ACTS OF KINDNESS

BY EVA CLIFFORD As I drove out one morning down the empty highway in Bagan, dawn light rousing the colours of the plains and the pagodas cold-looking against the sky, I suddenly noticed a small girl on the roadside waving at me like I was a long-lost friend. When I stopped my bike, she greeted me…

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EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY

BY NELSON NG We had been walking along the streets of Tainan cluelessly that night, unsure of where to spend New Year’s Eve. We had just arrived from Alishan and didn’t know a thing about the city. After about an hour’s walk we realized our decision to go to Anping by foot was a wrong…

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CLIMB AND CONQUER

BY SUSAN LIU All I saw were stairs. Stairs in front of me. Stairs behind. Stairs to be conquered – there was nowhere else to go. Grumbling, I continued the climb. I’d been excited to finally climb Yellow Mountain, excited to see the subject of oh-so-many ancient Chinese poems and paintings. But at this moment, all…

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STACK VIDEO REVIEW: LOST ISSUE ONE

Stack reviews LOST Issue One! Quoting Steve Watson of Stack: “I’m totally fascinated by independent publishing in China, so I was excited to receive issue one of Lost magazine last week. A travel title published in China, it’s the first independent magazine I’ve seen that clearly addresses itself to both an international and a domestic…

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