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S1E19: What’s your star sign? In Taiwan, that could be a conversation kickstarter: Letter From The Bureau
Synopsis: Every first Friday of the month, The Straits Times' foreign editor Bhagyashree Garekar chats with ST’s correspondents in the Asia-Pacific, the US and Europe.
They talk about life as it goes on, amid the screaming headlines and bubbling crises.
Many Taiwanese of all ages have a fascination with Western astrology, and the signs (pun intended) are everywhere.
Every morning, on television news channels, it is not uncommon to see horoscope forecasts running along the bottom of the screen, next to major headlines and the day’s weather forecast. On dating apps, people often list their…
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