Notes on Taiwan - by Sam Enright - The Fitzwilliam
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Semiconductors, sunsets and hot springs
三年一小反, 五年一大亂 Every three years an uprising, every five a rebellion. —Xu Zonggan (1796–1866), governor of Taiwan Earlier this year, I went to Taiwan for two weeks. It was my first time in East Asia. I received a warm response when I posted my travelogue from South India, so I thought it would be a good idea to also write one for Taiwan. We deemed it to be of enough general interest to run it on The Fitzwilliam instead of my personal blog. I made sure to have layovers in mainland China on either side of the trip, in Shenzhen and Beijing. They were a fascinating few days in their own…
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