I usually choose photos for metaphorical reasons -- I don't have a clear reason why I selected this one but I think it works. Draw your ...

I hear that other cultures celebrate Taiwanese New Year as well. Apparently it's also a thing in China.  (Please don't take this mem...

I hear it a lot: some expat dude (it's usually, though not always, a dude) who decides to hold forth and grace us with his deep knowled...

Much has been made in the foreign community recently about Taiwan's insane defamation and personal insult laws, what with some guy ...

Interesting editorial piece in the Hong Kong Free Press, actually from 2017, but I've just come across it today. In it, Hong Kong res...

Safranbolu Turkish Restaurant #60 Nanjing E. Road Sec 2 (corner of Nanjing and Jilin Roads) Zhongshan District, Taipei Taiwan 02-2522-29...

Just recently I got into a debate with someone online about women traveling in India. The guy said he "wouldn't advise any [woman] ...

I apologize for not posting for two weeks - I took on a crazypants teaching schedule, trying to save money before I make a change in Augus...

It's been a long weekend and I'm still recovering from a party last night (oh, Kaoliang, you evil temptress!) but I've been turn...

I've been struggling for awhile with a way to get this from my mind to written word without coming up with something totally nonsensical...