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0April 5, 2021
Of pigs and prudery

Anyone who has lived in Taiwan long enough, or for that matter any place where they stand out in terms...
1March 29, 2021
Time to stop ducking uncomfortable truths

When it comes to social etiquette, Taiwanese society resembles the United Kingdom’s House of Commons in one key aspect: directly...
0March 4, 2021
The master of small things

The following feature appeared in today’s Taipei Times: But for a banana, I wouldn’t have met Chuang Hsin-li (莊新利). En...
0February 25, 2021
Razam! United with Belarus

The following feature appeared in today’s Taipei Times: Anastasia Kurlenia recoils in mock horror. Her daughter Sophie has broached the...
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...

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A new COVID-19 wave overwhelms pandemic-conscious Taiwan May 25, 2021
Taiwan recorded 3,161 COVID-19 cases so far in May 2021. Previously, it had registered fewer than 1,200 total cases since the start of the pandemic.
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Taiwan, ‘the most dangerous place on Earth'? Not according to Taiwanese. May 4, 2021
This week's cover story by the British magazine The Economist labeled Taiwan "the most dangerous place on Earth," eliciting a lot of reaction on Taiwanese Twitter.
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After pineapple ban, Taiwan calls Beijing’s new agricultural investment offer ‘an old trick’ March 22, 2021
Weeks after the pineapple ban, China offered incentives to Taiwanese agriculture and forestry sector to invest in rural tourism and plant high-end commercial crops in China.
Oiwan Lam
Pineapple recipes flood Taiwan's social media after China bans imports March 2, 2021
China cited safety concerns, but Taiwan says the ban is an "economic intimidation."
Oiwan Lam
A closer look into the Chinese political discussion on Clubhouse March 1, 2021
"What the Chinese Communist Party wants to block is our ability to express humanity at our best and our ability to resolve conflict through dialogue."
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