Archive - A Broad and Ample Road

Death Penalty Abolition: A Potentially Historic Moment in Taiwan

Interview with Chuanfen Chang and Hsinyi Lin, advocates of abolishing the death penalty

Apr 21 •

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The Earth Buffalo Flips Over

Shaken by an earthquake; plus events and book club.

Apr 7 •

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March 2024

Events, events, events! A guide to March and April, plus scenes from Taitung

Tibetans in Taiwan march today; flash mob dance celebrating migrant and women's rights, also today; Ukraine Food Day; Samuel Moyn next week; plus, EAST…

Mar 10 •

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February 2024

Comical family psychodrama at the Taipei International Book Fair

Plus, a new edition of Michelle’s book in Taiwan, and supporting Palestine

Feb 25 •

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A primer on transitional justice

From de-Nazification to lustration to reconciliation to Taiwanese politics

Feb 11 •

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January 2024

The Pig Festival

An excerpt from Grace Loh Prasad's beautiful forthcoming book; and some links!

Jan 28 •

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A teary-eyed post-election missive

A party with radical roots wins an unprecedented third term

Jan 14 •

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Pre-election jitters

We adopt an orange tabby cat!; plus details on the NATSA conference and a roundtable on decolonizing Chinese identity

Jan 11 •

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December 2023

Cool Events in Taipei Alert

Readers respond to our "should we get a cat" inquiry; book club

Dec 6, 2023 •

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November 2023

Three Taiwanese stories that explore death penalty cases and obliterate illusions of meritocracy

Support Palestine; book club on Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s This Earth of Mankind; should we adopt a cat?

Nov 26, 2023 •

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Why Progressives Hate Ko Wen-je, a leading presidential candidate in the January election

A letter from Natalie Zemon Davis’s children; support Palestine; and book club on Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s THE BURU QUARTET

Nov 19, 2023 •

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Life Update / Rest in Peace Natalie Zemon Davis

Plus, replies to Esther’s guest essay, organic farming in Taiwan and Indonesia, and a new children’s book Hear our Voice

Nov 5, 2023 •

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