There’s something to be said about the vestiges of Taiwan’s colonial past that persist today.

My Taiwan story begins in the Qing Dynasty when my third great-grandfather left China for a better life.

My father is Taiwanese and his first language is Tâi-gí (aka Taiwanese, Hokkien, Southern Min).

"The stories our ancestors tell of the mountains of Jade, Alishan, Dabajian, Kavulungan, Beinan and Dulan..."