28k工寮
The place
28k工寮 (28k Gōngliáo "PK28 work hut") in Hualien County, Xinyi/Yushan area (Central Mountain Range, Yushan NP, Nantou/Hualien border, Taiwan), at 2172 m elevation, Central Range slope. Continuous Taiwan cluster (batches 260-408). Forestry work hut on a mountain road (Yushan NP 1,030 km², 1985 + Yushan/Jade Mountain 3,952 m, highest peak in Taiwan and East Asia, iconic + Central Mountain Range 340 km, the island's spine + Alishan National Scenic Area, forest railway from 1912, iconic + heritage of the Bunun/Han (Austronesian people, Bunun 60,000, Bunun language + Atayal 90,000, Atayal language + Han Taiwanese 23 M, Hokkien and Mandarin + iconic heritage of Formosa, Portuguese "Ilha Formosa" 1544 + iconic Dutch VOC heritage 1624-1662, Zeelandia + Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga), Ming loyalist, 1662, iconic expulsion of the Dutch + iconic Qing dynasty heritage 1683-1895 + iconic Japanese heritage 1895-1945, colonisation under the Treaty of Shimonoseki, iconic + iconic KMT retreat under Chiang Kai-shek 1949, iconic, 2 M refugees from the mainland + iconic martial law 1949-1987, 38 years, the longest in the world + Lee Teng-hui 1988-2000, iconic democratisation + iconic DPP Chen Shui-bian 2000-2008 + Tsai Ing-wen 2016-2024, iconic first female president + Lai Ching-te 2024-present + iconic TSMC heritage 1987, Morris Chang, iconic, 60% of the world's semiconductors, iconic + iconic tensions with China under Xi Jinping, record ADIZ incursions 2022 2023, iconic).
The setting
Hualien Xinyi/Yushan Central Mountain Range Yushan NP Nantou/Hualien border Taiwan 2172 m Central Range slope, continuous cluster batches 260-408, forestry work hut on mountain road + Yushan NP 1,030 km² 1985 + Yushan/Jade Mountain 3,952 m highest peak in Taiwan and East Asia iconic + Central Mountain Range 340 km + Alishan forest railway 1912 iconic, Bunun/Han Austronesian Bunun 60,000 Bunun language + Atayal 90,000 Atayal language + Han Taiwanese 23 M Hokkien Mandarin + Formosa Portuguese 1544 + Dutch VOC 1624-1662 Zeelandia + Koxinga Ming loyalist 1662 iconic expulsion of the Dutch + Qing 1683-1895 + Japan 1895-1945 Shimonoseki iconic + KMT Chiang Kai-shek 1949 2 M refugees from mainland iconic + martial law 1949-1987 38 years longest in the world + Lee Teng-hui 1988-2000 iconic democratisation + DPP Chen Shui-bian 2000-2008 + Tsai Ing-wen 2016-2024 iconic first female president + Lai Ching-te 2024+ + TSMC 1987 Chang 60% of world semiconductors iconic + tensions with China Xi Jinping record ADIZ 2022 2023 iconic.
