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Valencia made me appreciate my cats even more

Flying Dutchman - February 20, 2021

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 - February 15, 2021

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 - February 13, 2021

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 - February 7, 2021

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 - January 30, 2021

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 - January 18, 2021

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 - December 22, 2020

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...

Asian history

Shiba Gorō, the Japanese hero of the Boxer Rebellion in China

Flying Dutchman - December 16, 2020

Japanese General Shiba Gorō, who played a significant role during the 1900 xenophobic Boxer Rebellion in China, died on December 13th, 1945 in war-ravaged...

Culture

A Sinified German from Valencia in Taiwan

Flying Dutchman - December 5, 2020

While living in Taiwan for almost 20 years, as a German who grew up in Spain totally bilingual, I was regularly asked by Taiwanese...

Culture

Bars or clinics? Different priorities in Spain and Taiwan

Flying Dutchman - November 18, 2020

Spain is well-known for its amazing number of bars, which have little in common with those in the United States. They are establishments where...

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