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Thursday, March 28, 2019

Nobody should need a personal "refugee fund" to feel safe in a developed democracy

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Hey Taiwan residents - both foreign and local - do you have a refugee fund? That is, personal savings or some other safety net that you a...
Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Let's all take a moment to savor Tsai Ing-wen's arch wit

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Original photo from Wikimedia Commons , speech bubble is mine Look, I know President Tsai (who, by the way, is now my official girl cr...
Sunday, March 24, 2019

The ups and downs of International Women's Day in Taiwan

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I've had a hard time writing this, because I don't want to sow further discord among feminist activists and various feminist grou...
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This time, it's Bloomberg choosing its words poorly when discussing Taiwan

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Bloomberg just ran a profile article of Han Kuo-yu , and the language choices are...not great. I have it on good authority that the Tai...
Saturday, March 23, 2019

Mayor Ko is a Gay-hating, Misogynist Turd

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doctored image (test and arrow mine) from Wikiquote So, I've tried to be a Very Good Blogger these past few months by keeping my ...
Friday, March 22, 2019

You can't force patriotism, so stop blaming Taiwanese for not caring enough about the ROC

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The National Interest has some of the best journalism on Taiwan out there (among media sources not dedicated to Taiwan, that is). So as e...
Sunday, March 17, 2019

The Battle for the Story of Taiwan: De-centering Oppressive Narratives

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Spend any time around nerdy academic/historian types (or just socially aware people) and you'll eventually end up in a discussion ab...