Tales from Taiwan
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Why China is not about to invade Taiwan
The risk of China invading Taiwan has been widely reported. It is not as it seems.
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It wouldn’t happen in Kirkby
After a lunch of dumplings and turnip cake, we pick up some kelp stock and bat-ear mushrooms for dinner. Aye. T’aint Kirkby
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Geek world heaven
Taiwan is a great place for tech. You can buy the latest electronics as well as bigger gadgets, many not sold elsewhere.
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A murder that changed the world
How a murder in Taiwan led to the crackdown by Chinese authorities in Hong Kong
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Redefining convenience
When we explained to a Taiwanese friend that small towns in the UK and Europe don’t have 7-11 convenience stores, she was shocked. “How do people eat?”, she asked.
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Non – ce n’est pas un dish cloth
Arriving somewhere new, it’s normal to find many things that are unfamiliar. But some are totally incomprehensible. Dogs on scooters and dish driers, for example.
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Taiwan’s complex geopolitical place in the world
Taiwan, for decades a pawn on the geopolitical chessboard, has become something more like a bishop or a knight, a more strategically important piece in the game.
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Swirling, soaking, shuddering and smoking
We feel an earthquake every week or so. Then there’s the typhoons, the volcanoes and the rain.
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Your spaceship is arriving at platform two. The sounds of Taiwan
After the church bells of Switzerland, the first sound we noticed in Taiwan was the lyrical tune announcing the arrival of the recycling truck each evening.