Quick Facts About Our City
- Population: 1.5 million in the city limits; 2.5 million in the greater metropolitan area.
- Importance: Kaohsiung is the industrial, cultural, and educational center of southern Taiwan.
Links to Information About Kaohsiung
- 東方之星 (Eastern Star) – Chinese language website containing bible resources and preaching (Traditional Characters)
- ZG Briefs – China Briefs- Online news digest of media articles about China
- Yahoo Flickr online albums – free online photo album hosting service from Yahoo
- World Time Map – World Map showing current time around the world.
- World Atlas of Travel – includes maps
- WordPress blogware – free blogging software from WordPress
- WordPress blog hosting – free blog hosting service from WordPress
- Wikipedia Article – online encyclopedia article on Taiwan
- W3Schools website – Reference and tutorials for using HTML, CSS, XML, Javascript, ASP, and PHP
- Tyler Rausch – Our photographer nephew
- Thunderbird e-mail program – Open source (free) e-mail client from Mozilla **RECOMMENDED**
- The Tuntex Sky Tower – Kaohsiung’s tallest building on SkyscraperPage.com
- The Taipei Times – online English language newspaper
- The Missions Station – a one-stop library of all that pertains to the work of Biblical Worldwide Christian Missions
- The China Post – online English language newspaper
- Taiwan Weather – Taiwan weather, typhoons, earthquakes: news & information
- Taiwan Review Magazine – Taiwan culture, arts, and politics
- Taiwan Gov't Website – official government news & information
- Taiwan Currency Pics & Info – The New Taiwan Dollar (images and information)
- Taipei 101 – Taipei’s tallest building on SkyscraperPage.com
- Tad & Hannah Wychopen – future missionaries to Taiwan
- Steven & Evelyn Wesco – potential future missionaries to Taiwan
- SnapShots – link preview utility; free download
- Skype Internet Call Software – VOI (Voice Over Internet) Free internet calls including video conferencing
- RefTagger – Turn any Bible reference on your website into a hyperlink.
- Rapid Transit- Wikipedia – Wikipedia Article about the Kaohsiung Subway (KMRT- Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit)
- Rapid Transit System – Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit website
- Quackit Website – Reference and tutorials for using HTML
- Opera web browser – Free web browser
- OpenOffice.Org office suite – Open source (free) office productivity suite similar to Microsoft Office **RECOMMENDED**
- Open Door Baptist Mission – Our Sending Church in Greenville, SC
- Online conversion (standard, metric, etc.) – tools for instant conversion between metric and standard systems (length, weight, etc.)
- Nate & Maam Beckman – BMM missionaries in Thailand
- Morningside BC, Greenville, SC – Pastor Tony Miller
- Michael & Julie Carlyle – BMM missionaries in Cambodia
- Marilyn Janke's Ribtickler – Blog for Christian Women by Marilyn Janke (GFA, British Columbia, Canada)
- MagicJack Internet Phone – Use any normal phone to call over the internet for free
- Kompozer web editor – free WYSIWYG HTML & CSS editor
- Kaohsiung Int'l Airport – Airport Information (Incl. Arrivals/Departures Status)
- Kaohsiung City- Wikipedia – Wikipedia article about the city of Kaohsiung
- Icon Sushi – convert images into usable windows icons **RECOMMENDED**
- HTML Goodies – Reference and tutorials for using HTML and other languages
- Hostmonster – inexpensive web hosting site
- Hope Baptist Church
- Google Picasa Software – Photo editing and organization program (works with Picasa online web albums)
- Google Picasa online albums – free online photo album hosting service from Google
- Google Chrome web browser – free web browser from Google
- GOM Player – Free Video Player
- Global China Center – with special regard toward Christianity in China
- Gimp photo software – Open source (free) photo-editing and image manipulation software similar to Photoshop **RECOMMENDED**
- Free MP3 WMA Converter – convert audio formats, quality, file size, etc.
- Fotosearch Stock Photography – Fotosearch Stock Photography allows users to search from more than 35 million images starting at just . They can also find royalty-free clipart pictures, illustrations, stock video clips, poster, prints, and more.
- FireFTP Plugin – Open source (free) FTP tool for Firefox web browser *RECOMMENDED*
- Firefox web browser – Open source (free) web browser from Mozilla **RECOMMENDED**
- Firebug Plugin – Open source (free) web development tool for Firefox web browser *RECOMMENDED*
- English-Mandarin Dictionary4 – another online dictionary; lookup English-to-Mandarin and vice-versa
- English-Mandarin Dictionary3 – online lookup of English-to-Mandarin and vice-versa
- English-Mandarin Dictionary2 – Helpful dictionary allowing lookup of Chinese characters
- English-Mandarin Dictionary1 – Helpful dictionary allowing lookup of Chinese characters
- E-Taiwan News – online news outlet
- Duane & Hannah Scott – BMM missionaries in Thailand
- Deb Brammer – friend, BMM colleague, & published author
- Dan Watson – fellow Taiwan missionary & photographer
- Currency Exchange Rates – lookup current exchange rates between Taiwan Dollar and US Dollar
- City News & Info – tourism and travel information for Kaohsiung
- City Gov't Site – official city government news & information
- Chinese (Taiwanese) Knots – A traditional Taiwan handicraft
- Bullet Train- Wikipedia – Wikipedia article about the Taiwan High Speed Rail system (THSR)
- Bullet Train – Taiwan High Speed Rail information website
- Brian & Erin Bollon – future missionaries to Taiwan
- Bob Jones University – Luke’s school & our alma mater
- Beachhead to a Billion – links and information to facilitate missions to China
- Baptist Mid-Missions – Our Mission Agency Website
- Apple Safari web browser – free web browser from Apple Inc.
- American Institute in Taiwan – AIT is the defacto American Embassy in Taiwan
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