Though Chen Po-jung struck gold selling English in 1970s Taiwan, in 1980 he decided to bring his family to America, a dream for many Taiwanese in that era who could not foresee the end of Taiwan’s ...

Because Jim Sr. had worked in China, he adopted the Mandarin word for teacher (老師). The first character lǎo (老) means “old,” and the second character shī (師) means “teacher.” ...

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