Month: June 2018

Taiwan Fight Club

MMA Fighting in Taiwan

“Calling into the ring…Joshua!” It’s a hot August night in Taipei, and I am about to be beaten up in public. Standing across the ring  (if you can call a cement square taped on a cement barroom floor a ring) stands

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Does Humor Belong in Diplomacy?

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Humor is a tricky thing to translate, which is a pity since humor is also such a good icebreaker. Last week I gave a talk on promoting tourism in Yunlin (an agricultural county in Taiwan), and while they didn’t bring

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