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Breaking away from “Narrative Fallacy”
Hi readers, my latest story for the Canadian Medical Association Journal (see previous blog post) is long. But it’s a good read. Most importantly, there’s no bull shit. I am a trained breaking news reporter. ...
China searches for best medicine for ailing scientific journals
My latest story for the Canadian Medical Association Journal By Suzanne Ma China’s scientific journals are, simply put, plagued by mediocrity. The country has over 5000 mostly Chinese-language science and technology journals, but many of ...
From Muse to Food: Pumpkin Pork Rib Chinese Soup
It’s autumn here in Hong Kong. It’s certainly not as cold as New York or Toronto (below zero, I hear!) but the weather fluctuates between warm, sunny days with highs in the low to mid ...
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 ...
Thank you, Mr. Nakamoto
In 2006, while I was a reporter at the Ottawa Citizen, I met a man named Jack Nakamoto. He was 85 years old, a second world war veteran, and a Japanese Canadian. He had an ...
Really? I mean, really?
This U.S. ad put on television by the “Citizens Against Government Waste” is appalling. It depicts a Beijing classroom in 2030 with a Chinese professor lecturing about the fall of great empires. The latest empire ...
Masked man was probably helped by human smuggler: lawyer
Old white guy boards plane. Goes to toilet. Emerges mid-flight as young Asian Man. That’s the story that’s been all over the news around the world. And everyone’s been asking ‘why’? The Air Canada flight ...