February 28 is Peace Memorial Day in Taiwan, marking an uprising against Chinese Nationalist rule that ended in a bloody crackdown. With a new English-language walking tour in the capital Taipei, ...

I wish I could just say, “I went to Taoyuan, and the rest is history,” but that wouldn’t do my Taiwan experience justice.

Won Yuk Kwan, the chairman of Hong Kong Pearl Oriental Oil — a company worth over $100 million — was walking the streets of Taiwan, when men jumped out of a black van and stuffed him in the back.