Expat Life
Expat Chat: Being Black in Taiwan
Andre Mangongo is a priest with the Catholic Church from the Democratic Republic of Congo, and has been in Taiwan four years.…
Writer
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News
Stefan's Incredible Xmas 'Nog
This is a recipe for the real, authentic-tastin’ EGGNOGGUE!!! Thanks Stefan, in Bangkok, Thailand. 2 bottles whole milk-960cc each 12 eggs 1/2…
Opinion
China’s air pollution: Calling the kettle silvery
A young Beijing writer recently had the good fortune to be sent on assignment to Mexico City, in order to write a…
News
What a Taiwanese taxi driver thinks of foreigners
Name: Huang Zhen-yuan Job: Taxi driver Age: 48 Where do the foreigners in Taiwan come from? They come from everywhere. I consider…
Expat Life
Expat Chat: 'Having Kids in Taiwan'
Eryk Smith, 32, is an American writer who’s been in Taiwan over 10 years. ERYK: We had our child at Tai An,…
Culture
Dear MeiGui: What's Up With Nudie Photo Albums?
Dear MeiGui; Not only are my local colleagues making my experience as an English school teacher a misery, but so are the…
Politics
Taiwan's true asset is its people, says Saudi ambassador
Mr. Talal Abdulsalam began working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1983, and studied at the Institute of Diplomatic Office for…
Opinion
Beyonce in Beijing: Shut up and dance?
The Wild East While China changes so fast the facts blur, one habit that remains is audiences sitting politely in their seats…
Travel
Them bones! A Taiwan-French connection
According to a recent article in the New York Times, a finger bone from the body of the late Li Tien-lu, the…
Travel
Aquaponics: Get It In Your Garden
The Wild East We know it works. Aquaponics is booming in Australia at present because of the water shortage. By contrast, farm-raised…
Dear Meigui
Dear MeiGui: My Taiwanese girlfriend is bankrupting me
Dear MeiGui; My girlfriend continuously insists on me buying her presents. We work at the same company in HsinChu and started dating…
Culture
When Love is in the Air… in China
The remnants of a typhoon piddled on Qingdao last night, whetting the thirsts of the flowers, trees and citizens, tantalizingly dewy but…