Life and Business in Taiwan 101
If you’re interested in following Taiwan’s news, I’ve created a special News page for Taiwan mostly because I can’t bear all the bickering between left and right, blue and green, …
Much of the idiocy is played out in the newspapers (esp. the English press) which are lackeys for whichever political party they support. China...
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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 measuring 50m by 25m in the heart of Taipei’s financial district will be worth about $150 million
Taiwan’s cabbage-patch kings hold...
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It’s rare that I come across a website that I love, but yesterday, while I was browsing the SBI sites, I happened across Taiwanese Secrets. It’s a very informative site about Taiwan, and although it’s just been around a short time, I love the way it’s written! It’s not done in a blog format,...
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This is the holiday calendar for 2010. Sorry, I couldn’t find the Chinese one yet. Get your 2010 Calendar
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I was recently asked about my job, and I thought that this answer would be sufficient to describe my daily tasks! It’s surprisingly detailed:
Well, it’s challenging in its own way and the range of tasks I do through the month is surprising: from the beginning of the month, payments and billing; middle of the...
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Well, the last few days have been pretty busy as we’ve been pursuing both online and offline audiences for our school. So we’ve now managed to establish a fully bilingual website, with our own Blog in English. Offline, we’ve been promoting our classes with Teaching Demos, Activities, Flyers, and meet’n'greet style promos. It’s all...
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Perhaps you could try this machine for a little good fortune in 2009!
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This is the first Sakura (Cherry Blossom) we saw this year. It’s almost fully out by now as we’ve had some pretty hot days.
Apologies: Last picture was already posted a few weeks ago.
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This year, we had a great time at Chinese New Year. We spent a lot of time with friends and family over the ten days, which was great. We also managed to squeeze in a trip or two during the time.
We traveled down late on Sunday, and stopped off at several fishing ports on...
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