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In April 2025, as another trade war kicked off between the U.S. and China, Vice President J.D. Vance, in a now infamous remark, referred to Chinese citizens as “peasants.” As…

It was March 18, 2020, and I was rushing to catch the last flight home. In an elevator, a man adjusted his mask and stepped away from me once he…

K-pop, short for Korean Pop, is a genre of popular music that originated in South Korea. Emerging in the 1990s, it has grown into a global cultural industry with a…

ADHD, OCD, Imposter Syndrome, Main-character Syndrome, Hypochondria, Cyberchondria… After a careful cruise on the internet and an endless stream of TikTok videos on diagnostic guidelines and mental coaching, I was…

When Deepseek launched in January, it disrupted the AI industry. The company rocketed to No.1 on Apple’s App Store and shook the U.S. stock market, causing the NASDAQ to plunge…

After TikTok was briefly banned in mid-January, American social media users flooded to the Chinese platform Xiaohongshu, known in English as RedNote. According to a report by Forbes, RedNote gained…

Drinking tea and savoring a variety of dim sum is a beloved weekend tradition for many Cantonese people. Recently, at a dim sum restaurant in San Gabriel, I was instantly…

For many students in China, U.S. News and World Report’s college ranking system is more than just an informational guide; it is an obsession. Getting into a school at the…

In Taiwan, the surging popularity of Chinese social media platforms like Xiaohongshu and Douyin has ushered in a new cultural export: Chinese slang. But many in Taiwan refuse to use…

The Ugly Betty franchise, which originated as a Colombian telenovela called Yo soy Betty, la fea, has achieved extraordinary global appeal through the decades, inspiring remakes in Russia, Germany, India,…