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Hungarian loses appetite at Taiwan breakfast shop
Offering my Hungarian-Jew-style comedy to Taipei Comedy Club guests for the third time some weeks ago, I felt the support of the…
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The day I stole a scooter in Kaohsiung
The Wild East / Comedy “I think you must trust people here a lot!” Wubai said, motioning to the rented scooter I’d…
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Expat Chat: On being a Western wife, part 2 of 2
What it’s like being a Taiwan xifu – daughter-in-law…? Curious about other foreign women’s experience of marrying Taiwanese, I interviewed Serina from…
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Expat Chat: On being a Western Wife: Part 1 of 2
When I told people that I’d married a “PingDong Man”, a huge smile would break out on their face and almost invariably…
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Adultery still a punishable crime in Taiwan
Taiwan’s law against adultery (xing-fa 刑法), also known as “Criminal Law Number 239” in the legal code, may seem a strange and…
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My Run-In With The Dumpling Vendor
There’s this little place deep in the Heart of Banciao where they admittedly have some great shui-jiao but some lousy, cheese-emporium-like service.…
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Conclusion: My Two Months of Hell in the Taipei Detention Center
CONCLUSION of The ‘Hole’ Story: My Two Months of Hell in the Taipei Detention Center By ‘M’ Read Parts one, two, three,…
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The ‘Hole’ Story: Part 4
The ‘Hole’ Story: My Two Months of Hell in the Taipei Detention Center By ‘M’ Read Parts One or Two or Three.…
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The ‘Hole’ Story: Part 3
The ‘Hole’ Story: My Two Months of Hell in the Taipei Detention Center By ‘M’ Read Parts One or two. I am…
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The ‘Hole’ Story: Part 2
The ‘Hole’ Story: My Two Months of Hell in the Taipei Detention Center By ‘M’ Read Part One here. So there I…
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My ‘Hole’ Story: Two Months of Hell in Taipei Detention Center
Dear ‘M’, Do you have some time to write about your experience of spending 2 months in the Taipei Detention Center? We’d…
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Taiwan Architecture: A Festival of Junk
How and why the island’s modern-day architecture evolved into such a sad state – an aesthetically offensive living museum of bile-inspiring monstrosities…