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Showing posts with label culture_differences. Show all posts
Showing posts with label culture_differences. Show all posts
Sunday, April 21, 2024

Would Xi Jinping congratulate a drag queen?

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She'll be in your head all weekend I mean...no, but let's talk about it.  This past weekend, Taiwanese American drag queen Nymphia W...
Thursday, September 26, 2019

Immigration and racism in Taiwan: it's not about who you are when you come, but who you become after you arrive

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Silhouettes of a visitor and a foreign resident in Taiwan Perhaps an explosive title, but hear me out. I'm going to talk mostly abou...
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Saturday, June 2, 2018

Another kind of missionary

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A very "Chinese" Last Supper at the Catholic church in Yanshui, Tainan Something that's been kind of in the back of my h...
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Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Talking about Taiwan's 'Chinese identity' begs the question

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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...
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Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Reason and reasonability

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This past weekend, I went to Hong Kong and Macau - Hong Kong simply because we like visiting, and Macau for the wedding of one of my grad...
Sunday, June 11, 2017

I should not even have to say that Singapore is not more liberal than Taiwan

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Just one example of the things you can say in Taiwan because this country recognizes basic human rights I'm hoping to keep this sh...
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Saturday, June 18, 2016

In Defense of the 90-minute lunchtime nap and the convenience store sleepers

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Greetings from Kaohsiung! I taught a workshop down here today and, seeing as that meant my HSR tickets were free, I've decided to spend ...
Thursday, December 3, 2015

Out of Range

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This week seems to be my week for reacting to the ideas of others...I don't do it particularly often so I don't feel bad about doing...
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