David Reid
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I am an Australian living in Taichung, Taiwan. I am currently a research assistant at Providence University. I blog about Taiwan at David on Formosa.
Latest posts by David Reid
12 May 2010
Taiwan (ROC)
Michael Turton writes about how differences in masculinity between Taiwanese and Western males explain relationships between Taiwanese females and Western males.
31 March 2010
Taiwan (ROC)
Michael Turton looks at Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou's recent visit to the Pacific. He analyses how Australia and Taiwan's involvement in the Solomon Islands has been used for political purposes by both countries.
9 March 2010
Taiwan (ROC)
Taiwan in Cycles comments on how a man's choice to identify himself by saying, “I am not an Aborigine!” reveals about the construction of ethnic identities in Taiwan.
10 February 2010
Taiwan (ROC)
The Far-Eastern Sweet Potato writes that the Presidential Office has excluded foreign reporters from monthly briefings on ECFA. The post includes a letter of protest from the President of the Taiwan Foreign Correspondents' Club to the Presidential Office.
5 February 2010
Taiwan (ROC)
Blogger Ben Goren describes his meeting with Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁), the former President of Taiwan, in the Tucheng Detention Centre. Chen has been in detention for over a year while on trial for corruption related charges.
3 February 2010
Taiwan (ROC)
Scott Sommers writes about his experience in the first semester of a Ph.D. program at National Taiwan Normal University.
2 February 2010
Taiwan (ROC)
Brennpunkt Taipeh writes about the changes to the Jingmei Detention Centre over the past one and half years. He argues that the place is important for educating Taiwanese people about their history. The Jingmei site was used to detain political prisoners during the White Terror period in Taiwan.
24 January 2010
Taiwan (ROC)
Life in Taiwan attends two banquets for an engagement and a wedding and discusses the importance of wedding traditions in Taiwan.
20 January 2010
Taiwan (ROC)
Dixteel argues that the KMT in Taiwan doesn't really fit the definition of right-wing.
9 January 2010
Taiwan (ROC)
Kerim Friedman writes about his experience teaching anthropology at Dong Hwa University in Hualien.
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