Taipei Story by Rebecca F Kuang review - the torture and hilarity of learning Chinese

An American Chinese student studies Mandarin in Taiwan, in this heartfelt journey of self-discovery and family secretsWhat is Taiwan? A former Japanese colony? A centre of the semiconductor industry? A democracy overseen byAmerican imperialism? Chinas next military target? An island of Austronesian Indigenous tribes? IsTaipei a cultural emblem of Taiwan, orjust another booming global capital out of touch with the rest of the country? What stories will Lily Chen, an American Chinese student at Ya...