David on Formosa

• Stop Hushan Dam on problems with the police.
• Neil Wade has great photos of skateboarding in Taipei.
• The Bushman buys a Taiwanese tricycle.
• I-fan at Global Voices on the Taiwanese version of Thanksgiving.
• Lao Ren Cha writes of her own Thanksgiving experience and Shi-Da cafes.
• Shan Ding Lu has photos of butterflies.
• The Far-Eastern Sweet Potato has some advice for the European Chamber of Commerce Taipei.
• Wild Strawberries on influence and interference from NTU authorities. Taizhong strawberries have a new plan.
• Michael Turton on establishment views of US-Taiwan relations.

Events: Climate change action in Taipei on 6 December. This event is part of a global day of action to coincide with the UNFCCC talks in Poland. The Taiwan European Film Festival is on during the month of December.

Media: Lovely story in the Taipei Times about an eco-friendly Taiwanese wedding. Update on the plans for the film Seediq Bale. Pan Han-shen writes about how police are interfering with freedom of assembly.

Taipei Times report on Yahoo’s closing of the blog Mango Daily. This was one of several incidents that lead to the establishment of the Taiwan Bloggers Association. Taipei Times report on the establishment of the blogger group.

TAEDP marks five years of the campaign against the death penalty in Taiwan. Meanwhile China executes a scientist accused of spying for Taiwan.

I recently registered the domain www.davidonformosa.com. It is configured to redirect to blog.taiwan-guide.org, but feel free to use it as it is easy to remember.