Taiwan: Kukhala mumthunzi wa Big Brother

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Kuthekera kwa Taiwan kukhala ndi moyo ngati chilumba chodziyimira pawokha kwakayikiridwa kalekale. Ili pamalo owopsa m'nyanja kum'mawa kwa dziko la China ndipo imawonedwa ngati gulu la zigawenga ndi mnansi wake wamphamvu.

Dziko la Taiwan monga momwe lilili panopa linakhazikitsidwa mu 1949 ndi okonda dziko lawo omwe anathawira pachilumbachi pambuyo pa kulanda dziko la Communist ku China. Chipani cha Chikomyunizimu cha China chanena mobwerezabwereza kuti chikufuna kuti Taiwan iyanjanenso ndi dziko lonse la China ndipo nthawi zambiri imawopseza chilumbachi ndi ziwonetsero zamphamvu, kuphatikizapo zochitika zozimitsa moto ndi "kuthamanga" kwa kuwukira. Kuphatikiza apo, Taiwan ndi amodzi mwa madera omwe amatetezedwa kwambiri ku Asia.

Ngakhale kuti panali mavuto amenewa, dziko la Taiwan silinangopulumuka koma likuyenda bwino. Imatsogolera padziko lonse lapansi kupanga ma semiconductors, ndipo izi zathandiza kuti ikule kukhala chuma chambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Nzika zake zili ndi ufulu wochuluka waumwini ndi wandale zadziko ndipo milingo yaumphaŵi, ulova, ndi upandu n’njochepa.

Zovuta za diplomatic

Kukwera kwachuma ku China kwawonjezera chikoka chaukazembe padziko lonse lapansi. Yagwiritsa ntchito chikokachi kuletsa Taiwan kutenga nawo gawo pamasewera apadziko lonse lapansi. Taiwan idakanidwa kukhala wowonera ku United Nations, ndipo omwe ali ndi mapasipoti aku Taiwan saloledwa kukaona malo a UN. Zoletsa zomwezi zimagwiranso ntchito ku World Health Organisation ndi mabungwe ena apadziko lonse lapansi.

Kujambula kulikonse kwa mapu osonyeza dziko la Taiwan ngati losiyana ndi China kumakopa mkwiyo wa Beijing. Nthawi zambiri, atsogoleri aku Taiwan amayesetsa kupewa kutsutsa kapena kukwiyitsa China ndipo amafuna kulimbikitsa zofuna zawo pomanga mgwirizano ndi mayiko ochezeka.

Yankho lochokera ku China likufanana ndi nsanje ya mnzawo wakale yemwe amapezerera anzawo opikisana nawo. Beijing ikuwopseza kudula maulalo ndi dziko lililonse lomwe limazindikira Taiwan. Kwa chuma chambiri chaching'ono, mkwiyo wa China ndi chiyembekezo chowopsa. Ngakhale mayiko ang'onoang'ono a ku Pacific, Kiribati ndi Solomon Islands, omwe adalandira chithandizo chowolowa manja cha ku Taiwan, posachedwapa adasiya mgwirizano ndi Taipei chifukwa cha kukakamizidwa ndi Beijing. Tsopano pali mayiko khumi ndi asanu okha omwe ali ndi mishoni ku Taiwan. Pobwezera kukhulupirika, Taiwan itulutsa kapeti yofiyira kwa atsogoleri a mayiko ochepa omwe akuichirikizabe.

Taiwan ikhozanso kudalira ogwirizana nawo pazandale ku United States, ngakhale palibe maulalo ovomerezeka.

Nduna Yowona Zakunja ku Taiwan, a Joseph Wu, posachedwapa adauza gulu la atolankhani ochokera ku Europe kuti ali ndi chidaliro kuti a Donald Trump ku White House, Taipei adathabe kudalira thandizo la Washington.

Iye anakumbutsa atolankhani za mawu omveka bwino a Mlembi wa Boma la United States, Mike Pompeo, amene anafotokoza kuti dziko la Taiwan ndi “nkhani yopambana mu demokalase, bwenzi lodalirika, ndiponso yolimbikitsa zinthu padziko lonse lapansi.” Bambo Wu anati: “Monga momwe ndikuonera, maubwenzi akadali okondana, ndipo ndikuyembekeza kuti ubale udzakhala wabwino chifukwa dziko la Taiwan lili ndi makhalidwe ofanana ndi a United States.”

Bambo Wu adanenanso za kulimbikitsa mgwirizano ndi EU, ngakhale kuti boma silinavomerezedwe ndi diplomatic. Pakadali pano, dziko lokhalo la ku Europe lomwe limavomereza Taiwan ndi Vatican. Izi zili choncho makamaka chifukwa cha udani umene ulipo pakati pa tchalitchi ndi China cha Chikomyunizimu, chimene chimalimbikitsa mwalamulo kusakhulupirira kuti kuli Mulungu ndi kutsutsa chipembedzo. Komabe, kutha kwa ubale pakati pa Vatican ndi China kukuwoneka kuti kukuchitika pamene Chikristu chikuvomerezedwa kwambiri kumtunda. Bambo Wu adavomereza kuti ngati Vatican ikhala ndi ubale wina wake ndi Beijing, izi zitha kukhudza maulalo ake ndi Taipei.

Ponena za kuzunzidwa kwa Akatolika ku China, iye anati: “Tonse tili ndi udindo wochitapo kanthu kuti Akatolika ku China asangalale ndi ufulu wawo wachipembedzo. Ananenanso kuti Vatican ndi Taiwan ali ndi chidwi chofanana popereka chithandizo kwa “anthu osauka.” Taiwan imagwiritsa ntchito ukatswiri wake waukadaulo, zamankhwala, ndi maphunziro kuthandiza mayiko omwe akutukuka kumene ku Asia, Africa, ndi Central America.

M'mphepete

Atsogoleri aku Taiwan akudandaula kuti akuphonya zofunikira zachipatala, zasayansi, ndi zidziwitso zina chifukwa chochotsedwa pamisonkhano ndi mabungwe apadziko lonse lapansi.

Mkulu wina waku Taiwan adapereka chitsanzo cha mliri wa SARS, womwe sunathe ku Taiwan. Ananenanso kuti kulephera kutenga nawo gawo ku WHO kumatanthauza kuti dziko la Taiwan likuletsedwa kusonkhanitsa zambiri za momwe angathanirane ndi matendawa.

Sayansi ndi ukadaulo

Taiwan ikudziyika ngati mtsogoleri wapadziko lonse paukadaulo ndi sayansi. Ili ndi mapaki atatu akuluakulu asayansi omwe amapereka chithandizo kumabizinesi, asayansi, ndi mabungwe ophunzira.

Monga mbali ya nthumwi za atolankhani ochokera kumaiko akunja, ndinayenda pa sitima yapamtunda yopita ku Taichung, kumene tinatengedwa paulendo wa Central Taiwan Science Park. Malowa amachita kafukufuku wochita upainiya wokhudza chitukuko cha AI ndi maloboti. Kampani ya Speedtech Energy imagwira ntchito yopanga, kupanga, ndi kutumiza kunja zinthu zochokera kumagetsi adzuwa. Izi zitha kukhala kuchokera ku magetsi a mumsewu ndi makina opopera madzi mpaka makamera, magetsi, mawayilesi, ndi mafani.

Chelungpu Fault Preservation Park, yomwe ili kunja kwa Taipei, inakhazikitsidwa kuti ikumbukire chivomezi chowononga kwambiri mu 1999. Malo apakati ndi Chelungpu Fault oyambirira, omwe anayambitsa chivomezi chomwe chinapha anthu oposa 2,000 ndikuwononga mabiliyoni a madola. Pakiyi ndi gawo la National Museum of Natural Science. Imodzi mwa ntchito zake ndikufufuza zomwe zimayambitsa zivomezi ndi njira zochepetsera kukhudzidwa kwake.

Tourism kuthekera

Boma la Taiwan likuika ndalama zambiri pantchito zokopa alendo ndi cholinga chokopa alendo opitilira 8 miliyoni pachaka. Alendo ambiri amachokera ku Japan, komanso ku China.

Likulu, Taipei, ndi mzinda wodzaza ndi anthu ambiri, wokhala ndi zokopa zambiri. National Palace Museum ili ndi zinthu pafupifupi 700,000 za zinthu zakale zachifumu zaku China ndi zojambulajambula. Chizindikiro china ndi National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, yomangidwa pokumbukira Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, Purezidenti wakale wa Taiwan, yomwe imatchedwa Republic of China. Asilikali omwe ali kumeneko amawaona mochititsa chidwi atavala yunifolomu yoyera yonyezimira, ziboliboli zopukutidwa, komanso zida zoboolera mogwirizira. Kachisi wa Bangka Longshan ndi kachisi wachipembedzo wachi China yemwe adamangidwa mu 1738 ndi anthu ochokera ku Fujian panthawi ya ulamuliro wa Qing. Anatumikira monga malo olambiriramo ndiponso malo osonkhaniramo anthu a ku China amene akukhalamo.

Chochititsa chidwi kwambiri ndi Taipei 101 Observatory, imodzi mwa nyumba zazitali kwambiri ku Taiwan. Kuchokera pamwamba, mutha kusangalala ndi mawonekedwe owoneka bwino amzindawu. Maulendo okwera kwambiri omwe amakufikitsani pamlingo wowonera adapangidwa ndi mainjiniya aku Japan.

Alendo ambiri amasangalala kuyendera umodzi mwa misika yosangalatsa yausiku - zipolowe zaphokoso ndi mitundu yokhala ndi timipata tokhala ndi malo ogulitsa zovala, zipewa, zikwama, zida zamagetsi, katundu wamagetsi, zoseweretsa, ndi zikumbutso. Fungo laukali lomwe limachokera ku chakudya chamsewu likhoza kukhala lalikulu.

Taiwan ili ndi malo ambiri odyera apamwamba komanso malo odyera omwe amapereka zakudya zapadziko lonse lapansi komanso zakomweko. Tinali ndi zakudya zosaiŵalika ku hotelo ya Palais de Chine ndi malo odyera achi Japan ku hotelo ya Okura. Tinapitanso kusitolo ina yapakati ku Taipei, kumene ophika amagulitsa soups, nyama yowotcha, bakha ndi nkhuku, nsomba za m’nyanja, saladi, Zakudyazi, ndi mbale za mpunga.

Gulu lathu linavomereza kuti chakudya chathu chomaliza ku Din Tai Fung Dumpling House chinali chakudya chabwino kwambiri cha ulendowu. Zakudya zabwino zomwe zimaperekedwa zimaphatikizapo tsabola wobiriwira wothira nyama yowotchedwa minced, "Xiao Cai" - Saladi ya Kum'mawa muzovala zapadera za viniga, ndi shrimp ndi wonton za nkhumba zoponyedwa mu msuzi wa nkhuku.

Magulu ophika, omwe amagwira ntchito maola atatu, amapanga ma dumplings okoma kwambiri okhala ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana yokoma komanso yongoyerekeza. Operekera akumwetulira adatipatsa maphunziro owoneka ngati osatha, koma tidapezabe malo oti tiyese mchere: ma dumplings mu msuzi wotentha wa chokoleti.

Tinakwanitsa kuzembera kubwerera ku hotelo yathu, monga momwe tinkachitira pambuyo pa chakudya chilichonse, ndikulumbira kuti sitingathe kukumana ndi chakudya china - mpaka nkhomaliro yotsatira kapena chakudya chamadzulo pamene tinagonjanso ku mayesero! Munthu wina wodziŵika bwino m’gulu lathu anafika mpaka kufika pamalo oti munthu alaweko msuzi wa njoka.

Hotelo pa bajeti iliyonse

Mahotela ku Taiwan amasiyana kuchokera ku malo apamwamba a nyenyezi 4 ndi 5 komwe munthu amatha kulemba ganyu munthu woperekera zakudya ku Taiwan kuti asankhe mwaulemu kwambiri kwa omwe ali ndi bajeti yolimba. Malo athu ku Taipei anali hotelo yapamwamba kwambiri ya Palais de Chine, yomwe idapangidwa kuti iphatikiza kukongola ndi kukongola kwa nyumba yachifumu yaku Europe ndi bata komanso bata lakum'mawa. Zipinda zake ndi zabwino, zazikulu, komanso zaudongo.

Ogwira ntchito ndiwothandiza kwambiri komanso aulemu. Ichi chinali chokumana nacho changa choyamba pa unyolo wa Palais de Chine, ndipo ndidachita chidwi kwambiri ndipo ndikhalanso m'modzi ngati mwayi utapezeka.

Grand Hotel ndi nyumba ina yochititsa chidwi yomwe ili ndi mbiri yakale. Hoteloyi idakhazikitsidwa mu 1952 molamulidwa ndi mkazi wa Chiang Kai-Shek kuti ikhale malo abwino ochezera atsogoleri amayiko ndi olemekezeka ena akunja. Malo odyera omwe ali pamwambawa amapereka malingaliro ochititsa chidwi a Taipei.

Dzuwa La Mwezi

Taiwan ndi zisumbu zake zakutali zili ndi nkhalango, mapiri, ndi madera a m’mphepete mwa nyanja pafupifupi masikweya kilomita 36,000. Ili ndi malo otukuka bwino kuti musangalale ndi zochitika kuyambira kukwera maulendo, kupalasa njinga, kukwera mabwato ndi masewera ena am'madzi, kuwonera mbalame, ndikuwona malo akale.

Pambuyo pa pulogalamu yathu yotanganidwa, zinali zosangalatsa kutuluka mu Taipei kupita ku Nyanja yokongola ya Sun Moon Lake. Zinali zotsitsimula kudzuka ndikuwona nyanja yabata yozunguliridwa ndi mapiri okhuthala ndi mitengo ndi maluwa monga nsungwi, mkungudza, kanjedza, frangipani, ndi hibiscus. Tinayenda pa bwato kupita ku kachisi, amene muli mabwinja a amonke Achibuda, Xuanguang, ndi chiboliboli cha Buddha wagolide Sakyamuni. Sitingachoke popanda kulawa chokoma china cha ku Taiwan, ngakhale china chake chokoma - mazira ophikidwa mu tiyi. Izi zimagulitsidwa m'kanyumba kakang'ono pafupi ndi malo omwe amayendetsedwa ndi mayi wina wazaka zake za m'ma makumi asanu ndi anayi, yemwe, kwa zaka zambiri, wakhala akuyang'anira ntchito yomwe ili yopindulitsa kwambiri.

Kudera lozungulira nyanjayi kuli anthu amtundu wa Thao, omwe ndi amodzi mwa mafuko oposa 16 a ku Taiwan. Malinga ndi nthano, alenje a Thao adawona nswala yoyera m'mapiri ndipo adathamangitsira ku gombe la Sun Moon Lake. Iwo anachita chidwi kwambiri moti anaganiza zokhazikika kumeneko. Zinali zomvetsa chisoni kuwaona akuyamba kuimba nyimbo zachikhalidwe ndi magule odzaza ngalawa za alendo, koma munthu angaphunzire zambiri za mbiri yawo komanso kumalo ochezera alendo. Kugulitsa zinthu zopangidwa ndi manja, zoumba, ndi zinthu zina zopangidwa ndi anthu akumeneko. Derali limadziwika ndi tiyi yemwe adachokera ku Assam ndi Darjeeling. Komanso pali vinyo wopangidwa kuchokera kumalo komweko kuphatikiza mpunga, mapira, maula, ngakhale nsungwi.

Tsogolo losatsimikizika la Taiwan 

Dziko la Taiwan ndi laling'ono komanso lodziwika bwino poyerekeza ndi mnansi wake wamkulu, komabe anthu ake amateteza kwambiri demokalase yomwe yapindula movutikira komanso ufulu wachibadwidwe. Pokhala zisankho zapulezidenti mu Januwale, aku Taiwan akusangalala ndi kuchepetsedwa kwa ndale. Pamapeto pake, munthu angadabwe kuti Beijing idzakhala yokondwa mpaka liti kulola Taipei kudziyika ngati maziko a demokalase ya zipani zambiri komanso ufulu wachibadwidwe ku East Asia wokhala ndi ufulu waku China kumtunda womwe ungangolota.

Taiwan: Kukhala mumthunzi wa Big Brother

Malo odyera aku Japan a Yamazato, Okura Prestige Hotel, Taipei - Chithunzi © Rita Payne

Taiwan: Kukhala mumthunzi wa Big Brother

Msika wausiku wa Shilin, Taipei - Chithunzi © Rita Payne

Taiwan: Kukhala mumthunzi wa Big Brother

Msika wausiku wa Shilin - Chithunzi © Rita Payne

Taiwan: Kukhala mumthunzi wa Big Brother

Ophika ku Din Tai Fung Dumpling House, Taipei 101 Nthambi - Chithunzi © Rita Payne

Taiwan: Kukhala mumthunzi wa Big Brother

Kusintha kwa alonda, National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei – Chithunzi © Rita Payne

Taiwan: Kukhala mumthunzi wa Big Brother

National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei – Chithunzi © Rita Payne

Taiwan: Kukhala mumthunzi wa Big Brother

Sun Moon Lake - Chithunzi © Rita Payne

 

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