A Taiwanese mate is a good mate! When I told people that I’d married a “PingDong Man”, a huge smile would break out on their face and almost invariably they’d exclaim, ‘Ah, Taiwan xifu!” What’s a Taiwan xifu? I wondered. It means “Taiwan daughter-in-law”. But it has another, very positive connotation – of total acceptance…
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Coffee with an immigration cop
By Trista di Genova, The Wild East I met my immigration police friend, Eric, at a café today for an informative chat. It’s always nice to run by him questions regarding all the tricky situations foreigners get into in Taiwan. He’s always been so helpful in this regard, even meeting special cases to advise them…
Read moreAussie marries in Aboriginal affair
Originally published Sunday, April 5, 2009 in The China Post By Trista di Genova For the Huang family, it was the marriage of a decade. Last Saturday, the track area of a junior high school in eastern Taitung County was turned into a mega-reception area, hosting over 1,000. One of the aunties of bride Kimi…
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One Filipina’s tale of immigration in Taiwan By Trista di Genova Originally published in The China Post Last week, a Filipina and a volunteer immigration officer, Eric, met to discuss her situation, and the woman, hereafter referred to as “Flora,” agreed to allow a summary of her case to be recounted on the Foreign Community…
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