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Some Mediations on Grief after the 2024 Election

I feel like I’ve been away too long from the US and forgot how hateful people could be, even if it was part of why I left when I had the…

3d ago

Some Mediations on Grief after the 2024 Election

3d ago

Importing American Start-Up Vibes into Taiwan

Commentating a bit on this story of importing American tech management into Taiwan as an American working in Taiwan:

3d ago

3d ago

Booktalk Summary: The Success of Chip Island: TSMC, Semiconductors and Chip Wars, a 30 year history.

I recently attended a great book talk with author 林宏文 Hung-wen Lin on the rise of TSMC at CAREhER, an executive leadership organization in…

Aug 28

Booktalk Summary: The Success of Chip Island: TSMC, Semiconductors and Chip Wars, a 30 year history.

Aug 28

Full Citizenship Process for Children of Taiwanese Citizens Born Overseas: Own Experiences and…

Amendments to Immigration Act went into effect 1/1/2024

Jul 27

Jul 27

Americans Abroad and Victimhood Politics

How are you feeling about the US these days? The perennial awkward American abroad question. I’m like “don’t touch my garbage” like a bin…

Jul 21

Americans Abroad and Victimhood Politics

Jul 21

How to Say No and Set Boundaries

A couple of weeks ago I gave a talk at my friend Tiffany’s club CAREhER on saying no: Salon Talk x Inclusive Leadership | 說不的藝術 with Bessie

Jun 16

How to Say No and Set Boundaries

Jun 16

Why isn’t the Taiwanese cause bigger than a geopolitical headline?

I was reading this article - The Taiwan Catastrophe: What America — and the World — Would Lose If China Took the Island. It’s yet another…

Feb 17

Why isn’t the Taiwanese cause bigger than a geopolitical headline?

Feb 17

On Deepening US-Taiwan Economic Ties

I had the opportunity to attend a talk by US Diplomat Kurt Tong and the American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan. Some key takeaways and…

Oct 29, 2023

On Deepening US-Taiwan Economic Ties

Oct 29, 2023

On Intentional Storytelling and Commentary in Taiwan

I’ve been posting a lot of food content @bessie_eats account, which was a food Instagram I got into during the tedium of the pandemic to…

Oct 29, 2023

On Intentional Storytelling and Commentary in Taiwan

Oct 29, 2023

Gaza and the Western Left Cosplayers

“I have some understanding of how if you live a brutalized and humiliated life as a young man in Gaza under siege you might come to be the…

Oct 10, 2023

Gaza and the Western Left Cosplayers

Oct 10, 2023

Bessie Chu

Bessie Chu

Taiwanese-American working as a Platform Product Director in Taipei, Taiwan. New Yorker. 626-raised. Optimist at heart in a realist’s clothing.

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