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Chris Horton 何貴森
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Taipei-based journalist. Author of Ghost Nation: The Story of Taiwan and its Struggle for Survival (Macmillan, 2025).
Polish edition of #GhostNation just dropped

Coming soon:

Feb 2026 - US publication + book tour

Spring 2026 - Publication of Chinese and Czech editions
October 3, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Greetings from a balmy, hazy Friday morning in Tainan's Anping District. This is where the Dutch landed 401 years ago in 1624, dragging Taiwan into four centuries of colonization.

Coincidentally, that same year the Dutch also established the colony of New Amsterdam, in what is now lower Manhattan.
August 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Ghost Nation is among ten new books recommended by The Herald. Honored to be among such esteemed company.
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July 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Publication Day for Ghost Nation is July 17 - now only 45 days away.

Pre-order today and be among the first to read Taiwan's story, as told by many of the people who have shaped this inspiring and vitally important country.

www.panmacmillan.com/authors/chri...
June 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Honored & humbled by initial feedback for Ghost Nation, which will be published on July 17.

Huge thanks to @dearclarissa.bsky.social , Lauren Dickey, @lnachman32.bsky.social , Samir Puri, Shawna Yang Ryan, Jon Sullivan, Clive Hamilton, and @melissakchan.bsky.social for reading and reviewing!🙏🙏
April 17, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The KMT is closer than ever to its old nemesis, the Chinese Communist Party. Many Taiwanese who seek to maintain their sovereignty are worried.
www.chinafile.com/reporting-op...
March 24, 2025 at 7:03 AM
1. Taiwan's status has not always been ambiguous
2. Taiwan modernized under Japanese colonialism before KMT arrival
3. KMT seized Taiwan in 1945
4. ROC was established in China in 1912
www.vox.com/world-politi...
December 26, 2024 at 5:03 AM
Taiwan Strait sunset
December 5, 2024 at 9:12 AM
For an idea of how far the missiles would be from Russia, they're the red pin
December 1, 2024 at 3:16 AM
mainstream media won't tell you, but Taipei has had nice weather two days in a row
November 28, 2024 at 8:00 AM
Once Taipei's pomelos are ready for harvest, autumn will have officially arrived - for me at least.

Almost there.
August 17, 2024 at 5:35 AM
"This air... such wonderful air..."
August 15, 2024 at 5:25 AM