Old Taiwanese struggle to rent apartments because landlords worry they will die at home and drive down property values.
![Mr Muchi lived in his car because he couldn't find a landlord willing to rent him a room [Jens Kastner/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/201410783938927734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
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Taipei has sided with Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters as relations with Beijing continue downward spiral.
![Taiwanese students protesting a trade deal with China, occupied the legislature for weeks in March [AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2014929114811161580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Zhang Zhijun’s visit is first ministerial-level contact with Taiwan, and follows mass anti-China protests.
![China and Taiwan have been separately ruled since the Chinese civil war of the 1940s [EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/201462543844244734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Tour guides on the island are encouraged to shun protesters when showing around Chinese tourists.
![Most Chinese tourists to Taiwan ignore the Falun Gong activists they encounter [Jens Kastner/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014225125542327734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Dispute between two powers results in unexpected benefits for tiny Taiwan’s fishing industry.
![Li Yuan-zhang, a Taiwanese fisherman, said the waters around the islands are rich in bluefin tuna [Jens Kastner/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/201422102118732734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
A booming luxury home market marks the deepening divisions between the island’s rich and poor.
![Yang Zi-wei likes to spend time while working with his fiancee and his pet dog [Jens Kastner/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2014118115326950734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)