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What is Right with Teaching English in Taiwan!
Rebecca Grace Kehl – Lifestyle Editor An article on what’s great about teaching English in Taiwan – or anywhere else in the…
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Arts
Of The Warm, The Generous, and The Neighborly
It was a scalding and busy Saturday for me, full of sleep-deficient-related headaches while nailing the major portion of the errands I set out to…
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Taiwan citizenship: Give it away now!
The Wild East / Editorial The Taiwan media is notorious for being lame and vacuous, heavily relying on lightweight ‘coverage’ of food stories…
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Taiwan schools putting business before education
Working for Xinmin Private Elementary school in Taipei this year was a head-shaking, riveting experience. I’m writing this piece to talk about…
Arts
‘Transition’ band still banned from Taiwan, ironically
Trista di Genova / The Wild East Transition (前進樂團) is a British expat band that has attained a fair level of success…
Politics
Letters from a tense Thailand
Jan 23. Phuket is like Detroit. A city they built for a population that isn’t coming anymore. A faded beauty. Since the…
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The Writing Cure: A Conversation with Trista di Genova
When the TIBE (Taipei International Book Exhibition) comes to town Feb. 5-10, 2014 two local expat writers will be represented, L. Farrah…
Arts
Author Furtado: ‘My fans are like my family’
In this exclusive interview, the Wild East’s Trista di Genova asks author L. Farrah Furtado about her latest news, views on writing…
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’20 questions’ with author Trista di Genova
Q. What’s your name? Trista di Genova Q. How many people are there in your family? I don’t know. Maybe 7 billion?…
Culture
I got in a fight at the flower market
I got in a fight last weekend at the Jianguo Flower Market in Taipei; well, I guess it was more of a…
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Lawyer Billy Chen speaks at Breakfast Club
The Wild East / Peace & Justice Taiwan’s media have turned from the Zane Dean case to Lin Yi-shih, and now the…
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Detained Briton’s family ‘praying for leniency’
The Wild East Thursday morning began with a court hearing at Taipei District Court for ‘David’, a Briton who’s been in a…