I accidentally bought the China Post today. I reached down, grabbed a news paper, paid, stowed the paper in my scooter, drove off, arrived at the fried chicken place, and there it was. :shock:
FYI:
The China Post will pay for Travel in Taiwan Articles that are less than 800 words. They must be accompanied by at least three photos. Contact: Travel Editor: 02 2596 9971 ext. 643
I’ll take half of what they pay please!
I believe that they pay something just under NT$3 per word. Not worth firing up the computer for if you ask me.
Unless you figure that you need to pad your resume a little and so send in one article and can then claim, “Former writer/photographer for the China Post.”
Except that being a writer for the China Post would be an incentive for a real paper NOT to hire you.
Warning Warning Dr. Smith!, as the Robot used to say on Lost in Space. The other disadvantage (beyond the low pay) is the fact that the KMT Crone, who is the accountant will cheat you or attempt to cheat you out of your pay.
Not a little, a lot. The one time I wrote for them, when I went to get my pathetic pay (which was for two articles) the female KMT Crone Creature only gave me one of the pay envelopes. I assumed the single envelope contained both sets of cash. Fortunately there was someone (who will remain nameless to protect the innocent) right there at my side who knew how the Post operates. Without even saying anything he took the envelope out of my hand, looked inside and told the Crone Creature to give me the other one too.
The Crone Creature just glared at him sullenly, shuffled the papers around on her/its desk and then pulled out the other envelope.
I guess the bitch thought it would be a cute joke to make me drive back out there and/or she figured that I would not bother and she could simply pocket the cash and forge the receipt (i.e. typical Taiwanese accounting practices). And I do thank my nameless friend for immediately seeing the gag and jamming it.
As an added bonus when you go into the decrepit offices (think Office of the Living Dead, complete with cobwebs, a spooky bust of some forgotten patron and boxes of shit piled up all over the place with dust two inches thick) before you can hop in the rickety elevator to go up to the floor where they keep the Accounting Crone and her evil minions, you must get past the Undead Guard (age somewhere between 65 to 200 years old) who insist that you sign in and wear a sign on your tit
I hope the China Post isn’t giving people false hope of breaking into the world of travel writing. The paper has a high standard that many may not be able to meet.
For example, take this short news story from today’s online version, chinapost.com.tw
[quote]An earthquake shaked up Taipei at 1115 a.m. this morning. The tremor was measured 2 degree on the Richter scale in Taipei, 3 degrees in Ilan, and 5.9 degrees at the center of the quake.
No casualties were reported at the moment. The web site of the Central Weather Bureau was paralyzed after the quake.
[/quote]
How many of you could write something this good?
[quote=“almas john”]I hope the China Post isn’t giving people false hope of breaking into the world of travel writing. The paper has a high standard that many may not be able to meet.
For example, take this short news story from today’s online version, chinapost.com.tw
[quote]An earthquake shaked up Taipei at 1115 a.m. this morning. The tremor was measured 2 degree on the Richter scale in Taipei, 3 degrees in Ilan (Yilan), and 5.9 degrees at the center of the quake.
No casualties were reported at the moment. The web site of the Central Weather Bureau was paralyzed after the quake.
[/quote]
How many of you could write something this good?[/quote]
god, I hope never. Actually my bureau is paralyzed just thinking about it.
[quote=“brianlkennedy”]
As an added bonus when you go into the decrepit offices (think Office of the Living Dead, complete with cobwebs, a spooky bust of some forgotten patron and boxes of shit piled up all over the place with dust two inches thick) before you can hop in the rickety elevator to go up to the floor where they keep the Accounting Crone and her evil minions, you must get past the Undead Guard (age somewhere between 65 to 200 years old) who insist that you sign in and wear a sign on your tit
I like that section in the C.P. where people write about places they’ve been to. The photos are interesting and sometimes very beautiful, and I learn about new places.
Did you see the article about that asteroid crater lake in the mountains?
[quote=“almas john”]I hope the China Post isn’t giving people false hope of breaking into the world of travel writing. The paper has a high standard that many may not be able to meet.
For example, take this short news story from today’s online version, chinapost.com.tw
[quote]An earthquake shaked up Taipei at 1115 a.m. this morning. The tremor was measured 2 degree on the Richter scale in Taipei, 3 degrees in Ilan (Yilan), and 5.9 degrees at the center of the quake.
No casualties were reported at the moment. The web site of the Central Weather Bureau was paralyzed after the quake.
[/quote]
How many of you could write something this good?[/quote]
I just interred my pen in a palatial mausoleum and will refrain from attempting to suprass the eloquence (how the hell do you spell that anyway?) of the passage you quote 
.