Saturday, April 15, 2023

Realpolitik eases into Taiwan politics

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The starting pistol for Taiwan’s January 2024 presidential election has been fired, with the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) declar...
Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Honduras Hiatus

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(中文在下方) I really don’t understand the furore over Honduras ending 82 years of diplomatic ties with Taiwan, or the other tiny counties that h...

Billy Big Banana

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(中文在下方) Some people in a position of power get so affected by the environment they inhabit that their grip on the realities of normal life e...

Houdini the Fei Fei - doomed by official incompetence

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(中文在下方) Sadly for Houdini the Fei Fei, Taiwan’s famous escape artist and fugitive, his days on the run came to an abrupt end last week in a ...
Monday, March 13, 2023

立法院

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我加入路透社當菜鳥時剛剛解嚴不久，立法院開始大打出手，記憶猶新那是外國同事用來捉弄說笑的好武器，最好的回覆就是順著說笑皆大歡喜：對啊，這次打得不好，我要去抗議！你別惹我，我跟台灣國會議員一樣厲害！別的國會都學我們開打，不過我們還是比較猛！ 但玩笑之餘，我也不忘急急說明反對黨如何...

學歷

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講古又來了，我發這種文都是故意的。 當年我還在新加坡工作，已經準備搬去澳洲，不過我這輩子沒考過托福GRE什麼的，管它的，申請就是了。 結果學校來信說需要托福成績，當年是這樣現在不知道。我想了一下覺得很麻煩，因為我就是重考生啊，北一女畢業也考不上公立學校，考試成績可以想像。於是...
Sunday, March 5, 2023

Jimmy Carter - a peanut farmer's legacy

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Deng Xiaoping meets Carter in 1979 Submariner, peanut farmer, civil rights champion and Nobel prize winner Jimmy Carter was the 39th Preside...