• Want to take part in the Third Annual Worldwide Photo Walk? Walks will be held this year in Taichung and Taipei.  Sign up now!
• Taiwanese Secrets reveals the best place to learn Chinese in Taiwan.
• Andre takes his family to the Muzha Zoo which is probably one of Taiwan’s [if not all of Asia's] most economical place for a fun family outing.
• Tea Masters find a perfect spot to enjoy tea.
• Carrie introduces readers to pig’s blood cake.
• Wandering Taiwan visits Juming Museum.
• Darren visits the David LaChapelle exhibit at Taipei’s Museum of Contemporary Art.
• Turning Taiwanese visits Taiping Mountain.
• Catherine interviews Israeli artist Yaacov Agam whose work can be found in Taipei and Kaohsiung.
• David Reid attends the What is Justice? event in Tainan.
• Craig recommends a few photography books.
• Politicians on bikes?  It must be election season!
• Formosan Plastics Group wins Ethecon’s 2009 Black Planet Award.
• Where’s the world’s #1 stadium?  In Kaohsiung according to UK Magazine Sports Pro.

• Klaus covers the plight of Taiwan’s second class foreigners.
• Taiwan in Cycles takes an in-depth look at the most dangerous cars on the road.
• Wandering Taiwan visits Jiufen.
• MJ checks in at the Sheriton Hotel in Jhubei.
• Tumbling in Taiwan moves to a new domain.
• Like pork?  You might not after reading about Holly’s tour of a pig truck.
• Mark on Taiwanese phonics.
• A Hungry Girl strongly recommends Smith and Hsu for afternoon tea.
• Taiwanese Secrets on etiquette.
• Steven Crook’s Dos and Don’ts in Taiwan is available.
• Dan Bloom covers the extraordinary casting choices in the movie Extraordinary Measures.
• The Battle of Fisherman’s Wharf on Taiwan Aboriginal soldiers who fought for the Japanese Empire in World War II.

• New at MSW – for every free travel e-book you download, Tripbase.com donates money to Charity:Water.  What are you waiting for?
• Darren suggests getting closer in part six of his shooting people series.
• Wandering Taiwan covers the cow parade in Taipei.
• Tea Masters features aged Hung Shui Oolong.
• Mark with a pic from our Jhongsing/Caotun photowalk.
• David Reid reviews Taipei Exchanges.
• The Tainan City guide with information on the city’s only remaining inland fortress:  Xunfang Fortress.
• Patrick Cowsill writes about historical revisionism.
• I-fan Lin at Global Voices with a memorial to Taiwanese WWII veteran  Chao-Jung Hsu.
• INDIAC  clarifies distortions about Taiwan’s relations with China.

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

Directing your attention towards the following:

• Help Holly discover Taipei in 5 days.
• Randy explains why he likes Taiwanese model Lin Chi-ling and why she disappoints him.
• Taiwanese Secrets answers some FAQ about visiting.
• Drew cycles a wicked route to Jiufen Ershan and discusses his personal transformation after experiencing the 921 Earthquake.
• The Tainan Guide and keeping cool.
• Stu hikes the Huangzuishan Ecological Protection Area.
• Brian Q. Webb attends South Africa Day at Taipei’s Huashan Culture Park.
• Darren shares his thoughts on temple vices.
• Wandering Taiwan visits Yuanli and its Lin Grass woven goods.
• Dan Bloom reviews Pinoy Sunday.
• Michael Turton, who has your links on Mondays, explains relationships between Western men and Taiwanese women.

• 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!

• Taiwanese Secrets Travel Guide with tips for applying for a visa.
• David Reid covers the launch of The Big Issue in Taipei.
• Braving Asia announces to readers that the Sanzhi UFO houses have been destroyed.  You should have emailed me and asked if they were still there, I could have saved you the trip!
• The JC on Taiwan passports.
• Carrie visits the 2010 Yangmingshan Flower Festival.
• Stu hikes Nantou’s Neng Gao Historic Trail.
• The Tainan City Guide with information on the Taijiang Ecological Culture Zone.
• Wandering Taiwan visits Yingge, Taiwan’s ceramics capital.
• Talk Taiwan covers China’s freelance internet propagandists.

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

• A Hungry Girl in Taipei announces winners of the 2nd Annual Best of Taipei Restaurants.
• Brian Q. Webb reviews the Olympus E-P1.
• Drew at Taiwan in Cycles with information on Bagua Mountain.
• Browse through some splendid images from Jhongsing Village at Image Coffee Grey.
• USTDC with some old shots from Ximending.
• The Bradt Travel Guide on burning incense.
• Mike in Taipei reports that journalists in Taiwan and China had their Yahoo e-mail accounts hacked.
• The China Beat covers the First Lady’s weight and the rise of eating disorders in Eastern Asia.
• MOVERS: Scott Pagel moves to a new domain and Daniel Carruthers moves to China.

I’ll be leaving out events from now on because of the time required to compile them.  If you are hosting an event you would like to have mentioned feel free to contact me with the details and it’ll be included on the next weekly links.