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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...

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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

If there’s a more accomplished flâneur in Taipei than my old pal Bede, I have yet to meet the person....
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...
0March 23, 2017
Colonialism can never be justified

Below is my piece from today’s News Lens ( 23 March, 2017): As European colonial and imperial exploits reached their...
1March 9, 2017
Li Kuo-Ting: The adaptable strategist behind Taiwan’s success

“Li Kuo-ting’s name,” wrote Hong Kong economist Tony Fu-Lai Yu (余赴禮), “is well-known in Taiwan.” If this were true when...
0March 2, 2017
Ghosts of the Stronato: Asunción’s Taiwanese expats a dying breed

There aren’t many options if you’re bookless in Asunción, but the dusty old store halfway up Silvio Pettirossi is a...
0February 17, 2017
Odd couple: Fuxing’s flak towers provide blast from Taiwan’s past

Among the paddy fields of Fanpo Village (番婆村) in Fuxing Township (福興鄉), Changhua County (彰化縣), lurks a strange building. At...

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- Sticky issue: Taipei’s solvent abuse problem not to be sniffed at
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- In the shade: Exploring Taipei’s ‘Little Indonesia’
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- From Caracas to Taipei: The strange world of Ignacio Huang
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