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For detailed biographical information, please check the very first article of this blog. Thanks!

Colonial history

A short trip to Taiwan’s “Windy City”

Flying Dutchman - November 3, 2022

After a chaotic business meeting in Taoyuan and a very enjoyable visit to a foreign friend in Zhubei, on the evening of October 28th,...

Culture

How I asserted my rights as a tenant in Taipei

Flying Dutchman - October 27, 2022

I’m very aware of the fact that in Taiwan I can’t expect Western standards in many areas. Considering the bureaucratic overregulation on the Old...

Asian history

Taiwan plans to further preserve its Chinese cultural heritage

Flying Dutchman - October 21, 2022

Sinology is an academic discipline that focuses on the study of China primarily through Chinese philosophy, language, literature, culture and history, often referring to Western...

Asian history

An election campaign with a very Taiwanese touch

Flying Dutchman - October 13, 2022

Since 2014, local elections in Taiwan have been unified to a single vote, typically in November, held once every four years. So, on November 26th,...

Arts

The ridiculous concept of cultural appropriation

Flying Dutchman - October 9, 2022

In the evening of October 1st, 2022, I attended a wonderful concert at the National Concert Hall in Taipei with my girlfriend. The main...

Culture

Being sexually harassed in Taiwan

Flying Dutchman - September 27, 2022

Disclosure is a 1994 Hollywood movie, directed by Barry Levinson (born in 1942), starring Michael Douglas (born in 1944), Demi Moore (born in 1962) and Donald Sutherland (born in...

Environmental politics

Lovely earthquake island

Flying Dutchman - September 20, 2022

Unknown to many in the West, Taiwan is blessed with some unique natural beauty. Its 168 mountains that top 3000 meters, squeezed into just 32,260...

African history

My father witnessed the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

Flying Dutchman - September 13, 2022

The House of Windsor is a British dynasty originally called Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, after a duchy in Thuringia, in the heart of Germany, from where...

Culture

The European high standard of hygiene is relative

Flying Dutchman - September 6, 2022

When I started offering my home-made food at a traditional market near where I live in May, my neighbor to the left was selling...

Asian history

Lovely old gentlemen

Flying Dutchman - September 2, 2022

The term “Mainlanders” essentially refers to the group of people from all over China and extremely different backgrounds that arrived in Taiwan between the end...

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