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[Book Review] From Ruins of Empire: The Revolt against the West and the Remaking of Asia
An interesting part of this book is that Mishra renders intellectuals, rather than politicians, as the protagonists in historical scenarios.
書評：中華鄰國，台灣
高格孚教授以人類學者的角度，對台灣與中國關係提出了一個創新的看法。台灣在國際社會中是一個獨立自主的實體，但同時也是反映出了對中國的錯綜複雜。
Book Review: Neighbor of China, Taiwan
Stephen Corcuff parallels two regimes that has ruled Taiwan in the past: the regime of Koxinga (鄭成功) in the late 1680s, and the administration of President Ma Ying-jeou along with the Nationalists he led at the dawn of the twenty-first century.
Beitou: Home of the Shaman
The surface of the water is smoking hot. The air, filled with a sulfurous fragrance. Spa cottages scatter up and down the hills…
Welcome to Beitou (北投), the home of the Shaman, the ancestral lands of Austronesian and Han settlements.
Dadaocheng: 1920s Cosmopolitan Taipei
The economic boom brought cultural and social movements, especially as modernism took hold in the early 20th century. The newfangled ideas that were widely spread in the parlors of Paris, the salons of New York, and the cafés of Vienna made their way with cargo ships to Dadaocheng.