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The Ugly Side of Taiwan’s Olympics This is the original of my op-ed piece from today’s Taipei Times. I’ve also added stuff that I would have...

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2August 19, 2016
The Ugly Side of Taiwan’s Olympics

This is the original of my op-ed piece from today’s Taipei Times. I’ve also added stuff that I would have...
0July 15, 2016
East Asia Forum piece: Taiwan’s friend buying days are over

Forgot to post this up. It’s a pared down, edited version of my Global Asia piece. Actually, it’s really a...
3July 2, 2016
God of Carnage: timely and provocative theatre at The Lab Space

The announcement of an 18-year sentence for Congolese warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba two weeks ago for complicity in mass rape...
0June 27, 2016
Global Asia Feature: Looking Back, Moving Forward: Foreign Policy Challenges for Taiwan’s New Leader

My piece in the summer issue of Global Asia. (The line calling Chiang Kai-shek the “KMT founder” is not mine....
3April 19, 2016
Of Hills and Swill

Last year I was the distinctly Un-Grand Old Baron of Beitou – just under halfway up the hill to...
0April 11, 2016
Eddie the Eagle Lands in Taiwan

The celebrity that Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards achieved in the late 1980s was a very British phenomenon. Sure, he...
1March 23, 2016
Taipei’s Vicious Cycle: Snatching Space from Pedestrians is Not the Answer

Below is the original version of my editorial/whinge from today’s Taipei Times: Years ago I was tinkled by a...
1March 22, 2016
George H. Kerr Exhibition at City Hall

My last post featured a man I ran into at the 228 commemoration event in Taipei a few weeks back....
0March 1, 2016
Of Taiwanese Tolerance

One of the things that makes Taiwan a great country to live and raise a family in is the remarkable...

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- The Ugly Side of Taiwan’s Olympics
  19 August 2016 7:05 PM | 2 Comments
- East Asia Forum piece: Taiwan’s friend buying days are over
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- God of Carnage: timely and provocative theatre at The Lab Space
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