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Touring Taiwan’s outlying islands

May 25, 2012October 4, 2026Trista di GenovaBattle of Guningtou, cheap travel tour package deals, Chinese Civil War, Flying Fish Festival Taitung County, green island, Guningtou War Museum, homestay information and reservations, Kinmen Quemoy 金門縣, Koxinga 國姓爺; pinyin: Guóxìngyé;, Kuomintang, mao communist cafe, Mao Tse Tung, Orchid Island, Orchid Island Lanyu 蘭嶼, Taiwan travel, travel stories about Taiwan, Trista di Genova travel writing, what to see in Taiwan

Trista wants to travel to and cover in depth all of Taiwan's islands. An excerpt of the Lin Yang (of the DPA, Deutsche Presse-Agentur) interview with Trista di Genova, who has traveled to and written about her fascination with history and culture on Taiwan’s outlying islands, so far Orchid Island, Green Island and Kinmen. Lin…

Kinmen: Now the Battle is for Tourism, part 4/4

Beautiful Island History Strait-Talk

May 4, 2012October 4, 2026Trista di GenovaBattle of Guningtou, Bunker International Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA), Dadeng Military Base, Kinmen Quemoy Jinmen, Kuomintang, Quemoy crisis, Shen Yuan’s Speaker Tea, Sun Yat-sen 孫德明孫文, take back China, Wu Chao-hsi, Yin Ling’s “Lovemaking for world peace, 蔣中正 / 蔣介石 Chiang Kai-shek General Chiang Kai-shek

Kinmen's bunker-bunking exhibition was the brainchild of Cai Guo-Qiang. Photo: everywhereismuseum.com By Trista di Genova / published 2005 in Travel & Culture magazine in its abridged form “EVERYWHERE IS A MUSEUM” This year, Kinmen made international headlines when Kinmen was transformed from a former battlefield into an international art exhibition. A hundred thousand visitors came…

Kinmen: Now the Battle is for Tourism, part 3/4

Beautiful Island History Strait-Talk

May 2, 2012October 4, 2026Trista di Genova”, 823 War Museum, Anti-Secession Law, Battle of Guningtou, Bunker International Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA), Dishan Zhaishan tunnel, General Chiang Kai-shek, Houchiang Bay, Kinmen Quemoy Jinmen, Kuomintang, Quemoy crisis, Shen Yuan’s Speaker Tea, take back China, Wu Chao-hsi, Wu Chao-hsi Blacksmith Wu, Yin Ling’s “Lovemaking for world peace, 蔣中正 / 蔣介石 Chiang Kai-shek

'Don't forget Ju' – part of the KMT philosophy behind the Take Back China strategy. Photo: blog.actionreportchina.com By Trista di Genova / published 2005 in Travel & Culture magazine in its abridged form THE BATTLE OF GUNINGTOU The Chinese Nationalist army (KMT), led by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek (蔣中正), defeated the Japanese in Nanking, but lost…