This is escalating quickly 🤣

Many videos show the impact of the earthquake that struck Taiwan on Wednesday. I found this hospital one especially touching, showing nurses rushing to keep all the babies safe. Life is fragile, and they're doing all they can to protect the most fragile ones of all. Bless them🙏

Look, I know this is a hot take but I’m impressed by Pizza Hut’s turtle pizza, and I will explain why. This is a pizza inspired by Tsao a Kueh 草仔粿, a traditional rice-based food to have on Tomb-Sweeping Day, which is on April 4th this year.

Sending this delectable story back into the universe! We have a new mouth-watering digital treatment of our story on how Taiwanese cuisine is an amalgamation of the colonial history of the island. Written/edited by Mallory Yu/Patrick Wood Photos by An Rong Xu npr.org/2024/02/22/122…

Gorgeous online presentation of our story on how indigenous people in Taiwan reflect on the cultural & political identity of this island. Thank you to Ciwang Teyra and Teyra Yudaw. Digital story by jonaki mehta; edited by Patrick Wood All Things Considered Photos by An Rong Xu npr.org/2024/01/30/122…

Cross-Strait Comedy, now with photos by An Rong Xu! npr.org/2024/01/19/122…

Last night a friend asked me a question that blew my mind:

“Do you think China will become a democracy in our lifetime?”

I said no. He said the same.

“That’s the root cause of all of Taiwan’s problems.”

Yet no one expects China to change. Only Taiwan.

PLEASE visit the digital treatment of this story too -- the photos by An Rong Xu are phenomenal.

ALSO, election culture in Taiwan is next level. Democracy is still relatively new here. You feel the exuberance. Check out this gorgeous piece by Mallory Yu & photographer An Rong Xu. Here are small moments of humanity in the sea of celebrations here. npr.org/2024/01/12/122…

After the #TaiwanElections , I'm sharing my experience to advocate for better working conditions and mutual respect in the industry. Local journalists/fixers play a crucial role in international reporting, but sadly, not all foreign journalists show the respect they deserve.

PSA: Cab drivers in Taipei do not actually have sacred wisdom on electoral politics.

Many Taiwanese young voters say they are weary of geopolitics and yearn for a campaign more focused on their needs at home. In interviews, a considerable number expressed disillusionment with the two dominant parties. w/Chris Buckley 儲百亮 📷 An Rong Xu Lam Yik Fei
nytimes.com/2023/12/04/wor…

Can we reconsider the 'by force if necessary' formulation when talking about China's threat to Taiwan?

Invading a country that doesn't threaten you is never 'necessary'. Such phrasing normalizes Xi's plan to end Taiwan's hard-earned freedom at the cost of many lives.

Taiwan has built a resilience to foreign meddling that could serve as a model to other democracies. Its defenses incl. mature communities of fact-checkers, media literacy partnerships and a public sense of skepticism. w/Tiffany Hsu Steven Lee Myers 📷An Rong Xu nytimes.com/2023/11/26/bus…

Ah, yes, this is going so well so far, Jaw Shaw-kong accidentally calls on voters to vote for the DPP before being like, 'Oh, I meant to say KMT'

news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/…

In the meantime, at a youth forum by NOWNews today, when asked about policy for LGBTI+ students, Ko Wen-je calls for treating LGBTI individuals as having mental illness. Screenshot from the IG of the Taiwan Equality Campaign, which played a key role in legalizing gay marriage

Really hope the deluge of gpt-wrapper AI startups in Japan can pivot and survive in time. OpenAI has an unmatched user experience for building custom GPT agents and startups can't hide behind obfuscation of tech given OpenAIs presence in the market.
techcrunch.com/2023/11/06/get…

I wasn’t going to, but I’m going to do a late night vent of what’s bugging me about this tourism video.

Respect to Stephen Engle of Bloomberg for keeping a straight face throughout this exhange with 柯文哲 Ko Wen-Je, a leading candidate to be Taiwan's next president - a job which presumably involves meeting people and talking to them
youtube.com/watch?v=o-_gK3…

Beautiful photos are by the incredible An Rong Xu!