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When I began studying at university, the urge to go live and work in another country had been growing intensely. Then, in April 2019, a unique opportunity was presented to me: complete an eight-month internship in Taiwan. I had only read the subject of the email when my heart began to flutter: I wasn’t even […]
When I first found out I was leaving for Taipei for an eight-month internship, my friends and family would say, “It will be over before you know it, you’ll be home in no time.” I am near the end now and as I reflect on my past seven months here in Taipei, I can tell […]
In December of last year Uber published a report on safety on its US platform. It was a bold move accompanied by calls for other forms of transportation to follow suit and help to expose the extent of the issue for women in the US. While in many respects Uber is putting itself on the […]
As Covid-19 spreads throughout the world, many cities, especially those with a high population density, are turning their attention to how to fight pandemics in times of crisis. These efforts include quarantining those who have been at risk of infection as well as providing public health information to reassure and inform their populations of the […]
As news of a new corona virus began to firm up in the run up to the Lunar New Year from my vantage point in Taipei, I found myself often thinking about my first years in Taiwan. As a fairly fresh arrival I had watched the SARS epidemic play out back in 2003 with an […]
