In March 2016, Taiwan notably celebrated the 120th anniversary of the establishment of postal services across the strait on mainland China.However, very few remember, never mind fete, that postal services in Taiwan were established 130 years ago and modernized by the Japanese about a decade later.Few would count postal services among the signature achievements of modernity. Unlike trains, which were the technological marvels of their age, or great metropolises, symbols of national wealth and progress, postal services are dull, bureaucratic and routine.Yet without the cheap, dependable movem…READ FULL ARTICLE
