So glad to see our chic southern metropolis, #Kaohsiung, on @nytimes list of 52 Places to Love in 2021. This is great for Taiwan's #softpower. My personal recs for KH: the Pier 2 駁二 art district in the docks&the charming #Hakka community of Meinong nytimes.com/interactive/2021…

52 Places to Love in 2021 (Published 2021)

We asked readers to tell us about the spots that have delighted, inspired and comforted them in a dark year. Here, 52 of the more than 2,000 suggestions we received, to remind us that the world still...

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Very happy Kaohsiung gets the deserve recognition and I really like your recommendation, showing the city's diversity. While you are in Meinong, may I invite you to also visit the library designed by my architect friend which our office is very proud of? 🙂
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📚As a proud bibliophile, I would absolutely love to! Kudos to your office for such a successful design - I particularly like the explicit references to Hakka culture. Back in TPE City Govt, @yehaoqin and I investigated library revitalization projects for the capital [1/2]
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Replying to @kuantingvision @TSniedziewski @nytimes @yehaoqin
Environmentally- and user-friendly libraries are a pride of Taipei. We heard it, for example, from our partners at @SFPublicLibrary. The green Beitou Library is a success story and I hope KH City Govt @chimaichen will use the Meinong Lib for its #publicdiplomacy as well.

Jan 11, 2021 · 3:45 AM UTC

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Replying to @kuantingvision @nytimes @yehaoqin @SFPublicLibrary @chimaichen
Thank you for the most encouraging words! It is always an honor and a constant source of pride for us to work on projects benefitting the local communities and in Taiwan, the libraries have a very significant role in this respect. Beitou Library is surely an excellent example.
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