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Making ‘the most dangerous place on Earth’ less dangerous
Outsiders look on Taiwan with trepidation, as the potential trigger for a bigger Sino-US conflict. But what is the view on the island itself?
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The annual Minan civilian defence drill in Taipei in May. The drill this year focused on the response to an attack by China.
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I landed in Taipei on a hot summer night last week, just as news emerged that Taiwanese singer Jam Hsiao had proposed to his manager Summer Lin.
Their long-standing clandestine relationship was apparently the world’s worst-kept secret among Mandopop fans, but the topic still generated enough chatter in the city for some days.
