This promo video makes the ROC armed forces look cool, presumably to attract the hordes of young gamers and Transformer lovers in Taiwan to go out and sign up. The reality is something...

I've written before about the anti-betelnut campaign in Taiwan that may be due to educated, 'civilized' city dwellers despising the chewing habit and making every excuse to attack betelnut trees and their betelnut chewers. You see, betelnut chewing is...

100_4071, originally uploaded by islaformosa2009. This poster perfectly represents the typical Taiwanese family on their vacation, totally carefree and innocent while the masses of criminal types zero in on their kill. Taiwanese travelers are most...

Found this really screwed up web page selling shoes and boots doing a bit on betelnut girls from an article that appeared in The Los Angeles Times. http://www.highheeldiscount.com/womens-platform-shoes/betel-nut-girls-of-taiwan-wow Thought it was...

BIG BIG NEWS! Google Street View is HERE in Taipei FINALLY! View Larger Map View Larger Map Only for Taipei central area so far. Drag the little man over the map to see the extent of the coverage. Parts of Taipei county are in there too. Read...