In the relaxed cadences of her native Taiwan, Kelly Chuang instructed her students to repeat after her. “Wo bu shi taiwan ren. Wo shi meiguo ren” — “I’m not Taiwanese. I’m American.” She projected the ...

TAIPEI — Everything about pop star Abao is musical. Her earrings jangle as she talks, and her deep belly laughter punctuates her conversations. She spontaneously breaks into song while explaining the ...

The Kaohsiung Music Center and the Lingyaliao Railroad Bridge in Taiwan illuminated in the colors of Ukraine’s national flag during the 2022 Taiwan Lantern Festival. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ Y.-C.

When I first heard that Irvine’s A Little Dynasty Chinese School (where my daughter is a student) has a traditional Chinese children’s orchestra, I was surprised. I grew up in San Jose, where there ...