The two men huddle together, their shoulders touching, as one asks the other if he would like to light a lantern with him. The pair smile, and as one leans…
Peilin ChenAugust 31, 2020
Two thousand years ago, the Silk Road fostered vibrant exchanges of goods, ideas and culture in a form of cross-cultural interconnectedness that had never been seen before. The Silk Road…
Natalie SongJuly 21, 2020
“I knew it,” said Ric Xian, a University of Southern California student from Beijing, China. “I just thought with everything we had gone through so far, we are not going…
Vespera LuoJuly 17, 2020
Even as “Frozen 2”’s lovable snowman Olaf and golden-voiced Elsa graced Chinese screens, becoming a late-2019 box-office success in China, questions arose about the future of Hollywood movies in the…
Thomas ChowJuly 14, 2020
In the hit Netflix show “Black Mirror,” each episode features its own distinct fantasy about various tech-centric futures. While episodes seem to portray a world far removed from current times,…
Hannah YoungJuly 14, 2020
When movie director Jon M. Chu wrote a letter to Coldplay, asking to use the song “Yellow” in his 2018 film “Crazy Rich Asians,” he explained what reclaiming the word…
Tiffany WongJuly 1, 2020
Luxurious casinos dot the island, which is so rich that its citizens receive annual payments just for residing there. Non-residents flock to the island to window shop in its luxury…
Caleb HuangJuly 1, 2020
When Beijing was chosen to be the site of the 2008 Olympics in July 2001, there were concerns about Beijing’s environmental issues, especially its 'airpocalypse.' These concerns were especially heightened…
Betty ThaiJune 29, 2020
When you think of the word ‘dream’ you commonly envision a personal aspiration or idealistic goal. The “Chinese Dream,” on the other hand, intertwines both China as a nation but…
Chris ShenJune 18, 2020
