When the devastating earthquake of 21 September 1999 struck Taiwan, Hsieh Yuan-chih, a construction business owner and art dealer in his fifties, was in Thailand, where he was awoken by a telephone call in the early hours of the morning.
九二一大地震發生的當天，五十多歲、經營營造業和字畫買賣的謝遠智人在泰國，被半夜的電話驚醒。