Linda van der Horst

Class of 2016

Linda van der Horst is a lawyer specializing in litigation with additional experience in human rights law. She has worked in Taiwan, Hong Kong and London, and has studied in Beijing and Singapore. Linda discovered her passion for writing whilst doing field research in rural China for an MPhil in Modern Chinese Studies at the University of Oxford, and has been writing on the Greater China region since. Linda also has degrees in law and liberal arts & sciences from Utrecht University, and she speaks several languages – amongst which an advanced level of Mandarin Chinese – in addition to her native Dutch.

Clippings

  • 2016
  • Foreign Policy 

When Will Asia Finally Have Same-Sex Marriage?

  • 2016
  • Chicago Tribune

Marriage equality in Taiwan isn’t a done deal

  • 2017
  • Munk School

GOING VIRAL: MUNK SCHOOL’S FELLOWSHIP IN GLOBAL JOURNALISM TURNS EXPERTS INTO JOURNALISTS

  • 2016
  • The Diplomat

Taiwan’s President Offers Apology to Indigenous People

  • 2016
  • The Diplomat

The Evolution of Taiwanese Identity

  • 2016
  • The Diplomat

Taiwan’s Illegal Fishing Is ‘Out of Control’

  • 2016
  • Vice 

Taiwan is Reinventing its Relationship With its Indigenous Peoples

  • 2016
  • TVO

The consequences of Justin Trudeau’s Chinese trade decision

  • 2016
  • TVO

The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Taiwan Looks to Canada

  • 2016
  • The Diplomat

The 228 Incident and Taiwan’s Transitional Justice

  • 2016
  • Apple Daily

外媒:點燃香港魚蛋革命的 不是魚蛋 是中國

  • 2016
  • The Diplomat

Taiwan’s ‘Third Force’ Makes Its Presence Known in Legislature

  • 2016
  • The Globe and Mail

EU weighs risk of a market-economy China

  • 2016
  • The Diplomat

A Fishball Revolution and Umbrella Soldiers: The Battle for Hong Kong’s Soul

  • 2016
  • The Diplomat

‘Taiwan #1’: Online Gaming Meets Cross-Strait Relations

  • 2016
  • National Post

A new president, a new attitude towards mainland China: Why Taiwan’s election mattered

  • 2016
  • Foreign Policy 

Could Taiwan Be First in Asia with Marriage Equality?

  • 2016
  • National Post

As Taiwan prepares for election, a third party brings Sunflower Movement’s activist issues to the fore

  • 2016
  • VPRO

VPRO, Radio 1’s program “Bureau Buitenland”: Oppositie op winst in Taiwan

  • 2016
  • Taiwan People News

英學者看大選:國民黨統治時代行將終結

  • 2016
  • The Diplomat

The Rise of Taiwan’s ‘Third Force’

  • 2016
  • Financial Post

Eyes on the East

  • 2016
  • Vancouver Sun

Emerging labour movement seeks better deals for workers

  • 2016
  • The Globe and Mail

Hong Kong’s press freedom under threat

  • 2016
  • The Globe and Mail

Dutch dairy reform offers hopeful lessons for Canadian producers

  • 2016
  • The Diplomat

Wal-Mart Uprising: The Battle for Labor Rights in China

  • 2016
  • Open Democracy

The new journalism outfit that is shaking up Hong Kong’s establishment media