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Dogs: Friend or Food?
Dear Bloody Dave, I’m interested in trying a traditional, but quickly dying out, specialty in Taiwan called xiāng ròu (“fragrant meat”, 香肉,…
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Studying Chinese in Taiwan
Alan Kwan was born in Hong Kong, and went to high school and law school there, then was an exchange student in…
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First Days in Taipei: Paranoia and Preconceptions
The Wild East Here I am in a far away, foreign land. Here I am, or at least part of me. Here…
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A Night At The Brothel
Wild East Rooftop Correspondent “Do you have places like this in America?” the Madame asked me, in Chinese since her English is…
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China, Unhand Thy Pandas
The Wild East Opinion Desk There’s something creepy about Chinese people trying to breed pandas. What’s this about showing ‘Panda porn’? ‘Sexercise’…
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The Tale of Snake Anthony, of Xin Beitou
There is an eccentric man in Xin Beitou selling pocket-sized novels of an overtly sexual nature outside of one of the Seven-Elevens…
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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…
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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…
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People Mountain, People Sea… of Cars
September is here, and with it the teeming masses have left the beach – drunk down all the Tsingtao beer during the…
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Dear Rosanne: My wife won't let me see my girlfriend
Originally published in The China Post (but not online). Read more of Rosanne’s witty and hilarious columns for the culturally discombobulated on…
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Scott Sommers enlightening the blogosphere
Google Scott Sommers, and you’ll get over 2.2 million responses. Why? His blog covers a litany of subjects affecting both Taiwanese and…
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'One Thing I'd Change About Taiwan'
Kyle Sveinson, 28, is from Winnipeg, Canada. He teaches English for a living, and is the producer and a member of the…