Tag: Taiwan

Unsure about which path to follow after a Bachelor in Economics, learning Chinese presented itself as a great next step. “Why not?” my inner self said. I wanted to do a Gap Year before choosing my Masters, so this opportunity came at just the right time, I could not let it slip through m...

Taiwanese cuisine has a rich history that dates back to the Qing Dynasty, which ruled over Taiwan from 1683 to 1895. During this period, immigrants from China brought their culinary traditions with them, resulting in a blend of Hakka, Fujianese, and Cantonese cuisine. The Japanese colonial period fr...

Ihave lived here in Taiwan for over four years. Overall it’s been a great experience. However, I wanted to share something that’s a bit less talked about: the case of white privilege in Taiwan. When I studied Mandarin here, I got a stipend from the government. I was told rather jealou...

“The Out of Taiwan” theory proposed in 1980 by the renowned Australian archaeologist Dr. Peter Bellwood demonstrated the complicated expansion process of the Austronesian peoples. Yet Taiwan remains the region with the richest and most ancient information for Austronesian language-speaki...

One day, about a year and half ago when I first arrived in Taiwan with the intention of settling here, I was walking through the Taipei neighborhood I would eventually call home with a person who would eventually become one of my best friends here. He wasn’t impressed. “Aren’t t...

The phone rang again, I picked up the phone, it was the same person that has been calling me every day for the past 14 days. He said, “Ms. Chang good morning, how is your health condition today?” I replied, “Good morning, everything is normal.” I didn’t expect a daily c...

He has a habit of mixing Mandarin Chinese and English, the result of his studying and living as a university student in Taiwan. He’s a bit of a history buff and admits to being an introvert. Photo by YUAN HANG CHEN from Pexels I found my interest in history through vid...

I happened to be departing from Dallas, Texas, the first week of March 2018. I learned that my flight would be about 13 hours from San Francisco, California, to Taoyuan International Airport in Taiwan. So I chose to use a connection flight from Dallas to San Francisco then take EVA Airways directly ...

Let’s be clear: I think such an outcome would be a tragedy for millions. I don’t wish to see it but the writing is on the wall. The US Government, specifically the President of the United States, Joe Biden, has set the stage for the radical move. Pulling out of Afghanistan in such a c...