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0September 11, 2017
Working the fields: Wooster Group’s performance invites parallels with Taiwan’s indigenous folk music

The following piece appeared in the features section of today’s Taipei Times: Taiwan owes Kurosawa Takatomo. Without his efforts, much...
0September 4, 2017
Taiwan’s Female Athletes Still Fighting Institutionalized Sexism

Anyone who kept half an eye on local media coverage of the 2017 Taipei Summer Universiade that closed on Aug....
0August 26, 2017
Taiwan’s stellar Universiade needs qualification

Update: Massive apologies to the subs at Taipei Times. I sent the wrong draft. This one’s completely my fault!...
0June 22, 2017
Business as usual for Chinese Panamanians despite Taiwan rupture

The following article appeared in today’s News Lens: When Taiwan’s former President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) attended the inauguration of his...
2June 2, 2017
Our man in Panama

Below is the original version of my op-ed in today’s Taipei Times. I had a feeling they’d chop the paragraph...
0May 22, 2017
Sticky issue: Taipei’s solvent abuse problem not to be sniffed at

The following is the original of an article that appeared in the News Lens. If there’s a more accomplished...
0May 11, 2017
In the shade: Exploring Taipei’s ‘Little Indonesia’

From the News Lens, 11/05/2017: Aside from their banality, clichés such as “hidden gem” and “best-kept secret,” are nonsensical descriptors....
0April 26, 2017
From Caracas to Taipei: The strange world of Ignacio Huang

With Venezuela in the midst of economic and social meltdown, “El Peor Hombre de Mundo (The Worst Man in the...
2March 27, 2017
Changes to Nationality Law irk Taiwan’s foreign-born residents

My article from today’s News Lens (27/03/2017). An old friend and mentor of mine still likes to say that I...

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