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Bessie Chu

Why isn’t the Taiwanese cause bigger than a geopolitical headline?

I was reading this article - The Taiwan Catastrophe: What America — and the World — Would Lose If China Took the Island. It’s yet another…

3 min readFeb 17, 2024

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Why isn’t the Taiwanese cause bigger than a geopolitical headline?

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Bessie Chu

On Deepening US-Taiwan Economic Ties

I had the opportunity to attend a talk by US Diplomat Kurt Tong and the American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan. Some key takeaways and…

3 min readOct 29, 2023

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On Deepening US-Taiwan Economic Ties

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Bessie Chu

On Intentional Storytelling and Commentary in Taiwan

I’ve been posting a lot of food content @bessie_eats account, which was a food Instagram I got into during the tedium of the pandemic to…

2 min readOct 29, 2023

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On Intentional Storytelling and Commentary in Taiwan

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Bessie Chu

Gaza and the Western Left Cosplayers

“I have some understanding of how if you live a brutalized and humiliated life as a young man in Gaza under siege you might come to be the…

2 min readOct 10, 2023

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Gaza and the Western Left Cosplayers

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Bessie Chu

CAREhER Leading Women Sustainable Change Summer Summit Wrap-up

I had the opportunity to attend CAREhER’s #summersummit: Women Leading Sustainable Change in Kaohsiung last weekend. Feeling…

3 min readSep 17, 2023

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CAREhER Leading Women Sustainable Change Summer Summit Wrap-up

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Bessie Chu

The Most Important Thing I Learned from Business School

I wrote candidly about my experience in the program this time last year. A year out, it’s great to reflect on how life-changing the program…

3 min readSep 17, 2023

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The Most Important Thing I Learned from Business School

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Bessie Chu

Air Raid Drills in Taiwan and American Despair

I didn’t want to get stuck in subway or take cover somewhere unprotected from the blazing hot tropical weather so I went inside a fancy…

2 min readJul 24, 2023

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Air Raid Drills in Taiwan and American Despair

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Bessie Chu

The UCLA-NUS EMBA Experience

I’m finishing the last module of my EMBA program in August, a joint program between UCLA and the National University of Singapore. I’ve had…

11 min readJul 27, 2022

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Bessie Chu

2021 Wrap-up

I wanted to try a new update to keep in touch but fell off the idea of doing an e-mail newsletter. I think this is a good yearly public…

3 min readDec 30, 2021

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2021 Wrap-up

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Bessie Chu

2020-ish Wrap-up

I started writing this maybe more than a year ago. I wanted to try a new update to keep in touch but fell off the idea of doing an e-mail…

4 min readDec 30, 2021

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Bewildered at empty subway platform post-lockdown

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Bessie Chu

Bessie Chu

Taiwanese-American working as a Platform Product Director in Taipei, Taiwan. New Yorker. 626-raised. Optimist at heart in a realist’s clothing.

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