Guest Blog Post by Judith L. Katz   We are now in the air, having escaped the grey clouds of Typhoon Goni swirling around Taipei.  Our final day in Taiwan was a delight for the senses–a fabulous lunch of soup dumplings at Michelin-rated Din Tai Fung, delicate Li Shan tea Read More

Guest Blog Post by Judith L Katz.  Jinmen, the Cold War, and Cross-Strait Relations:  In a wrinkle of history, when the Nationalists retreated to Taiwan in the closing days of China’s civil war (1949), they held on to the small island of Jinmen, a stone’s throw from the Chinese mainland Read More

 Guest Blog Post by Judith L. Katz   “There is so much to eat here,” proclaimed the cab driver as he transported us away from the night market in Tainan – Taiwan’s ancient capital.  This particular night market is a multi-acre maze of pop-up booths offering fried food, sugar-coated fruit Read More

Guest Blog Post by Judith L. Katz Typhoon Soudelor swept across Taiwan on August 7 as one of the strongest recorded, with over 50 inches of rain in some locations and wind gusts well over 100 mph.  Here in the capital city of Taipei, much of the damage was related to Read More