A Broad and Ample Road

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Finding His Sound: Minyen Terry Hsieh Reflects on Jazz, Identity, and Taiwanese Democracy

2 weeks ago | ampleroad.substack.com | Albert Wu |Michelle Kuo

Hello dear readers,Many apologies for being out of touch; we’ve had some serious family health issues. We appreciate all the feedback we received on our last post, which addressed a divisive topic in Taiwan—perhaps one of the few issues in recent memory to split progressives so sharply. (The fact that it was written in English offered some degree of insulation from controversy.) We’re grateful to everyone who takes the time to read our work.
A Tough Case: Taiwan Deports a Chinese Influencer Who Calls For Annexing Taiwan

2 months ago | ampleroad.substack.com | Albert Wu |Michelle Kuo

Dear all,The news has been worrying and dizzying. The big news this week has been President Trump’s “Liberation Day” announcement of tariffs on all of the United States’s trading partners. Taiwan was not spared—Trump levied a 32% tariff on Taiwanese goods.
The "Danger Within"

2 months ago | ampleroad.substack.com | Michelle Kuo |Albert Wu

Dear readers, dear friends,Like many of you, we’ve felt unmoored by the political chaos of the past couple of weeks. Deportations, detentions, firings of veterans and park rangers (and more), cuts to free lunches for low-income kids, defunding of scientific research, anti-trans laws, the gutting of the Department of Education, countless needless deaths from the cuts to USAID—we lie awake at night, sinking into depression.
The History of Religion in Taiwan is the History of Violence, Migration & Coexistence

Jan 6, 2025 | ampleroad.substack.com | Albert Wu

Hello dear readers,Happy New Year! We went to a lovely New Year gathering hosted by one of Michelle’s work friends; it was so nice, although we definitely were the oldest people there. We were home in bed by 11:30. We wished we had attended the “crying to welcome the new year” party in Da’an Park, in which thousands of people gathered to watch a Tsai Ming-Liang film, Vive l’amour, about urban alienation (there’s apparently a 7 minute crying scene).
A trip to the Guadalajara Book Fair, the largest Spanish-speaking festival in the world; plus, meditations on the children’s book industry

Dec 14, 2024 | ampleroad.substack.com | Michelle Kuo

Hello all!If you’re in Taipei today (Sunday, 12/15), I’ll be in conversation with Hilda Hoy from 15:00-17:00 at Taiwan Literature Base. We’ll be talking about language and writing; all are welcome! Last week I was in Guadalajara, promoting Taiwanese children’s and comic books at Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara (FIL), the biggest book fair in Latin America.
A Potpourri Missive from Taiwan

Nov 24, 2024 | ampleroad.substack.com | Albert Wu

Tw: suicideHello dear readers,Two particular bits of news—on widely different ends of the spectrum—have occupied our attention since we last wrote. On November 4, the body of a civil servant, whose last name is Wu, was found in his office; he had hung himself. His death has sparked a major outrage on Taiwanese social media, especially as details from an apparently toxic workplace have emerged.
Taiwan and the Trump Win

Nov 12, 2024 | ampleroad.substack.com | Albert Wu

Welp. So that happened. It’s been nearly a week since Trump won another four years in office; you’ve probably read all of the takes and analyses about why the election broke the way it did, and there isn’t much more we feel like we can add. We didn’t think the Democrats deserved to win, but we don’t want to pile on. Everything we think about the post-mortem Democrats is basically summed up by the brilliant Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on The Dig podcast.
Religious Diversity in Taiwan

Oct 27, 2024 | ampleroad.substack.com | Albert Wu

Albert here. In 2014, a Pew Research study on global religious diversity ranked Taiwan as the second most religiously diverse country in the world, just behind Singapore. Taiwan’s religious landscape is unique, blending Buddhism, Daoism, Christianity, indigenous religions, and various popular beliefs. This diversity is notable, but what is perhaps even more striking is the ubiquity of religious and spiritual beliefs across Taiwanese society.
Potpourri: A Terrible Law, Taiwanese Comics and Children's Books, and a Parade in Dadaocheng

Oct 13, 2024 | ampleroad.substack.com | Albert Wu

Hello dear friends, dear readers,Once again, we’re sorry for being out of touch. (We’ve paused payments for four months, as we feel guilty taking money from paid subscribers, but we’ll continue to be in touch every other week.) We’ve been really overwhelmed. Almost immediately after no-longer-a-baby P.
"A disaster for abolitionists."

Sep 22, 2024 | ampleroad.substack.com | Albert Wu

Dear readers,Sorry for being out of touch for a bit: our (no-longer) Baby P. was struck down by a case of enterovirus, and her daycare requires her to stay home for seven days, which means no childcare. Meanwhile, Michelle has been dealing with a series of nasty infections, making it a struggle to keep up with our work. On Friday, Taiwan’s Constitutional Court released its decision on the death penalty hearing. Long-time readers will know that we've been closely following this court case.

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