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0January 19, 2021
My animals and other family

It sounds like a case of spectacularly misplaced priorities now, but the first thing I thought of when my then-wife...
0January 6, 2021
In Trump we trust

The following feature appeared in today’s Taipei Times: Taipei rally sees eclectic gathering united in support of outgoing US president...
0January 4, 2021
End of an era: Cartier-Bresson and the cross-strait diaspora

The following essay appeared in the December issue of University of California Press’ Afterimage magazine. The pdf is embedded here...
0December 29, 2020
Seeing past Taiwan’s identity politics: a review of ‘The Great Exodus’ for Global Asia

The following article appeared in the December issue of Global Asia magazine: Many China watchers see it as only a...
0October 8, 2020
Finding compassion for refugees: a review of ‘The Global Exodus’ for Taipei Times

The following review appeared in today’s Taipei Times: With calls to grant political asylum to Hong Kong dissidents, Taiwan’s refugee...
0August 27, 2020
Anger with focus

The following article appeared in today’s Taipei Times: In language that belies her cherubic appearance, Julia Mariano calls for “revolutionary...
2August 21, 2020
Flight of the Aztec Eagles: When Mexico bombed Taiwan

An abridged version of the following article appeared in yesterday’s Taipei Times: “Stand up anyone who didn’t learn anything just...
0August 18, 2020
The glorious contradictions of Lee Teng-hui

The following article was published in The Diplomat on August 18: “It was one of the few days in my...
0August 6, 2020
Not quite Chinese (Taipei Times review of Russia’s Chinese Princess)

The following book review appeared in today’s Taipei Times: “Though Chiang was born in Siberia, she displayed the virtues of...

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