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Geography of Taiwan – Republic Of China (R.O.C). Where is Taiwan? Taiwan, or its official name Republic of China, is a country which lies in East Asia. It is totally surrounded by water. In total it consists of about 168 islands but the main island takes up most of the land area. Closest country is … Read more
Some basic information about the climate of Taiwan What kind of climate does Taiwan have? According to the Köppen-Geiger’s climate classification there are twelve different climate types in Taiwan: Tropical: rainforest (Af),Monsoon (Am) and Savannah (Aw) Temperate: dry winter-hot summer (Cwa), dry winter-warm summer (Cwb) and dry winter-cold summer (Cwc) Temperate: no dry season-hot summer … Read more
How is the infrastructure of Taiwan Roads in Taiwan In Taiwan there is about 20,000 km of highway roads in total. The biggest are the 3 north-to-south Freeways all located on the westside of the island. There are also 5 express ways from East-to-West which connects the eastcoast to the westcoast. Next to that there … Read more
The other day I read a news which attracted my attention: The Taipei Performance Art Center was opened. I remember back 6 years ago when I lived in Taiwan construction of the building had already started. You can easily notice this building when you go to the Shilin district, its right next to the entrance … Read more
The rijks museum is located at the head of the museumsquare (Dutch:museumplein). Next to the Museumsquare there are 3 big museums located: The rijksmuseum, the van Gogh Museum and the Stedelijk Museum (museum of modern and contemporary art). In front of the entrance of the rijksmuseum (where used to be the IAMSTERDAM sign) is a … Read more
I believe anyone who has ever visited Taiwan must have been suprised about the amount of good food you’ll find there and ever since I left Taiwan I miss the Taiwan food. I have some Taiwanese cooking books but it is hard to find the right ingredients and recreate the authentic streetfood dishes. In the … Read more
As winter is approaching and the temperatures drop, and also with Covid cases in the Netherlands rising. I’d like to spend my time indoors. One of the things I like to do is to play casual games on my computer.Recently I found a game called The Legend of Tian-ding. A sidescrolling action adventure game. Now … Read more
The National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam or in Dutch Het scheepvaartmuseum hosts one of the biggest collection of maritime collections of the world. The items include paintings, shipmodels, instruments and maps. It has a big collection of Dutch Maritime objects which cover the Dutch Maritime History.
The Netherlands is a very urban country with one of the most dense population in the world. Althought there are some national parks left you can imagine animal wildlife is under pressure due to human activity. However we still try to do our best to protect wild animals and their natural environment. In the wild … Read more
Justin M Jacobs is a professor at the American University in Washington and is a historian about China, Xinjiang, the Silk Road, antiquities, and archaeology. He wrote several books about these topics. He made a podcast series of 61 episodes all about the history of China and Japan. In his podcasts series he explains and … Read more