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Taiwan: First English blog award begins

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 @ 04:08 UTC

by Portnoy

Countries:: Taiwan (ROC)
Topics:: Education, Internet & Telecoms, Travel
Languages:: English

Taiwanderful has announced the 2008 Taiwan Best Blog Awards. The awards are for English-language blogs related to Taiwan in eight categories. According to Taiwanderful: “There are hundreds of bloggers writing about Taiwan in English. The English language bloggers in Taiwan contribute some of the most comprehensive up-to-date information about the real Taiwan on a wide range of topics, from travel through politics to culture….. The blog awards are intended as a tribute to these devoted bloggers. Their blogs are a unique form of promotion for Taiwan.”

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