Taipei - wish you weren’t here | Stuart Wolfendale | Taiwan, Taipei, Taipei City

Out of the Pandora’s workbox of handy travel cliches, writers are fond of grabbing a familiar line. 'This or That City,' they will tell us, 'offers a surprising array of' and then they will go on to mention restaurants

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Chinese Banquet | Brent Hannon | Taiwan, Taipei, Taipei City

Three days before the feast, at the famous Grand Hotel in Taipei, a batch of rare and expensive shark’s fin is rinsing in a stream of ice water.

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Chinese Street Snacks | Brent Hannon | Taiwan, Taipei, Taipei City

Day or night, the time is always right for a few bites of food.

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Taipei Restaurants | Brent Hannon | Taiwan, Taipei, Taipei City

Why make a list of good restaurants in Taipei? Because they would be impossible to find without a list.

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Taipei Nightlife | Brent Hannon | Taiwan, Taipei, Taipei City

Nightlife in Taipei is thriving. Every time I visit a favourite pub or nightclub, it’s the same story: the place is packed with people, tables are scarce, and even standing room is hard to come by.

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Taiwan Baseball | Brent Hannon | Taiwan, Taipei, Taipei City

In Hsinchuang, a suburb of Taipei. Kites fly in the blue sky, children play, smoke rises from barbecues. The scene is peaceful. But inside Hsinchuang Baseball Stadium, it’s more like a madhouse.

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Pigeon Racing In Taiwan | Brent Hannon | Taiwan, Taipei, Taipei City

When the Japanese introduced pigeon racing to Taiwan early last century, they probably had no idea what an impression it would make.

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Beijing - Rich past still holds sway in capital of contrasts | Steve Knipp | China, Beijing, Beijing

Today, virtually everywhere in the Middle Kingdom - from mysterious Xinjiang in the remote west, to the frontier town of Harbin in the far north, and sunny Hainan Island in the deep south

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Beijing's Art Scene | Sally Howard | China, Beijing, Beijing

This is both the locus of Beijing cool, and the stage upon which the choreographers of the new China are practising their steps

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Saddle Soaring in Guangdong | John Borthwick | China, Guangdong, Guangzhou

As I pedal through the back blocks of Guangdong Province it strikes me that, due to the garish cycling garb we are wearing, my ten companions and I may well be regarded by the Chinese as the 'Lycra minority'

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