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41554 blogs · [ { "id": "01a0bb6a-5f9f-7368-ab37-456e9f1586b0", "title": "In Taiwan and Hong Kong, subversion is contextual", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/09/in-taiwan-and-hong-kong-subversion-is.html", "published_at": "2022-09-13T05:58:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6a-5f9f-7368-ab37-456e9fc21712", "title": "What is a country? (Taiwan, for one.)", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/09/what-is-country-taiwan-for-one.html", "published_at": "2022-09-12T07:45:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6a-5f9f-7368-ab37-456e9ff93299", "title": "The Not-So-Secret Garden: The Hsu Family Mansion in Dashe", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-not-so-secret-garden-hsu-family.html", "published_at": "2022-09-02T14:13:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6a-5f9f-7368-ab37-456ea059d354", "title": "The Marsha Blackburn tweet sucked. Use it to educate and criticize, but not attack", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-marsha-blackburn-tweet-sucked-use.html", "published_at": "2022-08-28T06:55:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6a-5f9f-7368-ab37-456ea0db9d0e", "title": "The InterPride thing is straight-up weird -- and InterPride might be lying", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-interpride-thing-is-straight-up.html", "published_at": "2022-08-13T15:07:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6a-5f9f-7368-ab37-456ea1187265", "title": "Appeasement Will Work For Taiwan", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/07/appeasement-will-work-for-taiwan.html", "published_at": "2022-07-31T04:20:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6a-5f9f-7368-ab37-456ea1c6e087", "title": "The 2022 Updated Teacher Training Post", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/07/the-2022-updated-teacher-training-post.html", "published_at": "2022-07-28T06:42:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6a-5f9f-7368-ab37-456ea2097c39", "title": "In quarantine, who can hear you scream?", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/07/in-quarantine-who-can-hear-you-scream.html", "published_at": "2022-07-25T12:09:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6a-5f9f-7368-ab37-456ea224daf4", "title": "What to do if you get COVID as a foreigner in Taiwan", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/07/having-covid-as-foreigner-in-taiwan.html", "published_at": "2022-07-24T10:48:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6a-5f9f-7368-ab37-456ea2d25bf9", "title": "If you think \"Taiwanese men are beta-male pansies\" is insightful or funny, it's time to retire", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/07/if-you-think-taiwanese-men-are-beta.html", "published_at": "2022-07-22T06:01:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6a-5f9f-7368-ab37-456ea2fddb3f", "title": "The Restored Taipei Heritage Building Megapost", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/07/the-restored-taipei-heritage-building.html", "published_at": "2022-07-20T12:56:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6a-5f9f-7368-ab37-456ea3de6647", "title": "Contrastia", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/07/contrastia.html", "published_at": "2022-07-11T11:56:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6a-5f9f-7368-ab37-456ea41b042d", "title": "Do people actually leave the United States because they're angry about politics?", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/07/do-people-actually-leave-united-states.html", "published_at": "2022-07-06T04:18:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6a-5f9f-7368-ab37-456ea42e48f4", "title": "The Light Generation", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/07/the-light-generation.html", "published_at": "2022-07-03T17:17:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6a-5f9f-7368-ab37-456ea4ffcf2c", "title": "No, the US did not create, fund or support \"Taiwanese separatism\"", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/07/no-us-did-not-create-fund-or-support.html", "published_at": "2022-07-02T16:11:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6a-5f9f-7368-ab37-456ea5c91606", "title": "Throw Eggs At SCOTUS", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/06/throw-eggs-at-scotus.html", "published_at": "2022-06-25T05:35:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6a-5f9f-7368-ab37-456ea5fc5e6b", "title": "No, the DPP didn't \"brainwash\" Taiwan into \"forgetting it is Chinese\"", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/06/no-dpp-didnt-brainwash-taiwan-into.html", "published_at": "2022-06-14T03:33:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6a-5f9f-7368-ab37-456ea62c621d", "title": "Book Review: Bestiary", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/06/book-review-bestiary.html", "published_at": "2022-06-10T01:26:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6a-5f9f-7368-ab37-456ea715e69b", "title": "All the unfounded \"evidence\" Ma Ying-jeou used to attack the DPP on 6/4 (Part Two!)", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/06/all-unfounded-evidence-ma-ying-jiu-used.html", "published_at": "2022-06-06T12:23:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6a-5f9f-7368-ab37-456ea7490d75", "title": "🎵 Ma Ying-jeou is a sack of trash 🎶 (Part One!)", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/06/ma-ying-jeou-is-sack-of-trash-part-one.html", "published_at": "2022-06-06T06:29:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6a-5f9f-7368-ab37-456ea78ce752", "title": "Everything I've learned about leaving and returning to Taiwan during a COVID outbreak", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/06/everything-ive-learned-about-leaving.html", "published_at": "2022-06-04T12:26:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6a-5f9f-7368-ab37-456ea7d1fe75", "title": "No, America isn't \"provoking China\" or \"threatening war\", so please cut the horseshit", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/05/no-america-isnt-provoking-china-or.html", "published_at": "2022-05-28T00:15:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6a-5f9f-7368-ab37-456ea8c9588e", "title": "Anxiety, COVID, and Me", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/05/anxiety-covid-and-me.html", "published_at": "2022-05-01T03:48:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6a-5f9f-7368-ab37-456ea971677f", "title": "Asian Boss interviews political party officials in Taiwan and doesn't disclose that fact", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/04/asian-boss-interviews-political-party.html", "published_at": "2022-04-30T04:09:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6a-5f9f-7368-ab37-456ea9a215bb", "title": "This Taiwan \"explainer\" masters the art of \"technically true, but what are you implying?\"", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/04/this-taiwan-explainer-masters-art-of.html", "published_at": "2022-04-17T07:24:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6e-6112-739c-8baf-a3dcc50363c1", "title": "Collecting Majolica Tiles in Taiwan: A History and a Buyer's Guide", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/04/collecting-majolica-tiles-in-taiwan.html", "published_at": "2022-04-08T21:54:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6e-6112-739c-8baf-a3dcc5799e3f", "title": "Is it \"progressive realism\" or just racism?", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/03/is-it-progressive-realism-or-just-racism.html", "published_at": "2022-03-24T09:46:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6e-6112-739c-8baf-a3dcc5a4cb80", "title": "Western values, or just values?", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/03/western-values-or-just-values.html", "published_at": "2022-03-20T11:38:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6e-6112-739c-8baf-a3dcc6219ab9", "title": "Ukraine, Taiwan, musical satire and the values we fight for", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/03/ukraine-taiwan-musical-satire-and.html", "published_at": "2022-03-14T09:21:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6e-6112-739c-8baf-a3dcc6388582", "title": "Taiwan Supports Ukraine: The Rally Planned in Two Days", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/03/taiwan-supports-ukraine-rally-planned.html", "published_at": "2022-03-06T18:04:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6e-6112-739c-8baf-a3dcc6dbbfcd", "title": "What's worth fighting for?", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/03/whats-worth-fighting-for.html", "published_at": "2022-03-03T05:01:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6e-6112-739c-8baf-a3dcc73bad51", "title": "Permanent residency for foreign blue-collar workers: the good, the bad and the political", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/02/permanent-residency-for-foreign-blue.html", "published_at": "2022-02-20T07:03:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6e-6112-739c-8baf-a3dcc7b8e866", "title": "The iconic Taiwan Store (台灣ê店) has to move -- so let's support them!", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-iconic-taiwan-store-e-has-to-move.html", "published_at": "2022-02-13T19:36:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6e-6112-739c-8baf-a3dcc7f662ab", "title": "Is Taiwan independence a mainstream position? It depends on how you define independence.", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/02/is-taiwan-independence-mainstream.html", "published_at": "2022-02-09T13:33:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6e-6112-739c-8baf-a3dcc8392c25", "title": "Nobody wants your half-assed gangland solutions to the Taiwan-China problem", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/02/nobody-wants-your-half-assed-gangland.html", "published_at": "2022-02-04T08:11:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6e-6112-739c-8baf-a3dcc8b7a0d0", "title": "Insider testimony: Asian Boss frustrated they couldn't find Taiwanese with their desired viewpoints, causing local video producer to \"nope out\"", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/01/insider-testimony-asian-boss-frustrated.html", "published_at": "2022-01-11T16:15:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6e-6112-739c-8baf-a3dcc8ec2392", "title": "Yes, Asian Boss planted a deep blue Youtuber and pretended he was a 'man on the street' -- and I want to know why.", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/01/yes-asian-boss-planted-deep-blue.html", "published_at": "2022-01-10T16:11:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6e-6112-739c-8baf-a3dcc923dd8c", "title": "Assorted thoughts and musings on yesterday's votes", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/01/assorted-thoughts-and-musings-on.html", "published_at": "2022-01-10T05:05:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6e-6112-739c-8baf-a3dcca08143b", "title": "Three great pieces (and one important take) on today's votes", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/01/three-great-pieces-and-one-important.html", "published_at": "2022-01-09T08:03:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6e-6112-739c-8baf-a3dccaf3c71c", "title": "How to get a booster shot in Taipei and across Taiwan (updated!)", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2022/01/how-to-get-booster-shot-in-taipei.html", "published_at": "2022-01-06T15:04:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6e-6112-739c-8baf-a3dccb5ae472", "title": "A Pomegranate for New Year's Eve", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-pomegranate-for-new-years-eve.html", "published_at": "2021-12-31T11:02:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6e-6112-739c-8baf-a3dccbf1eced", "title": "Were the four referendum issues small, or just boring and rank with hypocrisy?", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/12/were-four-referendum-issues-small-or.html", "published_at": "2021-12-19T17:03:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6e-6112-739c-8baf-a3dccc4cd94b", "title": "So was that a Christmas Market or a Holiday Murder Dungeon?", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/12/so-was-that-christmas-market-or-holiday.html", "published_at": "2021-12-12T13:45:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6e-6112-739c-8baf-a3dcccbde939", "title": "From all sides, the treatment of Kao Chia-yu has been deplorable", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/12/from-all-sides-treatment-of-kao-chia-yu.html", "published_at": "2021-12-06T04:16:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6e-6112-739c-8baf-a3dccceb31ac", "title": "What interpretations of \"status quo\" polls get wrong", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/11/what-interpretations-of-status-quo.html", "published_at": "2021-11-28T07:19:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6e-6112-739c-8baf-a3dccda4f2ee", "title": "Taiwan’s COVID response: let’s stop assuming “imperfect” is the same as “terrible”", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/11/taiwans-covid-response-lets-stop.html", "published_at": "2021-11-20T17:58:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6e-6112-739c-8baf-a3dccdc48bb9", "title": "How the Tainan Museum of Archaeology challenged my approach to criticism", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/11/how-tainan-museum-of-archaeology.html", "published_at": "2021-11-14T17:04:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6e-6112-739c-8baf-a3dccdc7fef2", "title": "Who should Taiwan open for?", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/11/who-should-taiwan-open-for.html", "published_at": "2021-11-11T08:59:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6e-6112-739c-8baf-a3dcce116d99", "title": "My Favorite Tainan Cafes", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/11/my-favorite-tainan-cafes.html", "published_at": "2021-11-08T08:51:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb6e-6112-739c-8baf-a3dccea94810", "title": "Three Great Articles About Taiwan", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/11/three-great-articles-about-taiwan.html", "published_at": "2021-11-02T00:03:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb72-21b4-7349-a931-866e35862064", "title": "Do Western women in Taiwan want \"any white f---er who pops along\"? No, so don't stereotype.", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/11/do-western-women-in-taiwan-want-any.html", "published_at": "2021-11-01T02:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb72-21b4-7349-a931-866e35d4d486", "title": "John Oliver actually did an episode about Taiwan! How was it?", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/10/john-oliver-actually-did-episode-about.html", "published_at": "2021-10-26T05:06:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb72-21b4-7349-a931-866e365aaf4c", "title": "Book Review -- Taiwan's Green Parties: Alternative Politics in Taiwan", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/10/book-review-taiwans-green-parties.html", "published_at": "2021-10-25T03:23:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb72-21b4-7349-a931-866e36d4f453", "title": "The Chen Po-wei recall: a local victory for the KMT at the cost of national goodwill?", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-chen-po-wei-recall-local-victory.html", "published_at": "2021-10-24T06:03:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb72-21b4-7349-a931-866e37bd2f64", "title": "There are only wrong answers when you ask the \"Taiwan Question\"", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/10/there-are-only-wrong-answers-when-you.html", "published_at": "2021-10-17T17:05:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb72-21b4-7349-a931-866e3834ba0c", "title": "A long ramble, from Harvard's decision to the earnest roots of bad opinions", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/10/a-long-ramble-from-harvards-decision-to.html", "published_at": "2021-10-14T13:35:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb72-21b4-7349-a931-866e38cb0486", "title": "Xi's speech is a nothingburger, but watch out for the media", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/10/xis-speech-is-nothingburger-but-watch.html", "published_at": "2021-10-10T03:05:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb72-21b4-7349-a931-866e39c3a8e7", "title": "Pictures at a Closed Exhibition", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/10/pictures-at-closed-exhibition.html", "published_at": "2021-10-06T05:19:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb72-21b4-7349-a931-866e39ceebaf", "title": "Taiwanese education is not particularly \"Confucian\"", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/09/taiwanese-education-is-not-particularly.html", "published_at": "2021-09-28T06:02:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb72-21b4-7349-a931-866e3a1a9247", "title": "Nataraj, Moksha and Janny Curry House: Three Indian Restaurants in Taipei", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/09/nataraj-moksha-and-janny-curry-house.html", "published_at": "2021-09-23T07:18:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb72-21b4-7349-a931-866e3b04735b", "title": "The EU semiconductor plan: a case study in ignorance about Asia", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/09/a-case-study-in-ignorance-about-asia.html", "published_at": "2021-09-19T06:49:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb72-21b4-7349-a931-866e3b3b79a6", "title": "Every argument in favor of keeping Chiang's statue in Dead Dictator Memorial Hall is disingenuous", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/09/every-argument-in-favor-of-keeping.html", "published_at": "2021-09-13T10:16:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb72-21b4-7349-a931-866e3bd7c128", "title": "Does Taiwan already have the English teachers it needs? Yes and no.", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/09/does-taiwan-already-have-english.html", "published_at": "2021-09-07T10:26:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb72-21b4-7349-a931-866e3c35dcd8", "title": "Exciting Times and Bad Photography at the 2021 Bao'an Cultural Festival", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/09/exciting-times-and-bad-photography-at.html", "published_at": "2021-09-06T09:21:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb72-21b4-7349-a931-866e3d2c9de7", "title": "Kaohsiung's Dashe (大社) and an aborted trip to the Maolin and Duona scenic area", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/09/kaohsiungs-dashe-and-aborted-trip-to.html", "published_at": "2021-09-04T03:55:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb72-21b4-7349-a931-866e3d579b55", "title": "No, Taiwan is not China because the ROC still technically exists", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/09/no-taiwan-is-not-china-because-roc.html", "published_at": "2021-09-02T15:48:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb72-21b4-7349-a931-866e3d78b4b9", "title": "Xishu Old Street and Sikunshen (Tainan)", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/08/xishu-old-street-and-sikunshen.html", "published_at": "2021-08-24T11:59:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb72-21b4-7349-a931-866e3dee147c", "title": "The restored Japanese temple in Taoyuan, and other assorted goodies", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-restored-japanese-temple-in-taoyuan.html", "published_at": "2021-08-19T15:42:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb72-21b4-7349-a931-866e3df4a4a1", "title": "Book Review: Elegy of Sweet Potatoes", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/08/book-review-elegy-of-sweet-potatoes.html", "published_at": "2021-08-16T14:51:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb72-21b4-7349-a931-866e3eaebba1", "title": "KMT (and yes, DPP) hypocrisy and a pragmatic case for vouchers", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/08/oceania-had-always-been-at-war-with.html", "published_at": "2021-08-14T12:25:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb72-21b4-7349-a931-866e3ecc5049", "title": "China's Drug War: Coming Soon to a Taiwanese Hospital Near You", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/08/taiwan-and-chinas-drug-war-coming-soon.html", "published_at": "2021-08-13T09:15:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb72-21b4-7349-a931-866e3f34cc1b", "title": "Every missile pointed at my house proves that Kishore Mahbubani is wrong.", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/07/every-missile-pointed-at-my-house.html", "published_at": "2021-07-31T06:20:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb72-21b4-7349-a931-866e3f4c80b0", "title": "The ever-evolving propaganda vectors of education-adjacent \"supplementary textbooks\" in Taiwan", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-ever-evolving-propaganda-vectors-of.html", "published_at": "2021-07-21T19:19:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb72-21b4-7349-a931-866e4003ad23", "title": "Book Review: Taipei, City of Displacements", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/07/book-review-taipei-city-of-displacements.html", "published_at": "2021-07-20T16:02:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb72-21b4-7349-a931-866e40dd27e3", "title": "Not being racist is free, but some companies still insist on skirting the law", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/07/not-being-racist-is-free-but-some.html", "published_at": "2021-07-17T09:20:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-8260-714a-b509-e9badb239ba6", "title": "Bad Facts on the Radio", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/07/bad-facts-on-radio.html", "published_at": "2021-07-10T11:23:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-8260-714a-b509-e9badbdb7e1d", "title": "Don't buy into manufactured outrage about \"Taiwan independence\"", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/07/dont-buy-into-manufactured-outrage.html", "published_at": "2021-07-09T08:01:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-8260-714a-b509-e9badc098686", "title": "The Taiwan CDC is not going to rip your children from you (obviously)", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-taiwan-cdc-is-not-going-to-rip-your.html", "published_at": "2021-07-06T10:05:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-8260-714a-b509-e9badcfb45a2", "title": "An Open Thank You Letter to the Taiwan CDC", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/07/an-open-thank-you-letter-to-taiwan-cdc.html", "published_at": "2021-06-30T18:51:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-8260-714a-b509-e9badd43009f", "title": "BREAKING NEWS: Racism Still Racist", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/06/breaking-news-racism-still-racist.html", "published_at": "2021-06-29T14:26:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-8260-714a-b509-e9badd77a760", "title": "A Concise History of Taiwan (Bilingual Edition) Review, and more!", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/06/a-concise-history-of-taiwan-bilingual.html", "published_at": "2021-06-25T16:03:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-8260-714a-b509-e9badd9f13e1", "title": "ONE WEIRD TRICK to stop INFLAMMATION OF CHINA TENSIONS that doctors don't want you to know!", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/06/one-weird-trick-to-stop-inflammation-of.html", "published_at": "2021-06-14T16:20:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-8260-714a-b509-e9bade834ef9", "title": "Racist treatment of foreign blue-collar workers in Taiwan continues", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/06/racist-treatment-of-foreign-blue-collar.html", "published_at": "2021-06-13T16:02:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-8260-714a-b509-e9badf42acc5", "title": "Voting in Taiwan: Gender, Age and Wild Speculation", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/06/voting-in-taiwan-gender-age-and-wild.html", "published_at": "2021-06-12T18:16:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-8260-714a-b509-e9badff98114", "title": "China won't be \"provoked\" into a war with Taiwan -- it will start a war when it wants to", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/06/china-is-not-going-to-start-war-with.html", "published_at": "2021-06-11T05:12:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-8260-714a-b509-e9bae07ef0a7", "title": "What is going on with the KMT's foreign language social media people?", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/06/what-is-going-on-with-kmts-foreign.html", "published_at": "2021-06-10T11:50:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-8260-714a-b509-e9bae09a7a33", "title": "I re-wrote Focus Taiwan's crap article on foreign blue-collar workers", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/06/i-re-wrote-focus-taiwans-crap-article.html", "published_at": "2021-06-09T03:52:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-8260-714a-b509-e9bae13804ae", "title": "Review: A New Illustrated History of Taiwan", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/06/review-new-illustrated-history-of-taiwan.html", "published_at": "2021-06-04T02:50:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-8260-714a-b509-e9bae1e271a6", "title": "Introducing Terry Gou, China's vaccine gamepiece", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/06/introducing-terry-gou-chinas-vaccine.html", "published_at": "2021-06-02T10:21:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-8260-714a-b509-e9bae265a949", "title": "A Taxonomy of Lies about Taiwan's Vaccine Situation", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/05/a-taxonomy-of-lies-about-taiwans.html", "published_at": "2021-05-28T10:47:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-8260-714a-b509-e9bae2e6591f", "title": "Vaccines, Sovereignty and the Hanging Thread", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/05/vaccines-sovereignty-and-hanging-thread.html", "published_at": "2021-05-25T10:41:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-8260-714a-b509-e9bae2ee7d47", "title": "Taiwan's problem isn't vaccines -- it's China (or: Reuters Sucks Again)", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/05/in-taiwan-problem-isnt-vaccines-its.html", "published_at": "2021-05-23T18:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-8260-714a-b509-e9bae35de6c8", "title": "Eating The Valley (The Southern Bits)", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/05/eating-valley-southern-bits.html", "published_at": "2021-05-22T02:09:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-8260-714a-b509-e9bae3faf2fa", "title": "I'm frustrated too, but don't freak out", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/05/im-frustrated-too-but-dont-freak-out.html", "published_at": "2021-05-20T13:38:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-8260-714a-b509-e9bae431cdb3", "title": "Gorgeous Views (and the KMT Sucks): Our Green Island Vacation", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/05/gorgeous-views-and-kmt-sucks-our-green.html", "published_at": "2021-05-16T18:26:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-8260-714a-b509-e9bae4d4b86d", "title": "Self-funded vaccine program suspended: here's everything I know", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/05/new-self-funded-vaccine-policies.html", "published_at": "2021-05-15T10:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-8260-714a-b509-e9bae5d4af90", "title": "What it's like getting vaccinated the day after the community transmission scare", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/05/what-its-like-getting-vaccinated-day.html", "published_at": "2021-05-13T12:33:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-8260-714a-b509-e9bae60dd460", "title": "The Chinese invasion question should not be a binary", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-chinese-invasion-question-should.html", "published_at": "2021-05-02T06:07:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-8260-714a-b509-e9bae66edf83", "title": "Is Taiwan really the \"most dangerous place on Earth\"?", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/04/is-taiwan-really-most-dangerous-place.html", "published_at": "2021-04-29T16:40:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb75-8260-714a-b509-e9bae689f98c", "title": "Temples, Rebuilt and Abandoned: A Luermen (鹿耳門) Day Trip", "url": "https://laorencha.blogspot.com/2021/04/temples-rebuilt-and-abandoned-luermen.html", "published_at": "2021-04-25T17:25:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2022

In Taiwan and Hong Kong, subversion is contextualoriginal ↗
13 Sept 2022
What is a country? (Taiwan, for one.)original ↗
12 Sept 2022
The Not-So-Secret Garden: The Hsu Family Mansion in Dasheoriginal ↗
2 Sept 2022
The Marsha Blackburn tweet sucked. Use it to educate and criticize, but not attackoriginal ↗
28 Aug 2022
The InterPride thing is straight-up weird -- and InterPride might be lyingoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2022
Appeasement Will Work For Taiwanoriginal ↗
31 Jul 2022
The 2022 Updated Teacher Training Postoriginal ↗
28 Jul 2022
In quarantine, who can hear you scream?original ↗
25 Jul 2022
What to do if you get COVID as a foreigner in Taiwanoriginal ↗
24 Jul 2022
If you think "Taiwanese men are beta-male pansies" is insightful or funny, it's time to retireoriginal ↗
22 Jul 2022
The Restored Taipei Heritage Building Megapostoriginal ↗
20 Jul 2022
Contrastiaoriginal ↗
11 Jul 2022
Do people actually leave the United States because they're angry about politics?original ↗
6 Jul 2022
The Light Generationoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2022
No, the US did not create, fund or support "Taiwanese separatism"original ↗
2 Jul 2022
Throw Eggs At SCOTUSoriginal ↗
25 Jun 2022
No, the DPP didn't "brainwash" Taiwan into "forgetting it is Chinese"original ↗
14 Jun 2022
Book Review: Bestiaryoriginal ↗
10 Jun 2022
All the unfounded "evidence" Ma Ying-jeou used to attack the DPP on 6/4 (Part Two!)original ↗
6 Jun 2022
🎵 Ma Ying-jeou is a sack of trash 🎶 (Part One!)original ↗
6 Jun 2022
Everything I've learned about leaving and returning to Taiwan during a COVID outbreakoriginal ↗
4 Jun 2022
No, America isn't "provoking China" or "threatening war", so please cut the horseshitoriginal ↗
28 May 2022
Anxiety, COVID, and Meoriginal ↗
1 May 2022
Asian Boss interviews political party officials in Taiwan and doesn't disclose that factoriginal ↗
30 Apr 2022
This Taiwan "explainer" masters the art of "technically true, but what are you implying?"original ↗
17 Apr 2022
Collecting Majolica Tiles in Taiwan: A History and a Buyer's Guideoriginal ↗
8 Apr 2022
Is it "progressive realism" or just racism?original ↗
24 Mar 2022
Western values, or just values?original ↗
20 Mar 2022
Ukraine, Taiwan, musical satire and the values we fight fororiginal ↗
14 Mar 2022
Taiwan Supports Ukraine: The Rally Planned in Two Daysoriginal ↗
6 Mar 2022
What's worth fighting for?original ↗
3 Mar 2022
Permanent residency for foreign blue-collar workers: the good, the bad and the politicaloriginal ↗
20 Feb 2022
The iconic Taiwan Store (台灣ê店) has to move -- so let's support them!original ↗
13 Feb 2022
Is Taiwan independence a mainstream position? It depends on how you define independence.original ↗
9 Feb 2022
Nobody wants your half-assed gangland solutions to the Taiwan-China problemoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2022
Insider testimony: Asian Boss frustrated they couldn't find Taiwanese with their desired viewpoints, causing local video producer to "nope out"original ↗
11 Jan 2022
Yes, Asian Boss planted a deep blue Youtuber and pretended he was a 'man on the street' -- and I want to know why.original ↗
10 Jan 2022
Assorted thoughts and musings on yesterday's votesoriginal ↗
10 Jan 2022
Three great pieces (and one important take) on today's votesoriginal ↗
9 Jan 2022
How to get a booster shot in Taipei and across Taiwan (updated!)original ↗
6 Jan 2022

2021

A Pomegranate for New Year's Eveoriginal ↗
31 Dec 2021
Were the four referendum issues small, or just boring and rank with hypocrisy?original ↗
19 Dec 2021
So was that a Christmas Market or a Holiday Murder Dungeon?original ↗
12 Dec 2021
From all sides, the treatment of Kao Chia-yu has been deplorableoriginal ↗
6 Dec 2021
What interpretations of "status quo" polls get wrongoriginal ↗
28 Nov 2021
Taiwan’s COVID response: let’s stop assuming “imperfect” is the same as “terrible”original ↗
20 Nov 2021
How the Tainan Museum of Archaeology challenged my approach to criticismoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2021
Who should Taiwan open for?original ↗
11 Nov 2021
My Favorite Tainan Cafesoriginal ↗
8 Nov 2021
Three Great Articles About Taiwanoriginal ↗
2 Nov 2021
Do Western women in Taiwan want "any white f---er who pops along"? No, so don't stereotype.original ↗
1 Nov 2021
John Oliver actually did an episode about Taiwan! How was it?original ↗
26 Oct 2021
Book Review -- Taiwan's Green Parties: Alternative Politics in Taiwanoriginal ↗
25 Oct 2021
The Chen Po-wei recall: a local victory for the KMT at the cost of national goodwill?original ↗
24 Oct 2021
There are only wrong answers when you ask the "Taiwan Question"original ↗
17 Oct 2021
A long ramble, from Harvard's decision to the earnest roots of bad opinionsoriginal ↗
14 Oct 2021
Xi's speech is a nothingburger, but watch out for the mediaoriginal ↗
10 Oct 2021
Pictures at a Closed Exhibitionoriginal ↗
6 Oct 2021
Taiwanese education is not particularly "Confucian"original ↗
28 Sept 2021
Nataraj, Moksha and Janny Curry House: Three Indian Restaurants in Taipeioriginal ↗
23 Sept 2021
The EU semiconductor plan: a case study in ignorance about Asiaoriginal ↗
19 Sept 2021
Every argument in favor of keeping Chiang's statue in Dead Dictator Memorial Hall is disingenuousoriginal ↗
13 Sept 2021
Does Taiwan already have the English teachers it needs? Yes and no.original ↗
7 Sept 2021
Exciting Times and Bad Photography at the 2021 Bao'an Cultural Festivaloriginal ↗
6 Sept 2021
Kaohsiung's Dashe (大社) and an aborted trip to the Maolin and Duona scenic areaoriginal ↗
4 Sept 2021
No, Taiwan is not China because the ROC still technically existsoriginal ↗
2 Sept 2021
Xishu Old Street and Sikunshen (Tainan)original ↗
24 Aug 2021
The restored Japanese temple in Taoyuan, and other assorted goodiesoriginal ↗
19 Aug 2021
Book Review: Elegy of Sweet Potatoesoriginal ↗
16 Aug 2021
KMT (and yes, DPP) hypocrisy and a pragmatic case for vouchersoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2021
China's Drug War: Coming Soon to a Taiwanese Hospital Near Youoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2021
Every missile pointed at my house proves that Kishore Mahbubani is wrong.original ↗
31 Jul 2021
The ever-evolving propaganda vectors of education-adjacent "supplementary textbooks" in Taiwanoriginal ↗
21 Jul 2021
Book Review: Taipei, City of Displacementsoriginal ↗
20 Jul 2021
Not being racist is free, but some companies still insist on skirting the laworiginal ↗
17 Jul 2021
Bad Facts on the Radiooriginal ↗
10 Jul 2021
Don't buy into manufactured outrage about "Taiwan independence"original ↗
9 Jul 2021
The Taiwan CDC is not going to rip your children from you (obviously)original ↗
6 Jul 2021
An Open Thank You Letter to the Taiwan CDCoriginal ↗
30 Jun 2021
BREAKING NEWS: Racism Still Racistoriginal ↗
29 Jun 2021
A Concise History of Taiwan (Bilingual Edition) Review, and more!original ↗
25 Jun 2021
ONE WEIRD TRICK to stop INFLAMMATION OF CHINA TENSIONS that doctors don't want you to know!original ↗
14 Jun 2021
Racist treatment of foreign blue-collar workers in Taiwan continuesoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2021
Voting in Taiwan: Gender, Age and Wild Speculationoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2021
China won't be "provoked" into a war with Taiwan -- it will start a war when it wants tooriginal ↗
11 Jun 2021
What is going on with the KMT's foreign language social media people?original ↗
10 Jun 2021
I re-wrote Focus Taiwan's crap article on foreign blue-collar workersoriginal ↗
9 Jun 2021
Review: A New Illustrated History of Taiwanoriginal ↗
4 Jun 2021
Introducing Terry Gou, China's vaccine gamepieceoriginal ↗
2 Jun 2021
A Taxonomy of Lies about Taiwan's Vaccine Situationoriginal ↗
28 May 2021
Vaccines, Sovereignty and the Hanging Threadoriginal ↗
25 May 2021
Taiwan's problem isn't vaccines -- it's China (or: Reuters Sucks Again)original ↗
23 May 2021
Eating The Valley (The Southern Bits)original ↗
22 May 2021
I'm frustrated too, but don't freak outoriginal ↗
20 May 2021
Gorgeous Views (and the KMT Sucks): Our Green Island Vacationoriginal ↗
16 May 2021
Self-funded vaccine program suspended: here's everything I knoworiginal ↗
15 May 2021
What it's like getting vaccinated the day after the community transmission scareoriginal ↗
13 May 2021
The Chinese invasion question should not be a binaryoriginal ↗
2 May 2021
Is Taiwan really the "most dangerous place on Earth"?original ↗
29 Apr 2021
Temples, Rebuilt and Abandoned: A Luermen (鹿耳門) Day Triporiginal ↗
25 Apr 2021
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