The Lunar New Year is celebrated throughout Asia between late January and early February, but few places do it as spectacularly as Taiwan, which is
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Before 1948, it was known as Ceylon, but once it gained independence from the United Kingdom, it became Sri Lanka. Today, the vast island nation in
We had only five kilometres left to cycle that day, but it was hot, our muscles were complaining and the long road ahead of us
Taiwan might be famous for making cheap electronics, but it also happens to be home to Giant, the world’s largest bicycle company. It exports millions
It might sound like the music from an ice-cream truck, but if you’re in Taiwan, chances are that’s the garbage truck. By law, you can’t
Each continent has a “pole of inaccessibility.” It is that point on the globe that is most distant from any ocean. The Eurasian landmass’ pole
If you read English-language newspapers in South Asia, you will encounter headlines with the words crore and lakh. These are from the Indian numbering system
Between 50,000 and 100,000 people live in 198 enclaves along the Bangladesh–India border. These enclaves, known as chitmahals, are bits of Indian territory in Bangladesh