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Tantalising Taiwan SOURCE : The New Straits Times By S. ISTA KYRA   15 January 2013 YUMMY: Perak Press Club members savour every moment of their visit to Taiwan's night markets, which are popular for their delicious local delicacies IPOH: NIGHT markets are not only common here but also in Taiwan. The Perak Press Club members were amazed with what they saw at the Shihlin night market in Taipei. Unlike the makeshift stalls under tents in the night markets here, the Taiwanese night markets are either inside buildings or by the roadside with over 500 traders, who operate daily. Several night markets in Taipei such as the ones in Raohe and Tonghua , are well-known among tourists for their delicious local delicacies . It was a delightful experience for photographer Thomas Wong , who visited Taichung City's Fengchia and Kaohsiung City's Lioho night markets. "Most of the shops were full of customers and there were long queues for all-time favourites ,...

Taiwan rolls out free Wi-Fi for overseas visitors Publication Date：01/14/2013 Source： Taiwan Today By  Rachel Chan The i-Taiwan free Wi-Fi service will soon be available to foreign visitors as part of the ROC government's latest effort to promote tourism. (Courtesy of Research, Development and Evaluation Commission) Overseas visitors in Taiwan will soon be able to access free Wi-Fi as part of the ROC government's latest effort to promote tourism, according to the Tourism Bureau Jan. 14. "This initiative, which is scheduled to be implemented in a couple of months, is expected to better assist visitors from abroad when traveling in Taiwan," a bureau official said. According to the official, i-Taiwan Wi-Fi will be available in 4,000 hotspots around Taiwan to overseas tourists registering using passport numbers . Currently, the service is only available to local residents with a cellular number. The initiative builds upon Taipei City Government's ...

Taiwan's iCook.tw lands deal to bring Rakuten promotions to its recipe-sharing social network SOURCE : The Next Web   BY JON RUSSELL ON 14 JAN '13 Three months after iCook.tw , a social network for sharing recipes , landed funding from Japanese VC CyberAgent Ventures, the Taiwanese startup has agreed to a partnership with another giant from Japan, e-commerce player Rakuten.

http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/4101001464/westevoyag-22/ The mixed bliss of thinking small in Taiwan Wednesday, January 9, 2013 By Alan Fong, The China Post You might not have seen a “ micromovie ” or been in a “microrelationship,” but if you are a Chinese-speaking person living in Taiwan, chances are you have heard about terms that started with the words “ micro ” (微, Wei) or “ little ” (小, --iao) quite a lot lately. The recent proliferation of phrases like “ microtrips ,” “ microlove ” ( 微戀愛 ), “ small days ” ( 小日子 ) and “ little but certain happiness ” ( 小確幸 ) in Taiwan point to a trend of limitation or lack of ambition . The underlining social forces, however, are more complicated. The use of the prefix “micro” came in part as a parody of the abuse of niche micromovies in Taiwan. Mostly running from 5 minutes to half an hour long, micromovies originated in the mainland as a format designated for smart device users . The idea was to make films that can be...