Firelight Chats Ep005 | If You See An Opening w/James C

In this episode of Firelight Chats, Kane and Mocha sit down by the fireside to chat with James C. After starting off with some small talk about the Covid situation in Taiwan, they dive into James' stories about attending West Point, serving in Iraq and the Philippines, and explore the topics of management, leadership, government, degrees of corruption, and the transition back to civilian life. The two also reminisce about coincidentally living in Beijing at the same time and laugh about James' Turkish-Ukrainian wedding adventure, getting a Taiwanese Gold Card, living out of a suitcase for over a year, being married to a mainland Chinese woman and navigating cross-straight relations, and the infinite challenges of learning Chinese.

James C. is a Taiwanese-American, United States Military Academy graduate from Chicago. He has an MBA, is a Taiwan Gold Card holder, and has already bought his tickets back to the United States, where he plans to play everything by ear until he sees another opening.