The Daily Bubble Tea

• Mark on studying Minnanhua/Taiwanese.
• Patrick Cowsill discusses how Taipei drivers don’t yield to pedestrians.
• Drew rides HWY 17 from Taichung to Kaohsiung.
• Brian Q. Webb attends Love Animals Day in Taipei.
• Yehliu’s Queen’s Head may have a successor.
• The Tainan City Guide introduces readers to the historic Baoan Railway Station.
• Poagao and Andre featured on Taiwan Photographers.
• David Reid visits areas of Kaohsiung County hit by last year’s Typhoon Morakot.
• INDIAC covers Reuters pro-Ma bias.
• Talk Taiwan covers the several names Taiwan goes by in the USCIS and ISO country codes.
• A-gu looks at the ECFA debate.
• The Far-Eastern Sweet Potato and what he wanted to ask Ma regarding ECFA.

The View from Taiwan has links on Mondays / Events listed at Taiwanderful / Concerts at GigGuideTW

Some light reading for your journey

• Biking in Taiwan rides up Alishan.
• Neil Wade spends an evening in Jiufen.
• Wandering Taiwan wraps up their series on the Pingsi Branch.
• A Hungry Girl strongly recommends 1885 Burger Store.
• Darren reflects on another great year of The Daily Someone.
• Brian Q. Webb visits the Taipei Astronomical Museum.
• Get fit! Drew writes about road bike fitting.
• Just who are the Taiwanese?  The Battle of Fisherman’s Wharf on Taiwanese identity.
• Pinyin Info and Hanzified English.
• Spongebear covers adult entertainment and copyrights.
• Alton Thompson with info for next week’s 3B Festival concert by the Aletheia Symphony Orchestra.
• The Siaolin Village Geological Probe Report is out – Michael Turton with commentary.
• Vergil Yeh at Global Voices Online covers animal cruelty laws in Taiwan.
• The Far-Eastern Sweet Potato notes that the Apache helicopter sale to Taiwan is on-track despite pressure from Beijing.
• Steven Crook’s Bradt travel guide for Taiwan cover photo by blogger Rich Matheson.  The book is available for pre-order.  Congratulations to you both!