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While China Destroys its Historic Buildings Taiwan Saves Them

April 7, 2015 by Wade Shepard Leave a Comment

We're told that China has a 5,000 year old civilization, but from walking down the streets of most cities the country appears to have been founded … [Read more...]

Filed Under: China, History, Taiwan Tagged With: Historic Preservation, Kinmen

China, Taiwan One Country Two Governments is Happening

September 23, 2014 by Wade Shepard Leave a Comment

Two giant signs separate the two Chinas. Or, more precisely, the two governments of the one China. One is on Xiamen Island, PRC, the other on an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: China, Politics, Taiwan Tagged With: Cross-Straits Relations, Kinmen, Xiamen

Religion in Kinmen, Taiwan

December 20, 2012 by Wade Shepard 1 Comment

IT COULD BE SAID that religion on Taiwan's Kinmen Island is ubiquitous. Indications of spirituality are everywhere. Artistically ornate, incredibly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, China, Religion, Taiwan Tagged With: Buddhism, Kinmen, Taiwan Culture, Taoism

Kinmen Island: China Without Communism?

December 16, 2012 by Wade Shepard 2 Comments

This is what China may have been like without Communism, I though to myself as I rode a public bus into Jincheng, the largest city on Taiwan's Kinmen … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, China, Politics, Taiwan Tagged With: communism, Kinmen

Kinmen Island, Taiwan: What Is This Place?

December 15, 2012 by Wade Shepard Leave a Comment

In 2006, I listened as one of my professors at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou told me a story of how he spent his military years sitting on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, China, Geography, History, Taiwan Tagged With: Kinmen

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