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CROSSING INTO THE CITY How Taipei Bridge Transformed Sleepy Sanchong
Beitou is famous for hot springs, Tamsui for sunsets, and Xinyi for Taipei 101. Many parts of Greater Taipei have their famous attractions. But poor old Sanchong, a bustling inner-city district of New Taipei City, is usually overlooked as a kind of gritty “nowheresville.” Its chaotic streets, uneven sidewalks, and endless rows of ageing buildings…
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Talking Bridges with Formosa Files
I recently had the pleasure of speaking about three historically important Taiwanese bridges on an episode of Formosa Files: The History of Taiwan, a top-rated podcast. (Link inline) In our chat, I also threw in a few stories of precarious river crossings that I made during my walk around Taiwan. The host was my old…
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