On August 17th, a Chinese female petitioner, Luo Yuying（罗玉英）, received an unexpected phone call from the Supreme People’s Court of Chengdu. Luo was notified that her appeal for a case…
Gloria GuoSeptember 11, 2023
At first, the declining number of Chinese international students in the United States might be chalked up as another COVID-19 misfortune. The timeline does match: in a sobering report, The…
Angela LiuMay 20, 2023
“It is already four in the afternoon. Are you sure you want to finish drawing these accounting documents?” a manager asked me while I was working on an external audit…
Justin JiangApril 2, 2023
“The one-China principle is the political foundation of China-US relations,” - Mao Ning, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson. While China has laid claim to Taiwan’s sovereignty ever since the end…
Yipei LuJanuary 25, 2023
With eyes focused on bright computer screens with daily training extending past midnight, esports are becoming mainstream. In 2021, millions of fans around the world celebrated China’s third largest esports…
Noah ChristiansenJanuary 7, 2023
Content Warning: This article contains instances of suicide and LGBTQ+ discrimination Another “Rose Boy” has left this world On Sept. 10, 2022, Gaoyan (高彦), a student from Shandong College…
Martin LiDecember 1, 2022
For us, the bus crash is just a piece of news that we will probably forget in a few days; For her, it’s a deadly wound inflicted to her own…
Gloria GuoNovember 8, 2022
Yu En Hou never realized she had an accent. Growing up in Chiayi, a county in southern Taiwan, she was used to hearing the Taiwanese language all around her. Like…
Andrew GallegosSeptember 18, 2022
The daily intake of caffeine from coffee shops is expensive, especially at a Starbucks in China, commonly known as 星巴克 (Xīngbākè). This past February, Starbucks increased prices by 1-2 Yuan,…
Hanna TeermanJuly 12, 2022
