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Views: 1Taiwan, seen from Vietnam
Close on the map and familiar in many ways, Taiwan still surprises Vietnamese visitors. A look at the island through a Vietnamese lens: what feels like home, and what does not.
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Views: 0Taitung and Sanxiantai: Taiwan facing the Pacific
Far from the western cities, Taitung County is a long strip of coast, valley and mountain, home to many Indigenous communities and some of the earliest sunrises in Taiwan.
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Views: 0The Matsu Islands: granite villages at the edge of the strait
A small archipelago off the coast of Fujian, named after the sea goddess, shaped by decades as a military frontier and known today for stone villages and glowing seas.
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Views: 0New Taipei and Xizhi: the city around the capital
New Taipei wraps around Taipei like a ring of old mining towns, river suburbs and coastline. Xizhi, on the Keelung River, shows its everyday commuter side.
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Views: 0Kaohsiung, the harbour city of the south
Taiwan's great port city has spent recent decades reinventing itself, from shipyards and steelworks to riverside walks, art warehouses, temple lakes and lantern-lit festivals.
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Views: 0Tainan, the old capital
Taiwan's oldest city was its capital for more than two centuries. Today it is known for temples on almost every street, slow afternoons and food that leans a little sweet.
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Views: 0Taipei, district by district
Taipei sits in a basin ringed by mountains, and each part of the city holds a different chapter of its history: old river ports in the west, a colonial-era centre, and a glass-and-steel east.