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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