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41554 blogs · [ { "id": "01a08798-6301-7049-a732-74ca31d4edc4", "title": "I'm moving to Substack", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2025/08/im-moving-to-substack.html", "published_at": "2025-08-13T02:03:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-6301-7049-a732-74ca3257f979", "title": "I don't want to write this thing about the recall", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2025/07/i-dont-really-want-to-write-this-thing.html", "published_at": "2025-07-26T15:36:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-6301-7049-a732-74ca32c6b8bd", "title": "Some rally observations for Total Recall Day", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2025/07/some-rally-observations-for-total.html", "published_at": "2025-07-26T09:25:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-6301-7049-a732-74ca33b298d3", "title": "Weekend Recall and Budget Not-So-Shorts", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2025/07/weekend-recall-and-budget-not-so-shorts.html", "published_at": "2025-07-13T10:16:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-6301-7049-a732-74ca3407f30c", "title": "A neighborhood perspective on the recall campaigns", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-neighborhood-perspective-on-recall.html", "published_at": "2025-07-08T14:06:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-6301-7049-a732-74ca341ee9ce", "title": "Let's get some better Taiwan/China boilerplate", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2025/07/lets-get-some-better-taiwanchina.html", "published_at": "2025-07-01T11:53:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-6301-7049-a732-74ca34c80c3e", "title": "Book Review: Social Forces in the Re-making of Cross-Strait Relations (or, the KMT is worse than you ever thought possible)", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2025/06/book-review-social-forces-in-re-making.html", "published_at": "2025-06-25T06:27:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-6301-7049-a732-74ca34ea7ea6", "title": "Go see Invisible Nation in Taiwan this week", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2025/06/go-see-invisible-nation-in-taiwan-this.html", "published_at": "2025-06-17T16:54:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-6301-7049-a732-74ca34f2e6e1", "title": "Stop blaming the DPP for China's maliciousness", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2025/05/stop-blaming-dpp-for-chinas.html", "published_at": "2025-05-11T15:48:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-6301-7049-a732-74ca352416bf", "title": "KMT holds massive rally, insists the DPP stifles dissent", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2025/05/kmt-holds-massive-rally-insists-dpp.html", "published_at": "2025-05-02T22:37:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-6301-7049-a732-74ca35bae19a", "title": "You Get What You Need", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2025/04/you-get-what-you-need.html", "published_at": "2025-04-29T17:04:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-6301-7049-a732-74ca36192e2d", "title": "Lo Chih-chiang (羅智強) handed me a Bullshit Gazette today", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2025/03/my-districts-legislator-handed-me.html", "published_at": "2025-03-26T19:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-6301-7049-a732-74ca366ce95c", "title": "How much danger is Taiwan truly in?", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2025/03/how-much-danger-is-taiwan-truly-in.html", "published_at": "2025-03-19T06:50:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-6301-7049-a732-74ca36d5911f", "title": "On 'free markets' (and other things), the Taipei city government is worse than useless", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2025/03/on-free-markets-and-other-things-taipei.html", "published_at": "2025-03-09T13:49:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-6301-7049-a732-74ca37446a18", "title": "The Parable of the Night Heron", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-parable-of-night-heron.html", "published_at": "2025-02-22T04:44:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-6301-7049-a732-74ca375c3122", "title": "Books by frauds make for the wildest reviews", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2025/02/books-by-frauds-make-for-wildest-reviews.html", "published_at": "2025-02-17T15:55:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-6301-7049-a732-74ca38043438", "title": "Starting a bleak year with a little joy in Taiwan", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2025/02/starting-bleak-year-with-little-joy-in.html", "published_at": "2025-02-12T15:57:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-6301-7049-a732-74ca387dd346", "title": "Has the KMT actually gone insane? (Unfortunately not -- they're just the same old evil)", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2025/01/has-kmt-actually-gone-insane.html", "published_at": "2025-01-22T14:38:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-6301-7049-a732-74ca38a96b18", "title": "Book Review: Lost in Taiwan", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2024/12/book-review-lost-in-taiwan.html", "published_at": "2024-12-18T12:19:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-6301-7049-a732-74ca398b32e7", "title": "Walls, cultural and personal", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2024/12/walls-cultural-and-personal.html", "published_at": "2024-12-15T18:31:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-6301-7049-a732-74ca39ccfeb0", "title": "The world is full of horrors beyond our comprehension, so let's talk about T-beauty", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-world-is-full-of-horrors-beyond-our.html", "published_at": "2024-11-16T09:08:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-6301-7049-a732-74ca3aad9977", "title": "Dancing the ol' Taiwanese Government Shuffle on dual nationality until we all die", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2024/11/dancing-ol-taiwanese-government-shuffle.html", "published_at": "2024-11-05T12:26:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-6301-7049-a732-74ca3ac80392", "title": "If you like Pride, you'll love Trans Pride", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2024/10/if-you-like-pride-youll-love-trans-pride.html", "published_at": "2024-10-27T06:42:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-6301-7049-a732-74ca3b78312e", "title": "The \"contempt of the Legislature\" battle wasn't a difference of opinion -- the KMT was just wrong", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-contempt-of-legislature-battle.html", "published_at": "2024-10-25T17:10:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08798-6301-7049-a732-74ca3c02e0e5", "title": "Symphony in White, or welcome to my midlife crisis", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2024/10/symphony-in-white-or-welcome-to-my.html", "published_at": "2024-10-10T18:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb57-132a-7374-91cb-a449a39b5081", "title": "What I've been up to with my writing", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2024/09/what-ive-been-up-to-with-my-writing.html", "published_at": "2024-09-09T04:41:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb57-132a-7374-91cb-a449a3cb0b0f", "title": "This year's Double Ten design is U-G-L-Y and it ain't got no alibi", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2024/09/this-years-double-ten-design-is-u-g-l-y.html", "published_at": "2024-09-04T18:02:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb57-132a-7374-91cb-a449a40e226f", "title": "Antique and secondhand shopping in Taiwan isn't always easy", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2024/08/antique-and-secondhand-shopping-in.html", "published_at": "2024-08-19T12:36:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb57-132a-7374-91cb-a449a4b67e29", "title": "Book Review: Voices from the Mountain", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2024/08/book-review-voices-from-mountain.html", "published_at": "2024-08-18T13:55:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb57-132a-7374-91cb-a449a50c6dfc", "title": "Deciding on Insides: Lin Yu-ting, gender conformity, Taiwanese identity and me", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2024/08/deciding-on-insides-lin-yu-ting-gender.html", "published_at": "2024-08-02T04:17:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb57-132a-7374-91cb-a449a57d8531", "title": "Please stop implying the name \"Chinese Taipei\" is Taiwan's choice", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2024/07/please-stop-implying-name-chinese.html", "published_at": "2024-07-30T11:22:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb57-132a-7374-91cb-a449a6408b18", "title": "The Black Cat Shoe Drop", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-black-cat-shoe-drop.html", "published_at": "2024-07-19T20:16:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb57-132a-7374-91cb-a449a670ea57", "title": "Chinese extraterritorial laws prove there can be no peace under \"one China\"", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2024/06/chinese-extraterritorial-laws-prove.html", "published_at": "2024-06-24T14:31:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb57-132a-7374-91cb-a449a68b8636", "title": "The Roach King is now in charge of handling roach infestations", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-roach-king-is-now-in-charge-of.html", "published_at": "2024-05-29T06:26:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb57-132a-7374-91cb-a449a74e4329", "title": "Why are Taiwan's emergency rooms overflowing?", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2024/05/why-are-taiwans-emergency-rooms.html", "published_at": "2024-05-22T12:51:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb57-132a-7374-91cb-a449a77ab2ad", "title": "One more time at the legislature, with feeling", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2024/05/one-more-time-at-legislature-with.html", "published_at": "2024-05-21T13:09:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb57-132a-7374-91cb-a449a81e445c", "title": "Legislature erupts in chaos, the KMT still sucks, and the spark of fresh resistance", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2024/05/legislature-erupts-in-chaos-kmt-still.html", "published_at": "2024-05-19T11:39:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb57-132a-7374-91cb-a449a8abec29", "title": "Defining Ma Ying-jeou's \"relevance\"", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2024/04/defining-ma-ying-jeous-relevance.html", "published_at": "2024-04-26T01:44:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb57-132a-7374-91cb-a449a957f54d", "title": "Would Xi Jinping congratulate a drag queen?", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2024/04/would-xi-jinping-congratulate-drag-queen.html", "published_at": "2024-04-21T13:29:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb57-132a-7374-91cb-a449a9e4713d", "title": "Teacups vs. Plate Tectonics", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2024/04/teacups-vs-plate-tectonics.html", "published_at": "2024-04-08T14:17:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb57-132a-7374-91cb-a449aa99584e", "title": "Taiwancore is the new Japandi", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2024/03/taiwancore-is-new-japandi.html", "published_at": "2024-03-26T11:09:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb57-132a-7374-91cb-a449ab2c63b5", "title": "On China, Republicans won't get out of their own way", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2024/03/on-china-republicans-wont-get-out-of.html", "published_at": "2024-03-13T03:01:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb57-132a-7374-91cb-a449ab48ca43", "title": "The Great Game Was A Great Idea", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-great-game-was-great-idea.html", "published_at": "2024-02-13T05:05:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb57-132a-7374-91cb-a449ab7980de", "title": "Summer Flowers Dining Room", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2024/02/summer-flowers-dining-room.html", "published_at": "2024-02-11T02:56:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb57-132a-7374-91cb-a449abd31a8e", "title": "Five great things to read after the election", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2024/01/five-great-things-to-read-after-election.html", "published_at": "2024-01-17T11:56:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb57-132a-7374-91cb-a449ac58ab1e", "title": "Dear International Journalism on Taiwan: I fixed all your bullshit headlines for you", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2024/01/dear-international-journalism-on-taiwan.html", "published_at": "2024-01-14T04:27:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb57-132a-7374-91cb-a449ad1b804a", "title": "Chillin with 120,000 of my people at the big DPP rally", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2024/01/chillin-with-120000-of-my-people-at-big.html", "published_at": "2024-01-11T18:25:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb57-132a-7374-91cb-a449ad5f405b", "title": "International reporting on Taiwan: getting better, but still not quite there", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2024/01/international-reporting-on-taiwan.html", "published_at": "2024-01-10T03:46:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb57-132a-7374-91cb-a449add62004", "title": "Lai Ching-te has Taiwan, not the ROC, to thank", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2024/01/lai-ching-te-has-taiwan-not-roc-to-thank.html", "published_at": "2024-01-08T12:10:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb57-132a-7374-91cb-a449ade98e5d", "title": "A Thin Comfort", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/12/a-thin-comfort.html", "published_at": "2023-12-27T04:10:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5c-6e3c-700d-a4f0-05f5e8d4c214", "title": "Abusers lie: everything wrong with that horrid Foreign Affairs article", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/12/abusers-lie-everything-wrong-with-that.html", "published_at": "2023-12-03T14:08:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5c-6e3c-700d-a4f0-05f5e90eecd8", "title": "TLC announces new reality show spin-off \"90 Day Fiancé: Opposition Parties\"", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/11/tlc-announces-new-reality-show-spin-off.html", "published_at": "2023-11-24T06:56:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5c-6e3d-72a9-bc71-f9f228ffa221", "title": "Humble Pie, and Ko's Hypocrisy", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/11/humble-pie-and-kos-hypocrisy.html", "published_at": "2023-11-23T03:52:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5c-6e3d-72a9-bc71-f9f229624916", "title": "Who's on top in the Ko/Hou/Ma throuple?", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/11/whos-on-top-in-kohouma-throuple.html", "published_at": "2023-11-16T12:48:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5c-6e3d-72a9-bc71-f9f2299d6240", "title": "Lai Ching-te vs. the Frankenticket", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/11/lai-ching-te-vs-frankencandidate.html", "published_at": "2023-11-15T09:09:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5c-6e3d-72a9-bc71-f9f22a349a12", "title": "The Hou/Ko/(Ma) embroilment", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-houkoma-embroilment.html", "published_at": "2023-11-14T10:29:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5c-6e3d-72a9-bc71-f9f22ac1a60f", "title": "Book review: \"The Butcher's Wife\" is a brutal read", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/11/book-review-butchers-wife-is-brutal-read.html", "published_at": "2023-11-13T04:07:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5c-6e3d-72a9-bc71-f9f22b75c5da", "title": "Why stay in Taiwan?", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/11/why-stay-in-taiwan.html", "published_at": "2023-11-09T13:24:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5c-6e3d-72a9-bc71-f9f22b85dde4", "title": "Which Taiwanese party offers the best chance for peace? (Not the KMT)", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/11/which-taiwanese-party-offers-best.html", "published_at": "2023-11-03T09:19:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5c-6e3d-72a9-bc71-f9f22b8dea9c", "title": "As beautiful as the ringworm on her body: a review of Sorceress Diguwan", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/10/as-beautiful-as-ringworm-on-her-body.html", "published_at": "2023-10-30T14:57:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5c-6e3d-72a9-bc71-f9f22bccd9f4", "title": "Good commentary about bad eggs", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/09/good-commentary-about-bad-eggs.html", "published_at": "2023-09-28T05:37:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5c-6e3d-72a9-bc71-f9f22c6c3aa3", "title": "A bunch of bad eggs", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/09/a-bunch-of-bad-eggs.html", "published_at": "2023-09-26T02:47:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5c-6e3d-72a9-bc71-f9f22d625f22", "title": "Pear-shaped", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/09/pear-shaped.html", "published_at": "2023-09-23T02:46:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5c-6e3d-72a9-bc71-f9f22d749424", "title": "Renunciation", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/09/renunciation.html", "published_at": "2023-09-03T16:58:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5c-6e3d-72a9-bc71-f9f22e4d87ba", "title": "A Paucity of “Blessings”: the KMT and what it means to be “credible opposition”", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/08/a-paucity-of-blessings-kmt-and-what-it.html", "published_at": "2023-08-27T14:13:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5c-6e3d-72a9-bc71-f9f22f205b5b", "title": "An Audio-Visual Garden of Weeds", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/08/an-audio-visual-garden-of-weeds.html", "published_at": "2023-08-06T05:57:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5c-6e3d-72a9-bc71-f9f22f45e52a", "title": "The 1992 Consensus is fake and Terry Gou sucks", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-1992-consensus-is-fake-and-terry.html", "published_at": "2023-07-21T01:36:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5c-6e3d-72a9-bc71-f9f22f7d529e", "title": "What Asian Americans think of their ancestral homelands, other Asian countries, and the US", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/07/what-asian-americans-think-of-their.html", "published_at": "2023-07-20T03:37:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5c-6e3d-72a9-bc71-f9f2304ff812", "title": "The thought-terminating cliche of \"Have you been?\"", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-thought-terminating-cliche-of-have.html", "published_at": "2023-07-19T10:09:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5c-6e3d-72a9-bc71-f9f230e8e744", "title": "The online teaching cloister", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-online-teaching-cloister.html", "published_at": "2023-07-18T14:13:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5c-6e3d-72a9-bc71-f9f2311d685c", "title": "Anatomy of a fake news story: United Daily News and \"zero dollar shopping\"", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/07/anatomy-of-fake-news-story-united-daily.html", "published_at": "2023-07-06T09:32:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5c-6e3d-72a9-bc71-f9f231f6ddad", "title": "On sexual harassment, the KMT remains unaccountable for their own actions", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/06/on-sexual-harassment-kmt-remains.html", "published_at": "2023-06-16T07:51:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5c-6e3d-72a9-bc71-f9f2328179fd", "title": "Women Making Waves", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/06/women-making-waves.html", "published_at": "2023-06-09T14:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5c-6e3d-72a9-bc71-f9f232ad0eb4", "title": "Do 'most' Chinese really favor outright war with Taiwan? (Sort of, but not really.)", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/05/do-most-chinese-really-favor-outright.html", "published_at": "2023-05-30T17:50:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5c-6e3d-72a9-bc71-f9f232eff250", "title": "An Ode To Bear Guy", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/05/an-ode-to-bear-guy.html", "published_at": "2023-05-23T01:27:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb64-6276-711b-af00-c9affe2c33a9", "title": "The Tragedies of the Spotlight", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-tragedies-of-spotlight.html", "published_at": "2023-05-21T02:56:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb64-6276-711b-af00-c9affe577e70", "title": "Hou You-yih: Just, like, my opinion, man", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/05/hou-you-yih-just-like-my-opinion-man.html", "published_at": "2023-05-19T14:01:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb64-6276-711b-af00-c9affe61ff0f", "title": "The real-world consequences of US-China \"Great Power\" thinking", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-real-world-consequences-of-us-china.html", "published_at": "2023-05-07T05:21:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb64-6276-711b-af00-c9afff1e0bb9", "title": "Don't You Forget About Me?", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/04/dont-you-forget-about-me.html", "published_at": "2023-04-28T19:24:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb64-6276-711b-af00-c9afffc6293d", "title": "The ROC constitution is not the argument winner you think it is", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-roc-constitution-is-not-argument.html", "published_at": "2023-04-19T08:28:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb64-6276-711b-af00-c9b000b986bc", "title": "Get Your Independences Straight", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/04/get-your-independences-straight.html", "published_at": "2023-04-14T08:38:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb64-6276-711b-af00-c9b0017f9772", "title": "Lao Ren Cha is going live on YouTube!", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/04/lao-ren-cha-is-going-live-on-youtube.html", "published_at": "2023-04-01T04:11:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb64-6276-711b-af00-c9b001a63dcb", "title": "Doing Nothing Wrong", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/03/doing-nothing-wrong.html", "published_at": "2023-03-23T05:56:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb64-6276-711b-af00-c9b002645754", "title": "Book Review: Taiwan Studies Revisited", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/03/book-review-taiwan-studies-revisited.html", "published_at": "2023-03-18T05:25:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb64-6276-711b-af00-c9b003393d1a", "title": "Good reporting centers Taiwanese agency", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/03/good-reporting-centers-taiwanese-agency.html", "published_at": "2023-03-12T17:58:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb64-6276-711b-af00-c9b0040491f4", "title": "The Day After", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-day-after.html", "published_at": "2023-03-10T09:07:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb64-6276-711b-af00-c9b004986a75", "title": "Chiang Wan-an, Chiang Ching-kuo and 228", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/03/chiang-wan-chiang-ching-kuo-and-228.html", "published_at": "2023-02-28T17:01:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb64-6276-711b-af00-c9b00534cdaf", "title": "Blood Sugar Hex Magic", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/02/blood-sugar-hex-magic.html", "published_at": "2023-02-19T03:51:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb64-6276-711b-af00-c9b005ed0f4f", "title": "It's OK to not love China", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/01/its-ok-to-not-love-china.html", "published_at": "2023-01-29T14:42:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb64-6276-711b-af00-c9b0067bd47c", "title": "The Fissure", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-fissure.html", "published_at": "2023-01-27T04:38:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb64-6276-711b-af00-c9b007682a91", "title": "Book Review: The Membranes", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2023/01/book-review-membranes.html", "published_at": "2023-01-19T15:27:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb64-6276-711b-af00-c9b007a864ce", "title": "The Newest Taiwanese", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-newest-taiwanese.html", "published_at": "2022-12-21T02:48:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb64-6276-711b-af00-c9b008a613bf", "title": "Notes on that Big Kylo Energy in Taipei", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/11/notes-on-that-big-kylo-energy-in-taipei.html", "published_at": "2022-11-27T09:01:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb64-6276-711b-af00-c9b00943983f", "title": "I don't want to care about Chiang Wan-an's ancestry (and a Hakka-sponsored KMT rally)", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/11/i-dont-want-to-care-about-chiang-wan.html", "published_at": "2022-11-13T13:07:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb64-6276-711b-af00-c9b009d85508", "title": "Untold Herstory: The brutal film that you must see", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/11/untold-herstory-brutal-film-that-you.html", "published_at": "2022-11-09T04:27:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb64-6276-711b-af00-c9b00abc148f", "title": "The anti-war position, and what I no longer hear", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-anti-war-position-and-what-i-no.html", "published_at": "2022-11-05T04:07:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb64-6276-711b-af00-c9b00ba81ba5", "title": "Pill popping nation? Yes, but also Overworked Nation", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/11/pill-popping-nation-yes-but-also.html", "published_at": "2022-11-03T03:46:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb64-6276-711b-af00-c9b00c1c1c48", "title": "Taiwan can govern itself, and this should be obvious", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/10/taiwan-can-govern-itself-and-this.html", "published_at": "2022-10-11T06:48:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb64-6276-711b-af00-c9b00c6f5617", "title": "The Two-Tongued Pretender", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-two-tongued-pretender.html", "published_at": "2022-09-23T15:55:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb64-6276-711b-af00-c9b00d4aa06e", "title": "What is a country? Part II: Fighting the Gish Gallop", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/09/what-is-country-part-ii-fighting-gish.html", "published_at": "2022-09-19T06:13:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2025

I'm moving to Substackoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2025
I don't want to write this thing about the recalloriginal ↗
26 Jul 2025
Some rally observations for Total Recall Dayoriginal ↗
26 Jul 2025
Weekend Recall and Budget Not-So-Shortsoriginal ↗
13 Jul 2025
A neighborhood perspective on the recall campaignsoriginal ↗
8 Jul 2025
Let's get some better Taiwan/China boilerplateoriginal ↗
1 Jul 2025
Book Review: Social Forces in the Re-making of Cross-Strait Relations (or, the KMT is worse than you ever thought possible)original ↗
25 Jun 2025
Go see Invisible Nation in Taiwan this weekoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2025
Stop blaming the DPP for China's maliciousnessoriginal ↗
11 May 2025
KMT holds massive rally, insists the DPP stifles dissentoriginal ↗
2 May 2025
You Get What You Needoriginal ↗
29 Apr 2025
Lo Chih-chiang (羅智強) handed me a Bullshit Gazette todayoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2025
How much danger is Taiwan truly in?original ↗
19 Mar 2025
On 'free markets' (and other things), the Taipei city government is worse than uselessoriginal ↗
9 Mar 2025
The Parable of the Night Heronoriginal ↗
22 Feb 2025
Books by frauds make for the wildest reviewsoriginal ↗
17 Feb 2025
Starting a bleak year with a little joy in Taiwanoriginal ↗
12 Feb 2025
Has the KMT actually gone insane? (Unfortunately not -- they're just the same old evil)original ↗
22 Jan 2025

2024

Book Review: Lost in Taiwanoriginal ↗
18 Dec 2024
Walls, cultural and personaloriginal ↗
15 Dec 2024
The world is full of horrors beyond our comprehension, so let's talk about T-beautyoriginal ↗
16 Nov 2024
Dancing the ol' Taiwanese Government Shuffle on dual nationality until we all dieoriginal ↗
5 Nov 2024
If you like Pride, you'll love Trans Prideoriginal ↗
27 Oct 2024
The "contempt of the Legislature" battle wasn't a difference of opinion -- the KMT was just wrongoriginal ↗
25 Oct 2024
Symphony in White, or welcome to my midlife crisisoriginal ↗
10 Oct 2024
What I've been up to with my writingoriginal ↗
9 Sept 2024
This year's Double Ten design is U-G-L-Y and it ain't got no alibioriginal ↗
4 Sept 2024
Antique and secondhand shopping in Taiwan isn't always easyoriginal ↗
19 Aug 2024
Book Review: Voices from the Mountainoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2024
Deciding on Insides: Lin Yu-ting, gender conformity, Taiwanese identity and meoriginal ↗
2 Aug 2024
Please stop implying the name "Chinese Taipei" is Taiwan's choiceoriginal ↗
30 Jul 2024
The Black Cat Shoe Droporiginal ↗
19 Jul 2024
Chinese extraterritorial laws prove there can be no peace under "one China"original ↗
24 Jun 2024
The Roach King is now in charge of handling roach infestationsoriginal ↗
29 May 2024
Why are Taiwan's emergency rooms overflowing?original ↗
22 May 2024
One more time at the legislature, with feelingoriginal ↗
21 May 2024
Legislature erupts in chaos, the KMT still sucks, and the spark of fresh resistanceoriginal ↗
19 May 2024
Defining Ma Ying-jeou's "relevance"original ↗
26 Apr 2024
Would Xi Jinping congratulate a drag queen?original ↗
21 Apr 2024
Teacups vs. Plate Tectonicsoriginal ↗
8 Apr 2024
Taiwancore is the new Japandioriginal ↗
26 Mar 2024
On China, Republicans won't get out of their own wayoriginal ↗
13 Mar 2024
The Great Game Was A Great Ideaoriginal ↗
13 Feb 2024
Summer Flowers Dining Roomoriginal ↗
11 Feb 2024
Five great things to read after the electionoriginal ↗
17 Jan 2024
Dear International Journalism on Taiwan: I fixed all your bullshit headlines for youoriginal ↗
14 Jan 2024
Chillin with 120,000 of my people at the big DPP rallyoriginal ↗
11 Jan 2024
International reporting on Taiwan: getting better, but still not quite thereoriginal ↗
10 Jan 2024
Lai Ching-te has Taiwan, not the ROC, to thankoriginal ↗
8 Jan 2024

2023

A Thin Comfortoriginal ↗
27 Dec 2023
Abusers lie: everything wrong with that horrid Foreign Affairs articleoriginal ↗
3 Dec 2023
TLC announces new reality show spin-off "90 Day Fiancé: Opposition Parties"original ↗
24 Nov 2023
Humble Pie, and Ko's Hypocrisyoriginal ↗
23 Nov 2023
Who's on top in the Ko/Hou/Ma throuple?original ↗
16 Nov 2023
Lai Ching-te vs. the Frankenticketoriginal ↗
15 Nov 2023
The Hou/Ko/(Ma) embroilmentoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2023
Book review: "The Butcher's Wife" is a brutal readoriginal ↗
13 Nov 2023
Why stay in Taiwan?original ↗
9 Nov 2023
Which Taiwanese party offers the best chance for peace? (Not the KMT)original ↗
3 Nov 2023
As beautiful as the ringworm on her body: a review of Sorceress Diguwanoriginal ↗
30 Oct 2023
Good commentary about bad eggsoriginal ↗
28 Sept 2023
A bunch of bad eggsoriginal ↗
26 Sept 2023
Pear-shapedoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2023
Renunciationoriginal ↗
3 Sept 2023
A Paucity of “Blessings”: the KMT and what it means to be “credible opposition”original ↗
27 Aug 2023
An Audio-Visual Garden of Weedsoriginal ↗
6 Aug 2023
The 1992 Consensus is fake and Terry Gou sucksoriginal ↗
21 Jul 2023
What Asian Americans think of their ancestral homelands, other Asian countries, and the USoriginal ↗
20 Jul 2023
The thought-terminating cliche of "Have you been?"original ↗
19 Jul 2023
The online teaching cloisteroriginal ↗
18 Jul 2023
Anatomy of a fake news story: United Daily News and "zero dollar shopping"original ↗
6 Jul 2023
On sexual harassment, the KMT remains unaccountable for their own actionsoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2023
Women Making Wavesoriginal ↗
9 Jun 2023
Do 'most' Chinese really favor outright war with Taiwan? (Sort of, but not really.)original ↗
30 May 2023
An Ode To Bear Guyoriginal ↗
23 May 2023
The Tragedies of the Spotlightoriginal ↗
21 May 2023
Hou You-yih: Just, like, my opinion, manoriginal ↗
19 May 2023
The real-world consequences of US-China "Great Power" thinkingoriginal ↗
7 May 2023
Don't You Forget About Me?original ↗
28 Apr 2023
The ROC constitution is not the argument winner you think it isoriginal ↗
19 Apr 2023
Get Your Independences Straightoriginal ↗
14 Apr 2023
Lao Ren Cha is going live on YouTube!original ↗
1 Apr 2023
Doing Nothing Wrongoriginal ↗
23 Mar 2023
Book Review: Taiwan Studies Revisitedoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2023
Good reporting centers Taiwanese agencyoriginal ↗
12 Mar 2023
The Day Afteroriginal ↗
10 Mar 2023
Chiang Wan-an, Chiang Ching-kuo and 228original ↗
28 Feb 2023
Blood Sugar Hex Magicoriginal ↗
19 Feb 2023
It's OK to not love Chinaoriginal ↗
29 Jan 2023
The Fissureoriginal ↗
27 Jan 2023
Book Review: The Membranesoriginal ↗
19 Jan 2023

2022

The Newest Taiwaneseoriginal ↗
21 Dec 2022
Notes on that Big Kylo Energy in Taipeioriginal ↗
27 Nov 2022
I don't want to care about Chiang Wan-an's ancestry (and a Hakka-sponsored KMT rally)original ↗
13 Nov 2022
Untold Herstory: The brutal film that you must seeoriginal ↗
9 Nov 2022
The anti-war position, and what I no longer hearoriginal ↗
5 Nov 2022
Pill popping nation? Yes, but also Overworked Nationoriginal ↗
3 Nov 2022
Taiwan can govern itself, and this should be obviousoriginal ↗
11 Oct 2022
The Two-Tongued Pretenderoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2022
What is a country? Part II: Fighting the Gish Galloporiginal ↗
19 Sept 2022
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