Taoyuan Nights

A university professor was giving a lecture about supernatural beliefs within Taiwanese culture.
To get a feel for his audience, he asks “How many people here believe in ghosts?”
About 90 students raise their hands.
“Well, that’s a good start. Out of those of you who believe in ghosts, do any of you think you’ve seen [...]

Michael Turton has just written an excellent short article about Taiwan’s economy. I should probably make some comments of my own. My main concerns at present are:

Exports. Particularly, Taiwan’s DRAM manufacturers are being slaughtered by the Korean DRAM manufacturers, because the Won is cheap. Makes me wonder if Taiwan is going to crash the [...]

This person seems to have misunderstood the nature of graffiti.

A smiley face over Taoyuan!

Those aren’t stars in your eyes…“Stellarium” is a useful, free program. Here it shows Venus and Jupiter.