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Taiwan
Books dealing with the sovereign state in East Asia. Aka the "Free area of the Republic of China" which is not ruled by the Communist Party of China. Taiwanese literature refers to any literature written by Taiwanese in any language ever used in Taiwan, including Japanese, Taiwanese Han (Hokkien, Hakka and Mandarin) and Austronesian languages.
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Grandfather Shi must have loved Ita Thao. His relatives were certainly making his last hours there memorable ones. Though the ceremony did not have strippers (at least none that we saw), there was no shortage of other elements designed to produce 'hot noise' that's an indispensable feature of any Taiwanese funeral. Designed to celebrate the life of the deceased and ensure their smooth passing into the next world, Grandfather Shi's hot noise included gongs mixed with rigorous Buddhist chanting, p
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I looked out again at the rising moon and I let the weight of my day, my week, lift away with the rushing wind as I was blown into the depths of myself.
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― Cheers, Beers, and Eastern Promise
― Cheers, Beers, and Eastern Promise
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Camphor Press is a British-Taiwanese independent publisher, focused on books about East Asia.
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From the far east, I would like to begin reading the best-sellers and classics. I'm personally i…more
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To whom it may concern: Welcome to the intellectual elite that is our books association. We repr…more
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