This is the final installment in a series of essays by jet-setter Jordan Barber, who is currently studying Mandarin at Donghai University in Taichung, Taiwan. Jordan reflects on his time in East Asia and the experience of living as a “semi-citizen.”

This is the sixth installment in a series of essays by jet-setter Jordan Barber, who is currently studying Mandarin at Donghai University in Taichung, Taiwan. Masculinity in the United States may be defined by the loner, antihero ideals of the Marlboro man, but Jordan finds that, in Taiwan, the patriarchal family hierarchy establishes one’s male bravado.

This is the fifth installment in a series of essays by jet-setter Jordan Barber, who is currently studying Mandarin at Donghai University in Taichung, Taiwan. While scooters are seldom seen in the states, Jordan argues that adopting this efficient mode of transportation could help revitalize the current state of the American metropolis.

This is the fourth installment in a series of essays by jet-setter Jordan Barber, who is currently studying Mandarin at Donghai University in Taichung, Taiwan. This time, Jordan takes a step back to assess the country’s political climate, spurred by its historically fickle relationship with China.

This is the third installment in a series of essays by jet-setter Jordan Barber, who is currently studying Mandarin at Donghai University in Taichung, Taiwan. Adventurous as always, Jordan reports on the good, the bad, and the ugly of his experiences with Taiwanese cuisine.

This is the second installment in a series of essays by jet-setter Jordan Barber, who is currently studying Mandarin at Donghai University in Taichung, Taiwan. Traveling to rural XiTou, he finds that having a limited knowledge of Mandarin often makes it difficult to converse about anything other than the weather.

This is the first installment in a series of essays by jet-setter Jordan Barber, who is currently studying Mandarin at Donghai University in Taichung, Taiwan. Recently arrived, he finds that foreign perception of culture can get lost in translation.