Suao

SAM YEH/AFP/Getty Images Vehicles were submerged in flood waters in Suao, eastern Ilan.

Megi Brings Heavy Rains to Taiwan 2010

Seven years ago her husband's bloated corpse washed ashore in the northern Taiwanese fishing port of Suao.

Catching The Corrupt 2008

There are six chapters, but the core is three studies of community projects and community in Tanshui, I-lan, and Baimi, a small town south of Suao on the east coast.

Archive 2008-12-01 Michael Turton 2008

The event occurred near an inlet the Spaniards called Santa Catalina and a bay they called San Lorenzo (most likely present-day Suao), back

How Taiwan Became Chinese 2006

Then one of its oil tanks was ruptured and soon after it began to leak the fuel oil into the ocean off the cliffs between the Suao and Hualien County turning the ocean greyish in colour.

East Coast Oil Slick Michael Turton 2007

Asia Sentinel, a widely lniked site that reports on news from all over Asia, has a good article on the plans to drive a highway from Suao to Hualien through some of the most spectacular terrain on the island.

East Coast Highway to Destroy Taiwan's Last Frontier? Michael Turton 2007

Although some made links between this case and the disastrous Amorgos wreck off Kenting in 2001, the Tzini only fouled the waters off Suao with 100 tons of oil, whereas the Amorgos put more than 1,100 tons into the waters of Kenting National Park.

East Coast Oil Slick Michael Turton 2007

The four-lane highway would connect two towns on the east coast, Suao and Hualien, and require 11 tunnels and 27 bridges on a route that runs through breathtaking mountains that descend into the sea.

East Coast Highway to Destroy Taiwan's Last Frontier? Michael Turton 2007

DEC 25 2006MOTC to issue bullet train license this week Battle against oil spill, slick off Suao coast continuing

Chen the Ratcheter Michael Turton 2007

The formidable cliffs of the area around Suao prevent easy access to the site for clean-up, according to reports.

East Coast Oil Slick Michael Turton 2007