Taoyuan Nights

The Economist talks about ‘underground’ Chinese banks. This opens the possibility that black market banking is allowing China’s economy to rage, even as the Chinese government tries to rein it back in.
More Asian economics over at toshou…

Do you have an Apple Mac or an iPod? Then this may be useful if you ever need to get it repaired.
Although there are a number of Apple stores in Taiwan, most of them do not offer a repair service themselves. Instead, they will accept your damaged Mac or iPod, and post it off […]

While walking around a buxiban area near Taipei Main Station, I came across what I think was a school, which had a giant map on the wall of the English-speaking countries of the world. As you can see, it’s quite interesting and unusual.

Map of the UK.
Today’s Lesson: The capital cities of the United Kingdom!
London, the […]

From the Taipei Times, July 31 2007:

New report paints mixed picture for housing market
By Jessie Ho and Amber Chung, Tuesday, Jul 31, 2007, Page 12
The housing market continued to boom in the second quarter as both the value and quantity of properties for sale increased, but whether the supply would be absorbed […]