I've been clear on Lao Ren Cha 's Facebook page that I'm unable to update regularly as I clear the home stretch of dissertat...

I don't have a relevant cover photo so enjoy this picture of an antique shop in Taipei People often ask me why I've chosen to ...

I've said a zillion times before - though Google isn't giving me my old post on this - that Taiwan has the best gender equality i...

Gotta say, dudes, I don't want to write about this. I just don't. I tried to avoid it - like, okay, this was pretty gross and coul...

In part because Lao Ren Cha' s initial goal was to write about life as a female foreign resident in Taiwan, and in part because I just c...

A friend sent me this the other day: it's a document translated in Chinese, Japanese, English and several Southeast Asian languages aski...

Hold up while I relate two personal stories in service of a larger point. Years ago, before I married, I went out on a date. I didn't ...

It is a pleasure for a work of historical fiction to come out on an area of history I am particularly interested in (Taiwan, obviously). ...

This passage is about Lee Yuan-chen, not Annette Lu, but the point applies regarding how she's been treated. Add former Vice Pres...