David on Formosa

• Pashan discovers the Biyahao Historic Trail.
• The Far-Eastern Sweet Potato on the downgrading of the Han Kuang military exercises. The Foreigner also comments on the issue.
• ampulets travels by train in Central Taiwan.
• Michael Turton on direct links and drug smuggling.
• The Wilds of Taiwan on using Twitter to teach ESL.
• George Clerk goes from Hualian to Taipei the long way.
• Jerome Keating on Chen Shui-bian and double standards.
• Lao Ren Cha says go to Maokong.

Events: There is a screening of the documentary Red Caution (紅色戒嚴) at Freedom Square in Taipei at 7:00pm on 27 December. Details here. Check the events calendar at Taiwanderful for more.

Media: Reporters Without Borders expresses concern about threats to media independence in Taiwan. Paul Lin on the police visit to his home, which follows accusations of police intimidation by Chen Tsung-yi.

EPA seeks to tighten EIA regulations. David Chen interviews Wu Bai (伍佰). 亂 is Taiwan’s character of the year. Taiwan Journal article about the Zhang Xueliang Memorial in Qingquan. NTU professors say Taiwan can generate electricity from ocean currents.