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A portrait of the late writer Sanmao. Photo: CNA 2021/01/03 03:00 A derelict red brick house in Chingchuan caught the eye of the famed itinerant writer during a visit in 1984, which still bears her name today By Han Cheung / Staff reporter Jan.4 to Jan.10 Writer Sanmao （三毛） didn’t spend much time in the mountain village of Chingchuan （清泉） in Wufeng Township （五峰）, Hsinchu County, something about the place seemed to deeply impact her heart. “When I think of Chingchuan, it’s as if there’s a kind of pain,” sh...

Cycling Shorts: Journey to the center of Taiwan Riding from Wufeng to Sun Moon Lake By Mark Caltonhill / Contributing reporter We meet up at the 7-Eleven beneath the apartment block in Taichung’s Wufeng District (霧峰), where Nathan Miller lives weekdays (weekends are spent with his wife and daughter in Taoyuan). Breakfast swallowed, Miller suggests we first ride around the corner to Guangfu Junior High School (光復國中). Passing rows of dilapidated buildings along Sinsheng Road (新生路), a few of which have been renovated to operate as artsy-cutesy businesses, I am reminded tha...