Some great Taiwan blogs in 2010
In the lead up to the 2010 Taiwan blog awards I wanted to note some of my favorite Taiwan blogs. Many of these blogs are listed in the blog directory at Taiwanderful and will be in the running for the blog awards. Also check out Bloggers in Taiwan which features a blog every week and has a very comprehensive blog roll.
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.
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
Environment
Highlighting some important environmental issues in Taiwan.
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
Please don’t be offended if your blog has been left out. Feel free to mention your own blog in the comments or suggest your own favorites. Also don’t forget if you want to be in the running for the 2010 Taiwan blog awards you need to make sure your blog is registered at Taiwanderful before 1 December.
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Posted: November 27th, 2010 under Blogs & websites, Taiwan.
Tags: taiwanderful
Comments
Comment from Phillip
Time 1 December 2010 at 3:37 pm
Thanks David. It’s nice to get together as a community and acknowledge the work that goes into all of our blogs, all of the time. You and Taiwanderful have been instrumental and consistent in that. Here’s to the 3rd Annual Taiwan Blog Awards!
Comment from David Reid
Time 2 December 2010 at 12:24 am
Phillip, thanks for your support for the blog awards. Building community among bloggers and giving exposure to more blogs is a key part of the awards.
Comment from Matthew Hooper
Time 9 December 2010 at 12:34 am
Hi David,
Thanks for including me on this list. I really appreciate it.
Comment from MJ
Time 10 December 2010 at 9:58 am
Thanks, David. 
Comment from Alton
Time 20 December 2010 at 6:04 am
Thanks for the mention, David. The photoblog was a new thing for me and I’m delighted to learn visitors have found some some pleasure at the site.
Our Taiwan blog scene is burgeoning, isn’t it? I’ve been busy updating my newsfeed in the past few weeks and never catch up. There are always new discoveries. The quality as well as the quantity of the commentary has been taking an upturn as well. It’s good to see.
For all that, your commentary remains a gem, unique and valuable now as ever before. Here’s wishing you many more years of productive blogging!
Comment from David Reid
Time 21 December 2010 at 11:42 am
Thanks Alton. Going through the results of the soon to be announced Taiwan blog awards it was great to see such a wonderful variety of blogs among the winners. I am also still discovering new blogs too.
Comment from Patrick Cowsill
Time 27 November 2010 at 6:07 pm
Thanks David. I should say I enjoy your blog; it has some great posts on Taiwan culture, politics and environmentalism. One blog that I enjoy, and that is not on your list, is http://danshuihistory.blogspot.com/. For anyone interested in Taiwan’s history, this is a must-visit.
I’ve been a bit preoccupied. This item reminds me to post more and to follow more. Lots of great stuff going up daily on our Taiwan related blogs.