A Deep Local Narrator with profound affection for this island, Formosa
Jun 26, 2026
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In July 1629, sixty-three Dutch soldiers walked into a river they thought was the Mattau. It was not. It was the river that runs past my father's village — the one the Dutch later renamed Murderers' River.
Jun 19, 2026
3 min read
In May 2026, Zengwen Reservoir held 11.2 percent...
Jun 12, 2026
4 min read
A Boy from Gombe, a Map We've Seen Before 🛕
Jun 5, 2026
100,000 skins a year. For four decades, Taiwan's forests supplied Japan's elite. Then the wild went quiet.
May 29, 2026
Some of them came from Africa. Some had been Dutch slaves at Fort Zeelandia. In 1661, they raised their muskets at their former masters.
May 22, 2026
A black cloud rose over Tainan one Sunday in May. The Dutch governors didn't see locusts. They saw the Book of Exodus.
May 16, 2026
2 min read
An Invitation to Hear the Echoes of Taiwan
