When I started my master’s degree program in Asia Pacific Studies at National Chengchi University (NCCU) in fall 2017, I considered myself well-read on the
“中白鷺的腳腳和嘴巴是黃的. 大白鷺有黑色腳腳, 黃色的嘴巴．” Intermediate egrets’ feet and mouths are yellow. Large egrets have black feet, yellow mouths. 白熊 patiently explained the differences between the large
Taiwan is a nation without a country. This small island the size of Maryland is endowed with few natural resources, was a colony of Imperial
As a master’s student at National Chengchi University, I took a class on cross-strait relations between China and Taiwan. For my final essay, I became
Taiwanese people love their stamps. I was first alerted to this when I read on a blog that each MRT station in Taipei has its
When I arrived in Taipei two years ago, I knew relatively little about local Taiwanese culture or issues. With an undergraduate background in
This past year has been a whirlwind of changes for me. When I first landed in Taiwan, I only had a surface-level understanding
Long before I was selected for a Fulbright Scholarship to Taiwan, I spent most of my life on a different island across the
Familiar city, new lens I landed at Taoyuan International Airport in late August 2017. Fresh out of university, I had arrived in Taipei
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Introduction Since the 1980s, North Korea’s nuclear program has been a persistent source of international concern.1 These concerns gained renewed importance during the 2017-2018 North
