Book review: Neither here nor there: Study casts light on aging Taiwanese migrants to the USThe overall feeling among those interviewed for this fascinating book is that “Americanization” has made them more progressive and tolerant as parents, grandparents, husbands and wivesBy James Baron / Contributing ReporterWith droves of Taiwanese Americans reportedly bolting stateside on “vaccine tours,” the issue of transnational healthcare opportunism is back in the public eye. Still, the perception remains that many Taiwanese Americans are taking advantage of both systems in an unscrupulous manner. A fair few deflected by railing against “undeserving others,” including undocumented Latinos, immigrants from China and even lower-income Taiwanese. In Chapter 5, which is titled Navigating Networks of Support, a woman surnamed Guo relates the difficulty of engaging in politics with family back home. “But Mr Guo explained, ‘Yes, they are from Taiwan, but they are waishengren.’ For Mr and Mrs Guo, not everyone from Taiwan counted as ‘Taiwanese,’” Sun concludes.

Source: Taipei Times June 09, 2021 15:56 UTC