Blogs About Taiwan

Politics

These blogs do a great job interpreting some of the nuances of Taiwan politics.

• Frozen Garlic - psephology and a look at Taiwan’s election culture
• The Far-Eastern Sweet Potato
• Letters from Taiwan
• The View from Taiwan – great political analysis with bonus cycling adventures
• Taiwan Matters! – led by the irrepressible Tim Maddog
• That’s Impossible
• Dixteel’s Thought on Taiwan
• Sinocentric
• Claudia Jean
• Jerome Keating
• Facing China

Photography

Capturing the beauty of Formosa.

• Neil Wade
• Darren Melrose
• Brent Franke
• PhotoJazz
• Alton’s Images
• Craig Ferguson
• Taiwan Photographers

Travel

Like the photography blogs above, these blogs also do a wonderful job introducing the beautiful island of Taiwan to the world.

• Hiking Taiwan – awesome reports of hiking in Taiwan’s high mountains
• Taiwan in Cycles – this blog transcends categorisation using the bicycle as a vehicle to discover Taiwan’s history and culture
• A hungry girl’s guide to Taipei – the ultimate guide to food and restaurants in Taipei
• Steven Crook – author of several books about Taiwan
• Sponge Bear
• Lao Ren Cha
• Wandering Taiwan
• My Several Worlds
• Tainan City Guide
• Matsu

Environment

Highlighting some important environmental issues in Taiwan.

• Wild at Heart
• Taiwan Sustainable Cities
• Save the Taiwan Pink Dolphins

Languages

A look at languages in Taiwan. It’s about much more than Chinese.

• Pinyin News – making Mandarin as easy as ABC
• Chinese Hacks
• Taiwanese Identity
• Tailingua – Hoklo Taiwanese language news
• Peggy Teaches Chinese

Personal and Other

All the blogs that don’t fit into the other categories.

• Shu Flies
• Jar of Buttons
• Poagao’s Journal – possibly the longest operating English-language blog in Taiwan
• The New Hampshire Bushman in Taiwan
• The Daily Bubble Tea
• Patrick Cowsill
• Life in Taiwan
• Isla Formosa
• The Wild East
• Alive and kicking! – the life of a TV news reporter in Taiwan
• Tumbling in Taiwan
• Taiwan-Born American
• Matthew Hooper – tech blogger
• Tagging Taichung – Graffiti in Taichung
• Fiherman's Wharf - History about Taiwan
• FoGuanShan Monastery