Shiu Cen
The Elegy of a Benteng Woman
Tuesday, January 9, 2007
Driven by poverty and frustrated with men in her village, she went to Taiwan seeking a better life that has yet to come her way.
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HARYANTI was not as fortunate as Yana. After years of hardship living with a Taiwanese husband, the 27-year-old whose Chinese name is Shiu Cen now lives alone in a rented room with plywood walls and without ventilation on the second floor of a house located behind the railway station in Tao Yuan City, about 60 kilometers from Taipei. The owner of the house is a grandfather who sells electronic goods on the lower floor.
I have lived here for four m
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