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North Stafford neighborhood surprised by towing rules

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Going a Long Way Beyond Bubble Tea > Articles

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By James Baron, Evan Dawley
| globalasia.org
ARCHIVE/SEARCH > Articles Articles Going a Long Way Beyond Bubble Tea By James Baron THE PUBLICATION of Melissa Brown’s Is Taiwan Chinese? in 2004 was something of a watershed in Taiwan studies. In her influential monograph, Brown argued that, political quibbles aside, Taiwanese identity formation was a product of social factors, rather than ethnicity and culture.
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Taiwan’s Beauty Industry Struggles to Adapt to More Diverse Population

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By James Baron
| AmCham Taiwan
A stylist at INTAI Salon, the first Halal-certified salon in Taiwan, works on a customer's hair. (PHOTO: INTAI SALON) As the number of foreign residents and children of mixed heritage grows, so do needs for hair and skin care products specific to these groups. Some have taken things into their own hands and started businesses to fill gaps in the local market. The popularity of curly hair has waxed and waned in Taiwan since its heyday in the 1980s.
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Is Taiwan Too Dependent on Plastics?

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By James Baron
| AmCham Taiwan
A recent article published in the New York Times discussed how shortages of raw materials brought on by the war in Iran have exposed Taiwan’s overdependence on plastics, but observers and experts tell a more nuanced story. Taiwan’s heavy reliance on plastics has long been a topic of interest, especially in terms of its use in consumer goods.
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