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Ghosts of Volkhonka: Chiang, Deng and the Sunovka Years The following is the original text of a piece that appeared in the travel section of the South China Morning...

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0September 20, 2018
Ghosts of Volkhonka: Chiang, Deng and the Sunovka Years

The following is the original text of a piece that appeared in the travel section of the South China Morning...
4September 10, 2018
Keeping the love from Russia alive

“Look” exclaims Kamil. “No hooligans!” He’s just picked us up outside our hostel close to the Kremlin in Nizhny Novgorod....
0August 23, 2018
‘Heartbreaking’: Taiwan’s Salvadorans Express Anger and Frustration at Diplomatic Rupture

“This guy is our Trump,” says Yao Lin (林駿堯), resignedly. “Everyone hates him and no one has a clue how...
0June 6, 2018
Time for Taiwan to make the personal touch count in its foreign aid

The following piece appeared in today’s Taipei Times: (NB: The original headline was not mine and is quite misleading. I’ve...
0May 11, 2018
Moroccan Chef Brings Taste of Marrakesh to Taipei

The following article appeared in today’s New Lens: For Hicham Baba, rustling up custom for his fledgling food stall was...
0April 16, 2018
End of the Road: Will Taiwan Pick Up Britain’s Tab in Guatemala?

“Officially, the British are unpopular in Guatemala,” wrote Nicholas Wollaston, while traveling in the Central American country in 1961. “For...
0March 4, 2018
Small Town Taiwan to Big Screen Hollywood: Xiluo Theater and the Lin Family Odyssey

The following piece appeared in today’s News Lens: By Taiwanese standards, the small town of Xiluo (西螺) in Yunlin County...
1January 11, 2018
Tone deaf: Taiwan’s mobile phone providers continue to confound

There’s nothing like a good old fashioned whinge to see in the New Year, and this New Year has provided...
0November 26, 2017
Huang’s uneasy time in the spotlight

My op-ed from Taipei Times, Sunday 26 November: Foreign policy was always going to be tricky for President Tsai Ing-wen’s...

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  23 August 2018 11:46 AM | No Comments
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- Tone deaf: Taiwan’s mobile phone providers continue to confound
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- Ghosts of Volkhonka: Chiang, Deng and the Sunovka Years
  20 September 2018 1:10 PM | No Comments
- Keeping the love from Russia alive
  10 September 2018 12:32 AM | 4 Comments
- ‘Heartbreaking’: Taiwan’s Salvadorans Express Anger and Frustration at Diplomatic Rupture
  23 August 2018 11:46 AM | No Comments
- Time for Taiwan to make the personal touch count in its foreign aid
  06 June 2018 6:16 AM | No Comments
- Moroccan Chef Brings Taste of Marrakesh to Taipei
  11 May 2018 6:13 PM | No Comments
- End of the Road: Will Taiwan Pick Up Britain’s Tab in Guatemala?
  16 April 2018 6:31 AM | No Comments
- Small Town Taiwan to Big Screen Hollywood: Xiluo Theater and the Lin Family Odyssey
  04 March 2018 11:21 AM | No Comments
- Tone deaf: Taiwan’s mobile phone providers continue to confound
  11 January 2018 5:44 AM | 1 Comment
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Amidst typhoon rescue efforts in Japan, a Taiwanese diplomat dies. Did misinformation play a role? September 22, 2018
Some hearsay even claimed that Taiwanese had to proclaim themselves as Chinese in order to get on the buses. The news had enraged [Taiwanese] netizens.
Oiwan Lam
Taiwanese and Vietnamese activists are working together to pursue justice for the victims of the Vietnam marine life disaster June 14, 2018
"This is the pain of Taiwanese. If we experience this kind of pain, we should not then inflict it on Vietnam."
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Taiwan Literature Award for Migrants Makes Space for Different Narratives February 10, 2018
Since 2014, the Taiwan Literature Awards for Migrants has provided a platform for foreign-born people in Taiwan to share their stories.
I-fan Lin
Is Taiwan a Country? What About Tibet? China Says They Aren't—and Wants Foreign Companies to Fall in Line January 17, 2018
Multinational corporations have faced pressure to apologize for listing Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and Tibet as countries on their websites, even if in reality it's a common practice.
Oiwan Lam
A Legislator in Taiwan Risks a Recall for Supporting Same-Sex Marriage December 14, 2017
Some in the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan are campaigning to recall a legislator because he supports same-sex marriage, generating a furious debate and calls for reform.
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