Tales of the Unexpected: Where China’s treasures lie
March 15, 2015
Curiously, one of the world’s greatest collections of Chinese antiquities is not in China – but across the Strait in Taiwan. In the early 20th century, the art collection of the Imperial Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, was on the move. It left Beijing and criss-crossed the country for nearly 20 years in an effort to spare it from the ravages of war [...]

Taiwan: the other, quieter China
March 27, 2010
Mainland China may possess the more monumental historical attractions, such as the Summer Palace, the Forbidden City and the Great Wall, but Taiwan, too, has alluring, if less obvious, treasures... [...]

Taiwan’s remarkable national museum
November 9, 2009
On a cold, blustery day in December 1948, 10-year-old Chuang Ling boarded a Chinese warship in the port of Nanjing, one of hundreds of refugees who spent the next five days on rough seas until they reached the port of Keelung in northern Taiwan. [...]