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Spinning Karma: An Apology

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  To celebrate the release of the audiobook version of Spinning Karma –  my politically-charged Buddhist comedy novel, first published in 2020 – I’d like to take a moment to apologize to Spinning Karma’s future readers and listeners.  Which is…

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Twitter Post: Taiwan & The WHO

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Taiwan vs WHO

Quick repost of a twitter thread I put on twitter the other day concerning the ongoing discrimination against Taiwan by the World Health Organization and subsequent attempts by the WHO to re-frame the issue as a racist attack by Taiwan…

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Formosa Moon: 1 Year Anniversary !

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Promote Taiwan, Formosa Moon and small publishers in general by promoting Formosa Moon by Joshua Samuel Brown and Stephanie Huffman.

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Send No Money Now (Revisited)

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The timing of today’s earthquake in Taiwan was particularly weird, striking as it did at 1:01 PM, about 45 minutes into a luncheon at the Nikko Hotel hosted by Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Though former Congressman Paul Ryan had…

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A Nihilist’s Guide to Sun Moon Lake

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Nihilist Sun Moon Lake

A Nihilist’s Guide to Sun Moon Lake is a story that didn’t make it into Formosa Moon, and probably for good reason. Stephanie and I traveled to this fabled tourist destination for the book, and actually had a wonderful time. …

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Wind Warriors of the Pescadores

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Windsurfing competition in Penghu, Taiwan

On the subject of windsurfing in Taiwan, one of the strangest years of a life with no shortage of strange years was spent living on an archipelago called Penghu, halfway between Taiwan and China. It’s a remote, beautiful and extremely…

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Alpacas and Kitties and Coffee (Oh My)

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Alpaca Cafe Taiwan 2

Taiwan’s Alpaca Cafe was someplace we’d been meaning to visit for almost a year but hadn’t made it to for a variety of strange reasons. We’d heard about it last year, a large cafe and restaurant in Sanzhi, a town…

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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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Taiwan’s Diplomatic Allies

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Metal Politics Taiwan

Taiwan’s diplomatic allies have been much on my mind lately, not so much on a national level like will Honduras be the next to flip but more along the lines of elements within the American government coming out on Twitter to support Taiwan,…

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The Four Stages of Life (as experienced through Taiwanese cuisine)

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The four stages of life as experienced through Taiwan food

SEO-destroying, algorithm-annoying preamble: A lot of my stories have stories of their own. This one about Taiwanese Cuisine (chew on that, WordPress SEO monitor) has two or three, so…read on or not. One of the pleasures of establishing a long-term working relationship…

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