ang betlog ko at matulog ng nasa itsurang letter C. Pero bago ako matulog nakipraktis muna ako ng choir sa church namin para sa misa bukas. After a couple of hours read more
Earth Hour
Coco Tai | December 17th 2009
Remember Earth Hour? Remember when well-known buildings and monuments all around the world cut the flow of electricity to their lighting, saving tons of Carbon Dioxide from ruining our atmosphere even further? Well, WWF is planning on making this eve read more
Super-Tiny Microchip Unveiled
SAWJ's Tech Blog | December 16th 2009 by Ali Jafri
TAIPEI - TAIWAN has developed tiny microchips that could lead to lighter and cheaper laptops or mobile phones, researchers and observers said on Wednesday. State-backed National Nano Device Laboratories in northern Hsinchu city said it had succeeded read more
Taipei Event: Dancing Through Sunday Presents STEVE AOKI on Dec.…
My Several Worlds | December 16th 2009 by Carrie
PROMOTERS Audrey Harton, Sway Lee, Olivia Wycech STEVE AOKI www.steveaoki.com www.myspace.com/steveaoki www.steveaoki.dimmak.com/blog LUXY NIGHTCLUB 5F, No. 201, Sec 4, ZhongXiao East Road, Taipei, Taiwan 台北市大安區忠孝東路四段201號5 read more
KISS in Houston, Guns N' Roses Tour, Big 4 Thrash, Beach Boys and…
Mike McGuff Blog | December 16th 2009 by mikemcguff
KISS photos from Houston concert - KISS Houston show review - More KISS photos - KISS Snubbed By ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH And ANTHRAX To Share Stage In Europe - SLAYER, MEGADETH, ANTHRAX Members Comment On 'Big Four' E read more
Doing a travel site: Outlining Stage
Obblogatory dot com | December 15th 2009 by InvestorBlogger
It seems that I will be running a travel website soon. I finally registered a great local domain ending in .com and am working on the content for a Travel Site based on Taipei City/County. I’m quite excited about that domain as I already have a read more
Otis elevator, part 2
Quigley's Cabinet | December 13th 2009 by Christine Quigley
Elevator superlatives Otis Elevator Co.'s 2 tallest test towers are located in Bristol, Connecticut (117M) and Shubayama, Japan (154M), but last year Otis competitor Mitsubishi Electric Corp. opened the "world's tallest elevator testing tower" in Ina read more
My Obsession Over Taipei 101 (台北101)
Sassy Urbanite's Diary | December 13th 2009
Taipei 101 is the symbol of Tapei City, once the world's tallest building, Taipei 101 stands tall among all the other building in Xin Yi area. We got out ticket at NT400 per person & took the world's fastest elevators, 37 seconds from 5th floor t read more
Tens of Thousands of Environmental Activists ...
Go green, save the planet | December 12th 2009 by Lillya
"Tens of thousands of environmental activists have descended on the city to pressure world leaders to do more to combat climate change." "Other have already begun. Organizers estimate at least 40,000 people took part in Australia's "Walk Against War read more
Louis Vuitton Maison One Central, Macau
I LVOE LV | December 9th 2009 by Bengt Enrique
Leader of French luxury, style, innovation and travel culture, Louis Vuitton opens its first Maison in Macau at One Central, marking another milestone of the House in Asia Pacific, in the world's latest thriving destination of entertainment and hos read more
Singapore 9th most expensive Asian city
Singapore sgcGo | December 8th 2009 by Sally Han
Singapore jumped three spots from a year ago to become the ninth priciest Asian city in the latest cost of living ranking by human resource company ECA International. It beat Taiwan’s Taipei and China’s Shenzhen and Guangzhou, but remained cheap read more
Taiwan carrier resumes flights to Danang
Indochinatours online | December 7th 2009 by INDOCHINATOURS ONLINE
Danang International Airport Taiwanese airlines TransAsia has said it would resume direct flights to Da Nang on December 26, four years after they were withdrawn. It would operate Airbus 321-132 aircraft between Da Nang and Taipei every Wednesday and read more
12 月快樂 december upon us
WHAT ANNIE WEARS | December 6th 2009 by Annie
我最愛的12 月終於來了! 和家人團聚, 舞會, 甜食, 聖誕節的歌曲, 聖誕節的花圈, 到處可見的 LED 燈飾,厚重衣物, 寒冷得讓人想要擁抱的天氣, 熱巧克力, 熱西打 (加了香料和加熱的酒), 鏟家門 read more
A Heart and Two Leaves: Part 1
Journey to Taiwan | December 5th 2009 by Johnny Fleck
Living in/around a city like Taipei, it's nice to get out every now and then. Although Taipei is a very large, busy, and densely populated city, the fact that it is surrounded by mountains on almost all sides makes it pretty easy to find a peaceful g read more
Taiwan’s cabbage-patch kings hold the keys to growth under the…
Investorblogger | December 4th 2009 by InvestorBlogger
Taiwan’s cabbage-patch kings hold the keys to growth under the region’s tallest buildingA woman plants vegetables in a business district in Taipei, Taiwan(Maurice Tsai/Bloomberg/Getty Images)The consensus opinion holds that a plot of land measur read more
Taiwan’s cabbage-patch kings hold the keys to growth under the…
Investorblogger | December 4th 2009 by InvestorBlogger
Taiwan’s cabbage-patch kings hold the keys to growth under the region’s tallest buildingA woman plants vegetables in a business district in Taipei, Taiwan(Maurice Tsai/Bloomberg/Getty Images)The consensus opinion holds that a plot of land measur read more
Taiwan’s cabbage-patch kings hold the keys to growth under the…
Obblogatory dot com | December 4th 2009 by InvestorBlogger
Taiwan’s cabbage-patch kings hold the keys to growth under the region’s tallest buildingA woman plants vegetables in a business district in Taipei, Taiwan(Maurice Tsai/Bloomberg/Getty Images)The consensus opinion holds that a plot of land measur read more
New live music venues opening
David on Formosa | December 3rd 2009 by David on Formosa
The Taipei Times today reports on three new live music venues opening in Taipei and Kaohsiung this weekend. Lovers of live music have ever more choices of places to go. The first and the biggest is Legacy located in the Huashan Culture Park (華山 read more
Five For Friday – City By The Bay
Craig Ferguson Images - Photography from Asia | December 3rd 2009 by Craig Ferguson
After a break from 5 last week, we’re back with a bit of travel. Before we do that however, don’t work that you can enter the Creativity giveaway for a chance to win some great prizes. Although I’m based in Asia, I actually come fr read more
Expats find Singapore a tad more expensive
Singapore Property - Singapore property News - Singapore Rea… | December 2nd 2009 by mindy yong
Expats find Singapore a tad more expensive S’pore moves up 3 spots to 9th position in Asia: survey By JOYCE HOOI (SINGAPORE) IT is not all cheap hawker food and iPods for expatriates who are based in Singapore. The latest Cost of Living surve read more
Weekly Links – December 3, 2009
The Daily Bubble Tea | December 2nd 2009 by Todd
Don’t forget to vote for your favorite Taiwan blogs at Taiwanderful! Thinking of teaching abroad? Carrie provides a quick guide to some popular destinations. David visits Kaohsiung, my favorite city in southern Taiwan. A Hungry Girl stro read more
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