Touring Taiwan’s outlying islands

Beautiful Island

May 25, 2012January 11, 2015 Trista di Genova 0 Comment Battle of Guningtou, cheap travel tour package deals, Chinese Civil War, Flying Fish Festival Taitung County, green island, Guningtou War Museum, homestay information and reservations, Kinmen Quemoy 金門縣, Koxinga 國姓爺; pinyin: Guóxìngyé;, Kuomintang, mao communist cafe, Mao Tse Tung, Orchid Island, Orchid Island Lanyu 蘭嶼, Taiwan travel, travel stories about Taiwan, Trista di Genova travel writing, what to see in Taiwan

An excerpt of the Lin Yang (of the DPA, Deutsche Presse-Agentur) interview with Trista di Genova, who has traveled to and written about her fascination with history and culture on Taiwan’s outlying islands, so far Orchid Island, Green Island and Kinmen. Lin Yang’s travel story will be published in the

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Strangely fascinating: China's 60th anniversary fanfare

Jonathan Chandler's Lowdown on The Middle Kingdom

October 12, 2009 Trista di Genova 0 Comment analysis of China, China as superpower, China from the inside, communism, insider perspectives of PRC, Jonathan Chandler's Lowdown on The Middle Kingdom, Mao Tse Tung, PRC 60th anniversary

Golden week came and went in high Indian summer up here in Qingdao. Temperatures in the thirties in the second week of October. Hasn’t rained for months. Big fat flies laze around, eating filth, landing with heavy little legs and a total lack of grace on your skin, billions of

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