The View from Taiwan

The midnight spike in air pollution, using the app airvisual. This is from the Taichung area. The app usually shows a spike, a small one...

In Taichung the new elevated train lines with the new train stations were just completed. The Taichung station is the particular subject...

Fisherman cluster in front of a water gate above Dongshih on the river. There are two rides I do just for the workout, the 125 km run do...

Beachcombing in Hsinchu. Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je is rocking the construction-industrial state. The Taipei Times reports ... The Taipei ...

Updated map of Taipei metro with opening of new Songshan Line. Note that the lines are now numbered. This was done "for the foreigner...

Kenting, four years ago. BREAKING: Fuxing Air plane crashed in Penghu. Reports still in, but apparently of the 54 on board, 6 were sent...

Tiny, but effective. The latest TISR poll on Ma, cross-strait affairs, etc, is out. Taipei Times summed it up : Asked whether t...

A religious procession in Tawu, Taitung. Taichung city's tourist bureau is out to build the world's largest statue of Matsu...

On the 54-1 above the tombs. Two days of excellent sunny weather. I decided to see what the Miaoli 54-1 is like and have a long-anticipa...

One of the reasons I've come to enjoy living in Taichung is the great weather and the magnificent biking opportunities. An hour will p...

Dashan Farm in Changhua. Jason of Taichung announces that he will run again ( FocusTaiwan ): If elected, Hu, of the ruling Kuomintang,...

Processing pork. I saw  Ten Reasons Why Taipei is the Best City  on Facebook. It lists ten reasons why Taipei is the best city: safety, ...

Wednesday was a fitting day. My close friend Andrew Kerslake of Taiwan in Cycles had his first ride after recovering from a long period o...

I set out to put in some kilometers on the bike yesterday. Intending to ride down to the coast, I hopped on the 140, and then, as so often i...

The DPP's Lin Jia-lung asks voters to support him in the DPP's phone poll primary for the Taichung mayoral election. The top post...

Digging for the fuel of Taiwan's domestic political economy: gravel. After a long day of riding in the hills of eastern Miaoli -- th...

A K-town street. UPDATE : Low turnout leads to close victory for KMT by a mere 1200 votes after Yen Sr. won by 39,000 the last time. Mu...

In Taichung, even the dogs dress like betel nut girls... _______________________ [Taiwan] Don't miss the comments below! And ch...

Gorgeous day yesterday, so I headed for the Taichung 46, a magnificent little loop south and east of Dongshih, right off the 8. Accessible, ...

AP writes on the investment pact signed Thursday ... The pact, which took two years to negotiate, offers investors from the two sides forma...