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The complexities of two worlds colliding (review of Ken Chih-Yan Sun’s ‘Time and Migration’ for Global Asia) The following review appeared in the June issue of Global Asia. Time has become such a preoccupation of migration studies...

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0June 29, 2021
The complexities of two worlds colliding (review of Ken Chih-Yan Sun’s ‘Time and Migration’ for Global Asia)

The following review appeared in the June issue of Global Asia. Time has become such a preoccupation of migration studies...
0June 10, 2021
Neither here nor there: Study casts light on aging Taiwanese migrants to the US (review of Ken Chih-Yan Sun’s ‘Time and Migration’ for Taipei Times)

The following book review appeared in today’s Taipei Times. With droves of Taiwanese Americans reportedly bolting stateside on “vaccine tours,”...
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...

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