It’s Lin-equity and Lin-tolerance: ESPN uses racial slur in headline on Jeremy Lin
LIN-EQUITY, LIN-TOLERANCE: ESPN published a headline describing the New York Knicks' loss to the Hornets Friday Night. It read: CHINK IN ARMOR. Seriously? Is this not America? Are we not in the year 2012?
Identity crisis: on being Chinese and Canadian
What does it mean to belong somewhere? Does citizenship and a passport help define who you are? Is your identity established by how others see you? Or do you decide that for yourself?
I began seeking the answers to my questions when I first moved to China in 2007.
Locusts
A full page ad was published in a Hong Kong newspaper today, depicting a giant locust perched on a mountain overlooking the Hong Kong skyline. The text asks: “Are you willing for Hong Kong to spend one million Hong Kong dollars every 18 minutes to raise the children born to mainland parents?” The locust is...
When in Rome… eat Chinese?
I never thought I'd be that kind of tourist. But here I am in Italy, doing exactly what I think Chinese immigrants shouldn't do when they are in a foreign country: Speak only to other Chinese and eat only in Chinese restaurants.
On “Guanxi” 关系 in China
China is a country laden with rules and regulations. But many rules can be bent and broken, especially if you have the right guan xi. With that special relationship or connection, you can go surprisingly far. Without out, you get nowhere.
News of speed train derailment in Wenzhou travels fast
Weeks after the Wenzhou high-speed train collision, people in China are still angry. Online resentment and a more loose lipped state media are clear signs that there is a hunger from the people to know the truth, and an urge for journalists to start providing those truths.
Driving in China (and why I’ll never do it)
Driving in China is like going on a suicide mission. Every day, I am at the mercy of audacious taxi drivers and reckless bus drivers. Some might call them valiant; I call them foolhardy. Most in China accept it as 'normal.' But the fact is these dare devils put our lives at risk every day.
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A trip to Yiwu: where 1/4 of the world’s drinking straws are made
This region of Zhejiang is famous for manufacturing little things: lightbulbs, pens, lamps, screw drivers, faucets, Q-tips. A quarter of the world's drinking straws are made in Yiwu. Here, I saw the littlest things marketed on the largest of scales.
Salt
There is widespread panic across China today - people are rushing to buy as much kitchen salt as they can. Stores are raising their prices to cash in on the frenzy, meanwhile consumers continue to buy in bulk.
My Mother the Tigress
I called my Mother on Skype this morning to discuss the excerpt of Amy Chua‘s new book published on the Wall Street Journal over the weekend. Reading Chua’s article, my Mom said, was like reading documentation of her own child rearing techniques. “I still remember our fights,” she wrote in an e-mail to me before...
Too Asian?
I took a few days to think this over before posting. I didn’t want to respond too quickly, for fear of getting swept up in all the emotion and drama the story is causing in my home country. I’ve gathered my thoughts now, so here it goes. Maclean’s magazine – a reputable Canadian publication –...
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