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Snake Alley

One of the more famous night markets, where snakes are sold as food.

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From Travel + Leisure , FEB 2009

Of course Taiwan, which parted ways with Communist China in 1949, has been modern for a long time. It had built an industrial economy by the 1970's, when China was still a largely rural and poor country coping with the devastation caused by Mao Tse-tung ...MORE>>

– Pankaj Mishra Taipei, Taiwan Today

Last updated February 2009