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Chiang Kai-shek’s Politics of Shame (review for Global Asia) The following book review was published in the December, 2022 issue of Global Asia: “To the statesmanship, vigor, and personality...

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0December 29, 2021
Chiang Kai-shek’s Politics of Shame (review for Global Asia)

The following book review was published in the December, 2022 issue of Global Asia: “To the statesmanship, vigor, and personality...
0November 13, 2021
Hand in glove: Taiwan-born movie star branches out to chart his own course

The following article appeared in today’s Taipei Times: Ignacio Huang (黃勝煌) is a puppet master. But unlike Argentina’s political operators,...
0November 11, 2021
Fisherman’s friend? Film festival documentary fails to lift lid on industry abuses

The following article was published by the News Lens on November 11: The Taipei International Labor Film Festival (TILFF) wrapped...
0October 23, 2021
En route to a brighter tomorrow (Médecins Sans Frontières-Magnum exhibition at Art Taipei 2021)

The following article appeared in today’s Taipei Times: Assorted political bigwigs turned out for the VIP opening of Art Taipei...
0October 14, 2021
Fictionalizing Taiwan’s White Terror (review of ‘Transitions in Taiwan’ for Taipei Times)

The following book review appeared in today’s Taipei Times: Violence and oppression, we are told in the introduction to this...
0September 30, 2021
Taiwan entwined in WHO’s history (Review of Harry Yi-Jui Wu’s ‘Mad By the Millions’ for Global Asia)

The following book review appeared in the September issue of Global Asia: Taiwan’s relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO)...
0September 29, 2021
Taiwan’s free quarantine leaves little cause for complaint

The following article was published in today’s Taipei Times I’m writing this on a beachfront balcony with a spectacular ocean...
0June 29, 2021
The complexities of two worlds colliding (review of Ken Chih-Yan Sun’s ‘Time and Migration’ for Global Asia)

The following review appeared in the June issue of Global Asia. Time has become such a preoccupation of migration studies...
0June 10, 2021
Neither here nor there: Study casts light on aging Taiwanese migrants to the US (review of Ken Chih-Yan Sun’s ‘Time and Migration’ for Taipei Times)

The following book review appeared in today’s Taipei Times. With droves of Taiwanese Americans reportedly bolting stateside on “vaccine tours,”...

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  29 December 2021 11:08 AM | No Comments
- Hand in glove: Taiwan-born movie star branches out to chart his own course
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- Fisherman’s friend? Film festival documentary fails to lift lid on industry abuses
  11 November 2021 5:32 PM | No Comments
- En route to a brighter tomorrow (Médecins Sans Frontières-Magnum exhibition at Art Taipei 2021)
  23 October 2021 1:21 AM | No Comments
- Fictionalizing Taiwan’s White Terror (review of ‘Transitions in Taiwan’ for Taipei Times)
  14 October 2021 12:35 AM | No Comments
- Taiwan entwined in WHO’s history (Review of Harry Yi-Jui Wu’s ‘Mad By the Millions’ for Global Asia)
  30 September 2021 7:41 AM | No Comments
- Taiwan’s free quarantine leaves little cause for complaint
  29 September 2021 12:32 AM | No Comments
- The complexities of two worlds colliding (review of Ken Chih-Yan Sun’s ‘Time and Migration’ for Global Asia)
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- Chiang Kai-shek’s Politics of Shame (review for Global Asia)
  29 December 2021 11:08 AM | No Comments
- Hand in glove: Taiwan-born movie star branches out to chart his own course
  13 November 2021 1:54 AM | No Comments
- Fisherman’s friend? Film festival documentary fails to lift lid on industry abuses
  11 November 2021 5:32 PM | No Comments
- En route to a brighter tomorrow (Médecins Sans Frontières-Magnum exhibition at Art Taipei 2021)
  23 October 2021 1:21 AM | No Comments
- Fictionalizing Taiwan’s White Terror (review of ‘Transitions in Taiwan’ for Taipei Times)
  14 October 2021 12:35 AM | No Comments
- Taiwan entwined in WHO’s history (Review of Harry Yi-Jui Wu’s ‘Mad By the Millions’ for Global Asia)
  30 September 2021 7:41 AM | No Comments
- Taiwan’s free quarantine leaves little cause for complaint
  29 September 2021 12:32 AM | No Comments
- The complexities of two worlds colliding (review of Ken Chih-Yan Sun’s ‘Time and Migration’ for Global Asia)
  29 June 2021 3:11 PM | No Comments
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