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 GOES WEST book club

Hello, dear readers! Thanks to everyone who replied to our last missive about the “comical family psychodrama” at the book fair in Taipei. Other news: NPR’s digital story of Taiwanese Americans moving back to Taiwan featuring Michelle came out last week, and TaiwanPlus’s Divya Gopalan and her team investigated Taiwan’s lack of an asylum law, where Michelle describes Taiwan’s complicated and layered relationship to refugees. There’s an excellent five-minute excerpt on Hong Kong activist Terence Law, who describes police knocking on his door at 6 A.M and is now making a life in Taiwan as an exile.

If you’re in Taipei today, there are three cool events this afternoon: a Tibetan rights march to commemorate and protest the 65th anniversary of Chinese occupation (1:30 P.M.), Ukraine Food Day at Bar Fest (1 to 7 P.M.), and a Billion Rising March for migrant rights (at 1 P.M.) where there will be a flash mob dance. (Apologies for this late notice; we’re trying to be better about this!)

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