I commented on Jenny’s blog post regarding this letter in The Taipei Times, then realised it (my comment) summed up my thoughts perfectly:

As an outsider I saw a fiercely fought democratic election. Ironic given they practically voted this right away. I challenge anyone who voted red to live in China for a year and try exercising the same level of freedom of […]

I saw this music video when I was in Taiwan over the Chinese New Year and thought it was pretty cool and given hiphops roots and the context of modern day Taiwan’s political and cultural scene, appropriate. Some clever parallels between mainstream hip-hop imagery and contemporary Taiwan, which is very much a mishmash of past […]

Unfortunatly as we have been experiencing particualry mental weather here on the mainland recently Taiwan was no different. Having packed for warm weather all we got was rain, cold and more rain. Though this didn’t stop us from having a great time and from Natalia showing me much of her great country.

One of the first […]

Well Natalia and I are off to **Cough** Chinese Taipei for Chinese New Year. I look forward to comparing it to my experiences of Mainland China, my brief experience of Hong Kong and blogging it. That reminds me, where’s my camera?