Over the past May from rabies in China, 201 people died last month in China from 201 people died of rabies. How wrote on Tuesday the Chinese press, most of them were infected through dog bites. According to authorities, the rage for the past year, remains the most dangerous infectious disease in the country, the exception was only March when tuberculosis killed more people than from hydrophobia. Chinese authorities last year launched a campaign under the slogan "one family - a dog. Number of victims of floods in southern China more than 70 people Number of victims of flooding and storm winds in southern China has reached 71 people. As reported on Tuesday the country's Meteorological Administration, 13 more people missing. The total damage caused by floods and landslides caused by them is estimated at 3.4 billion yuan (about $ 440 million). Management warned that although the main affected areas, the situation is improving, the disaster may soon undergo the coastal provinces of Zhejiang and Fujian, and Hainan Island. That is some news epitaficheskie hung on tape www.gazeta.ru just before my departure to the southern part of the Chinese reality and in combination - in one of the hotspots of the planet. So, on June 20 in an atmosphere of high humidity, furious and readiness of the Chinese internal troops, I flew to Taipei. I fly on Taivan on Taiskih airlines. A little crooked, but it is doletabelno. Between Seoul and Taebeem - 2 hours continuous flight, 1 hour time difference, as well as moments of communication with the customer-Thai stewardess. Last dressed in stylish violet-blue suits or traditional tunics on the latest cutting-out design. Fresh. Piercing. How irises. Near the boarding gate hangs a plaque with the weather for Meteosensitive passengers. I read «Taipei - 26/31. Partly cloudy».

It's even colder than in Seoul, tightened cumulus clouds. I have been building up to lengthy showeram in the bathroom without electricity, but in the end was in dazzling solar shower cubicle with a disabled cold water. Consider your ticket in the country, acquired the 36 am. Dollars from the missionaries of the Taipei Mission in Korea (equivalent Taiwan Embassy - state, suffering from the international non-recognition). The new label in the new passport looks original and unobtrusively. I would describe Taiwan visa in one word - «cute». Along with the ambitious title of the tiny islands in the Pacific - Republic of China (ROC), so that no one confused with the People's Republic of China (PROC) on the other side of the strait - Visa said its owner that the financial center of Taipei-101 - «The tallest building in the world ». To no one confused, published an image of this building. No visa - a tourist pamphlet with colored words «Welcome to Taiwan», snake runs from my picture in the direction of visa numbers. Why Russia's visa does not begin to draw in the style of Palekh khokhloma or images doll in the arms of good-natured bear against lukovok St. Basil's Cathedral? In the video saloon Thai Airways, I thoroughly read the handbook on Thai massage. I even lucky enough to find at his feet a pair of anti-clotting points. And also help find these points under stockings student from Incheon, sitting in a nearby chair. In his free leg massage while reading «The China Post» - main English language newspapers in Taiwan. Main News - Dragon Boat Festival, the refusal to Beijing in the Olympic flame passes through the territory of Taiwan, the invasion of the south island of small black komaroobraznyh beasts, as well as condolences to the president to some poor thing, a farmer (he was laying in the capital, a bomb stuffed with rice and explosives - in protest against the liberalization of the market of rice, was captured and imprisoned for 7 years in prison, he puts some potatoes and maize - while the nation honors its almost like a national hero, as impressed by bombs the U.S. eventually agreed to trade protectionism rice). Also unlucky bomber, two soldiers were held accountable - for having placed on the Internet humorous pictures in which one aims of the service weapon to the head of another. A few notes on business, reports from the exchanges, the market of LCD monitors, computers and semiconductors ... More news for June 20, 2007 on the island area of 35 800 square meters. Kms. journalists are not able to collect. Remains of a light dinner and brandy safely exiting towards the cockpit. A student from Incheon managed to remove socks, shoes and a pair of joint photographs in memory. We already flies to Taipei.

On the screens Boeing appears preplant warning - «Taiwan is the country of waterfalls, volcanoes and hot springs». Imagine how we fly at Niagara, on Vesuvius and sit straight in the geysers of the Valley of Death. We sat down, though, the airport Taoyuan (TPE). Until late last year he was named Chiang Kai-shek Airport (respectively, on the tickets written CKS) - in honor of the first president, who fell out of favor with the current government and the opposition as a dictator. And now a monumental Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in the center of Taipei was renamed National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall. And, as often happens with renaming to get into this institution, you need to enter the metro station Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall. Familiar scuffling supporters Chenkayshiburga and Chenkayshigrada. There are no waterfalls, volcanoes and hot springs at the airport I discovered. But duty-free shop - have already met on arrival. If suddenly you came visa-free, can be directly in front of passport control pograntsam buy a bottle of Hennesy. Pogranformalnosti fulfilled atypical temperature sensors quarantined successfully overcome - and I take in air conditioner on wheels. Prior to Taipei Main Station hour drive from here. Bus overloaded with electronics. LCD-screens, of course, not Samsung ... A travel in the subway is called EasyCard and fully justifies its name. It turns out that in its Taipei life I live in a suburb of Sindian south of the capital. Anya Belova - my guide, host, driver, obozhatelnitsa good morning coffee and dragon boat racing on the sled - in fact, a great friend from Petersburg. Briskly handed me a helmet and starts skutor, which she had no rights. She lives in a house on a hill with a super-duper air. Neighbors uneasy - South African and Northern Irish. Obstanovochka quite in the spirit of the hostels, on the common living room soars silver disco ball in the style of the 80th. What is important - there is a strategic exit to the roof along with a wonderful balcony. Place where you can talk heart to heart and flee from ghosts. Number of Russian in Taiwan, according to different sources, ranging from 200 to 400 people. The students, wives, husbands, businessmen. Only recently the government has begun granting scholarships to education students from the "hostile country" - do not support the sovereignty of the island and cooperating with Beijing. Not so long ago taught at universities in Taiwan, only students from exotic countries like Honduras, Paraguay, Ecuador, Panama, and Tuvalu - so-called "Allied nations." Mainly from the Pacific Ocean, Central Africa and the Caribbean. The problem is that the number of allies in the international arena is steadily declining. Today, their 24. Recent cases of "perebezhnichestva" - Costa Rica, Senegal and Chad. Remaining Cayman Islands, Malawi, Belize, Svazilend, Palau, etc. mini-states - and even those probably only so long, until there would get emissaries from Beijing. The profitability of foreign operations in Taiwan in doubt. Thus, according to Taiwan's president over the past ten years, maintaining diplomatic relations with Senegal cost Taiwan in more than 148 million am.dollarov. So-called "dollar diplomacy" - when Taiwan may seek diplomatic support in exchange for investments - in scale and volume can not compete with the yuan coming from the mainland. In general, the continent is pursuing its policy of gradual annexation of the island according to the formula of "one country - two systems" thoughtful and deliberate and powerfully on the background of straight and vain secessionist movements across the Strait. According to the concept of Chinese officials, wealthy glossy neon Hong Kong and Macao should serve as a visual aid for recalcitrant Taiwanese.

But the problem is that Hong Kong and Macau was a colony where the decision on the transfer of territory to China was a matter of time. This decision is not a freedom loving people of Hong Kong, and weary diplomats from Europe. In a democratic Taiwan, where a half-century working government propaganda, such a solution should be adopted in a referendum - the descendants of those people who not so long ago fled the Chinese Communists in search of better life. A better life is best viewed from the capital. Taipei - not only the political center of the country, having territorial claims against China, Mongolia, Burma, and even Russia's Tuva. In the State Duma and the Kremlin, the capital's travel guide includes the world's highest office infrastructure (Taipei 101, 509m.), Night markets, where you can buy products from the former Cherkizovsky and kill the stomach with lizards and spices, solemn memorials to the heroes, geniuses and historical dates, an old Chinese quarter with its fascinating temples, as well as mining and water-fitness landscapes of national parks. National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall competes for meters of film directly from the Big Benom, Charles Bridge, the Great Wall of China and the Statue of Liberty. Even without complex itself, and its white gate with five-onion-domed pagodas. Grouped in the park are massive urns in the style of medieval amphorae (or it was amphoras, stylized in urns?) Shocked me no less. Around the urns in the morning group sessions organized tai-chi. No less organized tourists from Japan and Singapore are doing against their gates tantric images. The world finally clinked glasses, and I went to the 2 / 28 Peace Park nearby. But in its peaceful atmosphere concealed trick. Park them. February 28 is the epicenter of geyskoy hangouts once in 1997 had passed the country's first Gay Pride Festival. I do not know that at that time did the president, whose palace is located across the street. Longshan Temple - Representative teoarhitekturnoy series, which also includes Notre Dame, Angkor Wat and the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Built in 1738 the temple repeatedly burned, crumbled by earthquakes and even subjected to American bombing. However, residents of the capital all this time to build it from scratch, prayed fervently to the gods and threw the holy «jiao» - wooden sticks in the form of a banana, used for divination. How to use the latest? First you need to introduce the chosen god - his name, age, mailing address and question that you want to contact. As if the gods running some kind of advanced version of CRM. Unclear whether recorded in such a way to non-Chinese. Minutes of the gods - a very complicated thing. After that sticks thrown on the floor. If they went to different sides (one side - flat, the second - convex) - a situation called the «Holy Jiao» - means that God's response to the question «Fine», «OK». We must thank God for his advice and retry again. If three consecutive falls «Holy Jiao», the gods give to your request a positive response. If the two sticks laid flat side up - «Hsiao Jiao» - the question needs to improve (specify, to make more realistic and less ambitious - that is clear to the average divine ear). When mated «Hsiao Jiao» Taiwanese saying: «God smiles». Type call back later. Finally, if both sticks formed convex side up - «Yin Jiao» - means a negative response to the gods. Not parsya! Personally, I asked about a potentially dangerous marriage to one of my good friend. Do I need it to do an offer she can not refuse without the help of higher powers or not. And from two different gods in two different churches in two different cities was clearly affirmative, "triple» Holy Jiao. He returned to Moscow. We quarrel, reconcile, and again parted ... Maybe the ancient gods of Taiwan do not have enough competence in modern Russian Love? The second amusing temple Taipei - Martyrs Shrine (Church of the Martyrs) - are structured in honor of soldiers who gave their lives for the fatherland. Something like Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine. Martyrs shrines exist in many cities. But Taipei is notable instance of the fact that there is "Post number 1". Every hour guard solemnly replaced. Soldier show reminds militant kardebalet. Guards march plastically, with each step forward threateningly throwing his left fist. Direct left - the enemies of the motherland. Tourists applauded. In addition to those from the mainland. If time allows, you can climb up on the day Yanminshan National Park in northern Taiwan's capital.

Volcanic activity in these pacified, covered with bamboo grass, the mountains are not lagging behind the activity of Taiwan and the U.S. intelligence services to monitor all communications in China. Be that as it may, the place of discharge pleasant. From under the ground fallow, directly under the feet of flowing hot water. On the rocks crystals in the form of yellow moss. Similar to the lessons we have grown in physics. The path to the summit (1120 m) passes through the luxurious landscapes under the point of attack of huge tropical butterflies. On the descent we can not ignore public hot springs, the water which actually reminds heated to 40 degrees Borjomi. Such a child my mother gave together in the milk - from a cold. Two one-day direction for the tired metropolis of prisoners - Danschui and Voula. In the first against the background of the same name by the river, which flows into the sea - guaranteed stunning sunsets. And in the second ( "Voula" comes from the aboriginal term "hot and poisonous") - photogenic waterfall and acid baths in the open. A word - Spagorod. Also Voula, large spa in the precincts of the capital are concentrated in the bait region in the north, adjoining the side of Yanminshanyu. The local cereal seats were anciently known as a haven of witches. To this day there are many red-light district, the Sabbath, devilry, smoke from under the ground and the different types of bath intoxication. For example, in the men's department of hot springs, where I went after the Dragon Boat Race, all the walls were plastered pictures of retro-washed beauties of men's magazines. And one visitor, tying a rope special weight to the heavy stone to the head member, the wall did some exercises - squats, lifting, etc. Contributes to the alleged "male power" movement. Well, yes - some people consider the various clamps, elastic rings, and an unhealthy form harnesses almost no alternative to Viagra. Especially trained and KAMAZ can move from their seats. On such even wrote neglyantsevaya Taiwanese press. Being by nature very curious, but not being a veteran andrology, upon closer examination of what has become a member of the naked bodybuilder, I almost dropped down to faint. Deformation, so to speak, and limbs. Giri presented in different weight categories - for young and old, beginners and gurus. Fall into the baths, and normal people. So, I became acquainted with a man who lost his business in Russia to 2 million Am. dollars. Shipped in the beginning of the 90th his partner container shoes, and money is not received. But he was not offended. He - «in peace». Each day soak in thermal springs, and remembers how he came to Moscow weird, I saw snow.

Treated me to a genetically modified «apple banana» - sweet apple flavor, wrapped in skin bright red. Taiwanese high-tech farmers generally like to modify Zelenin: in addition to the giant apple bananas, lychees, I then tried to maximized the ratio of flesh-bone. Fruits, in the full sense of the word, imagination Michurin. One Friday evening under the sunset of my life in Taipei, we decided to plunge into the nightlife of Taipei. Instead hyped LUXY chosen unwound HIPS. The essence is - in the local red interior mass laovaev merge with Taiwanese girlfriends in a synchronized rhythm of hip-hop or R & B. 500 yuan from the boys (400 yuan from the girls) includes unlimited drink-traffic. For bikini in the special days are granted skid. You can try to dance and swimming trunks, but on general grounds. 394 km long and 144 miles wide - the appropriate measure for those who dare to leave the hospitable capital of the island of Beauty Batata (Ilha Formosa - the name of the island from colonial times - in Portuguese means «beautiful island», and its form resembles Taiwan sweet potatoes ). Transport on the island is no problem. Usually take rent skutor. On the road in secluded places apart decorated glass booths, where the provincial beauties in tiny clothes sell psychotropic arekovye nuts for tired drivers. Not seen the movie «Betelnut beauty»?

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