https://www.scmp.com/rss/508466/feed Patricia Pan Connor is a freelance writer, investor, fitness enthusiast, amateur chef and mom. Formerly, she was an investment banker and private equity investor, based in New York City. She is passionate about politics, culture, fitness, travel, healthy cooking, decor and her two goldendoodles, Holly and Hazel. She graduated from Brown University with a B.A. in economics. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com My mother was born in mainland China in 1945 but fled with her family to Taiwan in 1947 during the civil war between the Communist Party and the Kuomintang. Growing up in American suburbia, I thought her matter-of-fact, unemotional views were strange. I used to call her “the computer” because her every decision was completely governed by facts and uninfluenced by feelings. It was frustrating because it meant she could never empathise with my American teenage wants, dismissing them as... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3116588/cultural-and-digital-strengths-taiwans-coronavirus-response-hold?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3116588/cultural-and-digital-strengths-taiwans-coronavirus-response-hold?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Jan 2021 01:15:11 +0000