29.1 C
Spain
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
type here...
- Advertisement -spot_img

TAG

Formosa

Asian history

Remembering the 2011 Japan earthquake

Flying Dutchman -
Not the deadliest, but by far the costliest natural disaster in world history happened on March 11, 2011, when a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, the...
Features

Some reflections on the occasion of my 300th article in less than a year

Flying Dutchman -
While I was still living in Taiwan, some people asked me to start writing a blog because they thought that I had many interesting...
Culture

The Taiwan Lantern Festival 2021, also affected by COVID-19

Flying Dutchman -
The Lantern Festival is a Chinese cultural tradition which dates back to the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 25) and is celebrated on the fifteenth day...
Features

Valencia made me appreciate my cats even more

Flying Dutchman -
I feel very relieved, as yesterday I finally received the notification from the competent quarantine authorities that next week I will obtain the permit...
Customs and traditions

Attending my first wedding in Taiwan

Flying Dutchman -
The big cultural gap between East and West also became evident to me when shortly after my return to Taiwan in May 1999 I...
Culture

Festive money in Chinese culture

Flying Dutchman -
First of all, I would like to wish my readers a very happy Year of the Ox, which hopefully will be significantly better than...
Asian Politics

Progressive Taiwanese politician survives recall vote

Flying Dutchman -
Huang Jie (born 1993) is a independent female councilor in Kaohsiung, Taiwan’s biggest port and third largest city, and a former member of the...
Asian history

Impressions from Taiwan in the 1970s

Flying Dutchman -
Today I watched a short documentary about Taiwan from the 1970s with a quite charming selection of what could be called Asian elevator music,...
Asian Politics

Japanese Don Quixote plans to conquer Taipei

Flying Dutchman -
Japan’s biggest discounter Don Quijote, named after the most famous novel about a crazy nobleman (spelled Don Quixote in English) by the greatest writer...
Asian Politics

A chat with long-term Chinese residents in Spain

Flying Dutchman -
Yesterday I went to deliver some of the many oranges that I had picked on Sunday at a friend’s little orchard just outside of...
1234Page 1 of 4

Latest news

- Advertisement -spot_img

This new blog presents unconventional thoughts and opinions about Asian and European culture, history, politics and society.

© flyingdutchman.net. All rights reserved.

Popular Category

About Us

Latest News