I am a Taiwan-based writer who has been living and working in East Asia for almost 15 years. In addition to writing and reporting, I have worked in Taipei, Beijing, and Hong Kong as an editor at English-language newspapers, a financial publishing and events company, and a chamber of commerce. I was also a technical writer at a major Taiwan hardware tech firm. I graduated from York University in Toronto with a bachelor's degree in Political Science.
I write mainly about Taiwan and Hong Kong geopolitical, socio-economic and business issues, as well as about China. I also write about books, culture, and travel. I also put out a weekly newsletter about Taiwan news and developments from 2020-2021. My writing portfolio can be seen here. If you would like to contact me, send me an email.
My work has been published in outlets such as Foreign Policy, National Interest, South China Morning Post, Asian Review of Books, Hong Kong Free Press, TOPICS Magazine, Commonwealth Magazine, NewsLens International, Global Times, TimeOut Hong Kong, Rough Guides, City Weekend Beijing, and China Daily.
I have written articles for newspapers, websites, and magazines such as opinion pieces and analyses about Taiwan issues, China geopolitics, and Hong Kong business issues; feature articles about Taiwan universities, auction houses, and slum tourism; and interviewed several authors including 2017 Nobel Economics Prize laureate Richard Thaler when he visited Taiwan in 2009. I also review books for a major Asian book website. I also wrote a weekly newspaper sports column, mainly about Premiership football and Arsenal, from 2014 to 2017.
I was born in Hong Kong but I grew up in Trinidad and Tobago, a two-island nation in the Caribbean that gave the world the steel pan and was a British colony until becoming independent in 1962. Not many people have heard of it but famous Trinidadians include author VS Naipaul, who won the Nobel Literature Prize in 2001; Brian Lara, one of the greatest cricket batsmen of all time; historian Eric Williams, who was also Trinidad's first prime minister ; rapper Nicki Minaj; and Dwight Yorke, the former Manchester United striker who helped them win the treble in 1999, as well as a notoriously crooked former FIFA vice president who I shall not name. Though Trinidad is located very close to South America, specifically Venezuela, the official language is English, not Spanish as some people assume, as it was a British colony from 1797 to 1962.
I am a native English speaker and I am conversational in Cantonese, which I spoke growing up, and Mandarin. I'm an avid reader of novels and non-fiction (as well as newspapers and magazines), an occasional hiker, and enjoy a bit of travel as well.
I write mainly about Taiwan and Hong Kong geopolitical, socio-economic and business issues, as well as about China. I also write about books, culture, and travel. I also put out a weekly newsletter about Taiwan news and developments from 2020-2021. My writing portfolio can be seen here. If you would like to contact me, send me an email.
My work has been published in outlets such as Foreign Policy, National Interest, South China Morning Post, Asian Review of Books, Hong Kong Free Press, TOPICS Magazine, Commonwealth Magazine, NewsLens International, Global Times, TimeOut Hong Kong, Rough Guides, City Weekend Beijing, and China Daily.
I have written articles for newspapers, websites, and magazines such as opinion pieces and analyses about Taiwan issues, China geopolitics, and Hong Kong business issues; feature articles about Taiwan universities, auction houses, and slum tourism; and interviewed several authors including 2017 Nobel Economics Prize laureate Richard Thaler when he visited Taiwan in 2009. I also review books for a major Asian book website. I also wrote a weekly newspaper sports column, mainly about Premiership football and Arsenal, from 2014 to 2017.
I was born in Hong Kong but I grew up in Trinidad and Tobago, a two-island nation in the Caribbean that gave the world the steel pan and was a British colony until becoming independent in 1962. Not many people have heard of it but famous Trinidadians include author VS Naipaul, who won the Nobel Literature Prize in 2001; Brian Lara, one of the greatest cricket batsmen of all time; historian Eric Williams, who was also Trinidad's first prime minister ; rapper Nicki Minaj; and Dwight Yorke, the former Manchester United striker who helped them win the treble in 1999, as well as a notoriously crooked former FIFA vice president who I shall not name. Though Trinidad is located very close to South America, specifically Venezuela, the official language is English, not Spanish as some people assume, as it was a British colony from 1797 to 1962.
I am a native English speaker and I am conversational in Cantonese, which I spoke growing up, and Mandarin. I'm an avid reader of novels and non-fiction (as well as newspapers and magazines), an occasional hiker, and enjoy a bit of travel as well.
