The View from Taiwan

Was out today cycling and spotted several trees full of mating beetles. We stopped to get some pics and noticed something interesting... ...

My man Dom brakes for a view. "Manuel, on some subjects I don't trust even myself. Limiting the freedom of news 'just a lit...

My latest on taking the long view: I found out when I had to teach an annual class on the subject, it is difficult to overestimate Ame...

As the economy changes, former farms are becoming spaces for leisure and camping. The Sydney Morning Herald  reported on a deal between ...

Bookish Asia has an author interview with the brilliant Tonio Andrade, who has written extensively and beautifully on the turbulent 17th...

Fishing boats drydocked at Baishawan Port in Miaoli. Why the claw machine fad, again discussed at Ketagalan ? Hmmm.... cash business, op...

The Miaoli 55 north out of Jhuolan. One of my favorite roads in the area Ran across this article on Facebook: In 1593, 1609 and 1616 ...

Our reservoirs should could have used that predicted rain... My latest for American Citizens for Taiwan. I was going to post this up yeste...

A while back I posted on the old Japanese coast road , now the Dong 19 ( Streetview ), a little road right next to the sea just south of...

Pastoral scenery The Taipei Times reported on the ongoing KMT-CCP lovefest at the Straits Forum in Xiamen, China this week. It seems fo...

Yes, there is a balloon museum near this spot. Its reputation is inflated, however. My latest for American Citizens for Taiwan: Being Ta...

Road cruise Yes, it's Reuters... Exclusive: At delicate moment, U.S. weighs warship passage through Taiwan Strait Phil Stewart, I...

Your tax dollars at work. speaking in Taipei on #tiananmen anniversary Shanghai venture capitalist and Party ideologue Eric Li tells me:...

A winery outside Fengyuan Yup. It's official. Pasuya Yao is now the DPP candidate for Taipei mayor. I was scared it might be someone...

That guy waited so long, he turned into a statue My second installment for American Citizens for Taiwan: Know Your Weaponized Narratives...