Corona Views

Lamigo Lions Cheng Kai-wen hit the first home run of the season off of Ariel Miranda of the ChinaTrust Brothers. Some of the victims of the Great COVID-19 Lockdown of 2020 are millions of rabid sports fans around the world. With the National Basketball Association (NBA) shutting down before it really got started, and NCAA sports getting cancelled before the Final Four, there were many disappointed fans. The 2020 Summer Olympics may be postponed or cancelled. Sports, in general has taken a big hit. All of a sudden, there seems to be nothing to watch on ESPN. I am not a big basketball fan, but I do enjoy watching competitive sports on occasion. I was pleasantly surprised to see a news article announcing, Amid pandemic, Taiwan first to restart baseball . According to the article, in the first game of the 2020 season for the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL), the visiting Uni-President Lions beat the home team, the Chinatrust Brothers Baseball Club, 4-1 at the Taichun...

Our family members get out of the house regularly to exercise and avoid "cabin fever". As an American correspondent journalist in Taiwan, I feel compelled to share my experiences and the experiences of other ex-pats and Taiwanese, especially during this time of global crisis. People are desperate for answers on how to protect their families. They are unsure of who to trust for reliable information. Every government has approached the crisis differently. That's why I started a web site and Facebook Group called Corona Views. That's why I started writing this blog. I feel like I am witnessing a global crisis bigger than 9/11 or perhaps on par with a World War, in terms of societal and economic impact. It's springtime in Taiwan, so people enjoy visiting groves of cherry trees to view the blossoms. Since I am in Taiwan, I can offer my experiences and perspectives from this island nation that, despite being forsaken by the World Health Organization (WHO),...