An Amazing Art Garden in Taiwan

The Wann Ying Art Garden (萬景藝苑 or “Ten-thousand-View Art Garden”), as its name suggests, is a magnificent art garden with numerous exhibits for visitors to explore. Covering an area of about 12 acres (5 hectares), the Wann Ying Art Garden is a private art garden located at Changhua County’s Xizhou Township in central Taiwan, and has been ...

Billy Shyu

China’s Real Friends WeChat Post Goes Viral

Mainland China’s social media platform WeChat recently circulated a post entitled “Who is China’s real friend and who is the real enemy?” China’s real friends Wechat post consisted of questions and answers to actual historical events. The answers are contrary to how the Chinese state news media portrays China’s relationship to Russia and the United ...

David Jirard

The Legendary Silk Road

The legendary Silk Road connected the famous big cities of China with those of India, and reached all the way to the Mediterranean Sea from the period 100 B.C. until the year A.D. 1500. It was a route that opened up many countries for trade. Chinese tradesmen exchanged mainly Chinese silk in return for Roman ...

Nspirement Staff

The Lasting Beauty of Chinese Bronze Mirrors

Chinese bronze mirrors have a 4,000-year history in China. Not until the later period of the Qing Dynasty were they gradually replaced by glass mirrors. Producing these mirrors was an art. The reverse sides were frequently cast with exquisite decorative motifs and Chinese calligraphy. Among the various metal-based inventions in ancient China, bronze mirrors have ...

Emma Lu

A Tang Dynasty bronze mirror.

The Beautiful Lighthouses of Taiwan

As the world’s 22nd largest economy with a land area of approximately 14,400 square miles (36,000 km2), Taiwan is the world’s 39th largest island. It is about 245 miles (395 km) long (north-south) and 90 miles (145 km) across at its widest point, and has a coastline of 708 miles (1,139 km). There are many beautiful lighthouses in Taiwan. ...

Billy Shyu

The Sandiao Cape Lighthouse.

The Beautiful Fugui Cape in Taiwan

Situated at the northernmost tip of Taiwan island, Fugui Cape (富貴角) was originally called “Dabin (打賓)” or “Dabian (打鞭),” and was described as “hoek” (small peninsula) by the Dutch in the 18th century. The name was then transliterated as “Fuji,” and was called “Fugui” by local people afterward. As one of the three most significant capes ...

Billy Shyu

World of Warcraft, the Most Addictive PC Game in the World

Since the day it was released, World of Warcraft has blossomed into one of the most phenomenal role-play games in the world. Blizzard Entertainment launched its release on November 23, 2004 in North America, Australia, and New Zealand, with subsequent launches in Europe and the Asian region. It is the company’s bestselling and top award-winning game. World of Warcraft ...

Nspirement Staff

Dr Tang Fei-fan: The ‘Louis Pasteur’ of the East

Dr. Tang Fei-fan was the only Chinese medical professional in the last century to come close to winning a Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. He was born in Liling County, Hunan Province to a relatively poor gentry family on July 23, 1897. He witnessed the devastating impact of poverty and illness on his village ...

Nspirement Staff

Trump to Create a ‘Gigantic’ Military to Scare Off Beijing

The potential flashpoints in the South China Sea and the East China Sea didn’t get much of a mention during the race for the U.S. presidency, largely because they aren’t core issues for domestic America. If there was any China-related talk during the campaign, the now President-elect Donald Trump mostly spoke about trade issues with the ...

James Burke