In 2007 the world's tallest freestanding building was Taipei 101 (2003; the Taipei Financial Centre), 1,667 feet (508 metres) tall, in Taiwan.
The tallest in the pipeline may be Burj Dubai (since the final height isn't disclosed, we're trusting that it will be the tallest), but a close runner-up could be Taipei 101.
At the same time, it's possible to imagine "Taipei" as a future Danny Boyle movie, the director's eager eye soaking up all those drug-addled trips through Whole Foods.
It's the last week of 1999, and Taipei is in the grip of a nasty water-borne flu called "end of the millennium virus," which makes people behave like cockroaches, scuttling around on all fours and hiding in dark spaces.
It seems Asus' will slowly roll out teaser images on its Facebook page until it's official unveiling at Computex TAIPEI 2011 next month.
She'd already teased it a couple months back, but we've now got yet another taste of Grimes' about-to-drop fourth album, Art Angels, and it's a collaboration with Taipei-based rapper Aristophanes 貍貓.
It's not just the US, either: Taipei announced it would be fining Sony if questions have not been answered satisfactorily within 10 days.
It's telling that their opponent, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), is the only other team with professional baseball players on it; three of them compete in the JWBL.
If you have no clue what Taipei is like, it's kind of like Tokyo with cheaper taxis and less tourists.
"It's still not clear what happened, but there were a number of people smoking and the weather was warm," said New Taipei City news department head Lin Chieh-yu.
