Burkina Faso editorial in Taipei Times

Since my employment by Taiwan's foreign ministry, MOFA (外交部), I've written fairly extensively on Taiwan's foreign relations. This is my latest op-ed column for Taipei Times on the situation in Burkina Faso, one of Taiwan's three remaining diplomatic allies in Africa.

Burkinabe must keep allies close - Taipei Times

Taipei Times feature on actor Ignacio Huang

In summer 2014, I travelled in Latin America, undertaking research for a book I'm planning. My first stop was Buenos Aires where I interviewed the actor Ignacio Huang(黃勝煌). Huang was born in Taipei but emigrated to Argentina as a child. He became a big star in Latin America thanks to his role in the movie Un Cuento Chino, called Chinese Takeaway in English. The orphan of Argentina - Taipei Times

Billie B. Brown books for Cave Books

The Billie B. Brown books are a bestselling series for young readers by award-winning Australian author Sally Rippin. I provided the voice recording for six books in the series in August, 2014. The books are available at Caves Books, one of Taiwan's biggest publishers.

Taipei Times editorial on Taiwan's diplomatic relations in Central America

I've been writing on Taiwan's foreign relations for almost a decade now. Here is my editorial from June 2, 2014 edition of Taipei Times. The subject is Taiwan's relations in Central America following the conviction of former Guatemalan president Alfonso Portillo for taking bribes from Taiwan:


Taipei's Central American skeletons - Taipei Times

Hey Jack books for Caves Books

The Hey Jack books are a bestselling series for young readers by award-winning Australian author Sally Rippin. I provided the voice recording for three books in the series in May, 2014. The books are available at Caves Books, one of Taiwan's biggest publishers.

Reading Master Book 4

This is the fourth in the series of EFL reading books that I wrote for Cengage Learning from late 2013 to spring of 2014.

Reading Master Book 3

The third in my series of readers for Cengage Learning.

Reading Master Book 2

This is the second book in the Reading Master series, which I wrote for Cengage Learning between late 2013 and early 2014.

Reading Master Book 1

Between 2013 and early 2014, I wrote a series of four ESL reading comprehension books for Cengage Learning, a major international publisher in the field of education. This was a huge project and involved a lot of time and hard work.

The books were written to comply with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). This is Book 1 of the series.

Of Monstrosity: Taipei Biennial article for Flash Art magazine

Flash Art is one of the top contemporary art magazines in the world. I wrote a short review of the Taipei Biennial at Taipei Fine Arts Museum for the magazine in late 2012.

Essential TOEIC Vocabulary & Phrases book

I wrote this TOEIC phrase and and vocab book for Wunan Book Co., Ltd.
in late 2012.

The New TOEIC Test Classroom Course (Pearson)

I edited the final proof of this book for Pearson, a major publisher of education textbooks, in summer 2012.

Australian Tennis magazine feature on Taiwan tennis

This three-page feature on tennis is Taiwan was published in the October 2010 edition of Australian Tennis magazine, the main English-language tennis publication for Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. 3510 p 46-48 Chinese Taipei

Taipei Times editorial on Haiti and Taiwan

My op-ed piece on Haiti's debt to Taiwan in the wake of the devastating earthquake of January 12, 2010. Ma's stance on Haiti disingenuous - Taipei Times

Boxing News Feature on Buck Smith

This is a three-page feature I wrote for the September 2009 edition of Boxing News, one of the oldest and most-respected boxing journals in the world.


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