Grace Mitchell
Culture & Travel Editor
Grace Mitchell is the Culture & Travel Editor at The Taiwan Times, writing on world culture, heritage sites, museums and travel guides, with reporting and travels spanning dozens of countries.
She has a talent for drawing the history and humanity out of an old city, an art gallery or a regional dish, letting readers understand a place before they even set off. Her travel and reference coverage is among the most-read evergreen content on the site.
She believes travel and cultural understanding are the gentlest yet most enduring form of people-to-people diplomacy — the world often begins to know Taiwan through a single good encounter.
Areas of expertise
- World culture
- Heritage
- Travel
Latest by Grace Mitchell
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Apple announced today that it will reduce the App Store application commission rate in Taiwan from 30% to 26%, with the adjustment taking effect on October
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The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Huang Le, a Chinese national and senior industry executive with close ties to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, may h
Taipei Mayoral Debate: Chiang Wan-an Faces Shen Po-yang on City's Future
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Taiwan’s stock market faced a severe selling wave today, with the Weighted Stock Index opening lower and continuing to decline throughout the session. At i
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Following reports that a total of 25 firewalls and networking devices in the United States, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan were allegedly compromised due t
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